The Straits Times, 7 December 2008

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  • 22 1 thesundaytimes A Singapore Press Holdings —B* publication y\J cents DECEMBER 7, 2008 114 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS f VI ICA(P) 192/11/2008 straitstimes.com
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  • 613 1  -  Mavis Toh Govt review will look at how estates are run and the way sinking funds are managed A report card on how town councils are doing will be ready next year and it will assess how they run their estates and
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  • 183 1  -  Kor Kian Beng In Bangkok Thailand's opposition yesterday laid claim to forming a new "national unity" government with its leader, Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, as prime minister. The Democrat Party said it had the parliamentary majority needed to do so, after defections from the previous
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  • 207 1 NYT, AP Washington Faced with staggering new unemployment figures, Democratic congressional leaders have said they are ready to provide a rescue plan for American carmakers, and that they expect to vote on the legislation in a special session this week. Seeking to end a
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 58 1 TRAVEL SAFE Be insured and stay alert )MEPAGEB PAGE2B HIV INFECTIONS among gays rising PAGEI6 CALLING OR CAREER? Lee Wei Ling on being a doctor IKPAGE36 MANII SHOOTOUT Sixteen killed in robbery attempt PAGE 22 SWII QUEEN^ New darling of British I M PAGE 42 W»:~2 index weather/tides 27 letters
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      • 739 2  -  Hazlin Hassan Tragedy comes 5 days short of anniversary of 1993 landslide that killed 48 in same area Malaysia Correspondent In Bukit Antarabangsa, Selangor Four people died and at least one other person was feared buried as a massive landslide crushed homes near Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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      • 413 2 The Star/Asia News Network, Bernama Kuala Lumpur Mr Shaharuddin Adnan had hoped for the best when he called and heard his son's cellphone ringing. Instead, his worst fears came true when he saw a hand, sticking out from the rubble of his collapsed house,
        The Star/Asia News Network, Bernama  -  413 words
      • 607 3  -  Teo Cheng Wee Teo Cheng Wee Bukit Antarabangsa: Prone to landslides Dec 11, 1993 Built below Bukit Antarabangsa, one of two Highland Towers condominium blocks collapses due to a landslide, killing 48 people. May 15, 1999 A big landslide cuts off the only access road
        S: C. CHANDRADAS; AP; ST FILE PHOTO; SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  607 words

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    • 947 4  -  Debbie Yong Pupils have to meet higher PSLE benchmark and are excluded from secondary school admission process Jonathan Lo was so keen to know his Primary School Leaving Examination score that he ripped open a letter containing his result slip the moment
      LIM WUI LIANG  -  947 words
    • 664 6  -  Mavis Toh Mavis Toh Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu yesterday shed light on the upcoming grading system of town councils and now their funds are currently managed Q: How will town councils be assessed? A: We want to implement a
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    • 240 6  - Queries ready 'you just sign' Debbie Yong Contributors to socio-political website The Online Citizen (TOC) yesterday urged Singaporeans to request more details on the exposure of their town councils to troubled structured products. About 100 pre-written letters were distributed to the 250 people who attended the website's second anniversary celebration
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    • 1732 8  -  Mavis Toh Not all firms here have emergency measures for staff working abroad When sales manager Raymond Foo was given a day's notice of a work trip to New Delhi two months ago, he packed his bags, kissed his two children goodbye and left. His employer,
      AFP; CHEW SENG KIM  -  1,732 words
    • 458 10  -  Cracia Chiang SM unveils masterplan for reserve that brings back fond memories As a boy, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong would wade in the muddy ponds of Sungei Buloh, trying to catch prawns with his bare hands or with a scoop. His relative operated
      G. CHANDRADAS PHOTOS: NPARKS  -  458 words
    • 566 12  -  Tan Dawn Wei Organisers of a walk yesterday had expected wet weather but the rain which came did not dampen the spirits of some 100 people who trooped through the Botanic Gardens. They had signed up for the event organised by Unifem
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    • Article, Illustration
      624 12  -  Mavis Toh Health workers prone to abuse from patients All that nurse June Koh wanted to do was to check the patient's blood sugar level. Instead, she got a kick in the chest. The 62-year-old man, who was admitted for abdominal surgery, turned violent when she pricked
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    • 762 14  -  Coh Chin Lian His compassion for the poor and workers remembered by those at Ho See Beng's wake Often, Mr Ho Cheow Teck would catch his dad rummaging through his pile of books and those of his siblings. "He would ask us: 'Do you
      ALBERT SIM  -  762 words
    • 417 14 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's letter of condolence yesterday to Mrs Ho See Beng "Although he has not been well in the past year, I am still saddened to learn that your husband, Ho See Beng, has passed away. He was a staunch and
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    • 397 14 Excerpts from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's letter of condolence yesterday to Mrs Ho See Beng "Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the passing away of your husband, Mr Ho See Beng. See Beng served Singapore with loyalty and distinction. He made invaluable contributions as a
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    • Sunday people
      • 297 15  -  Loh Keng Fatt Cheng Shun Ling has 89 goals on her must-do list and she has achieved 15 of them. Among them, she is the owner of two companies, has photographed panda bears in China and has just held her own
        CHEW SENG KIM  -  297 words
      • 355 15  -  Tan Dawn Wei The hardest thing about being an oncology nurse is learning to detach yourself emotionally from your patients. After 15 years on the job, Ms Alice Chua, a senior staff nurse at the National Cancer Centre, said she has got
        CHEW SENG KIM  -  355 words
      • 237 15  -  Debbie Yong It will be sweet music to the ears of local-music fans now that teenager Abdul Gaffar Abdul Gani has restarted his podcasts. The 18-year-old first launched the podcasts called Rampage on the Airwaves in 2006. "I was listening to an American talk show-style
        STEPHANIE YEOW  -  237 words
    • 1348 16  -  Wong Kirn Hoh Reduced fear of the virus, drug use and rebellion among reasons for uptrend The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the gay community has hit a record high this year. The surge is driven by MSM (men who
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    • 346 16  -  Wong Kirn Hoh Over the last one decade, HIV mortality rates have declined dramatically in Australia where transmission occurs primarily through sexual contact between men. Before 1996, human immunodeficiency virus patients faced an 8 to 23 per cent risk of dying within five
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    • 512 17  -  Shuli Sudderuddin jewellers' group takes steps to ensure purity of gold not misstated Stung by the news that three of its members were selling gold jewellery that was less pure than claimed, the Singapore Jewellers Association is taking action. For starters, association president
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    • 533 17  -  Cracia Chiang A four-year-old girl fractured her leg after an SMRT bus driver accidentally shut the door on her and drove off. Radelle Oh and her grandmother were on their way home on service 859 from her preschool in Sembawang on
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    • 380 18  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Freelance enrichment teacher Irene Lim went shopping for books yesterday. In the end, she picked up almost 20 textbooks and did not have to pay a cent. She was at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School where the NTUC Used Textbooks Project was held
      LIM CHIN PING  -  380 words
    • 228 18  -  Zureena Habib With six children aged between 11 months and six years, it is a struggle for Ms Marwiah Ahmad, 26, to make ends meet. She is a housewife and her husband is a delivery driver who earns $1,200 a month. Yesterday, she received
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    • 644 18  -  Chua Hian Hou Information Cyber crooks, gangs mount more frequent attacks Cyber looters have become bolder, mounting daily attacks on players in popular online games like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Maple Story. Their target: Highly sought-af-ter stuff like special weapons or flying beasts that players acquire, bid
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    • 400 18 The year one class of the Singapore Buddhist Federation 3-year English Dharma Course is now opened for enrolment. Details of the course are as follows: Objective To develop participants' understanding in basic Buddhist teachings for life enrichment Contents Lectures and panel discussions on the life of Buddha, a brief history
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  • world
    • 720 20 AP, Reuters, NYT US, Hong Kong plan infrastructure projects in bid to create work Chicago The world recession is spreading and the employment outlook is bleak almost everywhere. From the United States which shed a staggering 533,000 jobs last month to Europe and China,
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    • 360 20 AP Charlotte (North Carolina) Shareholders of Merrill Lynch Co and Bank of America Corp have approved the investment bank's sale to Bank of America, creating the largest United States financial services firm. During a special shareholders' meeting on Friday at the company's headquarters in New
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    • 252 20 As Merrill Lynch shareholders voted for a merger with Bank of America, the son of one Merrill Lynch founder and a long-time Merrill executive blasted former chief executive officer (CEO) Stanley O'Neal and the company's board for running the company into the ground.
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    • 410 20 AP St Louis At a suburban thrift store last Friday, Ms Theresa Settles selected a large black comforter to warm her family until she could raise the money to turn the gas heating back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark glasses and
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    • 571 22 Reuters, AP, AFP Indian duo allegedly helped to provide cellphone SIM cards to Pakistani gunmen Kolkata The Indian police have arrested two men accused of providing cellphone SIM cards to the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks, the first known arrests in the probe since the siege
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    • 476 22  -  Alastair Mclndoe IAP Philippines Correspondent Manila At least sixteen people were killed in a fierce gunfight after suspected robbers, some armed with automatic weapons fitted with grenade launchers, fired on police during an attempted heist in a Manila suburb, police said yesterday. Highway police and
      IAP; AP  -  476 words
    • 525 22 AP February 2008: Masked thieves tunnel into the Damiani showroom in Milan, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies worth an estimated US$2O million (Ss3o million). Nine men are later arrested. October 2007: Thieves take US$2B.4 million worth of gems from the Harry Winston store
      AP; REUTERS  -  525 words
    • 780 24  -  Nirmal Chosh Coalition government on shaky ground with only a thin majority Thailand Correspondent in Bangkok A government formed by the Democrat Party will be a temporary fix for Thailand's dangerously volatile political crisis. But with a thin majority of 21, it will be
      DESMOND LIM  -  780 words
    • 207 24 Reuters The former wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand to visit her ailing mother and has no plans to involve herself in politics, Thaksin's personal spokesman said yesterday. Pojaman Shinawatra landed at Bangkok's international airport on Friday night, nearly four months after she fled
      Reuters  -  207 words
    • 430 25 AFP, Reuters French leader goes ahead despite strong protests from Beijing Gdansk, Poland French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama yesterday at a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Poland, shrugging off Chinese anger over the meeting. "One must approach this calmly," Mr Sarkozy
      AFP, Reuters  -  430 words
    • 310 25 AFP Taichung, Taiwan Taiwanese films made a strong comeback at the Golden Horse Film Awards yesterday, sweeping several awards at an event long-dominat-ed by Hong Kong and Chinese productions. Surprise Taiwanese indie hit Cape No. 7, which received nine nominations, clinched the best
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    • 494 26 NYT His host's company recently had dispute with actor Bruce Willis and lost its chairman Kuala Lumpur Former United States president Bill Clinton has visited Malaysia to deliver his first paid speech since his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, was selected on Monday by
      NYT; SEKHAR FOUNDATION  -  494 words
    • 324 26 AFP, Reuters Seoul North Korea said yesterday that it would not recognise Japan as a member of the six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, even as a fresh round of meetings was due to start in Beijing tomorrow. The move was apparently in response
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 61 26 Reuters Mecca Hundreds of thousands of Muslims began the haj pilgrimage yesterday, heading to a tent camp outside Mecca in a journey retracing the route Prophet Muhammad took 14 centuries ago. More than two million pilgrims arrived in Mecca last week amid tight security to avert any militant
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      • 73 26 Reuters Beijing The completion of a water transfer project to ease shortages across northern China has been pushed back four years to 2014 over pollution fears, official media said yesterday. Under the scheme, water will be channelled from the Yangtze River and its tributaries. But Hubei officials say
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      • 63 26 AP Las Vegas Fallen star OJ Simpson has been sentenced to a maximum of 33 years behind bars for an armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room. But the 61-year-old will be eligible for parole after less than a third of that. The case involved
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    • Sunday people
      • 333 27 AP, Bernama Kuala Lumpur Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, resplendent in a black baju Melayu samping and songkok, yesterday received the state award conferring the "Datuk" title on him from Malacca state governor Mohd Khalil Yaakob. The 43-year-old actor held the 1,000 or so guests
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    • 6 22 STREET TALK Opinionated commentary on trends
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 634 27 Bali Chennai Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur London Johannesburg Washington Manila Brisbane Chicago Jakarta Dhaka Sydney Mecca Taipei Venice Singapore Today: Cloudy, morning showers with thunder over many areas. Outlook: Monday: Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. Air Quality Sunrise /Sunset yyj
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  • invest
    • 1531 28  -  Lorna Tan The recent unrest in Mumbai and Bangkok highlights the need to buy travel insurance before making a trip. Here's a look at the things to look out for when shopping for a travel policy. Finance Correspondent The recent unrest in Mumbai and Bangkok
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    • me & my money
      • 1214 29  -  Lorna Tan Financial adviser's exit in late 2006 pays off and now he plans to re-enter the market Finance Correspondent Economist-turned-financial adviser Sani Hamid, 38, made the bold decision to exit the stock market in late 2006. The director of wealth management (economy market strategy)
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    • property
      • 674 30  -  Joyce Teo With the HDB resale market heading south, some new flat buyers may see a paper loss Property Correspondent It used to be that one could never lose out buying a new HDB flat from the Government. It was a sure-win bet
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      • 363 30 MY SPACE Operations manager Yvonne Tan tells Debbie Yong how she wanted a cosy, clutter-free home for her family of seven to live in comfortably, and still have enough space to have friends over for dinner. Yvonne Tan, 33 122 sq m five-room HDB
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    • small change
      • 895 31  -  Lorna Tan Financial literacy will be crucial in later years Finance Correspondent If I have to pick one book that changed my financial outlook, it will be Rich Dad, Poor Dad (2001) by Robert Kiyosaki. I had heard about the book but
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    • 502 32  -  Evelyn Teo YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER QI have been in the marketing line for the past 11 years and am currently in my fifth job. I no longer enjoy what I do. I feel that my bosses are breathing down
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    • 1046 33  -  Nirmal Chosh Thailand looks anxiously to a future without 'the strength of the land' Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok If symbols were needed, an empty chair last Thursday captured vividly Thailand's predicament. A few days before that, a Constitutional Court ruling had forced prime minister Somchai Wongsawat
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    • 1094 33  -  Giles Ji Ungpakorn Last Tuesday, the Constitutional Court dissolved the democratically elected governing party in Thailand for the second time, forcing the government to resign. This followed the refusal of the armed forces and the police to follow government instructions to clear the
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    • 314 34 EDITORIAL As Singapore becomes more wired, children who get on the Net will inevitably face more dangers, overt and hidden. They include cyber-bullies, Web addiction and harmful content. Protection of minors is a major concern of an advisory panel appointed by the Government to study the
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    • 171 34 Doctors say Internet addiction is on the rise It is pervasive, and it's merely the medium which we live in, like air and water. Nobody says you're addicted to air, nobody says you're addicted to water. Because we need air and water to survive. In the same vein, we
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    • 201 34 "If I don't make it oil of here, I love you all." MUMBAI VICTIM LO HWEI YEN'S e-mail message sent througl her Blackßerry to her three close friends i "I almost think that running is my religion. J don't like to :ompromise on it. That's why
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    • YOUR LETTERS
      • 200 34  -  Jen Ng (Ms) For almost six months since the opening of a 24-hour coffee shop at Buangkok MRT station, two television sets installed at the open deck have been kept running throughout the night, with their volume turned up. The police have
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      • 96 34  -  Aisha Mostafa (Ms) I read with interest last Sunday's article, "Call my names". My name at birth was initially Vanessa, but was changed to Siti Aisha when I was around six or seven years old. While I was usually addressed as Siti in the past, more
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      • 364 34  -  Connie Loh (Ms) I refer to last Sunday's article, "Lasik price wars". I almost fell prey to a Lasik clinic's hard-sell tactics. At first, I was impressed by the many sophisticated machine tests at the clinic that lasted for three hours,
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      • 152 34  -  Catherine Lee (Ms) Is Lasik surgery really safe? I once intended to go for such a procedure but changed my mind after talking to some friends and colleagues. One colleague had a friend who went for Lasik surgery 10 years ago.
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      • 188 34  -  Tan Chin Aik When I speak Mandarin to foreign front-line staff, my experiences have mostly been pleasant. I find these Chinese nationals to be generally courteous. However, whenever English is used, problems start surfacing. I have dined in restaurants where the staff cannot even
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      • 191 34  -  Rozita Aripin (Mdm) I refer to last Sunday's article, "Service grouses spill to Facebook". I wholeheartedly agree that all frontline service staff working in Singapore must speak and understand basic English. I was at the Giant supermarket at IMM a few months ago, and
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      • 274 34  -  Veronica Boudville (Ms) We thank Mr M. Linggeswar Rao for his letter, "New library has improved, but not the noise level", last Sunday. We are heartened and encouraged to note the writer's appreciation for a bigger and better Choa Chu Kang Public Library,
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    • 1161 35  -  Tan Dawn Wei This new pride will change the way citizens look at other issues, says expert Beijing's National Stadium better known as the Bird's Nest may have given China worldwide glory during the recent Olympic Games. But it has also come under much
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    • 607 35  -  Andrew Raven As thousands of anti-government protesters enveloped Bangkok's two main airports late last month, I watched the drama unfold on television, stricken by embarrassment. Newscast after newscast carried comments from frothing-mad Western tourists who had been marooned in the Thai capital. "I don't care about your
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      374 35  -  "They must now realise that being in contempt of court is serious business. Whether you use a symbol or a word; if it is universally recognised, then you must pay the penalty." SENIOR COUNSEL K.S. RAJAH on the trio, one of whom was the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
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    • 1138 36  -  Lee Wei Ling I have always felt keenly the suffering of animals. Since I was a child, I had wanted to be a vet. My parents persuaded me to abandon that idea by using the example of a vet whose university
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      245 36 A Nyonya In Texas: Insights Of A Straits Chinese Woman In The Lone Star State By Lee Su Kirn Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2007 Ever asked for a cup of warm water and find yourself being served boiling hot water instead? Or found yourself driving on the wrong side of
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    • 1426 36  -  Gabriel Chen Industry is comatose now but experts say it will be revived, taking new form and shape The structured products industry is dead. On the retail front, consumers are shunning these risky and complex instruments which dangle higher returns than bank deposits, while banks have stopped
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  • OBITUARY
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      452 37 ntuc National Trades Union Congress The Labour Movement Mourns The Passing Of NTUC Chairman (1962-1964) NTUC President (1964-1966) NTUC Secretary-General (1966-1967) Executive Secretary, Singapore Port Workers Union (1982-1984) Member of Parliament (1963-1984) Ho See Beng Departed on 5 December 2008 Brother Ho was a leader and a fighter. He will
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      133 38 PAI KANG HAN Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 5 December 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Neo Chwn Sons: Daughters-in-law: Daughters: Son-in-law: Pai Keng Pheng Lv Mvi Gek Pai Guat Ngoh Low Leong Poh Pai Kirn Teck Chuah Poh Looi Pai Goh Kirn Pai Kheng
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      49 38 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late PAIKANGHAN Departed on 5 December 2008 From The Management Staff of South Horizons International Petroleum (S) Pte Ltd Marine Offshore Integrated Logistics (S) Pte Ltd Asia Diesel Service Co. Priority Petroleum (S) Pte Ltd Wired Bunkering Pte Ltd
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      38 38 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late PAIKANGHAN Departed on 5 December 2008 From The Management Staff of SENTEK MARINE As a mark of respect, the company will be closed on 9 December 2008
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      266 39 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 HO SEE BENG 5 February 1918 to 5 December 2008 Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Lee Beng Keow Children: Spouses: Ho Cheow Seng
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      120 39 LEE ENG Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 6 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Pay Cheng Wun Son: Daughter-in-law: Pay Ngiap Poh Koh Seng Cheng, Gina Daughters: Sons-in-law: Peh Ngiap Joong (Rong) Tom Ho Wah Kee Pay Ngiap Kheng, Belinda Dr. Lim Beng Siong
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      164 39 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith' 2 Timothy 4:7 TAY LENG SIONG Age: 42 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 Dec 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Wong Lee Ling Son: Daughter: Tay Le Roy Tay
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      29 39 With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the Family of the late Mr lay Leng Siong of Commercial Affairs Department From Commissioner and all Ranks of the Singapore Police Force
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      28 39 With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the Family of the late Mr liay Leng Siong of Commercial Affairs Department From Director all staff of the Commercial Affairs Department
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      87 39 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Director/Director/Advisor, Mr Ho CheowTeck and his family on the demise of his beloved father, HO SEE BENG 5 February 1918-5 December 2008 From the Directors, Management and Staff of:Overseas Investment Pte Ltd Overseas Investment Nominees Pte Ltd Overseas Trustees Ltd Gainall
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      48 39 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory DE COSTA JOSEPH Departed on 7 Dec 1998 Papa, In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true. There is not a day, dear father That we do not think of you. Fondly remembered by Wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren loved ones.
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      118 40 "The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me to quiet waters." Psalm 23:1 &2 PHANG CHIN FO ROBERT 1961 2008 was called to eternal rest on 5 December 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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      62 40 DORIS CECILIA THOMAS nee GOMEZ Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 5 December 2008 cherished by her family Daughters: Son-in-law: Myrna Susan Ivy Francisca David Yong Caregiver: Helen Tapel Doris Is resting at St Joseph's Church Parlour, Queen Street. Funeral mass on Mon 8 Dec at 9am at St Joseph's
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      20 40 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of UM YEW SOON Departed 7 Dec 1999 Always remembered by Mother, Brother, Sister Nephew
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      55 40 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary ARUMUGAM PUSPAM Departed on 19 November 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: S. Marimuthu children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Prayers will be held on 8 Dec (Mon) at 9am at Blk 738, #03-137 Yishun St 72. Tel: 6752-9010 Hp: 9620-2414 Please treat
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    • 402 40 The Times, London Toyota and others may follow Honda if expenditure does not go down London In the wake of the shock decision by Honda to pull out of Formula One, Max Mosley, the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), issued a dire
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    • 232 40 London Briton Jenson Button was thrown a potential career lifeline yesterday by Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of the few teams to have a vacant slot for next season. He is left without a team, after Honda pulled out of Formula One owing to the global credit
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      222 40 Text and pictures by Bryan van der Beck John Fitzgerald, 24 Professional basketballer Height: 1.93 m Weight: 91kg Exercise regimen: Since I'm a professional athlete, I work out five times a week on the basketball court for about three hours each time. I also spend IV2 hours in
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    • 126 40 BASKETBALL NBA: Orlando 98 Oklahoma City 89, LA Lakers 106 Washington 104, Atlanta 98 NY Knicks 95, Cleveland 97 Indiana 73, New Jersey 113 Minnesota 84, Boston 93 Portland 78, Philadelphia 96 Detroit 91, Memphis 93 LA Clippers 81, Houston 131 Golden State 112, Milwaukee 101 Charlotte 96, Utah
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 74 40 AP Houston Doctors expect former world and Olympic champion hurdler Liv Xiang, 25, to run again, after he had surgery in Houston on Friday for a foot injury that forced him to withdraw at the starting line during August's Beijing Olympics. During an hour-long surgery, four
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      • 69 40 AP London The two Premier League teams have been kept apart in football's League Cup semi-finals with champions Totten- ham drawn against Burnley and Manchester United to face Derby. League Championship side Burnley, who eliminated Chelsea and Arsenal in the previous two rounds, will travel to
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      • 61 40 AFP Daytona Beach (Florida) Michelle Wie failed to break par for the first time in three rounds, and dropped into a tie for third place during the LPGA Tour's qualifying tournament with an even-par 72. The American golfer is at 206. The top 20 finishers
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      • 48 40 AP Auckland Former England football captain David Beckham failed to score but thrilled a crowd of 20,000 as the LA Galaxy beat Oceania XI 3-0 in a friendly yesterday. He produced many of his trademark touches brilliant crosses and passes into the penalty area.
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      • 52 40 Singapore paddler Pang Xue Jie finished second in the boys' singles, at the first International Youth Sports Challenge. He was also part of the Singapore Sports School "A" squad that finished second in the team event. The nine-day Challenge at the Singapore Sports School
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    • Sunday people
      • 129 41 Celebrity divorces are usually messy. So it was expected that 31-year-old French football striker Thierry Henry's divorce settlement with British model Claire Merry, 27, would be contentious. She demanded £10 million (5523.8 million) from the Barcelona player, who earns about £130,00 a week and is
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      • 228 41 Canadian ice hockey player Scan Avery's (right) trash talking never won him any popularity contests with his peers through the years, but he always managed to avoid the legal arm of the National Hockey League. That changed on Tuesday when the Dallas Stars forward used a
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      • 140 41 Juventus want to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger but did not reckon having to contend with the German footballer's girlfriend, Sarah Brandner. Just as Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko's American-model wife, Kristen Pazik, controls his every move, Brandner also has a big say when it comes
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      • 121 41 Guess who came to dinner? Michael Phelps and his new girlfriend a tattooed waitress from a strip club. There is no word on how his 5 7-year-old mother Debbie reacted when the American swimming sensation took Caroline "Caz" Pal, 26, to the family home
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      • 135 41 Racing driver Danica Patrick revved up her engine this year she triumphed at the Indy Japan 300 and affected millions of search engines. The 26-year-old head-turner was named the most searched-for American athlete this year, according to AOL's annual list of Internet, mobile and video
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    • 2170 42  -  Paul Kimmage Two-gold Olympic heroine Rebecca Adlington, named European Female Swimmer of the Year last week, wears the mantle of celebrity with panache The Sunday Times, London There's a moment, as I sit down with Rebecca Adlington, when the notion of what we are about
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    • 878 43  -  Rob Hughes Rob's thoroughly biased picks Ronaldo may be crowned Europe's best, but here are 21 others who aren't far off Arsene Wenger smiled ruefully when he heard on Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo almost chose Arsenal instead of Manchester United because his mother Maria
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    • 567 44 AFP, AP Liverpool and Chelsea both win convincingly after recent spells of wretched form London Liverpool remained on top of the English Premier League yesterday, after winning 3-1 away to struggling Blackburn Rovers. The defeat increased the pressure on Blackburn boss Paul Ince, the former Liverpool midfielder,
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    • 287 44 AFP London Mark Hughes may have been given the vote of confidence by Manchester City's Abu Dhabi-based owners, but the City manager will struggle to keep his job if his Premier League team continue to play the way they did yesterday. True, City were without
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    • 761 44  -  Roy Paul Mark Tay Yek Keak plays Red Devil's advocate. He suggests how three letters by former Manchester United stars a resignation letter from Roy Keane, a letter to hold on to his job from Paul Ince and a letter to spend more from Mark Hughes would read...
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    • PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND
      • 64 44 Fulham Bullard 27 1 Man City 1 Mwaruwari 6 Arsenal Adebayor16 1 Wigan 0 Blackburn Santa Cruz 86 1 Liverpool 3 Alonso 69, Benayoun 79, Gerrard 90 Bolton 0 Chelsea 2 Anelka 9, Deco 21 Hull City Turnbull 82og, King 85 2 Middlesbrough 1 Tuncay 79 Newcastle Owen 8,
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      • 197 44 Pts 1 Liverpool 16 11 4 1 24 9 37 2 Chelsea 16 11 3 2 35 6 36 3 Arsenal 16 9 2 5 28 19 29 4 Manchester United 14 8 4 2 26 10 28 5 Hull City 16 7 5 4 24 25 26 6
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    • 296 44 The Times, London London Paul Ince, the manager of Blackburn Rovers, accused his critics of conspiring to get him sacked because they are envious of his career as a successful player for Manchester United. In an extraordinary outburst, Ince claimed that people were desperate
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    • 534 45  -  Wang Meng Meng Midfielder Mustafic to help in nullifying Myanmar's dreaded playmaker and striker In Jakarta Singapore hardly worked up a sweat on Friday during their 5-0 romp over Cambodia in the opening match of the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup. But defenders Precious
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    • 485 45  -  Wang Meng Meng He can see gaps...and he knows where his players will strike. "My No. 10 is just like other famous No. 10s Pele, Maradona and Zidane." He talks a good game. He has a CV as long as his arm. And
      LIM SIN THAI  -  485 words
    • 408 45 Phuket Thailand, one of the fancied sides in the AFF Suzuki Cup football tournament, opened their campaign yesterday with a deserving 2-0 win over Vietnam. The victory over their toughest opponents in the preliminary round means the runners- up at the last edition
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    • 41 45 P W D L F A Pts Singapore Indonesia 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 3 Myanmar 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Cambodia 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
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    • 41 45 P W D L F A Pts Malaysia Thailand 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 3 Vietnam 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Laos 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
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    • 238 45  -  Wang Meng Meng Singapore will go into battle against Myanmar tonight with only one injury doubt. Striker Aleksandar Duric suffered a bruised left calf when he was kicked by a Cambodian player during the team's 5-0 win in the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup opener. He
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    • 191 40 TV times BIATHLON Ch27, 11.55pm). World Cup, Ostersund: Men's pur- German Bundesliga: FC Koln v Hamsuit (6pm). Women's pursuit (Bpm) burger SV (Live, Ch2l, 12mn). Live, Chi 13. Italian Serie A: AC Milan v Catania (Live, mio TV Ch6l, 10pm). FOOTBALL Scottish Premier League: Hibernian AFF Suzuki Cup, Group A:
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    • 135 42 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER ASEAN 8 Singapore Myanmar Sun, 07/12/08 6.00pm ASEAN 8 Indonesia Cambodia Sun, 07/12/08 8.30pm ASEAN 8 Malaysia Vietnam Mon, 08/12/08 6.00pm ASEAN 8 Thailand Laos Mon, 08/12/08 8.30pm E Premier, E League Champ, German, Italian, Spanish, J League and X League matches are
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    • 25 44 Playing Today West Bromwich v Portsmouth Everton v Aston Villa Live, Ch22,10.55pm Live, Ch27, 11.55pm Playing Tomorrow West Ham v Tottenham Live, Ch27, Tuesday, 4am
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    • 167 47 TEO CHENG WEE j^. Weddings have become m a competitive sport pagel4 -&lt;° KEEP CALM sM :i J^PCARRY ON /^^3 r~°*^\ \»^^J Banks have failed, companies have gone bust and WAV workers fear losing their jobs. But life still goes on. /v M LifeStyle talks to Singaporeans who are keeping
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      • 566 48  -  Jocelyn Lee When the Rubik's Cube became not challenging anymore, fans of the puzzle made their own versions Singaporean students are worldrenowned for their maths smarts and a twist on this is that the hot puzzle of the moment, the Rubik's Cube, is proving too basic for
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      • 144 48 Solving the toughest Rubik's Cube the 5x5x5, with 25 cubes on each face proved a no-brainer for student Frederick Choo. The 15-year-old rose to the challenge issued by LifeStyle and took just seven minutes to rearrange the complicated puzzle back to its original form.
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      • 23 49 What are people in Singapore saying about the /u///c/47//as/1 MOst people in Singapore indicated in Singapore be ever-classic 'Let
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      • KEEP CALM & CARRY ON
        • 553 50  -  Tan Vi Hui Life's simple pleasures can help you keep your chin up during the downturn. Some Singaporeans tell LifeStyle how they fight the gloom With all the doom and gloom about, the tune you are humming may be "All I want for Christmas is... to
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        • 513 50  -  Lee Yong Chin, Deepika Shetty 39 sales manager By all accounts, Mr Lee Yong Chin has had a rough year. In March, his wife Tan Poh Giok gave birth to 24-week-old premature triplets but one died after 18 days. The other two, who weighed
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        • 317 50  -  Tan Vi Hui Gaz Aspar, 33, real estate agent Property slide. What property slide? Mr Gaz Aspar (left) can be forgiven for asking that question the property agent and his wife together make an average of $30,000 to $45,000 a month. He and wife Sharifah Rashidah,
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        • 491 52  -  Tan Vi Hui Madam Pang Ah Lin, 62, retiree If you think you are battling some heavy problems, take heart from the amazing fighting spirit of Madam Pang Ah Lin (above). The 62-year-old is a cancer survivor, suffers from liver cirrhosis and had a heart attack last
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        • 493 52  -  Frankie Chee Simon Lim, 65, businessman It is a calamity that would drive most businessmen under. But Mr Simon Lim is made of sterner stuff. The owner of Li An Foodstuff lost $1 million when Julie's biscuits were taken off the shelves
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        • 390 52  -  Tan Vi Hui Jep Osman, 41, crane operator He is the sole breadwinner for a family of seven. And while Mr Jep Osman earns $2,500 a month as a crane operator, it does not go far with all those mouths to feed. But he is not frowning.
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        • 411 53  -  Cara Van Miriah Jimmy Wong, 33, club operator Bar owner Jimmy Wong believes not every nightspot will do badly in a weak economy. And he is putting his money where his mouth is. The 33-year-old is investing nearly $1 million to open Le View, a sprawling 1,858
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        • 459 53  -  Frankie Chee Bernard Teo, 55, engineering designer Retrenchment came from out of the blue. One minute, engineering designer Bernard Teo was a model employee of 12 years, whose smiling face emblazoned the sales brochures of his oil and gas company. The next minute, the 55-year-old was
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        • 670 51 David Bowden goes off the beaten track and uncovers hidden gems in Port Stephens and Hunter Valley, near Sydney AS AN urbanite, I appreciated Sydney's thriving cosmopolitan nature but wanted to experience more on my trip there. So I did what the locals do. I hired a
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      • 585 56  -  I^J Cheryl Tan Six Singaporeans will travel in two tuk tuks across India for a fundraiser which the Republic is taking part in for the first time Raising money for charity is no easy task, as Shawn Balakrishnan would attest. For a good cause, the 31-year-old
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      • 600 57 AP The Obamas stay fabulously fit by starting off their day with exercise Chicago Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Mrs Michelle Obama, half of the fabulously fit new First Couple of the United
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      • 371 57  -  I Sinseh Says Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner. Send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg Gerard Yeo My two-year-old daughter has eczema behind her knees, on her elbows as well as dark circles
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      • 1010 58  -  Frankie Chee Ancient China reveals itself in the Ming Tombs and the majestic Great Wall of China along with the city's many modern marvels SINGAPOREAN ABROAD IN BEIJING WITH... The successful Beijing Olympics earlier this year brought much attention to the Beijing National Stadium,
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        296 69  -  Casey Chua Rebecca Lynne Tan ST PHOTOS: Who: Casey Chua, 52, style director and owner of Casey Inc Salon in Palais Renaissance. He opened his salon in 1982. Facial cleanser: I use a skincare range called Purify by Como Shambhala. I have sensitive skin and this cleanser
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        1184 74  -  Huang Lijie Cooking Hainanese mutton soup is not as hard as it seems, f&gt; says Henrietta Tay Singapore Cooks For avid home cooks, recipe books are a useful resource. Mrs Henrietta Tay, 56, however, prefers not to thumb through them for help in the kitchen. The housewife, married
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        724 77  -  Wong Ah Yoke It's famous in name but the spread at the Famous Crab King Restaurant still has some way to go to live up to its title Eats It may be called Famous Crab King Restaurant but the 11-month-old eatery in the Toa Payoh Industrial Park
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      • 459 77  -  Thng Lay Teen Cheap Good When Mr Billy Ng, 43, gave up his ming jiang kueh (peanut-filled pancake) stall in Tampines to move to Toa Payoh Lorong 7 three months ago, he did not expect business to pick up so fast. But it is easy to see
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        808 78  -  Anjana Krishna Kumar Bread Talk founder George Quek's advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is to persevere when chasing their dreams Founder and chairman of BreadTalk George Quek, 52, believes that food can be art. So much so that he once took a course to learn how to make
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      • 559 78  -  Jenny Tan Wine Club/ New Zealand wines have been "up and coming" for so long, I am starting to wonder where they are heading. The question was on my mind after tasting wines from over 15 winery booths at the Grand Copthorne
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