Today, 31 May 2003

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  • 9 1 weekendTODAY May 31 June 1 2003 MITA (P) 009/03/2003
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  • 697 1  -  Tan Hui Leng Sars-linked animal still being served up at our doorstep by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THERE is a fish on one side of the signboard and a squirrel on the other. The little coffeeshop in Johor Baru looks mildly intriguing from the outside, but it is only when
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  • NEWS
    • 658 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Wolfowitz denies Marines will be moved from Okinawa by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AS THE Shangri-La Dialogue kicked off yesterday, the security community was set abuzz by a surprisingly detailed media report on America's possible realignment of its troops in Asia. According to the Los Angeles
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    • 94 2 SINGAPORE'S Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and France's leading aerospace research agency, Onera, will work together at a research lab in France to tackle areas important to national defence and security. The initial focus will be in areas of eletromagnetics and radar. It could be expanded
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    • 347 2  -  Ng Boon Yian IF AMERICA does not cultivate its friends and allies "with more tender loving care", it may find its "coalition of the willing" dwindling, said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The profound impact of the war with Iraq on the deepening
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    • 583 3  -  Francis Kan Just in time for the launch of the Great Singapore Sale by and Chan Chao Peh news@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has been taken off the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of nations affected by Sars after it completed 20 days a case of infection being reported.
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    • 234 3  -  —Joy Frances OUT of the 140 stray cats that were tested for corona viruses, 139 came out negative. But Minister of State for National Development, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, said the culling will continue. The one sample was found to be "borderline" and will need
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    • 238 3  -  Chan Chao Peh THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has followed up complaints by competitors of Sing Tel that it is overcharging for Local Leased Circuits (LLC). Currently, Facilities Based Operators (FBOs) have to buy LLC capacity which forms a critical portion of the connection
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    • 359 4  -  Tor Ching Li Airbus makes its final parade after 14 years of 'workhorse' service by chingli@newstoday.com.sg around 400 passengers any pilot will tell you that the A3lO is quite a "workhorse". "It will be difficult to replace in terms of number of aisles and range for
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    • 200 4 -AFP DOCTORS here will proceed with an unprecedented and risky operation to separate a pair of adult Iranian twins who are joined at the head, a hospital official said yesterday. The official, who asked not to be named, said the decision to go ahead with
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    • 139 4 Channel News Asia TEMASEK Holdings and six of its companies SIA, SembCorp Industries, PSA Corp, Keppel Corp, DBS Bank and Capita Land have presented medical equipment to China to help in the country's ongoing battle against Sars. Yesterday, Temasek Holdings' executive director, Ms Ho
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    • 153 4  -  Tan Hui Leng DROP your name card in a "contact bowl", and you could be richer come July. Some 100 prizes will be up for grabs in the NTUC's first lucky draw to encourage Singaporeans, foreigners and tourists to leave their contact details behind at
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    • 124 2 nl I'll Learn the 5 key strategies Asian entrepreneurs use to expand their business -^fcSSS!^^- Discover 3 principles behind their A%&tf\i23m. mm money-making strategies Anotr\ I What are Sim Wong Hoo, Ooi Hong Leong, Li Kashing Ong Beng Seng doing in today's market? Date: 31 May2oo3,2pm Venue: Hotel Rendezvous, Bras
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    • 4 4 Life on the bay
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  • NEWS/HUMOUR
    • 751 6  -  Neil Humphreys To win Spores greatest tournament you must... by neil@newstoday.com.sg FOOTBALL historians will acknowledge that it was one of the most memorable cup finals of the 21st century. Forget the Champions League. There's only one final that matters now the Singapore Two Cases of Beer Cup,
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    • 320 6  -  Stanley Ho WANT a $100 pair of sports shoes for $20 and also do your bit for charity? Then head for the Great Step-Out Sale organised by Indonesia-based sports apparel distributor Hardaya Equipment Open daily from 10.30 am to 7.30pm till
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  • LETTERS
    • 172 8  -  Dr Annie Ling WE refer to the article, "A welcome addition" (Today, May 27). We would like to clarify that the Health Promotion Board advocates that nutrients are best obtained from food and a balanced diet can supply all the necessary nutrients for maintaining health
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      258 8  -  David Lim, but the challenge lies in getting the funding I REFER to your exclusive interview with Sir Edmund Hillary (Today, May 29). While Sir Edmund has a point about how it is much easier to climb Mt Everest these days, labelling such climbs as a "farce" as
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    • 288 8  -  'Lee Chee Wee I REFER to the report, "Biopolis in jeopardy?" (Today, May 26). During the interview, I tried to give a balanced view about the lack of funding experienced by many start-ups here. I have been there and I know how frustrating it
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  • BUSINESS
    • Market Watch
      • 25 9 AFX-Asia THE ST Index closed up 4.7 points at 1,349, off a high of 1,364.75. Volume was 1.292 billion shares valued at $756.6 million.
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      • 53 9 Index Value hange Pts NIKKEI HANG SENG 8424.51 9487.38 49.15 -21.17 0.59 -0.22 ALL ORDINARIES 2979.80 -3.80 -0.13 FAIWAN WTD 4555.90 12.86 0.28 KOREA COMP 633.42 0.99 0.16 SET 403.82 0.42 0.10 JAKARTA COMP 494.78 1.96 0.40 PHILIPPINES COMP 1073.69 7.22 0.68 SHENZHEN B 225.57 2.18 0.98 MUMBAI
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      • 36 9 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupinh Bnht 0.5785 0.3509 68.6730 4.5115 2.1982 0.4900 4807.08 24.1221 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.7890 0.8875 27.2430 697.6341 0.7918 4.7879 0.9996 20.0778
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      • 23 9 3old us$/oi Silver us$/oi 'latinum us$, 366.2 4.57 'oz 633.90 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude us$/bbl 182 1486.5 I 29.1
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      • 63 9 By volume May 30 UniFiber Ipco Chartered ComfortDelGro taa Close 0.135 0.120 0.880 0.820 0.105 Change +0.010 +0.025 +0.035 -0.005 +0.010 +8.0 +26.3 +4.1 -0.6 +10.5 'OOO 149,808 79,087 58,961 54,946 46,109 Horizon BIE Intl Pac Cent StarCrusUSS Links Is 0.095 0.745 0.280 0.240 0.160 +0.010 +0.005
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      • 84 9 By$ By percentage May 30 Close Change STIETF100 14.200 +0.450 May 30 Close Change SinSoonH W*****9 0.050 +0.015 DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.300 +0.200 GMGUSS 0.035 +0.010 Venture 15.100 +0.200 CITYDEV 3.940 +0.140 Easyknit 5k HK$ 0.130 +0.035 PM Data 0.130 +0.030 SAlSvcs 1.720 +0.130 Goldtron CPS*****6 0.045
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      • 79 9 By$ By percentage May 30 OUE Close Change 6.150 -0.450 May 30 KohBrosW*****6 Close Change 0.015 -0.010 4PB Breweries 5.250 -0.200 BBR 0.010 -0.005 KepCorp SIA 4.400 -0.100 9.600 -0.100 El-Nets ITE 0.010 -0.005 0.110 -0.050 SPH 16.700 -0.100 AcmaW*****6 0.015 -0.005 JurEng Haw Par 1.640 -0.070
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    • 267 9 Most S'poreans may get a modest increase SINGAPORE wages are more likely to rise this year rather than go down despite the economic woes, according to a new survey. The Mercer survey has found that majority of Singapore companies do not plan to cut wages despite
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    • 83 9 AFX-Asia NATSTEEL Ltd said its net profit in the first quarter to March fell to $9,582 million from $13.60 million a year earlier as sales fell and after factoring in exceptional losses. A tax charge of $3,418 million, compared to a tax rebate of
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    • 335 12 Bloomberg Capita Mall to convert IMM's top floor to entertainment venue CAPITAMALL Trust, Singapore's first property trust, plans to remove a 53,700-sq-ft roof from a five-storey mall it is buying to make way for outdoor concerts and events to draw more shoppers to the retail centre.
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    • 216 12 AFX-Asia, Agencies THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has removed industrial sites from its confirmed list of sites for sale and put them on the reserve list Under the reserve list system, the sites will only be put up for auction if there is
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    • 252 12 114% PROFIT RISE FOR HONG LEONG: Hong Leong Asia's net profit in the first quarter to March rose 114 per cent to $14,759 million from $6,893 million a year earlier. Sales rose to $468.32 million from $362,638 million. AFX-Asia COURTS EARNINGS DROP: The furniture, electronics and IT retailer,
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    • 109 12 AFX-Asia CITY Developments plans to launch another 200 units of its Savannah CondoPark residential project, having sold more than 80 per cent of the 153 units launched for sale in November last year. Savannah CondoPark will have 648 units when completed. The company said
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    • 167 12 THE first incubation centre to be set up by a Singapore institute of higher learning to help its start-ups venture into a foreign market has opened in California. The NUS Enterprise Center in Silicon Valley (NECSV) was opened on May 30 by Mr Raymond
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    • 376 12 Bloomberg HONG KONG The territory's economy shrank in the first quarter for the first time in almost two years and the government halved its 2003 economic growth estimate to 1.5 per cent, citing the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic. The city's output
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  • WEALTH MANAGEMENT
    • 409 13  -  Lee Yew Meng DBS Bank's new mortgage scheme a boon to cash-strapped homeowners by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg DBS Bank's Mortgage 1-2-3 scheme is more than a lifeline for struggling borrowers. It is expected to spur rival banks to offer similar features in their housing loan packages and, in
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    • 156 13 SERANGOON will become more vibrant under the 2003 Draft Master Plan announced recently by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. When developed fully, the area's heart will have two MRT stations and as much shop and office space as Ngee Ann City. Anticipating demand for housing, Far East
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    • 246 13 SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2003 arts ON THE MOVE RAFFLES CITY mmWß* WAmmm\ Joy Ride Generation Films (Australia) World Premiere 1 22 June Go on a rollercoaster ride of emotions as you rock and roll on a cushioned platform whilst watching art films. It's an exhilarating experience that'll have you screaming
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • MARKETWATCH
      • 541 14  -  Chew Sutat by newscgnewstoaay.com.sg THE Straits Times Index (STI) which started the week dismally, got two shots in the arm. A Tuesday night rally on Wall Street gave the bulls an additional appetite. Professional traders, seeing a chart breakout on the US market indices, bought
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    • 477 14 What The Experts Say Surface Mount Technology Buy SMT is a good proxy for investors seeking exposure to the Japanese outsourcing trend. About 70 per cent of revenues are from customers in Japan and a further 13 per cent from South Korea.Visibility remains clear to the end of 2004 and
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    • 817 14  -  Vasu Menon Can Wall Street's recent sharp run-up be sustained? by news(s>newstoday.com.s; WALL Street has rallied sharply. Nasdaq has gained 23 per cent from its recent bottom on May 28. During the same period, the S&P 500 index and the Dow moved up 19 per cent and
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  • WORLD
    • 247 15 Agencies LONDON As fears grow that the public were misled over Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, senior politicians in London and Washington told the British press yesterday that unprecedented intelligence blunders could be to blame. An unnamed senior
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    • 686 15  -  Jose Raymond Aspersions cast on M'sian govt's issue of gaming licence by jose@newstoday.com.sg SECRET. Non-Islamic. Scandalous. These are just a few of the words being used to describe the granting of a licence to the Berjaya Group in Malaysia to operate 250 gaming machines at a French-themed resort
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    • 98 15 Reuters photo Plane spotters watching the Concorde, Flight AFOO2, take off for the last time from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris yesterday. After flying between the United States and France since 1976, the supersonic passenger jet will make its last commercial flight for Air
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    • 206 15 Reuters SYDNEY A domestic airport terminal in Sydney was evacuated on Friday due to a security breach, a spokesman for Qantas Airways Ltd said. "We have had a security incident of some sort a short time ago. We are investigating it at the moment," said the spokesman,
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  • NEWS/COMMENTARY
    • 276 16 Agencies XL FREEZES IMPORT OF MEAT: Malaysia has frozen the import of chicken and duck meat from China over fears of an outbreak of the highly contagious bird flu. The move follows reports that duck meat exported from China to Japan was infected with avian flu virus, the
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    • 1145 16  -  Simon Tay How can we make Singaporeans a socially-responsible lot? by weekend@newstoday.com.sg WHAT would you do if a stranger on the street standing next to you, coughed, hacked and then spat? Just a few months ago, the answer would probably have been, nothing. Yet those caught
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    • 498 17  -  Elaine Quek Think of your loved ones and quit smoking bj news@newstoday.com.sg TODAY, we celebrate World No Tobacco Day. Smokers around the world are strongly urged to kick their habit and reliance on tobacco. Countries around the world strive for a smoke-free environment at work and
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    • 379 17 Q: Are low-tar cigarettes safer? A: No. They contain the same number of poisonous chemicals as ordinary cigarettes. In order to satisfy the craving for nicotine, a smoker will try to get the same amount of nicotine by inhaling harder, taking more puffs of each cigarette or
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  • COMMENTARY/HUMOUR
    • Article, Illustration
      768 18  -  Dave Barry $85,000 for a garbage bag by weeKenawnewsroaay.com.sg IT'S time for an update on the British art world, which, as far as I can tell, exists mainly to provide me with material. As regular readers of this column are aware, British art institutions have taken to paying
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  • weekend WATZUP?
    • 879 20  -  Lim Kuan Chiang Asian beauties, including Miss Singapore, are set to shine at Miss bj kuanchiang@newstoday.com.sg "VILL the sun shine on lm the beauties from the East? This is the quesV T tion beauty pageant I fans in Asia are pondering as the I 2003 Miss
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    • 636 21  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE Singapore Arts Festival is back despite budget cutbacks and the spectre of Sars. With a strong Singaporean presence and acclaimed international acts, this is an arts smorgasbord fit for all to savour. Here are some of the main courses served
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    • 90 21 WEEKEND THE ARTS FEST SATURDAY, MAY 31 Singapore Chinese Orchestra Instant is a Millennium -A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian Esplanade Theatre, Bpm 16 to $62) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Mikhail Pletnev Plays Beethoven Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm ($2l to $121) Family Entertainment Two Worlds (Asian Premiere) Kallang Theatre, Bpm
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    • HEALTH
      • 594 22  -  Lynette Leong Look for foods that come with not just proteins, carbohydrates and fats by newsignews iouay.com. sg WE eat certain foods for the nutrients they contain: such as vitamins and minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and fats. But over the past decade or so, there has been
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      • 122 22 Lactobacilli is one of the most well known and important type of friendly bacteria found in the digestive tract. It has the ability to turn milk sugar into lactic acid (also known as lactate), which is produced by the body and is a key chemical used in
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    • SHOPTALK AN MMS SPECIAL
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        429 26 SAY HELLO TO A NEW LIFESTYLE, thanks to the latest MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) mmm technology. Now, your mobile phone is more than just a communications gadget, it is also a portal where you get lots of fun and information updates at your fingertips, literally. SAY HELLO AND SNAP A
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    • EATOUT/EPICURE
      • 409 28  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg IT'S gotten so hot over the past few weeks that I've given up drinking any wine. Well, almost. Drinking heavy-going, high alcohol, intellectual wines in tropical heat over 30 degrees isn't exactly the best wine experience you can get. Even if
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        420 28  -  Sophie Pritchard and George Jacobs Get started with a veggie burger by eatoutcgnewstoday.com.sg In the following weeks, Today and the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) will bring you a weekly column featuring recipes and restaurants for the green generation. BEING vegetarian is about trying to live in harmony in
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      • 149 30 Lord of the Rings the musical Reuters LONDON Hobbits, dwarfs and elves are heading for the London stage in the world's first major musical of The Lord of the Rings, its backers said on Wednesday. West End producer Kevin Wallace said the reworking of JRR Tolkien's epic will cost £8
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      • Article, Illustration
        357 30  -  Janice Lee Catch musical's premiere at Esplanade ■W-^EMEMBER A Beautiful IX Mind (2001) and _L recently The Hoursl Both criticallyacclaimed movies were adapted from best-selling books. While original screenplays hardly make it beyond the big screen, one producer, Welly Yang (picture), has taken on the challenge of turning
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • ROUND-UP
        • 207 31 The An/matrix: A collection of nine short animated films that delve into the mythology of The Matrix, born out of a three-year collaboration with anime directors from around the world, it's the perfect appetiser before the main Reloaded course. Despite its unevenness, it'll appeal to your senses.- Yong
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        • 338 31 Bringing Down the House: This comedy, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, dredges up racial stereotypes. To skewer them? Rather, the film plays them up. It can be funny, but it's really a flimsy excuse to crack racist jokes. Janice Lee Bruce Almighty: God gives a
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    • INSIDE OUT
      • 447 32  -  Cheryl Frois Use it to create the illusion of space by news@newstoday.com.sg GLASS is a material that reflects and transforms. Its extensive appearance in HDB homes today stems from the fact that glass encloses space without appearing to do so. Glass doors are space-saving devices for
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      • Article, Illustration
        628 33 Cool cosy Modern decors cold and bland? Think again. WITH space a precious commodity in land-scarce Singapore, it is only natural that homeowners prefer interior designs that maximise their living environment. So it should come as no surprise that clean lines and minimalist looks are the mainstay of local homes.
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    • DRIVE
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        488 39  -  Colin Yong Nissan's new lively supermini set to win hearts by colin(s>newstoday.com.sg IT IS hard to believe, but the last time a new Nissan March was introduced, Centrepoint Kids still exist- Ed and the first Presidential Election in Singapore was more than a year away. The popularity
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      • 63 39 UPS Irresistibly cute Lively performance Superb build quality DOWNS Bouncy in corners Not that spacious behind Agent: Tan Chong Motor Sales Price: $78,100 with COE SPECIFICATIONS Engine Type: 1,386 cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 98bhp at 5,600rpm Maximum torque: 137Nm at3,2oorpm Gearbox: Four-speed automatic Performance Top
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      • 181 39 REAR-END collisions may soon be a thing of the past, if Honda's Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMS) makes it into mass production. The Japanese manufacturer announced last week that its new Inspire, an upmarket variant of the Accord, will be equipped with the sophisticated system
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      • 115 39 THIS is Mitsubishi's new full-sized multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), which was launched recently in its native Japan. Although the Space Wagon name is synonymous with large Mitsubishi MPVs, the new car will be called the Grandis worldwide. Being 155 mm longer than the outgoing Space Wagon, the
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