The Straits Times, 25 January 2004

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    20 1 thesundaytimes MP A Singapore Press Holdings publication OVJ Cents January 25 2004 #78 Pages m three parts MITA (P) 032/03/2003
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    Lock icon S'pore: nation of happy workers?
    451 1  - S'pore: nation of happy workers? Li Xueying YOU may hear it m the office, on the train or bus, among friends at lunch an apparently neverending gripe about work. But surprise, surprise, 59 per cent of Singapore workers say they love their jobs and 25 per cent of them want
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      32 2 mainsection news 3-14 invest 15-18 think 19-23 sweat 24-30 gizmos 32 click 33 gen y 34 talk 35,36 lifestyle hot L2-LlO pulse LH-Ll3 go L14.L15 reflect Ll6 wear L29-L3l taste L32-L34
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      216 2 home Identity theft An average of 82 identity cards are lost every day and if you're not careful, crooks could cause you a very uncomfortable time. PAGE 6 No keeping off salmon An American study found that farmed salmon contains dangerous contaminants but that's not going to put many
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      54 2 A savvy investor Meet Mr Lim Eng Hai, 42, who, despite being a seasoned head of research m stocks, has made his fortune on the property market. PAGE 16 Dangerous improvements Unauthorised renovation can make an entire HDB block unsafe. And this has been on the increase, judging from
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      23 2 Prize gadgets Innovative gadgets attracted a lot of attention at the Consumer Electronics Show m Las Vegas earlier this month. PAGE 32
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      25 2 King of Web browsers? Industry watchers have been heaping praise on Mozilla's Firebird browser, which has the muscle to beat Internet Explorer. PAGE 33
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      59 2 Challenges aplenty NTU president Su Guaning has a tricky job he has to lay the past to rest, yet tap the Nantah legacy to propel the varsity into the future. PAGE 19 An undesirable slide Former MP Goh Choon Kang feels that people have become resigned to the slow
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      83 2 Soccer mums rule Soccer mums have United States sports m their manicured hands. And if they ever decide to take on Fifa, it would be m real trouble. PAGE 27 Early exit for Venus Lisa Raymond, 30, created the shock result of the Australian Open by defeating third-seeded Venus
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      27 2 Room-mate menace While hostel life is convenient and an unforgettable part of university life, getting room-mates from hell can be a scary reality. PAGE 34
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      31 2 Call of the wild Animal lover and TV personality Jeff Corwin talks of his love of snakes and the gulf that divides humans from creatures m the wild. PAGE 36
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      116 2 From China ffk with grime vc* Mary Kwang The New Year had many m Hong Kong, who had heard about unseemly food processing practices m China, m a fix. THINK PAGE 21 The heart of Ak the matter tA Bypass surgery can cause cognitive changes m patients though doctors seldom
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      85 2 lifestyle For your peace of mind Yoga is serious business here, with new classes and instructors springing up. But how do you tell the real deals from the fakes? PAGEL6 Golden oldies What do you do with an old computer? If you are looking for some returns, your best
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      23 2 Flawed beliefs Body dysmorphic disorder sufferers dislike some aspect of how they look. And often, these perceived flaws are imagined. PAGE Ll3
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      22 2 Surprising Singapore Some things you never knew about Singapore from travel guides that contain little-known facts about the country. PAGE Ll4
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      25 2 Clothing conundrum For a woman, staying at the boyfriend's can be trying if she can't mix and match the contents of his wardrobe. PAGEL29
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      1031 3  -  Arlina Arshad His teen daughter joins company selling 'biomagnetic' mattresses ►She starts drinking, smoking and keeping late nights Now, she wants to quit school BUSINESSMAN Tan Pin Ho set a curfew for his 16-year-old daughter and made her sign an undertaking that she would not sneak out of school
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      Lock icon The 'sabo' workers
      1309 4  -  Li Xueying Bored or unhappy, the saboteurs lie for MCs and do personal chores on office time thesuxbytimes EBB She loves her job drawing blood with finesse She hated job, but didn't slacken THE MRT ride to work from Bukit Batok to Tampines took 1 2 hours
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      Lock icon Lose IC? It's trouble on the cards
      840 6  -  Tracy Ouek Someone could be using your missing IC to borrow money or apply for a new phone line h ii^^y^fcH POLICE advised those who have loanshark trouble to: Pay attention to detail. Note how many culprits are present, what they are wearing
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      Lock icon The Web market
      1161 6  -  Tracy Ouek Cheap and fuss free, so many sell wares on 'An online store is more flexible. We get a global market and for a store open 24 hours a day, it's very low-cost/ -MR ALFRED TAN 'There are so many free or cheap software that allow
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        73 7 PLANS to build a skybridge linking the Centrepoint shopping mall to next-door neighbour Orchard Point have been shelved because of disagreements among the parties involved. They include the two malls and retailer OG, which owns the space m Orchard Point that would have to accommodate the bridge, reported
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        63 7 YET another man has been hauled to court for pretending to be a Buddhist monk and seeking donations. Lin Xigeng, 34, a Chinese national, was caught last Thursday at a block of flats m Jurong East. In the past two weeks, five others have been convicted. Those
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        66 7 AN ELDERLY man and a woman m her mid-40s were victims of theft on Friday. The man, m his 70s, lost $1,200 when he fainted after he was hit on the head m Chinatown at about 10.25 pm. The woman lost $500 when her purse was stolen
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      Lock icon Toxins in salmon? We don't give a toss
      549 7  - Toxins in salmon? We don't give a toss Irena Josoeb Yusheng diners are unfazed by reports of toxins found m the fish 'Life must go on and if 1 take m small portions of salmon m the yusheng, it won't affect me unless it's really lethal/ -MSSOODENDRA VELU (second from
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      Lock icon Singapore and Malaysian leaders at CNY open house
      578 8  -  Laurel Teo Abdullah warmly welcomes Spore leaders at Danqa Bay, joined by 10,000 from here DANGA BAY MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will be m Singapore today on a social visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The
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      Lock icon Yusheng for good luck
      186 8 AT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR OPEN HOUSE (right) m Johor Baru yesterday, Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, his wife Mrs Goh (beside him) and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badavvi tossed yusheng for good luck, before proceeding to dinner. In his welcome address, Datuk Seri
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      Lock icon NParks clamps down on cigarette sales in parks
      421 8  -  Tracy Quek SMOKERS will either have to take their own cigarettes or go without a smoke the next time they drink or dine m public parks. The National Parks Board (NParks) has stopped sales of cigarettes at food and drink establishments m
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      163 8 Toto hongbao draw on Feb 5 ITS not just romancing couples who are looking forward to a celebration when Yuan Xiao Jie, or the Chinese Valentine's Day, rolls around on Feb 5. Punters also have their eye on the 15th day of Chinese New Year, as that is when the
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      Lock icon S'pore to continue on path of openness
      764 9 S'pore to continue on path of openness 'When I was sworn In as Prime Minister, I made it clear that I was not going to wear his pair of shoes. His shoe size is 13, 14 or 15. Mine is only size nine. So, I wear my own pair of
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      257 9  -  Li Xueying A CITYCAB driver who went to a condominium to pick up two passengers last night inadvertently drove his cab into its swimming pool. It was raining heavily and cabby Ling Hong Lim, 55, told The Sunday Times: "I knew it was a
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      Lock icon Bird flu: Thai govt under fire
      600 10 Bird flu: Thai govt under fire Bangkok accused of endangering public health with its denials BANGKOK 'The government's efforts to sweep the problem under the carpet have exploded m its face, leaving the poultry industry m tatters and the very safety of the public m jeopardy.' The Bangkok Post m
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      Lock icon Monks slashed to death in Thailand's south
      437 10 BANGKOK TENSION between Buddhists and Muslims mounted m southern Thailand after five people were killed, including two Buddhist monks who were slashed as they collected food offerings. Sectarian violence is rare anywhere m Thailand and the murders of monks m recent days are
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      869 10  - She just won $26m Alfred Lee LONDON LONDON MORE THAN 80 per cent of Britain's lottery millionaires quickly splurge on a luxury car such as a Rolls Royce, Mercedes or Porsche. The same number plan exotic holidays or an ocean cruise but there have been odd "first buys" as well.
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      Lock icon Massive 'dirty money' scam in HK
      641 12  -  Terence Tan As much as $700 million could be laundered m one month, say prosecutors CHINA DESK IN WHAT may be the world's largest money-laundering scheme, couriers from mainland China strapped cash worth billions to their bodies and walked into Hong Kong to deposit
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      Lock icon Paris marks Chinese New Year ahead of Hu visit
      292 12 PARIS Two days before the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao on a state visit, France afforded China a rare honour yesterday when it opened up the Champs Elysees m Paris for a traditional dragon-and-drums Chinese New Year parade. Another high
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      43 12 PHOTO: SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD for a mass free fall, 672 skydivers from 42 countries leapt off six aircraft during the Royal Sky Celebration m Bangkok yesterday as part of year-long festivities to mark Queen Sirikit's 72nd birthday. EPA
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      Lock icon Bilateral issues: KL goes for 'quiet diplomacy'
      261 12 Bilateral issues: KL goes for 'quiet diplomacy' KOTATINGGI Malaysia's new approach to handling bilateral relations with Singapore is to avoid stoking controversies, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. "The priority now is to push for closer ties with a view to solving all outstanding bilateral issues," Datuk Seri Syed
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      Lock icon Famed photographer Helmut Newton dies
      409 12  - Famed photographer Helmut Newton dies On his sacking Singapore stint EXCERPTS from Mr Helmut Newton's book, Autobiography, on his stay in Singapore between 1938 and 1940, which included a stint with The Straits Times: "The fact that I was young, single, spoke English and had my cameras with me was
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      Lock icon Mars' watery past
      336 13 DARMSTADT (Germany) Spectacular pictures proving the Red Planet was once awash with water streamed down from Europe's new mission to Mars, even as the United States was struggling to maintain contact with its probe on the planet. But Nasa scientists, at the same time, geared up for
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      480 13 US arms hunter: No WMDs Remarks leave Bush open to attack by Democratic rivals over motives for war on Iraq WASHINGTON 'I don't think they existed.' -MR DAVID KAY, undercutting the White House's public rationale for the war on Iraq IN REMARKS which could embarrass US President George W. Bush
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      1062 14  - New planes that will rock air travel Felix Soh Dreamliner is Boeing's answer to Airbus superjumbo A3BO Next week Casino, shops, bars, a business centre, kids' play area, gym, showers it's all inside Airbus' giant of the sky. 'Airlines are not going for big aircraft but increasing frequency to give
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        91 14 PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf lifted the curtain yesterday on his country's Covert Nuclear Weapons programme, and said Europeans should be investigated along with Pakistani scientists who may have sold secrets abroad for "personal gain". "Covert meant scientists moved around with full autonomy m a secretive manner," Mr Musharraf
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        127 14 CAMBRIDGE physicist Stephen Hawking, who penned the bestseller A Brief History Of Time, has scorned at claims that he has been the victim of assault at the hands of his wife. Dr Hawking, 62, said he was "profoundly disappointed" by the circulation of "inaccurate information" quoting nurses
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        70 14 A MID-LEVEL executive of the collapsed Parmalat dairy empire at the centre of Europe's biggest financial scandal committed suicide on Friday afternoon. Forty-two-year-old Alessandro Bassi, an aide to former financial director Fausto Tonna, threw himself from a bridge near the northern Italian city of Parma, a judicial source
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        59 14 CUSTOMERS at a convenience store m Tokyo ignored pleas for help from a store employee and continued browsing the magazines while two armed robbers made off with some 170,000 yen (552,700), the Mainichi Shimbun reported. The knife-wielding men, who burst into the shop shortly after midnight yesterday, had
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        60 14 DEPUTY US Secretary of State Richard Armitage will depart on Wednesday on an eight-day Asian tour that will take him to Japan, China and Mongolia, the State Department announced on Friday. Among the topics for discussion with leaders m Japan, his first stop, will be the on-going
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      615 14 m 11 ..p..* Ctmvm Brisbane Abidjan Adelaide Chicago BaS nwirKwi Oalas Brussels London K—ttty QtiAmwta Madrid Singapore HAir Quality i Sunrise Sunset am^tm PSfc 24 (Good) 715 am r 719pm 1 Forecast 23 24-hourreadmg'up: i^H^.M^H^! to 4pm yesterday *Mm M).2Bpm 6Jupm Today: Windy and cloudy with periods of showers, heavy
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      Lock icon Cards swiped through the phone
      813 15  - Cards swiped through the phone Leong Chan Teik Crooks' latest trick is to tap phone lines for card info to make clones but banks do have checks "I HAVEN'T reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife." That piece of
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      Lock icon Tips to safeguard your Credit cards from virtual theft
      582 15 KEEP all transaction receipts and check your monthly credit-card statement promptly, especially after an overseas trip. If you notice any discrepancy on the statement, call your bank immediately. Real-life case: A hotel receptionist m Indonesia used a skimmer to capture the
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        Lock icon Four Singapore counters among S&P's Asian 'power picks'
        206 15  -  Lorraine Tan DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH STANDARD POOR'S ASIAN EQUITY RESEARCH INDEPENDENT equity research provider, Standard Poor's Asian Equity Research, has announced the constituents of its inaugural S&P Asia Power Picks 2004 Portfolio. It is a model portfolio containing 15 stocks from five
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        22 15 In the opinion of S&P's equity analysts, the 15 chosen stocks are best positioned for outperformance within their respective sectors, dow
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        Lock icon Dow ends lower but Nasdaq gains
        324 15 NEW YORK United States blue chips fell but the technology-laden Nasdaq edged higher last Friday, as investors digested strong gains m recent sessions and struck a cautious tone before a torrent of earnings reports this week. Technology stocks pared gains from the morning, although
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      Lock icon The right timing
      1101 16  - The right timing Leong Chan Teik THE SAVVY INVESTOR Buy when the market is quiet and bargains are aplenty, not at the height of a frenzy, says CEO of Sias research arm Tips on investing 'One needs to identify a good investment early that is, before it becomes too obvious
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      Lock icon For unwitting victims, it's once bitten, twice shy
      390 16 CARD SWIPED MS RACHEL Lee sensed trouble when she received a call m her office from her creditcard issuer. "Have you been to a restaurant m Millenia Walk?" asked the bank officer. "And did you use your credit card there?" Yes, replied
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    • PROPERTY
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        Lock icon DREAM HOME: RIDOUT ROAD, $8.68 M
        232 17  - DREAM HOME: RIDOUT ROAD, $8.6 8 M Wu Peining LUSH greenery surrounds this four-year-old bungalow, and if you're inside, you can see the garden from any window m the house. The freehold property has a land area of 16,000 sq ft, and a built-up area of 8,300 sq ft. The
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        Lock icon Illegal hacking? Knock it off
        753 17  -  Wu Peining Flat owners and contractors face stiff fines if they carry out renovations without getting the Housing Board's approval Hack or remove reinforced concrete walls, columns, beams, slabs and staircases m maisonette flats. Overload the floor with heavy tiles or furniture that is heavier
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        Lock icon This learner bank has only two clients
        198 18 This learner bank has only two clients THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DAD By David Owen 190 pages National Library Ref No: 332.*****4 OWE THE author, a staff writer on highly regarded The New Yorker magazine, relates his experience of instilling his two children with financial savvy. They save voluntarily,
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        181 18 Simple steps to success in stocks THE 5 KEYS TO VALUE INVESTING By Dennis Jean-Jacques 235 pages National Library Ref no: 332.6 JEA AUTHOR Dennis Jean-Jacques is an investment analyst who has worked with legendary' value investor Michael Price of the Mutual Series Funds. A value investor does not consider
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      Lock icon We're going bankrupt, but can we keep the flat?
      478 18 We're going bankrupt, but can we keep the flat? YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q IN THIS column last week, it was said that under an arrangement between the Official Assignee (OA) and the Housing Board, there is no need for bankrupts to apply for the OA's consent to buy a four-room
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        114 19 TWO Bangladeshi men who tried to swim illegally to Singapore from Johor Baru had probably heard somewhere on the grapevine that what the island Republic most valued these days were people who thought out of the box. So they inverted a styrofoam box over their heads and, masquerading
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        Lock icon Wake-up call
        115 19 A 60-YEAR-OLD official m a tax office m Finland literally died m harness but it was quite a while before his co-workers suspected something was amiss and tried waking him up. The coroner said the man, hunched over tax returns, had been dead a couple of days. The
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        118 19 MICROSOFT is anything but soft when it, often erroneously, thinks that its dominance of the universe is threatened. Consider Mike Rowe, 17, of Vancouver, who registered a website called MikeßoweSoft.com because he thought it was a neat trick. But Bill Gates sent the heavies against him asking him
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        120 19 ELEPHANTS are known to have a weakness for fermented grain. And despite their size, they do get rather tipsy. It ended m tragedy for four wild jumbos on a toot m India, which had managed to get their snouts into barrels of rice beer which the natives had
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        86 28 WALES could qualify for soccer's Euro 2004 Finals after it emerged that Russia's Yegor Titov failed a drugs test after the first leg of their play-off, which finished 0-0 m Moscow last November. He played m the second leg, which the Welsh lost
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        90 28 CHINA'S Wang Zhizhi outscored Jason Kidd on Friday as the Miami Heat beat New Jersey 84-64 for the New Jersey Nets' fifth consecutive defeat. With starting centre Brian Grant slowed by a knee bruise, the 2.16-m tall Wang finished with 11 points m 11 minutes,
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        124 28 TAIWAN'S Chen Chung-cheng made his second hole-in-one m the third round at the Thailand Open yesterday but walked away with nothing. The 27-year-old aced the 187-yard fourth hole the same one where he holed his tee shot during the first round. But the U5555,000 (5594,000) condominium
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      379 29 Q To relieve sore arm muscles from playing squash, should I use a warm compress or an icepack? A Ice packs are useful for injuries caused by sudden trauma, such as acute sprains and strains. When muscles are tight, hot packs can be used as an adjunct with stretching
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      950 29  -  Wei Koh To floor attackers, few martial arts can match ju-jitsu the samurai's form of unarmed combat Ju-jitsu classes THOSE interested in learning ju-jitsu should contact: Felix Fong of the Ju-Jitsu Association Singapore, tel: 9664-1370 or e-mail: contact@jujitsusingapore.com The website for the Ju-Jitsu Association Singapore is: www.jujitsusingapore.com Dr
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      906 30  - Exercises that pack a punch Wei Koh Low-repetition lifting of heavy weights boosts your Maximum Strength for a big athletic edge EVER wondered why, regardless of how hard you trained, you got only so strong and no stronger? Odds are that the problem has to do with the way you
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      116 31 The Family Of The Late SZETOH SWEE KHUM Departed 20 January 2004 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, CHIJ Kellock management staff, principal, teachers, students, ex-students, business associates, Father Joseph Tan and St Teresa's Church prayer group for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers.
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      115 31 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 KALIANI D/O CHELLADURAI Age: 44 passed away peacefully on 24.01.04. Husband: Kris Kumar Daughter: Sangeetha Son: Dhinakaran Mother: C. Sornavalli Father-in-law: Ramiah Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunties, nephews, nieces, relatives
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      225 31 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of TSANG PING (MRS TAY KIM WOO) Departed on 25 January 2003 Deeply missed always remembered by George, Janet family, Lydia, relatives m Shanghai, Beijing and USA. sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SUSIE HO KUAN KUAN Departed on 25/1/99 Time may heal The broken
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      152 31 TEO GEOK LENG Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 22.1.2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Koh Kwee Way Sons: Daughters-in-law: Cheong Chew Heng Teo Cheow Seng Teo Chow Hock, Daniel Tng Choon Kirn Teo Hock Lye, Alex Cheah Mm Yee, Melissa
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      599 32 TOKYO LIKE millions of college students, Ms Saeko Kitagawa, 20, who lives m the central Japanese city of Nagoya, uses her cellphone to network and socialise with her friends. As she fell into the habit of using the phone, she began running up
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      39 34 MS CAROL Balhetchet from the Singapore Children's Society has been counselling families and their children since 1992. She is director of the society's Youth Development Centre m Toa Payoh, where she works on issues relating to teens.
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      258 35 JL. RECENTLY, thousands of heartbroken fans sent Anita Mui off on her last journey. On Jan 15, hundreds flocked to Changi Airport to catch a glimpse of Jerry Yen, a member of the Chinese boy band, F4. Once I bought a $100 ticket to Leslie Cheung's
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      263 35 lift mummy' s baby blues I REFER to the letter, "Baby reliefs: The Swiss experience" (ST, Dec 23), by Mr Tan Hock Ann. I cannot but agree with his suggestion about helping couples to have children by providing part-time work, longer maternity leave and paternity leave, etc, as practised in
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      288 35 I'm for live-in schooling HAVING gone through the experience of live-in schooling, I have to disagree with Mr Tan Hock Ann ("Rule-out live-in option"; The Sunday Times, Jan 18). Live-in schooling can teach students important lessons, equipping them with skills necessary to succeed m life. And if the ultimate goal
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      121 35 No place for a woman COULD the authorities enlighten me on the rationale of engaging female cleaners to attend to male toilets? While the argument could be that the cleaner w r ould enter the toilet only when no one is around, I have on more than one occasion encountered
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        179 2 Listen without prejudice THIS father-and-daughter pair differ m how they want their music served up. Mr Francis Ng (right), 43, sets aside time to listen to his jazz and classical CDs, while Sheryl, 13, likes hers m the background. The father of two teenagers also positions his favourite cane chair
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        695 3  -  Sherwin Loh Did you know that your unwanted computer is a treasure trove of precious metals, such as gold? SO YOU'VE bought a new computer. What do you do with the old one? There are several options, but if you are looking for some returns, your best
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        714 5  -  Tan Shzr Ee ACCIDENTAL TOURIST Archaeologists (right) find treasures dating back to the 14th century on the grounds of the St Andrew's Cathedral 'Not as glamorous as Lara or Indiana, but those two are very bad examples. They are more concerned with looting than with preservation'
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        976 7 Teenager Melissa Panarello's book about her sexual encounters is a best-seller m Italy ROME Edit the story just a bit, and it becomes a heartwarming tale of early ambition and unpredictable success. A teenage girl from a nowhere town pours her heart into prose. A risk-taking
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        359 8 AS A Singapore Girl, Ms Carol Chan (left) had to pay attention to the needs of passengers aboard a plane. Now, the stewardess-turned-private eye uses those same powers of observation when she spies on cheating husbands. After more than three years as a P.I. with
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