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    16 1 weekendTODAY July 30 31 2005 mica(P) 114/07/2005 /^DtACORP incorporating JMTCfIiS we set you thinking todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon KELANTAN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
    991 1  -  Jose Raymond i PAS tones down the Islßmicjh^lorjc and tries to woo investors.instead in Kota Bharu j ose@newstoday.com. sg THERE'S no clerical robe and beard, just a short-sleeved shirt and slacks. Instead of religious rhetoric, there is earnest talk about the urgent need to develop
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  • hot news
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      Why Tay Kheng Soon is helping Kelantan for free
      378 2  -  A CHANCE meeting three years ago in Kuantan has given Singapore architect and self-confessed idealist Tay Kheng Soon another cause to pursue the envi-ronmentally-sound economic development of Kelantan. While on an angling trip, he met Malaysian ecotourism entrepreneur and fellow angler
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    • Article
      Lock icon NKF studying ways to cut operating costs
      175 3 Channel News Asia THE National Kidney Foundation is looking into reducing its operating costs so that savings achieved can be passed on to patients. In an exclusive interview with Channel News Asia, interim CEO Professor Goh Chee Leok said: "We hope that by
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    • Article
      PSA won't rule out tie-up with PTP: Eddie Teh
      162 3 PSA International chief executive Eddie Teh said he would not rule out an alliance with its rival Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johore. In his first-ever TV interview on CNBC's Managing Asia on Friday, Mr Teh, 55, said PSA would co-operate
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      CAO's Chen gets okay to visit China
      467 3  -  Val Chua after China guarantees his return for trial val@newstoday. com, sg AFTER two weeks of waiting, the suspended chief executive of China Aviation Oil (CAO), Chen Jiulin, has been allowed to leave the country to attend to matters related to his mother's
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      Devastation in store if terror should take to the sea: George Yeo
      488 3  -  Clement Mesenas Foreign Editor in Vientiane clement@newstoday.com.sg FOREIGN Minister George Yeo painted a dark scenario of the devastation that might hit Singapore should terrorists blow up a hijacked tanker in the island's harbour, one of the world's busiest
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      Lock icon Fidel's friend and Bush's buddy
      619 4  -  Tan Hui Leng This teddy has cavorted with presidents and even a queen in Leyte, Philippines huileng@newstoday.com.sg FORMER United States president George Bush Senior and Cuban leader Fidel Castro can't stand each other, but it has cavorted with both of them. Even racing driver Michael
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      Ho Ching now the 20th most powerful woman in world: Forbes
      382 4  -  Tor Ching Li TEMASEK Holdings chief executive Ho Ching, 52, has powered up to No 20 on the Forbes business magazine's "100 Most Powerful Women" list this year. She is now the sth most powerful woman in Asia, just
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • Article
        Lock icon Body-parts trial adjourned
        93 4 Channel News Asia The body-parts murder trial has been adjourned for two weeks after the prosecution requested that the accused, Leong Siew Chor, continue his psychiatric evaluation at Changi Prison. The 50-year-old is charged with killing 22-year-old Chinese national Liv Hong Mci and cutting up her body
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      • Article
        Lock icon Jeweller jailed for tax evasion
        109 4 938 Live A |eweller has been |ailed two weeks for tax evasion. Foo Kia Loang of Loang Noi Partnership, a jewellery designer and manufacturer at The Promenade in Orchard, was also ordered to pay a penalty of over $120,000. This is about three times the
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon A Challenge for charities after the chaos
      570 6  -  Derrick A Paulo President Nathan hopes transparency of charity show will contain possible fallout from NKF episode derrick@news today, com, sg IT IS seldom that employees willingly accept a wage reduction. But several hundred HewlettPackard staff did just that for a good cause.
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      Lock icon LTA points finger at 6 officers in shake-up
      295 6 Channel News Asia AFTER a six-week internal inquiry, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has identified six of its officers for counselling, warning, downgrading and dismissal. This includes the four LTA staff earlier singled out in a report by the Nicoll Highway Committee
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    • Article
      Work or life? See-saw, Singapore
      144 6  -  Lee U-Wen SHOULD Singapore bring back its annual productivity campaign? Labour chief Lim Boon Heng would welcome it, if it means helping workers achieve a higher work-life balance. Speaking at a Singapore Shell Employees' Union conference on Friday, he said Singaporeans should look towards working
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      53 6 CORRIGENDUM We published the wrong Philippine Tourism advertisement on page 10 of yesterday's edition of TODAY. The Golf Package promotional offer listed in the advertisement is no longer valid. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to readers and to Philippine Tourism. Please see page 33 for the current Philippine Tourism
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  • world news
    • GLOBALroundup
      • Article
        Lock icon More Vietnam bird-flu deaths
        86 8 AFP Two people have died of the deadly HSNI bird flu virus in southern Vietnam, raising the toll from the disease in the country to 41, a health official in Ho Chi Minh City said Friday. The two victims were from Tra Vinh province and Ho
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      • Article
        Rapist gets 2nd jail sentence
        90 8 A Malaysian court heard that chicken rice seller Scow Eng Aik, 37, raped his Indonesian maid while on bail for raping an 1 1-year-old girl, reported the New Straits Times. On Friday, he was sentenced to 1 5 years in prison for raping the girl,
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        Candid camera for bad drivers
        70 8 Thousands of Malaysians have clicked on an online "Hall of Shame" to see photographs of errant drivers caught in the act, reported the New Straits Times. The Road Safety Department has posted on its v/v/w.panducermat.org.my website more than 1 00 photographs capturing the wayward behaviour
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        Lock icon Aceh monitors work cut out
        84 8 AFP The key tasks of South-east Asian and European Union (EU) peace monitors in Indonesia's Aceh province would be to oversee the disarmament of separatist rebels and troop withdrawal, the country's foreign ministry said Friday. Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement tentatively reached a
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      • Article
        Lock icon New study on 'sea monsters'
        130 8 AFP Chinese researchers will launch an investigation next month to study "lake monsters" in northwest China's Xinjiang region, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday. For hundreds of years, there have been rumors that mysterious creatures that devour horses, cattle and sheep live in Kanasi
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      Lock icon Master of the game
      635 8  -  Oon Yeoh LOVE him or hate him, most people would agree that former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is a master of the political game. During his 22 years as prime minister, he took on the judiciary, the monarchy and most spectacularly, his own deputy and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Malaysia mulling Proton stake sale?
      124 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may sell up to a 30 per cent stake in its national carmaker, Proton, to Germany's Volkswagen for US$44O million ($733 million), according to a source close to the talks, a move that could give a foreign company control of a
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      Lock icon Pakistan to expel foreign students from madrasahs
      185 10 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday all the estimated 1,400 foreign nationals studying in the country's madrasahs would have to leave the Islamic seminaries. "All foreigners are to be removed" from Pakistan's more than 10,000 madrasahs, Mr Musharraf told reporters, and
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      Lock icon High drama in London
      457 10 Police nab two more suspected July 21 bombers in separate raids LONDON Dramatic scenes unfolded in London yesterday when police reportedly captured two more suspected bombers who fled after a failed attack last week, marking a potentially crucial breakthrough in the massive investigation. Police arrested the
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      Lock icon Astronauts survey shuttle 'damage'
      227 10 Agencies HOUSTON (Texas) The Discovery crew yesterday began moving 15 tonnes of equipment to the International Space Station and conducting a closer survey of any damage sustained by the shuttle's thermal shield during liftoff. Nasa on Thursday had said it needed three more days to assess
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • Article
        Sneak into jail sends teen behind bars
        57 10 A New Zealand teenager who was caught sneaking into Hawke's Bay Regional Prison has been sentenced to a week in one of its cells. Johnathan William Reedy, 17, pleaded guilty to charges of being in an enclosed yard unlawfully and supplying marijuana to
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        Lock icon Mugger's craze: Snatching contact lenses
        77 10 AFP Japanese mugger Toru Nagasawa, 29, who longed for his boyhood friend's eyeglasses, was arrested with 1 54 pairs of glasses and contact lenses he allegedly seized by force, police said yesterday. Nagasawa, a construction worker, was caught after he allegedly followed a victim into
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      • Article
        Toothless man's crime: Toothbrush thefts
        42 10 A man in Brazil was caught stealing seven toothbrushes from a supermarket in Ribeirao Preto town But what surprised police was that the man, identified as Ednor Rodrigues, was toothless, reported ananova.com, citing the O Dia newspaper.
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        Lock icon Kidnapping case minus the kid
        79 10 AP Trevon Smith of Fontana, California, has been arrested for allegedly making a false police report that his four-year-old niece was in his car when it was stolen, in hopes that the vehicle would be found quickly. The 1 8-year-old initially reported that the girl
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      • Article
        Courts to 'arrest' and 'fine' strays
        71 10 The authorities in the Nigerian city of Kaduna have set up a squad to "arrest" stray cows, camels, goats and donkeys and a mobile court to "fine" them. "The mobile courts are to place a fine of 2,000 naira ($25) on each cow arrested
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    • Article
      Lock icon Trees depleting water sources, say scientists
      278 12 The Guardian LONDON Scientists may be about to upset one of the most cherished tenets of conservation that trees save water. The research, published on Friday by Britain's Forestry Research Programme, could mean that billions spent on forest projects in the developing world have
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      Lock icon Death by rumour
      460 12 Toll climbs as tsunami fears lead to stampede MUMBAI Deaths from India's record monsoon climbed to near 900 on Friday as rescuers unearthed more bodies from landslides and residents of a Mumbai shantytown stampeded on rumours of a tsunami, police said. "We are now confirming that the
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    • Article
      Doctors given right to withdraw food
      333 12 LONDON Doctors can withdraw food and drink from dying patients if they believe it to be in their best interests, a British Court of Appeal ruled. Britain's General Medical Council (GMC) succeeded yesterday in its bid to overturn an earlier High Court judgment that
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      Lock icon China says pig-spread disease under control; WHO disagrees
      318 12 -AFP BEIJING China's Health Minister Gao Qiang insisted on Friday that a mysterious outbreak of a pig-borne disease was "under control" despite a rising death toll and case-load, but the World Health Organisation (WHO) disagreed. "So far, the epidemic has been under
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      ICONS
      491 13 K < 4GE °N NAT/ONAL DAY Celebrate Singapore's 40th birthday with a fun and witty exhibition, Love Me Love Me Not TO CELEBRATE Singapore's 40th birthday, the National Heritage Board (NHB) is organising a tongue-in-cheek exhibition "Love Me Love Me Not", featuring icons which Singaporeans are familiar with. Until
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      CONGRATULATIONS!
      299 13 HERE'S SINGAPORE'S LARGEST FAMILY TREE Two days was all it took to round up 44 members from the Chung family tree. The largest family to turn up for the Singapore Family Tree (SFT) contest at Suntec City Tropics Atrium last Sunday (July 24), the Chung family walked home with
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      Lock icon Well-run, prudent? Possible
      587 14  -  TAM AH HOCK This charity is run by a tiny staff that gets pay cuts when times are bad I Letter from President Handicaps Welfare Association FOR the past many weeks following the NKF saga, almost all other voluntary welfare organisations (VWO) in Singapore have come under
      TREVOR TAN  -  587 words
    • Letter
      'Marina Bay* is as undistinctive as a brand name can get
      165 14  -  TONY XT TAN Letter from I REFER to the letter from Mr Michael Koh of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, "Marina Bay brand is more than just a name" (July 27). Mr Koh stressed that "place branding can help differentiate
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    • Letter
      Number of Malay MPs at elections up to PM to decide
      309 14  -  PEERMAKBUR I Letter from Press Secretary to Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-ln-Charge of Muslim Affairs I WRITE to clarify the report "PAP identifies 10 potential candidates" (July 29) from Channel News Asia, that was based
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    • Letter
      It is restrictive to peg flat size to buyer's income
      412 14  -  LIM BOON CHYE LAU CHAY YEAN I Letter from Director (Corporate Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board HCent and I Acting Director (Corporate Development) Housing and Development Board WE REFER to Mr Mohd Rosle Ahmad's letter "Peg allowable flat size to
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      Lock icon Sun, sea and snakes
      800 15  -  Neil Humphreys Phuket's great, but you'll need more than insect repellent THERE is one major advantage to being a vegetarian: You usually get your in-flight meals first The disadvantage is the person next to you often reacts as if you're a purple, flaky-skinned alien from Uranus
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    • Letter
      Brazil's got Carnaval and soccer — what does Spore have?
      219 15  - Brazil's got Carnaval and soccer what does Spore have? BENJAMIN GAN Letter from MR Liang Dingzi's article on our search for a national identity, "Trying to bottle the essence of Singapore?" (July 28), is as poignant as it is pedantic. To begin with, we seem to equate national identity with
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    • Letter
      Open up, don't shut up young people on controversial topics
      258 15  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN Letter from I REFER to Jeremy Lim's "I say Lend us an ear and we'll speak our minds" (July 28). To Jeremy, I would like to say that I have always looked forward to reading his articles. As
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    • Article
      Help fight dengue threat via this blog
      163 15  -  JEFFREY HO LOON POH Letter from I REFER to the letter by Mr Lim Boon Hee, "Ultimately, it's NEA's responsibility" (July 28). While the primary responsibility to control dengue rests with the National Environment Agency (NEA), everyone in Singapore has a part to
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  • Businesstoday
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      The Internet challenge for CEOs
      912 16  -  Val Chua Even as today's chief executives get close and personal with shareholders, the online world is replete with legal pitfalls val@newstoday.com.sg THE world is creating a new breed of Internet-sawy chief executive officers. From online blogs to shareholders' forums, head honchos all over the
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        56 16 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex *****.60 *****.98 4388.80 6311.98 1111.29 937.39 675.67 1182.30 2000.25 218.68 7635.42 Pis +41.29 +67.66 +21.10 -63.66 +6.57 +3.01 +5.58 -4.31 +0.43 -0.50 +30.39 +0.35 +0.46 +0.48 -1.00 +0.59
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        Your S$1 buys
        32 16 JS$ JK£ fen 1K$ |M iuro (upiah 0.6009 0.3422 67.37 4.669 2.2539 0.495 5909.6 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 33.727 0.7908 26.117 617.61 0.739 4.8719 0.8789
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        Commodities
        14 16 Bold us$/oi iilver us$/oz 13.20 7.17 Rubber centsAg Palm oil RM/tonne 296 1377
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        Singapore
        114 16  -  BLUE chips closed higher on Friday, led mostly by banking and property stocks, thanks to bullish sentiment in the property sector and better-than-expected earnings from leading lender DBS. The ST Index rose 6.37 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 2,352.56, its highest level since January 2000. Losers,
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        ST Index: 2,352.56 +6.37
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        65 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by fy volume ling Tel iTX PanOcean iTATSChP biosensors UlapletreeLog JTAC chartered Mo-Treat ilectroTech )BS Close 2.770 0.950 1.150 1.180 0.895 0.715 1.270 0.775 0.645 16.100 Change -0.020 -0.010 -0.060 +0.040 +0.010 -0.010 -0.030 +0.005 +0.010 +0.400 -0.7 -1.0 -5.0 +3.5 +1.1 -1.4
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      • Article
        SGX top rises
        82 16 By Close Changi DBS 16.100 +0.401 HSCEI5000DBeCW*****0 1.210 +0.29: DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.500 +0.201 lardine C&C 13.400 +0.201 XBC 12.900 +0.201 JOB 15.100 +0.201 Fortune Reil HKS 6.650 +0.151 HKLand US$ 3.260 +0.101 HL Fin 3.940 +0.101 HSI *****DBeCW*****9 2.400 +0.101 )y percentage Close Changi KCSCAeCW*****5
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        SGX top falls
        77 16 F&N >hang Asia 2kHKS >TI ETF 100 IMH 400USS Close 16.400 13.700 23.900 18.300 Changi -0.401 -0.401 -0.301 -0.201 >IA 11.900 -0.201 \PB 8.850 -0.151 ShanghaiAC 2k HKS :iTYDEV 0.206 8.650 -0.12' -0.101 Creative 50 12.400 -0.101 KepCorp 12.600 -0.101 )y percentage Close ihanghaiAC2kHKS 0.206 )BS DB
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      Lock icon Loan growth boosts banks' 02 earnings
      437 17 Agencies DBS' quarterly profit at $441 m, UOB's at $409 m SINGAPORE'S two largest banking groups, DBS Group Holdings and United Overseas Bank (UOB) reported on Friday strong performances in their fiscal second quarters ended June 30, as growth in lending volumes, higher loan
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    • Article
      SIA Q1 net profit down 7.9% on fuel costs
      224 17  -  Dow Jones SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) reported on Friday a net profit for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30 of $234.6 million, or 19.2 cents a share, down 7.9 per cent from a restated $254.7 million, or 20.9 cents a share,
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      122 17 Commuter rail and bus operator SMRT Corp reported on Friday a net profit of $23.9 million, or 1.6 cents a share, in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, up 1 3.8 per cent from $21 million, or 1.4 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier,
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      shoptalk
      334 17 HEALTHY GOODNESS Fans of the Allswell Water Chestnut and Sugar Cane Drink can now opt for the newly-launched variant which contains less sugar. Made from natural ingredients, the drink is double-boiled to retain its flavour and great taste.This variant contains lesser calories and is ideal for those who wish
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      GO AHEAD, FLAUNT IT
      525 18  -  Pearlyn Tham Don't keep pretty underwear hidden show it off with style instead city WOULD you take the plunge and wear your innerwear out (peek-a-boo bra straps not included)? If you go with the traditional adage, good girls don't. But lingerie these days are get ting
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    • style
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        LUXURIOUS LINGERIE
        883 19  -  Pearlvn Tham pearlyn@newsto day, com. sg WOMEN here own an average of 15 to 20 panties this was what a Triumph International survey found. A decade ago, it was seven to eight As for bras, we now own an average of 12. "Gone are the days when women
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      • Article, Illustration
        The bridal blitz
        194 20  -  Pearlvn Tham Jewellery, wedding shows and more for couples pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg WHILE waiting for her groom, a bride recalls the beautiful and heart-warming moments that they shared. As the music reaches a crescendo, the couple exchanges rings and hugs. That is the scenario in Soo Kee Jewellery's new
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        Pretty fit for a bride
        178 20  -  Pearlyn Tham YOU MAY already know homegrown shoe chain Pretty Fit for its trendy wedges, sandals and heels. But now, brides-to-be can traipse to its Silverline boutique for bridal and evening footwear such as mules and anklestrapped heels. From just $29.90 a pair, Silverline's bridal
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      • AT A GLANCE
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          Hair gone in three minutes
          75 20 Three minutes is all you need to get rid of excess body hair with Veet's new 3-Minute Hair Removal Cream. Available in two formulas Softening with Silk Extracts and Moisturising with Aloe Vera this comes with a spatula that glides over your contours. Apply the
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        • Article
          Knotty thoughts
          62 20 Thank goodness you don't need to be a Boy Scout to tie knots. OG wants you to get knotty this season with its collection of cropped or frilled crochet shrugs. Wear them to keep your shoulders warm or flaunt them with your favourite halter-neck top or camisole. Dressier
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          Trotter out in style
          83 20 We bet you can't wait until September because that's when Dior will be rolling out the best of its skincare formulas packaged in a limitededition toiletries bag from the iconic Trotter collection. The package will consist of a Rinse-off Cleansing Foam, a Deep Hydration Lotion I,
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        Watch it, speedsters
        119 20  -  Pearlyn Tham SPEED demons can now have a watch to match their love of motor sports the new Casio EF-506 from the brand's Edifice series. Designed for the urbanite who is dynamic and sophisticated, the new Edifice series features sturdy stainless-steel cases and is water resistant up
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      • INSIDE OUT
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          BOY, WHAT A WOMAN
          222 22 MediaCorp artiste Felicia Chin shows how you don't have to keep lingerie under wraps If you find wearing your camisole or corset as outerwear too hot to handle, lessen the spice factor by pairing the tops with menswear-inspired clothing such as a tailored shirt and pinstriped
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          THE LADY ISN'T A VAMP
          215 23 No shrinking violet? Then go feminine and I romantic all the way. But don't match an alreadysexy bustier top or slip with another vampy item such as a mini skirt Instead, try a less showy peasant skirt or denim cigarette pants. Experiment with different ways
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          JUST KIDDING AROUND
          345 24 Borrow influences from kidswear, in the form of cartoon prints, baby-sized tops and plastic accessories. These provide an interesting juxtaposition to lace camisoles and satin slips. The same with sporty elements try combining a cheeky corset with a vintage sports jacket But be warned: You must have
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    • makan
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        Lock icon Seafood that more than satisfies
        518 25  -  Michael Seah This hawker stall serves great food with innovative touches food@newstoday.com.sg SEAFOOD restaurants and hawker stalls are a dime a dozen in seafood-loving Singapore, but not all serve quality food. When the seafood restaurants at Punggol moved, I had many unsatisfactory seafood meals until
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        All manner of makan beckons at this Food World
        326 25  -  Eveline Gan THIS year's Singapore Food Festival (SFF) will wrap up with a showcase of the best of Singapore's melting pot cuisine at the Singapore Expo this weekend from 11am to 9pm. The event, Singapore Makan Delights Food World, is a
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    • gadget
      • ISHOPPING GUIDE
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          iRiver T10 MP3 Player
          122 26 MUSIC lovers looking for a lightweight portable sound machine can try ißiver's latest digital music player, the TlO. Measuring 85.8x40.8x29.4mm and weighing 49g, the Tl 0 has a liquid crystal display with a colourful graphic user interface. The player supports file formats in MP3, WMA, ASF,
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          Ablerex Blade UPS
          95 26 WHETHER there is rain or shine, a power surge or a blackout, gamers can still go on playing their game with the Ablerex Blade UPS (uninterruptible power source). The device protects game consoles and PCs from damage by acting as a surge protector and a backup power
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          Casio EX-S500 Digital Camera
          100 26 BARELY bigger than a credit card, Casio's latest Exilim Card digital camera, the EX-S5OO, measures just 1 6.1 mm at its thickest point. The fivemegapixel camera comes with MPEG-4 recording capability, giving you more than one hour of standard video recording with a IGB Secure Digital
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          Cableyoyo Cord Management Device
          108 26 HATE having to deal with the knots and tangles on the cords of your iPod or your mobile phone? Blue Lounge Design has come up with an affordable and nifty solution for your problem. The Cableyoyo spools the sync cord on a single plane, creating a
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        Are looks everything?
        598 26  -  Ariel Tarn Mobile Phone Review: Nokia 8800 Some mid-end features in Nokia's premium phone ariel@newstoday.com.sg WHEN we first wrote about the Nokia 8800 early last month, we reported that you probably have to cough up at least one sweet grand for it We were right, technically. Except
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        For point-and-shoot simplicity
        325 26  -  Trevor Tan Digital Camera Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FXB THE Panasonic Lumix DMC-FXB drew a lot of "woos" and "wows" from my colleagues and family members when I whipped it out And the decibel levels grew higher when I told them the specifications. The FXB stuffs a 5-megapixel
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        RCT3 gets you Soaked in fun
        451 27  -  Tor Ching Li Roller Coaster Tycoon takes to water chingli@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS really been something of a rollercoaster ride for the Roller Coaster Tycoon (RCT) build-and-manage-your-own-amusement-park series. While the first RCT was a blazing success, the highly anticipated 3D-graphics RCT3 caused quite a dip
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        115 27 AS PART of the Courts Digital Sale that is going on until Aug 5, the NEC Power Mate ML7-R7OOl desktop PC Mega Bundle is on sale at $1,899 (Usual Price: $2,435). Powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor and Processor 515 (2.93 GHz), the PC comes with Windows
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        If the Schu fits, drive it
        709 28  -  Sheldon Trollope Fans of the reigning F1 world champion will love Fiat's limited edition Stilo Schumacher news@newstoday.com.sg AS A commercial vehicle, Formula One (Fl) doesn't seem to follow the norms seen in most other sports. The price of soccer paraphernalia, for example, tends to
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        JUST 2 GOOD
        451 28  -  Colin Yong Looks change with the season, even in the automotive world, and cars are often forced to go under the surgeon's knife to stay in fashion. Take the chic Mazda 2, for instance. Its boxy shape was starting to become a little too familiar a sight
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          Limited Lamborghini sold out here
          130 29 All three of the special-edition Lamborghini Gallardo SE cars (above) allocated for Singapore have been sold, just weeks after potential buyers got their first peek at the model. Major changes over the standard Gallardo include a twotone colour scheme, sports suspension and a revised gearbox.
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          Honda goes bold
          122 29 This is the first official photograph of the allnew Honda Civic hatchback (right), a Europeonly model that goes on sale early next year. The car's extremely bold styling marks a major departure for Honda, whose last few generations of Civics were criticised for being too bland. The
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          Your chance to take in the Panamera
          198 29  -  Colin Yong German sports car-maker Porsche announced on Wednesday that it will go ahead with the development and production of a fourth car to join the existing Boxster, 911 and Cayenne models in its range. The new four-door coupe will be called the
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        590 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Immature move may jeopardise positive market sentiment shobha@newstoday.com.sg SINCE the recent relaxation of housing rules, the number of visitors to showflats has as much as doubled. "We're not sure of the exact breakdown for old and new launches but visitor numbers
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        Eastern Mansion en-bloc sale
        435 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IN WHAT is the largest collective sale offering so far this year, Eastern Mansion (picture), a 50-year-old freehold development located in Jalan Kechil has been put up for en-bloc sale by tender. The owners many of whom are the original buyers are asking
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        Come home to Domain 21
        146 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla DOMAIN 21, a new 99-year leasehold condominium project on River Valley Road, is launched this weekend. The latest in a line-up of new condo launches since the relaxation of housing policy rules, Domain 21 is competitively priced at an average of $650
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      133 31 US$lOO,OOO Worth of Prizes to be Won! Entries to be submitted by 7 August 2005 10 Christian Dior Watches 10 Maruman Fairway Golf Clubs I 10 Dozen Titleist Pro-V Golf Balls 12 Exotic getaways at Six Senses Resorts in Thailand, Vietnam and the Maldives r1 0 Stays at Fraser Serviced
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      918 32  -  JeanineTan jeanine@newstoday.com.sg Sex on film: When dQes cfogs classy, art-house fare to full-on pornography? HOW do you define pornography? Before you say explicit sex, think about this: Acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming Liang's new film The Wayward Cloud has extremely graphic scenes of sex, masturbation, fellatio and ejaculation
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      133 32 HONG KONG Pop diva Faye Wong (picture) has tied the knot with actor Li Yapeng, Hong Kong and mainland Chinese media reported on Friday. The 35-year-old singer married Li, 33, a mainland Chinese actor, on Thursday in his hometown of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region,
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      231 32 -AP LOS ANGELES Taking a page from Washington, the producers of American Idol and Fox TV hired an independent counsel to determine whether judge Paula Abdul (picture) had an affair with a contestant on the show. "Any allegations against this show we
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      SEX FOR SEX'S SAKE?
      291 33 These films are famous for their raunchy scenes —but were they gratuitous in their depiction of sex, or did the scenes have a central part to play in advancing the plot? Peep Throat (picture, 1972) Essentially hard-core pornography, it was released in mainstream cinemas in the
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        241 34  -  LORRAINE LIM I THEATRE REVIEW by THE strength of Jack Neo's on-screen work lies in his ability to touch upon matters close to the hearts of many Singaporeans. And from his stand-up comic routine during the first segment of The Last Chinese Helicopter, it is clear
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        319 34 AFP More world premieres than ever at Venice this year ROME Venice Film Festival director Marco Muller announced a celebrity line-up on Thursday for this year's festival, which will screen nine Hollywood world premieres including new films from Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney. Bookending the line-up
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        Tunnelling through time in song
        291 34  -  Dawn Quek JIHAN Saleh Kinnear's slippers are not easy to step into. The 23-year-old graduate from Monash University has gone through more than many others have she saw her stepfather David Kinnear slip from the pink of health into a state of semi-paralysis. Undeterred by
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          12 35  -  David Chew A multi-layered exploration of racism, boasting an allstar cast.
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          8 35  -  Jeanine lan Complex drama about paedophilia.
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          BUG ME NOT
          17 35  -  Mervm lay Hong Kong film has actors talking with A Bug's Life ripoff insects.
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          12 35 -ST A celebration of the uncomplicated superhero, refreshing after Batman.
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          7 35 JT Triumph-of-the-spirit South Korean tearjerker.
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          10 35 DC The twists sort of redeem this psychobabble thriller.
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          11 35 sun -JT Predictable South Korean high school drama.
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          16 35 JT Robert Rodriguez's stylish but empty adaptation of a Frank Miller cult graphic novel.
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          14 35 JT You'll get lotsa bang for your buck, just don't expect stealthy subtlety.
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          20 35  -  Ne/7 Humphreys Decent entertainment. Now if only there could be more than just "Run, Tom, run!"
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          19 35 Ross Wallace The tagline, "Plan your escape", is good advice once the lights dim in the cinema
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          14 35 -JT Japanese film has enough cheap thrills to please only horror film fans.
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          19 35 MT South Korean comedy. Male teacher at all-girl school farts whenever aroused Ends with a whimper.
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      503 38 Give your career a boost; remember that investing in good education does yield dividends IF ANYONE ever sees the need to give his career a boost, then doing an MBA is a good approach to take. It provides you with a
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      253 38 Switch to a Career in Nursing! The Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme for the healthcare sector aims to help non-healthcare trained professionals acquire skills j^^l r. to be Registered Nurses. This programme is targeted at augmenting > Singapore's pool of nursing professionals by supporting suitable candidates through Nanyang jh^m^ P^ Polytechnic's
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      196 44 fiflSfchfr RENAULT triviatime NITROGEN TYRES: Race cartyres don't have air in them like normal cartyres. Most racing tyres have nitrogen in them because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air. /r N Megane Renault Sport jjEB Holding on to the top qualifying position, the Renault Fl Team
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      1437 46 LAST Saturday, the Singapore Sports School held their third Open House and 3,000 people turned up. For the past week, 1,246 aspiring student-athletes attended trials in the nine disciplines on offer by the school, out of which around 100 will be selected for Secondary One next year.
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      309 47 AFP FOOTBALL Champions League NYON, Switzerland Everton avoided a clash with Merseyside rivals Liverpool in Friday's Champions League third qualifying round draw. Everton were drawn against Spanish side Villarreal, while holders Liverpool drew CSKA Sofia or Dinamo Tirana of Albania. "They'll be
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      88 47  -  Cubby Leong WOODLANDS Wellington qualified for the RHB Singapore Cup 2005 semi-finals, despite going down 2-1 to Albirex Niigata at the Jurong East Stadium on Friday night. Thanks to a 5-3 first leg win, the Rams advanced on a 6-5 aggregate. Albirex levelled the tie through Kosei Nakamura's
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          756 41 Having coached the likes of long jump world-record holder Mike Powell and triple jump star Willie Banks, Randy Huntington knows a thing or two about moulding track and field greats. In an unforgettable duel with Carl Lewis in 1991, Powell leapt 8.95 m to break the
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        338 41  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT WOULD have been an unprecedented three-peat But it all came to grief for Singapore, in the final day of the annual Singapore Golf Association (SGA)Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) Match Play Series. In the final round of singles competition,
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        178 41  -  Darren Lai BOWLING 17th Cathay Superclassic HE JUST scraped into the quar-ter-finals coming in 35th with a total of 5,948 pinfalls on Thursday to make the top-40 cut And Singapore's No 1 bowler, Remy Ong, was at it again on Friday, only just making
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        604 42 Agencies United fans, players attack Ferdinand LONDON Footballers argue. They criticise each other on the pitch, call each other names and, occasionally, come to blows on the training ground. During Manchester United's swashbuckling, all-conquering era of the *****, punches were thrown more times than Sir Alex
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        628 44  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@nfiw.stodav com sn Bad luck means the British outfit only have the constructors' title to fight for FORMULA 1 WITH FORMULA 1 Hungarian Grand Prix SOME McLaren-Mercedes fans I have bumped into have cursed the ill-luck currently dogging Kimi Raikkonen (picture). A few
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        253 44 Colin Yong, Today motoring correspondent 1 F Alonso 2 X Raikkonen 3 G Fisichella The tight and twisty Hungaroring track should suit the Renaults, which have tremendous traction out of slow corners. Alonso will be keen to repeat his maiden win in 2003 here and will be
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      165 46 SATURDAY 7am Baseball Angels v Yankees, Ch23 6.55pm Fl Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying, Ch24 7.30pm Football Shanghai International Football Tournament, Ch23 Bpm Golf Scandinavian Masters, Ch2l 9pm Rugby Tri-Nations: South Africa v Australia, Ch24 SUNDAY lam WNBA Detroit v Connecticut, Ch23 3am Golf Senior Open C'ship, Ch23 3am Golf Buick
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