The Business Times, 16 February 2010

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg FEBRUARY 16, 2010 S$1.00 MICA (P) 123/08/2009 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E
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    Lock icon Asia counts cost as its bet on euro turns sour
    747 1  -  The currency could rally if IMF bails out Greece, but the problem won’t go away in medium and long term By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London THE euro slide has hit Asian centralbanksand otherinvestors who purchased the currency when it was
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    Lock icon Casino opens with a bang, queues raise whimpers
    646 1  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore IF the familiar haunts seemed like a ghost town over the Chinese New Year break, it was probably because everyone was queuing outside Singapore’s newly opened $6.59 billion integrated resort (IR) trying to get in. Some 35,000
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      145 1 the business times www.businesstimes.com.sg FEBRUARY 16, 2010 S$1.00 CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 SME SPOTLIGHT Breakthrough emulsion fuel 9 YEAR OF THE TIGER What lies ahead for stocks, property and the economy 4-5 |COMPANIES A roaring ride for Asia Pacific Breweries 8 productivity Work smart, urges PM Prime
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Work smart to bump up productivity: PM
      535 2  -  S’pore working at just 60-70% of its potential and plans to do better, he says By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore needs to redouble its efforts to boost productivity over the next 10 years. “If you compare
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      Lock icon Japan clings on to No 2 spot but China closing in
      714 3  -  Given the disparity in their growth rates, the Asian powerhouses may swop positions soon By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo JAPAN managed to hang on to its status of being the world’s sec-ond-largest economy in 2009 but only just. Its
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      29 3 Balanced Currency Harvest Euro 11C 08/02/10 98,30 EUR Booster Capital Guaranteed Fund SGD R1D 04/02/10 9,87 SGD Double Joy Capital Guaranteed Fund R1D 04/02/10 9,92 USD
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      Lock icon Tiger year has history of tumult, turbulence
      923 4  -  And the key questions for this time are: Is there an Asian asset bubble in the making; is the equity rally over stocks| By Oh Boon Ping huwenbin@sph.com.sg Singapore IT seems that the Year of the Tiger has historically been linked to tumult
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      Lock icon This Tiger Year could present opportunities
      597 5  -  Prospect of further price increases likely to be tempting but element of risk remains property| By Uma Shankari shankari@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Year of the Golden Tiger is expected to bring plenty of opportunities in the property market albeit risky ones if history (and geomancy)
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      Lock icon It may well be a year of slow and steady recovery
      734 5  -  economy| By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore THE YEAR of the Golden Tiger brings hope for a global economy on the mend, but not without crouching policy, political and weather risks, economists and geomancers say. Most hope for the
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways sprouts wings, needs planes
      994 6  -  The carrier could have turned the corner but it needs more capacity to take on its formidable rivals By Ven Sreenivasan ven@sph.com.sg Singapore TIGER Airways came into 2010 with a roar as its $248 million IPO confounded sceptics with strong take-ups by investors. The
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      Lock icon Sembcorp and CDL makes Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies list
      341 7  -  Sembcorp is ranked 78th and CDL 81st on the sixth annual list produced by Corporate Knights magazine By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore TWO local companies Sembcorp Industries Limited and City Developments Limited (CDL) have made the Global 100 Most Sustainable
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      Lock icon $200 bet lost but $6.6b wager in good shape
      508 7  - $200 bet lost but $6.6 b wager in good shape Genting chairman sets casino on its way with first baccarat bet By Arthur Lee arthurl@sph.com.sg Singapore LIM Kok Thay, chairman of Genting Group, placed a symbolic $200 first bet at the baccarat table on Sunday at the official opening ofSingapore’s
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      215 7 NOTICES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASIA UNITED PTE LTD Company Registration No: *****4124C (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Final Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 111 W. 57th Street, Suite 1105, New York, NY
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  • COMPANIES
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon It may be time for a Tiger – and its maker
      835 8  - It may be time for a Tiger and its maker The next 12 months could be a roaring ride for Asia Pacific Breweries, the maker of Tiger beer. By Emilyn Yap TIGERyearsaretypi-cally characterised by drama and intensity, or so say geomancers. If their predictions are anything to go by, the
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      Lock icon World Cup may hear the roar of Tiger beer in M’sia
      497 8  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THIS being its “year”, Tiger beer is expected to find favour in Malaysia too. Throw in the World Cup, and analysts are of the view roaring sales are more than a possibility for
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  • SME INC
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      Lock icon Soon: fill ’er up – with emulsion diesel?
      1047 9  - Soon: fill ’er up with emulsion diesel? SgEF has developed a fuel that’s a lot more environment-friendly. Are we ready for it? By Timothy Seow timseow@sph.com.sg IF JEREMY Ng founder and CEO of Singapore Emulsion Fuel Pte Ltd (SgEF) has his way, all ofSingapore’spublicbuses will be powered by his ny’sveryownnano-emulsiondie-sel
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      Lock icon MotorMuse makes it easy to buy/sell a used car
      310 9  -  By Abigail Kor abigailk@sph.com.sg THROUGHOUT his 10 years in the used-car industry, Damien Pang, founder of Nordad, has been gathering feedback from the market, industry partners and consumers. And what struck him most was the lack of choice and information that
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      Lock icon Fostering a new bench of Asian leaders
      1584 10 It’s a vital element, to ‘seize opportunities, grow new markets and operate across borders and cultures’, a new book says ECONOMIESall over the world including those in Asia are starting to recover from the recent downturn. But as organisations and businesses gear themselves
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      Lock icon Win the customer’s mind – and heart
      752 11  - Win the customer’s mind and heart Products must be imbued with an identity consistent with the consumer’s self-image. commentary By Ang Swee Hoon The writer is associate professor in marketing at NUS Business School. She specialises in consumer behaviour, advertising and branding. ITUSEDtobethatifamo-bile phone was reliable and the navigation intuitive
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      Lock icon Hoping for tax relief, funding facilities
      1511 12/13 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will deliver the Budget speech on Feb 22. As an SME, what is on your Budget wish list? Angie Tang CEO Director Franklin Offshore Holdings Pte Ltd ALTHOUGH we expect to see better business prospects in 2010,
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      95 12/13 Voices The topic for next week’s SME Voices Column is: How did your company celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Golden Tiger with the staff? What are the things your company did not skimp on during the festivities? If you are an SME owner or leader, we would
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Wall St helped Greece, others to hide debts
      804 14 Greece’s decade-long effort to skirt European debt limits show up on records NYT New York WALL Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered sub-prime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermined the euro by enabling European
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      Lock icon Greece ordered by EU to uncover swaps
      298 14 Bloomberg Brussels EUROPEAN Union regulators ordered Greece to disclose details of currency swaps after an inquiry by the country’s finance ministry uncovered a series of agreements with banks that it may have used to conceal mounting debts. The Greek swaps were employed to
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      Lock icon Govt plans response as Japan’s image takes a hammering
      806 15  -  Japan’s firms relaxed on quality while competing overseas By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Toyota affair has badly dented the image of not only the world’s leading carmaker but also “Japan Inc” as the govern-ment-industry complex which propelled Japan to international
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      Lock icon Shell may sell US$10b of assets
      137 15 Reuters London ROYAL Dutch Shell plc could sell more than US$10 billion of assets, including its North Sea oilfields operations, the Sunday Times reported, citing sources close to the company. Shell has hired Credit Suisse to sell its US$1 billion European liquefied petroleum gas
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      Lock icon Affin Bank keen to merge with EON Capital
      659 16  -  They aren’t in direct talks but consulting firm is in contact with them, say industry execs By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur A NEW suitor in the form of Affin Bank, Malaysia’s eighth largest lender, could emerge for the hand of EON
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      Lock icon New rules will curb spending: Obama
      370 16 AP Washington PRESIDENT Barack Obama said last Saturday that new budget rules that say spending increases must be matched by spending cuts will force Congress to “pay for what it spends, just like everybody else”. He signed a bill last Friday reinstating budget rules
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      Lock icon Moody’s upgrades Saudi rating
      218 16 AFP Riyadh RATING agency Moody’s yesterday upgraded Saudi Arabia to its second-highest level as oil earnings and a recovering economy push the government’s budget back into the black this year. Moody’s Investors Service hiked Saudi government foreign and local currency debt to Aa3 from the previous
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      Lock icon Even a full recovery won’t rid US of debt
      981 17 Govt commitments to so many programmes may lead to deficits that cannot be sustained AP Washington IT’S bad enough that Greece’s debt problems have rattled global financial markets. In the world’slargesteconomicandmilitary power, there’s a far more serious debt dilemma. For the
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      Lock icon Bharti in talks to buy Zain’s Africa assets for US$10.7b
      672 18 Reuters New Delhi INDIA’S Bharti Airtel, which is 30 per cent-owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, launched its third attempt to gain a foothold in Africa, entering exclusive US$10.7 billion talks to buy most of Kuwaiti telecom Zain’s cellular assets in
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      Lock icon Rio Tinto says it’s keen to grow ties with China
      686 19 BHP Billiton also says the huge demand from China will underpin growth AFP Sydney RIO Tinto said on Sunday it wanted to grow ties with China despite four employees being charged with bribery and industrial espionage, as rival BHP Billiton
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      Lock icon Beijing to invest about US$10b in N Korea: report
      423 19 Move aimed to prod Pyongyang to rejoin six-party talks AP Seoul CHINA plans to invest billions of dollars in North Korea in an apparent effort to prod the impoverished country to rejoin international nuclear disarmament talks, a news report said yesterday.
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      Lock icon China seen as potential Alaska gas buyer
      779 20 It can either be an investor in the giant pipeline projects on the drawing board or be an export market AP Juneau, Alaska ALASKA officials are looking to China and what some believe will be that country’s strong demand for natural gas to
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      Lock icon Spanish chef Adria’s famous elBulli restaurant is struggling
      317 20 It will reopen in 2014 as part of a non-profit foundation, he says AP Madrid ACCLAIMED Spanish chef Ferran Adria says his world famous restaurant elBulli is struggling financially and he’s looking for ways to keep it afloat when it reopens after
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      Lock icon Dubai World in new debt offer to creditors
      656 21 It’s considering two repayment options, but neither is palatable to bankers Reuters Dubai IF Dubai was floating a trial balloon with a rumoured debt offer proposing a scant 60 cents on the dollar, it may have to think again. Stock markets tumbled
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      Lock icon Britain urged to cut budget deficit faster
      372 21 Aim should be to start reducing spending in 2010-2011: economists AFP London LEADING economists warned on Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime MinisterGordonBrown’s government just months before a tough election fight.
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      Lock icon Britain mulls introduction of ‘green bonds’: paper
      201 21 AFP London BRITAIN is considering the introduction of “green bonds” offered to the public to help fund the sustainable energy industry, a newspaper reported yesterday. Ian Pearson, economic secretary to the finance ministry, told the Financial Times that he had asked officials to
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Boeing expects more orders for 747-8 jet
      587 22 Decision on fuel-efficient engine for the 737 will be made this year, says CEO Bloomberg Seattle BOEING Co expects additional orders for the 747-8 jumbo jet in the second half and will decide this year whether to develop new engines for the 737
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      Lock icon US approves BA-American deal
      315 22 NYT Paris THE approval by US regulators of a deal to expand the alliance between British Airways and American Airlines puts added pressure on Europe’s new anti-trust boss to follow suit before a new round of trans-Atlantic aviation talks on the so-called Open Skies agreement, analysts
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      Lock icon Australia, China agree to increase flights
      235 22 AFP Sydney AUSTRALIA and China on Sunday agreed to increase the number of flights between the countries as they move towards talks on an “open skies” accord, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said. Under a new air services agreement, the number of seats available on
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon BMW Oracle proves too fast for Alinghi
      609 23 Ellison’s trimaran is the first US boat to lift America’s Cup since 1992 Reuters Valencia, Spain US CHALLENGERS BMW Oracle won the 33rd America’s Cup on Sunday, beating Swiss holders Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a
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      Lock icon Somali pirates ‘team’ jailed for 15 years
      212 23 AFP Mogadishu A COURT in Somalia handed out 15-year prison sentences to 11 pirates on Sunday, the presiding judge said. Prosecutors at the court in Berbera, in the breakaway northern state of Somaliland, brought a number of charges against the men, including piracy
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      291 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 9 ‘Home is the sailor’ (poem) (5) 10 Expense initially invested in NCO material (9) 11 Form of bread plant (7) 12 It’s covered in sauce that’ll bring you down to earth (7) 13 She worked in the civil service game (5) 14 Note need to carry
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      411 24 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN RTM/ANR/TIL *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination SAN SIMEON NEW ORLEANS/CAMDEN *Loads E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia Destination BK BOSS
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      827 25 WEEKLY EXPRESS SAILING SCHEDULE WESTBOUND TO: COLOMBO, COCHIN, NHAVA SHEVA, JEBEL ALI, DAMMAM ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIAN ICD POINTS VESSEL VOY SIN PKL (W PORT) CMB (JCT2) NSA (NSICT) KOTA PEKARANG YPG087 16 FEB 17 FEB 22 FEB 25 FEB STADT ROSTOCK 0005W 23 FEB
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon Balancing the US Budget
      841 28/29  -  Crucial questions have not been raised: what should the federal government do, why; and who should pay? Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group IN all the recent reports, speeches and news conferences concerning the US federal budget outlook including the administration’s posedbudgetfor2011–hardly anyone has posed
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      Lock icon Snowstorms fail to blow away Fed chief’s exit strategy
      826 28/29  -  There are some novel tools in Bernanke’s plan. But how effective will they be? By Leon Hadar By Leon Hadar US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is considered to be one of the world’smostpowerfulpublic figures. But not even he could overcome
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  • FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Keeping signature recipes alive
      865 30  -  Selected hawkers now come under one air-conditioned roof at the “Hutong” food court. By Sean Yoong By Sean Yoong AP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia BEFORE you glimpse the roast duck on skewers, before you hear the clanging Chinese woks, the first hintthatyou’reapproachingamelting pot of generations-old family recipes
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Dreading the end of housing aid
      945 31 A case of how federal programmes are distorting the real estate market NYT Elkhart, Indiana OVER the next six months, the federal government plans to wind down many of its emergency programmes for housing. Then it will become clear if the market can function
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      Lock icon Baghdad’s architectural legacy in peril
      787 32 Many Iraqis are fiercely opposed to letting cultural concerns undermine their financial interests AFP Baghdad FAWZIYA al-Maliki, an elegant and determined 44-year old, is spearheading Iraq’s efforts to preserve what architectural treasures remain in the war-ravaged country, but her job is proving dangerous. With many
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      68 31 Savills Singapore ie IX J* Freehold brand new 3-storey bungalow Land: 6576sqft. Built-up 8261 sqft 7 Bedrooms Maid's room "FALZONAL" aluminium wall cladding and roofing "GREENTINS" composite timber decking along Swimming Pool Wet Dry Kitchen Appliances provided 5m wide Auto gate with 5 cars parking space Walking distance to Cold
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      105 1 The Oriental Issue THE BUSINESS TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, Welcome to the Year of the Tiger. In our special holiday issue, we explore how Chinese aesthetics have influenced everything from fashion to food, lifestyle and culture. We look at how luxury labels are now turning to China for inspiration; peep
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  • FASHION
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      Lock icon China revisited
      1275 2 / 3  -  Fashion’s biggest names reveal a new fascination for all things Chinese. By Daniel Goh By Daniel Goh btnews@sph.com.sg CHINA–notsinceJa-pan captured the imagination and lust of international luxury labels has there been a country that comes close to matching or even overtaking its appetite for branded goods. Ever since
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  • SHOPPING
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      Lock icon KITTY COUTURE
      433 4 / 5  -  Give your wardrobe some teeth with these tiger-themed fashion items. Melissa Lwee discovers her inner feline with these choices. Melissa Lwee mellwee@sph.com.sg Vivienne Tam Zodiac T-shirt INSPIRED by the Chinese art of paper cutting, this Vivienne Tam T-shirtisagreatexampleofweara-ble art. $125 from Vivienne Tam at#01-13,Ion Orchardand Tyan, #02-11, Palais
      PHOTOS OF BALLY, ED HARDY AND POMELLATO BY ARTHUR LEE; THE BUSINESS TIMES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010  -  433 words
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  • DINING
    • The taste of tradition
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        Lock icon Chef Chan's Restaurant
        787 6 / 7  -  93 Stamford Road (inside the National Museum of Singapore) ?6333-0073 The restaurant, which was closed from Feb 14 for Chinese New Year, reopens on Feb 18 ’Tis the season to savour ancient Chinese recipes, extra-long noodles and the quirkily named Steamed Stuffed Buns That Dogs Are Not
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        Lock icon Silk Road Restaurant
        389 6 / 7 Amara Singapore 165 Tanjong Pagar Road 6879-2655/54 Silk Road of the Sea 60 Palawan Beach, Sentosa ?6377-4248 LONGEVITY is a big deal to the Chinese and nothing signifies it better than noodles, a traditional must-have at birthday celebrations. For the Chinese New Year pe- riod, Silk Road
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        Lock icon Beijing Gong
        310 6 / 7  -  41 Kreta Ayer Road ?6323-3206 By Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg IN BEIJING, as with most regional Chinese cuisines, every meal has its own spe- cial nuances and significance. When you have guests, says Beijing Gong proprietor Derek Leong, you need to show them respect by having at least one
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        Lock icon Xin Cuisine
        316 6 / 7  -  Holiday Inn Atrium, 317 Outram Road 6731-7173 By Audrey Phoon aphoon@sph.com.sg MOST Chinese delicacies have exotic names think Peacock Skips Through The Fruit Garden or Shimmering Carp From Heaven’s River but Xin Cuisine’s gou bu li bao ($6 for four) literally translates to Steamed Stuffed Bun That Dogs
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  • HOME & GARDEN
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      Lock icon Heritage on display
      1253 8 / 9  -  Every nook, corner and wing of the Lees’ home has a story and a purpose. personal space By Amanda de Guzman amandadg@sph.com.sg UNLIKEmanysizablehomes, the Lee abode has every reason to be as large as it is. Every nook, corner and wing of the 22,000squarefeetproperty has a story
      PHOTOS: YEN MENG JIIN  -  1,253 words
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      Lock icon Unplanned acquisitions
      1155 10 / 11  -  Hotelier Gerhard Fink offers his western take on Chinese decor. By Corinne Kerk personal space By Corinne Kerk btnews@sph.com.sg IF YOU’VE ever wondered how Oriental elements can be added to a home in an au naturel way, take a look at how Gerhard Fink has done it. His
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  • TRAVEL
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon INN WITH THE OLD
      978 12 / 13  -  Narelle McMurtrie’s Straits Collection is breathing new life into an old enclave of Penang.By Penang.By Cheah Ui-Hoon btnews@sph.com.sg THERE aren’t many streets in George Town, Penang with open drains being a common sight that make you stop in your tracks and take a good strong whiff.
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  • MUSIC
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      Lock icon Sounds from modern China
      791 14  -  Sa Dingding’s new album sees her reach a new balance of sophistication and accessibility. By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Harmony Sa Dingding Universal B+ THE problem with the cookie-cutter festive music blaring mercilessly this season at every restaurant and shopping centre isn’t the fact that it’s Chinese
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  • MOVIES
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      Lock icon Action flicks, good and bad
      842 15  -  Fearless is great on Blu-ray, The Storm Warriors II is passable, but The Treasure Hunter is a flop. By Christopher Lim By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg THERE’S no shortage of action-packed Chinese movies on video to watch with family and friends during the Chinese New Year
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  • BOOKS
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      Lock icon Getting lucky with the zodiac
      752 16  -  Sarah Brennan, author of the Chinese Calendar Tales series for children, recalls how a clairvoyant connected her to her guardian angel an old Chinese man who looks like a Confucian scholar. By Clarissa Tan scholar.By Clarissa Tan SARAH Brennan is the author of a series
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