Today, 4 August 2007

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    14 1 weekendTODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A~DJJ\CORP we set you thinking August 4 5, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Aids stats point way to HIV tests
    705 1  -  TAN HUI LENG Health Minister 'seriously considering' opt-out scheme to stem tide huileng@media corp.com.sg WITH recent statistics pointing to a worrying Aids trend here, the Government is thinking of extending the opt-out scheme to HIV-testing, too. So, if you are male, admitted to
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      30 1 ■Ay nr--^ Im ».< ,n ,A \i 'r Alt pVrugeV Lij*:?S^ v IN YOUR WEEKEND XTRA THE FAMILY THAT GREW AND GREW WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN FOR IDENTITY? PAGE 10
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  • hot news
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      UNSW Asia in danger of liquidation
      544 2  -  LEE U-WEN EDB intent on reclaiming construction grant from beleaguered university u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg TEN weeks after the announcement that it was closing its Singapore campus, it has now emerged that the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia is in danger of liquidation. The Economic
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      OUT OF A TOP JOB... AND OUT OF SIGHT
      986 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG XTRA COMMENT cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg ONCE they were everywhere in the Singapore landscape, leaders of opinion, men of action. But why is it that powerful political figures here all but fade away after leaving the political stage when they still
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      No sale for Horizon Towers
      489 3  -  UNYANQIN Authorities dismiss en bloc application because of 'technical irregularities' yanqin@media corp.com.sg A DISPUTE over the $500-million en bloc sale of Horizon Towers has ended with the authorities dismissing the application to approve the sale on "technical grounds". In rejecting the application on Friday, the
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      Lock icon 'Migrant worker' knocked to the ground
      194 4  -  MAYO MARTIN A concrete statue of a migrant construction worker part of the just-opened Singapore Art Show 2007 (SAS 2007) was broken on Friday when a delivery van reversed into it. Foreign Talent, by artists Joshua Yang and Justin Loke of Verticle Submarine, was
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      The things HDB residents want
      774 4  -  JASMINE YIN AND NAZRYBAHRAWI jasmine@media corp.com.sg HEARTLANDERS' wish to have more say in their housing precincts and living environment may soon be granted. For instance, likely changes to the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) could give residents more flexibility in picking what upgrading features they want
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      282 5 E^r O O Nortll O Admiralty O l~ ml WOODLANDS AYE T h EXECUTIVE CONDOMINIUM S oosSrf a iS AdSty Inspired by the romance of the Mediterranean, La Casa offers you an idyllic lifestyle of comfort < ?!™L C°T! I I woodi«nd. and convenience. One where you can relax and
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon YONG BACK IN SINGAPORE:
      160 6  -  -ANSLEYNG DON WONG Almost three months after he fled to Hong Kong, former National Kidney Foundation chairman Richard Yong was brought backto Singapore on Friday night. He is due in court on Saturday to face two charges under the Penal Code, and is likely to face
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      Lock icon Heartland blast lands two in ICU
      658 6  -  DAPHNE CHUAH 73-year-old, living alone, badly burnt in explosion due to possible gas leak daphne@mediacorp.com.sg A MASSIVE blast ripped through a oneroom rental flat at Blk 105 Jalan Bukit Merah on Friday, landing two elderly victims in the Intensive Care Unit- one in critical
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      They're old, but not without appeal
      313 6  -  SHERALYNTAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg AFTER years in government service, they are a little worse for wear, but that didn't stop private entities from snapping them up. The tenders for the former CPIB building at Cantonment Road saw a record 15 bidders vying for the one
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      AMOUNT FOR CONSTRUCTION DEMAND FORECAST INCREASED
      125 6 STRONG demand in the construction sector-which raked in $7.6 billion in the first five months this year has spurred the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to revise the construction demand forecast for the year to between $19 billion and $22 billion, up from $17
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      Special, Express streams to be merged
      338 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg THE symbols of separation within schools are slowly being eliminated. From next year, the Special and Express streams in secondary schools will be merged. This means incoming Secondary One pupils will no longer be set apart by whether they
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      Lock icon SCHOLARS AND THE CAGE THEORY
      907 8  -  CHARLES TAN XTRA EDUCATION Set them free and they will wing their way back A LONG, long time ago in southern China, a family sold their farm to finance their son's attempt at the Imperial Examinations. They hoped that he would one day return in
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      Lock icon THE FAMILY THAT GREW AND GREW
      2537 10  -  JIMMY YAP XTRA THREE NATIONALITIES, ONE FAMILY NOT QUITE SKIPPING WITH JOY MOVING FROM CAMBODIA TO SINGAPORE WAS NEITHER SIMPLE NOR EASY FOR THE CHILDREN. THEY LOST THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY, FOOD AND FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS. NOT AT FIRST, ANYWAY THEY WERE THROWN INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
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      Lock icon CAMERA IN HAND, CHANGE IN MIND
      1074 12  -  DERRICK A PAULO XTRA PERSPECTIVE derrick@mediacorp.com.sg ON HIS blog, he regularly criticises the media. Biased, flat-footed, inept, inaccurate, the list goes on. He is referring to the Singapore mainstream media, to be precise. Today has not been spared the bullets fired from his keyboard;
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        HEALTH MINISTRY'S ONLINE FAQs IN CHINESE
        70 14 From next month, you can post your questions on the healthcare system on the Ministry of Health website. In addition, the ministry is also reaching out to non-English speaking users. For a start, it has uploaded answers to frequently asked questions on the "3Ms"
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        ISLAMIC COUNCIL EXPLAINS HOTA FATWA
        128 14  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI It issued a groundbreaking religious edict (fatwa) to address the dearth of organ donors in the Muslim community last week. And on Friday, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) took it one step further when it explained its rationale for doing so
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      Lock icon Stark truth about sudden death
      508 14  -  TAN HUI LENG Docs: It can happen to anyone but family history is one signal huileng@media corp. com. sg A TRIATHLETE collapses midrace and dies. A seven-year-old student is found cold on the ground in school. Such grim cases of sudden death can happen to
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      Lock icon Review loses final bid to throw out defamation case
      292 14 938 LIVE THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) has lost its final bid to get the courts here to throw out a defamation suit, with the Court of Appeal dismissing its application to set aside earlier court decisions. Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon No 'second bite of cherry' for doc in Subutex case
      285 15 -ANSLEYNG A DOCTOR lost an appeal to admit fresh proof in a case of mishandling his patients' heroin addiction treatment using Subutex. Dr Paul Ho, who practises at a clinic in Margaret Drive, was fined $1,000 by the Singapore Medical
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      Lock icon Luxurious, but eco-friendly
      651 16  -  LINYANQIN Energy Smart hotels save energy without stinting on quality yanqin@media corp.com.sg KEEPING guests pampered and comfortable comes at a high price hotels are among the biggest energy guzzlers in Singapore, accounting for nearly 2 per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions. And with 2,000 rooms
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      Lock icon Globalisation and the young
      418 16  -  UNYANQIN CHANNEL NEWSASIA THEY came together to interact and explore the opportunities and challenges of globalisation but what do they fear the most about living in an increasingly inter-con-nected world? This question was posed to 68 student leaders from eight countries including Singapore who took part
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      Temasek not on the line: Study
      341 17  -  NOORMOHDAZIZ Findings show Spore firm not monopolising Indon telecom market aziz@media corp.com.sg NEW findings by a senior economist and a former member of the Jakarta commission investigating charges of unfair business practices against Temasek Holdings have verified that the firm's shareholdings in Indonesian mobile-telecom
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      Lock icon Police cancel licence for Singapore gay forum
      237 17 —AGENCIES THE police have cancelled a licence for a public forum featuring a retired Canadian law professor, that was to have been held on Aug 7 as part of the annual IndigNation gay festival. In reviewing the application by local organiser Alex Au,
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      Lock icon Plan for east by year end
      328 18 —AFP Abdullah says development blueprint is being drawn up by Petronas KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said the development masterplan for the eastern region of the peninsula will be unveiled by the year-end, according to state media. The blueprint for
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      No need for special Asean fund, says MFA
      292 18 THE Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) does not need a Special Fund to help bridge the development gap among nations, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Friday. The MFA's statement came just days after incoming Asean
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      Lock icon CHINA'S CULTURE OF NO REGRETS
      905 20  -  PAULINE D LOH XTRA CONSERVATION Most hutong residents can't wait to leave these crumbling walls behind In Nanbanjie Hutong, Caishikou, Beijing THERE is much foreign media attention on the preservation of Beijing's famous hutongs (picture), the old alleys which used to house the Forbidden City's
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      Lock icon Confession time for the corrupt
      245 21 BEIJING Almost 1,800 officials confessed to corruption in June, a Chinese Communist Party watchdog said, according to the BBC. The officials were taking advantage of a month-long leniency offer that began on May 30, said the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Over the month,
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      Lock icon China acts on Tibet's living 'Buddhas'
      259 21 —AFP Beijing wants to 'institutionalise' the Tibetan Buddhist practice BEIJING The living Buddhas of Tibet are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported. The new rules are "an important move to institutionalise the management of
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      Lock icon US to freeze assets of Lebanon's foes
      156 22 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States has announced a move to freeze the American assets of anyone considered a threat to the Lebanese government, saying its sovereignty and democratic institutions "are increasingly under attack". Those seen pushing to reassert Syrian control in Lebanon, and
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      Lock icon Mockery over a flag
      132 22 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States has said Russia's move to plant its flag on the seabed under the North Pole has no bearing on claims for rights to the min-eral-rich sub-aquatic territory. "I'm not sure of whether they've put a metal flag, a rubber flag or
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      Lock icon 70,000 disasters waiting to happen
      315 22 —AGENCIES Thousands of bridges across US 'structurally deficient', warn engineers WASHINGTON More than 70,000 bridges across the United States are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis. Engineers estimate repairing all of them would take at least a generation and cost more
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      31 23 GOT HEALTH BENEFITS?: A man milks a horse in Mangeldorf, near the eastern German town of Jerichow. Horse milk is mostly used in connection with skin disease or metabolism problems. AFP
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      Lock icon Glasgow man dies
      111 23 —AFP LONDON The man who drove a vehicle packed with gas canisters into Glasgow airport has died from his injuries. Mr Kafeel Ahmed, 27, died on Thursday, nearly seven weeks after sustaining 90 per cent burns to his skin in the June 30 attack, which came a
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      Lock icon Soccer downer ...
      118 23 Soccer downer —AFP BAGHDAD Iraq's football team was set to return home on Friday for a heroic welcome after winning the Asian Cup, but a third of the squad have decided to skip the festivities in the war-torn capital. Mr Najeh Hamud, deputy chairman of the Iraqi Football Federation, said
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      Lock icon Don't be the weak link on the Web
      356 23 —AFP Users should learn how to protect their computers LAS VEGAS Online sharing of videos and music at the heart of today's Internet lifestyle gives hackers dangerous new avenues for attacking computers, security specialists said on Thursday. Malicious codes could be hidden
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      Lock icon Taliban offers face-to-face talks on S Korean hostages
      185 24 —AP GHAZNI (Afghanistan) The Taliban offered on Friday to hold talks with South Korean officials in Afghan government-controlled territory over the fate of 21 hostages if the United Nations guaranteed the Taliban's safety. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who says he speaks for the
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      Lock icon NOW, WHAT ABOUT OUR EMBRYOS?
      866 24  -  YONATSHIMRON MCT Couples who undergo fertility treatment face ethical, legal dilemmas news@newstoday.com.sg A storage tank at a University of North Carolina fertility clinic holds five frozen embryos belonging to Tim and Kelly Jo Vancelette (picture). The Vancelettes had these embryos created in 2003 to start
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      Lock icon Disgraced S Korean scientist had another breakthrough: Study
      229 24 —AP NEW YORK According to a new study, disgraced Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk (picture) actually did reach a long-sought goal; it is just not the one he claimed. In a paper published on Thursday in the journal Cell Stem Cell,
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      Lock icon Medics freed due to arms deal?
      180 25 DPA TRIPOLI The French defence minister and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) confirmed on Friday the first major arms deal with Libya, since a weapons embargo on the North African country was lifted three years ago. EADS said its missiles systems
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      Lock icon Body parts murder victim was S'porean, police confirm
      109 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have confirmed the identity of the victim in the grisly body parts murder that has gripped the country for days. Based on the DNA test, they have identified him as 39-year-old Singaporean, Goh Yoke Seng. Kuala
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon theweekinvoices
      166 26 It is very emotional, they (the staff) have become family. Wherever I go now, it will never be like this. It has been a home away from home. French businessman Christian lon, the last guest to check out of Hotel Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon as the 35-year-old hotel closed
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      The ties that bind us all
      802 26  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Just being with your parents is enough even if they do drive you up the wall news@newstoday.com.sg FILIAL piety is taken seriously in Singapore. In Britain, the concept started to decline sometime after flared trousers but before Eminem sung the lyrics, "My
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      Ban use of thermal papers for receipts, please
      236 27  -  JASMINE SOH HUITSAN Letter from I REFER to Chi Han-Hsuan's letter, "A ploy to evade the tax man" (Aug 2). I have noticed retailers, food and beverage operators and even small private clinics using thermal paper in their printer-calculator or cash till
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      I'M A VICTIM OF DISCRIMINATION
      851 27  -  HAKIKAT RAI XTRA THE FAR LEFT hakikat@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are days when it seems like the whole world is against you, for there are very few things in life that cater to the lefty. It is not by choice that I am a lefthander. I was
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  • Business
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      Lock icon The new buzz in SIA flights
      494 28 Plans for all-business class travel to New York and LA ALL non-stop flights from Singapore to New York and Los Angeles on Singapore Airlines (SIA) could become an all-business class affair a first for the airline. These flights have always had high business class
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      Lock icon Telstra sues minister over broadband contract decision
      195 28 —AGENCIES AUSTRALIA'S telco company, Telstra, has started legal action on Friday against Communications Minister Helen Coonan for awarding an As9sB-million contract ($1.2-billion) to its rival Singtel to build a rural highspeed Internet network. Mrs Coonan promised to "vigorously defend any legal challenge to
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      Lock icon DBS 'comfortable' with risk level of investment portfolio
      196 28 BLOOMBERG DBS Group Holdings has invested US$lB7 million ($284 million) in securities linked to asset-backed debt, some of which is at risk from defaults in the US mortgage market. The bank said 22 per cent of the US$B5O million it has in
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      Lock icon CASE FOR AN ASIAN, ALL-BUSINESS-CLASS AIRLINE
      1166 28  -  PRITHPAL SINGH XTRA AVIATION RECENT announcements by Virgin and British Airways to offer all-business-class aircraft will have many of us believe that such an airline is a new and novel idea. Not quite. The concept of an all-business-class airline is, in fact, over 20
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Biofuels from Brazil next?
        500 30  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Besides chicken and aircraft, the country is big on ethanol export, too hedirman@media corp.com.sg BITING into a chicken drumstick might just give you a taste of Brazil, with up to 80 per cent of frozen chicken imports coming from that country. But Brazilian Ambassador
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shares close flat; banks a key drag
        220 30 —AFP SINGAPORE share prices closed flat on Friday as the market continued to worry over the United States home loans crisis and waited for key US employment data due later in the day, dealers said. The Straits Times Index (STI) added 0.58 points
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        Lock icon Say goodbye to getting lost – with *Maps
        246 30 Say goodbye to getting lost with *Maps SINGTEL on Friday announced the launch of *Maps the first service in Singapore that allows customers to search for services, events and promotions around their current location. This first-of-its kind service will be offered to Sing Tel customers with GPRS-en-abled phones and WiFi-enabled
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        MONEY ON THE WEATHER
        57 30 Fund: Shroder ISF Global Climate Change Equity Launch Date: June 26 to Aug 8 Launch Price: $10 Minimum Initial Investment: $2000 Minimum Subsequent Investment: $2000 Sales Charge: Up to 5 per cent of gross investment Annual Management Fee: 1.5 per cent Administration Fee: 0.4 per cent
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        1020 31  -  CHRISTIE LOH XTRA SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS christie@mediacorp.com.sg VINEYARD-HOPPING is the thing to do in Yarra Valley, the Bacchus belt about an hour's drive from Melbourne city. Start drinking at 10 in the morning, nibble on local cheese and jam made from the pear-shaped quince
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        667 32 BLOOMBERG Trading on the weather is big business CREDIT Suisse Group trader Patrick Ayash rarely reads earnings estimates and just skims news about inflation. One thing he never misses is the daily weather report Ayash, 31, is part of an army of mathematicians,
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        191 32 Beyonics' HDD business possible bidding war ahead DOW JONES UNITED States private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co (KKR) is reportedly looking into buying the hard-disk drive business of Singapore's Beyonics Technology. KKR representatives are to meet executives from Beyonics next week, sources told Dow Jones Newswires. The deal could be
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        136 32 —AGENCIES Electronics contract manufacturer Venture Corp said secondquarter net profit rose 50 per cent from a year earlier, boosted in part by growth from its printing and imaging business as well as contributions from a new subsidiary. Net profit for the three months ended June 30 rose to $78.7
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      942 36  -  PEARLYN THAM CELINE, COACH, LOEWE, BOTTEGA VENETA: KNOW THE NEW 'IT' BAG BRANDS PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL IMAGING JASON HO STYLING SIM RONG ZHUANG pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it comes to designer handbags, the "It" bag can be everything to a brand. And making "It" work means one or more
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      189 36 TOD'S Tod's is most famous for its Gommino. Launched in the late 70s, this moccasin has 133 rubber nodules on its soles. But its bags made in Italy were recently spotted on A-list celebrities such as Kate Bosworth with her Girelli Clutch and Kate Beckinsale
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        461 38  -  NDP costume designer Anthony Tan gets all the creative space he needs PEARLYN THAM pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg IF ANTHONY Tan had been a fashion designer, he would have had to create clothing that made the wearer look slimmer. But as a costume designer, he gets to do the opposite:
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        276 38 PEARLYN THAM IT WAS just a lip balm and a soap bar but last year, the sale of these two products better known as the Mint Lip Care Stick and the Daisy Soap helped The Body Shop to raise about $38,000. The cause? The beauty retail
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          112 38 If you've long envied Taiwanese supermodel Lin Chi Ling's toned and never-ending legs, here's some consolation: Your legs can feel as good as hers if you use Osim's new uSqueez, which Chi Ling is advertising. This calves-ankles-feet gadget a fol-low-up to the popular iSqueez is said
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          107 38 You've used just about every whitening face mask, moisturiser and serum there is around. But don't forget about your body. The new Lux White Glamour Shower Cream is formulated to give you fairer and more radiant skin while you scrub and rub away in the
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          118 38 Organic skincare line Pangea must be the epitome of ecocool. Its bar soaps and massage and body oils are packaged in moulded fibre boxes that are 1 00 per cent biodegradable and get this plantable. What this means is after you've used the product, you can
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          107 38 TV host-cum-model Tyra Banks calls it her "corn juice" but it's not the latest health drink fad. She's talking about her Foot Glide Anti-Blister Stick, which is made on the theory that prevention is better than cure when it comes to blisters on your feet. This easy-to-use
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        383 39  -  peArlyn tham Let national pride take over your jewellery box, too petarlyn@mediacorp.com.sg II PREVIOUSLY, if you were a jewellery lover /hoping to wear your nationalistic heart on your sleeve or on your bosom, to be exact you could only do it with touristy enamelled orchid brooches. Thankfully, our
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        433 39 NIVEA GIVES YOUR SKIN THE MOISTURE IT NEEDS CELLULITE has its pinch test. Dehydrated skin also has its own litmus test: Place your finger over a section of skin on your arm and lightly but slowly run your finger over the skin. If your skin creases even slightly,
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        1105 40  -  [neo chai chin 1 MALE MEALMAKERS MORE MEN ARE BRINGING HOME THE BACON AND COOKING IT chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg ONE man took up cooking because he did not play golf. Another, because his wife could not cook. And a third learnt how to bake, with
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        640 42  -  ANNETTE TAN Hankering for a good, meaty stew? Head to Stewhaus where a menu of hearty (and slow) dishes awaits food@newstod ay.com.sg Like hamburgers, stews are one of those heartwarming dishes that are loved by just about everyone. When well made, a good stew is flavoursome, steeped
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        518 42  -  SERENE HUANG SINCE its soft launch in April, the Screening Room has received rave reviews for its food-meets-film concept. Named for the plush 25-seater theatre on the third floor, the five-storey venue at Ann Siang Road has been converted into,
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          145 43 One of the world s leading rice exporters, Chia Meng Group, represented by the mythical phoenix, has introduced a new look in the packaging of its Thai Horn Mali Rice. The new packaging now boasts a vibrant gold and purple design (picture). Mrs Sopan Manathanya, vice-presi-dent
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          117 43  -  SERENE HUANG Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta, the quintet of brightly-coloured animated heroes from Japan, are now seen on cakes from Polar Puffs and Cakes in their red, green, yellow, blue and pink outfits. Polar's new series of character cakes is bound to delight children
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        725 44 THE A TRUE ITALIAN SUPERSTAR COLIN YONG IN BOLZANO, ITALY colin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Italians have an innate knack for turning some sheet metal, leather and rubber into a breathtaking piece of art on wheels Maserati's new four-seater coupe illustrates this perfectly. If you think the GranTurismo looks good in photographs,
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        768 45  -  COLIN YONG Mercedes-Benz's new C-Class is good enough to worry BMW colin@mediacorp.com.sg MERCEDES-BENZ C 200 KOMPRESSOR The best way of knowing that a car has made it in the world is when an entire vehicle segment is named after it Such has been BMW's dominance in the
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        373 45 COLIN YONG MOST people don't give a second thought to how the doors on a car are arranged but the new Mini Clubman might change that. It has five unusually-placed doors one on the left, two on the right and two which open outwards for access to the boot
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      214 46 AGENCIES NEW DELHI -Jailed actor Sanjay Dutt will be given an "aptitude test" to decide what manual work he should perform while in prison. Dutt, who was jailed on Tuesday for illegal weapons possession, could work in the laundry, bakery, printing press, carpentry shop
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      274 46 AGENCIES It's a boy for Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung AFTER a troubled pregnancy and an equally dramatic courtship with actor Nicholas Tse actress Cecilia Cheung has given birth to a 3.08 kg baby boy delivered via caesarean section on Thursday. At about 9pm, Cecilia complained of
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      85 46 -THE GUARDIAN MARK this date: May 21, 2010. That's the release date for Shrek 4, the first movie to book itself a slot in the 2010 film calendar despite the fact that the movie does not actually exist yet, and is unlikely to
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      717 48  -  ZUL OTHMAN He started making music as a hobby, now Calvin Harris 'creates disco' for stars like Kylie Minogue zul@mediacorp.com. sg ELECTRONIC music hotshot Calvin Harris (picture) can't believe he went from supermarket shelf stacker to superstar dance music producer in five short years. "I guess it
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      169 49 -AP GWEN Stefani will not wear revealing costumes for her Aug 21 concert in Malaysia after Muslim students protested her sexy outfits and steamy performances. Show organiser Maxis Communications said the 37-year-old singer will follow the local code of ethics for foreign artists, which bans unnecessary baring
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          94 50 Singapore's annual indie music festival, held at the Esplanade, is back yet again. Since 2001, Baybeats has been a staple for fans and performers of music that is off the beaten track.The best part? It's free! This year, check out 32 local and international acts, including
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          100 50 Spend a lazy Sunday with Jazzedelics, a jazz band with a Latin influence. As part of Clarke Quay's Music Sunday series, held on the first Sunday of every month, pianist Alma Ramirez and bassist Mario Lopez of Jazzedelics play a relaxing brand of jazz music inspired by
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          78 50 If you're up for classical music instead, join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for a chamber concert. Comprising such classic works as Moszkowski's Suite for Two Violins and Piano and Bartok's Roumanian Dances, the concert will feature a full range of instruments at work, including violins, cellos,
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          86 50 Branded as the first Indian hiphop concert in the world, Tamil Hip-Hop Era will be rocking Singapore with some of the biggest rap groups from Malaysia. Headlined by trio Natchatra and Yogi B, who have since been invited for gigs in Canada and India, the concert will also
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      211 53  -  CUBBY LEONG THE world's top two women's squash players will face each other in the final of the CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters on Saturday at the Kallang Squash Centre. True to form, world No 1 Nicol David (picture), 23, will face world No 2
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