Today, 2 August 2008

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    20 1 weekendTODAY August 2 3, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking weekendTODAY August 2 3, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    XTRA
    47 1 END OF CHEAP ERA Amid rising inflation, the days of Singapore being "cheap and good" may be over. Get ready for the "expensive but bad" era where what is "good" at lower prices will seem "poor value" at much higher prices, says Simon Tay. Page 2
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    SINGAPORE
    46 1 DOUBLE DUTY This car park attendant didn't just check for parking coupons when making his rounds; he also stole cash cards. He will now have to spend seven months in jail after the High Court decided to up his sentence from nine weeks. Page 8.
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    WORLD
    51 1 HIGHWAY HORROR Canada is reeling from a gruesome murder in which a man stabbed and decapitated a sleeping fellow passenger before displaying the head to others on the bus. A 40-year-old man, who was arrested after a three-hour standoff with the police, has been charged with seconddegree murder. Page
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    BUSINESS
    42 1 DARWIN NO MORE High operating costs have led Tiger Airways to rethink its Australian operations. From Oct 26, the budget carrier will suspend its flights to the Australian city of Darwin. Has Tiger over-extended itself in its expansion plans? Page 26
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    SPORTS
    50 1 MR GAMES 2008? At 23, US swimmer Michael Phelps has broken 25 records and is set to hog the limelight at the Games, starting next week. Can he live up to the hype? ut win or lose, he will not have to worry about one thing: Money. .^^l'age 66
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    An Eastern experiment
    875 1  -  TAN HUI LENG CHRONIC DISEASE Changi hospital pioneers scheme to follow up on diabetic, cardiac patients, keep their costs down huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINCE retiree Chong Kau Chai underwent a heart bypass two weeks ago, he has, by and large, been left on his own after leaving the hospital.
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  • NEWS
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      Operators apply for fare hike; but SMRT says rise won't cover spike in costs
      404 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg ITS request last August to raise train fares was rejected. This year, as expected, SMRT has again put in its application to the Public Transport Council (PTC) as has SBS Transit and justified
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      Lock icon THE END OF CHEAP AND GOOD
      985 2  -  SIMON S C TAY XTRA RECORD INFLATION A world-class vision for swanky new Singapore heralds the end of an era news@newstoday.com .sg INFLATION figures in Singapore have hit record highs, with over 6 per cent reported for the first months, the highest for 25
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      Lock icon Ex-Crazy Horse may become new St James nightspot
      258 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE defunct Crazy Horse cabaret theatre at Clarke Quay may soon open its doors to a different kind of party animal. Nightlife veteran Dennis Foo, chief executive of The St James group, began proceedings to take over the premises and
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      THAT TWO-HOUR APPEARANCE
      1370 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG XTRA CRIMINAL LAW Two lawyers and an academic examine the AG's rare performance cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the chief prosecutor of the state goes to court to personally argue a case, you would not be blamed for asking: What makes this case so special? On the
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      Duo charged
      379 6  -  TEOXUANWEI TAX EVASION Businesswoman and accountant allegedly understated incomes by more than $2.4m each xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg FOR 11 years running, they allegedly evaded taxes by under-declaring their incomes by as much as $400,000 each in one year. On Friday, accountant Chng ChorTong, 50, and businesswoman Poh Chai Ha, 41,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TITANIC DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON COMINGTOTOWN
        111 6  -  MAYSEAH James Cameron (picture), the Oscar-win-ning director of Titanic and Terminator 2, will be in town for the inaugural 3DX: 3D Film Entertainment Technology Festival. Jim Gianopulos, chief executive of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks Animation, will open the proceedings
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        87 POLICE CADETTRAINEES HIT BY FOOD POISONING?
        108 6  -  TEOXUANWEI Eighty-seven police cadet trainees were hit with suspected food poisoning on Thursday. Today understands the group, training at the Home Team Academy, started suffering from diarrhoea and were vomiting hours after they ate breakfast. The police said the food at the academy
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        Lock icon LAURENCE LIEN NAMED NEW NVPC CHIEF
        95 6 Mr Laurence Lien (picture), currently the director of governance and investment at the Ministry of Finance, will become the chief executive officer of the National Volunteers Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) from Oct 1. Mr Lien will take over the reins from NVPC's chief executive officer
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      Stealing on the job
      394 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT IN COURT Jail term upped for car park enforcement officer who stole cash cards weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg DRESSED in his white uniform and riding around on his scooter, Mr Muhammad Firdaus Kiamel appeared to be carrying out his duty as a car park enforcement officer.
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      Lock icon EVERY NURSE HAS HER DAY
      97 8 001 BOONKEONG Minister Lim Swee Say wiping his forehead with a towel as he was ferrying two nurses on a trishaw at a party yesterday afternoon to celebrate Nurses' Day. At the same time, he serenaded them with the evergreen song You Light Up My
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      Lock icon Association warned, but rates will still increase
      437 10  -  ALICIA WONG SCHOOL BUS FEES alicia@mediacorp.com. sg FOR housewife Cynthia Sin, the $10 to $15 increase in school bus fees proposed by the Singapore School Transport Association (SSTA) last month was "too much". But even after the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) on
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      Lock icon The long and winding queue at Natas ...
      224 10  - The long and winding queue at Natas LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg AT 7AM, before the Natas Holidays 2008 Fair opened to the public, a queue had already formed outside Halls 4 and 5 of the Singapore Expo five hours before its noon opening. By the time the doors were opened, the
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      Ms Chee's appeal to travel overseas denied
      182 10  -  DERRICK PAULO FIRST, she applied to the Official Assignee (OA) and was rejected. Then, opposition activist Chee Siok Chin, who is bankrupt and needs permission to travel overseas, appealed to the law minister. The decision remained. Now, a letter from Stanford University, where
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      Young, rebellious but not apathetic
      380 10  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg BEING rebellious is commonly associated with being young. And on Friday, Foreign Minister George Yeo was asked at a forum with polytechnic students if future leaders of Singapore could also be a little rebellious in their decisions. To this, Mr Yeo said all
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      STUDENTS'VISION FORHOUGANG
      129 10  -  ZULOTHMAN For three months, 65 retail management students from Singapore Polytechnic surveyed more than 1,000 Hougang Central residents with the aim of breathing new life into the neighbourhood. On Friday, the team with the best proposal received the champions trophy and $500 cash from Foreign Minister George Yeo,
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      Lock icon BOHEMIA – THE SINGAPORE WAY
      1012 12  - BOHEMIA THE SINGAPORE WAY TERENCE CHONG XTRA NATIONAL IDENTITY We are good at using the brand, but what about the product? news@newstoday.com .sg SINGAPORE has always had a love-hate relationship with the West. In many ways, this relationship has been inescapable. As a former British colony, our path of progress
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      Lock icon Retiree found dead in flat
      418 13  -  ESTHER NG MURDERCASE estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SOME three months after moving in, a 73-year-old man was found dead in his Toa Payoh Central flat late on Thursday night, his naked body lying in a pool of blood. Mr Koh Sam Hong whom neighbours described as friendly and
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      KPE closed from Aug 12 to 18
      209 13 THE KPE (Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway) will be closed from 11pm on Aug 12 to sam on Aug 18 to prepare for the full opening of the expressway on Sept 20. The closure is "necessary for safety reasons, to ensure smooth transition of operations,
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      THE GREAT WALL OF...TELEVISIONS
      102 14 It's more than 100-metres long and dedicated to large plasma-screen and LCD televisions ranging from 32 inches to 70 inches in size. Described by Audio House as the'longest HDTV wall in Asia', it will be the focus of the electronic retailer's AV Hub at its new
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    • S'PORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon GOVT BUILDINGS AS DORMS
        74 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA To meet immediate demand for dormitories for foreign workers, some vacant Government buildings will be converted into transitional dormitories, while permanent ones are built, said Acting Manpower MinisterGan KimYong. With more foreign workers needed to support the growth in various industries, since February, both
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        LINKINGWOMEN LEADERS
        113 14 A new initiative plans to plug three gaps in developing women leaders in Singapore. The Young Women's Leadership Connection aims to provide mentorship, community and networking opportunities. The need for the latter is crucial, given that men network "more easily and naturally" than women, according to MP Lim
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE? IT'S JUST NICE
      624 14  -  RAVI VELOO XTRA BIRTHDAY WISHES No special reason needed to celebrate National Day news@newstoday.com .sg IT'S nice to have a country. Not a "Singapore Inc". Not something that needs an articulated vision or an explanation of what it is, or a metaphor or a song or
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon M'sian govt set to announce fuel price cut
      193 16 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Friday the Malaysian government was set to announce a cut in fuel prices, following a 41 -per-cent hike in June that stirred protests. The government hiked petrol prices to ease the burden
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      Lock icon PM Abdullah suffers popularity plunge
      299 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR Public confidence in Malaysia's political and economic future has dwindled dramatically in recent months, with the Prime Minister's popularity hitting an all-time low, a survey showed on Friday. The independent Merdeka Center research firm found that only 28 per cent of registered
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      Lock icon Leave it to people to decide: DPM Najib
      522 16 AGENCIES PERMATANG PAUH BY-ELECTION Anwar free to contest, but warned against escaping possible sodomy prosecution KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling coalition faces a tough battle in a by-election to be contested by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but the government is not threatened, the
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      Lock icon MARTIAN WATER, ANYONE?
      132 18 AP The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) scientists on Thursday said the Phoenix lander exploring Mars had confirmed water on the planet after analysis of a soil sample from the Red planet's surface. Scientists say the ice is being analysed to see if conditions on Mars
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      Lock icon Police identify suspect in bus attack, beheading
      387 18 AP CARNAGE IN CANADA Knife-wielding killer disemboweled seat-mate aboard Canadian bus PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE (Manitoba) Police have identified the man who witnesses say stabbed and beheaded a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies. Police said in a statement on
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      Lock icon British girl's mutilated body found in Brazil
      349 18 AP GOIANIA (Brazil) Police have accused a Brazilian man of killing and dismembering his 17-year-old British girlfriend, taking pictures of her body parts with his mobile phone and stuffing her torso in a suitcase. He went to a party after murdering her, according
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      Lock icon GOODOMEN FORTHE OLYMPICS?
      127 19 AGENCIES A plane flying in front of the sun over the Damyns Hall Aerodrome in England during a partial eclipse on Friday. The sun was completely eclipsed over Canada, Russia and China. Millions of people gathered to watch a total solar eclipse along China's ancient Silk Road,
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      Lock icon New Cabinet unveiled
      480 19 AGENCIES JAPANESE POLITICS Fukuda picks a mix of old guard and new faces to satisfy both the public and senior lawmakers TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda picked a new Cabinet on Friday that was a mix of old-guard legislators and several re-appointments to restore confidence in
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      ASEAN'S CHARTER: PROMISES VS REALITIES
      1360 20  -  SIMON SC TAY XTRA OUR COMMON HUMANITY As contention and debate rage on about the Charter's future, let us take a retrospective and review its baby steps news@newstoday.com .sg ASEAN Ministers meeting in Singapore last week were pushed to address diverse controversies ranging from the
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      Lock icon The new face of old-school' politics
      868 21  -  BAHTIAR EFFENDY ELECTION WATCH Ideological parties have evolved and adapted to the Indonesian political scene sindo@mediacorp.com.sg IF ANTHROPOLOGIST Clifford Geertz were alive, and had the opportunity to write his dissertation based on current events in East Java, he might have a different opinion about
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      Lock icon Bomb blasts in Myanmar
      162 21 AFP YANGON Bombs exploded in two eastern Myanmar states leaving no casualties but damaging government infrastructure, state media said on Friday. The blasts, which hit an electricity pylon and telephone operator office, were blamed on ethnic Karen anti-gov-ernment insurgents by the New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        CAMBODIANS PRAY FOR PEACE WITH THAILAND
        100 21 About 1,000 Cambodians gathered at an ancient temple near the Thai border on Friday to pray for a peaceful resolution to Phnom Penh's military standoff with Bangkok, AFP reported. Soldiers and government officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife Bun Rany, were led in
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        Lock icon TURKISH RELIGIOUS SCHOOL COLLAPSES, KILLING 16
        82 21 AGENCIES A religious boarding school for girls in Turkey collapsed on Friday after a suspected gas explosion, killing 16 girls and injuring at least 27 others. An explosion sent a wall of flame through the school dormitory just as the girls, aged from eight
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      Its about value, not prices
      592 22  -  Simon Twiston Davies PAY-TV PRICING What consumers get for their pay-TV money is better today than it has ever been Letter from CEO, Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia, Hong Kong THE article "Pay-and-pay TV" (Weekend Today, July 26-27) jumps on the example of
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      Content exclusivity encourages innovation: StarHub
      331 22  -  Letter from Patrick Lim Head, Cable TV Services, StarHub WE REFER to the article "Pay-and-pay TV (July 26-27) where the writer Loh Chee Kong offered some views on the pay-TV market and the issue of "content exclusivity". As Mr Loh correctly noted, content exclusivity (one
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    • Letter
      'We typically do not intervene'
      243 22  -  Letter from Ling Pek Ling Director, Media Policy Media Development Authority WE REFER to the article "Pay-and-pay TV" (Weekend Today, July 26-27) by Loh Chee Kong. In free-market economies, it is common practice to respect the right of content owners to negotiate freely with buyers
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      'Problem' babies: Parents need encouragement to have another child
      337 23  -  Lee Sau Woon Letter from I READ "Baby Burdens" (July 31) by Ms Tee Bee Ling with much empathy and sympathy. I did not breeze through my pregnancy to give birth to a healthy full term baby. My little girl was
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      Lock icon WHEN 'GOOD GOOD7 CAN BE BAD
      741 23  - WHEN 'GOOD GOOD 7 CAN BE BAD MANOJ THULASIDAS XTRA PUBLIC MANNERS Should we embrace politeness, as Hollywood would have us practise it? WE SINGAPOREANS have a problem. We are graceless, they say. So we train ourselves to say the right magic words at the right times and to smile
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  • business
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      No rush to the high-end
      358 24  -  KELVIN CHOW PROPERTY SECTOR Mass market take-up rate still good despite slowdown in luxury sector kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are still signs of life in the mass housing market, despite signs that the luxury sector is flattening out, according to the head of Singapore's biggest developer. "The
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      Lock icon Jaga knows what it takes to make it tick
      400 24  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg HAVING seen Singapore taste success as a food haven, MrTay Liam Wee knows what it would take to make it tick as a high-class global watch hub. "In the F&B industry, you have the World Gourmet Summit. When
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      Maybank still keen on 811 stake
      143 24 MALAYAN Banking which wants to buy Temasek's stake in PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) said yesterday it was still in talks with Indonesian regulator Bapepam regarding a new takeover rule. This comes after Malaysia's central bank, citing the new Indonesian regulation, withdrew its approval
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways' roar goes quiet on Darwin route
      369 26 LEONG WEEK EAT SINGAPORE budget airline Tiger Airways will suspend its flights to Darwin from Oct 26 due to high operating costs. "The cost of operating to Darwin is the highest of any airport on the entire Tiger Airways' network," Tiger Airways
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      Lock icon SingTel's CFO to resign
      140 26 SINGAPORE Telecom is to have a third chief financial officer in less than two years. Mr Francis Heng (picture) will resign on September 1, after only taking up position last March following Ms Chua Sock Koong's promotion to chief executive. He will be replaced by Ms
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      Lock icon PRIVACY VS RESPONSIBILITY
      652 26  -  S KUMAR XTRA ETHICS When are CEOs obliged to reveal poor health? news@newstoday.com .sg STEVE Jobs' health came under heavy investor scrutiny recently. His gaunt appearance at a company event revived questions about the state of his true health. After all, he has been battling pancreatic cancer
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      Lock icon SAY 'CHEEP'
      840 28  -  SHERMAINE WONG EARLY DOES IT Eat up these early-bird discounts if you can work up enough of an appetite to polish off a steak in the late afternoon, that is IN A 1996 episode of Seinfeld, Jerry scoffs at his parents, Helen and Morty, for wanting to have
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        310 30  -  AUDREY PHOON IF I had not known better, I might have used Deste's signature Candle cake as a coffee-table centrepiece. The gorgeous deep-brown confection looked as if it had been sand-blasted into the shape of a cube, with intricate gold curlicues carved around its base. It
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        954 31  -  CHEN FEN CHARISSA TAN DOWN-TO-EARTH DINING You'll be drawn to Tin Hill for its quality but affordable food and wines food@newstoday.com.sg SUBURBANITES in Bukit Timah just got lucky. They now have a neighbourhood bistro and wine bar they can call their own. Its name is easy to remember
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        1355 32  -  P PEARLYN THAM SOCIAL ENTERPRISES For those who can't find jobs due to disabilities, a lack of qualifications or their age, these three women are a godsend CATHERINE CHONG: A HOMESPUN TALE Who would buy these? That was the question posed to Catherine Chong when she reworked
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        254 34  -  PEARLYN THAM BEAUTY giant L'Oreal has added a new member to its stable of more than 15 brands. The company's latest acquisition is SkinCeuticals, a US cosmeceuticals pioneer known for its topical Vitamin C skincare technology. Cosmeceuticals refer to cosmetic products that are said to
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        568 34  -  PEARLYN THAM BIRTHDAY BASH Poh Heng celebrates sweet 60th with exhibition and a new movie tie-up pea rlyn@mediacorp. com. sg BEFORE the advent of credit cards and designer wallets, Poh Heng Jewellery's customers had their own novel ways of transporting cash during the '50s. According to Ms Chng
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        312 34 These signature creations from Poh Heng Jewellery's archives offer a rare glimpse into the history of jewellery shopping THE '50s: GOLDEN AGE As the masses did not have much faith in the banks, they invested in gold jewellery which they could pass on to future generations. Perana/can-inspired
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        728 35  -  PEARLYN THAM WINNING UNDERWEAR Entries at inaugural Triumph Inspiration Award finals pay homage to the future, comic characters and sadness? IN BEIJING pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg KEEPING one's emotions under wraps took on a literal meaning for a design student from Japan at the inaugural Triumph Inspiration Award (TIA) finals
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        166 35  -  PEARLYN THAM WHEN it comes to your favourite TV series, the end of a season may mean a feeling of disappointment or the onslaught of withdrawal symptoms. But at clothing stores G2OOO and Fox, end season equates great deals and good buys. Until next
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        667 36  -  JUSTIN LEE PEPPY PROTON Proton's new Saga is a refreshingly unpretentious budget saloon for the masses news@newstoday.com.sg TWENTY-THREE years is an eternity and then some in car terms, but that's exactly how long the original Proton Saga has remained in production. After the car was withdrawn from
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          97 36 A sub-$l 00,000 with COE price will be one of the key selling points for Renault's all-new Laguna when it goes on sale here next weekend. The five-door hatchback is claimed to have excellent ride comfort and class-leading safety features, which include anti-whiplash head rests
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          125 36  -  COLIN YONG Backing your car into a parking space instead of going head-in can save you up to $3 a week in fuel ;osts, a study in the UK has found. The Institute of Advanced Motorists discovered that it takes a five-year Did car's engine more
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        526 37  -  JULIAN LOW IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA news@newstoday.com.sg IS A Maserati Quattroporte as sophisticated as a BMW 750Li? No. Is it as spacious and refined as the Mercedes S 500L? No. So, why would anyone want one? That's easy: Because it looks like Sophia Loren in
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      442 38  -  MALCOLM OEI SINGFEST 2008 When the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls was growing up, she wanted to be Asian IN KUALA LUMPUR plus@newstoday.com.sg BREAK out the kitty treats and keep the tomcats indoors if they haven't been fixed. The Pussycat Dolls (PCD) will be in town tomorrow
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      214 38 A STRANGE looking "angel" and a "melting building" are Singapore's entries in the inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize. Dr S Chandrasekaran's Bleeding Angel and Yeo Chee Kiong's A Day Without Tree are two of the 10 finalists for the regional art
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      1048 40  -  SIMON TAN THAT'S TIME ON THE PLANE, BUTMACHU PICCHU MAKES FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE WALK IN THE CLOUDS A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983, Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel that crowns Machu Picchu mountain in the Andes, was last year voted one of the
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        122 44 AFP IF YOU are a fan of Picasso and can t make it to the Picasso and His Collection exhibition in Brisbane (photo), which runs until Sept 14, you could still catch some shows. The artist is the focus of some major shows in Paris from October onwards.
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        851 44 AP A HOLY RELIC IS REASON BEHIND A PARADE OF FIRE THROWERS, DANCERS AND ELEPHANTS EVERY YEAR A cannon booms and the crack of a dozen whips pierce the warm night The colourful, pulsating Esala Perahera procession has begun. A centuries-old celebration of Sri
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        111 45 THE ESALA PERAHERA Information on dates of perahera and other events around Sri Lanka at the Sri Lanka Tourist Board website, www.srilankatourism.org. The festival runs Aug 7 to 17. GETTING THERE: Fly to Colombo. From there, a taxi, bus or train can take you to Kandy, about four
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        756 46  -  TAN CHUI HUA TRAVELLING WITH FELLOW FEMALES OPENS DOORS TO FAR OUT ADVENTURES MY most memorable trips are made with my girlfriends. The first excited forays across the Causeway, armed with nothing more than a passport and $50 to spend for the week. Surviving scrapes, one after another.
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        617 48  -  CHARISSA TAN ZOOM IN TO THESE TRAVEL BARGAINS FOR A START ANA: JAPANESE SERVICE TO THE US Enjoy the cool weather, and crimson and gold splendour of autumn in the US. Ticket prices on ANA for travel between Oct 1 to Nov 13 start at $838
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      443 52  -  MILTON TAN SCHOOL FOOTBALL H-TWO-O under-14 school tournament uncovers a few gems sports@newstoday.com.sg ON FRIDAY evening, the S-League's two biggest clubs, Home United and SAFFC, packed the Jalan Besar Stadium in a crunch NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 encounter. It was fitting that, just the day before, some
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      571 53  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Ludovick's brace narrows SAFFC's lead to three points NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Home United 2 SAFFC 1 sports@newstoday.com.sg IF ONLY all S-League games could be this good. With 4,205 fans in attendance and more on Channel s's live telecast, the meeting of the
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      261 53  -  MILTON TAN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Albirex Niigata v Dalian Shide Siwu Jurong East Stadium, 7.45pm NEVER change a winning side, so the old football adage goes, and Albirex Niigata team manager Bogdan Brasoveanu isn't about to argue with that, ahead of
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      513 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG PARENTS V SSA Parents and swimming association come to agreement in dispute over training centre linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg PARENTS from the swimming fraternity met with officials from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry
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      185 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG WOMEN'S world No 1 squash player Nicol David (picture) will take on Australia's Rachel Grinham (No 3) in the final of the CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters 2008 at Kallang Squash Centre this Saturday. The Malaysian player dispatched Irishwoman Madeline Perry
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      383 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE'S heat and humidity, along with jet lag and six-hour time difference, finally took its toll on Croatia at The Road to Beijing PreOlympic Water Polo Invitational at the Singapore Sports School on Friday, as the defending world champions only managed a 7-7
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      644 55  -  KENNETH GOH EYE ON THE BALL Liverpool may soon rue splashing out on untested Tottenham striker LIVERPOOL may have gotten it wrong when they signed Robbie Keane last month. At £20.3 million ($54 million), the former Tottenham Hotspur striker is the Reds' second-most expensive acquisition after
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      162 55 -AFP LONDON England footballer Wayne Rooney has been questioned by London police after allegedly spitting at a paparazzi photographer outside a restaurant. The 22-year-old Manchester United striker was interviewed under caution following the alleged incident on Tuesday, which occured off the British capital's main Oxford
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      231 55 -AFP PARIS Former England manager Steve McClaren's new Dutch side FC Twente will play Arsenal in the Champions League third qualifying round later this month. McClaren, 47, who was sacked from the England job after England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008, took over at FC
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      894 56  -  lAN DE COTTA IN THE PITS Cracks begin to show as Domenicali's team not living up to calibre of predecessors FORMULA 1 Hungarian Grand Prix BEFORE heading out to the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend from their base in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari team principal Stefano
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      361 57 -AFP CINCINNATI Rafael Nadal moved into position to seize the world No 1 ranking on Thursday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with a 6-4, 7--6 (7/0) third round win over Tommy Haas at the Cincinnati Masters, only hours after Roger Federer crashed out
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      591 58 -AFP OLYMPICS BOTHER 1 Police restrict nightlife as security operations go into high gear for the Olympics BEIJING Will the Beijing Olympics become known as the "No-Fun Games"? That is the question on the lips of many of the city's expatriates and locals, amid dire warnings
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      935 59  -  RICHARD HARTUNG OF IDEALS AND MEN Don't let politics cloud the Olympic movement's noble aim of uplifting humanity through sports sports@newstoday.com.sg UNTIL the past week or two, one might have asked whether the athletes would be a significant part of the Beijing Games. Most media coverage
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      322 59 BLOOMBERG In a rare roundtable meeting on Friday, Chinese President Hu Jintao (picture) told foreign journalists he'd like to play on the nation's Olympic ping-pong team, using humour to counter criticism over press freedoms, pollution and human rights. "Since
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      667 60  -  TAN YO-HINN ROAD TO BEIJING' Interview-shy Lynette prefers to let her swimming do the talking at the Olympics yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg made public news of her Olympic qualification. She will be competing in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle. "I was just trying to keep quiet about it, and
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      738 62  -  TAN YO-HINN ROAD TO BEIJING Sailors are out to end Singapore's 48-year wait for second Olympic medal yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the 29th summer Olympic Games in Beijing officially gets underway on Aug 8, all eyes in Singapore will be on the women's table tennis team. Ranked
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      898 64 -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ROAD TO BEIJING Dream Team are serious about restoring lost pride and reclaiming Olympic gold LAS VEGAS America's "Dream Team" were in Las Vegas a week ago high rollers in party town, a dangerous combination you would think but sport's highest earners
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