The Straits Times, 15 February 2004

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  • 22 1 thesundaytimes February 15 2004 •90 Pages in three parts MITA (P) 032/03/2003 mm Qf\ •Af A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ov7 Cents
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  • 521 1  -  Leslie Lau KUALA LUMPUR TOP OF THE NEWS ANOTHER 18 high-profile figures are likely to face charges as Malaysia presses ahead with its anti-corruption drive. De facto Law Minister Rais Yatim said at the weekend that the cases involved "high ranking individuals and
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    • 345 2 agenda INDEX mainsection news 3-18 invest 19-22 think 23-27 sweat 28-34 gizmos 36 click 37 gen y 38 talk 39 lifestyle hot L2-Ll2 pulse Ll4-Ll5 go Ll6-Ll7 reflect LlB wear L3l-L32 taste L33-L35 movies L22-L23 tv listings L24-L26 comics L27-L29 horoscopes L3O ST WEBSITE phone 6319-5095 email sti@sph.com.sg FORUM DESK
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    • 974 2 ___________________niffl!| S'pore-Egypt FTA? Chelsea's Highbury hopes Mums have lifestyle home Egypt agrees to start talks on a free Rob Hughes is going to back Jj rh-ifrftrtm Hannarr trade agreement with Singapore, Chelsea against Arsenal, even |T* tOUOll Tj£» *P. l-ldUOOm Udligeib the third country in the Middle though the Gunners
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    • 1133 3  -  Tracy Quek For easy money, perfectly healthy S'poreans turn themselves into 'lab rats' for drug trials 'It's been about three months since the trial and I feel fine, I'm raring to go for another. The money is good and would pay
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    • 586 4  - Stalked at 12 Molested at 14 by men she met in chatrooms Serene Luo Teen didn't tell parents what happened; she no longer visits chatrooms as it's 'not safe 1 'You rarely find someone true and sincere enough who wants only to be friends. Out of every 10 wolves, there
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    • 425 4 How to spot cyber-perverts: They ask personal questions that people usually do not ask in public They describe themselves as having so many star qualities that they're too good to be true They're very keen on getting your contacts such as your mobile
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    • 328 7  -  Tracy Ouek SECURITY BOOST FOR SIA, SILKAIR DSTA working on device to protect commercial planes from missiles IN TWO years, Singapore Airlines and SilkAir planes could be fitted with made-in-Singapore devices to protect them from surface-to-air missiles. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said
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    • 46 7 PHOTOS: FLAMES shot high into the sky after drums of solvents ignited at a Tuas factory yesterday (left). More than 100 SCDF personnel (below) rushed to the scene and battled the inferno for two-and-a-half hours before bringing it under control. LIANHE ZAOBAO
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    • 260 7 HUGE balls of fire and thick black smoke filled the sky in Tuas yesterday morning after the flames of a factory fire ignited several drums of chemical solvents. Pieces of metal flew into the air as the blaze set off a
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    • 795 8  - Saying 'I do' after 40 Li Xueying More late wedders are strolling down the aisle, even as fewer S'poreans get hitched every year SHE was a blushing bride at 44, radiant in white. And at 46, he was gallant in a black suit, the wrinkles at his eyes lending him
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    • 334 8  -  Irena Josoeb THE joy of love for his wife sends Mr Steven Cheah, 39, to new highs each year. Once, he secretly placed roses at the back of her car. Another year, he surprised her at her jewellery counter in Takashimaya department store
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    • 341 8  -  Tracy Quek SOME fans of veteran Hong Kong singer Frances Yip are kicking up a fuss, because they paid top dollar for what they thought were seats close to their idol. About a dozen of them were livid last night after discovering
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    • 522 9 Draw on immigrant culture and infuse it with S'porean features, says DPM Lee at Chinese Cultural Festival launch THERE was a rousing start to this year's Chinese Cultural Festival last night thanks to the drum beating of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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    • 371 9 More S'poreans wanted For health-care jobs THE Government is pulling out all the stops to encourage Singaporeans to enter the health-care industry, where there are at least 1,500 job vacancies. Measures include increasing the intake for nursing courses, funding professionals in non-health-care jobs to make a mid-career switch, attracting former
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      • 577 10  - Copycat boob flash gets boos Suzanne Sng Sherwin Loh Foong Woei Wan Local deejay mimics Janet Jackson; Mariah Carey makes surprise appearance JANET Jackson did not appear at the MTV Asia Awards last night, but local radio deejay and singer Suzanne Walker replayed the infamous breast-baring stunt on the red
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    • 408 11 MANY newspapers publish a Sunday magazine to accompany the weekend edition of the daily newspaper. Singapore's The Sunday Times, on the other hand, decided to graft a magazine-like feel onto the paper upon its revamp. The result was a radical remaking of
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    • 629 11  - Unlucky Building Syndrome? Irena Josoeb It can be hard to market buildings with high tenant turnover ONCE again, the Old Thong Chai Medical Institution building is up for lease and sale. Since 1999, three businesses Lan Kwai Fong pub, Asian Restaurant and finally, Jing Restaurant have opened and closed on
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    • 203 11 THE Old Thong Chai Medical Institution building's holding company, Thong Chai Ke-Yip, is considering flexible rent structures to attract tenants. Two such structures are in the pipeline a base rent structure with profit-shar-ing, and a staggered rent structure, which allows the tenant to
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    • 1147 12 I WAS not looking forward to the flight home from Los Angeles. Singapore Airlines (SLA) flight SQI9 was almost full and the prospect of being cooped up in a cattle-class economy seat for 18 V2 hours without a break was pretty depressing. The non-stop
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    • 552 13  -  Nirmal Ghosh Owners of nightclubs and bars are worried by the government's move to advance closing time THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK A CHILL of the wrong kind is settling into Bangkok and threatens the Thai capital's identity as a city with throbbing nightlife. Unless protesting club and bar
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    • 504 13 SEATTLE Equations for divorce RESEARCHERS have devised a mathematical model that is 94 per cent accurate in identifying those couples that will part The "magic ratio" is five positive marriage signals to one negative. A couple scoring below that is in trouble. "Before this model was developed, divorce
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    • 269 14 Guerillas free Iraq prisoners in deadly attacks FALLUJAH (Iraq) AT LEAST 21 people were killed and 35 wounded yesterday when dozens of insurgents attacked security compounds in Fallujah, freeing prisoners. Police said the police station and a compound for the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) as well as the mayor's
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    • 644 14  - BALLOT-BOX BEAUTY Seo Soo Min South Korean political parties are roping in the young and good-looking to pull in voters at next month's general election SEOUL MISS Yoon Seon Hi is 28 years old and a graduate of the nation's top science school. On Feb 1, she stunned many by
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    • 486 14  -  Alfred Lee LONDON 'Although it is completely inappropriate for Eden to be commenting while police inquiries are continuing, we will fully investigate his claims.' -POLICE, answering charges that they were racist and did not investigate complaints that the Chinese were being abused CHINESE
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    • 310 15  -  Lydia Lim CAIRO THE Singapore Government has the right to ban the tudung at national schools, said an influential Muslim leader who heads the Al-Azhar Mosque and University. The Grand Sheik of Al-Azhar, Dr Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, expressed his support after a closed-door
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    • 582 15  -  Lydia Lim FTA will serve larger purpose of bringing two regions together, says PM Goh CAIRO EGYPT has agreed to start negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore in April becoming the third country in the Middle East to
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    • 628 16  - Are they Indian enough? V.K. Raghunathan SONIA GANDHI'S KIDS INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI ARE they Indian enough to rule the country? That is the question being asked about the two children of Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi, ahead of another election. Her Italian origins have long been used against her
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    • 459 16  -  Theresa Tan A MAN on trial for two sordid murders of Hong Kong schoolgirls has confessed to smothering them with pillows and raping them while his own children played downstairs. On both occasions, Duong Vinh Cuong, 40, said
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    • 475 17  -  Lawrence Chung With its distinctive design and 350 r OOO books, Page One hopes to make impact on local culture TAIPEI SINGAPORE'S Page One book chain begins a new chapter today when it officially opens the biggest bookstore in Taiwan. In fact, the new
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      • 27 17 A TOP level review of the .exam system in England is proposing a new four-tier diploma to replace GCSEs and A-levels, the BBC reported.
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      • 43 17 UNITED Nations agencies said yesterday it could take months if not years to eradicate the bird flu virus that has killed 14 people in Vietnam, and that hopes for a quick recovery of the poultry industry here were premature. AFP
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      • 32 17 SOME 650 prisoners held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay will now have their detentions reviewed by a panel once a year, said US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Reuters
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      • 34 17 UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed two people and wounded two others in Thailand's Muslim south yesterday, as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited the troubled area and vowed economic development there within three years. AP
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      • 37 17 PLAINCLOTHES policemen will be stationed at 17 Chinese primary schools in Klang after a series of attempted abductions involving a man who tried to coax pupils into his car. Asia News Network The Star
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      • 40 17 MORE than 500 candidates, mostly independents, have withdrawn from this week's legislative elections in Iran, the Interior Ministry said yesterday, leaving a meagre campaign dominated by hardliners who are expected to win with a low voter turnout. AP
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      • 46 17 PRESIDENT George W. Bush has released hundreds of pages of his Vietnam-era military records to prove he did not shirk his duties in the National Guard. But there was no new evidence he was in Alabama during a period that Democrats Questioned. AP
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    • 260 18 TAIPEI JOUSTING in the first presidential debate in Taiwanese history, President Chen Shui-bian promised yesterday to protect the island from China, while his opponent Lien Chan argued that Mr Chen could not improve ties with the communist rival. Mr Lien said Mr Chen's
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    • 428 18 Iran ready to export nuclear fuel TEHERAN 'No compromise' on national interests IRAN'S foreign minister says his country has the capacity to produce nuclear fuel and is ready to sell it to foreign buyers. "As a country that is capable of producing nuclear fuel, the Islamic Republic of Iran is
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    • 204 19 Keeping an eye on tech and small-cap stocks (JOB Kayhian Research bottomline Recommended buys: Unisteel, Brilliant, Jurong Tech, Norelco, Keppel Land, CapitaLand, Hong Leong Finance, Singapore Airlines, New Toyo and Hi-P. THE Singapore bourse rallied in the new year as anticipated, with the Straits Times Index (STI) climbing by
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      262 19  -  Leong Chan Teik Take a leaf from the book of Philip Fisher whom Warren Buffet cites as a key influence on his investing approach FOR many people, it has become fun and rewarding once again to be investing in stocks as the Singapore economy and the region
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    • 345 19 FISHER'S VIEW THE young growth stock offers by far the greatest possibility of gain. Sometimes this can mount up to several thousand per cent in a decade. The heart of successful investing is knowing how to find the minority of stocks that in the years ahead will
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    • 164 19 FISHER'S VIEW CERTAIN financial statistics are given an undeserved degree of attention by many investors and analysts. Foremost are the price range in which a stock has sold in the past, as well as its past earnings. In deciding whether to buy a stock or not,
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    • 986 20  - Popiah King on a roll Leong Chan Teik THE SAVVY INVESTOR Tee Yih Jia chief Sam Goi's appetite for stocks of food firms the business he knows best pays off 'It's here that I met the chairman for the first time. Someone arranged for us to meet for lunch and
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    • 639 20 When to buy FISHER'S VIEW POSTPONING an attractive purchase due to fear of what the general market might do will, over the years, prove very costly. This is because the investor is ignoring a powerful influence about which he has positive knowledge, and
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    • 158 20 wallstreet NEW YORK US STOCKS have fallen after a consumer confidence index declined further than predicted. The confidence reading, coupled with Thursday's report showing an unexpected jump in the number of Americans filing jobless claims, slowed a rally that had lifted the Dow
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        37 21 Location: 336 338 Changi Road Tenure: Freehold Unit size range: 753 sq ft to 2,239 sq ft (one- to four-bedroom apartments, duplex penthouses) Price range: $443,700 (under progressive payment scheme) to $904,500 Developer: MCL Land
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        39 21 Location: 8 Jalan Rama Rama Tenure: Freehold Unit size range: 936 sq ft to 2,347 sq ft (one- to threebedroom apartments, penthouses) Price range: $520,000 to $1,155 million Developer: Keng Hoe Development (member of the Hiap Hoe Group)
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      • 36 21 Location: 1, Rosewood Drive (off Woodlands Avenue 1) Tenure: 99 years Unit size range: 1,012 sq ft to 1,023 sq ft (only two-bedroom apartments still available) Price range: From $470,000 to $504,000 Developer: Centrepoint Properties
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    • 531 21  - Help My new home has defects Woon Tai Keat Developers must rectify faults within a specified period, but some cases are not so clear-cut WHEN lawyer S.C. Chui received the keys to her condominium unit in Sembawang in September last year, she found that the windows in the apartment were
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    • 208 21 Wu Peining BLACK and white colours dominate in this freehold singlestorey terrace house in Rambai Road, off Duku Road. Even the metal gate is painted black, matching the shutters directly behind the car porch. The property, with a land area of 2,100 sq ft and
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    • MUST READ
      • 179 22 MANAGING YOUR MONEY By Mercedes Bailey 120 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.024 BAI- [BIZ] NEED to learn money management fast but do not have time to plough through 500 pages? This book sums it all up in just 120
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      • 198 22 The Q&A way to investing success WHAT'S YOUR INVESTING 10? By Carrie Coghill and Evan Pattak 255 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.6 COG-[BIZ] WRITTEN by financial planner Carrie Coghill with the assistance of writer Evan Pattak, this book sets out to help everyone, irrespective of age
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    • 466 22  -  Lim Choi Ming TM Hoon YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Partner, Co Q AM a freelance photographer and I have been separated from my wife for more than a year. Recently, I received a letter from my wife's lawyer. She is asking
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      • 26 23 HOW you know you're in a Singapore Island Country Club extraordinary general meeting: There's plenty of talk about the PUB but no one's drinking.
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      • 30 23 HOW you know you're in Singapore: When your country's 30-year-old investment company says it's time to let the people know what it's been doing. Temasek who?
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      • 26 23 HOW you know that people don't believe you: When you've cloned human embryos and you say you're not interested in cloning human babies.
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      • 30 23 HOW you know you have a small problem with corruption: When you arrest a minister and a leading r r people are asking, whai about the others?
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      • 41 23 HOW you know your prime minister learnt a thing or two from the last one: When the United States fingers your country for trafficking in nuclear know-how and your PM cleverly questions the quality of US intelligence.
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      • 59 23 HOW you know that people don't believe you but you don't really care: When your Supreme Court overturns the conviction of your former parliament speaker for doing a Robin Hood in reverse taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich because he says he
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      • 23 23 HOW you know you're a loser: When money drops from the sky on you and all you get is a concussion.
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        32 23 HOW you know it's the day after Valentine's Day: When you get a bouquet of roses from your practical-minded Singaporean boyfriend because "they don't cost $25 a stalk any more"!
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    • 2367 23  - The rich, old boys want their club back Susan Long What rankles SICC members is not just the $1,300 co-payment to extend the club's lease, but a set of grouses traced back to 1991 FROM 'WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE' TO A CLUB DIVIDED 1963: The all-British Royal Singapore Golf Club and
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    • 312 24 thesundaytimes On, such dramatics IN LESS uptight days, schoolboys who caused I mischief or were caught with naughty things in their possession were disciplined the old-fash-ioned way. There would be a stern talking-to by the form teacher, 100 lines of "I will n0t...", and maybe detention class. Bemg made to
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    • 1029 24  - Fastis fat with an 's' Cheong Suk Wai ON CULTURE I've learnt that the first step out of Hippoville is to be kind to myself and not use fat as insulation against this brutal yet beautiful world. AT A big branding pow-wow here last December, American marketing veteran Scott Bedbury
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    • 768 24  -  Andy Ho ON GENDER HOW fair is it to expect the successful working mum to also be a great homemaker? Some have been asking this after recent publicity about some corporate highfliers in Singapore who happen also to be mums. For example, the
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    • 1028 25  -  Chua Chin Hon CHINA JOURNAL BEIJING 'lt y s just as well that the Chinese state media dubbed its battles with such viral outbreaks "a war without gunsmoke". The battlefield imagery suits the "fog of war" that now permeates China's efforts to rein in
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    • 1842 26 India looks East again India and South-east Asia are rediscovering each other, driven on by the need for trade and safety. Asad Latif finds out what is happening "This view of balance-of -power geopolitics is an oversimplification and out of date, Asean's expanding relationship with India is not directed against
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    • 2061 27 TEA WITH THINK FOOLHARDY is what Singaporean tax lawyer and businessman Sat Pal Khattar says some people thought of him when he decided to invest in India in the early *****. Then, the sub-continent was anything but a business magnet, what with its import
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      • 150 27 WHAT has height got to do with arrogance? Plenty, according to former MP and businessman Hong Hai, who now teaches at the Nanyang Technological University. At a recent forum on whether Singaporeans were an arrogant lot a charge levelled by former Chinese ambassador to Singapore Chen Baoliu he
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      • 135 27 WE ALL know that the world's longest non-stop flight is the Singapore Airlines one from Singapore to Los Angeles. It takes 16 hours to get there and about 18 hours to get back But have you ever wondered where the world's shortest commercial flight is? It is the
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      • 135 27 THE money may be good, but it seems that young lawyers here are still quitting the Bar in droves, so prolonging a worrying trend which began some years ago. We hear that the ongoing exodus has much to do with the back-breaking workloads and the unreasonable
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      • 74 27 AT THE Institute of South-east Asian Studies' seminar last week on Asean-India relations, the mood was so upbeat that one participant wondered why there was no bad news. His desire was soon fulfilled. A speaker, referring to India's power grids, said that the extent of pilferage from
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      • 45 28 SOCCER referee Howard Webb has taken charge of five English Premiership games this season and they all ended 0-0. Said the police sergeant, 32: "I would love someone to score. This run is amazing." His next game Wolves v Fulham at month end.
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      • 62 28 ARSENAL star Robert Pires has moved into a new flat with the leggy beauty he left his wife, Nathalie, for. The 30-year-old has set upa£l,ooo(Ss3,lBo) -a-week, one-bedroom love nest with the mystery brunette in posh Hampstead, London. Friends were shocked over the "rock solid" couple's split but
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      • 79 28 SOCCER agent Pini Zahavi branded Ken Bates "history and repulsive" after the Chelsea chairman called the Israeli a "d***head". Said Zahavi, who set up Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's takeover of Chelsea: "This revolting character is not worthy of a response. "If I were in his shoes, I would
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    • 750 28  -  Jeffrey Low Gary Neville's red card fails to stop Red Devils knocking City out of FA Cup Man United 4 (Scholes 33, van Nistelrooy 71, 79, Ronaldo 73) Man City 2 (Tarnat 76, Fowler 85) Man Utd: Tim Howard, Gary Neville, Phil Neville (Wes Brown 90),
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    • 185 29 17 Giggs finds Keane, who heads over the bar. 2O Gary Neville plays a low cross for Keane in the box. But Arason saves well. 33 United 1-0. Scholes slips in behind Reyna to bundle home Giggs' cross from sm. 39 Gary Neville dives in the box but
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    • 93 29  - From the watering hole Peh Shing Huei Momiji Japanese Restaurant, 1 Maju Ave #01-01A, Serangoon Garden Village 'With just 10 men, United not only scored, but also thrashed City. They showed that they are a Super club/ AARON SON (right), 19, student 'Ruud's first goal killed City. The Blues were
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    • 327 29 MANCHESTER MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson reflected on Gary Neville's dismissal in his team's 4-2 FA Cup win over Manchester City yesterday and said he could not understand why referee Jeff Winter, who showed the defender a yellow card for diving, had not intervened
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    • 220 29 FA CUP Weekend Manchester United 4 Manchester City 2 Scholes 33, van Nistelrooy 71, Tarnat 76, Fowler 85 79, Ronaldo 73 Fulham 0 West Ham 0 Millwall 1 Burnley 0 Dichio7o Tranmere 2 Swansea 1 Taylor 24pen, Hume 59 Robinson 16 Sunderland Birmingham Late kick-off Playing Today Arsenal v Chelsea
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    • 317 29 MANCHESTER ALEX Ferguson has lost his bitter battle with tycoon John Magnier over wonder horse Rock of Gibraltar, kissing goodbye to almost £100 million (Ss3lB million) in the process. The Manchester United manager has agreed to drop his court case claiming 50 per
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    • 402 30 LONDON WHO among the Chelsea players can stop Thierry Henry? Maybe John Terry and Scott Parker, according to the speedy French striker. The Arsenal hit-man knows that the rock-solid Terry and the combative Parker will give him no peace when the two sides meet tonight in
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      948 30  -  Rob Hughes FA CUP FIFTH ROUND ARSENAL v CHELSEA Lampard and Henry are key players in battle in the English capital HEART OF FOOTBALL PHOTO ONE fine day, Chelsea are going to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup at Highbury. Claudio Ranieri says it's time. Today, shortly after
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      • 75 30 SENEGAL'S internationals have come under fire for going back to Senegal for an official function instead of returning to England for Premiership duty, reported The Guardian. Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier fined El-Hadji Diouf and Salif Diao after they reported back to Anfield 48 hours late following Senegal's elimination
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      • 92 30 ARSENAL midfielder Jermaine Pennant was arrested on Friday after a breathalyser test as he drove home at 4.30am. The 21-year-old was spotted driving erratically in his black S-Class Mercedes sports car after spending the night in London's West End with pals. After a roadside breathalyser test, he was
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    • THE WONDER KIDS
      • 473 31 A BROKEN tooth, a neck covered with scars from an accident with boiling water and his nickname "Apache" are the tell-tale signs of Carlos Tevez's tough childhood. Fuerte Apache is perhaps the poorest, most dangerous of Buenos Aires' suburbs, a place where police fear to tread. Money
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      • 283 31 HE PLAYS as if the Santos training pitch were his own backyard. He is all over the place: poking fun at a team-mate who miscues a shot, jumping over a guy who has just scored. But most of all, looking for the ball. And when he gets it,
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      • 266 31 AN eight-year-old Freddy Adu was faced with a defender hell-bent on not letting him get past The instruction to the defender was: Stop him. Bite his ankles if you have to. Freddy, without any other way through, took the ball, flicked it up in the air and
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      • 309 31 IN A season that has so far had Liverpool fans fighting their way through the fog of mid-table, the emergence of a freshed-faced French duo has shone like a beacon. And manager Gerard Houllier is now urging his proteges to continue their progress.
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      • 58 31 HOSTS Tunisia won soccer's African Nations Cup for the first time yesterday with a 2-1 win over Morocco. Silva dos Santos had given Tunisia a fifth-minute lead before Youssef Mokhtari levelled seven minutes before the break. Ziad Jaziri then scored the winner in the 52nd minute after a
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      • 99 31 VALERIE Teo won her second gold in consecutive days at the Asian Youth Bowling Championships in Hong Kong yesterday. The 19-year-old, who bagged the doubles crown on Friday with Michelle Kwang, added the all-events title despite Singapore finishing sixth in the team event. Her 1,200 pintails
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      • 122 31 ONE week after saying that he could become the next Chelsea manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that England's players have persuaded him to stay in charge until the 2006 World Cup, reported The Mirror. He said: "The best thing about this job is working with the players. They
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      • 69 31 REAL Madrid playmaker Zinedine Zidane has been handed a one-match ban by the Spanish football federation after being sent off for violent behaviour in midweek. He was red-carded for striking Sevilla defender Pablo Alfaro in the face during the league leaders' 2-1 aggregate victory over Sevilla in a
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      • 73 31 FRANCE began the Six Nations rugby championship with a comfortable 35-17 win over Ireland yesterday. The first half was a low-key affair with France 11-3 ahead at the break, but Ireland drew to within a point three minutes after the restart with a converted try. That merely
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    • 855 32 GOLF World No 2 falls two short of Jack Nicklaus' 14 straight top-10 finishes SAN DIEGO VI JAY SINGH headed for the airport, not the practice range. Golfs hottest player saw his streak of consecutive top-10 finishes come to an abrupt end at 12 tournaments when
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    • 625 32  - Coaches, teachers, kids, a sports school and dad Yap Koon Hong THE SPORTS EDITOR I GREW UP in a family where sport was personal. Winning was important, but that wasn't the biggest deal. The biggest deal was that my father hardly missed any of my competitions. I used to think
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    • 673 32  -  Jeffrey Low NO HOLDS BARRED THANK you, Manila, for kicking football out of next year's South-east Asia Games. Barring any changes, football's omission is a blessing for Singapore because it will save the team the embarrassment of having to show
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      360 33 docsport Q Why do I still feel faint during my workout even if I eat something beforehand? I notice this problem occurs especially when my pre-workout snack is rich in carbohydrates. A What you are experiencing is low blood sugar resulting from an increase in insulin production due to exercise
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    • 885 33 'You can say that I used rock climbing as a tool to chase her. It took me four months to get her/ Jay Koh, on Xu Tlngf ang Vicky Cambell, 21, and Darryl Chen, 22 (above) VICKY, a second-year science undergraduate at NUS, is a triathlete
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      128 34 DONT be stingy with the tape you will need almost a full roll to do a good job: Stirrup Pattern: Tape along the sides of the ankle, then under the foot and up along the opposite side of the ankle. Heel Lock: Next, use this pattern that begins
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    • 127 34 STRENGTH in the vastus medialis oblique, orVMO, helps keep your kneecap in alignment. To strengthen the VMO, Dr Ben Tan recommends two types of exercises. Single Leg-Leg Extension: Dr Tan recommends performing this exercise with your foot rotated slightly outward to place the focus on your VMO.
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    • 879 34  - STRETCH THERAPY Wei Koh Easy does iL.you may not bounce back from a sports injury, but exercise can get you in shape INJURIES are inevitable when you lead an active sporting life. When they are not treated properly, they can become physically debilitating and mentally aggravating. You may have sprained
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      406 35 "If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8 60H HIOW LEE AGE: 92 Beloved husband of the Late Madam Hoo Miu See, passed away peacefully on 12 February
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      300 35 ONG TWA TEE Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 14 Feb 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Ng Sia Hiang, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ong Chiew King Aw Chye Geok Ong Chew Teck Yap Sew King Ong Chiew Seng Ong Chiew Bok Rasmini Ong Chiew Song Chan
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      283 35 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4: 7 TAO SAN 01 Acpe: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 February 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Wan Seng Ho, deceased) Sons:
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      280 35 DHIRA JLAL S/0 MAGANLAL Age: 71 PMMd away pMctfutty on 14.02.04 le«vinq behind: Wife: Manjula Dhirajlal Son: Manojkumar Dhirajlal Daughter-in-law: Bhavana Manojkumar Grandsons: Mithun Hamesh brothers, sisttrs and relatives to mourn the loss. Blk WE Bed ok South Avenue 2 UO2-546 5(4640W) Tel: 6246 1646 SEAH SYE CHENG ApiM was
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    • 1093 36  - High-tech dreams vanish into VAPOURWARE Eugene Wee It's a game played openly by many IT companies but seldom spoken of Wired News Vapourware Awards 2003 Fossil Wrist PDA a PULLING double duty as a A timepiece and personal organiser, the Wrist PDA ran on the Palm operating system. Despite already
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    • 262 36 Q NEW TOYS ON THE BLOCK Yeong Ah Seng \ri Samsung DVD-L2OOW What is it: Portable DVD player Why is it hot: Portable DVD players with screens are expensive toys. But prices have come down and that elusive dream of watching a movie while on the go may not be
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        61 37 AT THE forefront of the photoblog trend is Matthew Haughey's "Ten Years of My Life" site. At the age of 31, he decided to upload one photo a day until he reaches 41. What is developing is an interesting daily chronicle of one man's life, placing the
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      • 71 37 NO NEED to die before finding out where you are going to spend the rest of eternity. This quirky site predicts whether you are destined for heaven or hell. Based on a 14th century text by Dante, this site poses 80 thought provoking and sometimes bizarre questions
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      • 37 37 KOZYNDAN.COM is a delightful site filled with deliriously detailed panoramas drawn by Kozy and Dan, two Los Angeles-based artists. The panoramas feature cats marching down the street, London markets and Tokyo urban scenes. www.kozyndan.com
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    • 982 37  -  Eugene Wee Love it or hate it, file-sharing technology is here to stay, say experts IN THE past few weeks, the recording industry has stepped up its attacks against those who download music illegally and those who facilitate those downloads. Last month,
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    • 679 37  -  Rory Daniel GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Ghosthunter GHOSTHUNTER is a scary horror adventure game for PlayStation2. If the chilling screams, manic giggles, flesh eating ghosts and rats scuttling across the floor do not send shivers down your spine, then the vibrating game controls
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    • 707 38 Sneaky, underage party animals Borrowing an older person's identity card to go clubbing can be just the start of an evening's shenanigans on and off the floor Wu Peininq VINCENT was a frequent clubber at nightspots such as Ridley's and Chinablack. When stopped by bouncers, he would produce his IC
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  • talk
    • 1046 39  -  Wong Kim Hoh MANY people know Dr Finian Tan as one of Singapore's most famous venture capitalists. Not many, however, know he is also a consummate writer of love letters. And a troubadour and composer. Pauline, his wife and the mother of his four
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      • 115 39 A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. A SECONDARY school here recently detained 17 boys after a pornographic VCD was found, and deprived them of food and drink for at least seven hours. The news outraged many netizens. "Possession of such objectionable material
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      • 95 39 ARE teachers in Singapore overworked? The general consensus on this thread is that they are. "Deepb" claims the expectations that the Ministry of Education places on teachers are too high and wonders if the ministry knows that "teachers just go through the motion to satisfy the letter
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      • 314 39 I RECEIVED a letter from my daughter's school recently informing me that she was overweight. My first reaction was one of shock but I felt upset later because she asked for less rice for her meals that day. She is 120cm tall and weighs 23.5kg.
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      • 224 39 ONE indelible memory of my grandmother is the very meticulous instructions she gave her servants. From how much meat to buy and how to ensure it was fresh, to how it was to be cooked, Grandma knew how to give orders. She grew up with three
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      • 277 39 LIFE in the 1960s and early 70s was simple and I long for the time when we had good shows like the S and I (science and industrial) Quiz. Who could forget Dr Tay Eng Soon asking that crucial question which would
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      • 370 39 LOGGING on to the Internet in Melbourne, I was saddened to learn that the Cathay Building is making way for a cineplex, apartments and retail shops. My mind harked back to the year 1940 when, as a schoolboy, I climbed the steps of the still-uncompleted building,
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      • 1038 2  - HUNG UP ON MONEY Jill Alphonso He made headlines with his now infamous performance on American Idol. But fame or notoriety may be going to William Hung's head The San Francisco Chronicle reported a web designer as saying that William receives so much e-mail from Singaporean women that he reckons
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      • 111 2 Hfww.wllllamhun9.iitt You can get the infamous American Idol 3 audition video, a clip from Saturday Night Live with Jimmy Fallon as William Hung, and Hung's latest performance at UC Berkeley. www.willianlllun9.blz A tribute page with mailing list for fans, published articles and quotes. You can also send
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      • 207 3 raising the BAR Bar-top dancing has not only raised the temperatures at nightspots, but has also raised their takings and spawned a mini-indusfry of sorts T" 1 HE bar-top dancing craze has II seen revenues of some nightI spots going up by as much as I 50 per cent, say
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      • 275 4 40 and still fabulous Photos: Sports Illustrated's famed Swimsuit Issue celebrates four decades of its great, uh, body of work NEW YORK -They were not in their swimwear, but they still made a splash at the launch of the 40th anniversary edition of the famed Swimsuit Issue of the Sports
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        740 5  - NET GAINS Tee Hun Ching Witnessing the Sept 11 attacks first-hand has made national netballer and freelance photojournalist Ng Lin-li treasure life more AS THE first tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed on Sept 11, 2001, Ng Lin-li gaped in horror from an apartment three blocks away. She had
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      • 1063 6  - THE NEXT BAG THING Lionel Sean FASHION CORRESPONDENT There's the massive price tag, there's the waiting list, and there's the celebrity devotees. The Birkin bag carries with it all the trappings of wealth and status 1 EWELLERY designer I Jaime Choo loves bags. I But it is only the super
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        204 6 HERMES is not the only fashion brand with its own signature luxury bags. Other brands also roll out five-figured sacs, season after season. Botteqa Veneta This Italian label is a close second to Hermes in its offering of deluxe leather bags. Its signature woven leather bags can
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        318 6 BECAUSE of the Birkin's classic design, knock-off s can be easily found, even in local leather shops like Nan Kai and Kwan Pen. Brands like Fion at Takashimaya and Pierattini at Shaw Centre also boast Birkin lookalikes. Priced between $179 and $4,000, depending on the leather used, these
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        778 7  -  Foong Woei Wan Taiwanese playboy Huang Jen-chung had nearly 100 mistresses and many celebrity 'goddaughters'. But when he died last >^ week, only one woman was with him TAIWANESE stock-mar-ket tycoon Huang Jenchung was known for his love of antiques, Chinese brushwork and cars. But above all, he
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      • 820 8  - Heartbreak HOTEL Karl Ho News of ANA Hotel's impending closure has many people, including TV celebs, DJsanda former NMP, mourning the nostalgic landmark 'That's where my children remember eating their first Japanese food/ Former NMP Claire Chiang, on ANA Hotel's Unkai restaurant THE ANA Hotel is closing soon but it
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      • 1301 9  -  Wong Kim Hoh Thirty years of living apart seemingly vanished when childhood friends Mary Ho and Leroy Kang father of actor Keagan reunited and then decided to marry A LIFE LESS ORDINARY A MAGAZINE journalist interviewed actor Keagan Kang in February last year while he
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      • 890 10  - Grounded... for life Suzanne Sng Unknown to many, the Padang is tended to by a third-generation groundsman, whose grandfather also looked after the city's green oasis way back in the 19th century 'Once a week, I drive the mower to trim the grass... I will work until I die. Can
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      • 649 11  - only the LONELY Suzanne Sng Men and women buy them, sometimes surreptitiously, for relationship books offer tips, solace and even love bites IF YOU spent Valentine's Day alone yesterday, perhaps it is time to join the Lonely Hearts Book Club. Membership costs only the price of a book. Okay, the
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      • 550 11 IF I'M SO WONDERFUL WHY AM I STILL SINGLE?; 10 STRATEGIES THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER By Susan Page/Piatkus/ 324 pages/$32.50/2003 Pick up line: Depending on how you look at it, the title is hilarious, egotistical or plain pathetic. At least
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        390 12  - RAIN MEN Ho Ai Li It takes more than just guesswork for meteorologists to forecast the weather ORIGIN OF SPECIES JL FEW years M^L ago, before I each National Day Parade m (NDP), Mr Li Ka Wing would scour the heavens above the National Stadium for signs of approaching storms.
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      • 92 12 What you need: Honours degrees in Engineering, Mathematics, Meteorology or Physics. Professional meteorologist training is only available overseas, usually in Australia or Britain. What you have: An analytical mind, a meticulous nature and the ability to cope under pressure. What you get: Those with no prior experience
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      • 303 12 IN 1989, Mr Li Ka Wing gave up a six-year career as a prison counsellor in Hong Kong and sold his flat to chase his dream of becoming a weatherman. But even before the Mathematics degreeholder braved gloomy British weather to study Meteorology at
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      • 221 12 CHEONG WEE KIONG (right), 30, is used to his friends asking him questions about the weather. He shrugs and smiles, saying: "So far, it's still okay." The Mathematics graduate from the National University Of Singapore had not banked on becoming a meteorologist. But he was interested
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      • 231 12 THUNDERSTORMS may signify destruction and chaos, but to Ms Yap Chui Wah (below), tb*»v are works of beauty. "I like thunder storms. They are beautiful to look at. All the tall clouds, strong winds coming in," she says, almost in a reverie For Ms Yap, 24,
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      • 568 14  -  Extra body parts are common deformities at birth, and most of them get operated on Teo Cheng Wee BOLLYWOOD star Hrithik Roshan has one, while movie legend Marilyn Monroe's fans say that, contrary to popular belief, she never did. We are talking about extra fingers or toes. This
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        270 14 WHEN property agent Angie (not her real name, inset) gave birth to her first child 10 years ago and started breastfeeding, she found a fishball-sized lump growing under her left armpit This is a common way for an extra breast to present itself. It swelled because it did
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      • 435 14 WHEN Dr Amy Khor (left) talks about her two extra thumbs, it is clear they are a source of joy for her, not shame. "I think they are quite special. This one is even quite cute," says the MP for Hong Kah GRC, pointing to the
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        801 14  - scene hurt RELATIONSHIPS MATTER Allan and Barbara Pease My partner and I always seem to fight in public. It has become very embarrassing, especially if people we know are there. I've asked him why he gets so worked up about things, but this hasn't changed anything. In fact, things are
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        568 15  -  Combine exercises with a cardio routine and a sensible low-fat diet for a great bod HEALTH&FITNESS Pradeep Paul FASHION did fitness a favour recently. As women wriggle into hipster pants, they have discovered it isn't what you wear that matters, it's what you bare. No wonder so
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      • 380 15  -  HEARTBEAT Fauziah Ibrahim IN LAST Thursdays Heartbeat, Mr Hadi Riyanto, technical director of the Singapore Fitness Professionals Federation, gave exercise tips. These are his replies to queries not answered during the show. What exercises would you recommend for women who want to tone up but not
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      • 566 16  -  Ginnie Teo CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT Don't let Delhi belly be the only souvenir you pick up. This travel guide book with a difference points you to the right direction for a pain-free vacation YOU watched what you ate, you drank only bottled water, and yet you're down
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      • 237 16 DRHOLS We'll get the experts to answer your travelling woes. Send your queries to stlife@sph.com.sg I'm going to Australia and would like to know what foodstuff I'm not allowed to bring Into the country. Can I bring In Chinese tea and snacks like Instant
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        • 42 16 The saying that "travel broadens the mind and loosens the bowels" is true for the majority of travellers, says Dr Helen Oh. About two thirds of all international travellers suffer from diarrhoea abroad because they eat contaminated food and drinks.
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        • 32 16 When travelling to a country where English is not spoken, diabetics should learn how to say "I have diabetes" and "sugar or orange juice please" in the local language.
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      • 454 17 I AM SINGLE Hear me roar SINGLE travellers, especially those on leisure trips like packaged tours, feel discriminated against by the travel industry. The best deals and promotions, from mini-vacations to weekend breaks, insidiously favour double occupancy. The "single supplement" is a mainstay of the travel trade. Louise Kissane, a
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        975 17  - FLEET TED Tay Suan Chiang FREQUENTFLYER Douglas Foo, who owns the Sakae Sushi chain, has no time to be footloose or fancy free when high-flying on business 'I remember being given a strange gift by a horse-meat supplier in Japan. It was horse shampoo and horse shower gel. Don't ask
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      • 1120 18  - In the name of the father Sumiko Tan I don't mean this in a bad way, but the father figure has alwa struck me as being rather sad and misunderstood IN OCTOBER last year, the Life! section of The Straits Times started a weekly column called Fatherhood. A roster of
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      • 759 18  -  Kelvin Tong SOME time back, my mother, a typical traditional Chinese woman, freaked the whole family out by suggesting that young couples should cohabit first before getting hitched. What sounded like madness slowly made sense as she pointed to the rise in broken marriages
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      • 775 18  -  Colin Goh VALENTINE'S DAY may be over but the Romancing Singapore Campaign will last the entire year. Why not? Keeping it up is crucial to producing babies, which is the main aim of the campaign. This is evident even from its slogan, the grammatically awkward "Love
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      • 757 31  -  Lionel Seah Good news for aspiring fashion designers: Hemispheres is back to act as a launchpad for your works FASHION CORRESPONDENT IT WAS the first-ever boutique that carried local fashion labels. And after more than a decade's absence from the retail scene here, Hemispheres, which was at
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        149 31 Sartorially challenged? Help is on the way. E-mail Lionel Seah at stlife@sph.com.sg Is there any way I can make my small breasts bigaer? Cosmetic surgery is an expensive and painful option. And, like your EZ-Link card, your breasts might need topping up. Depending on the individual, the
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        196 31 Drop zone Drop •arrlnQs seem to bt the in-thing for womtn at tht Hollywood awards shows. I'm looking for somo nice onos that don't look cheap. Where can I buy them? Drop earrings, especially shoul-der-dusters (so named because they literally dust the shoulder every time they swing), will make you
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        227 32 GOT something to get off your chest? Just wear what you want to say on your T-shirt, as some stars have been doing recently. Actor Billy Bob Thornton (right) said it best for fellow T-shirt-clad celebrities when he went to the Grammys last week. In an ironic
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        197 32  -  Suzanne Sng FASHION MUST-HAVE ASHAMED of your mobile phone? Embarrassed by its cheap plastic casing and scratched screen? Well, the battered number just doesn't go with your Burberry outfit, Bulgari baubles and Manolo Blahniks, does it? If you have money to burn, you might want to plonk down
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        335 32  -  Debbie Yong THE eyebrow-skirting short fringe is back, and with a vengeance, too. Since late last year, women have been shaping their hair into all manner of fringes. Most hair salons will give you bangs for less than $20, and in less than 20 minutes. But a trim
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        523 33  - CART AND PASTE Teo Pau Lin FOOD CORRESPONDENT Ready-to-use food mixes, originally targeted at working women, are now repackaged to woo tourists IS IT possible to sell Singapore in a sachet? The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) certainly thinks so. Two years ago, it embarked on a project to repackage food
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      • 683 33  -  Koh Boon Pin DRINKS SAY you've been swayed sufficiently to part with hundreds of dollars for a bottle of wine. You open it for a dinner party and everyone swoons over it. But for real validation, what you should do is leave the
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      • 427 33  -  Teo Pau Lin THE pre-mix food industry is a lucrative one. Go to any supermarket and there will be at least 12 brands by Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian and Indian companies, selling everything from torn yam pastes to pineapple rice mixes. Prices range between $1.20
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      • 553 33  -  Debbie Yong How Clazzic prices compare (prices listed axe per lOOg) Streaky bacon, sliced Clazzic: $1.68 Cold Storage Siglap: $1.49 Peter's Butchery (a standalone butchery in Holland Grove Road): $1.68 Pork prime ribs Clazzic: $1.90 Cold Storage Siglap: $1.87 Peter's Butchery: $2.08 Sirloin
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      • 741 34  - HE'S NO IRON CHEF Teo Pau Lin FOOD CORRESPONDENT ITetsuya Wakuda, Australia's superstar chef, believes in loving people those he works with and those he c<?oks for. He ateo talks getting married 'People who work in kitchens are like married to each other. So if we hate each other, life
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      • 294 34  -  Tetsuya Wakuda By INGREDIENTS 10 medium-sized scampi, halved lengthwise salt and white pepper 1 tsp Ceylon tea 1 Tbs scampi oil (see below) V% tsp sherry vinegar ogonori or wakame Garnish Deep-fried julienned leek shredded nori Scampi oil 12-15 scampi heads and
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      • 532 34 If you wipe constantly, you could be spreading bacteria MAD cow disease, Sars, bird flu. With so many health scares swirling around, most people don't seem to worry about what experts say is a petri dish for food-borne illness: the home kitchen. "People aren't aware
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      • 84 34 No kitchen is sterile, but certain steps can help cut back on bacteria. Microwave sponges and dishcloths on "high" for at least one minute Launder dish towels regularly Make sure tap water (and thus, the dishwasher) exceeds 60 deg C Prepare raw meat and vegetables on
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        656 35  - TWO'S COMPANY Wong Ah Yoke Yet another Singapore girl and her Italian husband have opened an eatery. Though tiny, Trattoria Laf iandra offers great food EATS OVER the past decade, two Singapore girls who set up restaurants with their Italian husbands have found that a good partnership can work wonders
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      • 580 36  - I boiled my sushi Teo Pau Lin Former editor Zainul Abidin Rasheed, 55, the Mayor of Northeast CDC and an MP for Aljunied GRC, recalls the misadventure in Japan By FOOD CORRESPONDENT WHAT WOULD YOUR LAST MEAL BE? "WHITE rice with dhal, which has lentils, potatoes and red-stalked spinach. That's
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      • 560 7 Kf!S SUBARU FOR SALE IMPREZQ LEGACY r wrxx wnx&wv Low Oownpayment I FREE INSURANCE! 2/7002 Legacy 2.0 A WD. Sporty black, i owner. 16" s/rims. Leather interior Spoiler. B4 grill. Only $69K neg!!! Call: 6844 4094 '2001 IMPREZA BUG-EYE. Sporty blue. Full bodykit. Leather. I S/rims. OMV $16K. New road
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      • 831 8 RTW Dll &21 NEWTON/ hi!ij BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI I PTEAPTS-RENT BEAUTIFUL UNITS IN Maplewoods/ Sterling. 3+l. F/furn. Quiet facing. Near MGS, Cold Storage. neg. Call Alicia 9796-6511 SIGNATURE PARK: 3+l rm. 1421 sqft. F/furn. F/facilities. Quiet, good layout. Bright, high fir. Pool view. neg. Hp: 9647 9755 PN 1-4 RMS APT Arcadia
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      • 789 8 B 017-18 CH ANG!/ PASIR RIS PTE APTS -RENT SPACIOUS 3 BDRMS+ patio! Ballo- j ta Pk Furn. Full condo facilities. SI.SK neg. Avila/ Estella Gdn avail. 9455-6512 Jon, DW CARISSA PK. 2-RMS New list! F/facilities. Resort living. Shuttle bus to MRT. *****425 HTN $1100 UP. 2 3 rms. Melville
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      • 926 8 RJJjI HOUSES FOR RENT EXPATS. BUNGLW. SIXTH Ave. $17K. Black White $10K. Call Agt *****468 asiahomes.com D.19 KANG CHOO Bin. Inter terr 3 storey. European style.' 3+l+l. MRT Also for sale. *****818 agt D.16 SEAGULL WALK 3 storey terr. Approx 1800sqft. 4+l. Unfurn, aircon. $I.9Kneg. *****907 DW D.05 BIG SEMI-D
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      • 781 8 ■PRI HDB/HUDCAPTS |J£J FOR RENT BELOW SBOO/MTH BLK 148 BT Merah 1-rm 1-hall. Well renovated. F/furn. Aircon. Amenities. Immed! $800. 9100-8885 lEfl SERVICE APARTMENTS STUDIO/ 1/ 2/ 3-bdrm apts in Novena/ Dover area. Short/ long term svc. *****884/ *****309 or visit: www.isapartments.com Wffi ROOMS FOR RENT Wti&a (PRIVATE) -ENJOY--D.lO BT
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      • 731 8 HDOI-08 CITY S SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -SALE a^kw^^^^r I ll 11 i^T Walking Distance to HarbourF ront MRT Shopping Mall Next to Central Business District •2+l, 3 and 3+l Bedrooms. Snowruit Opons 11am-6pm 0487 7117 9634 0328 OfarigeTee Brand New Ants FreehoW/TOP Soon 1012 -1399 sqft 2 3rms/Facilities Foreigners Eligible
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      • 926 8 Pffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ EMU TANGLIN/ HOLLAND J^^HOUSES^SALE www.bunoalowkinq.net Stevens Rd. S/storey bunglw 18,000 sqtt. Wide frontages6.XM Cluny. Tropical retreat. 15,500 sqft. For nature lovers S7.OM. Chee Hoon. S/storey bunglw 18.000 sqft. Elevated $S.XM. Sunset Hgts. Balinese retreat Hilltop view. 7200 sqft S3.SXM. Garllck Ave. American eagle 28,000 sqft. Cheap $B.XM.
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      • 681 8 WftH DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■yuj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE Dear Elite Buyers Bukit Timah GCB 1 5,000sqft quality bunqlw w/pool. PR buyers, pis hurry 1 Cornwall GCB 18,00O*qtt. Gd buy! We also have many choice of GOOD CLASS BUNGALOW/ LAND to meet vour requirements University 6,Boosqft, beautiful land SEMI D/TCRRACE Njmly/Kjng'i
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      • 1179 9 B 009-10 ORCHARD/ Jffi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND lulIJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE JJ^PTUPTS^SALE no^.HOLT^ROAD Prices from $735 p.s.f DlO FREEHOLD Condo Easy 1 downpayment Immediate rental income* Attractive rental yields up to 6.5% pa* Flexible payment terms Full condo facilities including tennis court Agents welcome. Standard commission. 3 bedrooms 1801
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      • 616 9 KM 009-10 ORCHARD/ ■yttJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE $7XXK UP! 1275/ 1510 sqft. 3+l. 2 mins MRT. F'hold, high fir. mall/ amenities. *****993 CANAAN ASPEN HEIGHTS, RIVER Valley 1600 sq.ft. 4+l. Mid fir. Balcony face pool. F/facilities *****616 D.09 VALLEY PK. Mid fir. 3+1. 1216 sqft. Well kept. Vacant. F/facili ties.
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      • 612 9 i toil 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI HOUSES -SALE ANDREW RD BUNGLW, *****/ I 6000 sqft. Wide frontage. Greenery. S6.XM neq. Jon *****117 ALMOST SOLDI LA Sussie. Full greenery. 3400/ 2500 sqft. Ini door gdn. $1.23M. *****182 agt > ENG NEO 2-STOREY white bunglw. 20,000/ 7.000 sqft. 4+l. Deep s/pool.
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      • 752 10 BDI2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES SALE D.13 2' 2 STOREY semi d. 2680/ 2800 sqft 4+l, f'hold. renovated. 3/storey bunglw. 4000/ 4000 sqft. s+l. F'hold. *****996 IDA ■■bWSs^b^b^L^L^ r 1 1 WwSmmW NEW BUNGLWS. (168 Dunsfold Dr) 2 units. 4643/ 5595 sq.ft. 6+l basement with roof qdn! F'hold. TOP soon! Showhse
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      • 829 10 WW\ Dl5-16 EAST COAST Wff\ Dl5 16 EAST COAST Wff\ Dl5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE frflj HOUSES -SALE fr|fljj HOUSES SALE m ■bT^B^BbT H B^bH tamjong KATONG I S W'^S>H Ok. t T*M£ KATONG .^SHOPPING II Is 3m Kr fc jjjpt" jfc--StV girls w ntmt r9 I, i bB I;.
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      • 466 10 Rffl Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE BSaDWE PALMS F" WELCOME T0... T j Legend a v* joo chiat OPEN HOUSE WAM-6PM No 25 Joo Chiat Lane »05-16 o TOP Obtained <> 3 rms. Approx 1200 sqft o Penthouse, approx 2000 sqft (Jacuzzi included) <> Luxurious Sunken Bath <> Facilities/
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      • 526 10 Wffl 015-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE EAST VIEW 18 Brand new 4 storey apt. 3 bdrms at 18 Rambutan Rd. F'hold. Come visit show flat fr 10am-spm. 6440 7872 (owner) VIEW OCEAN PARK 2110/ 1872 sq.ft. 3+l. High fir. Breathtaking sea/ city view. Beautiful renovation. Resort facilities. Call 9238-1388
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      • 890 10 &Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE D.15 TOP F'HOLD. *****000 ERA 4 rms Butterworth 8. pool view 3 rms Emery Pt, sea view. Hurry! BAGNALL COURT. UPP East Coast Rd. F'hold. 1450 sqft. 3+l. S/pool. 24-hrs security. 9293-9979 agt I D.15 COSY F'HOLD Walk-up apt. 800 sqft. Move in cond.
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