Today, 10 January 2009

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    9 1 weekendTODAY January 10 -n,2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    XTRAS
    68 1 By-election fever In an age of fast food and fast fortunes, five years between every general election is too long. Politics-loving Malaysians are now hooked on fast politics, enthralled with every by-election that comes along. Page 20 Everyone's doing it As The Little Nyonya takes Singapore by storm, it
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    NEWS
    35 1 Safest in the world Its management hopes the Singapore Flyer will be just that, with its two new back-up systems. And it hopes to have the Flyer running by Chinese New Year. Page 2
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    SPORTS
    31 1 Clash of the titans Manchester United take on the Blues on Sunday night. Second-placed Chelsea, three points behind the Reds, cannot afford to make a mistake this time. Page 54
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    LIVING
    30 1 BfflPHßi WHERE THE HEART IS Hand-made treats Today brings you the top picks of some of the finest handmade treats to be had this Chinese New Year. Page 35
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    Lock icon Progress, a step at a time
    1011 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG ALICIAWONG NEW MEDIA Many of Aims 7 recommendations incorporated into Govt's strategy; task is now to extend Reach cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER almost two years of buzz and engagement with Netizens over how Singapore should handle the new media, the Government has weighed in with
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    Lock icon Tang Wee Sung gets a transplant
    407 1  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THE former head of retail empire CX Tang, Mr Tang Wee Sung, who was jailed a day for attempting to buy a kidney, finally got a transplant on Friday. A family spokesperson told Weekend Today that 56-year-old Mr Tang's operation at the
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  • NEWS
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      Home is where the Singaporean heart is, this year
      419 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE recession has wrought dramatic changes in the Singapore dream it has shifted closer to home and hearth, with luxuries like travel and buying a car playing second fiddle in the year ahead. The top priorities are now children,
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      Lock icon 'The world's safest wheel'
      775 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO SINGAPORE FLYER Two backup systems if main power unit fails derrick@mediacorp.com.sg TO MAKE it the safest giant observation wheel in the world. That is what the Singapore Flyer, which was roundly criticised for its six-hour wheel stoppage on Dec 23, has boldly claimed
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      Lock icon HOUSEHUNTING UNDERCOVER
      1469 3  -  CHEOWXINYI AND KELVIN CHOW WEEKEND(x)TRA PROPERTY I Today reporters were offered discounts and freebies to sweeten the deal cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg BARELY an hour into the showflat tour, the senior executive of a property consultancy firm, brokering a private condominium, decided it was time to reveal his trump card. "Don't
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      Lock icon Seoul gets tough with online Cassandras
      558 4 AGENCIES CYBERSPACE GOSSIP Authorities arrest well known blogger accused of vdoom-mongering AS GOVERNMENTS scramble to contain the fallout from the global financial crisis, one state has taken the controversial step of coming down hard on doom-mongers online, also known as online Cassandras (Cassandra, in
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      For the 'serious-minded' to engage the Govt
      322 4  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg FROM encouraging users to start conversations on its website, to inviting ministries to join its discussion forums, the Government's e-engagement portal, Reach, is working hard to encourage more exchange of views. But how effective will this be in reaching out
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      Riding out the storm, the MediaCorp way
      566 6 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN Staff to work alternate short weeks, take block leave to cut operating costs THERE is a saying: When the global economy sneezes, the advertising-reliant media business catches pneumonia. This time it's the economy that has caught pneumonia forcing media companies around
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      Lock icon Fire at StanChart building
      253 6  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg EIGHTY-year-old cleaner Madam Chew had a rigorous pre-lunch workout on Friday, after a fire broke out in the Standard Chartered building at Battery Road, where she was working. When the alarm went off, she was cleaning an office on the 38th floor and was
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      Lock icon Temporary taxi stands, courses for cabbies
      203 6 938 LIVE IT COULD get easier this Chinese New Year to find a cab. With taxi drivers, too, feeling the heat of the current economic downturn as commuters watch their spending, the Taxi Operator's Association is devising three strategies to help cabbies cope. One
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      SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      474 6 IONE-EYED DRAGON' HANGED The man dubbed the One-eyed Dragon, Tan Chor Jin, 42, was executed on Friday morning atChangi Prison. Tan was convicted of murder in 2007 for the fatal shooting of Mr Lim Hock Soon in his flat on Feb 15, 2006. His appeals to the Court
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      SingTel to speed up its mobile broadband
      251 8  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN EXPECT to stream high-definition videos, perform high-quality video conferencing with your colleagues, or participate in fast online gaming while you're on-the-go. That's when Sing Tel rolls out an upgrade to its mobile broadband network later this year. The telco will showcase
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      Freeze, don't fire, say decision makers
      197 8  -  ONGDAILIN WHILE more companies may be putting a freeze on hiring, one piece of good news for workers is that only a minority could be cutting back on staff. In a survey of over 500 employment decision makers, conducted last November by the Achieve
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      Lock icon Peranakan culture is hot business
      647 8  -  ONG DAI LIN THE LITTLE NYONYA Retailers, tours, restaurants enjoy boom thanks to popular MediaCorp serial dailin@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Mr Benjamin Seek agreed to let the crew of MediaCorp's drama serial The little Nyonya film in his Peranakan restaurant, he did not expect to see business
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      The tourist trail – minus the Flyer
      547 10  - The tourist trail minus the Flyer ONGDAILIN SINGAPORETOURISM Without the attraction on the list, travel agencies have found alternatives dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Flyer may be out of action for now but travel agencies have found other ways for their clients to enjoy a panoramic view of the island. For the
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      'Age should not be a factor'
      465 12  -  LINYANQIN BABY BOOMERS More Singaporeans ready to work longer; discrimination a challenge yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg ACCORDING to a survey, almost half of Singapore's baby boomers aged 44 to 61 wish or expect to have to work as long as they can, but as companies start to
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      MORE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS TO CATER TO SILVER MARKET
      225 12  -  LINYANQIN More innovative financial products could be developed to cater to the silver market so that seniors in Singapore can afford a better quality of life, said Minister Lim Boon Heng. This could take the form of riders on top of the
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      Six-star Capella to find it's heart and soul
      346 12  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN sufian@mediacorp.com.sg THE tourism sector here has a tough year ahead, but one ultra-luxurious hotel is opening its doors in March at Sentosa with 200 jobs for the taking. The six-star Capella Singapore, which sits on 30 acres of rolling hills, has
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      Lock icon PASSENGER EVACUATION
      102 14 AFP A fire at Malaysia's budget airport terminal yesterday, forced passengers and staff to be evacuated and disrupted flights, said its main tenant Air Asia. The airline's CEO Tony Fernandes said there were no casualties in the blaze, which started around 11.15 am and was extinguished just over
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      Lock icon Rice prices set to rise
      327 14 AFP CREDITCRUNCH Credit crunch will make it hard for farmers to secure cash to buy essential supplies MANILA Rice prices are likely to rise sharply for the second straight year in 2009 as the global economic slowdown hits farmers and consumers alike, the International Rice
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      Dr Mahathir 'irrelevant', says Abdullah
      238 14 KUAIATERENGGANU -Just two months before he leaves office, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has, while defending his choice of candidate for the crucial Kuala Terengganu by-election, called his predecessor Dr Mahathir Mohamad "irrelevant". Dr Mahathir had called the Barisan Nasional's (BN) candidate Wan Ahmad
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      Lock icon BYE-BYE BUSH
      1096 16 WEEKEND®TRA LOOKING BACK I What is the enduring impactoftheoutgoingUSP^ After eight eventful years as the United States' 43rd President, Mr George W Bush will exit the White House on Jan 20. He will leave behind a country grappling with serious financial problems and a diminished standing overseas. As
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      Lock icon FEEDING THAT ADDICTION
      842 20  -  001 KEEBENG WEEKEND(x)TRA JAN 17 BY-ELECTION I The Malaysian penchant for fast politics is growing stronger MALAYSIANS love their by-elections; and as Scandinavians like to say, "a cherished offspring is given many names". And so, we see how Malaysian by-elec-tions get endlessly analysed, and how their significance
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      Lock icon The violence rages on
      373 24 AP WAR IN GAZA Bombardment continues despite UN ceasefire call JERUSALEM The United Nations Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but an intense bombardment of missiles from Israeli jets and helicopters on Friday and a barrage of Hamas rockets indicated there may be
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      Thai officials file criminal charges against protesters
      163 24 BANGKOK Thai officials filed a criminal complaint on Friday against protesters and requested 18.8 million baht ($800,000) in compensation for damage done to government offices and theft of state property during a 3Vi month siege. The police said a representative from Government House
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      Lock icon Calls for US boycott in M'sia
      325 24 AFP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Muslim groups on Friday urged Malaysians to boycott American goods such as Coca-Cola over the Gaza offensive, and former Premier Mahathir Mohamad said people working for Starbucks or McDonald's should quit. Around 300 people held a protest outside the
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      Lock icon Somali pirates free Saudi supertanker
      150 24 AGENCIES NAIROBI Somali pirates said on Friday they had freed a Saudi-owned supertanker, whose capture nearly two months ago wreaked panic in international shipping. The 330-metre-long Sirius Star, owned by the shipping arm of oil giant Saudi Aramco, was seized off the east African coast
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      Lock icon Shot in the arm for public hospitals
      345 26 AP CHINA HEALTHCARE Government to spend more to help cover hospitals' operating expenses BEIJING China plans a major revamp of its public hospitals criticised for their lack of access, high fees and poor doctor services as part of its long-awaited reform of the
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      Lock icon China shuts 41 sites in porn crackdown
      295 26 AFP BEIJING China has shut down 41 websites as the authorities continue a crackdown on online porn that has seen Internet giants like Google and MSN ordered to cut links with such material, state-run media said on Friday. Xinhua news agency said the
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      Lock icon BLACK NAZARENE PROCESSION
      170 26 AP Tens of thousands of Filipino Catholics jammed the streets of Manila on Friday, throwing handkerchiefs and surging forward fora chance to touch a black statue of Jesus Christ that many believe can deliver miracles. For more than 200 years on Jan g, the Quipo church has
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      Lock icon Kevin Rudd makes learning Chinese cool
      210 26 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Manda-rin-speaking leader Kevin Rudd (picture) has helped spark a renaissance in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said on Friday. "There has been a significant increase in students wanting to
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      Lock icon Emerging stronger from the storm
      844 28  -  M IKHSAN MODJO SEPUTAR INDONESIA Crisis time is actually a good time to rise to the occasion sindo@mediacorp.com.sg THE current global financial crisis is a hurdle for domestic businesses. But, properly managed, the crisis can provide the opportunity for the economy to gather momentum and
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon HOPES FOR RUSSIA GAS DEAL
        127 28 AFP European states deprived of Russian gas amid a severe winter hoped for a resumption of gas afterthe European Union (EU) claimed a breakthrough in the crisis between Moscow and Kiev on Friday. The Czech EU presidency said that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had
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        Lock icon ALZHEIMER'S DRUGS DOUBLE DEATH RISK IN ELDERLY
        188 28 AP Anti-psychotic drugs, commonly used to treat Alzheimer's disease, may double a patient's chances of dying within a few years of starting on the medication, suggests a new study published on Friday in the medical journal Lancet Neurology. "For the vast majority of
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        Lock icon CHINA ARRESTS 60 OVER TAINTED-MILK: POLICE
        145 28 AFP China said on Friday it had arrested a total of 60 people in the tainted milk scandal that led to the deaths of at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Police had arrested them for "producing or selling toxic and harmful
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        FOREIGN CARS EXEMPTED FROM M'SIA SEAT BELT RULING
        97 28 A Malaysian Minister said vehicles from Singapore orThailand entering Malaysia may be exempt from the rear seat belt rule. Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat said on Friday that although this rule applies to Malaysian vehicles, he did not dismiss the possibility that
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      104 20 Heart Attack: Can you prevent it? by Dr Alfred Cheng, Cardiologist What you should know about Lung Cancer by Dr Lim Hong Liang, Medical Oncologist Issues facing the Mature Man by Dr Michael Wong, Medical Director Urologist Battling the Bulge by Dr. Ravintharan T, General Surgeon What's new in Hair
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      How to keep the love alive
      206 30  -  from Judi Ho Letter DR JAMES Dobson's advice on "Dating your mate" (Focus on the Family, Jan 6) reminded me of a Nicholas Sparks novel that kept me enthralled. The Wedding appropriately portrayed the mundane existences of a couple who had been married for
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      Lock icon WHO WANTS TO BE A LITTLE NYONYA?
      860 30  -  PHINWONG WEEKEND(x)TRA TV TRENDS Why everyone has suddenly turned Peranakan plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg IT BEGAN unhurriedly. Almost indiscernible. Innocuous, really. There were little reports in the newspapers buried deep in the recesses of the entertainment sections. Nothing to pay much attention to. You'd
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      Ban Joo books extra $13m loss
      273 32  -  KELVIN CHOW ACCOUNTING DISCREPANCIES kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg BAN Joo Company's troubles are piling up. The main-board-listed textile firm revealed on Friday that it is booking an additional $13 million in losses for the last fiscal year due to overdue payments from customers. At the same time,
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    • Shipping, rigging industries hit stormy waters
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        Lock icon SEMBMARINE CUSTOMER POSTPONES PAYMENT
        160 32 DOW JONES Without changing the value of their contract, Sembcorp Marine and Seadrill have revised the payment schedule for a USS43O-million ($638-million) deal for the construction of two offshore rigs. Under the amended contract, both firms agreed to postpone some instalment payments, Seadrill said in a
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        Lock icon COSCO DIVES ON LOSS OF INDIAN CONTRACTS
        172 32 DOWJONES Mainboard-listed Cosco Corp has lost two bulk carrier contracts from India's Great Eastern Shipping, causing the Singapore stock's price to sink by nearly 8 per cent on Friday. "Out of the four (orders placed in 2007), we have cancelled two," a Great
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        Lock icon ARMADA MAY HAVE $557M DERIVATIVE LOSS
        153 32 BLOOMBERG Armada (Singapore), one of the casualties of the collapse in commodity shipping markets, has a potential US$375-million ($557-million) loss on shipping derivatives, it said in a United States court filing. The contracts cover future hire rates for vessels carrying coal, iron ore and
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        123 32 BLOOMBERG Keppel Corp, the world's largest builder of oil rigs, said an order worth US$4O5 million ($6OO million) was terminated by Scorpion Offshore. Keppel FELS is exploring opportunities for third parties to take over the building of the drilling rig, but the outcome of
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      342 32  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg REBUTTING fresh accusations by doc-tor-turned-investor Anthony Soh, OCBC Bank said it did not owe him a duty to confirm that he had sufficient resources to complete a takeover of Singapore-listed Jade Technologies. This was part of OCBC 14-page defence, filed on Friday, against
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      149 32 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The final United States jobs report for last year closed the books on a miserable year for American workers, with payrolls plunging last month by more than half a million, pushing the unemployment rate to a 16-year high.
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      433 34 THE NEWYORKTIMES,AP THE financial fraud at Satyam Computer Services is rippling through the technology services industry, even as the Indian outsourcing giant explores the possibility of a sale or merger of all or parts of the company to prevent a
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      764 34  -  RICHARD HARTUNG WEEKEND(x)TRA LOCATION LOCATION I No snowstorms, no typhoons Spores climate is ideal for businesses SEATTLE turned into a winter wonderland shortly before Christmas as snow blanketed the city. While children and tourists played in the snow, many company employees and Christmas shoppers were stuck at home.
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      1444 35  -  DON MENDOZA UNIQUELY HOMEMADE Some of the finest traditional Chinese New Year treats to be had this season are made at home ■Tonal! .\WW?m MOST of us associate the Chinese New Year with grand meals filled with auspicious ingredients and customs. It's also a time to
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        144 37 Punjabi cuisine comes from the Punjab region in Northern India. Ms Annu Sahney, director of Shayray Punjab, explains the intricacies behind this unique cuisine, typically characterised by its robust flavours. Punjabi cuisine widely makes use of the tandoor oven, which is charcoal-fired, giving dishes cooked in it
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      629 37  -  SHERMAINE WONG NORTHERN EXPOSURE A fine example of Punjabi cuisine discovered shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg I WILL grudgingly admit that I am one who must have what I crave for, or I'll turn into a horrible grouch. So, when I was at Holland Village a few weeks back and was hit
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      297 37  -  DON MENDOZA SLICES OF PROSPERITY This is the beauty of the pizza: You can have almost anything on it, even a topping of good fortune. Made especially for the season, Pizza Hut's new Ingot Crust Prosperity Pizza ($25.50) is a great way to indulge in the auspicious nature of
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      1047 38  -  PEARLYN THAM UNDER ONE ROOF With multi-brand stores on the rise, you get more variety in one location pearlyn@mediacorp. com.sg HERE'S the brutal truth: You don't really have an excuse not to look good in Singapore. In the last two years, at least five multibrand beauty stores
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        59 39 Chinese star Zhang Ziyi has joined watchmaker Omega's constellation of celebrity spokespersons who include actor George Clooney, supermodel Cindy Crawford and swimming champion Michael Phelps. The star of movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha, will be featured in a global campaign
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        LOOKS SOLE GOOD
        79 39 Christian Louboutin fans will be staking out Ngee Ann City from now. That is where the luxury shoemaker has opened his first store. You can preview and pre-order the SpringSummer 2009 collection or choose an exclusive made-to-order option. From Jan 1 2 to Jan 1 8, have
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        76 39 Maternity benefits still exist economy downturn or not. Maternity Exchange, a maternity wear store that specialises in clothing rentals, has launched its Recessionista Package. Until the end of March, mothers-to-be can cut costs without cutting down on their sartorial style by renting up to four pieces of
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        A BAG OF SURPRISES
        88 39 With every $88 purchase at the retail and F&B outlets in Central, you can buy a Fukubukuro bag ticket for $68 and receive items worth up to 10 times the purchase value. The bag tickets can be bought in two batches from now to Jan 1
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      498 39  -  PEARLYN THAM FASHION EMPORIUM New store at Liang Court offers cosmetics, clothes, homeware and intimates pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg CONTRARY to what its name may suggest, new retail entrant CHAI is not a haven for tea sippers. But what is as refreshing as a cup of freshly brewed spicy chai
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      292 39  -  IT'S rolling good times for the beauty industry. Beauty products now offer you a new way of applying your skincare other than using your fingertips or a spatula. One of the latest products with a rollon concept is Gamier Light's
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      530 40  -  COLIN YONG HONDA JAZZ 1.3 Smaller can be sweeter, as Honda's entry-level hatchback shows colin@mediacorp.com.sg IF THE world wasn't so obsessed with numbers, the Honda Jazz 1.3 may not be living in the shadow of its bigger-engined sibling. Attention on the second-generation Jazz which started hitting local
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      229 40 ON THE face of it, the BMW 335 i appears to have received the same mild facelift as lesser 3 Series models. There's the new ribbed bonnet, more heavily sculpted bumpers and neater rear lamps, but no mechanical changes other than widened wheel tracks. Step inside,
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        105 40 Mercedes-Benz has started taking orders for its new C-Class estate in Singapore. It's the first time the brand is selling a compact station wagon here only the larger E-Class estate has been offered up to now. The C 200 Kompressor estate is powered by a 1 84bhp
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        109 40 Citroen's C 4 hatchback has been given a makeover for 2009. The most significant change is the fitting of a new engine co-developed with the BMW Group. First seen in the Mini Cooper, this 120bhp 1.6-litre unit makes lObhp more than its predecessor, is 1
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        98 40 COLIN YONG Official Toyota distributor Borneo Motors is now selling a facelifted version of the RAV4. The 2.4-litre SUV has new-look bumpers and lamps on the outside, plus revised rear suspension which increases the luggage compartment's width. The rear seats also gain a tilt-down function for a
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      559 42  -  SHERMAINEWDNG A CHINESE NEWYEAR SPECIAL NEWVARIETIES SCORE WITH THEIR BLEND OF INNOVATION AND TRADITION BY! I LOOKforward to the Chinese New Year, not because of the pineapple tarts my aunt lovingly bakes, or the bak kwa my boyfriend queues for hours to buy. What gets me excited
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      91 44 A CHINESE NEWYEAR SPECIAL SHERMAINE WONG SPEAKS TO FOUR CELEBRITIES BORN INTHEYEAR OF THEOXTO FIND OUTTHEIRTHOUGHTS ABOUT THE FESTIVE SEASON IVY LEE, MEDIACORP ARTISTE, BORN IN 1973 "My wishes for the Year of the Ox is that I will have more energy to deal with my kids, to
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      247 45 TIMOTHY NGA (left), FLY ENTERTAINMENT ARTISTE, BORN IN 1973 "I love that no matter how old you are, at Chinese New Year, you're always still a kid —you pay respects to your elders and there is a natural submission to the order of family relationships. My biggest Chinese New Year
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      205 45 If you have been fretting over where to buy your new j clothes without breaking the bankthis Chinese New I Year, here's some good news: We've done the legwork I for you to come up with some looks you can pull off. And the best part is, every outfit you
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      375 46 AP JOHN TRAVOLTA'S LOSS FRIENDS and relatives of John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston gathered on Thursday at their central Florida home for a memorial service to honour their 16-year-old son, Jett. The couple lives in a sprawling US$B million ($l2 million) home
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      63 46 DONWONG (From left) Popular Hong Kong stars EricTsang, Konnie Lvi and Joel Chan were in town to shoot a special episode of Super Trio Supreme at Clarke Quay on Thursday. Local guests on the eighth season of the Super Trio Series, a variety show produced by
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      144 47 AP THE critics have spoken, and Slumdog Millionaire is their final answer. The rags-to-riches tale won a leading five prizes, including Best Picture, at Thursday night's Critics' Choice Awards. Slumdog also won honours for director Danny Boyle, writer Simon Beaufoy, star Dcv Patel and composer AR
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      284 47  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CHINESE POP Mayday on why they won't sing in English POPULAR Taiwanese pop rock band Mayday performed on Sunday night at an outdoor concert at the Stadium Green to promote their latest album, Poetry of the Day After. Fans were thrilled that the band
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      1061 48 TV LISTINGS SATURDAY ON MEDIACORP BOLLYWOOD MASTI F V ftVJP*! SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... E*™ 4_ls ChoriChoriChupkeChupke H JB p^T*" AND SPRING Vasantham, 4pm A^r l'/" okto, 10pm j^L "v^B Raj Malhotra (Salman Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji) meet, get f*• <-h''c' monk who audaciously stacks rocks on frog's back;
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      912 49 TV LISTINGS SUNDAY ON MEDIACORP On HDS) '_j BJ is so happy that he gets a pay increase. He the map, voiding his passport. While stuck in the bud9et holiday is not as cheap as he thinks. airport, he befriends the airport staff and falls in VJBI love with a
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      580 50  -  LOW LIN FHOONG TRACKAND FIELD Russian jumps specialist Obidko hopes to add more bounce to the sport linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE athletics may have lost its fizz since Chee Swee Lee's record dash in the women's 400 m at the Tehran Asian Games 35 years ago.
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      400 50  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IN CYCLING, the Tour de France is considered one of the most prestigious events. However, numerous doping scandals has led to its, and the sport's prestige and credibility, taking a plunge. But for seven-time Irish national champion David
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      297 50 LOW LIN FHOONG THE table tennis trio of Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu will kick off the new year with the prestigious U*****,000 ($370,000) ITTF Tournament of Champions on Saturday in Changsha, China. Sixteen of the world's best male and female
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      817 51 AP Some doubt the stadium will recoup the $665 million the govt spent to build it BEIJING It was the roost Jamaica's Usain Bolt laid his golden eggs in. But just five months after the Beijing Olympics, the Bird's Nest is a cavernous museum
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      218 51  -  TANYO-HINN AUSTRALIA'S Scott Barr won the $36,000 Accenture Champion of Champions on Friday. The 36-year-old Singaporebased Barr carded a final round one-over-par 71 to clinch the $10,000 winner's cheque with his three-day total of 216 at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club's Masters Course. Local
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      414 52  -  DAVID NGIAU OFFSIDE A quieter transfer window means less speculation, while football fans delight in Ronaldo's misery deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S been a relatively quiet first nine days in this January Premiership transfer window, and what a welcome change it's been
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      755 52 AFP ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Striker's hooked to the thrill of glory as Reds hunt first title in 19 years English Premiership Stoke City v Liverpool ENGLAND Fernando Torres has admitted a burning desire to become part of a legendary generation at Liverpool by helping
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      383 53 AFP COBHAM Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted Chelsea have to prove their title credentials with a win in Sunday's crucial Premier League showdown against Manchester United. Scolari's side have yet to beat one of their "big four" rivals since the Brazilian took charge at
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      667 53  -  PHILIPGOH ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Scolari may not have to worry about United #s No 7, but there's always No 10 English Premiership Manchester United v Chelsea philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg THIS time last year, Cristiano Ronaldo had fired in 13 goals in the English Premier League
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      377 54 AP English Premiership Manchester United v Chelsea LONDON Chelsea may be just three points behind leaders Liverpool, but Luiz Felipe Scolari hopes an impressive display at Manchester United on Sunday will inject fresh energy into his side's title bid, while preventing the defending champions
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      593 55  -  STEVEMCMAHON STRAIGHTTALK Rooney will fire home to victory and recharge Manchester United #s title defence sports@newstoday.com.sg LESS than two weeks into 2009 and already, we have one of the biggest match-ups in club football all set to whet our appetites. These days, any Manchester UnitedChelsea clash
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      105 51 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Italian League Roma Milan Mon, 12/01/09 3.30 am Other Italian League, E Premier, E League Champ and Spanish League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. E Premier Aston Villa West Bromwich Sat, 10/01/09 8.45pm E Premier
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      259 54 I SPORTS ON TV I SATURDAY gam Tennis TP Brisbane Men's Singles Semi Finals, Ch 22 11am Tennis JB Group Classic 2009: JB SilverGrp Singles Final, Ch 21 12pm Golf The Royal Trophy Day 2, Ch 23 2pm Tennis JB Group Classic 2009: JB Gold Group Singles Final and Dbls
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