Today, 9 May 2009

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    17 1 weekendTODAY May 9 io, 2oog www. inking weekendTODAY May 9 io, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    229 1 Today wishes all our readers a Happy Vesak Day. A Even as Singapore prepares to downgrade to Yellow, some companies are not easing up on Orange alert measures just yet. Cl What do working mums \J want this Mother's Day? More support from their husbands to help
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    Lock icon How he got away
    1178 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MASSELAMAT He swam to Johor using an improvised flotation device... weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg THE narrow, some Ikm strip of water separating Singapore and Malaysia is known for its fast-flow-ing currents, rocky outcrops and deep waters. Not many dare to swim across the Johor Strait and few
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'He was plotting new attacks on Singapore'
    430 1 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari was plotting new attacks on Singapore when he was arrested injohor, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. "We apprehended him here, his main focus at the time was Singapore," Mr Najib told reporters on Friday. "We
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  • NEWS
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      GOOD FOR S'TORE
      60 2 It's good for both ISD and Singapore, and to those who had been cynical about the incident, I hope they will have more respect for the system's integrity, even though there are many lessons we can learn from this. Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Senior Minister of State
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      AGREAT RELIEF
      59 2 It is a great relief that Mas Selamat has been recaptured I gives us confidence that our ISD can be relied on to recover and learn from its mistakes leading to his escape, to be on top of the situation, and to recapture him. Ms Irene Ng, MP
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      THE HUNT IS OVER
      62 2 It's a big relief to everyone... The search had been going on for so long and I think a lot of people had lost hope that he would be found. Going forward, it will be tough (to rehabilitate Mas Selamat) because people like him have their
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      I WAS JUBILANT
      55 2 Obviously, I was jubilant when I heard the news, because the episode had cast a lot of doubt on the Police Force and the ISD. Now he has been caught because of the collaboration between Singapore and Malaysia, and credit goes to both sides for this. Mr
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      Lock icon WHAT NOW FOR S'PORE?
      691 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG WEEKEND(X)TRA MAS SELAMAT'S ARREST Arrest will have little or no impact on JI splinter cells cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg KUDOS to Singapore's Internal Security Department and the Malaysian Special Branch for the recapture of former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari. And yes, his arrest has dealt
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      Lock icon FASHION FORWARD
      57 4 TREVORTAN At the Marc by Marc Jacobs show on Friday night were Samsung Style Icons (from left, front row) Phin Wong, Today Plus editor; Willin Low, restaurateur-cum-chef; and Ginette Chittick, musician, lecturer, designer and DJ. The show, one of the highlight events of the Audi Fashion Festival which
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    • Article
      Moving to Yellow
      400 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN HINIFLU But many businesses not lowering guard chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as Singapore prepares to downgrade its flu alert status to Yellow and government workplaces and schools give their thermometers a rest, some companies are not easing up on Orange alert measures just yet. At the Marina Mandarin
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    • Article
      H1N1 FLU COVERED UNDER MOST HEALTH PLANS
      177 4 Medical costs related to pandemic flu are covered by most health insurance policies in Singapore, the Life Insurance Association (LIA) said yesterday. "Coverage of Influenza A (H1N1) applies to Medical Expense (or Hospital and Surgical) policies including Integrated Shield Plans. As such, hospital
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        PUMP PRICES UP
        75 4 Bad news for motorists. Barely two weeks after pump prices of petrol were cut by 3 cents a litre, they were raised again yesterday— by the four oil companies. Regular 92 grade petrol is up 7 cents at $1,597 Per litre, 95 grade is also up 7
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      • Article
        CHURCH RECEIVES SUSPICIOUS ENVELOPE
        125 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN First, it was an envelope containing suspicious white powder which turned out to be baby powder sent to Aware's office on April 14. Now, police are investigating another envelope containing yellowish granules sent to the Church of Our Saviour. Church staff alerted police on April
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        Lock icon MORE FLIGHTS BETWEEN STORE AND PHILIPPINES
        111 4 938LIVE Singapore and the Philippines have agreed to expand their bilateral air transport agreement, a move that will allow carriers from each country to operate another 16 weekly flights between the Republic and Manila. Carriers from both countries will also have greater access to
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      • Article
        SOTA TRIBUTE TO ZUBIR SAID
        87 4 The address of the permanent campus for the School of the Arts (Sota) near Cathay Cinema will be No 1, Zubir Said Drive, named in honour of the late composer of Singapore's national anthem, Majulah Singapura or Onward Singapore, R-Adm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, the
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      Lock icon What working mums want
      457 6  -  LINYANQIN FORUM SURVEY More hubby support to help with stress from the recession yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE best Mother's Day present working mothers in Singapore wish for this year? More support from their husbands. Over eight in 10 women feel they have not been getting enough support from
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    • Article
      XP Tongkat Ali Supreme recalled, adulterant detected
      183 8 IN THE first case of its kind here, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has detected a potent chemical substance "impregnated" in the capsule shell of a product, in this instance, the traditional herbal supplement for men, XP Tongkat Ali Supreme. HSA has suspended
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      Lock icon 'Parents right to be concerned'
      460 8  -  ZULOTHMAN SEX EDUCATION zul@mediacorp.com.sg SCHOOLS here have been given "considerable autonomy" to manage sex education, so it is "understandable that from time to time" there may have been "instances" when lessons do not meet Ministry of Education guidelines, Senior Minister of State (Education) S Iswaran
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Fresh round of strikes
      358 10 .AFP SWAT VALLEY Pakistan military says 140 militants killed in 24 hours PESHAWAR (Pakistan) Pakistani jets bombed Taliban hideouts in the Swat valley on Friday where the government sent fresh troops with orders to "eliminate" extremists in the battle to control the north-west. And on Friday,
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      Lock icon Malaysia releases 13 ISA detainees
      273 10 AFP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said on Friday it will free 13 people detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), including three ethnic Indian activists held without trial since organising anti-government protests in 2007. The release of the trio, members of the banned ethnic
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      Lock icon Speaker calls his removal a 'conspiracy'
      222 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER IPOH Ousted Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar claimed that his removal was a "conspiracy". He maintained that the chaotic state assembly on Thursday, which saw him being dragged out of the assembly by policemen, was never convened. Mr Sivakumar from the
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      Lock icon TIME TO CALM DOWN
      905 12  -  SIMON TAY GLOBAL CITIZEN May cooler heads prevail during this Influenza A outbreak xtra@mediacorp.com.sg THE Influenza A (HI Nl) virus, often called "swine flu", is in the air. I was in San Francisco last week just after California declared an emergency to deal with the outbreak.
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      Lock icon THE MAY 13 LEGACY
      933 13  -  OOI KEEBENG POLITICAL REFORM Do tough laws still have a place in Malaysia's political landscape?_ xtra@mediacorp.com. sg IT WILL soon be the 40th anniversary of the riots that broke out in Kuala Lumpur at dusk on May 13,1969. Not many events have left as strong an
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TENNIS STAR'S DAD ARRESTED OVER THREAT'
        107 14 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH The father of Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic has been arrested in Serbia for allegedly threatening to fire a rocket at the Australian ambassador to Belgrade. This came after Ms Dokic was quoted as saying her father had physically abused her. Damir Dokic
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        Lock icon EX US-SOLDIER GUILTY OF RAPE, MURDER OF IRAQI GIRL
        120 14 AFP A United States federal jury will determine if former soldier Steven Dale Green should be executed for raping an Iraqi girl and executing her and her family. It took jurors less than two days of deliberations to find Green guilty
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      Lock icon Asia stocks up
      412 14 .AFP HINI FLU OUTBREAK Region has 1 million courses of anti-virals, half stored in Singapore: Asean Sec-Gen BANGKOK Asian nations agreed on Friday to increase their stockpiles of medicines against the Influenza A (HI Nl) virus and look at ways of sharing supplies in case of a
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      Lock icon Raging wildfire threatens Californian homes
      160 15 .AFP SANTA BARBARA Firefighters battled on Friday to contain a wind-driven wildfire raging in California that has destroyed more than 70 houses and forced thousands to flee. The inferno in the hills around the upmarket coastal town of Santa Barbara, north-west of Los Angeles, began
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      Lock icon Brown defends expense claims
      226 15 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH,THE GUARDIAN UK PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES British PM paid brother $14,490 for "cleaning services' LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his most senior ministers have been forced to defend their use of parliamentary expenses after embarrassing details of their claims were revealed. Leaked parliamentary
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      Lock icon Obama to slash $25b govt waste
      194 15 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama vowed to slash US$l7 billion ($25 billion) in "stunning" government waste on Thursday, as he showcased a U553.44-trillion budget at a time of historic deficits and economic crisis. "There is a lot of money being spent inefficiently,
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  • voices
    • Letter
      Critics, what have you got to say now?
      118 16  -  Lionel De Souza Letter from I REFER to Today's headline "Mas Selamat arrested" (May 8). Allow me to publicly congratulate and thank Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) and Malaysia's Special Branch for the excellent and protracted investigation and cooperation that led to
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      Lock icon Well done, everyone
      155 16  -  M Lukshumayeh MAS SELAMAT'S ARREST Letter from WELL done to the Singapore Government and to our security services for delivering on their promise to the nation of capturing Mas Selamat Kastari. It is very heartening and reassuring to note the excellent working relationship and cooperation between the
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    • Letter, Illustration
      Should the Committee of Inquiry be reconvened?
      118 16  -  Leong Sze Hian Letter from NOW that Mas Selamat Kastari has been captured, Singaporeans must be waiting in anticipation for his interrogation to be completed, to find out how he escaped. I would like to suggest that the Committee of Inquiry be reconvened
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  • business
    • Article
      Q1 results a sign of stabilising?
      438 17  -  TAN HUI LENG SINGAPORE BANKS huileng@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as DBS Group Holdings' first-quarter results on Friday added weight to views of a stabilising business climate, some analysts spotted areas of concern including its jump in non-performing loans (NPL). DBS, the biggest bank here and in
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    • Article
      DBS CHAIRMAN KOH SPEAKS TO REPORTERS ...
      161 17 DBS CHAIRMAN KOH SPEAKS TO REPORTERS On the search for a chief executive officer since Richard Stanley died from complications of leukaemia last month: DBS is conducting a "global search. We do not exclude anyone; we include both external and internal candidates", said Mr Koh. Asked if the CEO position
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    • Article
      Third try at delisting CK Tang
      250 17  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg MR TANG Wee Sung, who resigned from retailer CK Tang last August after being convicted of illegal organ trading, is trying for the third time to delist the lossmaking Mainboard-listed company. He is offering 83 cents a share, which is higher
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    • Article
      Lock icon US job losses shrank in April
      177 17 BLOOMBERG EMPLOYERS in the United States cut fewer jobs in April, as signs emerged that the worst of the recession had passed. Payrolls fell by 539,000, after a loss of 699,000 in March, the Labour Department said on Friday. This was better than the
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    • Article
      Only time will tell
      328 18 DEFERRED PAYMENT SCHEME TIMING can decide whether the deferred payment scheme (DPS) helps or hurts private home developers, as shown by updates provided this week on two projects. On Friday, Keppel Land revealed that it had yet to receive full payment for about a-third of Suites
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    • Article
      Another Ng brother guilty
      259 18  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com. sg ANOTHER Ng brother involved in the Citiraya Industries fraud case has been sentenced to 21 months in jail. Ng Teck Soon, 34, was convicted last year of falsifying invoices in one of the country's biggest corporate scandals, which came to light in
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      Lock icon Citigroup to boost equity by $8b in line with US government recommendations
      236 19 AGENCIES, NEWYORKTIMES CITIGROUP will exchange an additional US$5.5 billion ($8 billion) of preferred securities into common stock, after the government's stress test found the bank had too little equity to withstand a prolonged recession. The troubled bank will
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      Lock icon STRESS TESTS OVER, BUT ...
      845 19  - STRESS TESTS OVER, BUT PAULKRUGMAN THENEWYORKTIMES US BANKS Has the US missed the chance to make fundamental reforms to its banking system? xtra@mediacorp.com.sg HOORAY! The banking crisis is over! Let's party! Okay, maybe not. The actual release of the much-hyped bank stress tests on Thursday came as an anti-climax. Everyone
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  • weekendLiving
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      PATRIOT GAMES
      1174 20  -  LYNETTE KOH AUDI FASHION FESTIVAL Homegrown designers lead the way with innovation and inspiration lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg CHRISTIAN Lacroix, Vivienne Westwood, and Gareth Pugh may be the big international names showing at the Audi Fashion Festival (AFF) 2009 but they are not the only reasons why several industry insiders have
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    • STYLE
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        Lock icon THE ODD FELLOW
        516 22  -  LYNETTE KOH FAR-OUT FASHION British designer enthralls with a multimedia show, sharp silhouettes and spikes lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg AN OFTEN asked question on Thursday evening at the Audi Fashion Festival (AFF) was: "Did you see the Gareth Pugh show?" Of course we had along with a full tent of
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      • ATAGLANCE
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          ROLL YOUR EYE(BAG)S
          62 22 Containing caffeine and provitamin 85, the Gamier Aqua Defense Eye Roll-On is the newest addition to the Gamier Aqua Defense series. The formula, coupled with the cool, massaging action of the product's metal ball, is supposed to reduce the appearance of eye bags and circles over time.
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          BB-BOY
          75 22 Kevin Tsai, the celebrity stylist who made his name on Taiwanese lifestyle programme, Queen, was recently in town to promote a series of products by Korean beauty brand L'egere. Besides sharing tricks on applying the brand's mineral make-up, he showed audiences how to achieve instant radiance with L'egere skincare
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          A GEM OF AN IDEA
          68 22 Let your gift of jewellery express your message to mum this Mother's Day. Elegance is the word as pearls and diamonds are combined to create a symbol of eternal love for mothers in the Dancia collection ($199 to $239) by Soo Kee Jewellery. In another
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        Lock icon MAGIC ON TOP
        382 22 LYNETTE KOH THIS week in fashion, Gareth Pugh is not the only one bringing us off-the-wall ideas. Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo is doing so, too, with the launch of the Bra Top a collection of 12 tops (and a camisole dress) which the wearer pulls up from
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    • MAKAN
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        INCLINED TO RECLINE
        888 23  -  DON MENDOZA THE PICNIC REVISITED Take a laid-back approach to fine dining with a leisurely feast of your favourite gourmet grub donm@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are few indulgences greater than a languid brunch under a tree. Kick back and let nature set the mood. Trade the confines of a
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        SAY CHEESE!
        163 23 SOFT CHEESE: SAINT FELICIAN Aged for two to three weeks, this is a soft and creamy raw milk cheese from the Rhone-Alpes region of France, locally referred to as caille doux. SEMI-SOFT CHEESE: CAMEMBERT OR MUNSTER The Camembert is one of France's most famous cheeses, made with pasteurised
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        WINE WIZ
        128 23 According to Booze wine shop (9 Raffles Place #01-11 Republic Plaza, tel: 6532 6700), light-bodied, crisp wines with a balanced acidity pair nicely with sandwiches, wraps and cold pasta. Suitable whites include a Semillon blend or a Chardonnay (drunk young), while light reds, such as a Pinot Noir
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        ASIAN PREDILECTIONS
        522 24  -  DON MENDOZA FOWL PLAY Sticking to its specialities and making them count, the newly-opened Asian Kitchen impresses donm@mediacorp.com.sg IF I WERE looking for proof of Singapore's love affair with food and shopping, then my recent visit to the newly-opened Asian Kitchen at Iluma next to Bugis Village would
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        Lock icon FOODNOTES
        260 24 KAYLENE HONG MUM'S THE WORD If you haven't already made plans for a worthy Mother's Day feast, check out these tantalizing offers. This weekend, mothers can eat for free at Spices Cafe (Concorde Hotel, tel: 6733 8855). With at least three paying adults at either its international afternoon tea
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        Lock icon The spice of life
        676 25  -  DON MENDOZA Whats better than being spoiltfor choice? Greater value for money, of course A decade ago, if you mentioned dining at a hotel, your parents probably would have thought: "Expensive", "what's the special occasion?", or "unless there's going to be loads of meat at the
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    • SPEED
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        HIGH ON THE GTI
        586 26  -  DERRYN WONG A HOLE IN ONE Volkswagen's performance legend has grown up nicely in ST TROPEZ, FRANCE news@newstoday.com.sg CAR engineers are apparently saddest at the end of a project. One who worked on the latest Volkswagen Golf GTI told me: "We've made this car even better.
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        AUTOMATIC SENSATION
        527 26 LEFT, right, left... Like a dropped noodle strand, the road is a feast of corners and I'm gobbling it hungrily. More precisely, the Maserati GranTurismo S is doing all the eating of corners and it does so with supreme relish. The engine sings as you step hard on
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    • PLUS
      • Article
        If music be the food of love ...
        293 28  - If music be the food of love JOANNE LEOW Channel NewsAsia THE PRIMETIME MORNING INTERVIEW joannekow@channelnewsasia.com IT IS not just Shakespeare who sees the connection between food and music the Singapore Symphony Orchestra has just launched a bookA Symphony of Taste that explores the wonderful symmetries between cooking and making
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        Lock icon Love is the answer
        443 29  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH KRIS DAYANTI IN CONCERT Indonesian singer says family support keeps her going christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg YOU would be forgiven if you thought Indonesian singer Kris Dayanti was a diva. After all, her fuchsia dress and strategi-cally-placed jewellery say: "Look at me." But in truth, Dayanti is
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      • Article
        PLUS IN ADDITION
        87 29 LOCAL PERANAKAN ARTEFACTS HEAD TO FRANCE A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) and Musee du Quai Branly (MQB) in France, to intensify cultural cooperation and exchanges, it was announced yesterday. The exchanges are expected to begin next year, with the
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