Today, 30 June 2007

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    15 1 weekendTODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A~DJJ\CORP we set you thinking June 30 July 1, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon A fever pitch like no other
    1113 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND The National Stadium was a stage for the Malaysia Cup for 20 years and it brought a young nation together jose@media corp.com.sg IN 34 years of service, she has hosted 18 National Day Parades. She rocked with Deep Purple and "moon-walked" with
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon From US, Chee sends her love
      392 2  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg ONCE blood-red, the Tartan track at the National Stadium is now dull, its surface spiked up by 34 years of use. To Chee Swee Lee (inset), though, it will always remain the red of 1973, when she stepped into the cavernous
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      Lock icon The day a global icon met a Singapore icon
      476 2  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg HE WAS neither a David Beckham nor a Michael Jackson but he had a special charisma and spiritual aura that could also fill the National Stadium with his followers from all walks of life and of all
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      Lock icon More homes in Marina South
      397 3  -  WONGSIEWYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA siewying@mediacorp.com.sg CITY-LIVING in the midst of lush greenery and breath-taking views. This could be home to more people come 2010, when the Marina South Gardens by the Bay is ready. More residential sites will be released in Marina South, as part of
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  397 words
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      Lock icon More outlets opt for total smoking ban
      200 3  -  SHERALYNTAY MORE entertainment outlets here have opted to go completely smoke-free on Sunday, taking the total number to 427, up from 312 in early June. Of 895 entertainment outlets here, 118 have applied for permission to setup smoking rooms or corners. According to
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      Lock icon S'porean passes heroin Down Under
      141 3 —AFP SYDNEY A Singapore man appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday charged with attempting to import up to lkg of heroin. Ng Teck Boon was arrested on Wednesday after customs officers at Brisbane airport searched his luggage upon his arrival from Hong Kong.
      —AFP  -  141 words
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  • singapore news
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      Wages rose 4.5% last year
      367 4  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg A TIGHTER job market helped wages in Singapore to increase by 4.5 per cent last year the fastest rate in six years. The pay hike was slightly higher than the 4.3 per cent registered in 2005, according to the Manpower Ministry's
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      Lock icon Nathan given Eminent Alumni award by NUS
      254 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg AT 28, life as a mature student wasn't easy for Mr S R Nathan. Apart from financial worries, the future president had initial problems bonding with his younger classmates at the then University of Malaya, the forerunner of the National University
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        ST JOHN'S HOME GETS IPC STATUS EXTENSION
        97 4 The St John's Home for Elderly Persons still reeling from the discovery that nearly $4 million of its funds have gone missing, along with its superintendent has been given a three-month extension of its Institution of Public Character status from Sunday to Sept
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        17 UNSW STUDENTS ACCEPT LOCAL UNI OFFERS
        58 4 SEVENTEEN students affected by the closure of the UNSW Asia have accepted offers made by three local universities so far. The National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Management University had offered places to 24 students affected by the closure.
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        MORE MAY QUALIFY FOR LEGAL AID SCHEME
        73 4 MORE people may qualify for the Legal Aid Scheme under changes that will take effect from Sunday. These include revision of the means test for example, the qualifying monthly household income for a family of four will increase from $1,980 to about $2,600
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        5-YEAR-OLD BOY'S TOE CAUGHT IN ESCALATOR
        61 4  -  UNYANQIN A five-year-old boy's right toe got caught in a space at the side of the escalator steps at Woodlands Civic Centre on Friday morning. The boy screamed in his mother's arms for about 10 minutes before the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived and
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        FEEDBACK INVITED ON BARRIER-FREE ACCESS
        45 4 MEMBERS of the public can now offer their feedback on the proposed revised Code on Barrier-free Accessibility in Buildings. For a month from Sunday, views can be submitted via the Building and Construction Authority's website (www.bca.gov.sg) or emailed to bca_bfa_upgrading@bca.gov.sg.
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      Lock icon For energy-saving aircons and refrigerators, a new mark
      185 6  -  —DAPHNECHUAH COME January, consumers looking to buy air-condi-tioners and refrigerators will have another basis for comparison other than price. All models of the two products will have to be affixed with energy efficiency labels (picture). "Consumers will be able to select energy
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    • Article
      Low IQ, crime and punishment
      324 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Court mulls appeal of youthful serial robber weekeat@media corp.com.sg AT AGE 20 and with an IQ of just 66, Emmanuel Munisamy has chalked up a chequered seven-year criminal history. On Friday, his lawyer argued that his extremely low IQ should have been
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    • Article
      $1m gem deal in a coffeeshop
      215 6  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ON THE evening of June 1 last year, runaway lawyer David Rasif was handed $1 million worth of jewellery in the coffee house of Mandarin Hotel. The following day, he received six precious stones, including two 10-carat diamonds and a 16-carat
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      767 5 ■'•^Tfi^l With attractive bankwide offers, it f 's not 'us ou w'l° 's 'n or a treat- From credit cards and loans, to insurance and investments, it's easy to find yourself a delightful deal during the HSBC Green Sale. But the sale doesn't just stop here. Because for l|P^m every
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      174 6 Visually lianclicappecl !<llll Cur Cwn A4< bile Massage A charity massage event organised by the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) i I Venue: YMCA Singapore, One Orchard Road &k W^ Date: 30 June (Sat) and 1 July 07 (Sun) I j m^^r^rM Time; Bam 6pm Nearest MRT Station:
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  • world news
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      Lock icon President Hu in Hong Kong for handover celebrations
      343 8 —AFP HONG KONG President Hu Jintao arrived in Hong Kong Friday at the start of three days of celebrations marking the city's first decade back under Chinese rule. The Chinese leader is expected to attend an informal dinner Friday with Hong Kong's
      —AFP  -  343 words
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      Lock icon Car bomb defused in London
      430 8 —AGENCIES Hours after explosive device is found, another scare leads to major road closure LONDON British police thwarted an apparent terror attack in central London on Friday, discovering a parked silver Mercedes car that was packed with gas containers and a large number of nails
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    • Article
      DCA a 'ploy' for US to set up army base in Indonesia, say retired officers
      277 8  -  —ANTARA JAKARTA A group of retired senior Indonesian army officers have advised the Indonesian parliament to reject the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Singapore. The Retired Armymen's Association (PPAD) met the foreign affairs, defence representatives
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      Lock icon No lighting up in public for the English, too
      362 11 —AFP LONDON Smoking in public places and places of work will be banned in all of Britain from Sunday, with England's entrance into an ever-expanding club of nations that bar the habit From 6am on July 1, all public areas, offices
      —AFP; m AFP  -  362 words
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      Lock icon Red Cross slams abuse by Myanmar army
      233 11 —AFP GENEVA In a rare forceful expression of disapproval, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) denounced on Friday what it described as widespread and systematic human rights abuses by Myanmar's military regime. ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger accused Myanmar's armed forces of
      —AFP  -  233 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon M'SIA'S DEPUTY PM NAJIB SEEN IN A PHOTO WITH MURDERED MODEL
        126 11 —AFP Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was identified as "one of the men", in a photograph, next to a Mongolian woman and her lover, Abdul Razak Baginda, who is now on trial for her murder. A cousin of
        —AFP  -  126 words
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        Lock icon ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, ISRAELI PRESIDENT QUITS
        75 11 DPA Israeli President Moshe Katsav handed in his resignation on Friday over the allegations that he had sexually harassed several former female employees, Israel Radio reported. Mr Katsav sent his letter of resignation to parliamentary speaker Dalia Itzik. The step is part of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      50 8 THE GREAT SINGAPORE SHOPATHON '«7 Calling All Ladies! Don't miss out on The Great Singapore Shopathon '07. Stand a chance to win $10,000 worth of prizes! Registration from now till 8 July at Suntec City Mall JjM Tropics Service Desk. V I j information, visit JH iBl www.hpb.gov.sg. 'ff *T
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon BACK IN SINGAPORE
      774 12  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS This is my ultimate 'to-do' list IN SINGAPORE news@newstoday.com.sg AS I type this, my feet are tingling and my fingers are stiffening up. But nothing else is. I'm so cold that I haven't seen my private parts for over a week. It is the Australian
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    • SHORTAKES
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        HOUSING SHORTAGE, HIGHER PRICES DUE TO RASH OF EN BLOC SALES
        133 12  -  MEERASAHASRANAMAN Every other day we hear of a property that has been sold en bloc, including those that are just over 10 years old. At the same time, private apartment rental rates have more than doubled in some areas,
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        A 'HOT DEAL' AT A DOLLAR MORE
        128 12  -  AGNES KOH On June 19,1 bought a bottle of Hansaplast insect repellent spray from a Guardian pharmacy outlet at Yishun for $7.95 a price listed as a "hot deal" on the shelves. A few days later while shopping at Cold Storage, I saw
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      49 12 ymil Day use rate 12pm-6pm 10 minutes to CBD, The Harbour Front, y>/4£- Night use rate 7pm-2am Suntec City, Orchard Road and Singapore Expo M\, M j^h j, Extensive in-house shopping and supermarket Y"^ 7-Eleven, KFCandHalalFoodcourt Full day rate WJ\J WJMIWi|H Subject to 10% service charge, government tax GST.
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  • Business
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      Lock icon SingTel to meet Indonesia regulators on Temasek probe
      203 14 —AGENCIES SINGTEL will be scrutinised by Indonesia's business competition regulator over allegations of monopolistic practices in that country's telecommunications industry, the company said on Friday. The telco said it and its Singapore Telecom Mobile unit have been called before the Commission for
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    • Article
      Threat of a big shock: MAS poll
      517 14  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Risk managers concern unexpected event may cause market disruption hedirman@media corp.com.sg DESPITE the rosy environment and feelgood sentiment all round, a "big shock" could happen globally before the end of next year, according to a survey conducted by the Monetary Authority
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      126 14 —AFP From Sunday till July 31,2008, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that meet the eligibility criteria of the SME rebate scheme can apply for the rebates online at www.smerebate.gov.sg. This twoyear assistance scheme by the Government is to help locally registered SMEs cope with the rise in employer CPF
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    • Article
      Lock icon Better governance of par life insurance
      256 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is introducing measures to enhance the governance and disclosure of participating (par) life insurance business. Under the new framework, life insurers are required to put in place board-ap-proved internal governance policies on par fund management by
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      Lock icon Hotel rates rise here
      325 14  -  JOSEPH YADAO THE average hotel room rates in May were up by some 25.1 per cent over the same month last year, setting a record high of $195. This beats the previous high of $193 in March this year, according to figures released by the Singapore
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index—3,548.2 +9.97
        4 15 ST Index —3,548.2 +9.97
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        SGX most active
        24 15 FHTK 0.020 321.506 StarCrusUSS 0.450 +0.055 +13.9 206.895 Equation 0.275 +0.025 +10.0 192.219 Jasper 0.030 158.747 Yongnam 0.505 -0.005 -1.0 117.016
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        SGX top rises
        16 15 CapitalaBNPeCW*****A 0.065+116.7 CapitalanBNPePW***** 0.010 +100.0 CapitalandDBeCW***** 0.135 +92.9 CapitaMalSGAeCW*****0.195 +69.6 CapitalandDBeCW***** 0.260 +67.7
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        SGX top falls
        22 15 Nikke225BNPePW*****A D.D05 -75.0 SPH BNP ePW070B20 0.020 -69.2 CharteredDBeCW*****6 Q.020 DBSBNPePW*****0 0.005 -50.0 -50.0 DBS MS eCW*****1 0.250 -50.0
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        115 15 —AFP I Share prices closed 0.28 per cent higher in Singapore on Friday after the US Federal Reserve held its key interest rate unchanged and offered few hints about a future I change, dealers said. The ST Index closed up 9.97 points at 3,548.2 on a volume of 4.03
        —AFP  -  115 words
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        Lock icon World markets
        53 15 SGX, Information provided by Bloomberg Nikkei 225 *****.36 +206.09 +1.15 HK Hang Seng *****.73 -165.49 -0.75 Australia ASX200 6274.90 +9.30 +0.15 Korea Camp 1743.60 -8.15 -0.47 Thailand SET 776.79 -0.89 -0.11 Jakarta Camp 2139.27 +26.42 +1.25 Shenzhen B 672.20 -0.20 -0.03 Mumbai Sensex *****.51 +145.94 +1.01 Malaysia KLCI
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        Commodities
        20 15 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 650.40 12.51 1,286.00 Rubber cents/kg 331.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,580.00 Brant USS/barrel 72.17
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        Your S$1 buys
        28 15 uss UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro 0.6527 0.3260 80.5665 5.1018 2.2534 ***** Rupiah 5903.14 Baht 20.6736 Peso 30.1863 AS 0.7677 Indian Rs 26.604 Yuan 4.9693
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      Lock icon China expected to grow at 10.8%
      307 15 -AGENCIES Regulator to curb lending to fastgrowing industries GROWTH in China's economy is expected to expand at a rapid rate this year the fastest pace in 12 years with inflation ticking higher to 3.2 per cent, state media reported on Friday, citing the central
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      Lock icon Fed keeps rate steady at 5.25%
      198 15 —AFP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve kept its base interest rate steady at 5.25 per cent on Thursday, while citing modest improvement in the overall economic picture, both on the growth and inflation fronts. The Fed announcement, which had been widely expected, extends the pause
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  • wh?ch
    • style
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        Lock icon BODY BUCKLE
        621 18  -  Pearlyn Tham Belts have expanded in girth so you can tuck in yours THIS could be one of those rare moments in history when the traffic police and the fashion police have something in common. And the buzz phrase is "belting up". Granted, you've heard this before: Belts
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        Tone your body to win $10,000
        310 19 I may only be 19 but student Faith Tan already knows her problem areas well her thighs and buttocks. To combat the extra inches, F Faith has vowed to watch her diet and consume fewer sugary snacks. Luckily for her, Faith has the 1
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        Lock icon Armani, D&G's summer
        193 19 —AFP HOT shades evoking the sunny south and rock/ leather chic dominated Milan's fashion ramps on Tuesday as Giorgio Armani and Dolce and Gabbana unveiled their men's lines for next summer. Armani's silhouettes were sleek and classic: Clothes gently draping the body and bottomed off by elegant
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        Stoned on mushrooms
        488 19  -  PEARLYN THAM BEAUTY TREATS Heated pebbles, lingzhio\\ restore body balance pearlyn@media corp.com.sg WEARING a hippie caftan and listening to Enya at wedding banquets that is the closest I've ever got to becoming New Age. So, when words such as "chakras" and "stone therapy" were mentioned in the
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    • makan
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        Lock icon PAST PERFECT
        651 20  -  EVELINE GAN Nostalgia takes over mind and tummy at Xiao Xuan Feng eveline@media corp. com. sg YOU could call Daniel Lee a karung guni man of sorts. The 47--year-old restaurateur has a knack for salvaging retro items and reconditioning them. Daniel spearheaded the 60s-in-spired dining concept at Xiao
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        Love chilli crab? There's a whole festival for it at this year's SFF
        325 20  -  EVELINE GAN THE humble chilli crab dish seems indispensable at every Singapore Food Festival (SFF). For the past three years, this spicy crustacean has been featured at the annual food festival. Similar to last year, the SFF
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    • gadget
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        Lock icon Not a dull Dell in sight
        396 22  -  You can now get Dell's sleek new Inspiron notebooks in eight different colours TREVOR TAN IN KUALA LUMPUR trevor@media corp.com.sg CHEAP, value-for-money and boring words that come to mind whenever you think of Dell computers. While being affordable and looking bland is good for
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        ALL THE RIGHT SHOTS FROM THIS COMPACT OLYMPUS
        592 22  -  —TREVOR TAN POPULAR brands among DSLRs hover between Canon or Nikon. But other manufacturers like Sony and Olympus are making good entrees in the game too. We put the Olympus E-510, one of the latest budget DSLR offerings, through its paces to
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    • car
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        BETTER FOR THE BULGE
        647 24  -  COLIN YONG colin@mediacorp.com.sg I WASN'T sure if the Nissan 350Z was packing a new engine or if it was just pleased to see me but there was definitely a bulge right in the middle of its bonnet Turns out it's the former, thankfully. The 350Z never
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        Brilliance gets a crash course in safety
        400 24  -  COLIN YONG CHINESE automakers' plans to launch their cars in Europe and the United States appear to have hit a brick wall or more accurately, a deformable concrete barrier. The independent German motoring society ADAC last week conducted a series of crash tests
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        A hard-charging roadster with a soft top
        646 25  -  LIONEL KONG news@newstoday.com.sg ITALIAN supercars are all about swoopy curves, American hod-rods boast bulging bonnets and Japanese sports cars have oversized spoilers and tarmac-scraping front chins. What about German high-performance cars then? It's hard to put your finger on just one thing that
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      • NEWSTRACKS
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          BIG CHEVY IS ON THE WAY
          138 25 A date has finally been set for the launch of Chevrolet's Epica in Singapore. The executive saloon was originally slated for introduction late last year but production delays meant that right-hand drive exports have only just started. It hits local showrooms on July 14
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          STANLEY GOES ON SHOW
          142 25 One of the world's most high-ly-automated vehicles has made a stopover in Singapore. The modified Volkswagen Touareg, christened "Stanley", will be on display at the Singapore Science Centre's iSpace until Aug 12. Stanley was developed in under a year as a joint effort between VW and
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          BE SAFE, USE GOOD RUBBER
          156 25  -  COLIN YONG Chinese actor and model Hu Bing has become the celebrity endorser for Bridgestone's new REOOI Adrenalin tyre. The Tokyo-based star is currently contracted to Dolce Gabbana, having completed a stint as Louis Vuitton's only Asian model. He has also made appearances in local
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    • property
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        Lock icon Catching up with the Joneses
        530 27  -  JOSEPH YADAO Buyers snapping up homes in suburbs as luxury condo prices continue to climb joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg THE suburban residential market is finally catching up with the verve of the high-end luxury market, according to a report by real estate specialists CB Richard Ellis. "The strong
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      • Article
        First units at high-end condo The Marq sold out at $4,137 psf
        165 27  -  —JOSEPH YADAO THERE seems to be no end in sight for the spiralling property prices in the high-end luxury market SC Global Developments, a specialist in the development of luxury residences, announced that the first phase of The
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        Starting with the right lights
        484 27 Do your part to protect the environment: Save energy in style with ultra compact Philips Tornado Light it pushes back the night, banishes monsters from under beds and makes eyes sparkle. It is an elemental source of life. But lighting accounts for 19 per cent
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