Today, 2 June 2007

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  • 15 1 weekend TODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A-djaCorp we set you thinking June 2 3, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • 705 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg WITH stresses between China and the United States building up and Iran's spoiler role in the Middle East ever present, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong raised another security red flag: Climate change. He told a high-powered security conference attended
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  • 1607 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG They turn to the Web for religious advice, but fall prey to radical views cheekong@media corp.com.sg HE IS an idealistic Singaporean youth in search of a "pure" form of Islam. He turns to the Internet for answers and along the way stumbles onto
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • hot news
    • RADICALISM
      • 58 2 Be it the Jemaah Islamiyah, the Japanese Red Army or the Tamil Tigers, militant groups use a modus operand/to brainwash its victims into taking up arms to achieve their goals, according to i psychologists. In the case of self-radicalisation, one or more of J these stages
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      • 66 2 Characterised by a person's search for meaning, the desire to be good and to have simple solutions to life's problems. The person adopts answers that seem to fit these desires Usually set off by trigger points such as the death of a loved one or an
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      • 36 2 Person is introduced to "innocent" ideology and given coherent set of ideas that respond to his search for meaning The group espouses a "pure" ideology and does not reveal agenda for violence
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      • 54 2 •"Brainwashing" begins and the leader tries to instil new behaviour and attitudes in the person •The person is cut off from his friends and families and becomes increasingly isolated from the outside world He is taught to accept the leaders'words as absolute and that group beliefs are
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      • 24 2 Leader secures commitment, establishes control over person Rites and oaths taken to symbolise brotherhood, instilling a sense of exclusivity and commitment
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      • 35 2 Siege mentality is cultivated where a person perceives his group as up against its enemy Person become morally disengaged and I believes it is okay to take innocent lives I
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      • 21 2 The person is focused on the idea of a "perfect solution" and is psychologically prepared to commit violence
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    • 605 3  -  Efforts to re-energise Republic drawthe attention of world media JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp.com.sg ITS multi-billion-dollar surgery for a new face is not even half-done, but what has been promised casinos, luxurious waterfront living and, more recently, Fl speed machines have landed Singapore on the latest
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    • 188 4 Its shock exit may have come without warning, but the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has not contravened the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading Act), said the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case). Speaking to reporters yesterday. Case president Yeo Guat Kwang said that the
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    • 482 4  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg EVEN before the increase in Goods and Services Tax kicks in next month, consumers are upset by a spike in the cost of daily essential products such as milk. From last week, the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) has received
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    • 563 4 -AGENCIES Junta government to allow parties to prepare for year-end polls BANGKOK Thailand's military-backed government said yesterday it will soon lift its eight-month ban on political activities so parties can prepare for year-end elections. The ban, which includes the prohibition of all campaigning and
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  • singapore news
    • 663 6 Timeshare company claims post on website was defamatory u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg POPULAR blog aggregator 7bmorrow.sg has been served its first legal letter after publishing an allegedly defamatory posting about a timeshare company, a move that has set the local blogging community abuzz. The five-paragraph letter
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    • 201 6 -938 LIVE OFFICERS from the Central Narcotics Bureau have uncovered more than $200,000 worth of drugs in an overnight operation that ended early yesterday. Nearly 1 kilogramme of heroin and more than $5,000 in different currencies were seized in the raid. The 122
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    • 410 6  -  UNYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S an occasion guaranteed to be marked by lots of tears, but it's a happy one. Over the past one-and-a-half years, hundreds of families in Meulaboh, Aceh, have been receiving keys to new houses, thanks to the
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 61 8 -938 LIVE An elderly cyclist was killed in a road accident on Friday afternoon. He was travelling along Bedok South Road when a lorry hit him. The man suffered serious injuries and was rushed to Changi General Hospital, where he died shortly afterwards. Anyone with
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      • 85 8 -938 LIVE Earlier this week, thieves broke into a van and made off with more than $1,000 worth of electrical tools as well as wires. The incident took place at a carpark near Block 77 Indus Road, off Havelock Road. The victim had parked his
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      • 181 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Health Promotion Board's (HPB) Smoking Control campaign has ended after three months, with double the number of calls made to its anti-smoking helpline, compared to a similar period last year. More than 3,000 people responded to the campaign, with 1,500 calling the Quitline
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      • 105 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Club Rainbow, the organisation best known for its work with chronically-ill children, is extending its reach. Its adventure camp now includes children from neighbouring countries. For the first time since Club Rainbow was formed 15 years ago, six children from the Philippines are joining
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    • 456 8  -  TAN HUI LENG 60,000 to receive extra half-month's pay plus one-off $220 bonus huileng@media corp.com.sg SOME 60,000 civil servants will get a mid-year Annual Variable Component (AVC) of half a month's salary plus an additional payment of $220 next month. Announcing this yesterday, the Public Service
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    • 375 8  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg FOUR people have been killed in the last month due to falling trees and branches, but nature lovers are not deterred from continuing with their regular walks. The incidents, they said, while tragic, have been "unexpected" freak accidents. The chance of being hit
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  • world news
    • 383 10 AFP Bid to clear pollution from China's third-biggest lake BEIJING China's mighty Yangtze river is being used to end a "shameful" pollution crisis in the nation's third-biggest lake, even as a report emerged that a man, who for years campaigned against the lake's pollution,
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    • 393 10 AFP NEW YORK The family behind Dow Jones Company, and its star asset the Wall Street Journal, has dropped outright opposition to a US$5-billion ($7.66 billion) bid from Mr Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The controlling stakeholders, the Bancroft family which opposed
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    • 700 10  -  THANONG KHANTHONG THE NATION Thaksin can't work a miracle recovery, with Abhisit poised to be PM ON Sept 19 last year, the military struck Mr Thaksin Shinawatra down with a bloodless coup. On Wednesday, the Constitution Tribunal followed up by hammering the nails
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    • 544 12 -AFP He's a 31-year-old lawyer who says officials did not stop him from travelling WASHINGTON An American man pleaded for forgiveness in an interview broadcast on Friday after sparking a global alert by travelling while infected with a rare drug-re-sistant strain of tuberculosis. "I'm very sorry for
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    • 357 12 -AFP GAZA CITY Palestinian extremists on Friday released a first video of BBC reporter Alan Johnston since he was kidnapped 80 days ago in Gaza, in which the journalist says he is in good health and being well treated. "My captors have treated
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    • 226 12 -AFP HONOLULU United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the United States is looking to a long-term military presence in Iraq, under a mutually agreed arrangement similar to what it has long had with South Korea. Gates said: "What I'm thinking in
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    • 136 12 -AP Detailed plans for the new US Embassy now under construction in Baghdad appeared online in a major breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project, which will be America's largest diplomatic mission abroad. Computer-generated projections of the soon-to-be completed heavily
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    • 239 12 -AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on Friday slammed an electricity company's "heartless" decision to disconnect the home of a woman on an oxygen machine who died two hours later. She said the actions of Mercury Energy had portrayed New
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    • 196 14 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's police chief has ordered officers to be polite and smile when dealing with the public or else face disciplinary action, a newspaper reported on Friday. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan warned his officers that they could be sent
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    • 486 14 —AP Muslim pleads with govt in aftermath of Una Joy case KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian woman pleaded for the government to help her renounce Islam and become a Hindu, saying on Friday that she was trapped into becoming a Muslim by a twist
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    • 339 14 AGENCIES KOTA BARU Malaysia's Islamic opposition party unleashed an unusually scathing attack against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Friday, accusing him of pretending to be a pious Muslim leader and ignoring corruption that besets the country. The criticism by the Parti Islam
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  • Voices
    • 193 16  -  LI CAIYING Letter from I WAS disgusted to hear that there are people out there stealing things from recycling bins. My mother was passing by Block 712 in West Coast recently on her way to work when she saw three karungguni men emptying what was
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    • Article, Illustration
      771 16  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS DOWN UNDER WITH news@newstoday.com.sg YOU'VE all been there. Whether it's Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali or even Star Wars Day, you've all been there. The annual event usually comes after the food, but before the playing cards and the mahjong tables came out The lucky
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    • 194 16  -  ESTHER NG Letter from BEING a former volunteer-turned-social worker, I cannot agree more with Jade Low-Lim's letter, "Social workers, volunteers not the same" (May 31). Social workers are required to possess the necessary skills and knowledge when working in the social service
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    • shoptalk
      • 114 18 Loving mothers can now add the new Nestle NAN 3 with Protect Grow to their grocery shopping list.The milk is specially formulated to meet the specific nutritional requirements of children between 10 months and three years old. It contains BL Bifidus that help boost your child's
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      • 93 18 The new Command metal hooks by 3M is all about form and function.This new range of hooks come in two classy designs: Ultra modern and forever classic which are specially crafted with a variety of finishes, such as black, silver, brushed nickel and antique copper, to
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      • 131 18 Learning can be fun and easy with these new innovations from Besta and iKnow which were launched at the World Book Fair. The handy All Pass 1 electronic dictionary comes with built-in contemporary Chinese dictionary and a writing strokes function. It is approved for use in
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      • 78 18 Drivers no longer have to fiddle with mobile phone buttons or wireless earpieces while driving,thanks to the Nox BT/CD-901 in-car entertainment system. Besides functioning as a CD player, the system can be synched to your mobile phone using Bluetooth technology so you can use the system's
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    • 296 18  -  JUSTIN SANTIAGO ISKANDER: SALC HAUL Can a reward for public service ever be quantified? Letter from salary scale look like?" In a money-seeking culture, some of us might even attempt to answer this question! The position of a judge is weighed alongside
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    • SHORTTAKES
      • 109 18  -  ALICE ONG On the evening of May 19, my daughter alighted from SBS service 74 on Adam Road. Not long after, she realised her newly-bought digital camera was missing. She immediately called the SBS hotline several times that day but could not get through. She
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      • 132 18  -  DRTANCHEKWEE: Igo for tai-chi every Sunday morning at East Coast Park, where I have seen many campers. Last Sunday, I observed a young couple and their son of about five years of age dis- semble their tent and pack up. They left looking happy
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  • Business
    • 444 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH EGM scheduled for June 28 christie@media corp.com.sg THE tussle among Yellow Pages directors has caught the attention of the bourse regulator, whose queries have brought more of the internal discord into the public eye. Stepping into the two-week-old saga for the first
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    • 301 20  -  JOHNSONCHOO johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg PROPERTY tycoon Kwek Leng Beng's alliance with Marina Bay Sands during the casino bidding process may be about to pay dividends. A unit of Mr Kwek's Hong Leong Asia has received an exclusive contract to be the sole supplier of ready-mixed concrete for
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    • 244 20 -BLOOMBERG CHINESE investors opened 426,162 brokerage accounts on Thursday, defying government efforts to cool the world's bestperforming stock market by tripling the tax on securities transactions. According to figures from China Securities Depository Clearing, new accounts exceeded 400,000 for the third day in
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    • 165 20 BLOOMBERG LOUIS Dreyfus Cie, the world's largest cotton trader, raised its offer for Australia's Queensland Cotton Holdings by 10 per cent, trumping 01am International's latest offer. Dreyfus offered A 55.85 ($7.4) a share in cash for the 80 per cent of Brisbanebased Queensland Cotton
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    • marketwatch
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      • 106 20 -AFP Singapore share prices closed 1.06 per cent higher on Friday on the back of strong gains in banks and other blue chips, with the STI touching a new intra-day high, dealers said. The index closed up 37.19 points at 3,548.32 after hitting a new all-time intraday high of
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      • 51 20 Nikkei 225 *****.88 +83.13 +0.47 HK Hang Seng *****.87 -31.60 -0.15 Australia ASX200 6333.50 +20.00 +0.32 Korea Camp 1716.24 +15.33 +0.90 Thailand SET 753.93 +16.53 +2.24 Jakarta Comp* Shenzhen B 652.33 -36.70 -5.33 Mumbai Sensex *****.75 +26.29 +0.18 Malaysia KLCI 1360.07 +13.18 +0.98 •JAKARTA MARKETWAS CLOSED DUETO A
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      • 21 20 Digiland BanJoo Sapphire Yangzijiang UTAC 0.045 99.231 0.150+0.010 +7.1 83.116 0.030 44.705 1.750 +0.030 +1.7 38.319 0.910 36.567
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      • 20 20 Gold US$/oz 666.70 Silver US$/oz 1347 Platinum US$/oz 1,285.80 Rubber cents/kg 365.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 2740.00 Brant USS/barrel 68.40
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      • 30 20 SGX, Bloomberg USS 0.6537 UK£ 0.3305 Yen 79.6947 HKS 5.1059 RM 2.2221 Euro 0.4865 Rupiah 5770.6011 Baht 21.5409 Peso 30.1376 AS 0.7891 Indian Rs 26.4910 Yuan 4.9994
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    • 385 21  -  JOSEPH YADAO wealth personal finance and investment personal finance and investment joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IN A bid to get more Singaporeans covered by income protection plans, Great Eastern Life Assurance relaunched Pay Secure formerly Pay Care on Wednesday. Pay Secure is a plan that
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    • 347 21 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be setting up a representative office in the Chinese capital, Beijing. This follows a revision in Chinese rules to allow foreign bourses to set up such offices from July 1. Singapore's Education and Second Finance Minister
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    • 336 21 Transmile sinks 30 per cent on possible sales overstatement SHARES of Transmile Group, the Malaysian freight operator backed by billionaire Robert Kuok, plunged 30 per cent after an accounting probe found possible sales overstatements that may force the company to report losses. A special audit
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    • 267 21 -AGENCIES -AGENCIES Computer maker Dell said it would move to cut some 10 per cent of its workforce next year, to cut costs and boost profits. According to the BBC, the United States firm employs more than 78,700 staff worldwide. Hence, the layoffs will amount to about 7,000 workers.
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  • wh?ch
    • 610 22  -  IJ+lAbrlLl Attacking that flab is now really simple with these new DIV slimming products THE gender divide just got wider and it has nothing to do with wages or about how mature actors seem to get meatier roles than their sim-ilar-aged female counterparts in the
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    • 283 22  -  PEARLYNTHAM LET'S do a photo analysis here: Study this visual of the couple and guess why the bronzed hunk has his arm on the waist of his female companion. No, he's not hoping to get fresh with her and he's not guessing
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    • style
      • 375 24  -  LYNETTE KOH Veteran MediaCorp artiste is the latest celebrity spokesperson for Expressions lynettek@media corp.com.sg AT THE Expressions International press conference held at Ning the Fusion Spa, veteran MediaCorp artiste Chen Liping was relating how she had just received a wolf whistle on her way
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      • 239 24  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU can call this the season of the acronyms. There's Hthe GSS shame on you if you don't know B now that it stands for the GreatSin-^^^^H Bgapore Sale and the GST: BOne of the practical reasons Bwhy most of
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      • ATAGLANCE
        • 127 24 Even if you know nothing about a Cape Cod summer, the intriguing images on the bottles of the new limited edition Tommy Summer ($6B) and Tommy Girl Summer ($7B) fragrances will give you a peep into it. While the Tommy Summer bottle features an image of a
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        • 84 24 Can you bottle "pure city sunshine"? Apparently, you can with the DKNY Summer scent ($9B) for women. Exuberant and luscious, this limited edition fragrance is a light yet juicy floral scent infused with mouth-water-ing red berries, mandarin oranges, red thyme and water lilies. The bottle is also
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        • 105 24 If there is something called a thirstquenching fragrance, Incanto Shine by Salvatore Ferragamo may be it. This fruity floral summer scent will make your mouth water with its juicy top notes of pineapple, passion fruit and bergamot. Its middle notes include freesia and pink peony for a
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    • makan
      • 483 25  -  EVELINE GAN Great World City eatery spent three years perfecting its recipes; its mains areto-die-for,too eveline@media corp.com.sg FROM the outside, Say Cheezecake, one of the latest dining options at Great World City, looks (and sounds) deceptively like a dessert place. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it
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      • Article, Illustration
        218 25  -  -SHERMAINEWONG MATCH AND MIX Cold stone blend, $4.30 for a single scoop of special blend and $3.80 for a single scoop of gelato and one mixer. whereto get it: Swirl Gelateria, 557 Bukit Timah Rd, #01 -04/05 Crown Centre (Tel: 6464 6180) Shops offering homemade gelato in all
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      • FOODNOTES
        • 152 25  -  -NEOCHAI CHIN So you were intrigued by the "Anything" and "Whatever" teaser ads that have popped up at bus stops recently. The cans are ambiguously-labelled because you won't know what's inside until you crack open the tab and take a sip. The new range of
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    • Article, Illustration
      702 26 WHERE SPRING JU CHUN YUAN 130 AMOY STREET FAR EAST SQUARE #01-01 TELEPHONE 6536 2655 OPENING HOURS 11.30 AM TO 3 PM (LUNCH) 6 PM TO 11 PM (DINNER) MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. Til CDC'C something brewing at a IQIIQ O new
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    • gadget
      • 394 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN REVIEWLGSHIHEKU97DS69B hedirman@media corp.com.sg METAL and mirror. It's the amalgam that makes up the allure of LG's Shine series. It's also the latest to feature a rather different way of interacting with the phone. With the previous Chocolate series, LG introduced touch-sensitive buttons but now
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      • 415 28  -  TREVOR TAN PC GAME REVIEW Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars trevor® media corp. com. sg TWELVE years ago, the first Command and Conquer (C&C) game redefined the genre of real-time strategy (RTS) video games. The RTS genre is defined by wargames where you strategise
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    • car
      • Article, Illustration
        348 29 Under the Honda Civic Type R*s layer of refinement lies a fiery hot hatchback, says Colin Yong (colin@mediacorp.com.sg) WALK into any car accessories store and you'll find items ranging from air fresheners to child seats with "Type R" printed on them. There are even Type R-brand-ed computer
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      • Article, Illustration
        368 29  - THE original Mini was cute, simple and most of all great fun to drive, with its direct steering and go kart-like handling. It was in many ways a sports car anyone could afford. Today's Minis are much bigger and can be had with all the trappings you'd find in luxury
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    • 229 30  -  SURPRISE, surprise: The top-rated model in the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) crash tests is not from a Swedish or German auto-maker. It's Japanese. Euro NCAP last week announced that the new Nissan Dualis Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) has become the highest
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    • 528 30  -  COLIN YONG Keen drivers will warm to the Peugeot 207's lively nature colin@media corp.com.sg IT'S hard not to break into a smile when walking up to a Peugeot 207, because it wears the biggest grin this side of Batman's nemesis The Joker. While the French auto-maker has been
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 30 PEUGEOT 207 1.6 SPORT Agent: Auto France Price: $72,900 with COE Specifications Engine Type: 1,598 cc 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 120bhp at 6,ooorpm Maximum torque: 160Nm at4,2sorpm Gearbox: 4-speed automatic Performance Top speed: 195kmh 0-100kmh: 12.7 seconds
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    • NEWSTRACKS
      • 109 30 Kia is set to launch a facelifted version of its popular Picanto compact hatchback at the Barcelona motor show next week. The car is due to arrive in Singapore by the end of the year. Although the Picanto's basic shape remains the same, the front end
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      • 131 30 BMW will introduce four new versions of the 320 i over the next two months to help the car maintain its status as the best-selling compact executive saloon. The Highline and Professional editions are being launched this weekend, with the other two due to arrive
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      • 136 30  -  A four-door saloon version of Citroen's C 4 hatchback is due to go on sale in Singapore soon. This model is not sold in Europe, having originally been developed for the Latin American and Chinese markets where the saloon body style is more popular among
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    • property
      • 417 32  -  Healthy market pushes Tulip Garden to attempt collective sale again JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg IF AT first you don't succeed, try and try again. That seems to be the mantra for the residents of Tulip Garden at Fairer Road. This is Tulip Garden's second shot at a
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      • 308 32 DO YOU fancy driving your car right up to your doorstep even if you live in an apartment above ground? Hayden Properties will be making that possible it is creating the region's first high-rise residential project that has a elevator which residents can drive
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      • 341 32  -  JOSEPH YADAO DESPITE the relatively low hotel room rates these days, the future looks bright for Singapore's tourism industry, said Mr Richard Li, the managing director of Carlton Hotel Singapore Pte Ltd. The Carlton group has put in a $123-million bid for a 99-year lease,
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