The Straits Times, 11 April 2004

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  • 19 1 thesundaytimes •B Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents April 11, 2004 86 Pages in three parts MITA (P) 047/03/2004
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  • 495 1 TOP OF THE NEWS BAGHDAD THE hostage crisis in Iraq escalated yesterday with reports of more foreigners being seized and new death threats issued. Another Iraqi group has emerged threatening to execute 30 foreign captives. But a militant group holding three Japanese captives was reported
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    • 155 2 INDEX mainsection news 3-19 invest 20-24 think 25-28 sweat 30-35 gizmos 37 click 38 gen y 39 talk 40 lifestyle hot L2-Lll pulse Ll2, Ll3 go L14.L15 reflect Ll6 wear L29-L3l taste L32-L34 movies L2O, L2l tv listings L22-L24 comics L25, L26 ST WEBSITE phone 6319-5095 e-mail sti@sph.com.sg FORUM DESK
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    • 196 2 Home loan woes Since the HDB stopped giving out market-rate loans last year, some downgraders have had to turn to banks without much luck. PAGE 3 Not out to get NKF Mr Willie Cheng, who raised the issue of the National Kidney Foundation's reserves, says he has no intention of
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    • 168 2 Finnish schools No. 1 Finnish schools have large class sizes and no gifted schemes. Yet they are ranked the world's best. Good teachers set them apart. PAGE 18 Beware of easy credit Instalment plans with no interest charges may seem too good to pass up, but watch out for the
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    • 213 2 The blame game I Golfer Tiger Woods has not won a Major in two years. Is Mark CMeara, to whom Woods turns to for advice on golf swings, to blame? PAGE 33 Ex-banker took plunge Four years ago, Ms Carmen Liew was slogging away at a bank. Now, she has
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    • 126 2 Where's 4fe Jason Leow China's leaders want to reduce grassroots grievances, but many remain unaddressed, as a woman's long quest for justice shows. THINK PAGE 26 Tan Tarn How Theatre in Singapore is not a niche area of the arts. And even if it is, the justification for it lies
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    • 157 2 lifestyle No men allowed Models will be parading in saucy underwear at Triumph's lingerie show on Thursday. But too bad, guys, it's open only to women. PAGE L4 Exotic, not erotic There's nothing lewd about the first "exotic dance" class here, where students learn sexy moves for fun or to
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      • 113 3 AN ELDERLY woman lost more than $17,000 worth of valuables after she was distracted by a thief outside her flat on Friday. The culprit knocked on the door shortly after noon and told the 70-year-old woman someone had overturned a pot of flowers outside her flat. The
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      • 97 3 AN IMMIGRATION offender who eluded the law for more than four months was caught during a police roadblock on Friday. Lin Chuan Jie, 17, a Chinese national, was arrested by the police after he could not produce dc cuments to prove he was here legally. He had flown
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    • 706 3  -  Lydia Lim ►No steady income ►No way to get loan ►No way out of debts HDB has stopped giving out market rate loans and cash-strapped borrowers get the cold shoulder from banks LAST November, Mrs Y. Cheong made a wrenching decision to sell her family's HDB maisonette and
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    • THE NKF CONTROVERSY
      • 732 4 THE $189M QUESTION... 'I had no intention of picking on NKF "Singaporeans generally ddtft demand to be informed about how much money Is needed for what y and where their donations go to, They have to be more discerning about what they're giving to." MR WILLIE CHENG, who believes the
        WANG HUI FEN  -  732 words
      • 577 4 ACTING Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan (above) yesterday expressed his support for the work done by the National Kidney Foundation, which has been in the news because some people have said that its reserves are unusually large. Mr Khaw, who said
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        265 4 Singapore artists who are performing stunts in the National Kidney Foundation charity shows expressed their support for the charity yesterday. Four of them talk to Tracy Oliek The shows will be shown "live" on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 tonight and next Sunday at 7 pm. Tonight's show will
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      • 61 4 Call: 1900-112-6868 or 1900-112-6833 SMS: SingTel subscribers, key in *838; Ml and StarHub users, key in LUCKY and send to 8882 Online: www.charityshow.com Charges and contributions. Each 1900-112-6868 call means a $5.25 donation Each 1900-112-6833 call means a $15.75 donation Each *SEND or SMS is a $5.25 donation
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    • 752 6  -  Tracy Ouek 1 ecn savvy and resourceful In the aftermath of the RSS Courageous verdict, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean discusses morale in the SAF r terrorism and the shape of the army in the future, in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times THINK of
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    • 630 6 Public's perception of SAF SINGAPOREANS are still supportive despite tough times for the I^SAF. The RSS Courageous collision and the death of a 19-year-old soldier on a combat survival course turned an unwanted spotlight on the SAF in the past year. Singaporeans' responses to these incidents have
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    • 839 8  -  Tracy Quek Globe-trotting students 'People think I'm crazy. But I know what I'm doing. I decided that Wharton was where I wanted to do my MBA and everything else, the money, the time, the travel, is not important.' MS JANE LIN-BADEN from
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    • 359 9  -  Tracy Quek EXECUTIVE MBA programmes conducted in Singapore have their fair share of international students who criss-cross the globe for classes. Insead, the French business school that launched its 14--month MBA programme for executives here last November, has 22 students, 16 of whom are internationals. Four
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    • 657 11  -  Tracy Ouek Book shops say controversial film Passion has sparked interest h such books THE I pass IT ISN'T only Mel Gibson's controversial movie The Passion Of The Christ that's become a mainstream hit. Over 500 copies of the coffee table book based on the movie,
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    • 93 11 TRADE and Industry Minister George Yeo will lead 13 Singapore-based companies to the Russian Federation to explore business opportunities there and to expand economic and trade relations from today till April 17. They will meet financial and legal experts on the Russian economic and investment
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    • 204 12 CHINA Number 80,000 Primary industries: Construction; electronics and garment manufacturing; hospitality Salary. $1,000 to $1,500, including overtime Average remitted*: $800 to $1,000 Total*: $72 million INDIA Number: 100,000 Primary industries: 60,000 in construction or shipyards; rest are professionals in IT, finance, etc Salary: Base of $500
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    • 756 12  - $180m that's what workers send home Li Xueying THEIR wages are paltry: An Indonesian maid earns $250 a month on average, a Sri Lankan shipyard labourer $500, and a Thai construction worker, $800. But in one month, foreign workers in Singapore may send home as much as $180 million, or
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    • 421 12  -  Li Xueying ONE is called Iris. The other, Tulip. The most expensive model, Melrose, is 107 sq m, and goes for four million pesos ($120,800). Iris is 77 sq m, sits on a 133 sq m plot, and costs 3.2 million pesos. They are among
      ONG CHIN KAI  -  421 words
    • 448 12  -  Soh Wen Lin EVEN if Singapore's first quarter growth rate hits six per cent as some analysts have forecast, bosses "would be short-sighted if they used the reprieve to delay the wage reform process", labour chief lim Boon Heng said yesterday. And employees should not
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      613 14  -  Jason Leow CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING DON7 BE FOOLED by the plain, pre-f abricated look of the villa's exterior. Inside, opulence is the word to describe the imported fittings, which include chandeliers, a made-in-Germany toilet bowl and a made-in-ltaly jacuzzi. The rich Chinese who cannot wait to show off
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    • 414 14  -  Krist Boo TOKYO WHENEVER Man, 1"7, needs extra money for her hair and makeup, she reaches under her skirt. Sex shops lining the back streets of Shibuya pay a pretty penny for her soiled panties. The chain-smoker sits on the steps
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    • 266 14 TOKYO YOUNG people in Japan have a new look old clothes. On weekends, they pack second-hand clothing stores in their favourite hangouts such as the Harajuku district here in the capital. More than 1,000 items fly off the shelves of some stores in a single day,
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    • 875 15  - Thai spas going global Nirmal Ghosh Their trademark? Asian hospitality THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK This spa has gone to the dogs SHOGUN the French bulldog paddled frantically up and down the blue waters of the pool at the Indo Thai Spa in the Bangkok suburb of Rangsit. Then he was put
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    • 104 16 PHOTOS: THE THREE HOSTAGES are teenage peace activist Noriaki Imai (left, above), gung-ho former soldier-turned-photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama (left) and volunteer aid worker Nahoko Takato (above, centre), who is seen here helping Indian earthquake victims in one of her earlier trips abroad. The greatest surprise of the three is
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    • 722 16  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO JAPANESE officials plotting worst-case scenarios hacl thought that if terrorists in Iraq wanted to use hostages to bring Japan to its knees, they would surely pick valuable
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    • 39 17 PHOTO: THE HOSTAGE identifies himself as Mr Thomas Hamill as a masked gunman waves an automatic rifle in a video apparently recorded on Friday. The filming took place on the main highway on Baghdad's western edge. AP
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    • 336 17 TELEVISION footage yesterday showed an American being held hostage in a car. The man, who identified himself as Mr Thomas Hamill, spoke with a southern American accent. He had a bandage on his arm and blood and dirt on his jeans.
      AP; Reuters  -  336 words
    • 566 17 BAGHDAD FIGHTING between US military forces and Iraqi insurgents raged across the country yesterday, casting a pall on hopes of a ceasefire deal in the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah. In Baghdad, street fighting erupted as youths with rifles and grenade
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    • 489 18  - How did Fi nnish schools get so good? SUUTARILA School starts at age 7 ►No gifted programmes Large classes (Finland) Small amount spent on students IMAGINE schools where classes begin at age seven, where annual spending per student is a paltry US$5,OOO (558,400), where there are no gifted programmes and
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    • 100 18 AFP PHOTO: BERLIN A FAT cat weighing 18.5kg has gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter here, after being taken from his owner and put on a diet to lose weight. Six-year-old Mikesch was taken to the shelter on April 1. He
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      • 56 18 MALAYSIAN youths who refuse to turn up for National Service face a six-month jail term or a fine of up to RM3,000 (about 551,330), the government has warned. The authorities found that some 10,000 youths failed to register for the three-month programme which began on Feb
        The Star; Asia News Network  -  56 words
      • 70 18 TWO bombs exploded in Thailand's mainly Muslim south on Friday after Britain, Australia and the United States issued travel warnings for the region, police said. There were no casualties. The first bomb was planted in a trash bin near a police officer's house in Narathiwat
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      • 62 18 MORE than 50 inmates, including many suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group, used a smuggled gun to escape from a southern Philippine prison yesterday, officials said. At least eight were killed and eight others recaptured by police in the jailbreak at Basilan Provincial
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      • 56 18 MOVIE hero and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hecame a real-life hero when he saved a cramp-stricken swimmer from possible drowning at Hawaii, aides said. The brawny Terminator star made his dramatic rescue on Wednesday off the coast of the island of Maui, where he was holidaying.
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    • 385 19 Cops clash with lien supporters Police use water cannon on marchers who throw bottles and chairs in worst violence since polls TAIPEI THOUSANDS of opposition supporters clashed with riot police yesterday outside Taiwan's presidential palace in the worst violence since last month's hotly disputed presidential polls. The clash happened after
      AP; Reuters; REUTERS  -  385 words
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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    • 1097 20  - Watch what you buy on 0% easy credit Leong Chan Teik Buy now, pay later The scheme: You pay for goods by instalment using your credit card. Interest is zero per cent. Where: Retailers, travel agents, car distributors almost every major seller and even some smaller players. Tliey pay the
      STEVEN LEE  -  1,097 words
    • 274 20 Ikea founder still haggles for bargains at market THE lives of self-made millionaires and billionaires frequently contain lessons or how to become rich and stay rich. Last week brought an example in the form of the founder of Ikea, Mr Ingvar Kamprad. In a story that was picked up in
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      • 195 20  -  Bharathi Rajan HEAD OF CONTENT Fundsupermart.com THE new HSBC Asia Freestyle Fund invests in a portfolio of between 30 and 50 Asian stocks. Unlike most unit trusts, it is an "absolute return" product, and does not seek to compare its performance with that of any Asian
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      • 60 20 THE fund is suitable for investors who want exposure to Asia ex- Japan equity markets and can bear more risks for potentially higher returns. The fund's ability to make big bets and disregard benchmarks, and its strategy of investing in higher beta stocks during market upturns, suggests that it
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      • 205 20 Ex-Goldman economist jailed for 33 months NEW YORK John Youngdahl, a former Goldman Sachs economist who tipped off the firm's traders about the United States Treasury's decision to end 30-year bonds in October 2001, was sentenced on Friday to two years and nine months in prison for insider trading. Youngdahl,
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    • 868 21  -  Leong Chan Teik THE SAVVY INVESTOR This investment analyst successfully takes charge on stocks and unit trusts but leaves holiday and renovation matters to her husband "I learnt to look at numbers and make something out of them and to apply the theories to real life." MS
      WANG HUI FEN  -  868 words
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        40 22 Location: Jalan Kampong Chantek, off Dunearn Road Tenure: 99 years Unit sizes: 3,175 3,778 sq ft (cluster terrace houses with four bedrooms, one guest room, one recreation room and maid's room) Price range: $1.41m $1.32m Developer: Binjai Crest
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        27 22 Location: 39, Pasir Panjang Hill Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: 926 1,873 sq ft (twoand three-bedroom apartments, penthouses) Price range: $580,000 $930,000 Developer: Hoi Hup Realty
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      • 29 22 Location: 1, Holt Road Tenure: Freehold Unltsizes:l,s6l-3,l97sqft (three-bedroom, three-bedroom and one study, and four-bedroom apartments, penthouses) Price range: $1.19m $2.65m Developer: Pacific Century Regional Developments
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    • 866 22  - Renovation: HDB big spenders JL Serene Luo PROPERTY 'Some people might think we are crazy to pay so much more r but my wife and I wanted a comfortable home, A lot of people spend on their hobbies, or on their cars or watches. I spend more than 12 hours
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    • 254 22  - DREAM HOME OLDHOLL AND ROAD, $8 MILL I O N Wu Peining A T-SHAPED swimming pool flanked by a mini waterfall takes pride of place in the back garden of this bungalow. The freehold property, which sprawls over 16,525 sq ft of land, has a built-in area of 8,677 sq
      STEVEN LEE  -  254 words
    • 1142 23  - Family secret: money do the work Rachel Lin After reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad r the Chang family has updated its investment strategy, reaped higher returns and is financially more well rounded now Set aside funds for emergencies and save early for retirement FOR the Changs, it was a book
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    • 261 23 Q I'VE just started working and saving. Because the stock market is buoyant and the economic outlook is good for at least a few more years, I want to channel my savings into investments in unit trusts and stocks. I
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    • Prudent Advice
      • 796 24 FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT OF PAUL LIM Annual Income (/ess CPF contributions) §220,000 Annual Expenses $185,000 Cash Savings $35,000 Bank Balances $3C Housing loan $630,000 Car Loan $157,000 INSURANCE PORTFOLIO MedishiekJ Plus Plan B Home mortgage reducing Insurance 1 1 **i! A businessman Paul Lim, 45, is the
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    • MUST READ
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        232 24  -  Jim J. Cramer CONFESSIONS OF A STREET ADDICT By 339 pages Available at NLB Libraries Ref no: 332.6092 CRA-[BIZ] THIS national bestseller is the biography of James Cramer, a successful hedge fund manager, popular market commentator, savvy analyst and founder of Internet company TheStreet.com. The book gives
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      • 213 24  - How the gurus succeed John Train MONEY MASTERS OF OUR TIME By 388 pages Available at NLB Libraries Ref no: 332.*****73 TRA-[BIZ] AMATEUR stock investors have lots of practical insights to gain from this book. Written by John Train, founder of Train Smith Investment Counsel, and author of bestsellers such
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    • 953 24 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q HAVE collected the keys to my private apartment that I bought during the project's launch two years ago. Water seeps through the window ledges, walls and ceilings. There are many cracks on the external walls and inside the home.
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      • 75 25 EUROPE'S roads are deeming with short-tempered and aggressive drivers, concludes a survey. Don't like the colour of the car in front? Tailgate it. Seems like the driver alongside you is chatting up a girl on his cellphone? Honk. His goatee irritates you? Make an obscene gesture. How do
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      • 94 25 THE folk at Cosmopolitan, a magazine that attempts to boost the self-esteem of tens of thousands of women with deep-seated insecurities, have had an epiphany. It has dawned on them that there's more to life than just shopping and sex. Wow! How did they figure that
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      • 93 25 PEOPLE who watch a lot of movies and don't read anything except subtitles and credits have a hard time telling fact from fiction, a poll of 2,000 Britons shows. Some believe Conan the Barbarian was a real warrior and Scottish patriot William Wallace was a Hollywood creation.
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      • 97 25 THE modern-day archetype of faithful spouse and fawning father seems to have blotted his copybook. Though it would take a lot more stained sheets for David Beck ham to join the randy ranks of many of his fellow ball players, allegations of a fling with Rebecca Loos, who
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    • 908 26  - Don't do as the Romans do Susan Long ON SOCIETY A TEAM of civil servants went to Rome recently to study how Italy was tackling its baby dearth. While in the hotel, a Singapore Airlines stewardess chanced upon them in the lobby. On being told their mission, she shrieked: "Huh?
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    • 1404 27  - Looking forward to a strong and stable Indonesia Lee Kim Chew A free and fair election is just over, but a lot is still riding on the presidential polls as the nation moves towards democracy THE FIGHT SO FAR DURING the era of former president Suharto, one of the "perks"
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      • 82 28  -  Soh Wen Lin WHILE in Iran the past week, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo did his bit to boost bilateral trade. He bought 50kg of pistachios a key Iranian non-oil export for friends and grassroots leaders back in Singapore. Apparently, he also bought 50kg of cashews
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      • 204 28 MALAYSIAN Malays have long kept a watchful and sometimes more than fraternal eye on the condition of Malays in Singapore. Last Sunday, Berita Minggu, the Malay-language Sunday paper that is part of the New Straits Times group, cast its spotlight on the issue again. Columnist Munsyi ("scribe") noted
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      • 190 28 THE Singapore Tourism Board is offering tourists a list of experiences to savour while here in this island republic We rather like this alternative list of things which would make you truly Singaporean: Thanks to SMS, you have an extra large thumb. Tks 2 SMS, u oso dun
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      • 83 30 A BRITISH gymnast fell 33 metres from a hotel and somersaulted his way to safety. British Under-16 champion Steven Jehu fell after a metal bar on the window of a hotel in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, where he was taking part in a competition,
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      • 80 30 A BABY with the same name as Grand National hero Amberleigh House won her family £3,000 (559,270). According to The Sun, Amber Leigh Sheppard's relatives raced to place bets on the horse after her father, Lee, noticed other coincidences too. She had been born on March
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      748 31  -  Jeffrey Low Match Summary Chelsea O Middlesbrough O Chelsea: Marco Ambrosio, Celestine Babayaro (Robert Huth 73), Marcel Desailly, William Gallas, John Terry, Joe Cole, Jesper Gronkjaer (Njitap Geremi 46), Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele (Juan Veron 57), Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Subs not used: Neil Sullivan, Hernan Crespo.
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    • 1072 32  - He aged 10 years in a week Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL HAVE you seen the face of Arsene Wenger during the past week? I don't wish to mock the manager who has given the English Premier League its most beautiful movement as well as the most consistently successful side
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    • 349 32 PREMIERSHIP Weekend Premiership Top Scorers Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 25 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 21 Louis Saha (Manchester United) 19 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 18 Mikael Forssell (Birmingham) 16 Michael Owen (Liverpool) 14 Juan Pablo Angel (Aston Villa) 14 Nicolas Anelka (Manchester City) 14 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 13 Playing Today
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    • 674 33 THE King said goodbye. The Masters is now in the hands of a kid. Arnold Palmer walked up the 18th fairway one last time on Friday to an ovation longer and louder than any other in his 50 years at Augusta National, unable to hold
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      • 67 33 SINGAPORE are assured of the women's badminton singles title in the Croatian International. Li Li defeated Singapore permanent resident Shinta Mulia Sari 11-4, 11-5 in the first semi-final yesterday while Jiang Yanmei beat Bulgarian Petya Nedeltcheva 11-5, 7-11, 11-2 in the second. Today's match-up is
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      • 67 33 A LAST-MINUTE equaliser from Agu Casmir allowed the Young Lions to scrape a 2-2 draw with Geylang United in an S-League match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Syed Fadhil opened accounts for the hosts in the 42nd minute, but Geylang replied through Mohamed Noor Ali
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      • 65 33 THE Indiana Pacers clinched the best record in the National Basketball Association season with a 90-80 victory over New Jersey on Friday. With two games left in the season, the Pacers (59-21) secured home-court advantage throughout the play-offs. In the Western Conference, Houston Rockets
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      • 59 33 SEAMER Umar Gul, who grabbed five first-innings wickets for 31 in Pakistan's series-levelling second cricket Test win against India, has been ruled out of the deciding third Test at Rawalpindi due to a back injury. Fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed, wicket-keeper Moin Khan and all-rounder Abdul
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      • 58 33 SERENA Williams was shocked 2-6, 3-6 by Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals of tennis' Amelia Island championship on Friday. Williams committed 42 unforced errors, paving the way for the Russian to meet Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals. Top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne overcame Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-3
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      • 45 33 TENNIS' Davis Cup favourites Spain led Holland 2-0 with wins from Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moya after Friday's opening singles. Switzerland and France were locked at 1-1 while the United States and Sweden also shared the spoils. Reuters
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    • 779 34  - Dive master, ex- banker, wakeboard champion Wei Koh Carmen Liew r co-owner of Absolute Scuba, has finally found her calling FOR most people, mastering even one sport is an elusive dream. But not for Ms Carmen Liew, 30, wakeboard champ, dive master and scuba diving instructor. Attractive, tanned and blessed
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    • 682 35  - Calorie crunching; Wei Koh THREE weeks into The Sunday Times Weight Challenge where he has to lose 10kg in two months, Mr Pardeep Bhalla has already shed 3.3kg. There's another motivating factor. He wants to surprise his girlfriend with a lean physique. Miss San Man Mu, 27, is in Australia
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    • 100 35 2 tablespoons of cooking oil 4 cloves of garlic 500g of prawns, shelled 4Oog of tagliatelle, boiled and drained 1 tablespoon of olive oil 4 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon of ground pepper 1. Heat oil in pan and stir-fry garlic and
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        79 38  -  Rory Daniel ITS a pretty cool way to present the news. Newsmap provides a new way to look at events unfolding around the world. Drawing stories from the Google News aggregator, Newsmap places headlines into a useful graphic interface that highlights the most reported stories. The site's objective
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      • 89 38 THE authorities in south-west China's Chongqing municipality have shut down an unregistered Internet cafe believed to be responsible for the death of two surfers. The two teenagers were hit by a train on March 31 after falling asleep on the tracks following an online gaming marathon at
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    • 702 38 Online digests slice and dice millions of Web logs into snippets of info that are of interest to users BY POINTING readers to the Internet's newest and best bits, Web logs offer a way to cut through online clutter. But now that there are millions of blogs, what
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    • 477 38  -  Rory Daniel GAMES PEOPLE PLAY UNREAL Tournament 2004 is the latest addition to the legendary Unreal series. Players take on the role of techno-gladiators of the future, battling up to 32 other players online in action-packed and dangerous arenas. While sticking to the
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      736 39  - Anime alive Debbie Swee The world of comics has spawned a hobby: cosplay, short for costume play, in which fans dress up like their heroes and parade around STRIDING Cloud is brooding and imposing in his flowing black cloak. Yet, he looks uncharacteristically resigned when Sailor Moon's massive white wings
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        39 39 MS CAROL Balhetchet from the Singapore Children's Society has been counselling families and their children since 1992. She is director of the society's Youth Development Centre in Toa Payoh, where she works on issues relating to teens.
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    • 1233 40  - Who says I'm Ioo-ny? Wong Kim Hoh MR JACK Sim has a soft spot for toilets. "For thousands of years, the toilet has been an orphan child longing for a father to appear. I became the daddy and I'm lovin' it." The businessman, 47, is not lying. He founded the
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      • 106 40 SIGNING up with a for-profit matchmaker may just reduce the warm fuzzy matter of finding true love to cold hard cash. Will all this talk about incentives just make matchmakers' cash registers go "ka-ching", netizens wonder after Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke last Monday
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      • 85 40 EVERYBODY and his aunt who has seen Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ feels compelled to comment online. Too gory, said moonfairy, who had expected something "more thought-provoking". But fiction— phatboy thought the blood and gore has "made bad Christians like myself think twice". Trying to
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      • 350 40  -  Xiao Fuchun British Columbia, Canada THAT Singapore citizenship fails to appeal to many permanent residents comes as no surprise to me. The reasons are painfully clear to many of us who have lived or who are living abroad. Singapore can never offer the quality of life
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      • 228 40  - Spare a thought for the maid Anthony Lee Mui Yu SUICIDOLOGIST Chia Boon Hock reports that at least 30 Indonesian maids have killed themselves here in the last three years (The Sunday Times, April 4). I wonder how employers of maids feel about this, especially those inadvertently implicated by their
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      • 199 40  -  A NUMBER of lawyers were recently charged with and convicted of siphoning off money from their clients. A former parish priest is standing trial for embezzling $5.1 million of church funds. A finance manager earned the dubious honour of masterminding the largest case of commercial
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      • 210 40  -  WE REFER to the letter by Ms Lily Chong, "Use healthier cooking oil" (The Sunday Times, April 4), and thank her for her feedback and suggestions. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) encourages the public to consume a low-fat diet, whether eating at home or out.
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      • 228 6 AMOI ELECTRONICS (No. 3 electronics manufacturer in China) In Singapore since: 2001 What it sells: Mobile phones (from $298), portable DVD player ($799), DVD player ($199) Best-selling item: DVD player Where: Telepoint Distribution outlets around the island. Why: Cheap prices and good quality are the attractions. HAIER (No. 1
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        1049 8  -  Tee Hun Ching It goes by the sexy name of exotic dancing, yet there's nothing lewd about this class. In fact, everything's fun and expressive Want to be an exotic dancer? 'There's nothing lewd about what we do. It's just another dance form, and no one here is
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      • 630 9  - PULLING STRINGS Sherwin Loh The one thing kite-flying fans want to ask for is more space for them to pursue their hobby THE sky's not the limit for kite flyers in Singapore. Just ask Mr Yong Theng Hock, 47, who took his wife and three children to the open field
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        840 10 LOOS TALK Rebecca Loos has become the talk of the town for her alleged affair with soccer star David Beckham IT IS the often-told story of a married man overseas who has to deal with passes from women coming his way. Last July, David Beckham moved to Madrid without his
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      • 672 10  - Becks kicks 'em r his missus owns 'em Tay Yek Keak I WOULD say it has something to do with balls. David Beckham kicks them. Victoria, his missus, owns them. And Rebecca Loos, David's ex-personal assistant, the alleged other woman in the whole sordid affair, apparently just wanted a little
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      • 935 11  -  Tee Hun Ching Yes and no f say experts and Pis. It depends on how you treat your phone text messages The only people who have lawful access to stored messages are the authorities. Even then, the window for retrieval is very short THE British
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        288 11 MARCH 10: In his hotel, Beckham allegedly messaged Loos, hours before he played in the Uefa Champions League clash with Bayern Munich which Real Madrid won 1-0 at home. Loos had already left SFX. DB: When u start your job? RL: Sign contract next week. Can't stop smiling
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        521 13  -  Fauziah Ibrahim HEARTBEAT MAKING babies is the hot topic at the moment. But it is cruel irony for the 20 per cent of Singaporean couples who have problems conceiving. Many turn to in-vi-tro fertilisation (IVF) and about 350 test tube babies are born here each year. During last
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      • 209 14 Team Singapore Athens tour The eight-day-six-night package includes return airfare to Athens on Thai Airways, six nights accommodation at a three-star hotel, air-conditioned coach for all transfers and entry into two sporting events. Priced at $3,599, travellers also get to visit archeological sites at Arachova and
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    • 740 5 BBMW FOR SALE 3 UNITS 92 BMW 520iA 24--valves COE 5/2011. $3K driveaway! S/rims/ Leather. Cond warranty. $25,800. 100% Loan/ trade-in. Call 9005-2005 EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! IST owner! 2/'oi 3iBiA. Steptronic. Gold. Elect seat, multi function steering. Full leather/ walnut. S/rims. Accident free. *****837 318iA 03/'O2 1 owner. SIOBK. 1 yr
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    • 933 6 KWI NISSAN FOR SALE FOR YOUR USED CAR ALL MAKES AND MODELS C .V CASH PAYMENT „v Q' BUY A SELL q* PLS CALL DBWUCK TAY $0 Downpaymtnt! 10 units &more 93 Sunny 1.4 EX Manual. $15.8K '93 Sunny 1.6 SS Auto.... $16. 8K '93 Presea 1.6 CTII Manual $16
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    • 487 6 Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE 3 YEARS Warranty Ptj Free Servicing \*Sr Low Downpayment "We accept Credit Cards for booking" Toyota Harrier 2 4 GL Package MORE THAN tO UNITS! TOYOTA COROLLA FOR SALE '93 Corolla 1.3 XLI Manual B*iqe 93 Corolla 1.6 Manual Silver '93 Corolla 1.6 Manual Grty 93
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    • 637 6 Iffl TOYOTA FOR SALE NEW TOYOTA PREMIO 1.5 Corona Japan. Silver. 1 week delivery. Call 9695-1171 6468-7555 NEW TOYOTA CAMRY 2 4 Japan Silver. 1 week delivery. Call 9695 1171 6468-7555 •01 TOYOTA PREVIA 2 4 7 seater. OMV $34,950. View at: Turf City B 31. Call 9695H71 6468-7555 4/02
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    • 321 7 flfl V^NS FOR SALE SPECIAL OFFER! MERCEDES VITO VAN 10 Seaters PA Plate (Auto) Other Model AviiUbte: 0 PUrti Toyitta LJtooo, Hioo 3/01 HlOO DIESEL. Power steering/ window. Tax 8/'O4. Orig well maintained. 6344-1918 MID '2000 L3OO. 5-dr diesei. Power steering. Orig well maintained. Aircon. Call: 6242-2192 9/'O2 BENZ VITO
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    • 551 7 (Wl 015-16 EAST COAST j^y pTr nTf EAST MEADOWS RESORT living 3+l 2mms to MRT. Pool view. Easy access to eateries/ amenities, f/furn $2K neg. Casey *****844 24-HR THE EAST Renting Specialist Team. All East projects avail. Studio to Penthouse. 9687-6549 COSTA RHU. OLIVA Blk. 2000 sqft. 4+l. P/ furn,
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    • 726 7 BJJjI HOUSES FOR RENlBEDebenham; I Tie Leung OPEN 4JS. HOUSE a 1-3PM NO. 9 Oriole Cres. Renovated. Cosy 1-storey bunglw. 3+2. Nice pool/ outdoor jacuzzi/ BBQ. Ouiet. $12.8K neg. 9695-9330 ffijDebenham* ■■Tie Leung BEST fJfICL PRICED D.16 RESORT TOWNHSE Only $2100. 3-storey. 4+l. Springfield. Next Bedok Mkt PI. Facilities. Security.
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    • 674 7 Wm SHORT-TERM Hy ACCOMMODATION D.lO/11 BT TIMAH pte entrance master rm $700/$9OO. 1/ 2 bdrms apts $1.3K51.7K. 1 rm 1 hall $1000. 9752 3667/ 9853 4933 BT TIMAH. NEAR Ngee Ann. Small cosy studio in a garden hse. $700. Own kitchen/ bathroom/ patio. 9387 7114/ 9383 5558 tCITY SOUTH-WEST HOUSES
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    • 763 7 WjTi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ KaC] TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE OPEN HOUSE (By Appointment) Gallop. This location cannot go wrong. Vicinity of Botanical Gdn. An ideal retirement home. 16.000 sqft. Pool. Price says buy! Cluny. Elevated wide frontage. 15.000 sqft. Best value!.. s4XX psf Cluny. Tropical retreat. 15,500 sqft. For nature lovers
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    • 613 8 BDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES SALE 0.10 MT. ECHO Branc new 2-Sto-rey bunglws basement. Pool pond. *****/ ***** sqft. F'hold. B+2. TOP 6/'O4. Call 9771-6341 D.IO HOLLAND GR. Luxurious 3storey semi-d. s+l bdrms. Well renovated. Walk to park/ MRT. 51.299M. HARVEST *****160 SI.6XM ONLY. 4200 sqft land. Orig hse seating
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    • 808 8 ■TTI DO9-10 ORCHARD/ tiL] TANGLIN/ HOLLAND VILLE ROYALE. 3 bdrms. 1292/ i 1044 sqft. Pool view. Well main- tained. Move in cond. Cuiet co- j I sy. Price neg. 9762-1313 OT D.lO NEARBY HENRY Pk. (Villa Azura) 1453 sq.ft. 3+l. English home. F/facilities. F'hold. $880,000 neg. Call 9069-6669 i HORIZON
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    • 713 8 ■TTI DM &21 NEWTON/ VT3I Oil &21 NEWTON/ Kyi BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI ■ftfiil BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE Luxury Condominium I HiflM "S Ml ii SS 9S 'H I* IK 'SS SI U f"l"li 1 li3l!«H Hajpjpjv^£ 4 J3M|iß|iißX|M^Z!i3DAi. «*^B^BliHi Located in the upmarket Bukit Timah district Close to prestigious
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    • 730 8 MAPLEWOODS CORAL CT 1335 sqft 3+l Face greenery. A1 decor. Rarely avail! *****993 CANAAN D.ll LA SUISSE 11. 1700 sqft. 3+l. Greenery view. Foreigner eligible. S7SOK neg! PH *****383 SHERWOOD TWR. 3+l. 1430 sq.ft. 99 yr. Panoramic view. Bt Timah Plaza. 5325K neg. 9006 2500 ■Wl 012-14 BALESTIER7 IlC£| MACPHERSOH7
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    • 774 8 HDI2-14 BALESTIER/ PHI 012-14 BALESTIER/ (fll Cl2-14 BALESTIER/ PHI 012-14 BALESTIER/ Vffl 012-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG LTIJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG Kfilj MACPHERSON/GEYLANG tfiiJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG fcOJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE APTS SALE HL^Ii^IL^L. ■HpTEAPTS^SALE a^B^B^B^B^B^B^F Bffi M '-< Bl I B I UCroysiG I I If, Choice unite from JJ M 28 th to 36 th
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    • 314 8 BDIS-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE BEAUTIFUL AFFORDABLE HSES KEW TERR: 3-STOREY BUNGLW 5000 sqft. Pool koi pond. s+2+ family basement, i Grand luxurious $I.XM SIGLAP CTR 2-STOREY TERR. 2200/ 2800 sqft. 4-rms. I Great location $I.IM SENNETT 2-STOREY TERR. 1850/ 2000+ sqft. 3+l. Totally remodelled at $200+K. i Valued 51.15M
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    • 395 8 ■Wjl 015-16 EAST COAST HOUSES SALE ••FRANKEL BEAUTIFUL 2WSTOREY bunqlw, 4500/ 6000 sq.ft. s+l. F'hold. Modern. 9007-9030 $888K NEG! F'HOLD 2 Storey Terr along Still Rd South (main rd). 5 rms. 3yrs decor. *****777 ARTHUR VICINITY. NEW 2 storey hse. Like bunglw. 7+l. F'hold. $329 psf neg! AGT: 9106 8111
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    • 417 8 Vfll Dl5-16 EAST COAST [PARADISE PALMS D.ISOWIiPUCpeW High Floor Units Available 1292/ 1324 sqft. 3+l rms Spacious/ Good Layout Pool, Tennis Gym Foreigners Eligible Showftat touted at 4 'lB-03 Viewing Ipm till 6pm Chris CtNMMf TlL 1 *****722 COSTA DEL-SOL BAYSHORE PARK High fir. Sea-view, near East Coast Pk. Excellent
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    • 1972 9 tDII S2l NEWTON/ RRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ RRI Dll f, 21 NEWTON/ Vffl Dll &21 NEWTON/ PRI Dll 21 NEWTON/ Rff| Dll S2l NEWTON/ BTIIMAH/CLEMENTI mEIM BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI mUM BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Kyi BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Kyi BT TIMAH/ CKMENTI Kyi BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE Jj PTEAPTS-SALE
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    • 761 9 WfTi Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ PfJI Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ PRI Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ PTJI Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ Kill THOMSON Kill THOMSON IJll THOMSON Kill THOMSON JJ I tf you are looking ton- Jy\ 5 minutes to shopping and Jr/Lmjiith, food hubs rt Heartland Man t ,uipj) andfatanOty j 444 Jf sw*^/ Covered carparks, swimming jj^i
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    • 303 9 I Because life should be this relaxing, i Up to 30% discount Immediate Occupation Minutes to Serangoon MRT MMHHPMPMHHM DB hougang view pte ltd M.I It MftTli: 11 It 'A V. iTTTM W^M W»-«l fvEW Pl«t (mn n Mjilt HcM) [i^a^MiMiUl^ Tel *****668 Immediate Occupation Next To Serangoon MRT! 2+l
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    • 150 9 Q Khousb h J N NERAM TERRACE ioo% lovely 2-Sty P-^B^ rise L999 2200 ft 2 Ig- 4+l rooms Nr mkt Nice no Face Nonti I^7 BANYAN I LENTOR rv£Z^s\ New cornef v^EßVUterr 5^ rms. 2700 3650 ft- F how ■W^P From $1 38M Also If SomiOs $I.43Mup 5799K SECURES
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    • 300 9 Wff% 025-28 Idij NORTH HOUSES -SALE BRING I^l CHEQUEJg|| BIG VALUE, IST class!!! 3storey semi-d <3> Jin Kayu. 3776/ 4320 sqft. High hill. Good classic renovation. Good location. *****807 brand! I NEWgggg 32 JLN KERUING. Fhold. 3-storey Corner terr. 6+l. 3250/4300 sqft Interterr s+l. 2160/3800 sq.ft. Sun 13PM. Hurry! Don't
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    • 394 10 B 025-28 NORTH HOUSES SALE 0.28 NEW! BIG! 2 storey corner terr. 3980/ 3600 sq.ft. 999 yrs. i Se'etar. $I.XXM! Agt *****833 GERALD DR. 3-STOREY semid. F'r-oid. 4+1. 2160/ 3300 sqft. Renovated. Call HB 9180-4032 IHb D.23 CHESTERVALE (Bt Panjang). Ground fir! 3+l+ balcony. 145 sqm. Spacious! F/renovated/ facilities. SE/
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    • 1111 10 Wfhl D25-28 NORTH ITTI D25-28 NORTH WTTf C25-28 NORTH WmJM TC APTS SALE DTCADTc.ci.r PTEAPTS-SALE For your brand new designer apartment at Ylshun Sapphire! ■HR^LHPif i,I. f\j Only 1% booking fee H9^^^Vi:4 j| f|lS^MH| Flexible payment terms* Wk «jta j llMpHB" Choice 3 4-bed room units llniA_^d'L4 *I J available
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    • 856 10 E5l H D °rL Af T S FOR SALE ITTI HDBAPTSFORSALE PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HOB APTS FOR SALE Pffl HDB APTS FOR SALE IRI HDB APTS FOR SALE nr nnir/rui.rucr> (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) U^ (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) Kttl (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) 1 ImH^M n p D C D T Y 1
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    • 595 10 TELOKBLANGAH) 1) 5 T Blk 115. Bt Merah Central, i 2) 5 'A' Blk 9 Rumah Tinggi #15. 3) 5 T Blk 49 T.Blangah Hgt. #15. i4) 3 'S' Irm. Upgraded C'wealth Cres 108. Renovated. 9389 1199 i APPEALING 3-RM 98 C wealth, high fir, lift level, marble. Near MRT/
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    • 579 10 BHDBAPTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKAWG) VENUS WANG yk^ 9060 ***** EXEC MAIS 107. Tech Whye. Rare' Exec Apt 679 $120K nice decor. I Exec Apt 453/ 454 #15 Golf Club view. 4 rms/aircon. View 2-5 pm Show ERA House ■f *t it Tare SUN 2-4PM BY appt. Low cash 5 T
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    • 478 10 j I MACPHERSON) 3-RM JALAN BATU. High fir. Lift i level. No noon sun. Market/ Food j centre/ S/pool. View to offer! All j races. Call Roy @> *****081 CBS j 4'S' 349 ÜBI Ave 1. High fir. Next to corner. Renovated. Malay hse. 5T Blk 340 walk-up, corner. F/
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    • 578 10 EUmJ (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ I YIO CHU K ANG j *±'J^ |1 |I »i J.^ tftT M* 1 5 T CORNER S'goon N Blk 502. High fir. Renovated. Marble fir. 4 bdrms. Lift landing. Unblocked. Amenities. Sharlyn *****438 8LK.247 HOUGANG 3'tRM Cor ner, low fir. Move-in. Near MRT/ sch/ mkt. BV
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    • 622 10 Wjtjl HDB APTS FOR SALE I^JUURONG) show ERA House EXEC APT JURONG E Blk 287 A Near Jurong E MRT/ IMM/ schs. 1550 sq.ft. 3+ study. 6 yrs cnly. Corner. Unblocked. 9107-8070 HURRY! EN-BLOC POTENTIAL! Pandan Gdn Blk 402. 4'NG' cor I ner. Well maintained. Good facing. Near amenities. 9639-7869
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    • 669 11 Bf| HDB APTS FOR SALE I |^9 (PASIR RIS/CHANGI) PASIR RIS SPECIALIST Exec Mais 585. Urgent! 2 mins to MRT/ amenities. High fir Exec Apt 459 (2 units). Facing seashell park. Sea view Exec Apt 579. High fir. Corner, j 2 mins to MRT. Big living area Exec Apt 583.
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    • 650 11 Hfl HDB A"TS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) ■XEC MAIS BLK 148/ srms corner I 3lk 298. High fir. Unblocked. Va- ant. Renovated! Amenities. Be- < OW HDB value. *****-328 RS i .IFT LEVEL. HIGH fir. 4 A' 282 Spacious layout. NS. facing. Near ;chs/ amenities. Valued 5255K Serious seller. 9199 9167
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    • 980 11 RVI HDB APTS FOR SALE EliJ (TOAPAYOH/ POTONGPASIR) ShOW ERA House [ODAY! 2-4PM. 5 T corner 37. 570K renovation. Unblocked. 802 Lift level. 7 yrs old. SSOK beow HDB value. Wang 9455-1509 T BLK 163. 802. Lor. 1 T. Pa/Oh./ 4 'AV Blk 11. 807. Lor. 8 T. 3 ayoh.
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    • 943 11 |?71 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) OPEN HSE -SUN 11/4/04 2 4pm Blk 512 Exec Apt, 5 yrs. MRT. Low fir. Renovated. 4 spacious rms. Malay owner. 9169-2625 C&H choice|#| URGENT SALE! 5262K. 5 T blk. 757 Corner. Big bdrms. Bright Windy. New renovation. Easy access bus Stop/ MRT. 9062-8300
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