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  • 17 1 April 16 -17 2005 mica(P) 105/07/2004 weekend TODAY incorporating iMTCfItS /AediaCorp we set you thinking todayonline.com I
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  • 470 1 Once upon a time. I was a gambling addict Highroller ChiaTeck Leng (above), who was sentenced to 42 years in jail for fraud, offers his account of how he fell into the gambling trap I STARTED gambling in casinos in 1994. It started off innocuously enough. I was simply passing
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    • 42 1 INSIDE TEMASEK, OSIM IN US DEAL page 4 THE NEXT POPE PAGE 8 PREGNANT MUMS PAGE 12 NEIL HUMPHREYS PAGE 14 wh?ch STYLE PAGES 21-23 MAKAN pages 24-25 |CAR PAGES 29-30| l+plus itv/radio Listings pages 38-391 IwEEKEND IINTERVIEW PAGE 43 *****3 *****6868
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    • 199 2 In response to casino magnate Stanley Ho's suggestion that Singapore build a casino, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew says: "No, over my dead body." Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong tells reporters that as long as he is PM, Singapore will have no casino. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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    • 686 2 SO, IT looks like Round Two for the casino operators. Who will cruise through to the finish? PUNTERS, place your bets. One casino or two? Sentosa or Marina Bay or both? Las Vegas Sands'Guggenheim museum or GentingUniversal Studios? The high-stakes game is likely to enter
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    • 412 2  -  Derrick A Paulo THERE will be "trouble" in Singapore if there are casinos, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, but there will be "more trouble" if there are none. "The world will pass us by and we'll watch
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    • 521 2  -  Ansley Ng ansley@newstoday.com.sg THE Government has thrown a last-minute surprise at casino-watchers and debaters by releasing a paper written by a gambling addict behind bars for Singapore's biggest financial fraud ever. The 13-page paper, penned by former finance manager and casino highroller Chia Teck
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    • 854 3  -  Val Chua val@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 12 months of soul-searching, Singaporeans are coming to terms with what seems set to become reality the introduction of casino gambling on our shores. The Prime Minister will on Monday announce the Government's decision. For many, it is a foregone
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    • 207 3 ON THE streets, it's a narrow fight between those who want a legalised casino and those who don't. About 1 08 of the 200 readers polled by TODAY approve of Singapore finally dropping its casino ban, narrowly beating the 92 who are against, in what
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    • 312 4  -  Chow Perm Nee OSIM International announced an investment on Friday that would enable it to benefit from the growth and expansion of the healthy lifestyle market in the United States. Osim Brookstone Holdings, a consortium led by Osim with participation from the
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    • 340 4 Agencies Two quakes on Friday raise fears of another major eruption JAKARTA As two earthquakes shook Indonesia's Java island on Friday, Indonesian seismologists placed 79 volcanoes on a "close watch" list, up from the 11. The New Straits Times, quoting Indonesian experts, said they fear
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    • 231 4  -  Tan Hui Leng WOMEN in Singapore still follow traditional confinement practices closely with or without scientific justification. In a study involving more than 350 expectant mothers, conducted by the Obstetrical Gynaecological Society of Singapore (OGSS), it was found that 11 per cent
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
      • 50 4  -  Lee U-Wen The last two carriages of a passenger train from Kelantan, Malaysia, came off the rails on its way to Singapore at 5.55pm on Friday, near Sungei Kadut. No one was injured. The affected carriages were detached and the five remaining carriages completed the journey.
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      • 77 4 Agencies SINGAPORE has barred an Amnesty International spokesman from speaking at a Saturday forum on the death penalty. Immigration and Checkpoints Authority spokeswoman Lim Jing Jing said Briton Tim Parritt's application to speak was rejected after "careful consideration". Mr Parritt, a researcher for the London-based human rights
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      • 45 4 Newsßadio 93.8 Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will resume non-emergency surgeries from Monday. The hospital said it has the spread of a drug-resistant bacteria on its premises under control. Earlier this month, 600 elective surgeries were postponed after vancomysin-resistant enterrococci (VRE) was detected
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      • 84 4  -  Lee U-Wen From this year, more younger teachers will get to take up specialist positions. Previously, they had to reach at least Senior Education Officer 1 grade, and typically be in their mid-30s with 10 years of experience. Now they need no longer attain any particular grade,
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  • Singapore news
    • 344 6  -  Lee U-Wen proved the National Library Board in a survey u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHAT does a non-profit organisation like the National Library Board (NLB) have in common with companies such as Creative Technologies and Singapore Airlines? Strong innovation excellence, according to more than 20 chief executives and senior managers in
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    • 215 6  -  Sheralyn Tay THERE are five new Cs to get familiar with. And no, they have nothing to do with consumerism. On Green Transport Day yesterday, the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) sent the message that car sharing, car pooling, cycling, and catching a bus or
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    • 121 6 AT YESTERDAY'S exhibition, green transport alternatives like the Honda Jazz, car-pooling by NTUC Car Co-op, motorised bicycle rental, the Segway Human Transporter and the DaimlerChrysler fuel cell car were on show to the public. The latter two drew the most interest from spectators, as they
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    • 327 6  -  Wong Fei Wan A FORMER Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) scholar has been jailed eight weeks after he admitted to offering a $500,000 bribe in exchange for tender information in a Ministry of Defence project Eng Heng Chiaw's
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  • world news
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      1043 8  -  David O'Reilly KRT How the cardinals will decide on the WHEN the 115 cardinal-electors of the Roman Catholic Church gather on Monday, they will be choosing more than a pope. They will be choosing a Catholic Church for the 21st century. This is not a reality most of
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    • 61 8  - COULD IT BE RATZINGER, LUSTIGER, ARINZE OR SOURCE: AFP, INTERNET JOSEPH RATZINGER CARLO MARTINI I FRANCIS ARINZE I JEAN-MARIE LUSTIGER BOOKIE FAVOURITE ODDS Paddy Power Joseph Ratzinger (Germany) Jean-Marie Lustiger (France) Carlo Maria Martini (Italy) Claudio Hummes (Brazil) Francis Arinze (Nigeria) 3-1 4-1 9-2 8-1 8-1 William Hill Francis Arinze
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    • 224 10 -AFP UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose integrity and son were dragged into a scandal surrounding a UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq, said the United States and Britain shared the blame. He made reference to "the fact that the bulk of
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    • 282 10 KUALA LUMPUR Some Malaysians have faked their "deaths" in recent years to collect millions of ringgit in insurance, according to the Employees Provident Fund, or Socso. This startling discovery, reported by the New Straits Times (NST) on Friday, was made by a police task force investigating
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    • 316 10 AFP Citizens urged to let party handle Sino-Japanese relations BEIJING Faced with the possibility of large-scale anti-Japanese protests over the weekend, Beijing and Shanghai police said that any unapproved demonstrations would be considered illegal. The announcement also urged citizens to have confidence
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    • 235 10 LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is promoting his Labour Party's "farming" of postal-vote applications in a national mailshot, which defies advice from election officials that there should be no third-party involvement in the process, The Guardian reported. Returning officers want political parties to withdraw from
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    • GLOBAL roundup
      • 66 10 -AFP At least 16 people were killed on Friday morning in an fire that swept through the six-storey Paris-Opera hotel in central Paris occupied by tourists and immigrant families. Thirteen of the more than 50 people injured were hurt critically. Officials warned the death
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      • 77 10 Lustful men and body-hugging outfits of Malaysia Airlines hostesses split legislators along gender lines in the Malaysian Parliament on Thursday, the Sun reported. Male lawmaker Idris Haron said "such tight bodyhugging outfits would result in male passengers sexually harassing" stewardesses. But female legislator Rozaiday Talib supported
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      • 66 10 -AFP A vaginal gel could be developed within four years to help protect women against infection by the virus that causes Aids, Mr Peter Piot, the UN official spearheading the fight against HIV/Aids, said. The directorgeneral of UNAids, told reporters the prospect of a gel,
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      • 78 10 -AFP China now has some 1 8 million obese adults and 64 million adults may be at risk of cardiovascular disease because of poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, a study to be published on Saturday in The Lancet says. The figures are extrapolated from
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      • 75 10 -AFP Prince Harry, the 20-year-old younger son of heir to the British throne Prince Charles, has failed a basic computer test at Sandhurst army college, the Daily Mirror reported yesterday. "Although the computer test was a lot more complex than just sending e-mail, instructors were amazed
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    • 800 12 THE week has been pregnant with issues. Even as Today raised a ruckus with our cover story on employers firing mums-to-be, another debate raged among readers over expectant mothers' rights on public transportation. Unexpectedly, twice-pregnant Cheryln Ong asserted: There are none (April 11). Why should the
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    • 237 12  -  KIM MAY I Letter from Corporate Communications manager, National Arts Council WITH reference to "Awards disappointment will only deter budding Tamil poets" (April 12), we thank the writer for his feedback on nurturing young Tamil literary talents. We wish to clarify that this
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    • 137 12  -  KAREN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health IN "LET Medisave pay for my medication" (April 24), Mr Ng Eng Huat asked for the use of Medisave to pay for his outpatient Hepatitis B medication. Medisave is intended primarily for inpatient care,
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    • 937 13 Mr Edward Leong no longer thinks of dying now that he is on the NKF's dialysis programme WHEN Mr Edward Leong was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2003, he wanted to commit suicide. Although he tells his story with a chuckle these days, those early
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    • 121 13 Established in 1969, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest charitable organisation in Singapore dedicated to the cause of saving and transforming lives. It is recognised as a world reputed not-for-profit healthcare institution, benefiting over 260,000 Singaporeans every year through many life-saving programmes. In 1987,
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    • 218 14  -  SIM MUI HUANG Letter from Assistant Manager Marketing Communications Geylang United FC WE WISH to clarify and allay any fears Ash Tan may have about football managers and their roles as sports commentators. Before appearing on ESPN, both Scott
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    • 304 14  -  SAMUEL G PANTHRADIL I Letter from Chief, Admin Finance and Corporate Affairs Football Association of Singapore WE ARE writing in response to Ash Tan Pei Cheon's letter, "Paid to coach, not be pundits" (April 15), which referred to full-time professional coaches of
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      752 14  -  Neil Humphreys Don't be lazy on public transport... A LITTLE courtesy on public transport can make your day, particularly if it saves your life. About 12 years ago, I was sitting on the platform of a London Underground station wondering what would come first the train or middle
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  • Businesstoday
    • 1003 16  -  Valeric Law For some Spore firms, it is a bountiful business opportunity valerie@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, as oil prices flirted with the US$6O-per-barrel mark, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Vivian Balakrishnan remarked that higher oil prices should not be the
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    • 239 16 Million) JANUARY *****%) INFRASTRUCTURE KS Tech 269.6 Oilfield machinery and equipment Distributes oil and gas equipment, general hardware and instrumentation spare parts 1.63 127.43 Fat Hong Rotary Lota I Auto 231.8 158.12 162.27 Distribution/wholesale Sells, rents, repairs and services heavy machinery and equipment, including
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    • business news
      • 182 18 A FORMER executive director of online hotel and travel service provider Asiatravel.com was yesterday fined $100,000 for insider trading and non-dis-closure when she sold her shares. The court heard that Joanna Yeo, who was also the listed company's chief financial officer and secretary, had attended a
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      • 386 18  -  Derrick A Paulo TUI shuts Singapore operations derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE company that Singapore's largest electricity supplier had held responsible for its billing botch-up five years ago is being wound up. TUI Consulting Asia, the locally-registered unit of Wash-ington-based TUI Consulting, applied for voluntary liquidation on Tuesday and its creditors
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      • 58 18 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE was the world's busiest container port in the first quarter of this year, beating Hong Kong by a fraction. Hong Kong handled a total of 5.28 million 20-foot equiva- lent units of goods from January to March. Singapore port operator PSA
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      • Market WATCH
        • 55 18 ndex Value Nikkei 225 *****.69 Pis -192.48 -1.6i Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries *****.75 4014.30 -133.65 -68.00 -0.9; -1.6; laiwanWtd 5888.37 -88.31 -1.41 Korea Comp 947.22 -6.70 -0.71 KLCI 874.25 -2.98 -0.3' SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 1096.51 1864.06 265.59 6248.34 -11.92 -23.41 -1.76
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        • 58 18 By volume Close UTAC 0.570 Delong 0.175 UniFiber 0.510 Capitaland 2.520 Sunpower 0.280 SingTel 2.530 Hyflux DB eCW*****7 0.545 Sarin 0.320 Chartered 0.975 SGX 2.070 Change -0.045 +0.030 -0.010 -0.030 -0.010 -0.040 -0.025 -0.020 -0.060 '000 -7.3 42,642 +20.7 40,383 -1.9 28,710 -1.2 20,738 -3.4 17,083 -1.6
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        • 70 18 IMH400USS 18.100 +0.200 HSI*****SGAePW*****0 0.710 +0.180 BukilSem 13.400 +0.100 Haw Par 5.400 +0.100 :apitaMall 2.250 +0.060 KhangGuan 1.660 +0.060 Breweries 8.450 +0.050 Robinson 6.050 +0.050 iPCCAeCW*****8 0.605 +0.050 By percentage LiangHuat 0.015 +50.0 [yberVill 0.100 +42.9 IMC Inl 0.070 +40.0 NH Ceram 0.090 +38.5 HSI*****SGAePW*****0 0.710 +34.0
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        • 73 18 By$ Creative 50 16.300 -0.300 JardineC&C 12.500 -am KepCorp 10.600 SIA200 11.300 -0.300 -0.300 HSI*****SGAeCW*****0 1.310 -0560 STIETF100 21.730 -0540 HSI*****DBeCW*****9 1.120 -0510 F&N 15.300 -0500 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 11.400 -0500 Venture 13.400 -0.200 By percentage Goldlron 0.010 -33.3 Creative DBeCW*****3 0.035 -30.0 Sing TelMBLeCW*****60.040 -27.3 KepCorpSGA
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        • 76 18  -  Dow Jones SHARE prices closed lower on heavy selling in stocks such as Sembcorp Marine and Hyflux after Wall Street had a second straight session of losses. The ST Index fell 1 8.36 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 2,150.23. Losers led gainers 345 to 111 as 665.2 million
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        • 34 18 UK£ fen HK$ RM 0.32 65.225 4.7016 2.2908 Euro Rupiah Baht Peso 4$ Indian Rs Won C$ fan NZ$ NTS 0.4695 5749.3 23.978 32.954 0.7853 26.423 616.38 0.7499 4.9895 0.8442 19.108
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        • 26 18 SGX,I Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 425.50 Silver uss/oz 7.05 Platinum uss/oz 858.00 Rubber cms/kg 218 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1418.50 Brent crude uss/iarrei 52.37 Information provided by
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      480 21  -  Pearlyn Tham Step back into the groovy 60s and dress down with panache IF YOU'RE hippie and you know it, clap your hands: It's hip to dress like a hippie all over again. But don't try leafing through your parents' photographs from the 1960s for inspiration. This time
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    • style
      • Smooth operators
        • 241 22  -  Elisa Yang When I was given the chance to try the new CrystalLite permanent hair removal treatment at Mary Chia, I had my apprehensions. I envisioned the process to be full of complications, painful and messy. But from the minute I stepped into the Mary
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        • 185 22  -  Recta Raman With just a simple piece of cotton thread, you can achieve the perfect arc for your brows. Eyebrow threading, an ancient technique from Saudi Arabia and South Asia, is a popular alternative for many women searching for a more defined brow. Done by a skilled beautician
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        • Article, Illustration
          187 22  -  Pearlyn Tham Based on an ancient Egyptian technique still popular in the Middle East, sugaring is not very wellknown in Singapore as a hair removal method. In sugaring, lemon and sugar is mixed with water to form a sticky caramel-like gum. Suvindar Kaur, owner of Suvin's Laser Electrolysis Centre,
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      • 108 22 FIND out how you can protect your skin from harmful UV rays and achieve healthy, radiant skin at the Lancome UV Expert DNA Shield Workshop. This takes place on April 30 from 2pm to 4pm and includes a tea session. There are only 50
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      • DO IT AT HOME
        • 111 22 "Problem hair" include those growing in different directions or are flat-lying. To remove these at home, try Braun's SI Ikepil Soft Perfection Body System. This epilator has small tips integrated into its head to lift the hair and guide them into the tweezers, allowing even
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        • 79 22 Imagine using radio frequency to zap those hair off. This is the premise that Carol's Secret Advanced Hair Removal System works on. This DIV radio frequency treatment combines a stimulating action with electrical energy to separate the hair root from its follicles. A tiny set
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        • 123 22  -  Pearlyn Tham Gillette's Women Passion Venus shaver makes shaving fun for the ladies, with its funky pink colour. But it's not just a pretty face as it is designed to give you a close and comfortable shave. Passion Venus has an ergonomically designed handle for
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      • 355 23  -  Elisa Yang Pamper yourself with aFond Beautylink Spa's treatments elisa.yang@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a strenuous wakeboarding session that left my body battered, tired and sore, I was only too glad to visit aFond Beautylink Spa located in the heart of Holland Village. As I stepped into its premises,
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      • 178 23  -  Pearlyn Tham IF BLUE is the new black in fashion or whatever fashion pundits are betting their Prada bags on then gold is the new silver for watches, predicts Annie Santo, director of international sales at Guess Watches. Launched more than two decades
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      • 120 23  -  Pearlyn Tham GET that lip-smack-ing X-factor with the new L'Oreal Paris Color Juice lip gloss. Priced at just $12.90, this gives your lips i a touch of fresh, juicy and sheer colour tinged with a sexy shine. There are seven yummy shades in
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        • 147 24 Hot French chicks in town AND they're hanging out at Delifrance. The French deli has launched four new Le Black Pepper Chicken items to satisfy Singaporeans' taste for variety. "Le Black Pepper Chicken baguette sandwich, rice gratin, pasta gratin and potato gratin will set us above the competition by satisfying
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      • 620 24  - A little Thai and a lot of heart Michael Seah Tucked away on the ground floor ofThomson Plaza is a simple, honest-to-goodnessThai eatery food@newstoday.com.sg VISITS to Thomson Plaza bring back fond memories of Thailand. This is because, at the ground floor of the mall, is a small eatery that serves
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    • gadget
      • SHOPPING GUIDE
        • 133 26 BUILDING on the popularity of the affordable Tungsten E handheld, palm One has introduced an addition to the range the Tungsten E2. The device offers you a brighter 320x320 colour display, flash memory, an MP3 player with built-in speaker, Bluetooth technology and longer battery life.
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        • 98 26 FUJITSU'S latest flatbed scanner is one of the speediest ones around, taking a mere 1.7 seconds to scan a document in colour at a resolution of 200 dots per inch. The fi-60F saves images in various formats including TIFF and JPEG and scans up to A6-sized
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        • 116 26 COMBINING 7.1-megapixel performance and 3x optical ZoomNikkor ED lens equivalent to a 38-1 14mm lens in 35mm format, Nikon's Coolpix 7600 enables clear Macro shots as close as 4cm away. The D-Lighting function enhances bright areas and adds light and detail to darker parts of
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        • 110 26 STARTING at 1.14 kg and touting a 12.1-inch LCD, Dell's Latitude XI is made for travelling. Powered by Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, the notebook features the Pentium M Ultra-Low Voltage processor 733 (1 .IGHz) and integrated Wi-Fi 802.1 1 b/g, Bluetooth wireless capability and Gigabit Ethernet.
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      • 337 26  -  Ariel Tarn with versatile multimedia storage viewer from Epson ariel@newstoday.com.sg AVID digital shutterbugs can soon admire their images on Epson's portable multimedia storage viewer instead of carrying (and misplacing) multiple memory cards. Expected to hit local shores very soon, the 40GB Epson P-2000 lets
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      • 305 26  -  Ariel Tarn SAMSUNG Electronics is gunning for the No 2 spot in the local laser printer market this year. Last year, the Korean electronics giant came in at No 3 (after HP and Canon), garnering 7.48 per cent of market share in terms
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      • 120 26 Ml will launch the "Blackßerry from Vodafone" solutions Blackßerry 7100 v and Blackßerry 7290 handhelds to corporate customers on Monday and individual customers on April 25. The Blackßerry Unlimited plan ($59 per month) allows unlimited local data usage with $10 worth of free roaming data
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      • 316 28  -  Seah Slew Hua YOU no longer have to be limited to complex photo-editing software on the computer when tweaking the colour of subjects on your photos. Canon's Ixus 700 and Ixus 50 digital cameras feature the innovative My Colour function, which lets
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      • 456 28  -  Ariel Tarn 3G Mobile Phone Reviews: Samsung SGH-ZlO7 Nokia 6680 But the SGH-ZlO7 suffers from lack of external card slot, Bluetooth and speaker phone ariel@newstoday.com.sg WHO says 3G phones are big, chunky and heavy? Samsung's SGH-ZlO7 UTMS (universal mobile telecommunications system) phone is a lightweight
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      • 487 28  -  Seah Stew Hua THE bulk and weight of the Nokia 6680 it measures 108.4x55.2x20.5mm and weighs 133g might be a put-off to some people. But, if you plan to make loads of video calls, you might want to give this smart phone a chance. Based
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        101 28 HOT BUY Real Madrid fans in Singapore can be the first to get their hands on Siemen's limited-edition M65 Real Madrid mobile phone. Priced at $628 without a contract, the phone includes photos of your favourite team's players, Real Madrid ring tones, wallpapers ana screensavers, video clips of the team
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    • car
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        691 29  -  Colin Yong Clever seat folding mechanism makes latest Chrysler Grand Voyager a very practical MPV colin@newstoday.com.sg THE Chrysler Grand Voyager gives new meaning to the phrase, "moving house". Not just any house it's the automotive equivalent of a District 10 bungalow complete with swimming pool and garden. This
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      • 65 29 Ups Clever seating arrangement Huge cabin More agile than it looks Downs Cheap interior plastics Dashboard is poorly laid out Agent: Chrysler Jeep Automotive of Singapore Price: $159,888 with COE Engine Type: 3301 cc, 12V V 6 Max power: 1 74bhp at 5,1 OOrpm
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        • 138 29 Local Citroen distributor Advance Automobile has started taking orders for the C 4 mid-sized hatchback, six months after the car made its international debut at the Paris Motor Show. It costs $88,888 with COE. The C 4 replaces the bland Xsara and marks a return
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        • 144 29 If you enjoy driving al fresco and have half a million dollars to spare, Porsche would like to interest you in the new 91 1 Cabriolet. Launched here on Thursday, the car is available in two versions tne 325bhp Carrera and 355bhp Carrera S. Both models
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      • 740 30  -  Colin Yong but Nissan's Sunny is catching up with Corolla's top-selling Altis colin@newstoday.com.sg TOYOTA has started 2005 exactly the way it ended last year on top of the car sales charts in Singapore. Figures released this week by the Motor Traders Association of Singapore (MTA) have
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      • 42 30 osition Model Unit sa Toyota Corolla Altis Nissan Sunny Toyota Vios Hyundai Matrix Mitsubishi Lancer Toyota Camry Hyundai Getz Mazda 3 Honda Civic (vl: I _.i: 3,491 3,174 1,505 1,077 982 957 911 819 806 ZPiO
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      • 39 30 Source: Motor Traders Association of Singapore. Figures exclude parallel imports osi ion Model Unit sa Toyota Nissan Hyundai Honda Mitsubishi Mazda Kia Mercedes-Benz Chevrolet 6,751 4,767 3,802 2,728 1,509 1,364 1,114 857 556
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      • 205 30  -  Roger Chan Stanley Chew I make it a habit to change to a lower gear on my manual car as I slow down to a stop. But my friends tell me this wears out the clutch. Are they right? I remember being taught in my driving school to
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      • 729 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla CityDev launches integrated avantgarde project in New World Park site shobha@newstoday.com.sg A DISTRICT redolent with history and dotted with old low-rise buildings is set to get a stunning new look with a new City Developments Limited (CDL) project that will alter
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      • 428 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla BUOYED by the demand for prime London property from the Singapore and regional market, a new London project Battersea Reach is being launched here next weekend by property consultants Colliers International. The project is located on the south bank of the
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    • 1257 34  -  Jeanine Tan The best news presenters these days not only have to sound good: They've got to look the part, too r I "»HE phrase "a face for radio" has greater -L relevance now more than ever just watch the news on television. News presenters these
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      586 36 Film fans tell us what they're looking forward to at this year's SIFF gHE 18th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) kicked off on Thursday night with the screening of Katsuhiro Otomo's anime feature, Steamboy. For the next 15 days, film buffs will converge on Shaw Towers and the
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      • 402 37  -  NG CHEE YEN, 49 Bank officer/Singapore Film Society treasurer Number of years you've gone to the Spore Int'l Film Festival: Eighteen, including this year every year the festival has been in existence. Favourite thing(s) about the festival: Getting to see movies not released commercially and to interact
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    • 591 40  -  Jenny Kong It begins at recruitment, says ACCA Gold Accredited Employer Wayne Soo jenny@newstoday.com.sg IN A competitive economy, employers are constantly on the lookout for talent who can help boost the company's bottom line. Common ways of attracting and retaining talent include offering attractive salary
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      • 467 42  -  ERIC DING S-League club sign with Levi's in landmark deal sports@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE football achieved a sponsorship breakthrough on Friday. In a landmark deal, American-based fashion label Levi's joined forces with S-League club Young Lions. It is the first time Levi's have ventured into
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        • 704 43 Like Jonny Wilkinson, Ben Gollings is a left-footed England rugby star who practises his kicking meticulously. In February, the 24-year-olds dedication paid off when Ben became the IRB Sevens' all-time leading points scorer (1,094), overtaking Fijian legend Waisale Serevi (1,033). On the eve of
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      • 438 43  -  TAN YO-HINN RUGBY Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore 2005 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg TUNISIA are hardly a rugby powerhouse. But if South Africa successfully defend their Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore 2005 title at the National Stadium this weekend, they will thank their fellow Africans.
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      • 61 43 When: Today and Tomorrow Where: National Stadium Teams: Pool A: Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore Pool 8: England, Hong Kong, Kenya, Scotland Pool C: Fiji, France, South Africa, Thailand Pool D: Argentina, Canada, China, Samoa Tickets available from Sistic hotline 6348 5555, online at www.sistic.com.sg,
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      • 500 44 -AFP GOLF Visa Dynasty Cup SHENZHEN Japan overcame defeats of their star players Shigeki Maruyama and Shingo Katayama in the opening day's foursomes to surge to a three-and-a-half to two-and-a-half lead over Asia in the Visa Dynasty Cup on Friday. Captain Isao
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      • 152 44 -AFP KANPUR, India Shahid Afridi smashed the secondfastest one-day century off 45 deliveries, as Pakistan trounced India by five wickets on Friday to take an unassailable 3-2 lead in the six-match series. The swashbuckling opener hit 10 boundaries and nine sixes in a brilliant 102 off
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      • 426 44  -  S Murali HE WAS in the thick of action on Sunday at the US Masters, watching Tiger Woods go on a record-setting birdie blitz to take the tournament by the scruff of its neck. Still, Denmark's Thomas Bjorn,
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        834 44  -  S MURALI Determined to be the world No 1, Korean star believes she can overtake Sorenstam golf Tiger Skins FOR A womajj*fflaying in the shadow of AnnjJjer'Sorenstam, Grace Park cuts a surprisingly defiant figure. Articulate, poised and pretty enough to be a poster girl for the LPGA,
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      • 292 45  -  S Murali IT WAS about life and death and golf's not more important than that. That was the message that came across from all four players involved in this week's Tiger Skins, where all the prize money will go to the victims of
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      • 246 45  -  ERIC DING NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Home United 2 Sinchi FC 1 sports@newstoday.com.sg FOR long periods in the game, Home United appeared to be heading for their second successive defeat in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. But the Protectors pulled of a late
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