The Straits Times, 17 July 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, JULY 17 2009 S|5l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    Lock icon China turns in strong growth of 7.9 per cent
    504 1  -  Peh Shing Huei By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China's economy grew a surprisingly strong 7.9 per cent in the second quarter as it charged ahead of other major economies in the dash out of the global recession. It looks set to
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Ming Yi admits he lied
      44 1 FORMER Ren Ci Hospital chief Ming Vi admitted in court that he lied to cover up the $50,000 loan to his personal aide even after finding out that the money had been used for personal reasons. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Tiger tamed by teen
      59 1 JAPANESE teen sensation Ryo Ishikawa upstaged playing partner Tiger Woods on his British Open debut yesterday. The 17-year-old finished with a two-under par 68, three shots better than the world No. 1. Five-time Open winner Tom Watson, the oldest player at 59, fired a five-under 65
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      Lock icon Where is Benny Yap?
      62 1 THE man behind two schools which gave out fake degrees is missing. Mr Benny Yap changed his address a day before the Education Ministry ordered Brookes Business School shut. But neighbours at the Sengkang address said the flat was vacant. His staff have not heard from
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      Lock icon Graft witness found dead
      57 1 A CORRUPTION probe involving opposition Selangor assemblymen took a dramatic turn yesterday when a witness who had been questioned at the anti-corruption headquarters in Shah Alam was found dead on the roof of an adjacent building. Mr Teo Beng Hock, 30, was an aide to one
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      Lock icon Huge refinery for Kedah
      58 1 MALAYSIA'S largest oil refinery will be sited in northern Kedah. The US$lO billion (5514.5 billion) Merapoh refinery project in the Van district will be able to produce 350,000 barrels a day, nearly twice the capacity of the second-largest refinery in Malacca. It is expected to be
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    Lock icon Bank deposits to get more protection against failures
    650 1  -  Gabriel Chen MAS relooks insurance scheme to cover amounts above $20,000 By BANK customers could have more of their deposits insured against the collapse of a financial institution under new proposals from the central bank. Insurance on each account could be raised
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      101 1 dl alTla XaXIS I t^jj'- "y^^^^^ j^^^^U^^^^^^s Find out on his Facebook page AS REAL AS IT GETS: Training is getting more realistic for officers of the Police Coast Guard. Boat Tactical Trainers at their new Integrated Tactical Training Centre allow them to experience different sea conditions which can be
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      Lock icon Beware enclaves of the like-minded
      945 2  -  Lydia Lim Closed communities have no place in multi-racial, multi-religious Singapore By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I PATRONISE a heartland beauty salon in Hougang where the soothing music streaming through the speakers is invariably Christian. The salon's owners are a pair of Singaporean sisters. They are
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    • VIEWPOINTS
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        Lock icon One swallow does not a summer make
        103 2 WE SAY The financial markets must have breathed a collective sigh of relief this week, following a slew of cheery economic figures. In Singapore, the authorities reported that the economy had grown 20.4 per cent against the first quarter a sign that it
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      • Article
        Lock icon Method in dragon's mood
        44 2 COLUMNS There is a consistency in the way China views the world. It may adjust its tactical postures from time to time but, as always, it will formulate policies consciously directed towards its goals, says Iftekhar Chowdhury. REVIEW PAGE Al6
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        Lock icon Room for improvement
        26 2 OUR READERS SAY Ng Tze Jin asks why less financially advanced countries have consumer protection rules superior to Singapore's. FORUM PAGE A 22
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        Lock icon ONELINE BLOGS
        21 2 www.straitstimes.com Nirmal Ghosh tells about his relationship with Nick Nostitz, the author of a new book on Thai politics.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      66 2 YESTERDAY'S article, "New NMPs can prove scheme has worked well", stated that no Nominated Member of Parliament has gone on to contest in a general election. This is incorrect. Mr Chia Shi Teck, who served as NMP from 1992 to 1994, stood as an independent
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      Lock icon Ming Yi admits to cover-up
      1190 3  -  Carolyn Quek Monk tells court he wanted to protect Ren Ci from bad publicity By Why was ex-drug addict made treasurer, asks DPP THE prosecution questioned Ming Vi yesterday about his choice of a former drug addict to be the first treasurer of Ren Ci
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      Lock icon MAS reports losses of $9.2 billion
      481 4  -  Alvin Foo However, recent rally has led to half the amount being recovered By THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) was not spared the effects of the recent global financial turmoil, reporting losses of 559.2 billion last year. However, half of these losses have
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      Lock icon No decisive economic recovery
      362 4 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore believes the local economy is likely to see slow and uneven economic growth instead of a sharp and decisive recovery. The sober outlook is despite recent data showing a sharp rebound in secondquarter growth and the Government's upward revision of its
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      Lock icon Fury of flood waters
      71 4 Cars are left buried in soil and gravel after flood waters swept them off a street in Busan yesterday. Busan, South Korea's largest port city, registered a record rainfall of 86mm an hour yesterday. More than 200 primary schools in the city were closed. Torrential rain
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      Lock icon NMPs given letters of appointment
      441 6  -  Zakir Hussain They will take oath of allegiance in the House on Monday By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT EIGHT Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) received their letters of appointment from President S R Nathan yesterday. They were each handed a scroll at a solemn Istana ceremony which
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      Lock icon DAP aide found dead
      495 8  -  Elizabeth Looi His death after he had been detained by graft agency angers Pakatan By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: A graft probe involving Democratic Action Party (DAP) state assemblymen in Selangor took a dramatic turn yesterday when one of their aides was found dead, after he
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      Lock icon Kobe Bryant's their man
      330 10  -  Jonathan Wong By KOBE Bryant mania has hit Singapore. More than 1,000 fans of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar queued up outside Nike Singapore's flagship store at Wisma Atria yesterday. They were there to collect free tickets to watch the coaching clinic to be conducted
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      Lock icon Guidelines on pregnant H1N1 women
      691 10  -  April Chong Specialists give advice to doctors and patients on what needs to be done By New mothers and flu THE Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore says that new mothers who have the HINI flu can continue to breastfeed their babies if they: Wear
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      Lock icon $14.5b oil refinery to be built in Kedah
      623 12  -  Elizabeth Looi Set to be Malaysia's largest, it will feed Chinese and other Asian markets By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is building the country's largest oil refinery in northern Kedah, giving a boost to the state's economy that currently relies heavily
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      Lock icon Little Rio Tinto can do to help staff
      345 14 BEIJING: The options for Australian miner Rio Tinto to help four employees detained in a Chinese state secrets investigation are limited, lawyers say, as laws leave great latitude to investigators and prosecutors. Under China's sweeping laws, the health and even the birthdays
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      Lock icon Us to China Treat execs fairly
      412 14 American official expresses investor concerns; Beijing tells Canberra not to interfere BEIJING: US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke raised the issue of fair treatment for employees of foreign companies during a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday. Reflecting growing international concern over the detention of
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      Lock icon Pay cut almost certain for SIA staff
      806 15  -  Karamjit Kaur Wages will fall at least 2.5% if loss for quarter hits $50m or more By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT PREPARED FOR THE WORST "This is what we agreed to, so while we hope for the best, it is a possibility we are prepared
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon The economy: One swallOw does not a summer make
      431 16 THE financial markets must have breathed a collective sigh of relief this week, following a slew of cheery economic figures. In Singapore, the authorities reported that the economy had grown 20.4 per cent against the first quarter a sign that it
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      Lock icon A method in the dragon's shifting mood
      847 16  -  Iftekhar Chowdhury By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Beijing will formulate and follow policies consciously directed towards its goals, with implementation tempered by realism. THERE is a discernible consistency in the way China views the world. Through its inexorable rise in recent times, China
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      Lock icon China's hardline approach won't work
      746 16  -  Rohan Gunaratna THNIC CLASHES IN XINJIANG •^»7 4 7 77* 7 4 7 By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES MOUNTING ethnic clashes between local Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese settlers in the capital of western China's Xinjiang province on July 5 killed 192 and injured over
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        Lock icon Elections alone do not yield African democracy
        807 17  -  Shlomo Ben Ami By THE resilience of Africa's local political culture and its strategic imperatives are converging to define the limits of the West's capacity to impose its values. Recently, a delegation of the United Nations Security Council visited four African countries to
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        Lock icon Please, no more Hiroshimas
        313 17  -  Issey Miyake By On Aug 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on my home town, Hiroshima. I was only seven years old. When I close my eyes, I can still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud
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        Lock icon It's the teachers, not the language
        849 18  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By SENIOR WRITER The real issue is the poor quality of its teachers. But this is a politically prickly poser since the 300,000 or so teachers who make up the bulk of its civil service are mostly ethnic Malays. IT IS hard
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        Lock icon Challenging fundamentalism
        767 19  -  Mansoor Moaddel By The imposition of a monolithic religious discourse on society has made liberal values attractive in Iran's wider political life. But a movement towards militant fundamentalism took shape within the regime's power structure. THE ongoing conflict between Iran's rulers and its public is a head-on collision
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        Lock icon Trailblazing minister with 5,000 online friends
        2892 20  -  Jeremy Au Yong FSCGbOOk Home Profile Friends Inbox George Yeo Settings Logout Q By The use of online social networking sites and new media in Singapore politics is still a relatively uncommon practice. But one minister has embraced the medium wholeheartedly. With two blogs
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        Lock icon HDB's priority: Help those who need subsidised housing the most
        202 22 I REFER to the letters by Mr Anthony Koh ("Scrap 2-year wait to buy flat to aid retirees", July 9) and Mr Patrick Sio ("HDB should review waiting time for ex-owners of private property", Forum Online, July 10). New HDB
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        Lock icon Room for better consumer protection
        287 22 CREDIT CARDS I AM dismayed by the reported responses of financial institutions to the plight of credit card theft victim Tan Shock Ling ("Thieves use her credit cards to charge $17k", Monday). It seems that there is little difference in how banks and credit card
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        Lock icon Sports funding: Quality officials must be part of criteria
        278 22 TUESDAY'S report, "More cash for YOG", which announced the Government's pledge to top up the $5 million war chest meant for the preparation of our young talent for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) next year, is certainly good news. While those
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        Lock icon More can be done to tap Arab tourism dollar-like Malaysia
        331 22 I HAVE just returned from visiting Kuala Lumpur after a long absence and one distinct difference between the Malaysian capital and Singapore is the approach towards attracting the tourist dollar from the Middle East. Malaysia spares no effort in luring
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        Lock icon Traffic snarl, parking woes force flea market switch to Wednesday
        233 22 I REFER to Wednesday's letter by Ms Lim Yit Meng, "Say it isn't so", and would like to assure her that the popular flea market at Changi Village will not be discontinued. But we are switching the Changi Village flea
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        549 22 'Reserved' train seats "The drive is paying off." MISS CHEOW SHIN YANN: "It appears that the public drive to persuade commuters to give up 'reserved' seats meant for those who need them like the elderly and pregnant women is paying off. I see more commuters preferring to stand rather
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      171 22 yffVi More letters on t& www.straitstimes.com 1 MR PAUL CHAN: Are banks lagging in consumer protection? 2 MS CHONG SHAN HWU: Credit card theft story a wake-up call against complacency 3 MR WONG VEE-MENG: The mother tongue for science, technology and research 4 ORGANISER'S REPLY: Matinee show on NSmen was
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      55 22 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon 2 MONTHS 3 CRASHES 548 DEAD
      813 25 Other major crashes in past Jive years When: Aug 20, 2008 What happened: A Spanair MD-82 plane taking off at Madrid's airport swerved off the end of a runway, crashed and burst into flames. Death toll: 153 When: July 17, 2007 What happened: A
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        Lock icon LDP rebel group fails to oust Aso
        664 26  -  Kwan Weng Kin Signatories withdraw names from petition to press for meeting to decide on his fate By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Prime Minister Taro Aso narrowly averted a major threat to his leadership yesterday when some ruling party lawmakers fumbled in their attempt
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        Lock icon MCA veteran quits as division chief
        661 27  -  Teo Cheng Wee Turmoil in party as another official faces disciplinary hearing over sex scandal By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), the second biggest party in the country's ruling coalition, looks set to be jolted by two developments seen as
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        Lock icon Malaysia to raise bus and taxi fares by 30%
        260 27 KUALA LUMPUR: Bus and taxi fares in Malaysia will be raised by about 30 per cent beginning next month. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, said public transport companies were also expected to improve their service standards
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        633 28 SCATHING WORDS "Women who are raped should throw the money at Mayawati's face and tell her, 'You should also be raped, and I will give you 10 million rupees.'" Her house also set on fire after her verbal attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief
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        581 29 Beijing's drive to ease tension extends to remote Uighur regions URUMQI: The chorus of smiling Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese wore matching yellow polo shirts and appeared on television singing: "We are all part of the same family." The TV spot on Wednesday was the
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        392 29 SEOUL: North Korea has started production on its first documentary about leader Kirn Jong Il's life amid renewed speculation about his health. This is the first time the North is making such a series about Mr Kirn, 67, though the regime
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        804 31  -  Chua Chin Hon Some say she has been sidelined, but she may carve major role in Asia By US BUREAU CHIEF New Myanmar policy still in the works THE United States' policy towards Myanmar has not been "frozen" by an incomplete review of
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        459 33 They change tack to get more severance pay after 'bossnapping' cases PARIS: First, bosses were taken hostage. Now, workers facing layoffs in France have threatened already twice this week to blow up their factories unless they get more severance pay. Although the
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        473 35 It wants to have a system that lists social and environmental impact of every item NEW YORK: Shoppers expect the tags on Wal-Mart items to have rock-bot-tom prices. In the future, they may also have information about the product's carbon footprint, the
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        59 35 A magnifying glass showing individual pictures forming a mosaic of the Mona Lisa on a jigsaw puzzle at the International Tokyo Toy Show. "Mona Lisa" comprises masterpieces printed on what jigsaw puzzle maker Beverly says is the world's smallest 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. It will
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          101 35 MANCHESTER (New Hampshire): A New Hampshire man said he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over US$23 quadrillion (Ss33 quadrillion). When Mr Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours after he bought the
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          107 35 SEOUL: Former South Korean president and Nobel peace laureate Kirn Dae Jung has been placed on a respirator in hospital but his life is not in danger, a senior medical official said yesterday. The 83-year-old is conscious and resting with the help of sedatives, said
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      546 36  -  Amelia Tan Goh Vi Han By Goh Yi Han THE man behind two schools which peddled fake degrees has gone missing. A Straits Times check showed that Mr Benny Yap Chee Mun, 39, had changed his address on Monday, a day before the Education
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      483 37  - Clean estate good work by town council Aaron Low Residents want cleanliness as key indicator in report card By USEFUL FEEDBACK "The discussion has led us to look at many practical issues, both from the perspective of town councillors and residents, and has enriched the public consultation process." MND's Senior
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      196 37 MORE than 50 guests got to sink their teeth into kurobuta pork and wagyu beef last night, after both Japanese meats were given the all-clear by the authorities here in May. Guests, including National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, were treated to
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      249 37 Ngee Ann Poly to offer more scholarships NGEE Ann Polytechnic will hand out a record 259 scholarships this year, a 30 per cent increase over the number given out last year. There are more students with better scores this year, the school said. The scholarships range from about $2,000
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      548 38  -  Victoria Vaughan Rusty look may be from iron silt in a building's older pipes but is not health hazard: PUB By IT JUST looks dirty. On average, two Singapore households a day have been reporting brown or rusty tap water, but the Public
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      587 39  -  Yen Feng A few churches are using Twitter and Facebook to connect with their flocks By WHEN City Harvest Church member Vanessa Sng needed spiritual advice, she did not just pray she tweeted. Moments later, there it was: "It is the work of God!"
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      351 39  -  CORRIE TAN A GROUP of 70 employees of OCBC Bank raised more than $30,000 in a mere three hours for underprivileged schoolchildren on Monday. Led by a committee formed by seven of its staff members, the bank's Group Human Resources division set
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      659 40  -  Sujin Thomas Coast guard gets first three of a fleet of faster and better-armed boats By Newer, bigger, sleeker THE NEW GENERATION It is 35m long, has a maximum speed of 65kmh and uses three water jets for propulsion. It can carry up to 35
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      380 40  -  K. C. Vijayan By THE latest global piracy report has given high marks to Indonesia and the Malacca Strait, where there were only five attacks over six months, compared with 70 five years ago. That plunge contrasted sharply with
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      465 41  -  Elena Chong The businessmen from two separate firms are each jailed for one year By COURTS CORRESPONDENT TO UP their foreign workforce quota and employ cheaper labour from China, two businessmen made Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions to phantom workers here. Yesterday, the
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      297 41 A MAN who allegedly put up banners of escaped Jemaah Islamiah detainee Mas Selamat Kastari at two places was charged in court yesterday. Zeng Guoyuan (right), 55, a former millionaire acupuncturist who stood as a candidate for the Workers' Party
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      273 41 Bogus customers run off with two gold chains TWO men made off with two gold chains valued at $4,000 from a jewellery shop along Serangoon Road on Wednesday, after having posed as customers earlier in the day. The men had entered the shop at about 9am and asked a
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      396 42  -  Elena Chong Both cases involve taking money from foreign workers By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A PUB manager was charged yesterday with abetting his boss to recover employ-ment-related costs from foreign workers. In the same court, another employer was accused of deducting a foreign worker's salary as
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      229 42  -  TEH JOO LIN WHILE it is common to see fliers advertising all sorts of products tucked under car windscreen wipers, a Sengkang resident found one glued to his car windscreen on Tuesday morning. The flier, about half the size of an A 4 sheet
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      581 43  -  Leow Si Wan Next phase in education tech push will focus on training teachers By HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY "It is now not so much about the power of technology, but how we use the technology to make sure our students pick up the correct learning
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      393 46 LONDON: England's batsmen capitalised on some wayward Australian bowling as they reached 255-2 at tea yesterday. But the hosts lost Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara in quick succession, as they pursued a first Test cricket win over Australia at Lord's in 75 years.
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      869 47  -  Christopher Ong SPORT IN SCHOOLS In two years, Natasha has morphed from dancer to a top fighter By hIS Week S aCtlOn DO YOU have a photo of your teammates or schoolmates in action during a schools competition? Send your pictures to stsports@sph.com.sg. The best photos
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      98 48 SINGAPORE Sports School student and sailor Darren Choy (far left), the Asian Youth Games Byte CII gold medallist, receiving a memento from the Games' steering committee chairman Ng Ser Miang yesterday. Looking on is AYG's bowling double gold medallist New Hui Fen. Of the 30 medals won by
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      586 48  -  Leonard Lim National body sending more athletes overseas because of SEA Games By NO LETTING UP "The athletes' well-being and continued development remain our top priority... Life carries on." STEVEN YEO, SAA chief executive officer SEA GAMES YEAR "We usually send only about
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      612 49 Olympic champ ends Tiger Woods' five-year reign as Male Athlete LOS ANGELES: Michael Phelps is still reaping rewards for his record haul of eight gold medals at last year's Beijing Olympics. He won a leading five Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Awards, including Male Athlete
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      310 49  -  Cassandra Lim By BETWEEN now and the first week of December, Mohanadas Kandiah would have done nine marathons. This year's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Dec 6 will be the 49-year-old stockbroking dealer's 78th full marathon of 42.195 km. So what drives Kandiah to push himself
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      349 49 LONDON: Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt announced yesterday that he would run for the presidency of the FIA, motor sport's governing body. The news came a day after Max Mosley said he would not be seeking a fifth term and proposed the
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        68 49 KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore golfer Lam Chih Bing moved from 15th to joint-11th after shooting one-under 71 on Day 2 of the Mercedes-Benz Masters Malaysia. Home favourite Shaifubari Muda's 68 gave him a score of 135 and perched him at the top of
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        84 49 SAN DIEGO: America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland want a New York judge to disqualify American challengers BMW Oracle Racing unless they provide the measurements for their monster trimaran within two weeks. The Swiss want to make sure the Americans have built their boat,
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        59 49 LONDON: Former Arsenal and Wales striker John Hartson, 34, remains in a critical but stable condition yesterday after emergency brain surgery. Hartson was told last weekend that he had testicular cancer. The disease has spread to his brain and lungs. Cyclist Lance Armstrong has reportedly
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        91 49 RACING at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship was cancelled yesterday as the breeze failed to materialise in Buzios, Brazil. This is the second time the races were cancelled. But there was still a change at the top of the leaderboard
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        73 49 LOS ANGELES: National Basketball Association champions Los Angeles Lakers have withdrawn an offer to free agent Lamar Odom after the forward did not respond to the proposal, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. Lakers owner Jerry Buss had offered Odom either a
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      64 49 Cornel Marculescu, executive director of swimming's world governing body Fina. The World Championships begin today in Rome, but workers at the Foro Italico were still hammering away frantically and laying
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      175 49 Cricket 2nd Ashes Test at Lord's, London: England 255-2 (A. Strauss n.o. 100, A. Cook 95; Hilfenhaus 1-49; Johnson 1-77) v Australia. Cycling Tour de France 211.5 km 12th stage from Tonnerre to Vittel: 1 Nicki Sorensen (Den/Saxo Bank) 4hr 52min 24sec. 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra/Bbox) +48sec. 3 Franco
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      369 50  -  Jonathan Wong Asian, European tours forge new alliance to protect events By THE Asian and European Tours have forged an alliance in an attempt to fortify and protect existing co-sanctioned tournaments. They announced last week the establishment of a joint venture company EurAsia Golf Ltd with representatives from
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      330 50 RIO DE JANEIRO: Arturo Gatti's wife, accused of strangling the champion boxer with her purse strap, has proclaimed her innocence and love for her dead husband in a letter. While declining to be interviewed from her jail cell in the north-eastern Brazil city of
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      317 49 Today S-League: DPMM v Albirex (Bandar Seri Begawan, England v Australia: 2nd Test, Day 4 (Live, ChllO, Cricket 8.15pm). 5.58pm and 8.30pm). England v Australia: 2nd Test, Day 2 (Live, ChllO, Vodacom Challenge: Manchester City v Orlando 5 58pm and 8 30pm) Pirates (Live, Ch27, 8.55pm). Cycling Tour de France:
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      44 50 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to MR. TERUO HOSOI on the demise of his beloved Mother MDM KIKU HOSOI Age: 92 Departed on 30 June 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of DAIHO PROJECT SERVICES PTE. LTD. DAIHO MARITIME PTE. LTD.
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      51 50 HILDA BRIDGET RODRIGUES Age: 99 wascaUedhometobe withtheLordonl4My2m in Broom, Western Australia. Leaving behind loving children all loved ones, esp. the Wonderful friends in Broome to mourn her loss. Her funeral service and cremation will be held on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 in Perth, Western Australia. For enquiries, please call Tel:
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      35 50 ?We will always remember and treasure 1 the times you had with J us. We love you miss you dearly Ang Yock Hwa Departed: 17 July 2002 Dearly missed remembered by i family, relatives <&loyedones^f
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      100 50 I havefought tie good fight, I have finished the race, I have fypt the faith." 2 timothy 4:7 IVAN M.D. PATON Age: 33 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 July 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Father Kingsley Paton Mother Salmah Bte Jaffar (Christine) 3 Brothers, 3
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      29 50 13th Anniversary Vith Fond Memories 0 OSWALD SHEPHERDSOIS Departed 17 July 199f Ve've lost a truefrient :ew like him we'll fine, Jways remembered b Kensio, Izzy, Simon, Family Friends.
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      20 50 In Loving Memory Of G. RAMANJALOO NAIDU Departed 17 July 2007 Dearly missed by brother, sister, nephews, nieces their families
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      42 50 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of GABRIEL NGAN SEONG HUN Departed on 17th July 2003 "There is a link death cannot server, Love and remembrance last forever" Always remembered by: The Management Staff of MONTBLANC SINGAPORE PTE LTD MONTBLANC SEA PTE LTD
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      103 50 "Even if Igo through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staffprotect me." Psalm 23:4 HOW LIM CHEWWINSON Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 July 2009 leaving behind loved ones Wife: Pang Tok
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      107 50 A M SURIAN passed away peacefully on 3 July 2009. Leaving behind: Brothers: A M Munusamy A M Munirethinam Son: S G Rajan Daughter-in-law: G Kavitha Daughter S Sakunthalai Son-in-law: T Ghandhidass Grandchildren: Abiramee, Divya, Jeeva, Charanya Jenny We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives,
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      155 50 "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 LIANG ANN CHICK Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 July 2009 leaving behind loved ones Wife: Ho Ah Jang (deceased) Sons: Grandchildren: P. N. Liang Joshua Leek William Liang Dr Lena Thia Joseph
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      121 50 GLORIA 001 LEE NGOOT KIEW Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 15 July 2009. Fondly remembered and missed by loved ones. (Husband: Michael Ooi Boon Seng, deceased) Sons: Daughters-n-law: Peter Ooi Eng Cheang Flora Yew Hwe Tian Dominic Ooi Eng Seang Michelle Sim Beng Honj; Nelson Ooi Eng Huat Cathy
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      784 55  -  P. Jayaram $3b complex will boast industrial and IT parks, a township around airport By INDIA CORRESPONDENT MOVING FORWARD "With this definitive milestone, we will use our expertise to support the expansion of the Durgapur Aerotropolis into a major industrialised area." CAI
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      532 53 Housing woes continue to spread as more people become jobless WASHINGTON: The number of Americans on the verge of losing their homes soared to a record in the first half of this year as more lost their jobs and were unable to pay their
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      404 53 NEW YORK: The survival of one of the United States' largest commercial lenders, the CIT Group, was thrown into doubt after US officials rebuffed pleas to rescue the struggling firm a second time. The move marked a defining moment for the Obama
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      308 53 WASHINGTON: Former United States treasury secretary Henry Paulson testified yesterday that he pressured Bank of America (BoA) last year to go through with its plans to buy Merrill Lynch but did not tell the bank's chief to hide potential losses from shareholders. Mr Paulson
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      511 54  -  Francis Chan It is the first education company to feature in FGSO business ranking By OPENING its doors to international students has helped the Singapore Institute of Management's (SIM) global education unit hit the top of a key business ranking here. The unit SIM
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      480 54 WORTHY BUY "I would assume that whoever buys equities today, within the next 10 years he would do better than those who have money in cash or bonds." Investment guru Marc Faber (above) SWISS investment guru Marc Faber reckons equities are still
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      254 54  -  CHARISSA YONG THAI business leaders yesterday reassured Singapore companies that Thailand was still a good place to do business despite the political upheaval last year. "Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's new government has worked fast to regain confidence," said Mrs Supawan Teerarat, acting president of
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        531 51  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Property stocks boost STI; banks retreat on news of troubled lender By ASIAN markets rallied for the third straight day yesterday, but jitters over a beleaguered United States lender took the shine off what had been
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        396 51  -  Kate Lim By THE Risk Management Institute (RMI) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) will be developing what it believes is the world's first credit rating system to be offered by an academic institution. The non-profit initiative which will serve as a
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          94 51 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.97 billion shares worth $1.81 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 330 Losers: 189 Unchanged: 736 Mid Cap 526.04 0.15 Basic materials 257.22 1.92 Utilities 363.03 T -1.97 Small Cap 429.36 1.98 Industrials 505.97 0.85 Financials 593.04 0.40 All Share 582.28 2.40 Consumer goods 588.51 11.29 Technology 524.43
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          210 51 Yesterday's close: 9,344.16 (+74.91) Japanese shares rose 0.81 per cent, lifted by gains on Wall Street where investors cheered surprisingly strong results from US tech giant Intel. [■^1 Yesterday's close: 1,108.88 (+11.64) Malaysian shares rose 1.06 per cent in line with gains on Wall Street. Gainers outnumbered losers by
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          397 51 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 8957 413.9 DBXT FTChina25 10USS 2757 204.8 0CBCCap3.93%Pref10 8000 140.0 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2333 126.4 GLD 10USS 9200 95.9 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ...9100 80.0 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 786 77.0 DBXTMSKorea10US$ 3538 75.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10USS 4242 74.1 CityDev 898 41.0 STXP0 100 1286
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          394 51 luly 16 CENTS DBS.ES.0907 1214 46.0 ilA.ES.0907 1346 46.0 CITYDEV.ES.0907 895 37.0 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 110 22.0 QCBC Bk.ES.0907 699 16.0 (epCorp HBLeCW*****7 82 15.5 JOB BNPeCW*****8 77 14.0 5TI 1700SGAeCW*****8 85 13.0 singTel.ES.0907 332 12.0 5TI 2100SGAeCW*****9 47.5 11.5 5GX.ES.0907 730 11.0 »ilmar.ES.O9O7 548 11.0 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 68.5 10.5
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          191 51 T TI\TTT TT?T TQTQ TART T7 APPT7ADQ ON MniVTIAVQ UIMI IRUJIO 1 Y-YJDJUCj ft.r C JEV-YIVO WIM IVIWIMJL/i-Y I O UUIUGII Hgl I 00 Genting SP 72.5 UniFiber 6.5 China Hongxing 17 Gosco Corp 116 Sapphire 1.5 CapitaLand 362 NOL 158 Infinio 5 Mercator 32.5 ftusGroup 52.5
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          104 51 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 16 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1530 1.1880 Can dollar 1.2920 1.3070 Euro 2.0330 2.0560 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4069 0.4076 NZ dollar 0.9340 0.9530 Sterling pound 2.3690 2.3960 US dollar 1.4430 1.4590 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          369 51 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 521.9 263.6 1208 164 322 1715.3 460 91 70 7 442 3304 1740 2050 300.7 225 855 247 800 1622 ■■■I 201 293 457 429 366 285 2018 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall
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          607 51 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 114 83.5 255 126 68.5 159 146.8 125 487.5 53 143 132.7 227 110 130 224 678 246 291 214 147 372.8 545 220 64.5 206 82 75.5 86.5 33.5 248 126 116
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        507 52  -  Chua Hian Hou It still expects full-year earnings to stay same and sees silver lining in ex-CEO's move to rival By At a glance Net profit: $37.1 m, down 9.7% Revenue: $190.5 m, down 7.2% Added 7,000 post-paid mobile customers, but market share fell
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        358 52  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN FIRST it was on, then it was off, and now it is on again. Listed rail operator SMRT Corp announced yesterday that it had signed a new agreement to buy a 49 per cent stake in a Shenzhen transport group
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        320 52  -  FRANCIS CHAN SINGAPORE'S largest lender DBS Bank has bolstered its Indonesian unit with two key management appointments. DBS Indonesia (DBSI) announced yesterday the appointment of Mr Hendra Gunawan, 39, as president director and Mr Bernard Tan, 42, as commissioner. Both assumed their new
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      112 55 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ AND BLOGGED ABOUT WWW.StraitstimeS.COin potentially label an active investor as a MOST-READ ONLINE trader, is not new. This right has Madoff won't appeal against always existed since Singapore became 150-year term. a 'zero capital gains tax' jurisdiction. Here the application of 'capital gains' BLOGGED ABOUT
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        776 57 Here are some of the new Asian television serials which will be screened here TIME STORY (Taiwan) No. of episodes: 107 Stars: Tammy Chen and Jungle Yang (both right), Fan Kuang-yao, Phoebe Huang Story: This is set in a juan cun, a military dependants' village in Taiwan. These
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        1036 57  -  boon chan New Asian attractions offer star power, the comfort of nostalgia and familiar, beloved stories media correspondent MOONLIGHT RESONANCE (Hong Kong) No. of episodes: 40 Stars: Ha Yu, Louise Lee, Michelle Vim, Susanna Kwan, Lee Heung Kam, Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, Fala Chen Story:
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        432 58 New York Playing instruments made of naturally fallen trees, packaging albums with recycled materials and fuelling tour buses with biodiesel are just some ways that North American bands are going green. Illinois-based folk-rock band The Giving Tree Band says it will deliver what will be
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        762 63  -  tay yek keak Las Vegas hooks viewers with wild antics while three shows go for the warm, family drama and macho appeal couch grouch When I see a cop show, I do not want to be a cop. But when I watch Las Vegas, I really want to
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      1019 59  -  frankie chee Local conducting talent Darrell Ang treated visiting French friends to seafood at East Coast I W MWtufmmfil 'I'm nocturnal. I'm a I I vampire, decided. I write at night' Gossip Girl star-turned-punk rocker Taylor Momsen (right) 'If you're naked and you're trying to be sexy,
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        979 60  -  yeow kai chai Wilco put a positive spin in their songs which attests to the band's enduring sound sound bites As rock survivors go, Wilco are among the most unpinnable and underrated. Who would have thought the Chicago, Illinois collective would still be here 15 years
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    525 103 Make an invaluable investment by networking with the focus of growing your business BUSINESS networking is leveraging your business and personal connections to bring you a regularsupply of new business. The concept sounds simple, doesn't it Don't let that fool you because it involves relationship building, which can
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      428 105  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg I had a walk-in closet once. It was only as wide as my outstretched arms and twice as deep. There were no clever cubbyholes for belts and jewellery, racks for shoes or even drawers. Instead, there was space for only two clothes rails
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      29 107 m We suss out the best GSS deals every Friday till July 24. This week, f\ r\ NORA FARHAIN picks 10 great buys from Metro Paragon
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      7 107 ST PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM
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      756 109  -  Nora Farhain Karen Tee FASHFLASH Get set for Estee Lauder's annual makeover event, Beauty 2009 Trendspotting. This year, get a new look inspired by one of the four fashion capitals New York, Paris, London and Milan. In its fifth year, the event will be held at the
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      329 109 Sometimes, talking to retail staff here is like starring in Waiting For Godot. Scene from a posh cafe: A customer inquires about an item listed on the menu as the cafe's signature, super special Devil's Latte. Sounds hot and spicy and delicious, no? The customer, who has every intention
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      649 110 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. I E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at sturban@sph.com.sg s~^\ My husband bought me a gorgeous l^_y white leather wallet that I love to bits. I love the colour although I knew it would attract stains and
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      157 110 MICHELLE OBAMA She's at it again United States First Lady Michelle Obama is once again jet-setting all over the world with her husband for state visits and impressing everyone with her distinctive sense of style. Our favourite outfit from her most recent globe-trotting stint is this sunny frock
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      182 110  -  Imran Jalal These dishy revellers were grooving at the Michael Jackson Black Or White Tribute party at Zirca on July 8 Shatricia Nair, 20, undergraduate What are you wearing? My Mango leather jacket cost $175 and my Zara denim shorts cost $75. The tank top was from Topshop
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      1197 111 Essa Forget the bling and raid the haberdashery to spruce up your look IMRAN JALAL shows you four items to take you from drab to fab TIES You do not have to be a Shenton Way type to know your knots and crosses. The necktie and
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      106 112 Clementi was named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, an accomplished Chinese scholar and the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893. He is credited with establishing the Societies Ordinance in 1889 to suppress Chinese secret societies on the island. That same year, he set up
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      2133 113  -  STEPHANIE GWEE You do not have to be Carrie Bradshaw to own a coveted walk-in wardrobe IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY DRESS-UP IN THE SPACIOUS ROOM AS I CAN STRIKE POSES IN FRONT OF MY MIRRORED CLOSET DOORS.' Jeslyn Tan, 24, who paid $2,400 to
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      505 113 Say DIV and images of broken screwdrivers, bleeding fingers and messy wood shavings might spring to mind. But if interior design companies are to be believed, building your own wardrobe is hardly quantum physics. The best part is that you get something that fits your
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      428 115 Arm yourself with five basic brushes and you are ready to face the world KAREN TEE reports Brushes may be the tools of the trade for make-up pros but amateurs, too, can wield them with ease. Don't be overwhelmed by the sheer variety of brushes available
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      280 115 If you have a way with colour and brushes, Shu Uemura wants you. The Japanese beauty brand, which has held make-up competitions in various Asian countries since 2003, is launching its first regional search. The Shu Uemura Asean Regional Beauty Art Make-up Competition Final
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      424 115 Shu Uemura's make-up artist Sophia Chia tells you which are the five make-up brushes ever/ woman should own Loose powder brush For a light, even dusting of loose powder over your face, use a fluffy powder brush which is shaped to pick up just the right amount of
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      688 118 BB creams promise flawless faces but beauty junkies tell NORA FARHAIN it is not a miracle cream Korean TV soaps have a big following in Singapore and now the weepies are giving fans an extra glow thanks to a skin cream popularised by its dewy-skinned
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      113 119  -  FOONG WOEI WAN POSH NOSH I like my apple tarts more tart than sweet and I would have liked this Japanese tart much less saccharine. But its base, half crust and half cake, is crumbly and lovely. Certainly, it is more well-made than the pastries from coffee chains
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      181 119 Stuff happens when an impulse buyer like me shops at Meidi-Ya Supermarket stuff like a $12 bottle of Japanese tomato ketchup. Well, it looked so lovable, with a winking, whitegloved tomato on its label. There were magic words on the label like "hand made" and "ripe Momotaro tomatoes".
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      58 119 Was something lost in translation here? I was expecting a Japanese take on sables, or French shortbread cookies. Instead, what I got was more like glaze crisps. They are light and rather fragrant though. Cisco's Sesame Sable, $3.20 for 24 pieces, from Yamakawa Super, 81-288 The Central, tel:
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      111 119 "Summer-ripe strawberries". "Baked British wholegrain oat clusters". "Irresistibly oaty bite". "Best ever golden clusters". Usually, you have to take the things a cereal box says with a pinch of salt. But in the case of these Jordans cereals, it is true what the box says. The oat and
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      110 119 Cellini Design Centre, 53 Loyang Drive Closet Design, 01-355 Goodwill Mansion Fourskinstore, 04-25ATheHeeren Furrmuse, 03-07 Cathay Cineleisure Orchard Front Row, 5 Ann Siang Road Her Glass Slipper, 02-26 Chevron House Hermes, 01-02 A Liat Towers Lacoste, 02-14 Wisma Atria Le Shine, 02-75 Far East Plaza Louis Vuitton, 01 -20
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      282 120 1 Louis Vuitton wallet I used to do some modelling work for Louis Vuitton and got this as a gift from the label. I have been using it for three years and I love it that the wallet looks better with age. 2 Aldo sandals
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      636 108 FACE OF IMEDEEN Fabulous, radiant and simply...inspiring! In our recent island-wide A^ I competition, these three women gained our/your admiration and nomination V 1 to be the new Face of Imedeen. Read their stories and vote for the one FAC E who makes you want to take control and put
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      161 115 shu uemura MOTHER NATURE THE BEAUTY ART MAKE-UP COMPETITION 2009 m o^mm be part of the hall of fame! join the beauty art make-up competition 2009 This year shu uemura brings to you the beauty art make-up competition 2009! Based on the unique theme of Mother Nature, we celebrate the
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