The Straits Times, 18 November 2004

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  • 664 1  - Creative in bold bid to be kingpin of digital music Billy Teo $165 m set aside for worldwide advertising blitz to win a bigger slice of MP3 market By wewrwerwerwe wewerwerew werwrewrewr HOMEGROWN multinational Creative Technology is spending US$lOO million (Ssl6s million) worldwide m a major marketing blitz next year
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  • 546 1  -  Ben Nadarajan By Jovial and fun-loving MS TAN NEE NEE, 35, was found sprawled face-down with bruise marks around her neck at her New Jersey home in the United States last Thursday. The software engineer had worked in New Jersey for six years.
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  • UP FRONT
    • 1050 1  -  Chua Chin Hon By Ch ina Correspondent l\ Shanghai POETS try to see the world m a grain of sand. Mr Edmund Chua, the man tasked with selling Singapore to the Chinese tourists, has a decidedly more homely view of things. When
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 36 2 Foiled heist More than 100 armed men storm a Beijing building and apparently try to rob 33 jewellers. PAGE 8 State of emergency Civil emergency rule m Aceh is extended by six months. PAGE 12
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    • 36 2 Hostage feared dead Militants m Iraq are believed to have killed Margaret Hassan. PAGE 18 No robots, please Prince Charles complains that modern education is creating robots instead of instilling love of learning. PAGE 24
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    • 18 2 Teaching of Chinese The changes m how the language is taught can only be good. PAGE 27
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    • 58 2 Bus driver fined $500 fine and threemonth ban for running over a woman's foot. PAGE HI Casino pay-offs Economist says a casino resort can contribute at least 1 to 2 per cent to Singapore's GDP. PAGEH2 Securing R&D future DPM Tony Tan talks about the need to encourage more
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    • 52 2 No customer service Inadequate parking spots, overcrowded sites, pig sty of a cafetaria, high prices, indifferent staff. Reader laments the poor service at Sentosa. PAGE Hl4 Major changes needed Reacting to the article "Spore slipping m service ranking", a reader suggests three things industry can do to break the
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    • 34 2 Japan 1 Singapore 0 Singapore loses, but puts m a confidence-boosting performance m this soccer World Cup qualifier. PAGEHIB 2012 Olympics bid Paris launches its final push to host the premier event. PAGEHI9
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    • 55 2 Export figures up Singapore non-oil domestic exports expanded by a healthy 11.9 per cent last month from a year ago, but there are signs of a slowdown. PAGE H32 Good practice guide The Monetary Authority of Singapore lays down, for the first time, a set of guidelines of good
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    • 199 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3&4 Asia 6-14 World 18-25 Review 26-29 FYI 30 SECTION TWO Home Hl-11 Forum Hl4 Sports HlB-21 Obituaries H22 Money H23-32 LIFE! Buzz L2&L22 News L 4-5 Special L 6-10, Ll5-17 Arts Ll2, Ll4 Books Ll3 Movies LlB-19 Events L2O TV L2l LJ^^)^*^ Bk^BianaHß_n__U_Ußßß_____M 9 K^r^ .JBSSSo^
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  • PRIME
    • 550 3  - 3rd quarter weaker than expected Audrey Tan Hit by higher oil prices and lower biomedical output; year's forecast is now half point lower By Assistant Money Editor A BIT of the froth has gone off Singapore's heady economic growth this year. Higher oil prices and unexpectedly lower biomedical output made
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    • 632 3  - S'porean UN man cleared of graft and sex charges Betsy Pisik By Straits Times US Bureau New York SUPPORT OF UN CHIEF "He has so informed Mr Nair, and said he has every confidence that the good work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services under his leadership will continue."
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    • 678 4  -  V.K. Raghunathan PM Singh starts phased withdrawal to win support m disputed territory By India Correspondent In New Delhi PEACE MOVES "I have a dream and a firm belief that we can and we shall build a new Kashmir which will become a symbol
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    • 30 4 Leasehold vs freehold I jB V^fl In a new study, researchers have exploded myths about the kind of property that best retains value m Singapore. Today m The Business Times
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  • ASIA
    • 823 6  -  Lee Seok Hwai Chinese couples turn to one-stop centres to help them go their separate ways By "A highly educated couple.-.split because they fought over whose surname their children should take. Another client from Beijing divorced her husband because he refused to turn down the
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    • CHINA
      • 405 8 HK centre was slow to alert the authorities of a mystery illness Mono Kong HONG KONG'S health chiefs and lawmakers rebuked hospital officials yesterday for not informing them quickly enough when dozens of children m paediatric wards fell ill with a mysterious respiratory
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      • 269 8 HK's richest woman can fight ruling stripping her wealth Hong Kong A HONG KONG court yesterday allowed the territory's richest woman to appeal against a ruling that stripped her of her husband's billiondollar estate, an official said. In June, the same Court of Appeal dismissed Mrs Nina Wang's appeal and
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      • 101 8 A Chinese cleaner entering a beetleshaped toilet at a park m Beijing yesterday. China, flushed with pride over its successful Olympics bid, added another feather to its cap by playing host to the fourth annual World Toilet Summit, which kicked off yesterday. The Chinese capital
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      • 309 8 Beijing MORE than 100 men clad m camouflage uniforms and armed with batons and guns stormed into a building here and rounded up 33 jewellers. The armed men beat up some of the merchants who resisted. They also snatched the cellphones and wallets
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      • 315 8 I long Kong SOME illegal newspapers and magazines m China are deploying bogus journalists to extort money from wrongdoers, who would willingly pay up than risk prosecution from exposes, a report has said. Most of these publications are registered outside mainland China and have
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      • Article, Illustration
        67 9 Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui and two models, dressed like characters pom a Japanese comic book, pose for PHOTO: publicity shots to promote a new website m a bid to attract young voters. Mr Lee (centre) is wearing the costume of a Japanese kendo sword master. The photos
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      • 230 9 Taipei CANDIDATES for Taiwan's parliamentary polls next month drew numbers for their places on the ballot papers yesterday m a traditionally flamboyant display marked by a few brawls. Vying for the media spotlight, some candidates donned flashy costumes to impersonate famous movie stars
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      • 297 9 Fai pei KINMEN magistrate Lee Chu-feng has suggested adopting the "one country, two systems" policy for the outlying Taiwanese island should Taiwan declare independence. Mr Lee told the county assembly that "it is not a bad idea if Kinmen gradually becomes similar to
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      • 475 9  -  Gon Sui Noi LAWRENCE CHUNG It slams his call for chartered flights and talks, and accuse him oi being up to old tricks Hy fiina .01 respondent In Beijing ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHINA yesterday rejected Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's suggestion of direct chartered flights for
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    • ASIA
      • 494 10 Work and flight schedules changed to ensure entrance test runs smoothly Seoui "I will set my prayer times according to my son's exam times. While he takes an exam, I will pray. When my son takes a break, I will do so as well."
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      • 343 10 Seoul NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II has ordered the removal of his portrait from display throughout the communist state, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported yesterday. It said the move signalled a scaling back of the decades-old personality cult built
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      • 189 10 LDP plans to overhaul Constitution rOKYO JAPAN'S ruling party is eyeing an overhaul of its post-war pacifist Constitution to allow the military to use force m international missions, let a woman ascend the throne and to officially designate the emperor head of state, according to a draft proposal released yesterday.
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 280 12 I k \i< i AT Ll ASI six people were killed and nine injured m a seven-car pile-up just outside Jakarta yesterday when police stopped traffic to make way for the President's motorcade, officials and reports said. Presidential spokesman Andi Malarangeng initially accused
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      • 386 12 Yudhoyono says six-month extension needed to maintain momentum of anti-rebel drive Jakarta INDONESIA'S President yesterday extended by six months a state of civil emergency m the conflict-torn province of Aceh. The move by Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono comes as the toll m an 18-month military operation
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      • 191 12 Jakarta INDONESIAN police chiefs said yesterday they will reinforce security forces m the province of Central Sulawesi. A bomb attack there last week left six dead and prompted fears of more sectarian violence. National police chief Dai Bachtiar told reporters that the Brimob elite paramilitary
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
      • 471 14 In a rare comment on politics, she asks for support for the fight against unrest Bangkok THAILAND'S Queen Sirikit has urged Thais to work with the government m its fight against the violence m the largely Muslim south where almost 500 people have been
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      • 282 14 Kuaia Lumpur A GOVERNMENT proposal to make traffic violations a seizable offence has received a flat "no" from public interest groups and individuals. Even Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy felt that the matter needed careful study. "We cannot do something drastic," he said, adding that
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      • 287 14 Tarlac (Philippines) PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo yesterday ordered the replacement of soldiers and police guarding a farm controlled by the family of former president Corazon Aquino after deadly riots involving striking workers claimed as many as seven lives. Police said four protesters were killed and 16
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
        • 111 14 TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said yesterday that Japan would deliver food aid to North Korea despite Tokyo's dissatisfaction with talks last week on the fate of its citizens kidnapped by the communist state m the 1970s and 1980s. Mr Koizumi has
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        • 120 14 HONG KONG: Excessive use of underground water over the years is posing a serious threat to urban infrastructures m China, an official has said. The unnamed official cited land subsidence m at least 46 cities and cracks m some places across China. As a result of
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        • 85 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Human-rights activists urged the Malaysian government yesterday to investigate a prison where hundreds of inmates were allegedly refusing food and drink to protest at their detention and living conditions. More than 230 inmates at the Simpang Renggam prison camp began a hunger
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        • 90 14 MANILA: A senior police officer has been arrested for the July 30 killing of a radio broadcaster, among 10 journalists to have been murdered m the Philippines this year, police said yesterday. Senior police officer Apolonio Medrano was arrested on Tuesday and is the main
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        • 99 14 BEIJING: China and the United States launched a programme yesterday to study ways to use advanced US technology to reduce pollution from Chinese vehicles, the first such joint project of its kind. The two countries' environmental protection agencies signed an agreement kicking off a
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    • 248 6 Lost fortune? Court allows HK's richest woman Nina Wang to appeal against a ruling which stripped her of husband's estate, PAGE 8 EXAM FEVER IN S. KOREA *s mr JW mmmmmm*stv pAs mm% t* i *l 188 mmawm mW a__ mmmw College hopefuls take national entrance tests, with cheering teams
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  • WORLD
    • 806 18 Blindfolded woman believed to be Margaret Hassan shot m head on video Baghdad AID worker Margaret Hassan, who spent much of her life helping the people of Iraq, was believed yesterday to have been murdered by her kidnappers after a video emerged
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    • 384 18 United Nations SECRETARY-General Kofi Annan's reluctance to commit large UN staff members to Iraq and his comments about the war have strained relations with the US administration. United Nations supporters and critics say they have also left Americans bewildered. Mr Annan withdrew staff members from Iraq
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    • 244 18 FRENCH President Jacques Chirac has said he is "not at all sure" that the world has become safer since the downfall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In a BBC television interview, to be aired late yesterday, Mr Chirac suggested on the eve of an official
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    • 92 19 "There are, m international relations, pools of dishonesty m many areas... most countries do not reveal their true positions on permanent membership. The US, for example. On record, the US has said that it supports the expansion of the Security Council. The real position of the US...
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    • 110 19 "No one can replace American power. Europe doesn't have a single European foreign policy... l was m Europe last week. When you are m a room full of Europeans listening to them discussing the future of Europe, you don't get much optimism. There's no sense
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    • 144 19 "The oil-for-food programme is a very difficult subject to speak about... the P-5 (five permanent UN Security Council members) were the only ones who understood what was going on. And frankly if you wanted to do some honest accounting of what went wrong, I think it'd
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    • 547 19  - Iraq poll 'to strain US-UN relations William Choong Former Spore UN envoy says the election will expose major differences between the two By EXPECT tensions between the United States and the United Nations to intensify over the next two months m the run-up to the Iraqi election, says Mr Kishore
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    • 228 19 THE appointment of Condoleezza Rice as the new American Secretary of State will herald continuity m Washington's policy on key Asian issues such as Taiwan and North Korea, said Mr Kishore Mahbubani. "The good news about Rice is that there is more likely to be
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    • 559 20  -  Roger Mitton PM Lee expected to cement already warm bilateral ties with US at meeting By US Bureau Chief In Santiago THE leaders of Apec nations have already started to gather m Santiago for their annual summit meeting this weekend. Perhaps the most eagerly
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    • 415 20 Santiago MEETINGS between ministers can be tedious affairs. So when the bilateral ministerials began here on Tuesday, there was an air of subdued excitement. Surely, there was something funkier to be done on a bright sunny afternoon m Latin America? Apparently not.
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    • 321 20 Santiago IN THE first diplomatic spat at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, Taiwan pulled out a promotional video after China complained that it incorrectly referred to the island as a "nation". Part of the video, which had been playing 10 times daily on television
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    • 591 21  - S'pore sees potential investments in Turkey Azhar Ghani Visiting Singapore delegation led by SM Goh briefed on its business climate By In Istanbui SINGAPORE is keen to explore opportunities m Turkey, but potential investors will first need to understand the business and investment climate m the country before embarking on
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    • 717 21  -  MassoudA. Derhally In the last of a three-part series on the economic outlook for the Middle East, we look at private and Islamic banking m the Gulf By For The Straits Times In Amman THEY used to fly m from Geneva and
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    • 469 21  -  MASSOUDA. DERHALLY BLOSSOMING MARKET "This market is flourishing because more and more products are coming to market and more people are interested m doing Islamic finance as opposed to conventional. If you give them an alternative, people shift." MR MOHAMAD TOUFIC KANAFANI, CEO
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    • 498 24 It should focus on instilling a love of learning instead, says Prince Charles London TOO much of modern education is aimed at turning students into "better robots" rather than inquiring human beings, Prince Charles has said. According to news reports, he accused "education experts" of
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    • 245 24 Las Vegas WEIGHT-LOSS experts have a novel prescription for people who want to shed pounds get some sleep. A large study has found a surprisingly strong link between the amount of shut-eye people get and their risk of becoming obese. Those who
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    • 146 24 THIS is not the first time that Prince Charles has stirred controversy. He has done so m the past with blunt comments on the skyscrapers m London and on genetics: >> The trend towards building ever higher skyscrapers was like taking "commercial macho into the realms of adolescent
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 138 24 VIENNA: Iran bought blueprints of a nuclear bomb from the same black-market network that gave Libya such diagrams and continues to enrich uranium despite a commitment to suspend the technology that can be used for atomic weapons, an Iranian opposition group said. Mr Farid Soleimani,
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      • 150 24 BRUSSELS: A Belgian senator of Moroccan descent who criticised radical Islam is being protected by the police after having received "serious threats", a Socialist party official said yesterday. The threat comes after the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who angered many Muslims with
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      • 125 24 ABIDJAN: Backers of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo cried foul on Tuesday after the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo on the divided West African state after 10 days of turmoil that sparked an exodus of foreigners and nationals. "I am disappointed by the
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      • 116 24 LOS ANGELES: An 86-year-old alleged American sex tourist was arrested as he headed to the Philippines, armed with chocolates and sex toys, to sleep with preteen girls, a court heard on Tuesday. John Seljan was taken to court m a wheelchair. US Immigration and
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      • 126 24 STRASBOURG (France): Mr Jose Manuel Barroso's revamped European Commission was on course for easy confirmation today after his changed nominees breezed through European Parliament hearings on Tuesday. The successful hearings mean the incoming commission president should be able to win broad parliamentary support for his team
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      • 153 25 TWO weeks after his failed White House bid, Mr John Kerry has returned to the US Senate with no special standing among fellow Democrats despite months m the spotlight as the party's presidential candidate. Mr Harry Reid, newly anointed Democratic leader m the Senate, said
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      • 199 25 WHEN Mr Scan Shannon goes to the theatre, no one could blame him for shouting "Get on with it" when Hamlet delivers his famous "To be or not to be" speech. For the past 15 years, the Canadian businessman has held the record for being
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      • 496 25 MR BILL Clinton will open his US$l65 million (Ss27o million) presidential library the most expensive of the 12 presidential libraries m the nation m his native Arkansas today. Featuring a box-like structure extending over the Arkansas River, it was designed to evoke his oftexpressed goal
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    • 375 26 ENGLISH -speaking Chinese households, which according to Education Ministry data form about half the population, should be resounding to a collective sigh of relief over the updated methods of Chinese-language teaching. But this would not be unalloyed satisfaction: The onus shifts to their young to apply
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    • 1905 26 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was interviewed by members of the Indonesia Editors' Club when he was m Jakarta on Nov 9 to call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This is an edited extract from the transcript. ONE OF President Yudhoyono's mission
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    • 259 26 >> THERE seems to be a new attitude m Singapore: You are thinking about starting a gambling facility. In the old days, there seemed to be an agreement between Lee Kuan Yew and former president Suharto not to have any gambling facilities nearby Singapore. Is
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    • 977 27  -  Terence Tan This editorial appeared m the Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao on Nov 16. Translated by Lianhh Zaobao A REPORT by a panel set up m February to review the Chinese curriculum and the teaching of the language was officially released on Monday, and will be
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    • 623 27  -  Ho Ai Li By I EDUCATION Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam called the changes "fundamental", but m truth they are nothing less than a revolution m the way the Chinese language will be learnt. What is behind the revolution? One major change m Singapore
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    • 968 28  -  Andy Ho ILLUSTRATION By Senior Writer By staying connected while mentoring their eventual replacements, retirees remain active and feel appreciated. Today's higher standards of living mean that the older worker will also require more resources to retire comfortably than his parents did. IF YOU were an employee
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    • 894 28  -  Daljit Singh By For The Straits Times IN ASIA, several governments have been pleased with the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as President of the United States, m part because he is expected to be resolute on security issues. But resoluteness,
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    • 1584 29 THE LUNCH INTERVIEW High-flier Janet Tan is the founder and chief executive of listed A-Sonic Aerospace, which supplies aircraft equipment Now f she is boldly taking the company further to actually being co-owner of an airline. Audrey Tan, Assistant Money Editor, finds out why, for Ms
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    • 222 26 Retirement by phases With an ageing population and fewer young people entering the workforce, there is a strong case for flexi retirement. PAGE 28 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, IOOOToa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, 3 ***** ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior Executive
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    • 10 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18, 20 0 4
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    • 742 1  -  Elena Chong Bus ran over wife's foot and she died later of stroke; driver is fined By I HoAI Li "My face changed colour and I threw up." DR TENG (left), with hand-drawn portraits of himself and his wife, on what happened when Mrs
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    • 674 2 FORUM ON GAMING The 230 people at a public forum on merits of a casino yesterday were almost equally split, with slightly more than half for the proposal, report Joyce Teo and Tan Tarn How A CASINO resort may boost Singapore's Gross Domestic
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    • 219 2 NOT ON ANY TERMS "We are against having a casino. That's even if we were to have restrictions. If the casino does not work well, there is the possibility that restrictions may be relaxed to attract more people." USTAZ AZMI ABDUL SAMAD of the Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious
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    • 223 2 LOOK AFTER YOURSELF "Whatever comes, you must learn how to protect yourself. There is a Chinese proverb, yinye feishi, which means 'Don't starve yourself just because you are afraid of choking. MADAM CHUA FOO YONG of MediaCorp TV. GAMBLING CULTURE "Don't think that you are a society of virgins.
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    • 144 2 FLOWERING OF A LIFETIME'S WORK You could say the talipot palm eats, flowers and dies. During the flowering stage, a rare botanic event as it happens only once m the palm's lifespan, the plant can sprout as many as 20 million flowers, m a cluster which can be up to
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    • 411 2 GOOD moral arguments can be marshalled m support of a casino as much as they can be posed against building one, said panellists m a public think-tank forum yesterday. One is that as "individuals freely choose to gamble, it is no business of others
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    • 471 4  -  Salma Khali k Lower premiums for doctors may mean patients pay less By Health Correspondent A DROP m the number of medical negligence suits over the past few years spells some relief for doctors and patients. The number of claims against doctors
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    • 140 4 IN JULY 2001, the High Court awarded a record $2.5 million m damages to Madam Gunapathy Muniandy (above), who was left partially paralysed after treatment for a brain tumour. The court ruled that neurosurgeon James Khoo and radiation oncologist Khor Tong Hong had been negligent.
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    • 420 4  -  TANYA FONG NICOLL HIGHWAY INQUIRY THE hearing on the Nicoll Highway collapse resumed yesterday with a senior structural engineer with the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Miss Shirley Sivakumaran, taking the stand. The new witness is from the LTA design team, which looks
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    • 458 5  -  Chang Ai-Lien Natalie Sou GENETICS CONFERENCE Move will also encourage more basic research and is to be carried out within two years, says DPM Tan By LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR LEAD "We need to improve our structures to invest more resources
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    • 511 5 SCIENTISTS have uncovered at least half a dozen genes which could predispose a person to becoming an alcoholic or drug addict, or protect him from going down that road. These small genetic differences, they say, could also point the way towards curing people of
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    • 289 5 IN A first for research hub Biopolis, a patent firm has put itself m the thick of the action by setting up at the heart of the scientific community there. International firm Lloyd Wise hopes to play a role m building up
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    • 500 7  -  Karamjit Kaur Move is seen as counter to Valuair's plans to fly there; price cuts also made for other sectors eyed by no-frills carriers B\ Transport Correspondent COMPETITION BENEFITS CONSUMERS, SAYS VALUAIR "SIA and Qantas are offering promotional fares
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    • 503 7  - Defence closes case, but photo puzzle remains Selina Lum TRIAL ON SOLDIER'S DEATH By AFTER 36 days, the defence yesterday closed its case m the trial of four commandos charged with rashly causing the death of a soldier, as three people denied the existence of mysterious photos a defence witness
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 471 8  -  Any immigration 'gaps' discovered so far have been 'closed' By I Lynn Lee DETAILS of how vegetable packer Took Leng How managed to leave Singapore even though his passport had been impounded are best not discussed m public as the police
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      • 461 8  - No independent media? S'pore model is different By Asad Latif SINGAPORE'S reputation as a global city will not be affected by international media organisation Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) ranking the Republic as the lowest developed country m terms of press freedom. Making this point m a written reply to Non-Constituen-cy
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      • 411 8 THE Government will not charge interest on unpaid estate duty m the six months after an individual's death, a change from the current practice where interest is charged from date of death. The change will apply from January, and will effectively give
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      • 377 8 Longer tax breaks to attract more MNCs to invest LUXURY IN DEATH "In most of the cases the money spent on a funeral is the deceased's own money in the first place. He should be allowed to lavish on himself for the last time." MR CHIAM A DEAD LOSS "Sir,
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        • 156 8 THE Education Ministry is considering using computers m school examinations for subjects other than computer-re-lated ones. One possibility is m oral exams, which test students' pronunciation, said Minister of State for Education Chan Soo Sen m Parliament yesterday. But any such change will be introduced
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        • 142 8 POLICE are stepping up checks on vice activities around the Orchard Towers and Orchard Plaza areas, and are also videotaping women soliciting there m order to stamp out the problem at these malls. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng revealed this m his written
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        • 198 8 FACTORIES, shops and hawker stalls that received rental rebates from government agencies to help them tide over the economic downturn will know by the end of this month whether they will continue to enjoy lower rents. The decision will be taken when these
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      • 473 9  - Goodbye Iris, hello Irin for tax e- services The new system will allow taxpayers to retrieve and view tax information online By I D avid Bofy THE taxman will roll out a new In-ternet-based service from next month that is designed to allow individuals and corporations to settle their tax
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        • 129 9 FORMER criminals are not discriminated against when applying for passes at Changi Airport's Cargo Complex, but like everyone else, their backgrounds are checked. Such screening is required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Also, the area is a "key installation", with cargo destined for overseas
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        • 187 9 THE Singapore Disability Sports Council and Special Olympics Singapore could work with private-sector partners to create schemes that recognise the achievements of their athletes. This suggestion came from Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, m a reply to
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        • 128 9 ALTHOUGH it is only 10 months old, the Home Ownership Plus Education scheme has given hope to far more needy families than expected. Popularly known as Hope, the scheme has attracted 630 small and needy families. Of these, 375 were given grants for
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      • 394 9  -  Azrin Asmani By PLANS to turn the grand old dame m the local sporting scene the National Stadium m Kallang into a $650 million sprawling sports hub are under way. The tender to "design, construct and operate" the hub will be open
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      • 422 9 DR CHEE Soon Juan has failed to meet a court-imposed deadline to file his closing submissions m a case concerning damages he has to pay for defaming Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore Democratic Party
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      • 779 9  -  Chua Mui Hoong FROM THE GALLERY By A FORMER classmate from America was m town recently, with a long list of things he wanted to do m Singapore during his 36 hours here. A Singaporean friend and I took him to the Botanic Gardens
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      • 442 10  -  BILLY TEO Designers had to start anew on Zen Micro after iPod Mini arrived m July ABOUT one year ago. Creative Technology gave 100 designers and engineers a simple brief: come up with a simple palm-size MP3 player one that would outdo the
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      • 688 10  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By Billy Teo OF ALL the gadgets and gizmos this year, the iPod and the iPod Mini MP3 players from Apple Computer have stolen the limelight. Since iPod's launch m October 2001, it has become a cultural icon among yuppies, the fashionable and
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      • 108 10  -  SHARON DE CASTRO COMPILED BY Creative's Zen Micro Features: 10 colours, SGB, 12-hour battery life Price: $529 Supported playback formats: WMA, MP3, WAV >> Download format for protected songs: WMA,MP3 Buy songs online from Soundßuzz' (250,000 songs), Star Hub's Play (100,000 songs), and other sites powered
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      • 396 10  -  Chua Mian Hou By Mighty hook-up RESEARCHERS at the National University of Singapore will be able to run complex experiments like financial modelling and protein analysis using the largest computer grid to be set up m one location here. The grid,
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      • 491 11  -  Radha Basu Alexis Hooi Dunman Sec lowers classroom temperatures with help from SIA By FAST RESULTS "When we were first asked to try out the project, we didn't realise we would see results so fast. 11 CLARA CHAN (left), a Secondary 3 student, on
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      • 891 11  -  Maria Almenoar How do you tell 300 polytechnic students about facing up to the challenges of the future? Mr Lim Swee Say told them stories about shopping for adidas shoes, a tuk-tuk driver m Thailand and being a die-hard fan of Arsenal
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    • FORUM
      • 706 14 CUSTOMER SERVICE, OR THE LACK OF IT WHAT'S LACKING IN SINGAPORE My next trip? Indonesia or Malaysia, where the service is better and always provided with a smile. THERE has been substantial debate about the falling standards of customer
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      • 260 14 I AM saddened to learn that Singapore has slipped m cus-tomer-orientation rankings. Perhaps our retailers could learn from my pleasant experience shopping m 1995 at Macy New York m the United States, which ranked second, after Japan. My friend and I, both
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      • 329 14 I REFER to the article. "Spore slipping m service ranking" (ST, Nov 10). Singapore was ranked 21st for customer orientation m the Global Competitiveness Report this year. This was down 13 places from 1999, when it was placed eighth. Minister m the Prime Minister's
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      • 92 14 I REFER to the article, "Spore slipping m service ranking" (ST, Nov 10). Companies should send their service staff on a Star Cruises cruise to experience first-class service. I am a frequent passenger. From the washroom attendants to the managers, the cruise
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      • 97 14 Supermart to act on feedback I REFER to the letter, "A 'Happy Deepavali' would have been nice" (ST, Nov 13), by Mr K. Rajamanikam. We appreciate and have taken serious note of the feedback regarding the matter of Deepavali festive decorations and greetings by shop staff. At Cold Storage, we
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      • 108 14 NOW that the Hungry Ghost Month is behind us, could something be done to educate those who burn incense paper to be more considerate? As the ritual commences m August, when the winds are stronger, care should be taken as to where the burning is carried out,
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    • SPECIAL Fuji Xerox Towers Opening
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        1042 15 Under one roof Fuji Xerox, which started out as a copier company, is now a leading provider of document and knowledge management solutions and its swank new premises is proof of its quality brand, reports Cheok Soh Hui AFTER nearly 40 years ol operations here, Fuji Xerox Singapore has transformed
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      • 927 16 Centres of in res of innovation Mdm Wendy Ow, 46 Inventory planning executive With the company: 25 years "NOW that we are together under one roof, we're able to forge closer working relationships." Mdm Wardah Bte Mohd Din, 45, Electronic sales executive With the company: 20 years "NOW that we
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    • SPORTS
      • 541 18  -  Marc Lim SOCCER By IT COULD have been much more, but m the end, one goal was all that separated Singapore from Asian champions Japan m their inconsequential World Cup qualifying match m Saitama yesterday. The Lions rode their luck at
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      • 841 18 Kuwait advance to second round of World Cup qualifying m a night of high scores Guangzhou THE Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan had warned the four teams against any "funny business". Today, he will have his hands full wondering what to
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      • 93 18 BOTH China and Kuwait tied on points before last night's matches. But Kuwait had a superior goal difference of two. Here's how the goals flowed: 10 min China 1-0 15 Kuwait 1-0 19 Kuwait 1-1 42 China 2-0 44 China 3-0 Half-time: China hold upper hand 47 China
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      • 515 18 Madrid REAL Madrid want David Beckham to play for them until the end of his career. The Telegraph revealed yesterday that the Spanish side have offered to extend the England captain's contract at the Bernabeu to beyond his 34th birthday m 2009.
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      • 582 19  - Henry kick- starts Paris 2012 Olympic bid Tay Cheng Khoon OLYMPICS City's trump card: Athletes need not travel more than 10min to venues By! Deputy Sports Editor PARIS yesterday paraded its twin attractions as the French capital launched its final push to host the 2012 Olympics: classy Theirry Henry and
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      • 425 19  -  Chan Yi Shen TABLE TENNIS By SINGAPORE'S male paddlers captured two golds at the Vietnam South-east Asia Games last year. But for their return to Ho Chi Minh City for this week's Southeast Asia table tennis championships, the target is just one
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      • 350 19 NEW YORK Its profile on the world stage is unsurpassed, and the rebuilding process following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks would give an emotive appeal to a New York Games. Direct American involvement inevitably makes the task of marketing the Games easier,
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      • 596 20  -  Peh Suing Huei BADMINTON Any further loss of big names can take shine off event hit by late withdrawals By ORGANISERS of the Aviva Open Singapore heaved a sigh of relief yesterday as most of the top seeds cleared the first round comfortably. A
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      • 428 20 Tournament details Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium. Date: Till Sunday. Prize money: US$l7O,OOO (*****,000). Category: Five-star. Season ticket: $43. Today's ticket prices: Adults $7, senior citizens and students (13 to 17) $4, children free. Pick of today's matches 9.45 am: Li Yujia/Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
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      • HOME SPORTS
        • 67 20 ACE SWIM claimed their third straight Junior InterClub Swimming Meet overall title at the People's Association Youth Swim Club over the weekend. Ace garnered 878.5 points through their 23 golds, 11 silvers and 15 bronzes m the competition for those 12 and under. Singapore
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        • 82 20 THE Institute of Technical Education's Under-20 boys' rugby team are just one tournament away from making the Ml Series U-20 Championship title their own when the third and final round of the 10-a-side series is played tomorrow. If they win, they will be the first school
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      • 455 20 BASKETBALL Minneapolis DWYANE Wade returned from an ankle injury and played an amazing first half, scoring 20 of his 25 points. His partner, Shaquille O'Neal, added 20 points and 15 rebounds. But they were not enough to stop an all-round effort from the National
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  455 words
      • 193 20 DO NOT be surprised if Singapore's next bright golf professional comes from Naval Base Primary School The school started its Tiger Cubs Golf Programme last year, and hopes that by bringing the sport to pupils m the heartland, the kids will have an extra career option
        STEVEN LEE  -  193 words
      • 403 20 Hewitt closes in on No 2 ranking TENNIS Houston AUSTRALIAN Lleyton Hewitt rallied to beat Carlos Moya of Spain 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4 m a firstround match at the ATP Masters Cup Championships on Tuesday and retained a chance to catch Andy Roddick for the No 2 ranking this year.
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  403 words
      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 109 21 NEW YORK: AMERICAN television network ABC had to apologise on Tuesday for a suggestive National Football League pre-game segment m which Philadelphia receiver Terrell Owens was seduced by Nicolette Sheridan, an actress on ABC's new hit series Desperate Housewives. The scene, shown before Philadelphia's 49-21
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        • 63 21 LONDON: The Football Association of England has lodged a written complaint with Uefa over racist abuse aimed at England's Under-21 players during Tuesday's 0-1 defeat by Spain. Strikers Carlton Cole and Darren Bent were subjected to monkey chants during the first half of the friendly
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        • 109 21 LONDON: Malcolm Glazer's attempt to launch a bid for English Premier League soccer club Manchester United appears to be m further trouble as two investment banks have ruled themselves out as potential financial backers. Deutsche Bank, which was bombarded with blank paper faxes and bogus
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        • 75 21 LONDON: Arsenal striker Thierry Henry is still bothered by an Achilles injury which first surfaced last season, reported The Sun. But the footballer, who has netted 14 goals for the English champions this season, vowed to continue playing, saying: "I am m pain and
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      • 609 21 BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore, Ist rd, men's singles: Peter GadeChristensen (Den) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 15-2 15-2, P. Gopichand (Ind) bt Pei Wei Chung (Mas) 15-8 15-5, Anders Boesen (Den) bt Aaron Tan Wai Kiat (Sin) 15-415-1, Yohan Hadikusum Wiratama (Hkg) bt Lv Jun (Sin) 15-1 1 5-3, Dicky
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    • OBITUARIES
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        330 21 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be m want.... and I will dwell m the house W of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 CHIANG SHOO CHIN CHIUNH SOCK KHENG Age: 64 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 November 2004. Dearly missed and always remembered
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        31 21 Fl With hond Memories Of II YEO AH CHYE Departed 18/11/1998 (ione from our lives one mi cle.ir. but m our beans forever near Always remembered by loved ones m m
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        359 21 am the Resurrection and the lift, lie who helieres m Ml will lire, even though he dies' John 11:25 FOCK YING WAH Age: 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 Nov 2004, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: How Poh Lin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Fock Kwong Chung
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        185 21 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Professor Fock Kwong Ming and Family on their bereavement FOCK YING WAH From: The Management and Staff of Changi General Hospital m^^^^^* m m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^******^^^^^*^^^^^^^ m m^ m a mmmmmmmmmmmm amwmmmmmmmmmmmmm r4th Anniversary ~*^-s_! In Loving Memory of Professor Navaratnam Balachandran Emeritus Consultant Department
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    • OBITUARIES
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        156 22 f With deepest sympathy and y heartfelt condolences to Mrs Sylvia Goh and family On the demise of Goh Sin Tub on 16 November 2004 Chairman Independent Director of CH Offshore Ltd Independent Director of PCI Ltd From: The Directors, Management and Staff of Chuan Hup Holdings Limited i Group
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        87 22 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.' Matthew 25:34 With Deepest Sympathy Condolences To The Family of The Late AUGUSTINE GOH SIN TUB, AFSC (2 December 1927 16 November 2004) 1980 1989 Chairman, CBS Board
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        37 22 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr. Sylvia Goh and family on the demise of Mr Goh Sin Tub, our Director and friend. a: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of A TANG HOLDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED M
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        91 22 r*mmmmmm**Mm m M m a***»* m Mmmmm^ -*m 1 With Deepest Sympathy g Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the late MR AUGUSTINE GOH SIN TUB, afsc who was called home to be with the Lord on 16 November 2004 The Chairman Members of St. Michaels School Council Principal, Staff
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        98 22 ANTHONY lAN KIM TAT Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 1 7 Nov 2004. Wife: Shirltv UoWcfNeo Son: Richard lan I lock -boon Daughter: Son-in-law: Mary Arm Tan Sit-w lian (Eugene Chan kuok K.it\ dec-Baaed] Grandson: Granddaughter: 1 .aiiiel .hail IVng Hay Stephanie ihan Swee Ai 5 brothers, 4 sisters,
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        61 22 ANBE SIVAM VYAYALETCHUMI D/O RAMIAH Age 62 Departed on 17-11-04 Sadly missed by lovrnd ones. (Husband: G Nagayaian. deceased). Children Spouse*: Silvaraja Kasthuri; Selve Periyasamy, Anusia Paneer; Uma Siva Grandchildren relatives Our mother is resting at Blk 223, Serangoon Aye 4, #02-203 5|*****3) Tel: *****949/ Hp: *****061 Cortege leaves today,
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      • SGX SECURITIES
        • 6401 23 TRANSACTION DATE NOVEMBER 11, 2004 I 52 WHK TEL CURRENCY LAST VOL OAV 6R NET M CAP W6H 10W CODE CWPWIf TRAOEO SALE +OR- '000 HIGH LOW DW P/E SMIL 25 5 Ist Software 5c -0 5 129 7 7 28 3 34 5 20 314e BTelecom
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        • 1959 23 52-WKI TCI CURRENCY LAST yOl O« JR'S NET CAP HISH LOW CODf COMPANY TRADED SALE *OR 000 HIGH 10* OIV P/l SMIL 20 12 5 5001 ABR Hldgs 5c 13 -0 5 5 13 13 -25 1 725 31 ASTIIOc ?3 5 -0.5 457 34 33.5 14 1
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        • 71 23 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST VOL OAY 6RS NET M CAP HIM LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE ♦OR 000 HI6N LOW OIV RE SMIL 6065 Diamonds US2o6ocd 6095 IS DJ US Tech U***** 609/ IS MSCI Spore USssscd 6101 ISSB.PSOO U***** ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS USII2OO 2070 1680 6235
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      • 411 24 New York HOLLINGER International on Tuesday said it has agreed to sell its Jerusalem Post newspaper and Jerusalem Report magazine to Israeli publisher Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd for US$l3.2 million (5521.9 million), m the latest asset sale for the controversy-wracked publisher. The sale is
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      • 221 24 Washington THE United States Congress would find a "Pandora's box" of unethical conduct if it delved deeper into the growing scandal within the insurance industry, New York Attorney-Gen-eral Eliot Spitzer has said. Mr Spitzer, who launched an investigation last month into bid rigging
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      • 40 24 Yesterday's close: 11,131.29 (-30.46 points) Japanese stocks closed lower on profit-taking, prompted by concern over the sustainability of a Wall Street rally, but were supported by gains m firms with bright earnings prospects, such as Advantest. REUTERS
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      • 39 24 Yesterday's close: 13,824.98 (+78.9 points) Hong Kong stocks staged a rebound, regaining nearly half of the losses incurred m the previous session as a roaring debut for telecoms firm China Netcom helped lift sentiment. REUTERS
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      • 40 24 Yesterday's close.--1,356.14 (-14.25 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.04 per cent lower, led by steelmakers on quick profit-taking after sharp gains on Tuesday, while car stocks continued to struggle on their poor earnings outlook, dealers said. AFP
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      • 42 24 Sydney S&P ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 3,876 (+6.6 points) Australian share prices closed 0.1 7 per cent higher, supported by media giant News Corp, as Wall Streets negative lead and local profit-taking stopped the market from setting a new record, dealers said.
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      • 47 24 Yesterday's close: 901.66 (+19.37 points) Malaysian stocks rose, with the key index climbing to its highest m almost eight months, as some investors bet that the nation will stop pegging its currency to the US dollar and allow the ringgit to strengthen. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        37 24 Yesterday's close: 6,016.58 (+19.88 points) Indian share prices closed above 6.000 points for the first time m nine months. rising 0 33 percent as funds continued to buy heavily across the board, dealers said. AFP
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      • 23 24 Last Friday's close: 934.03 (+8.84 points) Indonesia's financial markets, closed this week for the Eid al-Fitr festival, reopen on Monday.
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      • 40 24 Yesterday's close: 644.16 (+1.51 points) w Thai share prices closed 0.23 percent higher m lacklustre trade with investors finding few leads to follow, dealers said. Gainers outpaced losers 176 to 124 and 96 stocks were unchanged. APP
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      • 245 24 Nov 17 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.29 1050 +0.020 BlLlntlUS2oc 0.44 0.950 +0 015 Capita Land 137 2080 +0.030 Chart SemiCond 26c 079 1.060 +0.030 CityDev 50c ...2 18 6.750 +0.050 ComfortOelgro 25c .193 1.480 -0 070 Cosco Corp 20c 033 1.180 -0.010
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      • 62 24 Nov 17 China Sun HK25c 20.684.000 Sing Tel 15c 16.894.000 Capita Land 15.435.000 Anwellic 14.793.000 Chart SemiCond 26c 14.610.000 Medi-FlexiOc 13.992.000 KiVentures 10c 12.442.000 KingWaniOc 12.199.000 UniFiber 10c 10.656.000 ChinaAvOil 5c 10.572.000 BeautyChinaHKlO 10.176.000 StarHub4oc 9.924.000 ChinaAVoiloßeCWoso627 9.580.000 HorizonEduc 5c 9.179.000 SouthernPkg 15c 8.320.000 Noble GrpOBeCWOSO627 8.240.000 Noble
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      • 155 24 PHOTOS: Nov 17 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM) SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar ***** 1 ?830 Can dollar ***** ***** Euro 1270 2 1510 HZ dollar 1.1450. .1 1700 Sterling pound 3 0400 3 0740 US
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      • 495 24 Sears and Kmart to merge in 1 8b deal Combination will create the third-largest retailer m the US New York UNITED States department store operator Sears, Roebuck Co and discount retailer Kmart Holding yesterday said they would merge m an US$ll billion (5518.3 billion) deal to form the nations thirdlargest
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      • 954 24 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DAT. NOVEMBER 17 2004 AFP U WEEK TU CURRENCY LAST VOlUttE DAT LAST QUOTE HISH LOW COOt COMPANY TRADED SALE +0* 000 HIM LOW BUYER SELLER ABNMOO6I3S 25 11 3779 ASI Marine WOBO4Ol 17 5 1?6 75 360? »imeliWoso6lo «9 9 89 89 18 5 10
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      • 327 25 CRUDE oil futures eased below US$46 per barrel m Asia as traders awaited the weekly United States crude inventory report, which has helped to bring down prices m re cent weeks by showing a recovery m supplies December delivery crude
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      • 520 25 No. 2 computer firm expects to at least meet analyst targets for current period San Francisco HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has reported that quarterly profit rose 27 per cent as the computer and printer maker saw record revenues m every business and region and
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      • 62 25 HP enjoyed record revenues m every business and every region m the last quarter. While chief executive Carly Fiorina said the consumer market was only "so-so", corporate demand improved. HP shipped a record number of standard Intel servers during the period, and has put problems with
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      • 502 26 Soaring fuel costs cloud outlook for Virgin Blue Interim gains down 2% as carrier copes with high oil prices, more competition Sydney SIR Richard Branson's discount Australian airline Virgin Blue posted a 2 per cent dip m first-half profit yesterday due to higher fuel costs and tough competition, and warned
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      • 360 26 HONG KONG NOK Air, the discount air carrier controlled by Thai Airways International, said it plans to start flying to Chinese cities and Hong Kong next May, m its first foray outside Thailand. Nok Air, 39 per centowned by Thailand's flagship carrier,
        BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  360 words
      • 389 26 Emirates' earnings soar 41% to $392 m record Dubai EMIRATES, the largest Arab airline, said first-half profit rose 41 per cent to a record after the company carried more passengers and cargo. Net income m the six months to Sept 30 grew to US$236 million (*****.8 million) from US$l67 million
        BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  389 words
      • 420 27  -  Lee Su Si yan XL don says country should not overrely on foreign investment and free trade but instead consider alternative directions By MAVERICK Malaysian economist and political observer Jomo Kwame Sundaram has cautioned Malaysia against relying too heavily on foreign investment and free trade.
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      • 288 27 "We made this investment as we believe Satnam... has good growth potential." MS HO, on the company which exports "Kohinoor" basmati rice to about 54 countries SINGAPORE'S investment company, Temasek Holdings, has picked up a 6.9 per cent stake m
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      • 500 28 Key reforms come ahead of bank's planned overseas IPO and foreign stake sale Bf.ijing BANK of China, one of the country's Big Four state-owned lenders, has launched a far-reaching overhaul of its near quarter mil-lion-strong workforce m a move that will force nearly
        FINANCIAL TIMES  -  500 words
      • 434 28 Beijing SLIGHTLY more than 18 months ago, when the Bank of China was starting to ponder an initial public offering overseas, executive assistant president Zhu Mm had to deal with a 63-member board, all retired general managers. It took 10 months to whittle
        FINANCIAL TIMES; BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  434 words
      • 382 28 Beijing CHINA will ensure that its monetary policy remains stable next year amid growing fears m Beijing about inflation, state press yesterday cited central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan as saying. "The central bank is concerned about the trend m inflation," he was quoted as
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      • 373 29  -  Grace Ng PC solution company Clear Cube to get $42m more from investors like GIC Special Investments ByC GIC Special Investments (GICSI) is among a group of investors pumping an additional US$25 million (5541.5 million) into a United States-based provider of a
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      • 441 29 CITIBANK is giving its rivals a run for their money m the intensely competitive credit card market here, with the launch yesterday of what it said was Singapore's first credit card to offer hard cash rebates of up to 3 per
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      • 254 29  - Goodwood posts last financial results before delisting Erica Tay By GOODWOOD Park Hotel handed m its financial results for the last time yesterday, before a planned delisting from the Singapore Exchange next month. Goodwood Park, a company founded by the late Malaysian-born tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, reported full-year net profit
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
        • 80 29 SEMBCORP UNIT CLINCHES $186 M OFFSHORE PLATFORM CONTRACT SEMBCORP Industries said yesterday it had won a $186 million contract to build an offshore platform for Thailand's national oil company, PTT Public Company. SMOE, SembCorp's offshore engineering unit, will build the platform together with the Asian arm of Italy's Saipem. Located
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        • 76 29 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats), the catering and ground-handling unit of Singapore Airlines, said it handled more passengers and cargo last month as trade increased and airlines added services ahead of year-end holidays. The company handled 2.13 million passengers last month, 7.7 per cent
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        • 45 29 MAINBOARD-LISTED Daka Designs' subsidiary, Daka Development, has appointed two new distributors for its products to be sold m the United States and Canada. The deal could potentially reap Daka US$l7.4 million (5528.9 million) m new orders over a year.
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      • 322 29  -  Nicholas Fang Transport Reporter YET another China-based initial public offering is about to hit the road. Junma Tyre Cord Company, which makes materials used m tyres, kicks off its IPO today. Sesdaq-aspirant Junma aims to raise $22.8 million from its offering
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    • 577 30  -  Erica Tay Trade ministry says 3% to 5% growth feasible still, if oil averages US$45 By werwrwerwe Using a benchmark scenario where oil prices average US$4O a barrel from the third quarter this year until the end of next year, an MTI report
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    • 339 30  -  AUDREY TAN SINGAPORE policymakers have little influence over private sector investment m the short term, but over the longer term this changes, with sound economic policy able to provide a real fillip, a study by Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) economists has
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    • QES BRIEFS
      • 66 30 AFTER enjoying a dazzling post-Sars rebound of 39 per cent m the second quarter, the hotels and restaurants sector continued to grow m the last quarter, but at a milder rate of 6.7 per cent. The average hotel occupancy rate rose 10 percentage points over
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      • 50 30 THE embattled construction sector has deteriorated further, contracting 11 per cent m the third quarter, following a 5.9 per cent decline m the previous quarter. The value of construction contracts awarded m the third quarter slumped 22.9 per cent from the same period last year.
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    • 608 31  -  Bryan Lee It won't replace existing laws, but will be used to help assess industry players By "If financial advisers are remunerated by product sales, then they won't do what's good for the client all the time." MR FIRTH, who says
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    • 483 31  -  COMPUTER networking specialist .Datacraft Asia gave its downcast shareholders some cause for cheer yesterday: It managed to shrink its full-year losses, and is considering a payout to use up part of a cash pile. While the smaller loss still marks the
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    • 427 31  -  Gon Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By niF benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closed at a new four-year high yesterday, boosted by light bargainhunting m a handful of situational bluechips such as Keppei Corp and Venture Corp. The rest of the market was
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    • 78 31 Top Rises Nov 1/ CFNTS BMTSIO %1O 1100 ?0 JSH US5c 500 840 8? 4 6 3 F&N 1470 60 0 4 3 DairyFarmllSs 6c 294 33 0 7 3 Keppel Corp 50c 86b 30 0 3 6 Creative T 25c 1890 20 0 II Venture Corp2sc 1570 20 0
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    • 69 31 Top Rises Nov 17 CENTS El-Nets 1c 1 b 500 0 b Circuits Plus WO6 b b 37 b lb oculus7 5c bb 37b lb Vicplassc 2/3 lb GuangzhouHKlOc 1/ 214 3 0 Network Foods 25c 6 20 0 10 IwinwoodSc 4 14 3 Ob CharteredOßeCWOs 1/ 13 3 ?0
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    • 71 31 Top Falls Nov 17 CFNTS IMHUS2Sc4OO 16bO 49 5 18 OBSBk6%NCPSIO ***** POO 0? GteatEastSOc 11/0 10 0 0 8 OCBC 1360 10 0 0 SIASOc 1090 10 0 0 9 AmtekWoso6lo 89 9 0 9? GP Bat 80c ?38 80 3 3 ComfortDelgro 25c 148 7 0 4 b
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    • 73 31 Top Falls Novl/ CFNIS LtMlc Ub bOO Ob IRE Corp 1c IS 2b 0 Ob PNE Ind W*****8 IS 75 0 0 5 SunhghtGrp 10c bb 71 4 lb KepCot pSGA ePWOS lb 711 4 0 NeoCorpSc ?0 0 Ob Penguin WO5 lOlO 200 Ob PNEMicronSc 14 1/6 3 0
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    • 47 31 Mr Tang (left) and Mr Fam have served SPH for nearly 50 years between them. Both have sat on the board since the media group was set up m 1984, while the latter was previously also a director of The Straits Times group m 1974.
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    • 318 31  - Michael Fam and Tang I-Fang to leave SPH board Nicholas Fang By TWO founding members of the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) board of directors, Mr Michael Fam and Mr Tang I-Fang, will step down from the board next month after serving the media group for nearly 50 years between them.
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    • DIRECTORS' TRADES
      • 239 31  -  GOH ENG YEOW JUST five days after taking over as the executive chairman of Bucon Holdings, Mr Wen YaoLong bought 500,000 company shares at 12 cents apiece on the open market last Friday. In addition, Mr Wen, also the firm's chief executive, holds a
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    • MONEY
      • 630 32  -  Despite strong figures for October, signs emerge of slowdown ahead By Narendra Aggarwal Economics Correspondent SINGAPORE exports shot up a healthy 11.9 per cent last month from a year earlier, showing that global demand for goods made here remains reasonably
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      • 8 32 Nov 17. 2004 2,046.4 +9.98
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      • 23 32 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2670 1.2830 Euro 2.1270 2.1510 Sterling pound 3.0400 3.0740 US dollar 1.6420 1.6600 Yen (100 units) 1.5576 1.5748
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      • 211 32  -  Lee Su Shyan LATEST BIGWIG IPO INVESTOR BY TYCOON Oei Hong Leong has made his first foray into the initial public offer market, taking a 4.9 per cent stake m Ace Achieve Infocom, a China telco solutions and productions company. The balloting
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      • 7 32 Gainers: 187 Losers: 177 Unchanged 398
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    • 9 1 life! II IE STRAITS TIMES Thursday November 18 2004
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      • 328 2  -  Jill Alphonso MUSIC REPORTER THIS is what Australian nu-folk singer Melanie Horsnell does to hook a guy she likes she writes a song about him. But it doesn't always work, says Horsnell. 25, who will be performing at the Esplanade tomorrow. Her last attempt at this, the
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      • 151 2 HOLLYWOOD Hollywood studios sued more than 200 alleged online movie pirates on Tuesday, seeking damages of up to USSI 50.000 (*****. 500) for each film offered or downloaded on file-sharing networks. The Motion Picture Association o\" America (MPAA) disclosed few details about the suits, the first
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      • 183 2 LOS ANGELES Singer Lionel Richie's estranged wife was arrested on Tuesday for allowing her boyfriend to turn her bathroom into an illegal cosmetic surgery clinic. Diane Richie was charged with aiding and abetting Daniel Tomas Fuente Serrano by allowing him to inject patients with anti-wrinkle drugs m
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      • 76 2 HONG KONG Chinese diver Guo J ingj ing met the press on Tuesday as the new face of a cosmetics company. But reporters were more interested m her neck specifically the love bites that many assumed to be from her alleged beau Kenneth Fok, the grandson
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    • 196 4  - Fame... will it live forever? Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER Fame has changed the lives of the final three Singapore Idol contestants HOW their lives have changed. With just two weeks to go before the country gets its first Singapore Idol, all eyes are on the final trio. Out of over
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    • 489 4 Sylvester Sim, 21 The smooth operator SYLVESTER SIM has morphed from shy guy to rising star. In just six months, thc freelance graphics designer has transformed from a mumbly, gawky nobody to a suave, media-sav-vy entertainer who plays to the gallery. Seated at the noisy MediaCorp
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    • 544 5 Taufik Batisah, 23 The soul survivor IT IS hard to believe but sharp dresser Taufik Batisah claims he was a nerd m school. But even then, there was the hint o( a future star. Back m Jurong Secondary, he mustered enough courage to sing rapper
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    • 377 5 Olinda Cho, 24 The powerhouse THREE months ago. nobody cared about Olinda Cho when she walked down the streets. "But now, people come up to me and tell me specifically how to improve." says the bubbly, self-confident contestant. She quit her marketing executive position at
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    • SPECIAL Call Centre Awards 2004
      • 613 6  -  SURENDREN APPAROO The fourth annual Singapore Call Centre Awards was held at the Shangri-La Hotel recently. Organised by the Call Centre Council of Singapore, the awards recognise the companies and people who have demonstrated excellence m the call centre profession m Singapore and m the region. Some
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        652 8 NEW CALL CENTRE OF THE YEAR (UNDER 12 MONTHS) AWARD. GOLD Ist REGIONAL CALL CENTRE AWARDS: NEW CALL CENTRE OF THE YEAR (UNDER 1 2 MONTHS) AWARD, GOLD INTERNATIONAL Enterprise Singapore's call centre is just about a year old but it bagged two awards m this year's Call
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      • 541 8 CALL CENTRE (UNDER 50 SEATS), SILVER TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR (UNDER 50 SEATS). GOLD MS JUN LAU TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR (OVER 50 SEATS), GOLD MS ASHLEY CHUNG JUDGES' PERFECT SCORE AWARD MS JUN LAU MS JUN Lav, 26 (above, right), an assistant vice-president with
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      • 558 9 CALL CENTRE (OVER 50 SEATS). GOLD Ist REGIONAL CALL CENTRE AWARDS: CALL CENTRE (OVER 50 SEATS). GOLD CALL CENTRE CHAMPION. BRONZE MS VIVIEN ONG WHEN he was at a crossroads m his life, Mr Jispal Singh (far right) discussed setting up a call centre of his own with
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        275 10 CALL CENTRE PROFESSIONAL (UNDER 50 SEATS). GOLD A PASSION for interacting with customers and a desire to make someone's day are key drivers motivating two award-winning Sistic customer officers to excel m their work. Senior customer service officer, Ms Ivy Teo, 25, recently won a Call Centre
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      • 400 10 CALL CENTRE CHAMPION (OVER 50 SEATS). GOLD IT'S NOT every day that a person gets a cell phone hurled at her, but Ms Christine Yong, 33, has seen it, ducked it and lived to tell the tale. Senior manager of customer affairs at Star Hub, Ms Yong
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      • 301 10 CALL CENTRE PROFESSIONAL (UNDER 50 SEATS). SILVER passion for the job. She explained: "For starters, we are a cohesive team and we are blessed with a manager who constantly motivates us. She takes time to talk to us at length about what we do, how to be
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        408 10  -  Noelle Perera CALL CENTRE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR (OVER 50 SEATS), GOLD PERHAPS it is his youth that leaves 23-year-old William Tay yet unblemished by the cynicism of the corporate worid. He has an honest desire to help and a willingness to learn. "Providing excellent service is
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        423 10 CALL CENTRE CHAMPION (UNDER 50 SEATS), GOLD MR JEFFREYTan (right), 30, is as pragmatic as they come a trait that does him credit as the senior executive of SMRTTaxis' call centre. While he cites passion as his motivation to work m customer service, Mr Tan is realistic
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      • 380 15 CUT-THROAT competition could lead to a clash of the titans among top plasma TV makers at this year's International Sound Sight exhibition. To capture a share of the lucrative consumer market, brands are going all out to score a knockout over their competitors, noted Mr Tham
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        1025 16 High-end debuts, hot technologies, hip products all at International Sound 8t Sight 2004. On this and the facing page HIGH-END AUDIO This is usually the most exciting part of the show, where audiophiles can benefit because of the unstinting money and effort audio designers pour into developing
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      • 215 17 Where: Le Meridien Singapore Tomorrow to Sunday Open: 11am to 7pm daily Admission: $10 EXPECT a dizzying number of high-end audio-visual (AY) products to tempt even the fussiest connoisseur at this year's International Sound ft Sight 2004. Now m its sixth year, the three-day show,
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    • Life!Arts
      • 395 12  -  Clara Chow Sculptor Ju Ming's rarely seen paintings and wood works get a showing here ARTS REPORTER HOT on the heels of a touring exhibition of Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming's work here, another show of his rarely seen 44 oil paintings, collages and wooden sculptures is
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        71 14 'When a woman becomes thin, men notice her existence' Taiwanese singer Mavis Fan (above) on losing 10kg 'At least I can remember what I did yesterday' Singer Kelly Osbourne on being sober 1 used to stay out late and try to walk the muse home. Now I get up
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      • 596 14  -  Clarissa Oon China artist's parents were fined for conceiving him ARTS CORRESPONDENT AT 22, Xiao Jian has already played more than 100 Beijing opera roles. But he decided to halt his promising career as an opera star m his native Shanghai to come to Singapore.
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        331 14 A PLAY written by the inventor of the birth control pill hopes to shed some light on Singapore's baby shortage. Stanford University emeritus professor of chemistry Carl Djerassi is m town for the South-east Asian premiere of his play An Immaculate Misconception tonight. Prof Djerassi, 79, told Life!
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      • 521 13  -  Clara Chow typeface EX-NA-TIONAL swimmer Ang Peng Siong has joined the ranks of celebri t i c s penning children's books. His maiden writing effort. My Swimming Class (inset), was published by Times Editions late last month. Ask how much he was paid, he laughs, saying "it
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      • 271 13  -  Clara Chow A BESTSELLING series of ghost stories for children by Singapore publisher Flame Of The Forest will soon make its debut m China. The Mr Midnight books are by Sin-gapore-based advertising guru Jim Aitchinson, 60, writing under the pseudonym of James Lee. The 1
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      • 206 13 Fiction 1 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 2. Angels And Demons by Dan Brown 3. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom 4. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown 5. Are You Afraid Of The Dark by Sidney Sheldon 6. Deception Point by Dan Brown
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      • 356 22  -  Hong Xinyi It's the channel's last local drama and it stars Adrian Pang as a man who has six weeks to live 'We wanted the show to coincide with the last six weeks m the life of Channel i. Hopefully the story will strike a
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      • 111 22 HONG KONG The guards had probably never seen such an "invasion". When South Korean actors Song Seung Hun and Jang Hyuk reported to a military camp on Monday, more than 300 fans and 200 reporters were camped outside its gates. Some fans had even flown m from China.
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      • 98 22 TAIPEI Two years ago, 5566 promised to visit young fans warded at a Hsinchu hospital. The Taiwanese group finally did it yesterday after reports surfaced that one of their fans had died before they made good on their promise. Yesterday, children m wheelchairs or on respirators
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      • 81 22 WHO has the lamest things to say? Who has the worst fashion stylist? Here's your chance to air your views on the four judges of Singapore Idol, namely Dick Lee, Florence Lian, Douglas Oliveiro and Ken Lim. Logon to http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg/ from today till 10am tomorrow. Your
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      • 261 22 LONDON Lawyers for film director Roman Polanski are asking England's highest court this week to allow him to sue for libel while avoiding the risk of being extradited to the United States for child sex offences. The case is being widely seen as a test case on the
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    • 762 8 Wh DO l-08 tJ3 CITY ft SOUTH-WEST ff pte apts RENT CARIBBEAN (NEW) 2 2+l/ 3* l/4+l Penthse 525-SI2K All choice units avail QUEENS 2+l '3+l J2 4Ktos3 5K Next to Queenstown MRT TANGLIN VIEW 2-1/3+ l J2 SK to J3 6K Opp Redhill MRT VINCE 9022 9919 9027 6160
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    • 1242 8 Wfh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Wh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Wh DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Llli TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ____ll TANGUN/ HOLLAND L^i TANGLIN/ HOLLAND W pte apts rent ff pte apts rent ff pte apts rent 'T?*m^ofr*fW V| >^— '>*T -W* r a Pre s -'9-o iJ s address at Leonie Hi Road I-r
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    • 1693 8 BDO9-10 ORCHARD/ ffh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Lijl) TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT ff PTE APTS RENT \f*YWWA**WWWWfW wZU£II£J Brand riii i 1 1 ju I X New E a l E T I I SSK! UE SO Pe:-thse. Ensuite with ELMOND GREEN 3Rm P r fum attached. P/furn.
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    • 1483 8 ■t DIIH2I NEWTON/ flfe Dll H 2l NEWTON/ Efl BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI QUJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI ff PTE APTS RENT jf PTE APTS RENT Leasing Enquiries: ~P^7 6469 3313/9 6339 4031 9388 2527 \MARW I is I I I I TTT a*.^mm. or 9105 8690 fWfcS'-' P^d___M*^Ljfl, 4 -ft Prime
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    • 1424 8 wewrwerewrwre ffh Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ ffh D l 14 BALESTIER/ ffiy MACPHERSON/GEYLANG |Hj MACPHERSON/GEYLANG ff PTE APTS RENT ff PTE APTS RENT B CONVENIENT LUXURIOUS LIVING at AFFORDABLE REM Brand nev. 1 1 bedroom apartments iV penthouses wM breathtaking vie* Swimming pool, jacuzzi. sauna, gym. children's pla\ground etc. •Near CBD.
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    • 733 9 Wh D l 16 EAST COAST MW PTEAPTS-RENT D.16 D'MANOR 3-STOREY C .ster housing with facilities. 4+l rms. 2750 sqft. F/aircon. Basement carpark. Furn. Immed *****080 THE BAYSHORE. MUST see! 1200 sq.ft. 3+l. Beautifully furn. Face pool. Ouiet. Immed. *****398 COSTA DEL SOL, Bayshore Rd. ■»+l. 1561 sqft. 180-degree sea
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    • 578 9 Wfh 19-20 SERANGOON/ 111 THOMSON MW PTE APTS RENT mm**Mm\_f\. KKV _Jt4 _IT»TI ■h-JH BRADDELL VIEW 3 oeOrm $V 5 neg. 1700 sqft. High flr. Windy. Unblock. City Macßitchie Res. view. F/furn. F/condo facilites. BISHAN PK. BLK '6 3+l high flr, unblocked, windy. Park view. Good cond. Facilities. Unfurn, immed.
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    • 915 9 ffh D 22-24 ffh D 22-24 D WEST CD WEST Wf pte ApTS RENT W PTE APTS RENT 3 1 rms i 373 sa ft) Full condo facilities Nearby amenities: Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, Harbour front, NUS, West Coast Park Short Term Lease Shuttle service available 3 1 rms 1
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    • 683 9 Wh HOUSES FOR RENT 4+l SEMI-D DUCHESS. F/furn/ 6+l Eng Kong Gdn p/furn. Rent neg. Co-broke welcome. Call: *****981/ *****571 DTZ KOVAN MRT. 3300 sq.ft. Jenson Rd. s+l bdrms, p/furn, quiet surroundings, immed move m. Near amenities. 9451-4974 C2l SUNRISE AYE NEWI 3-storey semi-d with roof top gdn s/pool. 3300/
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    • 752 9 Wh HOUSES FOR RENT D.20 SOO CHOW (Thomson Plaza). 3+l d/storey terr. Nice gdn. $1.9 K. Connection 9815*6968 D.lO DUCHESS AYE 2/storey semid 4 ms. 4500/ 3500 sqft. Avail. Jan 05. $4K. Eastgate *****776 D.lO GARLICK AYE almost new semi-d in bunglw area 2500/ 3800 sqft 6+l+l quiet. *****077 D.15
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    • 558 9 Wh SERVICE ffh SERVICE Wh SERVICE Wh SERVICE WW APARTMENTS )tW APARTMENTS WW APARTMENTS \jjf APARTMENTS I Jm__T -~t JU Am L-.C2ZJ APARTMENT WITH SERVICE BY THE RIVER MP- i $^MwL%& v ew i 0n the fnn 9 e of CBD FlJ r V___f!J Tti Ta^l Luxurious Islandwide access via
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    • 428 9 Wh HUDC/ HDB MW APTS FOR RENT I IL LfllL NEAR L MRT International Property Advisers SEMBAWANG MRT. EXEC Apt blk 332. High floor. VI furn. 4 bdrms. Designer decor. neg. Available immed. Irene 9660*8686 UL NEAR |P MRT International Property Advisers RARE! YISHUN JUMBO 7-rms apt Blk 664A. P/furn.
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    • 552 9 weerwrwrewe ]__m V**" y^iWimm^mW ___________P^_____l^^ ftetroom apartments with ajr iß^^^9^f mA Pmmif^ fully equipped kitchenette MmmWAmWAW'iWaek To Long Term Leases Available Panoramic views of the sea and city skyline Conveniently accessible to downtown financial, shopping districts and Changi International Airport Centrally located at Beach Road, near major expressways Bugis MRT
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    • 1472 10 ffh SERVICE ffh SERVICE ffh SERVICE MW APARTMENTS Mw APARTMENTS MmW APARTMENTS f* I *mM v___t __2____E _3_____Cfi *%ilfll I^^^^^Q Bet m mf*^^^^ --v^ m^^F^^Wkm r "awHf ,__F^ I£ 1 1 m^mam Mm f^^Ammt^Mmmmm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^mm^^^^^^^^^^mmmmmm^^^ BFor further enquiries Tallest Serviced Apartment Residence and viewing, please call; ,n Singapore with 34 storeys
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    • 900 10 ffh DOl-08 Liii CITY ft SOUTH-WEST ff PTEAPTS-SALE F'HOLD. NEW STUDIO. Approved for commercial use. S3SOK up. Mins to MRT. *****413 aqt PENTHOUSE TERESA VILLE. 4000 sqft. s+l bdrms. F/facilities. Ouiet. F'hold. HB 922-22-999 Wfh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Ci) TANGUN/ HOLLAND Wf HOUSES -SALE Andrew *****/9000 sqft, beautiful tropical hse,
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    • 767 10 ffh DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND ff PTEAPTS-SALE Good Investment 2+l HOLLYWOOD APT, ovated. m the hub o f Orchard Rd. Near Dhoby Ghaut MRT, The SMU amenities. Good potential for en-bloc. Call Victor *****086 D.09 5546K! 5546K! 5546K! Yes' Only 5546K! F'hold. 2-bdrm. Facilities. Low mainteance 9 only $162/mth. Walk
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    • 884 10 BS DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ 1 TANGLIN/ HOLLAND f PTEAPTS-SALE ARDMORE PK CONDO. 2885 sqft. H>qh/ mid flr. Pool view. 4+l. Excellent view. Orient 9617-0316 THE LEVELZ 2- bedroom; 990sqft.; $950K Freehold. Tel: *****126 PREMAS Int'l Ltd PECK HAY RD Only $700 psf bright 4+l f'hold, 2900sqft, Newton MRT. Dont miss!
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    • 825 10 a Dl lft 2l NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE SIGNATURE PK GROUND/ Mid flr. 3+l bdrms. 1389/ 1421 sqft. Full facilities. Ikm to Pei Hwa. $6xxK. F'hold. Dont miss! HB 9105-1045 AUCTION 24/11! THE Hillside #05-09. F'hold. 1776 sqft. 4+l. Elevated land. Pool greenery. Resort ambience. DTZ 900-***** "BLOSSOMVALE. 999
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    • 796 10 Wfh Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ k£J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG Wf PTEAPTS-SALE D.12 NADIA MANSION. F hold. 2282 sqft. 3+2. VI renovated. High/ lift flr. Pool. Unblocked. Convenient. CX 9066-6690 PN BRAND NEW STUDIO -arc Haven, Balestier with facilities. 450 sq.ft. Cosy living. S33OK only! Hurry! Sharlyn 9007-3438 DW BELMONDO VIEW. 3*l, 1288 sqft.
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    • 735 10 FpropertiesI ffh DI 5-1 6 EAST COAST Mjf PTEAPTS-SALE ERIC TAN 9855-9993DW CASAFINA 99 yrs $480k neq!! 2+l C 23 sqft Cosy Bnght Bree; v Must sell! S4Bok up! 2*l. 926 sgft. Unblock windy.no noon sun 100% move m Ss3Bk negl! 3*l*l 1281 sqft Sq layout. F/facilities. Must Sell!! $580k
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    • 732 10 Wh Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST Wf PTE Ap TS SALE SEA VIEW! THE Bayshore. 2 rms. renovated. The Tanamera 3+l, near MRT/ amenities. 9770-7398 MANDARIN GDNS. NICELY furn. 2 rms lOOOsqft mid flr. Pool view F/facilities. REA 9509-7350 KOON SENG RD. F •-•old. 2-storey duplex. 2950 sq.ft. Suits restn./
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    • 2484 11 a Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ Mfc Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ Bk Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ Wfk Dl l ft 21 NEWTON/ Wh Dl l ft 21 NEWTON/ ffk Dl l ft 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lil BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll
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    • 581 11 fl*\ HDB APTS FOR SALE WMW < ANG MO KIO) IT BLK 306 AMK. Corner, lift level, low fir, upgraded, near mkt/ food ct/ MRT. Serious seller! Call Michael 9369-0600 SO CASH! 3' RM Corner Blk 330 AMK Aye 1. Beautiful. Good facing. Early move m. *****982 SISSK UP! 3
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    • 1030 11 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) 3'NG' 129. HIGH/ f; flr. neg 3'NG' 124. High flr. Renovated 4T 7 Corner. Al. MRT. S22OK!: Exec Apt 29. S4IOK. 9009-6767 3'NG' BEDOK RES. Blk 616. Tastefully renovated. Low flr. Bright windy. Near mkt/ sch/ shops. All races! Serious seller!
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    • 1077 11 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MM* (BUKIT BATOK) Associate I With -w^iW* Mm CORNER EXEC MAIS Blk 627. NS facing. Beautifully renovated. Well kept. Privacy. 3 mins to MRT/ Westmall/ bus interchange Henrik leong 9070 2300, SERIOUS SELLER! 4 A Drtodr. Blk 106. Low floor. Split aircon. Privacy. Near MRT
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    • 918 11 Wfh HDB APTS FOR SALE lili (BTMERAH/Q'STOWN/ Wf TELOK BLANGAH) ■i > i el l *1 1 mmm AAm A 'A' BLK 82 Strathmore Aye. 107 sq.m. Very spacious unit. Marble flr. Split aircon. 3 mins walk to Q'town MRT. S3SBK neg!! Hurry!! ■■property International Property Advisers •••BEST HDB IN
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    • 943 11 wewrwererwere ©HDB APTS FOR SALE (CENTRAUCITY) m I m *m* ■lIkiII \trnW 3-RM BLK 23 3: i 74 sq.m. 4-fIT! B!k 53 Chin Swee Pt Blk. Near Chinatown. All races! Singles can buy! Call 9060-1307 3 'S' 685 Race Course Rd. Near MRT. $10K below HDB valuation. 3 T 3
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    • 1121 12 P^» HDB APTS FOR SALE P^ HDB APTS FOR SALE fftl HDB APTS FOR SALE Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE fW\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) MW (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) MW (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) |pf (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) MW (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/
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    • 322 12 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE \__UM (CLEMENTI/ ff WEST COAST) 5-RM. TOH Yl 17. Ownei to condo. A rare chance! Tasteful renovation. Near SAP sch. Bright/ breezy. neg. *****069 BLK 20/ 21 Dover Cres. 3 T +1 utility. Lift level. Upgrading fee paid. NS facing. Near MRT/ Int'l Sch. SI6BK
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    • 647 12 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE till (CLEMENTI/ ff WEST COAST) 3'NG' BLK 519 West Coast. Mid flr. Marble. Well kept. All races. Amenities. Sneg! 9853-3133 Roof 3-2 RM CORNER Blk 518 West Coast. Move m. Unblocked. Amenities. Rare! Urgent! 9009-0209 Wfh HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ ff MACPHERSON) 5 T
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    • 609 12 Mfh HDB APTS FOR SALE El (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ Wf YIO CHU KANG) H P^ ERA^ l •i i 1 1 r> r I m*m 3 'NG' 19/ 20 Upgraded* utility 3'S' 323 S'goon. Ist owner. Nice. 5 T 501/ 958. Nicely renovated. Exec Mais 558 below *****136 WowfLij S'GOON CENTRAL
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    • 1228 12 At HDB APTS FOR SALE EM] (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ ff YIO CHU KANG) 5 T 699/ 568 corner Hougang. Beautiful. High flr. Unblocked. 4 bdrms. Near MRT/ shops/ sch. $500 bonus to agt. 9237-6066 5 T CORNER Blk 171 Hougang. 809, 7-yrs, move m, S34OK neg! 5 T Pt Blk 643
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    • 1151 12 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW OURONG) BERNARD WU 9290-6008 PN 3 T 172 High flr. Boon Lay. Low 3 'A' 513 High flr. Well kept MRT 3 NG7 4 'NG' 480. 306. Lift level 4 'A' 821, 455, 435 Move-in. low 4 'A' 625, 685 C Corner. High flr.
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    • 998 12 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (JURONG) Choice Unit 5-RM BLK 847. J sqm. 4-bdrm. S6OK renovation 3 yrs ago. Near NTU. amenities. Reasonable price. 9069-8086 RARE UNIT! 4'A" Corner Blk 679 C Jurong 802. Fully renovated. All races. Near Jurong Point. Call Daliana 9099-6767 PN S2ISK only! 4'A' 8ik.
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    • 826 12 wewrwerewrewr Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (KALLANG/ WHAMPOA) ASKING 5245K! HDB valued S24BK. 7 mins to MRT! Jln Rajah, off Balestier 4'NG' AH races. High flr. 3 rms aircon. *****310 DREAM HOME! 4-RM McNair Rd 121 High flr. Upgraded. Move m cond. F/aircon. Near MRT/ sch/ wet mkt/ expressway.
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    • 855 13 ffh HDB APTS FOR SALE Ml? (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) OWNER: *****317 4 S 3> 426. Unblocked, wmdy. 5 mins MR'/ polyclin.c. 2 m^s wet mkt. neg. PASIR RIS 551. Move-in co-. acing. Aircon ceramic I r. Below value! Agt 9068-2259 URGENT! 4 'A' Blk 231. Well renovated High flr. Sea
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    • 945 13 ffh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) DON'TJ^I miss [ggg 4 'A' 320 803 a gigantic '10 sqm home! A story telling home! Cool as snow city, paradise 'or love birds. Den of surprise: *****870 AIDAH W ~~jU 9878 8521^ NICELY RENOVATED 4'S' Blk 414 Tampines. Low flr. Üblocked.
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    • 1053 13 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 3'A' 884/803 Tamplnts. gh/ lift fir. F/renovated. 3 aircon. Good facing. Market/ shops *****351 3 'A' BLK 814 Tampines. Sth floor 5 T 388 804. 100% move m. Below HDB. No cash!! *****371 Eric 3 'A' TAMPINES blk 853. Lift level. Well
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    • 985 13 Bk HDB APTS FOR SALE J (TOA PAYOH/ J POTONG PASIR) 5 T PT Blk 224. 101% move-in. Good facing. Open view. Mkt/ sch. Must view! 9188 7921 McR 5-RM PT BLK 224 T. Payoh. Mid flr. Unblocked. Face S. Recess. Tip top! Mkt. S29BK+! *****636 Wh HDB APTS FOR
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    • 960 13 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (WOODLANDS) fSm Excellent era Location SERIOUS SELLER 4'A' Blk 877, 518. High flr. Windy. Unblocked. Move-in. Mins to MRT/ Causeway Pt/ sch/ wet mkt. 9792-0533 PropNex AIDAH W' *a 9878 8521 1 f 4'A' CORNER 337. High flr, windy. 4'S' Blk 437. High floor.
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    • 785 13 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (WOODLANDS) 4 'A' 540. Ground flr. Renovated. Aircon. Near MRT/ Sch. S22OK up! Call Mr C. H. Tan 9101-0129 PN 4 'A' BIGGEST Blk 875! 115 sqm. Lift level, 805. Good cond! F/aircon. Best unit!! 9832-1449 RTR 4'A' BLK 546, 15t owner, renovated, well-kept,
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    • 861 13 Wh HDB APTS FOR SALE MW (YISHUN) Infwnatlonal Property Adv.**fi 5-RM BLK 149. High flr. Unblocked. Bright spacious. Near MRT/ mkt/ Northpoint. neg. Serious seller. Call Jonathan 9386-7730 4'A' 8LK.410/ 433 Corner. High fir. Renovated. Unblocked. Aircon. Amenities. Sell below valuation. Sneg. Jack 9844-0050 ERA 4 'A' BLK 436 Yishun
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    • 734 13 Wfh HDB APTS FOR SALE HD (SENGKANG/ ff PUNGGOL) 5 T 5299K1 Corner 186 C Mid flr. Spacious, brand new cond. Opp Rivervale Mall/ LRT. All races. Must viewl 9022*8919 Re/Max 5 T CORNER Blk 123 D. Priced to sell! High flr. Renovated Near Sch/ mkt. Convenient. Easy access. Call
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    • 912 13 werwrwerwerw Wh BUSINESS Wfh BUSINESS MM? CENTRES MW CENTRES 4-storey Commercial School at Victoria Street/Middle Road. Area approx. 15,350 sq ft. Ready for Education Centre. Call 9623 7777 I Wh FACTORY SPACE RK FACTORY SPACE MW FOR RENT Mw FOR RENT HIGH-TECH SPACE THE COMTECH 10-storey high-tech building High redundancy,
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    • 771 14 Pm FACTORY SPACE MW FOR RENT BOUSTEAD HOUSE Übi. Light/ clean factory. 3000 sqft. Easy loading. Kranji ***** sqft Space for storage. 9239-7006 DTZ YISHUN/ SC KADUT/ Changi S. Ground flr. Covered area. 5000/ 9800/ *****/ ***** sqft. 50C psf up. DTZ 9006-5566 Jerry ÜBI AYE. FTY/ warehouse. Short/ long-term
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    • 645 14 RI\FAaORY SPACE ffh FACTORY SPACE RK FACTORY SPACE fU? FOR SALE \\ii? FOR SALE ftf? FOR SALE A \W T&^**^*W It z £S> j*** P, t j r* *m. Jp*1^Bl?w"I Mr—' El:*: •-•-.a h ww* rmmrmm > mmmmffji^ *Z ■/> h&&iWmWrM.st 4_^v I SL I l i EL'N^is trMT*Z* *zsr
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    • 358 14 Wh OFFICE SPACE ffh OFFICE SPACE fll? FOR RENT Ml? FOR RENT 258 sq ft to 3584 sq ft Beautiful view overlooking Orchard Road Suitable for commercial school, fitness centre, training centre, employment agency, customer service centre, trade representative office etc Immediate Occupation Alfie Foo 9009 5577 Daphne Low 9423
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    • 482 14 Wh OFFICE SPACE MW FOR RENT OFFICES FOR LEASE Property Area (Sq Ft) City House 915-63,982 Commerce Point 1,292-4,801 GB Building 1,399-5,252 Fuji Xerox Towers 1,001-40,365 No. 1 Shenton Way 608-27,142 The Arcade 1,055 The Corporate Bldg 1.383-3,797 The Corporate Office 1,000-5,857 The Office Chamber 470-1.358 Tel: 6877 1818 CITY
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    • 662 14 Hh OFFICE SPACE lir FOR RENT InearMßtJ 6 MINUTES WALK Kallang MRT. 167 Geylang Rd. Lift, security, newly renovated 4-storey conservation office, aircon, lighting, 362/ 865/ 1228 sqft. $1.80 psf up neg. Tel: *****246. Pro JexOTiipj CHEAP OFFICE/ WAREHSE 3 4000 sqft). Tg Pagar, Keppei Rd vicinity. Also other areas.
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    • 867 14 Wh OFFICE SPACE MW FOR RENT Financial District SUNTEC CITY OFFICE. 31 S3 psf. Size sub-divisible/ Park Lane office. 620 sqft 9 $1350. Immed. Call Emdy *****896 m "™j™ hnt-T"^*i___r SUNTEC CITY BEST ***** sq.ft/ high flr/ subdivide size/ select view/ bare/ fitted. $4 psf only! Hurry! 9639*1490 ■*■*->■■•■■ hr^T^*^t^B
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    • 915 14 Wh OFFICE SPACE liT FOR RENT OWN OFFICE RM m Upp Dickson Road. Aircon/ utilities/ furniture inclusive. $450*500. 9144 7299 BUGIS/ LAVENDER MRT. Fitted Outside CBD. 150/ 400-2200 sqft. Immed. Neg! 6297-8582 WHERE TO FIND below $5K p.m. Raffles Pl. 2500 sq.ft. Renovated. Office/ Sch. 9512-4470 OFFICE/ ROOM/ TABLE space
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    • 532 14 ffh OFFICE SPACE MW FOR SALE DELTA HOUSE. APPROX 2270 sq.ft. Fitted. Mms to Orchard/ River Valley/ Redhill MRT station. Call Benson 9384-9601 C&H CHINATOWN POINT. HIGH floor Sea view. MRT. About 2350 sq.ft Tenanted. Owner *****533. GOLDEN MILE TWR. 1195 sq.ft. Sea view. Outside CBD. Near MRT/ food centre.
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    • 706 14 wewrwerwerwer Wh SHOPSPACE MW FOR RENT Good ?~2 Locator Liv CHINATOWN AREA, AMK, T Payoh Hougang, upp Thomson, Tg Pagar, Bedok, East Coast. Suits an trades. 300-8000 sqft. Heavy human traffic. *****486 KF HOLLAND HDB "5 High traffic MRT Retail or FSB Leng Kee car showrm any trade Orchard 900,
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    • 1637 15 Hj-JV SHOPSPACE Wfh SHOPSPACE MW FOR RENT Mi? FOR RENT Prime shop space 151 sq ft to 2,669 sq ft suitable for retail, travel agency etc 291 sq ft indoor with 31 2 sq ft outdoor suitable for cafe with Alfresco dining Excellent frontage at street level, conservation architecture Alfie
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    • 670 15 ffk RESTAURANT/ \_l___\ LOUNGE ff SPACE FOR RENT CIRCULAR RD, RESTN/ takeover. 2700 sqft. Rental: $5K (Owner direct). Takeover fee $58K neg. Don't miss! 9855 5501 BEST B^l LOCATION Egg! JURONG NEW MUSLIM family restaurant 1000 sqft. Corner, face road. Ample carpark. Fully equipped. Low 9688-8585 DW HARBOURSIDE 2 2,
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    • 1139 15 ffh WAREHOUSES/ ffk WAREHOUSES/ _U STORAGE till STORAGE ff SPACE FOR RENT ff SPACE FOR RENT PREMIUM WAREHOUSE H TANJONG PAGAR DISTRIPARK Central Location just outside CBD Direct Access to PSA Port Terminal, ECP and AYE Flexible sizes of 5200 sq ft upwards High ceiling of 6 metres Heavy floor
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    • 868 15 Wh AIR TICKETS ftj AIR TICKETS mwmwmwmarmwmwmwmwmmmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwAm.Am. f Click, Pick A Fly! Uf on to book your lowest alrtarei NOWI i SINGAPORE AIRLLVES JUNTAS AIHWAYS CATHAY PACIFIC I *Dec i3oo« d> a -eesapoM 9Fet-3' Mar_-' mjjaj Bangkok fr $190 I Perth fr $388 '^arta (ril9o |HoCh,Minh fr|27B Ade.wteCams.fr $538 i£j^
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    • 423 16 PRK SPECIAL INTEREST HT TRAVEL Hmn i wee m em-wpe a i 1D Dolphin Experience ;*135 2D Desaru .105 ,2N Penang by Coach -&sllB j3D Langkawi --***** mf 2D Bintan 75 3D Bali Hard Rock MIM|JH '3D Saigon -ssitt i -40 Ho Chi Minh/CuChi/ m6M I Mekong Delta m J
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      373 8  - WHAT SHE WANTS TAY SUAN CHIANG 1 English label Mulberry reappears on our shores. But hold your purses, as its wares, like this Roxanne's Baby leather handbag, will be available only m December. Club 21, which is bringing the label m, is playing hush hush about the store location. Drooling,
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      420 9  - WHAT HE WANTS TAY SUAN CHIANG 1 The 42.2 km full-distance Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Dec 5 may seem daunting but the New Balance M/Wl O5O should help you go the distance. Lightweight, cushioned and comfortable, it costs $209 at major sporting goods retailers. Strong legs not included. 2
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    • 293 11 Senior alumni relations officer at the National University of Singapore You'll find her at the Bebe and BCBG Max Azria boutiques m Wisma Atria during the weekends. When she travels to Europe, it's always Top Shop, Zara and H&M for dresses, frilly skirts and handbags How often
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    • 277 11 Product specialist for a medical instruments company This bargain hunter goes for classic black pieces and avoids shops selling °°anorexic" Japanese fashion because they don't have clothes m her size. Her wardrobe is piled so high with clothes that °°if you dive m, you won't hurt your
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    • 298 11 Consultant for Asian Art Options, an art agency In Singapore, she claims to have DFS: Domestic Fear of Shopping. oo Maybe because of the crowds, I don't know. There's something about Singapore that turns me off shopping," she says. 00 l'm not really a shopaholic," she insists.
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      471 18 HAIRY MOMENTS Gabriel Yuen, 28, style director for Toni&Guy Hairdressing at The Heeren Experience: Seven years Longest relationship with a client: Four years WHY SOME LEAVE: Women change their hairstylists for various reasons. At the end of the day, they are usually looking for a change. A lot of us
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      314 20 Arthur Lim, 39, director of The Hair Smith at Tudor Court Experience: 1 9 years Longest relationship with a client: 1 0 years. Some have been coming to me since they were students and they are now working adults WHY SOME LEAVE: It's a very personal thing. At the end
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      341 20 TAY SUAN CHIANG speaks to hairstylists on the hottest looks for the festive season and into 2005 GO CURLY Straight rebonded hair is out and big curls are m. But Casey Chua, owner of Casey Inc at Palais Renaissance, says curls are no longer the Maggi Mcc variety
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      83 20 Weird and wonderful hairstyles were on parade at recent catwalk shows I've yet to find a hairstylist that I can stick with, so Igo to a new stylist every time. Somehow, they don't seem to give me what I want. For example, when I want to layer my hair,
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        506 22 TOOTH FAIRY Forget cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic dentistry is what you should be looking at, says TEO CHENG WEE Smiling had always been a problem for Nor Majid. Not that she's unfriendly. The 28-year-old production operator is merely worried about revealing the big gaps on her front teeth, which she has
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      138 23 What it is: Thin, custom-made shells made of plastic resin or porcelain m How it works: The veneer is made m a laboratory after the tooth's enamel surface is trimmed back and an impression of the tooth is taken. The veneer is then bonded onto the tooth with a
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    • 126 23 What it is: Whitening or lightening the shade of discoloured teeth How it works: A bleaching agent like hydrogen or carbamide peroxide is applied to the teeth. Light is used to activate whitening. Alternatively, dentists can, after an assessment, prescribe custom-made trays and bleaching gel with personalised instructions, so
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    • 118 23 INIAYS ONLAYS What they are: Plastic resin or porcelain restorations. Think tooth-coloured fillings instead of the traditional, less pleasant-looking, metallic-coloured ones. An inlay is placed on the tooth's grooves while an onlay is bigger and covers the entire chewing surface. The/ re usually placed on the back teeth How it
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        892 24  - JETSET Perth Tan Su-Lyn EVENT FCUK FALL/WINTER COLLECTION PRESENTATION Anarchy reigns with funky fashion brand FCUK. With a theme of breaking through red tape, models will sashay with scarlet tape on their lips (below) while radical rapper, Sheikh Haikel, attests to anarchy at this provocative fashion presentation If you stand
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        119 25 BUSKERS FESTIVAL 2004 Talent will he on your trail almost wherever you go this month. Be part of the party as acrobats, daredevils, comedians, magicians and body painters (using your body) invade the island (below). Clarke Quay, Robertson Walk, Marina Sijuare, Orchard Road, Singapore Expo and Changi Airport, Till
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        177 25 BASIC MANICURE AND PEDICURE CLASS Let all feminine fury break loose m your next catfight with the assurance that you can always patch and pretty up your nails with care and skill. Bishan Club (Fee: $85 non-members; $80 members) and Ace the Place Community Centre (Fee: $90 non-members; $80
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      • 115 25 GRACIOUS LIVING '04 Yours may not be a huge home on the range, but it doesn't have to look like a home of the strange either. Get your perfect picket-fence look at this fair that features home design and decoration ideas including furniture, products and electrical home appliances. Singapore
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        88 27 You've been there before, I'm sure dug a spoon into a tub of gluggy yogurt, thickened to within an inch of its life with goodness knows what. How refreshing then, to dig into a tub of smooth, liquidy Meiji Yoghurt. The mixed berry flavour even has whole berries
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        81 27 Here's an updated and luxe version of that childhood favourite a chunk of ice-cream sandwiched between two crispy wafers. But as this is Haagen-Dazs, the oval piece of ice-cream is covered with a thin chocolate shell or a caramel one, depending on which flavour you pick. This treat
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        123 27 There's one way to stop yourself from overeating buy a bag of Terra Potpourri Potato Chips. At $6.10 a pop, you'll think twice before polishing off the whole bag. These chips aren't made with ordinary potatoes. Oh no. Aside from Yukon Golds, there's also Blue, Huckleberry Red and
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