Today, 25 April 2008

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    13 1 TODAY /AediaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday April 25, 2008 todayonline.com
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    2 years on, employers still skirt day-off clause
    810 1  -  LIN YANQIN Should there be a lawto get employers to comply? yanqin@media corp.com.sg NEWLY arrived, a maid asked her employer if she could get a rest day. Her employer was incredulous. "If I wanted to give my maid a day off, I
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    Lock icon Tycoon's wife cleared of slapping charges
    534 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@media corp.com.sg HER DAY in court to face a criminal charge was over in five minutes with the wife of Singapore tycoon Wong Ngit Liong cleared of a charge of slapping an SIA stewardess. Given the high-profile nature of the case involving Tan
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      Kindergartens take initiative to shut
      396 2  -  TAN HUI LENG They want to keep their charges safe, even though they are not on MOH's radar huileng@media corp.com.sg IT'S not just parents who are taking a proactive effort to keep their children free of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) two kindergartens have
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      Lock icon Sharp hike in kindergarten fees
      527 3  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SOME 1,500 students attending the seven PAP Community Foundation (PCF) kindergartens in Woodlands will see their fees shoot up by 30 to 100 per cent from July. Then, about 50-odd PCF branches will raise their fees when a freeze in effect since
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      757 3 THE SIUNCE OF LOW WHY OPPOSITION MP SHOULD HAVE REPLIED TO PM J AN XTRA PERSPECTIVE, J IN YOUR WEEKEND TODAY i May Giveaways with SingTel's Sweet Treats! "I love it!" can,t wait!" —^fc Jm Mma a ||^9| IwS ____r^Trn^'^n9__f^^__^ rnxm HHBf f w <-_.. fes •**^^_P 3 ways to
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      Lock icon TWC2 running out of funds
      409 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Workers rights NGO could shut down weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS become a familiar voice championing the rights of migrant workers here. Now, Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) is issuing its own call for help. The non-governmental organisation's president John Gee told Today it
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      24 6 EENY,MEENY,MINY, MOE: This woman was not the only one who had to make a tough decision at the Defence Services Asia show. UTUSAN MALAYSIA
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      Channel 5 fined $15k by MDA
      291 6 THE Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore has fined MediaCorp TV Channel 5 $15,000, the authority said in a statement on its website yesterday. On Jan 13 at 7.30 am, the station had aired an episode of an acquired home and decor series, "Find
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NEARLY A MILLION VISITORS LAST MONTH
        86 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Some 908,000 visitors arrived in Singapore last month, setting a new record for the month and representing a growth of 5.7 per cent compared to March lastyear. The 3.4 million visitor days were up 14.1 per cent from March last year. Indonesia
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        BOY DIES IN MINIBUS CRASH, GIRL HOSPITALISED
        100 6  -  TEOXUANWEI A collision between two cars and a minibus at around 11.30 am yesterday claimed the life of a young boy. The boy, a passenger in the minibus, was pronounced dead in hospital at about 12.30pm. Another girl in the bus was hospitalised
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        CASINO REGULATORY AUTHORITY CHIEF NAMED
        64 6 Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police T Raja Kumar has been appointed the chief executive of the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, formed on April 2 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Prior to this, Mr Raja was the senior deputy director
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        DAVE TEO'S TRIAL TO START JULY 7
        90 6  -  ZULOTHMAN The National Serviceman who last year went absent without leave with a rifle and eight live rounds will go on trial from July 7. Dave Teo Ming, 20, has been charged with three counts of unlawfully carrying the SAR--21 rifle and illegally
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      Lock icon Family Day a holiday?
      627 8  -  JINNY KOH Campaign to encourage families to spend time together starts May 24 jinny@mediacorp.com.sg COULD we be getting a new public holiday? That is a possibility with the launch of Singapore's first Family Day on May 24. The National Family Council has designated the fourth Saturday
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      Lock icon Singapore-kini as an alternative?
      489 8  -  NEO CHAI CHIN NAZRYBAHRAWI chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg DEPENDING on who you ask, local blog site The Online Citizen's (TOC) 7,000-unique visitors on Tuesday could indicate growing interest in alternative media or that Singapore is not ready for an independent news site in the spirit of Malaysiakini.com across the
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      Lock icon time for thai
      819 10  -  EVELINE GAN DESPITE the slew of Thai eateries that have sprouted up here over the years, there aren't many that serve really good, fine-dining quality Thai nosh. For fans of fine Thai cuisine, Thanying's sister restaurant —which opened lastyearon Sentosa is worth a visit, although its location
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      Lock icon AmCham sets up committee to study international school places crunch
      190 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) has formed a committee to address the continuing shortage of places at international schools here. While some, like the United World College and the Canadian International School, announced expansion plans last year,
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      Lock icon Women ignorant about cause of cervical cancer
      510 12  -  ALICIA WONG Manythinkitis caused by genes, stress or diet, not knowing that a virus is to blame alicia@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS unlike other cancers genes, poor lifestyle habits or the environment would not cause it But most of its potential victims do not know
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      Lock icon JBJ on the Mas Selamat affair
      290 12 DAYS after the Prime Minister explained why his ministers should not step down merely to "appease public anger", Opposition veteran JB Jeyaretnam is saying that Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng should "offer" to resign in the wake of Mas Selamat Kastari's escape. It
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      THE MONOPOLY OF RACIAL RELATIONS
      792 14  -  CHITRARAJARAM How a winner-take-all approach can create 'oppression, power and privilege' DEPUTY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR chitrarajaram@media corp.com.sg ARE Singaporeans racially sensitive as a society? Do we merely tolerate each other or do we really understand and care about the different races and sensitivities in our midst
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      64 16 MILESTONE MEETING: The first India-Singapore Joint Ministerial Committee meeting, co-chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo (left) and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, was held on Tuesday in New Delhi. At the milestone meeting, the ministers discussed future cooperation in areas such as education and culture, and touched on exploring
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      Lock icon Employers prep for challenges
      498 16  -  S RAMESH CHANNEL NEWSASIA They face falling productivity, higher wage demand rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg EMPLOYERS in Singapore are bracing for slower job market growth this year, according to the Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF). Its president, Mr Stephen Lee, said job growth this year will moderate to about
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      28 12 H^ rPHILADHPHIAIIA V Fabulous Friday. SPREAD THE GOODNESS EVERY MORNING. Philadelphia Cream Cheese, with 60% less fat than butter or margarine. Breakfast with a little taste of heaven.
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      630 13 Your Mum never stops being your Mum. Jtt^^ So why not make m every day Mother's Day. {ffflUf X wm put a smile on mum's face i JSfe. B i»i^i,,, m hubbing makes it simple Take Mum out every day. When she gets home, KnTCFRH her favourite shows will be
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      247 14 mew 4* !v pcranakan MUSEUM Opens 26 April 2008 9 Be The First To See! 11% More than 1,200 artefacts jewellery, costumes, furniture, JHSL beadwork and other treasured Peranakan pieces :^J^^ •10 galleries with state-of-the-art design and lighting miui 20 multi-media stations and interactives for kids to have loads '^aS^^'
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      Lock icon Iran exits defence show
      367 18 -AP Ejection comes after Iran put on display 'offensive' missile equipment KUALA LUMPUR Iran has been kicked out of an international defence show in Malaysia for exhibiting missile equipment in violation of United Nations (UN) rules. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said Iranian companies were
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      Lock icon Thai PM to call snap elections
      230 18 -AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he will call snap elections once his government completes amendments to the controversial armybacked constitution. The charter was approved at a referendum last August while the country was still under military rule following a September 2006
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      BN not worried by rumours
      190 18 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition is not worried over talk of its members of parliament in Sabah defecting to the opposition camp, reported Bernama news agency. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has claimed that some BN MPs in Sabah had already decided to
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      Lock icon CHINA-FRANCE HIGH-LEVEL TALKS SEEK TO EASE TENSION
      301 20 -AFP China called on France yesterday to cooperate to bring troubled relations back on track as the two sides held high-level talks amid tension over Tibet and the Paris Olympic torch protests. President Hu Jintao, in a meeting with French Senate leader Christian
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      Lock icon Torch passes unscathed through Australia
      440 20 —AGENCIES Minor scuffles contained CANBERRA Runners carried the Olympic torch unimpeded through Australia's capital yesterday, cheered by thousands waving Chinese flags though critics of China protested nearby and a skywriting airplane wrote "Free Tibet" overhead. Australian organisers claimed victory because they largely avoided the chaotic
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      Lock icon Ma cleared of graft charges
      182 20 ■AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Supreme Court cleared the island's Presi-dent-elect Ma Ying-jeou of corruption charges yesterday, delivering a final ruling in the high-profile case less than a month before he takes office. Mr Ma had been accused of misusing more than NT$ll million ($500,000) in expense
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      Lock icon The US-Maoist divide
      286 22 —AGENCIES US taken by surprise as ex-rebels enter Nepal govt KATHMANDU Nepal's Maoists yesterday pledged that the world's last Hindu monarchy will be abolished swiftly after final results from landmark polls earlier this month gave them a resounding victory. The ex-rebels' surprise win, however, left the Bush
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      Lock icon China's Internet use explodes, despite blocks
      239 22 -AGENCIES BEIJING China's fast-growing Internet population has risen to tie the United States for the world's biggest, with 221 million people online, according to government data reported yesterday. The figure, reported by the state news agency Xinhua, reflects China's explosive growth in Web use
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      Lock icon Filipinos won't give up rice
      536 25  -  JESSINTATAN Cebu charity finds it tough to get the poor to eat other grains IN CEBU, PHILIPPINES jessinta@media corp.com.sg THEY may make their homes in shantytowns and garbage dumps, but just don't ask the Philippines' poor to give up their bowl of rice. A missionary
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      Lock icon Rice crisis hits US: Big retailers start rationing sales
      226 25 -THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK The global food crisis has reached the United States as big retailers began to ration sales of rice in response to bulk purchases by customers alarmed by rocketing prices of staples. Wal-Mart's cash-and-carry division, Sam's Club, announced
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      Lock icon 8,000 schools across England and Wales gear up for teachers' strike chaos
      333 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A third of schools are expected to be thrown into chaos as teachers stage their first national strike in 21 years with threats of further industrial action to come. Up to 8,000 primary, secondary
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      Abstinence 'not effective'
      414 27 $I.Bb in funding but teen pregnancy, STD rates unchanged WASHINGTON Programmes teaching schoolchildren in the United States to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually-transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins. Health groups told US Congress this on Wednesday, reported Reuters.
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      Lock icon Spotlight now on super-delegates after Clinton's recent win
      313 28 -AFP WASHINGTON Ms Hillary Clinton, buoyed by her win in the Pennsylvania primary, has piled pressure on top Democratic Party officials who hold the key to her gripping White House feud with Mr Barack Obama. The Obama team, on the other hand,
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        HEAVY RAIN AND EARTHQUAKE WREAK HAVOC IN TAIWAN
        90 29 A worker is seen yesterday (picture) in a hole caused by recent heavy rains, at a Taiwan retirement home run by the Interior Ministry in Chuche, Taipei county. Yesterday, Taiwan was struck by 12 undersea quakes, including a powerful one on the
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        Lock icon M'SIA LIFTS BAN ON PAPER
        94 29 -AP Malaysia's government yesterday lifted a ban on a newspaper catering to ethnic minority Indians, but denied caving in to criticism that it was stifling press freedom. The Home Ministry told the Tamillanguage Makkal Osai last week that its operating license had not been renewed
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      Lock icon US to detail N Korea's nuclear links with Syria
      398 29 -AGENCIES Syria envoy refutes US claims of its ties with N Korea WASHINGTON In a move that could upset United States policy towards North Korea, US intelligence officials were set to tell lawmakers here yesterday that Pyongyang shared nuclear knowhow with
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      Lock icon 'Inmates' tired of 'human zoos'
      633 30 -DPA Refugees in Thai mock villages built for tourism want out KAYAN TAYAR (Thailand) When Ms Mv La (picture) talks, her voice sounds muffled because of the 27 heavy brass rings she wears around her neck. But the message from the refugee from Myanmar who
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      339 32  -  ASSOC PROF MAX YUEN TEEN Letter from Co-director Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre, NUS I REFER to the article "SGX raps Swissco" (April 24). I applaud the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for the actions taken and view these as "proportionate" to the infractions by mainboardlisted Swissco
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      282 32  -  DAVID GERALD Letter from President/CEO, SIAS With reference to your report: "Sias makes peace with Swissco" (April 24), I wish to record on behalf of Sias, our regret that your headline gives the impression to your readers that firstly, Sias was at war with
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      205 34  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.... MAKING HOME A HAPPY PLACE Have you ever noticed how some families are just fun to be around? They always seem to be laughing and having a good time. Well, that doesn't happen by accident. Good parents understand the importance of creating
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      750 34  -  Tabitha Wang BUDGET TAITAI news@newstoday.com.sg Spare the rod and you'll end up with a selfish workforce THERE was a five-year-old boy throwing a tantrum right in the middle of a supermarket aisle. Nothing unusual, you'd say. Butwhatmade passersby do a double take was the fact that the
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      266 39  -  STEVE KNGO Medals and rankings spark competitive spirit among Games participants Letter from I REFER to the articles, "And the winner i 5..." and "No farce please, this is the Olympics" (April 24). I wonder if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had made it
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      389 39  -  CAITLIN FUA Letter from Corporate Communications Manager Star Hub WE REFER to "Why pay a penalty for sport?" by Mr Tan Hau Teck (April 21). Star Hub gives its customers a choice to subscribe to its pay-TV service on a month-to-month basis,
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      179 38 Chor Zhi Chao Zanetta Joan Sit Ying Li Year 3 Yean Exchange Alumnus, Concurrent Degree Programme University of Toronto, Canada Law and Public Policy NUS Rugby Team NUS Undergraduate Scholar At NUS Law School, you will be taught by I world class professors who are leading jgl XL authorities in
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      424 39 The Architecture of Silence D^S For all the wrong reasons ■aii-i.ijj.jijj-i Slovene National Theatres Opera Ballet Maribor Victorla (Belgium)/Contact (UK) and Ljubljana/Singapore Festival Orchestra Directed by Lies p^,,, For o// rte wronf reosons asks what it means (Slovenia/Singapore) to be stupid. Six talented performers challenge one another as they 88^*53
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      493 40  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN M 1 chief against making the consumer pay more hedirman@media corp.com.sg THE current domestic model of bidding for exclusive content is an unfavourable one for competition, said Mobile One (Ml) chief executive Neil Montefiore (picture), and he's hoping the situation will change in the
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      354 40  -  CONRAD RAJ EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) has expressed its "serious concern" over Wednesday's resignation of lawyer Lee Suet Fern from the board of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), effectively leaving it with no independent director. In a
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        763 42  -  CHRISTIE LOH SGX, SID, Sias can do better christie@media corp.com.sg IT IS not quite time yet to close the chapter on Swissco International's boardroom drama. Although the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has thumped the table and directed the company to hire a rule-compliance adviser, the episode
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        287 47  -  ESTHER FUNG FOR 37-year-old craftsman Vijayan Muthu, telling his supervisor three years ago that he was interested in upgrading his skills paid off. His firm, machine tool builder Makino Asia, chose him alongside five others for a place in a new course, Precision
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        284 47  -  CONRAD RAJ It reports a 4% growth in Q1 profit EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg DESPITE warning that 2008 "looks to be a tough year" as the problems of the United States sub-prime mortgage market became more widespread, Keppel Corp's executive chairman Lim Chee Onn was
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        Resorts World gets the $4b loan it needs to develop IR
        178 47 Resorts World has completed the syndication of $4 billion in credit facilities to develop its integrated resort with casino on Sentosa. The loan, one of the largest taken in Singapore, was made at an interest rate of 1.75 per
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        Jade to appoint legal adviser
        138 50 JADE Technologies plans to appoint TSMP Law Corp to advise the company on existing corporate transactions as well as legal, regulatory and compliance issues, according to a regulatory filing with the Singapore Exchange yesterday. Jade's chief financial officer Vera Lim, who is also the company
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        260 50 AGENCIES WHOLESALE rice prices crossed US$25 per 100 pounds ($33.72) for the first time, boosted by speculation that more countries may introduce export curbs, reducing supplies needed to combat shortages and cool inflation. Brazil may limit exports of rice to build local inventories amid tightening
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        161 50 UOB Kay Hian Trading has submitted the highest bid of $34 million in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) tender for a transitional office site at Scotts Road. The tender for the 93,461 sq ft plot of land closed yesterday. Offered on a short-term lease
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          778 52 We show you three ways to juice up your online presence BLOGS were once thought of as mere online diaries. Now, they've grown much richer in nature and help to foster online communities and discussion among netizens. HEDIRMAN SUPIAN (hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg) looks at the different forms
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          Spoiled for choice with Samsung's new mobile offerings
          281 52 SAMSUNG has announced its latest bevy of mobile beauties and there seems to be something for everyone. Samsung Soul (picture) is the company's flagship phone for the quarter. It's only 12.9 mm thin, but packs in a 5-megapixel camera, Bang and Olufsen's
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          260 54 RECORDING high-definition footage does not mean you need to carry around bulky gear. Sony has launched what it claims to be the world's smallest and lightest camcorder, the HDR-TGIE Handycam (picture). Measuring just 32x119x63mm and weighing 300g, this Handycam is a capable little wonder
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          565 54  -  ARIELTAM This new smartphone with its many functions will thrill the geekiest of geeks ariel@mediacorp.com.sg ANOTHER day, another smartphone. The i-mate Ultimate 9502 ($1,348) is one of the latest to land on our shores and it sure is one heck of a Mr Do-It-All. Every mobile-related acronym
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          381 54  -  -TREVOR TAN MOVE your space ship to the left and right! Shoot the Invaders with your laser cannon as they descend upon you! Quick, you will lose a life if an Invader hits you or if it reaches the bottom of the screen! Yes, it's
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      1167 56  -  Asif Ansar asif@mediacorp.com.sg Who sucked the nightlife out of the once-thumping heartbeat of town? IT'S around midnight on a party Friday and the place looks like a ghost town. You almost expect to see tumbleweeds drift down the street except for the cabs meandering by
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        104 58 Naughty, mischievous ladies take centrestage in Indonesian artist Arifien Neif's (picture) solo exhibition Fine Romance. The homage to the female form consisting of up to 35 works from various collectors as well as a series of new paintings will be on display at the National Museum
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      541 60  -  MAYO MARTIN Eric Khoo's new lead actor works his magic onscreen and off mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Eric Khoo first met Bosco Francis, the lead actor for his newest movie, My Magic, some 10 years ago, there were more than just sparks flying. "I was at an
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      338 60  -  ASIFANSAR asif@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S something fishy about this bar: It's called Bar-Ra-Cuda and the resident band is called Catch D Bait If you're thinking it's a new watering hole somewhere near popular angling haunts like the East Coast or Changi, think again because it's the latest
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      171 62 -AFP HOLLYWOOD diva Jennifer Lopez (picture) is planning a television reality show about her life as a singer, actress and, more recently, a mother, that she will finance and produce herself, The Learning Channel said Wednesday. "Jennifer is unbelievably passionate about life and
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      648 63  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH From rock musical to rock stars? The cast and band of We Will Rock You sound off christophertoh@media corp.com.sg WHAT do the members of We Will Rock You do after performing onstage? Well, they go to other clubs to perform, apparently. At least,
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      519 62  -  GENEVIEVELOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg CHRISTOPHER Lee and Farm Wong are getting married with David Gan's ring. Well, technically, Christopher "bought" the ring for his Caldecott sweetheart but it was David who picked it out in Spain, paid the difference out of his own pocket, and brought it
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