The Straits Times, 26 October 2003

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    19 1 thesundaytimes October 26, 2003 102 Pages m three parts MITA (P) 032/03/2003 •fif.4 Singapore Press Holdings publication OO cents
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    Lock icon PM Goh: We were too lax on surpluses
    550 1  - PM Goh: We were too lax on surpluses Lydia Lim TOP OF THE NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SINGAPOREANS pressuring the Government to dip into the reserves received a sobering reminder from Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday of how much of the money it is already using. It now spends half
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      200 2 home No young members One of Singapore's oldest social clubs for wealthy Chinese finds cosmopolitan youngsters are not interested in taking over. PAGE 3 Super cop succumbs The tenacious Ong Kim Boon, who died on Thursday, fought death like he fought crime in the 1960s. PAGE 5 Future hopes
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      55 2 Handling money Ms Olivia Lum, boss of Hyflux, is no spendthrift she even lives in the same house she had before fortune came knocking. PAGE 24 Going the DIY route Cost-conscious Singaporeans are getting the hang of decorating and repairing their homes the DIY way. And Ikea is the
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      47 2 Braving the blues Depression is not all in the mind. Increasingly, the consensus in the medical world is that depression has neuro-physiological roots. PAGE 28 Smokers stymied Tokyo's no longer a smoker's paradise. Beginning with Chiyoda, several wards have outlawed smoking on major thoroughfares. PAGE 31
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      73 2 Beckham mania The Beckham phenomenon shows no signs of abating. Despite an injury, he's been voted the fifth most popular Spaniard. PAGE 36 Unfair ways There are no referees or umpires policing every move in golf— only honour and conscience. And cheating is rife on courses here. PAGE 37
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      32 2 Plasma prices fall Plasma panels are proving to be a big hit with Singapore consumers, thanks to a price drop of at least 25 per cent in recent months. PAGE 42
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      39 2 Keep up with the Net No time to look up your favourite websites? What you need is an RSS (Rich Site Summary) reader which pulls all the latest updates into a single page on your desktop. PAGE 44
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      24 2 The new look What's hot now among teens? Ultra-low hipster pants and skirts, multiple piercings of various body parts and tattoos. PAGE 45
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      33 2 On Web forums US President George W. Bush's visit this week inspired many threads on local message boards. And the future of Singapore was a hot topic of discussion elsewhere. PAGE 46
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      28 2  -  Sumiko Tan Want to do this, that and everything on a weekend but don't really do anything? On maximising returns on leisure time. REFLECT PAGE L20
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      33 2  -  Kelvin Tong The struggle to write for Sunday when you don't have adorable nephews, haven't been to the south of France and are in the grip of sloth. REFLECT PAGE L20
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      Lock icon Trust thy neighbour
      31 2  -  Cheong Suk-wai Distrust of strangers, a survey found, is most deeply embedded in Singaporeans. Is it a cultural thing or just the way we are? THINK PAGE 30
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      26 2  -  Asad Latif The definition of a family has undergone many changes in a globalised world. So, does this make men expendable? THINK PAGE 30
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        69 2 Aunties flock to spas Beauty salons in Housing Board estates have been spa-struck their focus is shifting from facials to body treatments. PAGE L2 Finding his family Jason King, 23, former stripper, model and actor, found his real mum in April this year. And an amazing array of relatives.
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        23 2 Occupational hazards Pain in the back and neck is a rising problem among office workers because of their sedentary lifestyles. PAGE L14
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        28 2 Flight into danger Is an 18-hour, non-stop flight the best way to go stateside? Better weigh the pros and cons before you buy a ticket. PAGE L18
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        24 2 Tips and toes A 1980s retro revival has brought bangs back to the forefront, with models and ordinary women sporting them. PAGE L36
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      813 3  - Young; towkays wanted to snare sweet potato porridge Sue-Ann Chia EVEN as the ranks of the rich swell, membership of a 108-year-old millionaires' club continues to shrink. Blame a change m culture. Like many other Chinese grassroots organisations, the Ec Hoe Hean Club m Bukit Pasoh Road is feeling the
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      Lock icon Job hopping no longer a dirty word
      754 4  -  Tracy Quek Employers value the breadth of experience regular changes give CALL it the tale of two workers: Both men went to the same university and graduated with the same degree m the same year. Fifteen years on, one earns 2 ■> times
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        64 5 THE mother of a three-day-old baby girl died when the car she was m collided with a minibus on Friday. Her husband, baby and mother suffered some abrasions and bruises. The crash took place at about 12.2Cpm at the junction of Jurong West Avenue 2 and Jalan
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        87 5 A GHIM Moh fruit seller was cheated of $150 on Friday by a man claiming to be the nephew of a neighbouring hawker, a joss-paper shop owner. The man approached the fruit seller and asked if he could pass a cheque to his "uncle", whose shop was closed.
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        39 5 A SALESMAN who left his bag outside the toilet at the Jurong East Swimming Complex came out 10 minutes later to find his wallet, cellphone and pager missing on Friday. Eyewitnesses can call the police on 1800-255-0000.
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      Lock icon Crimebuster a fighter to the very end
      535 5  -  Ben Nadarajan The tenacious Ong Kirn Boon fought death like he fought crime m the 1960s 'He often joked he has nine lives like a cat But that was characteristic of him a real fighter right to the end.' -MRSMOIRAKWAN MUI CHIN, 50.
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      242 6 Volunteers give up their weekends to keep Sunqei Serangoon safe SUNGEI Serangoon looks calm and placid, but it has claimed at least one life a year since 2001. Now, residents m the Pasir Ris and Punggol area are trying to improve safety there, together with the Punggol South
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      122 6 ACCORDING to Pasir Ris-Punggol MP Charles Chong, the river, which flanks Hougang, Sengkang and Punggol estates, is becoming increasingly popular for biking, fishing and bird-watching activities. But at high tide, the waters can be as deep as 3m, and people have drowned there. The latest
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      215 6 Students junk paper notepads for tablet PCs SOON, River Valley High School's students won't need teachers to correct their calligraphy during Chinese lessons. They'll use a tablet PC loaded with the right software to tell if they've written the Chinese characters correctly. Two hundred students will take turns to use
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      Lock icon Performance matters, not age
      187 7 MR DAVID Gerald, president and chief executive officer of the Securities Investors' Association of Singapore, has no problems with companies headed by young chief executive officers. He said that corporate bosses should be judged on their performance alone. The head of the investors' association, which represents
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      656 7  -  Hugh Chow Tender years need not be a disadvantage m the corporate world YOUNG and gifted, they have reached the top of the corporate ladder around the age of 30. At an age when most workers face the daily grind of keeping their bosses happy, these guys have
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      561 8  -  Sue-Ann Chia Overwhelming vote against reinstating ex-Teachers' Union head as member; his bid to argue case blocked OUSTED president of Singapore Teachers' Union Lawrence Sia went to the union's conference yesterday prepared to fight his expulsion, but he did not get to say his piece. Not only that,
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      270 8 Vroom in their hearts for charity THEY'RE big, burly men with black leather vests, cool sunshades and an attitude. Riding steely Harley-Davidson motorcycles, these macho blokes will soon be making weekly visits to the homes of 2,500 needy families all over Singapore, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. They're
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      643 9  - Lights, camera and action... at age 56 Irena Josoeb After 30 years of hectic work, Gabriel Muthusamy decided it was time to follow his dream 'My wife was used to a style off living, so obviously she didn't want me to leave. But I thought I should chase my dreams
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        17 10 RAMADAN, the Muslim fasting month, starts tomorrow, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore said yesterday.
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        57 10 THIS year's Fire Safety Campaign starts on Saturday. As part of the activities, Civil Defence volunteers will be stationed at petrol stations to educate motorists on the importance of not lighting up and using mobile phones at petrol stations, as these are serious fire hazards. The campaign will
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        90 10 MATHS is the bane of his life, and Mr Nazri Mansoor, 20, has contemplated dropping out of school because of it. But listening to wheelchair-bound Dr William Tan, 46, speak of overcoming the limitations of polio to become a neuroscientist and athlete, made him realise that his own
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      551 10  -  Tee Hun Ching Prices of international calls have fallen since the industry was liberalised m 2000 AT LEAST twice a day, Mrs Alison McMahon picks up the phone to call her mother or sister. Nothing strange about that, except that they are seven hours away by plane
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      485 11  - Club wants members to pay for longer lease Tracy Quek SICC wants to 'top up' its lease as part of its development master plan, but older members are upset SINGAPORE'S premier country club, Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), is looking to top up its lease m January next year, but
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      562 12  -  Laurel Teo PAP Youth Wing party proves that politics need not be boring 1 don't think Zouk has ever seen so much white, or been struck by so much lightning/ DR VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN, YP deputy chairman, referring to PAP's uniform and logo IT WASNT the bar-top dancing that
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      98 12 YOUNG PAP members strutted their stuff on a runway at Zouk last night to celebrate the group's 17th birthday. At 33, insurance agent Pamela Heah (front) was the oldest and the sexiest of the five models last night. She drew the loudest wolf whistles and the hungriest
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      307 14 Life's tough in a different way IN A Sunday Times poll, seven out of 10 young Singaporeans said their parents had an easier time making a living. Are the young today soft and spoilt? The Sunday Times asks deejay Sebastian Shen and mum Teresa Sim. Mr Sebastian Shen, 27, is
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      597 14  -  Tracy Quek In a Sunday Times poll, most think Singapore's economy will improve sooner rather than later, while only one m 10 expects to be worse off m five years thesundaytimes ECONOMIC gloom and doom forever? Young Singaporeans are not buying that. Most of the young
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      155 14  -  Li Xueying Mrs Teresa Sim, 51, works as a secretary. Her husband, Mr Francis Sim, 56, is a retired engineer. The couple have a younger son Saunders, 15. "Life is much easier for him. We have a maid to do his
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      547 14  -  Li Xueying 'Having a degree is no longer a passport to a good life. We feel a little let down, but are trying to make the best out of it.' -MR LEE, on the need to adjust expectations NEWLYWEDS Lee Hunn Wern, 28, and
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      791 15  -  Terence Tan Terence Tan Controversial theory about Native Americans DNA tests suggest Chinese sailors arrived m the Americas before Columbus, says historian China's feat 'won't have changed world' WORLD history would have remained very much the same had China really discovered the New World in 1421. The
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      228 16 WASHINGTON USING chopsticks may cause arthritis m the hand, US researchers have warned. A study of more than 2,500 Beijing residents found that osteoarthritis was more common m the hands used to operate chopsticks and m the fingers specifically stressed by chopstick use. While the
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      534 16  - THEN 'Laughable' NOW 'Laughable' SEOUL N. Korea's reaction to US security offer In return, Pyongyang wants aid, no-war pact and nuclear power plant IN A SUDDEN shift, North Korea said yesterday it would consider US President George W. Bush's offer of written security assurances m return for dismantling the communist
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      231 16  -  DALLAS A PAIR of formerly conjoined Egyptian twins have seen each other face-to-face for the first time. Caregivers put two-year-old Mohamed Ibrahim m a red wagon and wheeled him to his brother Ahmed's room on Friday, the hospital said. "He was clearly delighted by
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      343 16  -  RIYADH TERROR attacks may be imminent m Saudi Arabia. Britain and Australia have raised the alert, warning travellers to avoid the country. The British Foreign Office said m a new warning on Friday: "We advise British nationals against all but essential travel to
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      232 16  -  AMSTERDAM SMUT is disappearing from Dutch television. It isn't likely that the Netherlands has become prudish overnight. After all, this is the country that gave the world the voyeuristic Big Brother programme, and where prostitutibn is legal. But lately, bare-skin broadcasting has fallen off to
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      610 17  -  Kwan Weng Kin DoCoMo set to put chips into cellphones so users can make coinless purchases JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO In Japan, canned drinks and chips are not the only items you can get out of a vending machine. Eggs and veggies can also be
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      133 17  -  BEIJING THE chief engineer of the rocket which shot China's first man into space has revealed that the next mission may carry two men, state media said yesterday. The Long March 2F rocket, which lifted the manned spacecraft Shenzhou V into orbit earlier
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        46 17 THIRTEEN Malaysian students, arrested last month for suspected links to Islamic militants, will be deported, said a senior Pakistani official. But five Indonesians, including Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan, brother of suspected Al-Qaeda operative Riduan Islamuddin alias Hambali, will remain m detention. Reuters
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        46 17 CHINESE Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan will meet United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week. It will be the nations first top-level military visit to Washington since the collision of a US reconnaissance plane and a Chinese fighter jet two years ago. Reuters
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        55 17 ROBBERS who stole a safe from a bank lost it during their getaway. They rammed the front of the building m the northern Dutch town of Sappemeer and hoisted a safe from a cash machine onto a pickup truck. But it slipped off the back of the vehicle
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        56 17 CHINESE President Hu Jintao flew into New Zealand yesterday for a three-day tour expected to be dominated by trade issues. Prime Minister Helen Clark will host the talks during which she also intends to make her point on human rights. The North Korean nuclear crisis, Taiwan and terrorism
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        47 17 SIX prisoners at a song contest for convicts m Russia pleased the judges enough to win pardons, the Interfax news agency said on Friday. They were among 23 finalists chosen from more than 800 prisoners who submitted tapes of self-composed songs for the contest. AP
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        35 17 A THAI court jailed 14 crew members of a luxury liner yesterday for operating a floating casino. But 44 gamblers nabbed on board the Olva by armed commandos were set free. AFP
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        32 17 PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) will resume flights to Kuala Lumpur today. The move comes five years after it suspended the service due to operational and financial problems. AP
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      222 17 MOSCOW RUSSIA'S richest man was charged with tax evasion and fraud yesterday after being detained at gunpoint by special forces. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of Russia's largest oil producer Yukos, was hauled to a Moscow court to determine if he would remain m detention or
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      462 18  - NO CASH ON DELIVERY MADRID Tea and tourists are offered, but Iraqi donation drive falls short FROM rice to tea and even busloads of high-spending tourists almost anything but money was offered by some countries at the Madrid donor conference for Iraqi reconstruction. The amount that was collected after the
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      211 18 FORGET the yacht and private jet. Here is the must-have toy for a person who has everything including £500,000 (Ssl.s million) to spare. Gemini, a family submarine, is described by inventor Robert Leeds as the world's first underwater sports car. But with a top
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      432 18  -  JERUSALEM FOR the first time, Israel has published a detailed map of its planned security barrier. The barrier will encircle tens of thousands of Palestinians, cutting them off from the rest of the West Bank, while keeping about 80 per cent
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      730 19 scheming, ruthless and corrupt? MADAM CHIANG KAI-SHEK Ar'dragrjn lady', she helped prop up her husband's repressive regime as his political partner, say critics WASHINGTON TO THOSE who revered her, Madam Chiang Kai-shek was the epitome of grace, beauty and power. But to her critics, she was "Madam Dictator" scheming, ruthless
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      185 19 BEIJING China's ruling communist inner circle has sent condolences to Madam Chiang Kai-shek's family, praising her as a patriot and a "figure of influence" m modern China, official media said yesterday. The message from Mr Jia Qjnglin, a member of the Communist Party
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      335 19 KAOHSIUNG MORE than 100,000 people marched m southern Taiwan yesterday calling for a referendum law and new Constitution, m a strong show of support for President Chen Shui-bian ahead of next year's elections. China, which considers Taiwan a breakaway province, has slammed Mr
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      361 20 XL warning to Spore drivers Malaysia says a police team is heading for Singapore to sort out list of traffic offenders KUALA LUMPUR S'pore unaware LAND Transport Authority and police spokesmen told The Sunday Times yesterday they have not been contacted by Malaysian
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      803 21  - LOST HIS COOL Brendan Pereira The day Mahathir The usually unflappable PM thumped the table m anger when speculators sent *the ringgit reeling m 1998 KUALA LUMPUR THE MAHATHIR YEARS HE HAS been through the wash, rinse and tumble dry of life during his 22 years as Prime Minister of
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      33 22 The race to be the world's tallest building continues unabated. Here are the current champions. GRAPHIC PHOTO SOURCE AND CHRISTIAN INTON REUTERS WWW.SKYSCRAPERS.COM COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS URBAN HABITAT
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      810 22  -  Grace Sung BUILDINGS STILL GOING DESPITE TERRORIST THREAT WHOEVER thought the Sept 11 attacks would spell the end of the race to reach ever greater heights was wrong. Skyscrapers continue to be built. And earlier this month, Taiwan claimed the record for the world's tallest building when a 60m
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      319 22 ON THE STREET NEW YORK US STOCKS fell on Friday under the weight of a cautious word from Microsoft, and the US dollar succumbed to gravity as well. Bond prices rallied as investors exited stocks and bought US Treasuries m a "flight to quality",
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      284 22 Diana's sons accuse butler of betrayal LONDON PRINCESS Diana's sons attacked her former butler for his "cold and overt betrayal" of their mother. Princes William and Harry also pleaded with Mr Paul Burrell to stop exposing her private life. Mr Bun-ell's book, A Royal Duty, was serialised m The Daily
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      Lock icon President Bush lied, says Mahathir
      555 23 Malaysian PM dismisses claims US leader rebuked him over Jew remark KUALA LUMPUR THE President of the United States lied. That was Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's latest riposte m the continuing exchange over whether he was ticked off by the American leader over his
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      Lock icon APEC SIDESHOW: FASHION VET THOMAS WEE ON WALKING FASHION DISASTERS
      361 23 Thailand, 2003 "These Thai-silk jackets reportedly cost U552,700 (554,700) each. But I really can't tell where all the money went to. Regular static prints on the jackets make the shirts look cheap, as if they were produced m factories. It'd
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      203 23 Clothes maketh the man or do they? IT MAY be an important meeting of heads of states. But when it comes to dressing up at Apec, the participants are, through no fault of theirs, WFDs Walking Fashion Disasters, said fashion veteran Thomas Wee, who plays mentor to design students at
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      750 23  - Comatose woman's family squabble over $1.2 m award Paul Zach "It's a slow, painful death. In our eyes, it's murder/ Mr Schlndler father of Mrs Schiavo THE morality of allowing Mrs Terri Schiavo, a severely braindamaged Florida woman, to die by removing her feeding tube is not the only issue
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      643 23 Athens Abidjan Bangalore Bahrain Brussels Brisbane Berlin Cairo Chicago Caracas Casablanca Karachi Damascus Cdfcii Mumtfcl VMc* Singapore I Air Quality Sunrise Sunset 9C PSI: 44 (Good). 6.47 am 6.51pm r ec ast 24-hour reading up Moonris. Moonsot JJ^m I to 4pm yesterday 7.t6am 7.40pm Today: Showers with thunder are expected
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      375 26  -  Gillian Wong BE AT one with the environment m this resort-style bungalow m Serangoon Gardens. Mr Sim Boon Yang of local architecture firm Eco-ID designed the house m such a way that the indoor space flows fluidly into the outdoors, creating an intimate
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      1096 27 Over the credit limit YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER 0 HAVE debts of up to $90,000 on my credit cards and credit lines. Of this, $11,000 is a credit line extended jointly to me and my wife because we have a housing loan for our condominium unit. There is also a term
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      103 28 DELEGATIONS to the Apec summit m Bangkok last weekend found the cleaned-up Thai capital to be so boring they decided to go to bed with each other instead. Only they called it making bilateral agreements. In contrast, the Survivor-esque world of World Trade Organisation talks
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      83 28 LT-GEN William Boykin, US Deputy Undersecretary of Defence for Intelligence, has inflamed the country with consistently controversial statements about the superiority of Christianity, such as "I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and
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      72 28 ACTOR James Caviezel and an assistant director Jan Michelini were struck by lightning during filming of Mcl Gibson's overly ambitious epic, The Passion of Christ, recently. In fact, this is the second time Michelini has been hit by lightning during the making of the film. Mcl, you're
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      80 28 MR BARNABAS Lim Ah Huat, who is the talk of the town for not being able to get citizenship despite being born and raised m Singapore, has reportedly approached Dr Sydney Brenner to see if he can get a place on the Nobel laureate's
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      2527 28  - Demystifying depression Cheong Suk-Wai By Braving the stigma which continues to plague them, depressives in Singapore are slowly but surely coming out of the closet to help themselves and others. THREE years ago, the only thing that stopped Ms Renee Lim from jumping off the eighth floor of a mall
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      347 29 THIS newspaper, like responsible media the world over, is circumspect m reporting suicides. Studies have shown newspaper reports of suicide tend to have a contagion effect and prompt copycat cases. The media usually reports under the following circumstances: First, when newsworthy trends
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        96 33 FORMER Singapore Armed Forces FC coach Fandi Ahmad is said to have had offers from Pahang and Selangor for next season. A little bird told us that the Football Association of Singapore is keen on him as Under-23 coach, doubling up as assistant to national coach Raddy
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        35 34 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 9 Nicolas Anelka (Manchester City) 8 Michael Owen (Liverpool) 8 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8 James Beattie (Southampton) 7 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 7 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 6
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      300 34 BOOKENDS: THE ART OF ARTICULATING THE OBVIOUS "That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved" -Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan "You only get one opportunity of an England debut" Newcastle striker Alan Shearer (right) MANCHESTER MANCHESTER UNITED came under heavy criticism from their own
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      135 34 3 GOAL Steed Malbranque crosses from the right of the penalty area for Lee Clark to tap m from the centre of the area. 18 Mark Pembridge's shot from the edge of the area cannons off the crossbar and away to safety. 45 GOAL Diego Forlan races onto
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      762 35  -  Wilfred Yeo Liverpool 3 (Michael Owen 35, Danny Murphy 58, Florent Sinama Ponqolle 84) Leeds 1 (Alan Smith 42) Ref: No interference, no offside PETER REID had a lot of things to say about referee Jeff Winter, some of them unprintable m a family newspaper. But
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      668 35 Argentina's leading goal scorer Gabriel Batistuta now earns US$4 million (S$6.9 million) a year playing for Qatar's Al-Arabi What crossed your mind when your agent first mentioned Qatar? I couldn't believe it. he totally surprised me. But I was never the type to turn something
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      1057 36  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL BOOKENDS: THE ART OF ARTICULATING THE OBVIOUS "If we can play like that every week, we'll get some level of consistency" Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (right) "Sometimes in football, you
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      705 36  -  Jeffrey Low NO HOLDS BARRED LONDON EVERTON wonderboy Wayne Rooney celebrated his 18th birthday on Friday with the most dreadful question facing his sensational yet fledging career: Has fame and fortune gone to his head? From an £80 (*****)-a-week nonenity just over a
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      944 37  - Shame those golfing cheats Tay Cheng Khoon OUT OF WHACK 52 "Golf is a self-regulated sport. There are no referees or umpires policing our every move: only honour and conscience." FLORIDA Tiger Woods carded a five-under 67 at golfs Funai Classic on Friday to equal the PGA Tour record of
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      731 37 Goalkeeper: Peter Shilton Peter Shilton was one of my heroes as a kid. I watched him play m the FA Cup final when I was eight years old, then I ended up playing with him for England and rooming with him for years. Even after I'd retired,
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        130 37 KOREAN golfer Pak Se Ri carded three birdies and no bogeys to jump into the top 10 at the SBS Super Tournament yesterday. She improved from her 74 on Friday to shoot a three-under 69 at the Lakeside Golf Course m Yongin, m
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        95 37 PAT Riley stepped down as coach of the Miami Heat on Friday, just four days before the start of the National Basketball Association season. Claiming that the Heat needed "a new voice and a new energy", he resigned as coach and will be replaced by Stan
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        96 37 SENIOR world sports officials yesterday backed New Delhi's bid to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, saying India have demonstrated they are capable of staging the event. "I would like to send a message to our colleagues m the Commonwealth trust Asia, trust India, trust
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      284 38 1 Its history is far shorter than the football World Cup that started m 1930. The first RWC was m 1987--2 Australia and New Zealand agreed to a joint hosting for 1987- The proposal was approved 10 votes to six by the world body. 3
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      352 38 ADELAIDE Hong Kong's world record win over Singapore still stands, despite Australia bashing Namibia 142-0 SINGAPORE rugby's unwanted world record is still intact. Powerhouses Australia overran Namibia at the Rugby World Cup here yesterday, and at one stage, threatened to wipe out the 13-164 record defeat Singapore suffered at
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      489 38 IN THE past two weeks, the sporting world has been rocked by news that top athletes are using a steroid that was designed to cheat. Suntimes Sports explains the scandal. The drug Tetrahydrogestrinone or THG is an anabolic steroid which has been designed to escape
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        141 38 S-LEAGUE champions Home United scored a Double when they defeated Geylang United 2-1 m the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup final at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Unlike the 2001 final when Geylang were thrashed 0-8 last night's was a tightly-contested game decided only
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        81 38 DEFENDING world champion Guido Cappellini took pole position during the time trials at the Singapore leg of the Formula One Powerboat World Championship yesterday. The seven-time winner, racing for the Zepter team, took first place with the fastest lap time of 37-68 seconds at 171.97kmh. American Scott
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        139 38 JASON Yeong Nathan bowled an impressive four-game series of 945 to lead all qualifiers on day one of the 36th Singapore International Open at Victor's Superbowl yesterday. He scored 259, 236, 238 and 212 during the afternoon session. Shaun Ng, Singapore's representative at the recent
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      1104 39  - SHOOT TO THRILL Wei Koh Firing a gun is not just about hitting a target, it's about being m control The guns THERE is something mer find undeniably alluring about guns. On any given day at the National Shooting Centre, an impressive array of guns are put through their paces,
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      246 40  -  Wei Koh This is a new series on exercises designed to strengthen your body. Today, we look at the shoulders THROUGHOUT our cultural history, shoulders have been associated with power. In folklore, we had Atlas the Greek god who bore the weight of the world on
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      168 40 THEY respond nicely to super sets two exercises done consecutively with no break as one set. Military Press Do it seated or standing. Sitting is best for beginners. 1. While seated, lift a lightly weighted barbell, or dumbbells, placed horizontally from chin level straight up until your arms
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      126 40 Trainer Martin Koh of Fitness First at The Paragon, says many women focus on this area for "that beautiful shape to the shoulder m a backless dress". 1. You can do these seated at a machine designed for this purpose or by sitting on a bench and bending
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      98 40 The anterior deltoid is one of the most frequently used muscles m the body. Front Raises Front Raises deliver the "cut" that occurs m the front of the shoulder. 1. While standing, grasp two lightweight dumbbells. Hold them vertically or horizontally. 2. Bend your arm slightly to reduce
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      69 40 Trainer Dean Chee's special "plank push up" is an exercise that can be done m your living room to isolate and work the deltoids. 1. Assume plank position, the same as push-up position, except that your weight rests on your elbows and forearms. 2. Slowly lower yourself
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        139 40 0 have flat feet that overpronate. What are some helpful measures that I can take when running? A WJien a person overpronates, the arch remains flat and the ankle rolls too far inward as the toes begin to push off during walking or running. This places excessive stress
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        91 40 0 My dad complains of elbow ache after a few rounds at the golf driving range. Hoic can he prevent this pain? A Here are a few preventive measures to consider: Improve the strength of the muscles used (m this case, the muscles used m gripping and the
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        84 40 Q If I keep up with sports activities arid training, icill it hamper my recovery from white spots? A In most cases, sports activities and training are not directly related to the development of white spots on the body. Fungal infection can lead to the development of white
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      490 41 "The Lord is my refuge and my fortress m whom 1 trust." Psalm 91 2 JOSEPH LER LEE TEE Age: 91 Was called home to be with the Lord on 24 October 2003. Sadly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Mary Anne Tan Chia Kirn Children: Sons/Daughters-in-law:
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      433 41 PANG CHENG KEONG PETER Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 October 2003, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Tan Buck Eng Son: Daughter-in-law: Pang Wui Chi, Jason Low Beng Hong Oauqhters: Sons-in-law: Pang Wui Ling, Christina Ching King Wah, Charles Pang Wui Lie, Lilian Uwe
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      461 41 am the Resurrection and the Ufa. Whoever believes In Me will live, avan though ha dies; and whoever lives and believes In Ma will never dla. John 11:25-26 MSANUMUGAM (Jalan Kayu) AGE: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 22 October 2003, leaving behind loved ones. Wife:
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      268 41 "He* (the<Soid>) U never born, nor doet he- everdie-, or howvno- once come, into be*a\£ wdl he< iw<u*vc«w Rtlw He u» urvborru eternal- oundcncuigeleii. Ifverv though- the body U expired-. he- i* not *leu*x". Snmad Bhagavad GKa 2.20 The family of the late RAVI LAL KASHYAP (Passed away peacefully on
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      214 41 "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes m Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes m Me will never die John 11:25-26 MRS. HELENA FREDA NONIS (nee OLIVEIRO) Afo:*l was called home to be with the Lord on 25.10.03 laavlnq behind: Beloved Husband:
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      742 42 Flat as a pancake Which one is better? EVEN before a verdict can be passed on the flat-panel fight between Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) and plasma displays, other new technologies are creeping in. FOR Plasma Thin and light (a 42-inch plasma may weigh about 35kg, while a similar-sized CRT TV
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      543 42  -  Ho Ka Wei Consumers are forking out the dough for plasma TVs as prices drop by at least 25% THANKS to price drops of at least 25 per cent m recent months, plasma panels are proving to be a big hit with Singapore consumers. In
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      548 43  -  Geoffrey Pereira Two new cameras hit town: one is a power-packed price-buster and the other is a pro-grade performer Breakaway Olympus OLYMPUS seems to have taken a break from trend-setting prograde cameras after the last of its renowned OM cameras, the 2000, was released m 1997 at the
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      333 43  -  Yeong Ah Seng Q THE NEW TOYS ON THE BLOCK 02 XDA II THIS is the second generation of 02's XDA, a personal digital assistant-cum-phone Unlike the just-released Palm OS-based Treo 600, the 02 XDA II is a Windows CE device whose OS is Windows Mobile 2003. The 02
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      816 44  -  Eugene Wee Rich Site Summary updates you on all your favourite topics m one go Instead of your inbox being bombarded with 20 e-mail messages a day from the different websites you subscribe to, you get everything on a single feed on your desktop YOU are undoubtedly a
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      227 44  -  Eugene Wee WHERE do I look? Many big websites have an RSS feed you can subscribe to. Just look out for the RSS Feed symbol an orange rectangle with XML in white and click on it. It KTT^TB will take you to a new
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        66 44  -  Rory Daniel THE official Kill Bill website is almost as cool as the film slick soundtrack, great visuals and some nice interactive elements. You can "choose a weapon" or read up on the various film locations. There are the usual wallpaper downloads and cast and crew bios as
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        73 44 DEC 17, 2003 marks a century of powered flight. Discovery Channel commemorates this with fantastic interactive content about the Wright Brothers. The site's flight re-creator lets you get an idea of howfar the Kitty Hawk flew on her first flight by placing a 747 next to
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        57 44 THIS five-minute film by Bill Plympton takes a warped look at ways to quit smoking. Apparently made for lung cancer groups, it illustrates some unusual and mostly unhelpful ways to quit smoking, from adopting a tobacco-eating beetle as a pet to coughing up a lung.
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      423 44  -  Rory Daniel Age of Mythology The Titan Expansion TITANS is an expansion pack for the Age of Mythology' game that's part of the legendary Ensemble Studios real-time strategy series. Like previous expansions m the series, there are a number of minor enhancements to the game play, some
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      985 45  - You're leaving the house looking like that? Wu Peining Are outrageous outfits a passing fad of youth or an indication of something deeper, more worrying? 'I don't want to be like other people. How I dress is how I bring myself out. It shows my passion for creativity.' -ICC THAM,
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      660 45 coNziiSH^ Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you don't have to suffer m silence. Write to Teen Confidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. E-mail your letters to stgenyd>sph.com.sg 0 I do very badly m subjects
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      45 45 Ms Carol Balhetchet from the Singapore Children's Society has been counselling families and their children since 1992. She is currently director of the society's Youth Development Centre m Toa Payoh, where she works on issues relating to teens, their problems and juvenile delinquency.
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      191 45 f\ Siti Nursamihah Jeffrey, 13 \yr \s Bukit Panjang Government High School r loyoOX f_^ ___HaV I My Read Lazy Ways To Make A Living. By Abigail Bosanko. TimeWarner Paperbacks This book is about a woman, Rose Budleigh, who is hopelessly poor but also hopelessly brilliant at lexicography and chess.
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      104 46 Wong Kirn Hoh A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. Bush comes to town ITS not every day the most powerful man on earth comes to town. Not surprisingly, United States President George W. Bush's visit this week inspired many threads. Some bitched about being
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      96 46 ITS a time for soul searching and the future of our island nation provoked much debate last week. Where will Singapore be m five years' time? How should the country soldier on? Have we, as user Goodeal suggested, "been passive for too many decades?" Can
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        198 46  - Pride or prize? Leng Kar Yee (Ms) A CHILDREN'S art competition was held at the park at Serangoon North Avenue 3 last Sunday. My five-year-old twins took part m the contest as did other kindergarten-age children from the neighbourhood. After registration, my children sat down and started to colour the
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        284 46  -  Alex Ng I WRITE m reference to the article, "Can you spare $20?" (The Sunday Times, Oct 19). The report seems to suggest that Singaporeans' inability to trust a stranger asking for money is something we need to correct. I beg to differ. We have
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        157 46  -  John Kernan I REFER to Ms Angela Chan's letter, "Freedom of speech" (The Sunday Times, Oct 19). Ms Chan, if you find it "near impossible" to stay silent m a cinema, I suggest you and your friends should be the ones who stay at home to
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        122 46  -  Hadi Susilo SINGAPORE'S very own Tiger Orchid is flowering soon. The Tiger Orchid is one of the largest orchids m the world and there are several clumps of it near the Tanglin Core m the Botanic Gardens. Unfortunately, we rarely see these magnificent blooms. In my
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      1260 47  - Who says I'm a maneater? Wong Kim Hoh ITS hard to ignore Beatrice Chia. At 1.75 m, she's pretty Amazonian by Singapore standards. That commanding physical presence featured m many a men's magazine is matched by an impressive resume. Television, theatre and movies the 29-year-old Guildhall School of Music Drama
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      56 1 HEIGHT MATTER? DOES Yes, says yet another study, which contends that every 2.5 cm m height adds US$7B9 m annual salary. But both I.Bm Paul Heng (left) and 1.57 m Song Seng Wun (right) agree that it takes more than height to make one stand out. DESIGN: PHOTOS: •nd SALLY
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        890 2  -  Tee Hun Ching Aunties are flocking to beauty salons-turned-spas m the heartlands. And who cares about cramped premises when massages can cost half that at city spas? FOR 14 years, Fresver Beauty House at Toa Payoh Central dealt only with customers' faces. At their urging, it
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        342 3 IT WAS the facial product by the window display that first caught her eye. But when Ms Jean Koh stepped out of Viso Beauty Therapy Centre at Serangoon Garden 45 minutes later, she had signed up for a trial facial too. Now, six months later,
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        299 3 THE first time sales manager Tan Eng Hian visited the Choa Chu Kang branch of Estetica m 1997, she experienced a slight "culture shock". Instead of walls, curtains separated the treatment rooms. And instead of a spacious room where the massage bed held court as an
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        283 3 Yuck! Kill the roach! THE essential oils smelled funny, as did the body scrub. But Ms Alice See, 31, thought these were minor kinks she could put up with at the massage therapy centre m the Thomson area After all, the fingers kneading her tired body were doing a good
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        1062 4  -  Wong Kim Hoh For over 10 years, former stripper Jason King thought he knew his Mum. He was mistaken A LIFE LESS ORDINARY If you put my family together, it would be like a Benetton ad. You wouldn't know we are from the same family' FOR more
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        983 6  -  Karl Ho They may be living it up here, but successful Indian expats say it is just reward for their hard work ORIGIN OF SPECIES WITH their strengths m banking and information technology, Indian nationals are fast becoming a mainstay m Singapore's expatriate landscape. These successful Indian expats
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        253 6 MR ANILTHADANI (left), chairman of Schroder Capital Partners (Asia), is literally on the fast track. His company has significant investments m listed companies such as Parkway Holdings. But the founder and owner of the famous private equities firm also burns rubber with his 1966 Ferrari
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        247 6 MRV. SHANKAR (right) knows many people m high places. When you enter his office at the Standard Chartered Bank along Battery Road, you're greeted with pictures of him shaking hands with WIPs such as former United States President George Bush Sr, former US VicePresident Al Gore and
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        238 7 PROFESSIONAL dancer Gayatri Sriram, 31, would like to make one thing clear: She is no chi-chi tai tai. "My husband and I have worked hard," says the Mumbai-born woman, who became a permanent resident here m 1997--"We're not people who have come into easy money." Her
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        658 8  - TALL TALES Suzanne Sng Tall people may earn more, but so do smart folks and hardworking ones. So even if nature hasn't been fair, you can still work your way to the top BEING tall can get you to high places. So says a study authored by Professor Timothy Judge,
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        305 8 'Being tall is never a disadvantage ...except if I should ever be able to afford a Porsche' HIS height makes him look good in suits, admits Mr Paul Heng (left), who is 1.8m tall. The 46-year-old is managing director of professional career management firm,
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        291 8 TALL people make more money, a recent study says, and Mr Abdul Halim Kader (left), 51, is an outstanding example of this. An active grassroots leader, the I.Bm-tall chief executive of Taman Bacaan Halfway House For Muslim Addicts has been using his stature to raise funds
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        341 8  -  Sherwin Loh TWO years ago, a couple took their 14--year-old son to clinical psychologist Shirley Tan as he was becoming more defiant and spending a lot of money. She found out that he was depressed over his height. He was just 1.45 m tall. "He was
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        235 9 THERE are times when filmmaker Tony Chow (right), 32, needs to clamber onto a box to get that required camera angle. The 1.65m-tall managing director of Media Hive, a training academy for film, TV and photography, is also pro-tern president of the newly established Association
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        334 9 SONG SENG WUN (above), 42, is often quoted on radio and TV and m newspapers about the state of the economy. His stature is such that when people meet the economist, who works for local brokerage firm GK Goh, for the first time, they are
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        708 10  -  SHERWIN LOH If being short really gets you down and high leels just aren't high enough, then Fitbone surgery to ngthen the legs may be what you're looking or. But beware, there are risks involved. reports WHAT would you do to make yourself taller? How about
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        665 10 of some famous faces DENG XIAOPING -1.5 m Ousted twice during the rule of Mao Zedong, Deng won the power struggle against Mao's successor and became the leader of China m 1978. He opened the long-closed China market to the world and implemented a host of reforms, including
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        739 11 KOPI CAT The new McCafe looks set to heat up the competition. But is it just a storm m a coffee cup, asks SANDRA LEONG STUDENT Linda Lee saved some money at Great World City last Tuesday. The 22-year-old paid $3.80 for a medium-sized cappuccino at the new McCafe coffee
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        447 11 Our coffee connoisseur: Ms Natalie Tan (above), 34, worked for eight years m a speciality coffee roasting and equipment supply company, and picked up the art of tasting coffee, also known as "coffee cupping". A member of the Specialty Coffee Association Of America, she used
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        173 11 COFFEE expert Natalie Tan tells you what she likes m her drink. A good roast: Most companies use arabica beans, but some use robusta beans for a more robust flavour. The right blend: A blend is fused from a combination of straight coffee of different
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        112 12 MOTHERS SUPERIOR What's the most glamorous celebrity accessory these days? No, not an Hermes Birkin bbarg r but a baby. With Madonna leading the pack now that she's a mother of two, other celebs are following suit by showcasing their offspring HAPPY FAMILIES (above): Two cute-looking kids make a pretty
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        698 14  - DON'T HOLD BACK Mak Mun San Spending too much time slouched m front of your computer? Little wonder that even younger office workers are complaining of pain m the back and neck FOR most people, sleeping m on a Sunday morning is the perfect way to wind down after a
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        152 14 Mr Patrick Ker, a principal occupational therapist at SGH, gives tips on how to avoid muscle strain m the work place: COMPUTERS: Sit m a neutral position such that you are looking ahead when you type or just slightly downwards. This is the most ideal position because
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        563 14 turn left, turn right (no, left!) In this fortnightly series, relationship gurus Allan and Barbara Pease offer advice for you and your other half. The married couple from Australia are the authors of Why Men Lie And Women Cry He's driving me mad Whenever my husband and I travel together,
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          118 15 There are nuts and... there are NUTS SEX types of nuts can now carry a claim attesting to their health benefits. These nuts have received a B level health claim from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This means the scientific evidence supporting the claim is moderate but
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        80 15 How low can you go? THE more pounds they shed, the more likely obese men are m keeping the weight off, say researchers m the Netherlands. It found that men who lost the most weight were less likely to regain the weight than those who lost only moderate amounts. The
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        101 15 SWEDISH doctors have succeeded m using artificial blood to treat patients with a method they hope will revolutionise health care. The artificial blood is made from real blood that has been donated but which normally only has a shelf life of 42 days. Now, instead of throwing that
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        127 15 COOKING by microwave is the worst way to preserve a key nutrient m vegetables, while steaming is the best, says a Spanish study. Researchers measured antioxidants m broccoli that had been either steamed, pressure-cooked, boiled or microwaved. Steaming the veggies left the antioxidants almost untouched. Microwaving virtually
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        133 15 SCARED silly of spiders? Horrified by heights? Terrorised by tight spaces? Play a video game doctor's orders. Regular, off-the-shelf computer video games are an effective method of treating people's fears, says a study done m Quebec, Canada. People with phobias are often treated with exposure therapy where
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        188 15 ANGRY young men should beware: They might well grow up to be unhealthy middle-aged men. A study has found that people who displayed high levels of hostility during college tended to have more health risk factors than those who were mellow. The study was conducted by
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        663 16  - take HEART Elizabeth Gwee Having heart palpitations? Don't worry, a new procedure is helping people cure this disorder HEALTH CORRESPONDENT HE HAD no history of heart problems, popped his vitamins daily, played tennis and worked out regularly on a treadmill. But British Prime Minister Tony Blair was admitted to hospital
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        272 16 WHAT you need to know about atrial fibrillation: What is atrial fibrillation (AF)? It is a type of heart rhythm disorder that causes the heartbeat to be irregular and chaotic. The heart muscle may go into spasms, so the atria cannot effectively pump blood to the
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        688 17  -  Ginnie Teo FREQUENTFLYER Travel for Tangs chief Tang Wee Sung means going First Class and getting the spa treatment 'My worst holiday was last year m Phuket during the rainy season. When it rains there, it's horrid. I was m a nice hotel but no one was around.
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        789 18  - Long-haul FRIGHT Ginnie Teo If spending hours stuck on a plane is a scary thought, then grit your teeth for one long ride as flights go the distance CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT SOON, travellers will be able to zoom back and forth between Singapore and Los Angeles on 18--hour flights without having
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        560 18 DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis or DVT. commonly called the Economy Class Syndrome, occurs when the flow of blood is restricted m a vein and a clot forms m the veins of the legs. This can be fatal when the clot breaks off and blocks a blood
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        110 19 No need to stay stuck to your seat get your circulation going with these simple exercises Push pelvis forward and arch backwards as far as is comfortable. Hold for five seconds, straighten up and repeat. Hold left wrist overhead and pull towards the right. Hold for
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        63 19 Don't wear tight clothing or shoes A glass of water every hour is good Bring a sweaterairplane cabins are usually cold Bring toilet kits so you can freshen up before landing If your ears bother you during takeoff and landing, try yawning, chewing gum or this: Pinch your
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        248 19 PRHOLS JJffif answer your travelling woes. Send your queries to stlife@sph.com.sg What happens iff a medical emergency occurs during a flight? Crew members of all airlines are trained m first aid. Each aircraft is also equipped with a defibrillator, which is also able
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        1063 20  - Another wasted Sunday Sumiko Tan There are so many things I feel I must accomplish every weekend that I end up feeling frustrated and doing nothing m the end I* 'M writing this column at noon on a Sunday. As usual, the hours are flying past, the weekend is going
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        695 20  -  Colin Goh AS A cartoonist who draws a strip about animals, I often redraw the faces of people I meet m my mind to fit their nearest animal counterpart. So when Dubya came to visit Singapore, I couldn't help but think of chimps.
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        9 21  -  DAVID Who's hot this week DESIGN SALLY LAM
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        451 22  -  Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT Screening 15 R(A) (Shaun Tan/Melvin Chen/80 minutes) ••dKrfr Singapore film-maker Royston Tan's movie about juvenile delinquents has raw energy and naively funny moments. But the pace sags and the narrative is drawn thin at movie length. 28 DAYS LATER (NCI6) (Cillian Murphy/Naomie Harris/113 minutes)
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        727 22 STARGAZING THERE is no rest for the press-savvy. At the recent Madrid Masters Tennis tournament, you could tell who the real sports fans were. Football star David Beckham and pop-star wife Victoria (right), acutely aware of the paparazzi's presence, played up to the camera by striking several
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        609 33 Recognising the demand for childcare services m Sengkang and Punggol, childcare centres have streamed m. DAWN WONG reports. Childcare centres have flocked north to Sengkang and Punggol since the estates were set up m the mid-*****. The two estates have a total of 26 centres, compared to, for
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        505 34 In the beginning, there were pig farms. And illegal entrepreneurs. The residents came later. But today, Sengkang is a bustling new town with state-of-the-art infrastructure and recreational facilities. In the *****, most of Sengkang (which means "prosperous harbour" m Chinese) consisted of commercial farms and fisheries, with
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        535 34 Shopping in Sengkang GET TO THE POINT! SOLOMON LIM and DAWN WONG check out Sengkang shops for bargains. Music Act ttOl-33 Rivervale Mall Tel: 6312-0312 Music Act offers Yamaha music courses and is an authorised dealer m Yamaha musical instruments. Pianos and electone organs start from $2,000 and guitars start
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        288 34 Sengkang's location m the northeast of Singapore gives an added option to those looking for exciting and healthy pastimes. Ponggol Sea-Sports, which conducts lessons m wakeboarding and waterskiing, teaches students as young as six and as old as 53. About four m five of its customers
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        579 36  -  Jill Alphonso If you adore bangs but don't want to look like a China doll, this season's wispy fringes will do it for you BANGS are back. And not just for two of the hottest stars of the mo, Catherine Zeta- Jones and Uma Thurman. Adding bangs
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        213 37 Ask Lionel BALD IS BEAUTIFUL: Well, at least on the right-shaped head, that is. Sartorially challenged? Help is on the way. E-mail Lionel Seah at stlife@sph.com.sg Q Is it necessary to wear panty-hose each time a woman wears a mini skirt even when she has shapely legs? A
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        232 37 Q Help! I'm m my thirties and I'm balding. What can I do to hide a balding patch? I know some just shave whatever hair they have, but I'm m a profession where I can't stand out too much. Besides, my head shape is ugly. A
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        158 37 This is my casual get-up. I normally wear tailor-made suits because I deal a lot with clients from the hotel industry here and abroad. I find shopping for men here a bit limited m variety. The sizes are also sometimes too big for me. I'm 1.76 m. But
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        421 38  -  Teo Pau Lin Hawker stalls and kopitiams are now serving animal penis. We rise to the occasion to check out bull, turtle and crocodile's penis soup FOOD CORRESPONDENT TO BE an animal m the bedroom, you need the help of animals. That, at least, is what
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        300 38 TURTLE'S PENIS SOUP Kin Turtle Soup #01-27 Lavender Food Square 380 Jalan Besar Tel: 9733-9597 Opens: 11.30 am midnight daily At first glance, you would think that turtles are into kinky procreation. About the length of your hand, the turtle penis is transparent-white and ends
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        334 38 BULL'S PENIS SOUP A beef noodles hawker stall somewhere m the Serangoon Road area It is not advertised at the stall front, but regulars know that bull's penis soup has been sold here for over 30 years. The stallowner, an affable man m his 50s, agreed
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        329 38 Would you dare take animal penis soup? Send your comments to stlife®sph.com.sg CROCODILE'S PENIS SOUP Zi Yean Food Centre Block 174 Stirling Road #01-1021 Tel: 6471-0253 Opens: 11am 2.30pm, 5 11pm daily; closed on alternate Wednesdays Except for the skin, which has become a handbag somewhere,
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        540 39  -  Koh Boon Pin Boutique labels with their implicit promise of exclusivity have a certain lure. The Ninth Vine has a nice range DRINKS ODDFELLOWS Shiraz Cabernet 2002 Drinkers who love their vino big are looking towards the Langhorne Wines from boutique labels are made with
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        749 39  -  Chan Seet Fun Australian Airlines (www.australian airlines.com. sg) flies direct to Cairns three times a week from Singapore. For details on Queensland, log on to www.queens land.com.sg CONTEST: Win a basket of food from the Gold Coast, which includes gourmet bottled sauces, jams from the Farmer's markets
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        524 40  -  Wong Ah Yoke Indonesian restaurant Rampaisari is banking on its prices to attract crowds to its rijstaffel concept but do check out the a la carte menu EATS IF THERE is one good thing that comes out of the weak economy, it's falling restaurant
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        820 41  - Cockle Noodle Do Sylvia Tan MADABOUT FOOD Raw cockles are not safe to eat? Shucks! Why not try washing them m salt water and steaming them first before using m recipes? In my recipe m August, the balsamic vinegar was missed out m the recipe for tagliatelle with roasted parsnips,
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        614 42 Chops and chips East meets West, but where is the best? Food correspondent TEO PAU LIN tucks into Chinese-style Western food Rasa Sayang Western Block 711 Ang Mo Kio Aye 8 S-11 Food Gathering Opens: 11.30 am 12.30 am; c losed on alternate Wednesdays The Dortions are eargantuan. A serving
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        1696 6 VEHICLES RR HYUNDAI FOR SALE BTfl HYUNDAI FOR SALE Effl HYUNDAI FOR SALE Effl HYUNDAI FOR SAL f7|Tj Results of October 2003 P^ L^TJ 1 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE L_v___ Buy It. S*ll It. Find It. COE price Quota Bids Care (1600 cc and below) k\ Taxi $28,800
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        861 6 Bl MITSUBISHI J FOR SALE 11/'9B LANCER 1.3 4 dr. $40.8 K. 12/98 Lancer 1.6 auto 543.8 K. 4/01 Lancer 1.6 auto 560.8 K. 9/2001 Lancer 1.5 auto 560.8 K. CD. s/rims. 1 owner. Lot A4B Turf City. Tel. *****082 Rexy Motor $2800 DRIVEAWAY! 04/'Ol Lane er I.6GLX. auto/ CVT
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        873 6 HJI NISSAN FOR SALE END MAY 01 N ssan Cefiro V 6 1 owner Mileage 30.000 km. War ranty. $7K p.a. Owner *****881 6/01 SUNNY 1.5 Manual. Sliver. 1 Owner Agt svc. Accident free Leather, Cheap. 9180 1333 1 OWNER. 02 'Vail 2 .5. 4.4 Agt svc/ warranty New tax
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        693 7 J VEHICLES Jffl VEHICLES WANTED ALL MOOELS! HIGHEST Offer' Can 9660-9354 Davide. No Regrets'" HCAR AIR-COMDtTrONERV HI-FI SYSTEMS OKA AUTO ACCESSORIES A>rcon Specialist l y warranty for BMW Ben^. > yr for Japanese car change of cooling coil com pressor. Open on Sun *****668 E CAR CARE/ GROOMING/ UPHOLSTERY Call
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        2877 8 VEHICLES T PROPERTIES 1 ■JJJ VANS FOR SALE BfJI VANS FOR SALE BRI VANS FOR SALE BRI VANS FOR SALE BRI VANS FOR SALE BRI VANS FOR SALE OPEL"©- COMBO Combo clinches New European Title ,^_j International Van of the Year 2002 (2nd place) fMWk ttwttWi WL-. J__l 3-YEAR OR
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        603 8 E ROOMS FOR RENT (HDB) $250-5450. COMMON/ MASTER. Furn. Aircon. Cook. Near MRT/ mkt/ shop. No owner. 6382-3829 LAVENDER MRT! FURN rm. High fir. No cooking. Lady professional/ students. 6392-2816 NO COMMISSION. MASTER/ com mon rooms. All areas. Near MRT. All races. *****107/ *****643 INDIAN HSES. ALL areas. Master/ common
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        720 8 H 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE SPANISH VILLAGE. 1593 sq.ft 3 bdrms. F'hold. Facilities. 10 mins to Orchard Rd. 2 balconies. Nice view. Quiet. Don't miss! View to offer! Call 9767 9384 DTZ PENTHOUSE $365 P.S.F. CROWN Ctr 2 storey f'hold penthse. 2700 sq.ft. 3+l. Newly completed renovation.
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        578 8 Bl Dll &21 NEWTON/ J BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI I HOUSES SALE *?»*_tt______________^ V *m mT^^^mv _f 2. -STOREY NEW BUNGLWS. Merryn Rd. 4600 sqft $11K tenancy 4/05 2) Kheam Hock. 679G sqft. Tenanted 512.3K 1/'O5 3) The Mondrian sem.-d Tenancy $9K (5% return) Call 9771-6341 D.21 2/STOREY SEMI-D. Lor Pis
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        535 9 HDII 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS SALE APIETON VIEW 71 SINARAN DRIVE 10em-6pm. Fri, Sat a Sun D.ll Freehold, Just TOP 3 mins. walk to Novena MRT High fir.. 3-bdrm. Spacious layout 1173 sq.ft. 1054 sq.ft. Foreigners eligible Ivy Lea Realty 9380-3950 [SllpehTdl I |HOUSE[! 985 MAPLEWOOO PENTHOUSE.
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        647 9 HDI2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES SALE fit 2 SPM LENGKONG LIMA. 3 storey semi d. Rebuilt 6 yrs. F'hold. s*l. All attached. Elevated. Breezy Can park 3 cars. MRT. *****328 OPEN I. house||| 19 JLN SENTOSA. 2 terr. 2500 sqft. 4 rms. Face E. MRT. New renovation. Park 3 cars Sunday
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        1909 9 B| 012-14 BALESTIER/ IR Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MtW ***** BALESTIER/ VfH Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG |£1J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG Kflj MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MJSII MACPHERSOWGEYLANG PTE APTS -SALE |ff| PTE APTS SALE jjg| PTE APTS -SALE I ESSHSf _^P -I w> **4Kt B_^^ acf aT WCtmm\r*Ammmmlw A %mwAm\l\^Atttmr\mmmwA\m^m^za\^mm^ M -a^-b. s ****x_j M§
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        1124 9 El S'S^vSif Bl sr s^ s Q sss^-2?' ED ssss"" 0 j HOUSES SALE lITT?ITT»Tfn| l >_l^tfV lew*' 3t 0.20 SERAVA CRES single Storey I ,y ATWaW JJ e_4 1 mter terr 3 rms. Aircon Renom/wAmfm alll p.n.mcr dmmc vated. Unblocked frontage Cosy. F*^ ■'A f, AlWt PARADISE PALMS B
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        954 9 r PROPERTIES 1 Bl 019-20 SERANGOON/ ft flpfi' W I \__m m J THOMSON B l ,l n W| HOUSES SALE _______________-**_______________H BEST OEAL IN DISTRICT 19 -a____J I* OPEN HOUSE TOOAY 4-6PM SfACIOUS NEAT HOME- top obtained. Freehold gdn. s+l good-sized rms (all at 2' .-storey semi-d. 5*2 rms.
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        552 10 PROPERTIES Bl 019-20 SERANGOON/ MTYJt DI92O SERANGOON/ 9_T_ Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ J THOMSON |Jy THOMSON ____l\ THOMSON I HOUSES -SALE I HOUSES -SALE BJH| WMW-IMI Dl 9 SERANGOON GARDENS Brand new 3-storey corner tit** terrace 1 r 999 years/South orientation k M Cosy environment f Near to amenities f *^*^»w Land
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        513 10 B 022-24 WEST HOUSES SALE D.23 D/STOREY SEMI-D. 999 yrs. 3300 sqft. Renovated. Good fac- ing. Serene ambience *****764 HI D 25-28 I NORTH HOUSES It JV*Vt, NEW MMOSA TERR. I W^M-T! s»i_*af_KfwlFiß« _Pk\k__ NKDRfVEBUMGLOW Nee hse **r 87X sqfl at &&H SBB-OET T 2 f B-joveiy hse 4553 srjlt
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        718 10 B 022-24 WIST PTE APTS -SALE LAKESIDE APTS. FACING Chinese Gdn. 3+ balcony. 1500 sgft. S3BOK. Call 9818 8809 WK Rfl 025 28 NORTH m PTE APTS -SALE FH SERENITY PARK Greenery view, spacious living/ dining 3+l rooms, full condo facilities S6XXK! $12,000 voucher for choice units. Move-in. *****000 w
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        1793 10 HD2S-20 Wftk DZS 28 WTtk 025-28 NORTH HOUSES NORTH HOUSES __I__\ NORTH HOUSES |w?___i___| \Wr\ Landed Semi-D Units I for less than SS9OOK ■Hg^JgJHH^W v:_u l M__a 1 /Sr T~~~*~-— *<* I man I PoyaLetxx ______T_^^__^_S?Tf»»fiT_^M__l Accessibility I SCOf Next to the upcoming J f*_7 mOTwM\ Stcrfipn MRT Circle Line
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        878 10 Bffl HOB APTS FOR SALE il (CLEMENTI/ fl WEST COAST) Open House 4 'NG' 707 Clementi W Or-todr. High flr. Interim upgraded Ginza Plaza/ mkt. All races. Must view! Sun 26/10 3-spm Hp 900 90 700 SALE BELOW VALUATION! 3 A' Model Blk 610/ 704, Ginza Plaza Amenities/Sch. 9487 4432
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        832 10 Ejfl HOB APTS FOR SALE J (JURONG) A 5 '17 Exec Apt/ Mais. Toh Guan Blk 277/ 285 C/ 2878 Windy $150K Renovation. Unblocked Marble. IMM/ MRT. *****199 OT BLK 521. 4 NG' Jurong W. high flr. Blk 910. Exec Mais Jurong W renovated. Sell below value. Cobroke welcome. 9382
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        794 10 B HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) GOOD DEALI 5 l Pasir Ris 560. 552. 741. High flr. Bright. Windy. 100% move m. Near MRT. 4 rms. Serious seller' 9841 7555 RS NEAR MRT EXEC Mas Corner. Rare. Don't miss! Exec apt 236 Corner. High flr. Seldom stayed. Must
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        907 10 Bl HOB APTS FOR SALE j (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) _T^^^^^__^^^___ m_>*^T r T__w 3 'A' BLK 877 Tampines. High flr Next to corner. Simple. Well kept NS facing. Amenities/ sch. All races. View 2-4pm. 9666-7232 _F f*_P T^ __wf_f _\wf'. I IBT_I 3 'A' BLK 436 Open hse 2-spm Lift level
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        806 11 H HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) JUMBO/ EXEC SPECIALIST w Jumbo 803, 805 812 3 toilets. Jumbo 808. 192 sgm. Malay hse Jumbo 835. Park/ MRT. All races Jumbo 818. 812 MRT. All races Jumbo 820 808. 5 bdrm. Nice! MRT. All races. $20K below HDB value! $4K to agent!
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