The Straits Times, 3 June 2007

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    19 1 thesundaytimes JUNE 3, 2007 96 pages in three parts MICA(P) 199/12/2006 ttV A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon US, China play down rising tension
    502 1  -  Shefali Rekhi Goh Sui Noi OP OF THE NEWS By RISING tensions over China's military build-up were yesterday nudged down a notch or two by the principal players themselves China and the United States. At yesterday's session of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the deputy chief
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      48 1 4AJpBi RAFFLES'SECRETS YOUR CREDIT HISTORY M WL Thrill cha 11 sunqav jf^Rarerelics What you don't JSSiSz in hands of (N\ know about w At least BBBBHW S'porean yourself II trynotto Plj«a I I J T I r I U"H*g [A 1 DESIGN: PETER WILLIAMS PHOTOS: ISTOCK, AFP REUTERS
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      Lock icon 'Clean-cut' S'poreans drug mules of choice
      866 2  -  Ben Nadarajan Two women jailed in Japan for drug offences are among 330 nabbed overseas in past 5 years THEY are Singaporean women who were humble clerical assistants with no criminal records, let alone any links to the murky world of drugs. Yet both
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      Lock icon Durai owes $787,000, may be made bankrupt
      342 3  -  Elena Chong FORMER National Kidney Foundation chief T.T. Durai may soon be declared bankrupt if he cannot pay $787,012 to the charity. The new NKF board's lawyers, Allen Gledhill, served a statutory demand on Durai on April 27 to pay the debt within
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      Lock icon Baby of couple on the run released from JB prison
      419 4  -  Cheryl Tan 5-month-old boy, whose parents surrendered at Woodlands Checkpoint, is now with MCYS here A BABY whose Singaporean parents did not register his birth in Malaysia because they were on the run has been released from a Johor Baru
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      Lock icon Drugs, destitution and desperation: A couple's fugitive life
      580 4  -  Cheryl Tan SKIPPING town to dodge drug charges looked like a good idea at the time, but the fugitive life soon became a hellish existence for a young Singaporean couple. They became so desperate, they were reduced to going hungry so they
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      Lock icon Cyclists on footpaths: Mixed reactions from pedestrians
      320 4  -  Jocelyn Lee PHOTO: PEDESTRIANS fear cyclists will end up taking the authorities for a ride in a trial project to let bikes share footpaths in Tampines. "Cyclists will be on their best behaviour (during the trial)," said customer service officer Kelvin Yeo, 52.
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      Lock icon Businessman shells out $1.7m for rare Raffles relics
      1226 6  -  Tan Dawn Wei Collection of letters, books and artefacts may be put up for public viewing TWO sizeable and rare collections of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' letters, books and artefacts are now in Singaporean hands. Prominent businessman Tang Wee Kit of the
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      Lock icon Can't stand waiting at sales? Then take a seat
      154 8 FOR retiree Teo Joo Meng, it was, indeed, The Sale Worth Waiting For. The 71-year-old brought his own chair to the Robinsons sale at The Centrepoint on Vesak Day last Thursday and sat waiting while his wife queued up at the
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      Lock icon Unit ablaze, but building's tenants work on unaware
      338 8  -  Cheryl Tan, Melody Zaccheus Jerome Scow They say no alarm was sounded; Firefighters put out flames in shoe factory in 10 minutes A FIRE raged on in a factory unit in Übi Avenue 2 yesterday morning while the building's other tenants kept
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      Lock icon Vigilantes step up fight against dengue
      522 10  -  Tan Dawn Wei Environmental agency got over 2,500 calls last month; others blog, share info or write to the papers THE National Environment Agency (NEA) may have waged war on dengue fever, but it is still scant comfort to worried Singaporeans who have taken
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      Lock icon Arts fest rustles up new sounds
      312 10  -  Adeline Chia ARTS REPORTER PAPER was the star of the Singapore Arts Festival gala concert held at the Esplanade Concert Hall last night. Not only were the musical scores of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra roped in, paper cymbals, thin waxed-paper bags and a Chinese
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        Lock icon Students win $5,000 for fusion dish
        118 10 A HUMBLE roti John (egg-washed fried bread) filled with anchovies, shrimp paste and pepper seeds won The Great Cultural Cookout yesterday, a cooking competition for secondary school students. Queenstown Secondary School students Eleena Rosli, Siti Nurzean Awang, Fenellin Yeo Hui and Eu Zhi Yong,
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        Lock icon George Yeo on visit to S. Korea
        90 10 FOREIGN Minister George Yeo will attend the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea from today to Tuesday. This will be followed by an official visit to South Korea from Wednesday to Saturday at Foreign Minister Song Mm
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        Lock icon Delay in newspaper delivery
        32 10 READERS of The Straits Times received their copies of the newspaper late on Saturday due to some technical faults at our end. We are sorry for the delay.
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    • SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
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        Lock icon US seeks Asia's help in stabilising Afghanistan
        649 12  -  Shefali Rekhi Far from neglecting Asia, the US is more engaged than ever before, says Pentagon chief UNITED States Defence Secretary Robert Gates wants Asia's help in stabilising Afghanistan and building ties with Central Asia, a region that has been building alliances with
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        Lock icon Stay the course in nuclear talks to disarm Pyongyang, urges Seoul
        388 12  -  Goh Sui Noi SOUTH Korea yesterday urged its negotiating partners to stay the course in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. That approach offered the best path to peace, said Defence Minister Kirn Jang Soo. There are still obstacles
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        Lock icon Dialogue to be held here till 2011
        86 12 THE Shangri-La Dialogue, which boasts the largest-ever participation from defence ministers and security specialists this year, will continue to be hosted in Singapore till 2011. That year will also mark 10 years of the summit, according to Di John Chipman, the direc-tor-general and
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        Lock icon Malaysian DPM not attending this time
        77 12 MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was conspicuous by his absence at the Shangri-La Dialogue this year. He had given the regional security forum strong support previously, attending the meetings in the last two years. In 2005, he
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        Lock icon Japan's Defence Minister here
        56 12 JAPAN, for the first time, has a defence minister attending the regional security forum. The country formed a full-fledged defence ministry only in January when it upgraded its defence agency as part of a plan to improve its security. The past forums were attended by the
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        Lock icon Report on China's military buildup 'unreliable'
        585 13  -  Goh Sui Noi Beijing's chief delegate calls Pentagon report a 'product of the Cold War mindset' CHINA yesterday slammed last month's Pentagon report on its military buildup, saying it was unreliable and not to be believed. Lieutenant-General Zhang Qinsheng, Beijing's chief delegate to the
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        Lock icon Defence chiefs back two-pronged thrust against violent extremists
        362 13  -  Shefali Rekhi DEFENCE ministers attending a regional meet agreed on a robust and inclusive security architecture to promote cooperation between nations. They also backed a two-pronged approach combining security initiatives with community engagement to counter violent extremism. These discussions took place at
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    • CYBERCRIMES: ARE THEY FOR REAL?
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      Lock icon Top Chinese leader dies
      552 15  -  hua Chin Hon Analysts say Huang Ju's death weakens the Shanghai Faction rivals to President Hu Jintao's power base CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING CHINA'S sixth-most powerful leader Huang Ju died yesterday after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed illness, a development set to accelerate political jockeying
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        87 15  -  Nirmal Ghosh BANGKOK About 10,000 people gathered at a rally in Bangkok yesterday night called by the pro-Thai Rak Thai (TRT) television channel PTV (People's Television), which has been unable to broadcast in Thailand. It is the largest protest against the military regime since the
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        Lock icon Cricket coach 'not murdered'
        112 15 MELBOURNE Jamaican police are to announce this week that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered, as they had initially stated, Britain's Daily Mail said yesterday. Citing a source close to the inquiry, the newspaper said the Jamaican authorities will
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        Lock icon Taiwan legislative polls on Jan 12
        102 15 BLOOMBERG TAIPEI Taiwan will hold its legislative elections on Jan 12, the Central Election Commission said yesterday. No decision has been made on the date for the presidential election or whether it will be held on the same day as the legislative elections, Taiwan's
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      Lock icon IT'S ALL A HOAX
      573 16 AFP, Reuters, AP 'Dying' woman offered to donate kidney on reality show, but... Elaborate stunt aimed at raising awareness of the urgent need for organ donations THE HAGUE A DUTCH TV show featuring a dying woman deciding which of three candidates would receive her kidney has
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      Lock icon Protests against upcoming G-8 summit turn violent
      467 16 AP, AFP, Reuters ROSTOCK (Germany) HUNDREDS of masked demonstrators hurled stones and bottles at police in the German port of Rostock yesterday during a demonstration by tens of thousands of people against the upcoming Group of Eight (G-8) summit. Police, who were equipped
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      Lock icon Young moderates in PAS may fend off challenge by clerics
      435 17  -  Reme Ahmad Although official results are not out, they believe they have won key party posts MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KOTA BARU ALTHOUGH the results of the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) elections will only be made official today, its young moderate leaders
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      Lock icon Plot to bomb fuel line to JFK foiled
      449 18 AP, Reuters, AFP Three suspects who might have sought help from Jl separately arrested in New York and Trinidad NEW YORK THREE people were arrested and another was being sought yesterday in connection with a plot to blow up a fuel line
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      Lock icon Man hacks 10 to death in drunken rampage
      163 18 Reuters, AP MANILA A FILIPINO in a drunken rage hacked dozens of people with a machete yesterday, killing 10 and wounding 19 on the central Philippine island of Samar. Chief Inspector Aniceto Tecbobolan, police chief of Calbayog City on Samar, said the
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      Lock icon Massive training plan in the works
      673 19  -  Sim Chi Yin Sim Chi Yin SPORE-CHINA COOPERATION 1,200 Dalian officials could head to Republic for government-level public admin programme, says Tharman CHINA CORRESPONDENT DALIAN (LIAONING) SINGAPORE will run its largest government-level public administration programme to help train officials in north-eastern China's port city
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      Lock icon Raid at Vietnam casino upsets foreign visitors
      567 20  -  Roger Mitton Plain-clothes policemen fire shots into air and attack manager in bid to nab locals gambling VIETNAM CORRESPONDENT HANOI IT WAS like something out of the gangster-flick The Untouchables. As tourists, including several Singaporeans, were enjoying a pleasant evening at a casino
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      534 2 2007 (Jan May) Cond£ Nast Traveler USA TTG Annual Travel Awards Reisrevue (Netherlands) Reise 8 Preise Travel Magazine Conde" Nast Traveller (UK) World's Best International Travel Hall of Fame Best Scheduled Airline (Germany) Best Long Haul Leisure Airline Fortune Magazine Route Airline (stn consecutive year) Best Air lne on Long
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      76 2 INDEX RuBS asia Chinese vice-premier dies China's sixth-most powerful leader Huang Ju died yesterday, weakening the Shanghai Faction. 15 Plan for special needs 23 Gender-free language 31 Unsporting team orders?.. .37 Calling for clues 40 Teens turn inventors 42 Eola Fitting in with Singlish 43 lifestyle Asian queens rule The
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      27 18 |v^^^ V £*.•■■<.. ;c WHAT is causing thousands of Chinese to stage violent protests? WHY are people in the Netherlands spending big money to buy patches of water?
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      Lock icon Know your financial health
      1136 22 Thousands of Singaporeans check their credit history with Credit Bureau Singapore every month to ensure they have a clean bill of financial health before they apply for loans. The increased awareness is behind plans by DP Information Group to set up a second such bureau. So
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      Lock icon two cents' worth
      338 22  -  Charles Givens Working smarter instead of harder creates wealth faster Author HOW long does it take to double your money in an investment? a long time in a 7 per cent bank account, not so long if you're earning over 20 per cent per year in a
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      439 22 REUTERS US stocks cheered by strong jobs and manufacturing data NEW YORK US STOCKS rose on Friday, driving the Dow and the S&P 500 to record finishes as strong jobs and manufacturing data reassured investors about the economy's health. Wal-Mart Stores shares jumped 3.9 per cent after it announced
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      Lock icon Estate planning revolves around his children
      1226 23  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY Financial adviser covers all the bases with insurance and estate plan, and ensures autistic child is provided for FINANCE CORRESPONDENT HAVING a child who is autistic and has other special needs has given Vincent Tey more reason than most
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      Lock icon Colours of nature in a tropical, airy home
      430 24 MY SPACE "OUR home was meant to be a warm, tropi-cal-themed place with comfortable earth tones to add to the serene surroundings. Different shades of green on the walls and dark wooden doors give a comfortable and natural tone. The 710 sq
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      Lock icon Transfer of rental deposit to new landlord requires tenant's consent
      728 25  -  Ang Kirn Lan YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q IF I buy a property with an existing tenancy, what are the legal implications, given all of the following circumstances: 1. The option specifies that the property is sold with an existing
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    • PROPERTY BUYING GUIDE THIRD IN A 10-PART SERIES
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          Lock icon Hot spot: East Coast Road
          33 26 The Sunday Times takes a look at this coveted residential district in the east. Joyce Teo and Ng Sook Zhen walk you through this area GRAPHICS: G. CHANDRADAS
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          Lock icon Sweeping away the old
          282 26 AMBER ROAD A WAVE of collective sales is gradually sweeping old properties out of the area, to make room for high-style condos that will give the street a brand-new look. This enclave is becoming the hottest on East Coast Road as buyers snap up units at
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          Lock icon Heart of the district with sea-front housing
          306 26 MARINE PARADE MARINE Parade is the heart of the entire East Coast Road district and is a textbook example of how to develop reclaimed land. It brings together a popular shopping mall, schools and sea-front housing all within a linear stretch. Public housing
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          Lock icon Oozing old-world charm
          199 27 KATONG RUSTIC shophouses, good food and a strong Peranakan heritage make Katong a real gem in the East Coast area. The housing developments are mostly low-rise, with shophouses and boutique condominiums the mainstay, although there are quaint colonial houses for lease along Kuo Chuan Avenue. Apart from
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          Lock icon Sleepy stretch enjoys new lease of life
          240 27 ST PATRICK'S IF YOU are looking for some peace and quiet in the East Coast locale, then the St Patrick's area might be just your cup of tea. The many boutique apartments, nestled alongside schools including St Patrick's Secondary School and CHIJ Katong
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          Lock icon Steady stream of small projects
          182 27 JOO CHIAT/ TELOK KURAU THE sleaze of Joo Chiat is often put in the spotlight but beyond the colourful nightspots, the area is a quiet residential zone dominated by low-rise boutique developments and terrace houses. A sprinkling of amenities such as schools, a medical centre,
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          Lock icon Cafes give quiet area some buzz
          200 27 SIGLAP/FRANKEL THE hub of activity in the otherwise homogeneous area of bungalows and semi-detached houses is the Siglap Road and East Coast Road junction. Siglap Shopping Centre and rows of cafes and eateries give the otherwise quiet area some buzz, upping the area's hip
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      740 28  -  Eunice Chia-Lim YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q WHAT are the prospects of a career in Singapore for someone with a film diploma or degree? Should one follow one's passion or be resigned to life's realities? I'm going to be
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      404 29 Lynette Lim New swimming record holder She smashed Singapore's longest-stand-ing women's national record when she clocked 8min 58.35sec in the 800m event of a high school competition in the US. The 15-year-old student, who studies in the US, shaved l.llsec off Junie Sng's 1983 record. Two days earlier, she
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      2045 29  -  Sandra Davie WHY UNSW vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer tells Education Correspondent Sandra Davie in Sydney that pulling the plug had to be done HE FLEW out the same day he announced the closure of the Singapore campus of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), leaving the faculty and
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      576 30 IT IS admirable that the matter of preventable drownings water safety, in the language of bureaucrats is being tackled at source. Primary schools have, since the beginning of the year, been teaching their pupils the rudiments of swimming. If reports are not exaggerated, 11,000 children in 55
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      1126 30  -  Ong Hwee Hwee TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI DISPATCHES MORE than three decades after his death, some elements in Taiwan are trying to bury the very memory of the leader whose name was once virtually synonymous with the island. Over the past few months, Chiang Kai-shek has been dropped
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      1157 31  - No sex, please it's English Janadas Devan ON WORDS ONE should be thankful for small mercies. And one of the things one should be most grateful for in English is that its nouns do not have a complex gender system. Many other languages do. A "stone", for instance, is a
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      1190 32 A group of 100 ex-civil servants took out a class-action suit against the Government recently, demanding a return to the pension scheme. K.C. Vijayan examines the issues LODGED in his Bukit Batok flat, retired civil servant Amat Ali Ahmad rues the day in
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      681 32  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi WHEN retired police officer Kali Dass was hospitalised for two weeks for a mild stroke in 1990, his hospital bill came up to almost $40,000. Yet, Mr Dass, 56, who also has hypertension and bronchitis, paid only a fraction
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        1234 33  -  Rob Hughes Reuters, AFP His free kick results in goal, but little else clicks for England and Brazil ENGLAND and, for heaven's sake, David Beckham came home to Wembley Stadium on Friday. Can I tell you a secret? I left at half-time. This was a
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        894 33  -  Terrence Voon ENGLAND need both David Beckham and Michael Owen. But for very different reasons. Beckham needs to play as much as possible, while Owen needs to give up his jersey to someone more deserving. That much was obvious on Friday at the new Wembley,
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        554 34 AP Chelsea midfielder looks a misfit, but Gerrard sparkles LONDON WHILE David Beckham got the cheers, Frank Lampard got the jeers. Lampard's name was met with catcalls when the line-ups were announced for Friday's 1-1 draw with Brazil at the Wembley Stadium. The reception did not
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        69 34 Should Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard play together in the England midfield? R. Vengadasalam, director of operations, Tampines Rovers "They should play together because they are the best midfielders in England. Maybe they can overcome their problems by having another
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        48 34 "Against Brazil, Gerrard and Lampard were a lot more mobile, and there was some understanding between them. But there was nothing spectacular. "They are both good offensive players. So I think Owen Hargreaves would be a better partner for either of them."
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        52 34 "Gerrard is very talented. His best position is on the right side of midfield or just behind the strikers where England can use his explosive qualities. If England can get Paul Scholes to return, that would be a better partnership
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        65 34 "Gerrard has got to play. He played well against Brazil. Against the top teams in Europe, it's difficult to get away with both Gerrard and Lampard in the middle. England need someone like Owen Hargreaves. And Gerrard should partner him, because he is a
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      1007 35  -  Rob Hughes Welsh winger, 33, wants to prolong his career at Manchester United RYAN Giggs, by far the best British winger of the past 17 years, chose this weekend to retire from national team football with Wales. He did it to prolong his
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      544 35 LONDON FROM being the biggest spenders on the block, Chelsea want to become the stingiest. And the manager Jose Mourinho, surprisingly, is not complaining that he may have to win back the Premiership without spending a single penny. The club's transfer moves for
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      335 35 LONDON LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez is prepared to gamble his entire transfer kitty on Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o. And he has demanded the club strike quickly to capture a player who might cost as much as £35 million (Sslo6 million), reported
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      Lock icon Defender Shariff out to keep Indonesia at bay
      333 35  -  Leonard Lim HE WAS one of the first to arrive at Changi Airport for the national U-23 side's 10am flight to Jakarta yesterday. Shariff Abdul Samad, one of the three footballers who missed a national-team flight to Phnom Penh two years ago,
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      563 36 AFP 13ii d I if*] ißv/ii in i i rmi kti PARIS AMELIE Mauresmo's hopes of winning her home Grand Slam tournament were left in tatters yesterday when she lost 3-6, 6-7 (3/7) to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in a third-round tie. It was
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      470 36  -  Jeanette Wang Ana Ivanovic, 19, Serbia Dress up: The mahogany fitted dress, with a slightly pleated skirt portion, is both functional and stylish. Intense pink ribbing provides support and visual contrast. Yuliana
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      311 36 AP, AFP DUBLIN (Ohio) WHEN golfer Adam Scott was on automatic pilot, he was racking up the birdies. It was only when he started thinking about just how low he could go that his run at a magical 59 turned to vapour.
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      236 36 REUTERS SOUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN teenager MacKinzie Kline exited the Ginn Tribute with a smile, despite shooting a 17-over-par 89 in the second round on Friday. The 15-year-old Californian, who was born with a congenital heart defect, had achieved a long-cherished dream by making her
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      623 37  -  Tay Cheng Khoon ASK silver-haired pensioners for a well-known racing driver, and they'll whisper Stirling Moss. Ask almost everyone else, and you'll get Michael Schumacher. Yes, they were greats. Their charisma and skills helped them and the sport develop
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      528 37  -  Leonard Lim Republic's women retain their team title to give country a historic double SINGAPORE captured their first men's team table tennis gold in the Commonwealth Championships at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, India, yesterday. They clobbered the hosts 3-0, with Yang Zi
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      204 37 AFP EPSOM (England) AUTHORIZED won the Epsom Derby yesterday, giving riding legend Frankie Dettori his first win in the race on his 15th ride. Once Dettori produced him an the outside halfway down ;he finishing straight ,there was only going to be
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      198 37 It's the move that wins points in beach volleyball. But do it wrong, and you'll end up getting burnt in the sun. Here's the right way to spike, courtesy of former national volleyball player Joey Wu, who switched to sand last year 1. POSITION
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      537 38  -  Jeanette Wang Cueist beats Thai 5-2 in final for Republic's first major title in cuesports IN JUST six months, Singapore's Peter Gilchrist has gone from Asian Games bronze medallist to Asian champion. On Friday, the 39-year-old Eng-land-born cueist claimed the Asian Billiards Championship crown at the
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      395 38 Reuters, AP AUCKLAND NEW Zealand sent an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals with a 42-11 victory over European champions France yesterday. South Africa also overcame resistance from a depleted England team to win 55-22, while Australia trounced Wales 31-0 in
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        104 38 AFP GOALKEEPER Goalkeeper Brad Jones dropped a clanger to allow Uruguay to come from behind and beat Australia 2-1 in a soccer friendly in Sydney yesterday. The Socceroos, gearing up for next month's Asian Cup Finals without seven of their European stars, took a shock seventh-minute lead
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        100 38 REUTERS MIDFELDER Rafael van der Vaart netted twice as the Netherlands eased to a 2-0 win over South Korea in a soccer friendly in Seoul yesterday. The Dutch side missed a handful of good chances, before van der Vaart fired home from the spot after half an
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        106 38 AFP EMIRATES Team New Zealand dealt a severe blow to Luna Rossa's America's Cup bid yesterday. The sailing team from New Zealand recorded an emphatic win to lead 2-0 in the best-of-nine race series for the Louis Vuitton Cup. In stark contrast to Friday's opening race
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        39 38 ENGLISH soccer club Bolton's manager Sammy Lee is happy to do a play-er-plus-cash deal with Manchester United for striker Nicolas Anelka. Lee is interested in striker Alan Smith and midfielder Kieran Richardson, reported The Daily Mail.
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      521 38 BASEBALL MLB: Atlanta 8 Chicago Cubs 5, NY Yankees 9 Boston 5, Cleveland 12 Detroit 11, Washington 4 San Diego 3 (10 innings), San Francisco 13 Philadelphia 0, LA Dodgers 5 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Toronto 0, Kansas City 4 Tampa Bay 1, Arizona 5 NY Mets
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      79 38 ANUSAK Laosangthai's strike (above right) helped Thailand win this year's Manchester United Premier Cup (MUPC) regional finals yesterday at the Singapore Sports School. They edged out India 1-0 in the championship match of the Nike-sponsored tournament. Both teams qualified for th( MUPC world finals, to
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      34 38 TV times BASEBALL MLB: LA Dodgers v Pittsburg Pirates (Live, Ch23, 7am). GOLF EPGA Celtic Manor Wales Open: Day 3 (Delayed, Ch2l, 4pm). Final day (Live, Ch2l, 10pm). LPGA Ginn Tribute: Day 3 (Delayed,
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      92 38 Ch2l, 7pm), PGA The Memorial: Final day (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3am). ICE HOCKEY Stanley Cup Final, Game 3: Anaheim Ducks v Ottawa Senators (Live, Ch22, Bam). MOTOR CYCLING MotoGP, Italy: Live, Ch24, 4.57pm. MOTOR RACING IRL Racing: Milwaukee Indy 225 (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 4am). SOCCER Euro 2008 qualifier: Faroe Islands
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      917 39  -  Cheryl Tan Teams fan out across Singapore in search of clues, with the help of a Nokia N95 ALL we had was a Nokia N95 and $40 to our name. With these, my team-mate and I were supposed to perform various tasks and track down several
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        138 39  -  Yeong Ah Seng Why it is hot: Noise cancelling headphones are all the rage these days, not least because the masking of ambient noise enables more music detail to emerge. Sennheiser's latest, the PXC450, reduces outside noise by up to 90 per cent. Air travellers can
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        115 39 Why it is hot: With the PC Show on, buyers looking for good deals may want to consider Toshiba's new M2OO series of notebook computers. They are not only reasonably priced in the low $2,000 range, but are also feature-packed. The M2OO-E430 is one such
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      419 40  -  Jocelyn Lee By_ AFTER a year of whopping success as Singapore's No. 1 social networking website, Stomp is reinforcing its position by creating a space for its members to interact, not only in the virtual world, but also in the real world. Introducing our latest
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      323 40 A RIVAL media organisation boasted recently about the 10 submissions of the waterspout sighting it received from the public last Friday. It is not that we want to brag but credit must be given to the contributors of Stomps citizen journalism section, > Nokia Singapore Seen. We
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      121 40 shoot, stomp win at jurong Birdpark THIS June school break, visit the penguins at Jurong Bird Park with your family and friends and stand a chance to win attractive prizes! Here is how: 1) Visit the Penguin Expedition at the park and take a photo of yourself with the penguins.
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      165 40 JIHHI:lllW^illllillimiiililil^ll*lilil^lll:III^S^il'iJIIIIllllJ^llllJJJl'nT^^^ Things like smoking and littering are just stupid, but I don't understand why we like to tut-tut extra loud when it's done by kids. Let's not sweat the small stuff here. -JU-LEN One's got to live a little before the jadedness sets in. Let's give the young people
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      888 41 Emily Lek and Jerome Seow hail a new generation of teenagers who make an effort to improve the lives of others SINGAPORE'S youth, some just in primary school, are coming up with innovations to help others live better. They seek to help their peers, the elderly and those
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      219 41  -  Minfong Ho TanYingWenJß Zhonghua Sec School My Read The Clay Marble Farrar Straus Giroux War does not necessarily mean that all is lost. In this novel, the heroine, 12-year-old Dara, lives in war-stricken Cambodia, but she learns to believe in herself and eventually triumphs over the devastating traumas of
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      504 41 Not sure what is good English and what is not? Write to The Sunday Times and we will get your queries answered. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. MICE Bsii^iWItaSjiiilfljEM-lasfliii jgg mM 0ll tft0 *B )fOU* ««*»OfaO« (JMI W» *W1 i»«t >J*«» K
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      942 42  -  Serene Goh Korean scientist Lee Su Seong also hopes his children pick up Chinese so they can translate for him _i_l_^_3 expat eye DR LEE Su Seong hails from a land most familiar to Singaporeans for its kimchi instant noodles, soap
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        206 42  -  Pamela Chong Kwang Ngo (Ms) AS SINGAPOREANS become more affluent and the number of cars continues to grow, the country should consider setting up more drive-through services. These would not only be tremendously convenient for consumers who drive, but also help cut down the sometimes excessive
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        116 42  -  Magdeline Goei (Ms) REFER to Mr Shriniwas Rai's letter, "Let Select Committee near public views" (ST, May 26), and agree with him that in the matter of collective property sales, a Select Committee should hear the views of the public. This is because the
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        144 42  -  Anil Bhatia I AM writing to compliment your staff on the second part of your "Property Buying Guide" series (The Sunday Times, May 27). Considering the numerous collective sales going on, there are a lot of prospective buyers who are seeking alternative accommodation, depending on
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        166 42  -  Goi Seng Poh THE vice situation in Jalan Suka, in Geylang, has gone from bad to hopeless. Despite letters to the ministers, relevant agencies and even the press, and having dialogues with the police over the years, the situation has not improved. When night falls, the
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        92 42  -  Bennie Cheok TO PREVENT toilets meant for the disabled at shopping centres and MRT stations from being misused by able-bodied people, I would like to suggest that a number lock be installed. Only disabled users can approach the cleaners to gain access to these toilets.
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        Lock icon Have card access to toilets
        73 42  -  Chua Wee Kirk I REFER to the letter, "Smokers puff away in toilets for disabled" (ST, May 26), by Ms Jillian Woon Sook Yin. It is sad that there are still such people around. Is it possible to install a system, such as a contactless
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        240 42  -  Nicholas Aw I OFTEN wonder why eating places which offer outdoor seating are required by law to have smoking areas that are demarcated by a special yellow box. What is the point of having a yellow line separate a table for those who may want
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        132 42  -  Adam Abdur Rahman WE REFER to Mr Ramakrishnan Venkateswaran's letter, "Voucher from bank not valid" (The Sunday Times, May 13). We wish to clarify that the dining vouchers at the Palate Vine Group were withdrawn due to a printing error. Immediate action was taken to
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        532 45 Asian beauties like Riyo Mori (left) from Japan are making their mark on the Miss Universe pageant AS WINNER of the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, Miss Japan Riyo Mori gets an apartment in New York which she may use for one year, an undisclosed salary, a
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        255 45 WHERE are the past Miss Universe winners from Asia? 1959: Akiko Kojima (right), Japan The first Miss Universe from Asia was a model with a curvaceous 37-23-38-inch figure. Now 70, she settled down to a quiet life after marriage. 1965: Apasra Hongsakula, Thailand Now 59, Hongsakula won despite
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        2425 47 When you are a celebrity, going tp jail may not necessarily be a bad thing. LEESZEYONGand TAY YEK KEAK check out I how some star convict^^^B are faring THE sentence has been handed down. Last Monday, MediaCorp artiste Christopher Lee slipped into the cold walls of Queenstown
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        933 49  -  June Cheong Two Kenyans are here training to be world-class racing cyclists all thanks to a Singaporean cycling fan YOU may have spotted two Kenyans on racing cycles whizzing up and down Mount Faber they're hard to miss in their spandex gear bearing the colours of,
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        491 50 AFP KAMIKATSU, Japan Deep in the Japanese countryside, elderly women have turned the demand for fresh seasonal leaves essential for adding that extra touch of authenticity at trendy big city restaurants into a booming business. Nestled in the mountains of western Japan, the population of
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        447 51  -  Adeline Chia Japanese group Maywa Denki makes music with kooky instruments IF YOU feel like you are a cog in a huge corporate machine, there's a musical act coming to town that will make you see the quirky and arty side of it all. Mechatronica by Japanese art
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        167 51 TARATTER: A remote-controlled pair of tap shoes that works even for those with two left feet, the tapping sounds are made by the knocker set at the front of the shoes, which have wires running to hand-held control paddles. MAR I MCA: A 'flowering' self-striking marimba. The flowers
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        42 52 Singaporeans got a glimpse of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in South Bridge Road last Thursday, Vesak Day. The temple, which is still being constructed, will eventually house Buddha's sacred tooth. LIFESTYLE tours its sacred grounds
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        1069 53  -  Melissa Lee With less airtime and fewer ad deals, there's a lot less buzz on MTV VJs A MERE mention of their first names Nadya, Sonia, Donita evokes images of their comely pan-Asian faces as the babes rattle off song titles. MTV Asia VJs of the
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        812 55  -  Allan. Barbara Pease In this fortnightly series, relationship gurus Allan and Barbara Pease offer advice for you and your better half, The married couple from Australia are the authors of Why Men Lie And Women Cry. Send your questions to info@peaseinternational.com RELATIONSHIPS MATTER and
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        314 56 SPINNING was born in 1987, when Jonathan Goldberg (aka Johnny G), a South African-born cyclist, was training for a cross-country bike race. His wife was pregnant at the time, and he didn't want to be away for long stints. So he installed a handful of
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        433 56 NYT This team sport not only helps you burn calories, but also builds your strength and speed IF IMITATION is the best form of flattery, then Spinning the trademarked indoor-cy-cling workout created by an endurance athlete named Johnny G has many admirers. These days, any health
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        804 57  -  Frankie Chee Loewe's senior vice-president has learned that you don't always get what you ask for as a hotel guest XAVIER de Royere may be a top executive with upmarket Spanish designer brand Loewe, but he doesn't always stay in posh hotels with fluffy
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        827 58  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI Make shopping stops, sample the cuisine and go island-hopping all In one exotic destination By. CIVIL servant Priscilla Goh has made four trips to South Korea since 2002. Each time, the 28-year-old lugs home bags of music CDs, concert DVDs, and cute stationery
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        1386 66  -  PHILIP LEE By Having children is a wonderful opportunity to experience a full life, says Dr Vivian Balakrishnan DRVIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN remembers well that most moving and life-changing moment in his life 18 years ago the birth of his first child, a girl. "When I
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        493 67  -  GERALDINE TAN Homegrown brands Fair Price and Tangs show that the benefits of family-friendly policies go beyond commercial gain SHOPPING is a great way to spend time with the family, but it should be hassle-free and enjoyable. Fair Price Supermarket and Tangs understand this and are
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        953 59  -  Wong Kirn Hoh We like-or loathepeople within a tenth of a second just by looking at their faces. I've now seen the error of my ways JUST over a month ago, my friend Az had a really nasty accident. He slipped while walking in a carpark
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        832 59  -  Tan Hsueh Yun SO A colleague passes me a card and asks almost conspiratorially: Have you been? I looked at the card, which was for the hottest ramen joint in town, Marutama Ra-Men, and told him no. The queue, I said, rolling
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        810 59  -  Colin Goh I WAS shocked and saddened to learn of the recent passing of Wayne "Thunder" Seah. Wayne played drums for the rock band, The Suns, the artistes formerly known as the Boredphucks (and occasionally, to appease the prudes, the 'Boredpucks'). He was also a friend.
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          560 69  -  Stephanie Yap BOOK OF THE MONTH Michael Chabon weaves a mystery, alternate history and cultural portrait in one wild novel TO ALL potential readers of Michael Chabon's latest novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, here's my advice: You'd better be interested in learning a whole lot about Alaska
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            317 69  -  Christophe uufosse By Penguin/Paperback/ 326 pages/ $21.95 (without GST)/ Major bookstores PIERRE Hoffman is a secondary school teacher who is taking the job only to pay the bills while he works on his postgraduate thesis, "trying to show, using photographs, that writers always resemble their writings". I haven't
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            331 69  -  Daniel Mason Kristina Tom By Knopf/Hardcover/ 268 pages/ $42.50 (without GST)/ Major bookstores IN THIS follow-up to his much lauded debut novel The Piano Tuner, Mason delivers another evocative tale with lyrical and stylised prose. Beautiful, simply beautiful: That is the sense you get from the very
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            281 69  -  Andrzej Klimowski Adeline Chia By Faber and Faber/ Paperback/231 pages/ $34.60 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya ••■sWrfr ANDRZEJ Klimowski is the famed writer of two cult graphic novels, The Depository and The Secret, both of which were told entirely in sinister drawings and photo montages. Horace Dorian is his
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            251 70  -  Erica Wagner Teng Qian Xi By Faber Faber/ Paperback/226 pages/ $30.40 (with GST)/ Major bookstores IN LITERARY editor Erica Wagner's first novel, a woman named Janet is repressing her need for solitude while in a stagnant relationship with a violinist. Her life veers off on a tangent when one
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            251 70  -  Michael Byrnes ung bor i-ern By Simon Schuster/ Paperback/448 pages/ $30.40 (with GST)/ Major bookstores WHEN a book cover trumpets in tab-loid-y excess: Spies, murder, conspiracy One unholy trinity, you know this is perfect fodder for airplanes or beaches. The tale opens with a group of mercenaries
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          324 69  -  Norman Lebrecht Chang Tou Liang By Anchor Books/ Paperback/324 pages/ $29.95 (with GST)/ Borders KNOWN in Britain as Maestros, Masterpieces And Madness, the title of the latest Norman Lebrecht tome is a gross exaggeration of the ills and demise of Western classical
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          308 69  -  Eoin Colfer Kristina Tom By Puffin/Paperback/ 86 pages/ $9.50 (without GST)/ Major bookstores THE author of the popular Artemis Fowl series is back with the third instalment of his Legend series. Ostensibly for younger readers, this series about the adventures
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          325 69  -  Felix Cheong Stephanie Yap By Landmark Books/ Paperback/101 pages/ $7.30 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya IN THIS follow-up to his debut young adult novel, last year's The Call From Crying House, Singapore Literature Prize-nom-inated poet Felix Cheong returns with more intrigue set in
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          245 69  -  Bryan Talbot Lee Sze Yong By Dark Horse Books/ Hardcover/319 pages/ $43.16 (with GST)/ Major bookstores TO CALL this heavy tome a graphic novel may be stretching it. This biography on Lewis Carroll, the 19th-century author of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, and its
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          223 70  -  Stephanie Yap In this monthly column, we round up new books written in Singapore THE UNREAL UNIVERSE By Manoj Thulasidas Asian Books/Paperback/278 pages/ $26.25 (with GSTVBooks Kinokuniya IN THIS local version of a popular science book, experimental physicist Manoj Thulasidas tackles two weighty subjects astrophysics and spirituality and argues
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        745 74  -  Wong Kirn Hoh Jonathan Chan has his doting grandmother, who was a good cook, to thank for starting his love affair with food I ONCE went to a dinner party hosted by Jonathan Chan. It was his girlfriend's birthday and he had slaved the entire
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        331 74 Ingredients 4 pcs conpoy 1 pc abalone strip 6 red dates 1.5 pcs of wai san (Japanese yam or dioscorea) 16 wolfberries 2 cups of Thai rice 1 medium-sized chicken 300g of pork spare ribs (the more bones, the better) 3 big bowls of water 1 can
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        478 74  -  Brenda Goh JUST a year after opening in Shaw Centre, the two La Strada outlets La Strada Ristorante (below) and La Strada Pizzeria have closed. But the closure, which took place three weeks ago, is only temporary. The Les Amis Group, which owns the
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        656 75  -  Melissa Lee Grand Hyatt hotel's mezza9 restaurant and L'Organic's cafe have just started serving organic food, but not many will pay for the more expensive organic fare SINGAPORE'S precarious organic food industry has two new entrants. Grand Hyatt hotel's mezza9 restaurant, popular for its international fare cooked in
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        166 75 LOOKING for a way to jazz up a humble packet of instant noodles? LifeStyle asked 27 chefs to come up with 50 recipes using this favourite Singapore food. If you missed that special feature in April, here's another chance to get your hands on those recipes.
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        296 75 Glow Juice Bar and Cafe Hilton Singapore, 581 Orchard Road, tel: 6730-3397 Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays 11am to 6.30pm. Closed on Sundays. Menu: Serves juices for $9 and light meals like mushroom tofu burgers ($l9, above) and grilled beef sandwiches with rocket salad ($22). Open only for
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        316 76  -  Brenda Goh Hot pots and sizzling pans can leave ugly scars on your skin. Here's a pick of mittens and pot holders that are pretty (and) protective. INSPECTORGADGET Nowdesigns oven mittens and tea towel These bright green lovelies are decorated with images of cooking equipment. They even throw
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        423 76  -  Jeremy Oliver CHEERS IN THIS fortnightly column, wine commentator Jeremy Oliver sheds light on the wide world of wine. He is the author of the best-selling Australian Wine Annual, and runs his website www.onwine.com.au Centuries of blending has helped to create more balance and complexity
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        520 76  -  Jenny Tan WINECLUB Heartland Shiraz 2005 $39.80 THESE days, what we eat and drink 30,000 feet up in the skies is a big deal. Just look at how the top airlines are flaunting their consultant panels. Singapore Airlines has a star-studded culinary panel which includes chefs like Gordon
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        639 77  -  Wong Ah Yoke Desire, the restaurant at The Scarlet hotel, never lived up to its name until new chef Vincent Teng arrived. His classic dishes will have you lusting for more SINCE it opened in December 2004, Desire has not made much of an impression. It's
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        309 77  -  Thng Lay Teen COOK IT WHENEVER culinary instructor A. K. Sharma visits Calcutta with his family, his two sons look forward to eating at the Chinese restaurants there. The teenagers, Aditya and Shorya, are so used to the Chinese food in India that they find the
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        280 77 INGREDIENTS FOR CHICKEN BALLS 250g boneless chicken meat (preferably half thigh and half breast meat), minced 2 Tbs plain flour 1 tsp ginger, finely blended into paste 1 tsp garlic, finely blended into paste 1 Tbs cornflour 1 tsp light soya sauce V 2 tsp bottled chilli sauce
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        869 78  -  Teo Pau Lin She may weigh only 45kg, but Mia Nue has a giant appetite for good food FOOD CORRESPONDENT MIA NUE has named her food blog The Skinny Epicurean, and aptly so. The chirpy 26-year-old Singaporean, who works in the energy sector, is 1.67 m tall but
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        464 78  -  Thng Lay Teen CHEAP GOOD WHILE I go for healthy food most of the time, I indulge in sinful (read oily), soul-satisfying hawker fare when I am in the mood. And carrot cake fried in lard is one of my favourite indulgences. I like the
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