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    Lock icon SEX AND THE SINGAPOREAN
    1345 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS xhibitions, toysjand parties a buzz we need? clement@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS long been a taboo subject, discussed behind closed doors, drawing blushes from adults, sniggers from teenagers. Sex and erotica not words that automatically leap to mind when you speak of Singapore. Playboy and Penthouse
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      57 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH 9 www.thelivingfaith.org "With men it is impossible, but not with GOd for with God all things are possible." The Bible, Mark 10:27 li-iii:i''.viu'];^:iij-ij;O]^jrM!l'^'J!lM!i^j; t 'iMJ VenueWisdom Centre Marketplace Christian Fellowship Venue: DBS Auditorium [KretaAyerPeoplesTheatre] Time: 7.30pm TiIYW I flam 1* refreshments will be served lime I lam
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      Woman charged with cheating $10 million
      257 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH Allegedly used money to pay for condo, insurance christi e@newstoday.com.sg A 29-year-old woman was hauled to court on Friday facing 153 charges of cheating United Overseas Bank and Citibank of some $9.99 million by cheque forgery. Vera Wang Wan Ying allegedly replaced
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      Promise of better sex ... for $12,580 and some surgery
      424 3  - Promise of better sex for $12,580 and some surgery -VINITARAMANI WILL women in Singapore pay about $12,580 for an outpatient surgical procedure designed to enhance their sexual pleasure? That is what it may cost at three clinics in Singapore that have begun offering Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation (LVR), a modification of
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      Lock icon Tackling bird flu together
      575 4  -  FRANCIS KAN S'pore proposes working with other countries, organisations on research-response project BUSINESS EDITOR in BUSAN fra ncis@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is looking to work with other countries and international organisations on a project to tackle the spread of the deadly avian flu. The initiative was proposed by
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      S'PORE-INDONESIA TRADE STATISTICS TO BE RELEASED
      145 4  -  -FRANCIS KAN BUSAN Starting next year, Singapore will release comprehensive statistics on its trade with Indonesia. Currently, trade data between the two countries does not include re-export figures and is published separately from the statistics released on Singapore's other major trading partners. Prime Minister
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      It's A-OK: Aust PM
      208 4  -  FRANCIS KAN AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday the differences between Australia and Singapore over the planned execution of convicted drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van would not damage relations between the two countries. "It is not an issue where we agree but our disagreement on
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      Under one village
      576 6  -  ANSLEYNG By 2006, Courts, Ikea and Giant will each open a flagship store in Tampines under a new EDB scheme a nsley@newstoday.com.sg BY THE end of next year, you could order a sofa set from Ikea, walk to Singapore's largest Courts outlet to browse for a digital
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      NOTFORGOTTEN
      127 6 The WRS, it seems, has not forgotten about neighbourhood shops in Tampines and Pasir Ris. Retailers yesterday pledged to help neighbourhood shops within a skm radius by training them and holding joint promotions. "This is one way of ensuring shopkeepers upgrade themselves to world class standards," said Mr Kenneth
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      IR bidders briefed on tourism, planning goals in S'pore
      376 6  -  -TORCHING LI ALL nine integrated resort (IR) bidders who picked up the 800-page Request For Proposals (RFP) document for the Marina Bay site this week turned up for a closeddoor briefing at the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Friday. The STB
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      MERRILL LYNCH REPORT'PRESUMPTUOUS'
      141 6  -  TORCHING LI US-based casino operator Eighth Wonder told Today that it is still very much in the race for the Sentosa Integrated Resort site. Given a less than 10-per-cent chance of winning the bid in a recent casino report by Merrill Lynch, speculations arose that like Peermont
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      Lock icon 'I didn't say women are crap,' claims ad legend French
      412 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CREATIVE legend Neil French (picture) claims that he was misquoted with regard to a sexist remark he allegedly made at a Toronto conference last month, and suspects that he was set up. The 61-year-old had reportedly referred to
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      A gifted student? Sorry to hear that
      425 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG Pupils in GEP often ostracised, have trouble coping: Study cheekong@newstoday.com.sg SOME of them did not even want the honour in the first place. They parents coerced them, bribed them with cash and goaded them into joining that most exclusive of
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        WOMAN CHARGED OVER PETROL THEFT
        73 8  -  VINITARAMANI Delly Rozita Bte Mohamed Hodri, 29, was charged in court on Friday for stealing $160 worth of petrol on two occasions. The incidents took place on Sept 15 at the Shell petrol station at No 9 Tampines and on Sept 19 at the Mobil
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        Lock icon CHINESE DACE FISH PROVEN SAFE
        75 8 -938LIVE The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) gave assurances that canned dace fish from China sold here is safe to eat. The AVA said that tests to date showed that malachite green a synthetic dye had not been detected in any of the seven brands
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      Lock icon SWEET, SWEET VICTORY
      255 9  -  TREVOR TAN Team Singapore CounterStrike advances into the last 16! trevor@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is basking in glory after local favourite Team TitaNs defeated last year's bronze medalist South Korean's Maven_Crew in CounterStrike: Source on the second competitive day of the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2005 Grand Final to
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      Lock icon AN EQUAL PLATFORM FOR ALL
      352 9 PEOPLE with physical disabilities may soon be able to take part in a cyber gaming competition here. Samsung Electronics and The Society forthe Physically Disabled (SPD) are joining hands to set up the Enabled Cyber Gamer tournament, which may become part of the WCG 2006
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      THIS AUSTRIAN BABE'S GONNA TAKE YOU OUT
      706 9  -  —ARIEL TAM NAME: Verena Vlajo NICKNAME: seeN ANoob COUNTRY: Vienna, Austria GAME: Dead or Alive Ultimate (DOAU) MAKE no mistake, boys. This pretty lady from Austria could knock you out when it comes to gaming we're talking testosterone-filled titles such as Warcraft 111,
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      Two faces of abuser
      657 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG Aceh refugees sign petition in support of volunteer charged with 79 counts of maid abuse cheekong@newstoday.com.sg A MOST unlikely portrait of a woman accused of almost 80 charges of maid abuse was presented in court yesterday. Former production operator Sazarina Madzin, who had pleaded guilty
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      Lock icon New code next year against discriminatory hiring
      262 10 -938LIVE NEW guidelines against discriminatory hiring practices could be in place by early next year if proposals by the Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers are taken up. Committee Chairperson and Minister of State for Manpower Gan Kim Yong feels it is
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      Multi-racial Xmas gift
      140 10  -  JASMINE YIN MORE than 100 people from eight religious and ethnic groups came together to spread some Christmas cheer to the less fortunate last week. Members from these groups, including the Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association and mosques, gathered at Ngee City Civic Plaza to drop
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      Award-winning design for arts school
      315 10  -  DAVID CHEW STUDENTS who will be attending the new Singapore Arts School will get to study in a campus designed by award-winning local architects WOHA. The design was unveiled last night at the Designing the Singapore Arts School exhibition, which will feature a behind-the-scenes look
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      Lock icon While world leaders meet, protesters take to the streets
      311 11 AGENCIES 15,000 people clash with police at Busan venue BUSAN South Korean riot police fired water cannons and clashed with stonethrowing anti-globalisation protesters who tried to reach the main venue of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders' summit on Friday.
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        Lock icon NO PARKINSON'S DISEASE: CASTRO
        88 11 AFP Cuban President Fidel Castro denied having Parkinson's disease after a report that the CIA was sure he had the disease. "I feel better than ever," the 79-year-old communist leader said during a three-hour speech at the University of Havana. Cubawatchers point out that the once-brilliant
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        Lock icon BOTERO PAINTING GOES FOR $2.5M
        58 11 BLOOMBERG Artist Fernando Botero's "The Musicians," a painting of four portly men and a girl holding their guitars and tubas, sold for US$l.5 million ($2.5 million) at Sotheby's Holdings to pace record-setting Latin American auctions in New York. "The Musicians," a 1979 painting by Colombia's
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        Lock icon MORE US BLACKS VICTIMS OF AIDS
        95 11 BLOOMBERG The virus that causes Aids was eight times more common among United States blacks than whites last year, a government study of 33 states said on Friday. The gap occurred even though new infections of HIV, the Aids virus, fell 5 per cent
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      Lock icon Iran President's Operation Takeover
      639 12 THE GUARDIAN The man who called for Israel to be eliminated is now pulling his government apart THE MAN who declared last month that Israel should be wiped off the map has set alarm bells ringing again. Iran is facing political paralysis as its newly elected
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        Lock icon HOLLYWOOD MADAM FLEISS TO OPEN MALE BROTHEL
        102 12 AFP Notorious Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss plans to open a brothel offering male prostitutes in the US state of Nevada. Ms Fleiss, who was jailed in 1996 after police busted her ring of hookers who serviced some of Hollywood's biggest players, said she
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        CHINESE UNDERGRADS TAKE IT OUT ON SANDBAGS
        83 12 A Chinese university has set up an "anger management" room for students to vent their frustrations apparently so they will not stage protests, Reuters reported. Southwest Jiaotong University, in Chengdu in Sichuan province, has lined a room with sandbags waiting to be punched,
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        DEATH THREATS FOR MAN WHO SHOT DOMINO-TOPPLING SPARROW
        90 12 An man who shot a sparrow after it almost wrecked a world-record domino toppling bid has asked for police protection after receiving death threats from animal rights groups, ananova.com reported. The sparrow had toppled 23,000 of the four million dominos set up
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      Lock icon Calls to curb Indian clinics' 'extravagant claims'
      378 12 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Western researchers have called for tighter curbs on Indian clinics making "extravagant claims" over the use of embryonic stem cells after New Delhi doctor Geeta Shroff said she had used them to treat 100 terminally ill patients. Experts in Britain
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      Lock icon Model in drug case: Guilty but soon free
      158 14 AGENCIES DENPASAR An Indonesian court on Friday found Australian model Michelle Leslie guilty of using the party drug Ecstasy and sentenced her to three months' jail, a period of custody she has already served. Adelaide-born Leslie, 24, was to be released from
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      Lock icon CIA's secret overseas partners revealed
      206 14 -AFP WASHINGTON The CIA, the United States spy agency, has set up secret joint counterterrorism centres in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to track and capture suspected terrorists and penetrate their networks, The Washington Post reported. The centres, known as Counterterrorist Intelligence Centers, or
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      Lock icon Tamiflu linked to deaths of 12 kids
      398 14 AFP. Safety of drug, which is used to fight bird flu, questioned twice in a week LONDON The safety of Tamiflu, the most important anti-viral drug in the fight against bird flu in humans, has been questioned following reports that it has been
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld's high-security details leaked to hotel guests
      197 14 -AFP ADELAIDE Full details of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's two-day itinerary in Adelaide were mistakenly given to guests staying at a luxury hotel in the southern Australian city, a report said on Friday. Yellow business envelopes containing a six-page itinerary for Mr
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        Lock icon US GYNAECOLOGIST GUILTY OF RAPING FEMALE PATIENTS
        65 14 -AFP A gynaecologist who raped and fondled dozens of patients faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing hearing in about six weeks. Charles Momah, 49, was found guilty by a US court on Wednesday. Four women testified to being sexually
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        Lock icon SAYING 'I DO' IN MID-20'S BEST FOR MARRIAGE: SURVEY
        76 14 AFP Couples who wed in their mid-20 s have the best chance of living happily ever after, a new survey on American marriage has found The results contradict conventional wisdom that partners have the best chance for a healthy marriage if
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        54 FIREARMS FOUND AT HOME OF ALLEGED TEEN KILLER
        69 14 Police have found 54 firearms and ammunition at the Pennsylvania home of Daniel Ludwig, 18, who is accused of killing his girlfriend's parents, CNN reported. Ludwig lived with his parents and his father is a hunter. Police said he shot Michael
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        Lock icon SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL WORSHIPPERS AT MOSQUES
        63 16 AFP At least 65 people were killed and 85 wounded when suicide bombers blew themselves up on Friday amid worshippers at two Shia mosques in Khanaqin, north-east of Baghdad. Two bombers wearing explosive belts walked into the Greater and the Smaller Khanaqin mosques and
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        Lock icon NETWORK TO COUNTER 'BIASED' REPORTING IN THE WORKS?
        67 16 -AFP Ministers from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of developing nations will next week discuss the creation of an "alternative" news network, which host Malaysia says it hopes will counter "biased" foreign reporting. The Kuala Lumpurbased NAM News Network will be run by
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        Lock icon COALITION DEAL SEES MERKEL FINALLY IN CHARGE
        67 16 -AFP The leaders of Germany's two main political parties on Friday formally signed an agreement forming the first left-right coalition government since the *****, with Ms Angela Merkel to be the country's first female chancellor. Ms Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats
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      Lock icon Rajapakse wins election in Sri Lanka
      426 16 -AFP New leader seen as bad news for peace COLOMBO Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday officially won Sri Lanka's tight-ly-fought battle for the presidency in a victory which analysts said dimmed the island's peace hopes. Mr Rajapakse, a socialist who celebrated his 60th
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  • Letter
    HIV-positive or not, report wrongdoers
    214 18  -  ANGELA THIANG Letter from I REFER to the letter from Ms Gayle Chan and the response by Ms Han Chuan Quee of MediaCorp News ("In the name of public interest?", Nov 14). While I sympathise with HIV patients on the unwarranted discrimination they sometimes face,
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      Lock icon Sex in ancient, liberal times
      933 18  -  EmjUiiiwh 001 BOON KEONG As Chinese culture flowered and shrivelled, so openness towards sex waxed and waned coffee with WMrtiTafilfiHlKM BESIDES founding China's first ancient sex museum, Professor Liu Dalin has also been researching, for the past two decades, the sexual culture of one of
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      Burden lies on the women
      226 20  -  MERLIN KWEK BEE LING Men get paid more, but contribute less to maintaining the elderly Letter from I REFER to Dr Kanwaljit Soin's commentary, "Helping grandma when grandpa's gone" (Nov 18). I agree that the burden of caring for the elderly often lies on the
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      sayagain
      76 20 Perhaps we should hire highly trained cleaners to keep our loos spick and span, like in Japan. But we all know that the Japanese pay highly for these luxuries; they also have a high standard of living, which renders such costs acceptable. Should we go the Japanese way, or
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      So stressful to have no time off
      240 20  -  MARGS D* Letter from I HAVE been working here for one year without having a day off. It has been quite stressful for me. It is true that I signed a no day-off clause on my contract, but even when my salary comes
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      114 20 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it can appear on this page. Give yourfull name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sg. Include a 50-word caption to describe yourself and your picture. BUS
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      What will it take for us to be kind?
      167 20  -  LYNETTE TAN-SOON Letter from I REFER to Mr Nicklas K Hansen's letter, "Pushing and shoving for a seat" (Nov 18), and I am as appalled as he by what the woman did, especially in the presence of a young child. Children
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      Recycling bins for more than flyers at MRT stations
      342 20  -  ONGSENG ENG Letter from Head, Resource Conservation Department National EnvironmentAgency WE REFER to the letter "Place bins at MRT stations to collect and recycle leaflets" (Nov 16). We thank your reader Yee Zhen Yang for the suggestion and support for recycling.
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      Repeated reminders at MRT stations unnecessary
      179 22  -  MILIND RANE Letter from REPEATED announcements in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil at MRT stations requesting commuters to stand behind the yellow line are nothing but a nuisance these days. Not only are they loud, what's irritating is the frequency at which they are
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      The answer is to hang on
      334 22  -  LILY TAN Thanks to Jeremy, we didn't pull son from mainstream school Letter from 1 REFER to the article, "Don't give in to the tears of a moment" (Nov 10) by Jeremy Lim. I was about to make the decision to withdraw my son
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      Handbook on CDA useful
      130 22  -  DAUDHAWAHID Letter from I REFER to the article, "Allow payment of transport fees from CDA funds" (Nov 17). I am also having the same problem with paying for fees at a private kindergarten. While the school fees, textbook costs and school uniform expenses can be deducted
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      Lock icon Watch out, the anoraks are coming!
      791 24  -  Neil Humphreys Take cover from the Potter, Narnia geeks-'tisXmas blockbuster season IT'S that time of year again. When Orchard Road shamelessly throws up the decorations in the first week of November and shopping malls employ middle-aged men to sit children on their knee and
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      417 23 WHILE STOCK LAST! CUCK&PLAY@AUDIO HOUSE IP Catch the latest MP3 players and digital cameras AfflK /0&l\ /HHHfk ifWH, at the Digital Fair at Liang Court gEi HHIi BH-H^^p 17 Nov -27 Nov 2005 y^j^ %iiir mmw M 1 Win 2 kjc, Rio 14L Sedans mmw^ mmw^ mmw^ $20,000 Cashl *Kla
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      709 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE Prospects remain unclear, with pioneer Citibank and DBS ending service while OCBC, StanChart are hopeful pennnee@newstoday.com.sg WHO has read the trends wrongly and who has got it right? While two banks in Singapore have launched mobile phone banking, or m-banking, to much
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      Lock icon STARHUB EXPECTS 50,000 i-MODE USERS IN 1ST YEAR
      144 26 Agencies STARHUB, which officially unveiled its i-mode service here on Friday after a month-long early-bird promotion, expects 50,000 subscribers to use this platform within a year. The mobile Internet service will offer news, entertainment, music downloads and online banking, the company said.
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      ACCS' chief operating officer resigns
      129 26 FRIDAY was the last day of service for Mr Edmund Yong Kin Kwong, the chief operating officer (COO) of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS). Mr Yong left for undisclosed "personal reasons" and plans to return to Britain with his English wife, ACCS chairman Philip Eng
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        SWEET PLEASURES
        87 28 Enjoy the delicious taste of the new Marigold Coconut Sweet Corn Pudding.This new variant combines the creamy goodness of coconut with the sweet and crunchy taste of sweet corn.This low-fat dessert is made from natural ingredients with no added preservatives, making it ideal as a dessert or snack
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        COMFORT PILLS
        91 28 Alleviate the discomfort caused by menstruation with Eu Van Sang's Gold Label Bak Foong Pill. Made with natural ingredients such as powdered pilose deer antler (lv rang), angelica root, astragalus (bei qi) and cinnamon bark, the pills are effective in reducing pain, regulating your monthly cycles and promoting
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        HAIR SPA
        71 28 Give your hair a Ispa treatmentf every time you wash it with the new Clairol Herbal Essence Spa Indulgence.The range, consisting of shampoo and conditioner, are infused with a blend of rose essence, Vitamin E and natural botanical extracts to nourish your hair, leaving it smooth and fragrant.
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        CLEARER RESULTS
        104 28 The Clearblue Digital Home Pregnancy Test Kit has been relaunched as packs of twos.The kits still retain their clear LCD display so that women can avoid anxiety caused by the uncertainty of results. Clearblue also has a digital ovulation test kit to help women determine the best two
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        Lock icon Out of the running
        284 28 DBS loses race for Guangdong Development Bank: Report A DBS-led group has apparently been trounced by three rival groups, which include one comprising Citigroup, in a bidding round for Guangdong Development Bank (GDB), according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Friday.
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          56 28 Dow Jones SHARE prices ended at a one-month high on Friday, spurred by overnight gains on Wall Street, strong local economic data and receding oil prices. The ST Index rose by 31.71 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 2,293.2 points. Gainers led losers 368 to 163 while 836.2 million
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          55 28 Nikkei 225 *****.12 +211.33 +1.47 Hang Seng ASX *****.32 +95.34 4671.18 +42.88 +8.64 +8.91 Taiwan Wtd 6186.74 +85.88 +1.43 Korea Comp 1272.25 +2.98 +8.23 KLCI 981.72 +7.42 +8.83 SET Index 676.41 +3.78 +8.56 Jakarta Comp 1854.98 +21.78 +2.18 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2879.98 +23.85 288.43 +7.42 +1.16 +3.84
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          26 28 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 488.00 Silver US$/oz 8.15 Platinum US$/oz 989.50 Rubber cents/kg 275.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1410.50 Brant crude US$/barrel 54.10 Information provided by
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          54 28 Chartered OSIM SingTel GlobalVoice UniFiber Wah Shing DatacrftUSS SPH DBeCW*****6 Landwind ST Engg 1.170 1.610 2.430 0.190 0.325 0.170 1.050 0.150 0.415 2.600 +0.030 -0.030 +0.030 +0.005 +0.005 +0.005 +0.010 +0.010 +0.060 +2.6 -1.8 +1.3 +2.7 +1.6 +8.8 +7.1 +2.5 +2.3 30,184 26,341 25,597 20,031 15,407 14,582
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          SGX top rises
          68 28 Venture 13.500 +0.900 FSN 17.700 +0.500 JMH 400USS Jardine C8C 16.200 +0.400 9.900 +0.300 STIETF100 23.500 +0.300 U0BJPeCW*****0 HSI*****SGA*****9 0.700 +0.270 0.955 +0.210 CITYDEV 0.500 +0.200 Creative 50 12.600 +0.200 DBS 16.100 +0.200 VentureSGA*****3 0.010 +100.0 FJBenW*****6 0.035 +75.0 CITYDEV MBL*****7 Compact STATSChPDB*****3 0.145 +70.6 0.025 +66.7
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          36 28 USS 0.5882 UK£ 0.3421 Yen 69.9 HK$ 4.5607 RM 2.2234 Euro 0.5007 Rupiah 5894.1 Baht 24.215 Peso 31.982 A$ 0.8017 Indian Rs 26.968 Won 607.94 CS 0.6985 Yuan 4.7556 NZS 0.8549 NT$ 19.784
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        Chartered signs Infineon as first 65-nm client
        227 30 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing has agreed to produce 65-nanometre logic chips for Infineon Technologies, making the German firm Chartered's first customer for the new technology platform. Under the agreement, the contract chip-maker will make low-power mobile-phone chips for Infineon, according to a joint statement
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        Open trade benefits all: PM
        429 30  -  FRANCIS KAN BUSINESS EDITOR IN BUSAN fra ncis@newstoday.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged a regional grouping of 21 Pacific Rim economies to lead the way in pushing for more open trade between countries or risk "great economic loss". Negotiations to tear down trade
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        Lock icon Temasek gets approval to invest in yuan shares
        141 30 BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings and AIG Global Investment Corp have won approval from Chinese regulators to invest in local-cur-rency securities as China widens access to its capital markets. The two companies gained approval from the Administration of Foreign Exchange and the China Securities
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        Lock icon HP's Q4 profit falls 62%
        190 32 —AGENCIES HEWLETT-Packard (HP) said fourth-quarter profit fell 62 per cent on costs related to job cuts. Net profit fell to US$4l6 million ($705 million), or 14 US cents a share, compared to earnings of US$l.O9 billion, or 37 US cents a share, in the same
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        Lock icon The fall of the paper tiger
        486 32 BLOOMBERG Media tycoon allegedly diverted company funds, abused corporate perks CONRAD Black, the one-time press magnate who built Hollinger International into the world's third-largest publisher of English-language newspapers, is facing charges of helping to steal US$5l.B million ($BB million) from the company. Black, whose
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        279 32 SINGAPORE Power refuted on Friday allegations made by Hong Kong's CLP Holdings that it had provided material inaccuracies in key information in the lead-up to the A52.12-billion ($2.6-billion) sale of its Australia merchant energy business to a CLP unit in May. In a
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        216 32 -AFP HONG KONG The chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has attacked the regulatory environment in the territory for being weak and lenient, criticising investment banks and brokers for resisting stricter controls, a report said on Friday. The exchange
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      609 34  - Figuratively speaking Pearlyn Tham Let's celebrate that fact that women come in a multitude of shapes and dimensions THE last time I wrote that big women can be beautiful, I was asked why I was advocating obesity and unhealthy living. I wasn't. To say that all big women (or people)
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        1002 36  -  PEARLYN THAM What consumers get when their favourite watch brands launch jewellery lines pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg BRACELETS festooned with charms, gemstone buckles and spiralling satin straps. It doesn't take a horology watcher or a fashionista to know that watches are looking more and more like fashion accessories or jewellery
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        HOT CHICKS
        269 38  -  PEARLYNTHAM Post-baby beauty THERE'S no reason to let your figure go downhill, even after you have given birth. To help you to get back into shape, Expressions has specially created eight postnatal treatments. Known as the Expressions 8-in-l Post Natal Programme, these treatments target common problems new mums
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          CITIZEN – PEN THIS PROMOTION DOWN
          67 38 CITIZEN PEN THIS PROMOTION DOWN The Christmas season is fu!! of surprises and that's what you'll get at Citizen. With every purchase of a Citizen watch from these collections Campanola, EcoDrive, Stiletto, Promaster, xC and Oxy you will receive an elegant ballpoint pen free. For purchases of more than $200,
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          ANNA SUI-SEE, SNAP AND GO TO NEW YORK
          120 38 Here's good news if you love experimenting with Lomo cameras. Spend $150 at any Anna Sui counter and receive the limited edition Anna Sui Supersampler Lomo camera in the designer's signature lavender hue, complete with her trademark purple tea rose motifs. This
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          OG-PLUS SIZE, PLUS STYLE
          58 38 Full-figured women now have more wardrobe choices, thanks to the wide variety of chic plus-sized clothing labels available these days. Homegrown department store OG is going big, too, with its Fimi Plus and i.fimi Plus labels. Expect feminine and clean-cut designs made to flatter plus-sized women
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          DAVIDOFF-CAST THE SILVER SHADOW
          80 38 For the extraordinary yet elegant guy in your life, the new Davidoff Silver Shadow men's fragrance will make an ideal stocking filler, with its woody Oriental scent made up of top notes of amber and saffron, while cinnamon leaves and clove form the woody base Fresh
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        Pizzas for Singapore
        655 41  -  LOW SHI PING Fresh from the Spizza oven are Italian delights that are suited to local taste f ood@newstoday.com.sg IT'S always nice to visit an old friend. It is even nicer when the old friend never fails to welcome you with open arms decked with great food.
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        OCBCPRIVILEGES
        188 41 BISTRO 21 Tel: 6333 4514 Offer: Enjoy 15% off food bill (for a la carte menu only). Valid till April 30,2006. SARAVANAA CURRY Tel: 6221 5289 Offer: Enjoy 15% off food bill (for a la carte menu during dinner only). Valid till April 30, 2006. OCEAN CITY RESTAURANT Tel:
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        Asian fusion comes to town
        790 42  -  AMY VAN \A/ait, the listto get in here is 3 months long f ood@newstoday.com.sg SINCE it opened in late August, Xi Yan's private dining restaurant has been garnering rave reviews and a faithful following who enthuse over its Asian fusion cuisine (Thai, Japanese, Sichuan and
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        Lock icon The enduring appeal of Riverine
        480 43  -  LAUREN PEH Savour award-winning Teochew dishes at Riverine Ban Seng f ood@newstoday.com.sg THINK of Teochew cuisine, and fresh seafood and simmering soups come to mind. Often lighter on the palate than Hokkien or Cantonese fare, the popularity of Teochew cuisine lies in the emphasis on
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          LG RH7796NW SUPER MULTI HDD RECORDER
          125 46 TOUTED as the world's first Super Multi HDD (hard disk drive) recorder, the LG RH7796NW lets one view, record and replay television programmes simultaneously. It comes with a memory size of 250G8, reportedly the largest memory size in an HDD recorder, which translates into
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          IMATION SWIVEL PRO FLASH DRIVE
          131 46 AS THE next-generation model of Imation's USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive, the Swivel Pro Flash Drive features some enhanced capabilities, including an improved "one-step" swivel cap that swivels and snaps into place easily and a 50 per cent increase in read speed of 12MB per
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          LOGITECH Gl5 KEYBOARD
          108 46 DESIGNED for the serious PC gamer, the Logitech Gl5 is the first keyboard in the G-series family of gaming-grade peripherals. It features a built-in auxiliary liquid crystal display (LCD), 18 programmable keys and two levels of backlighting brightness. The adjustable-tilt, backlit Game Panel LCD can be programmed
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          TIVOLI AUDIO ISONGBOOK
          132 46 MADE to fit all Apple iPod models, Tivoli Audio's iSongßook turns the audio player into a portable rechargeable music system. It is equipped with a flip-down docking station that recharges the iPod when docked and includes a digital AM/FM tuner. The iSongßook features a detachable secondary speaker
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        Lock icon Camera passion
        597 46  -  TREVOR TAN Meet a man with a collection that spans 70 years trevor@newstoday.com.sg THERE were times when people teased Mr Yeo Hong Eng that he should be a photographer instead of a teacher. The 59-year-old retiree owns an impressive collection of antique cameras from the 1900s to the
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        A mobile phone made for sports car enthusiasts
        360 46  -  ELAINE NG IF YOU are a fan of three-in-ones, you will like the LG G262 car-in-spired mobile phone. Crafted to look like a sports car, the tri-band phone comes with polyphonic "sports car" techno-like ring tones which I guess caters only to
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        HOT BUYS !
        172 47 HOT BUYS GOOD news for those who need easy access to videos, digital music, presentations and multimedia files on the go. Choose from these hotswappable Seagate hard drives, which are retailing at special Christmas prices. The 1-inch SGB pocket drive (picture), with built-in retractable USB 2.0 cables, is small enough
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        Power shots ... minus the bulk
        462 47  - Power shots minus the bulk ELAINE NG DIGITAL CAMERAREVIEW Canon PowerShot SBO 8-megapixel delight in a tiny frame elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg POSITIONED as a leader in the prosumer line of digital cameras, Canon's PowerShot SBO packs an 8-megapixel CCD sensor into a compact black and silver casing. Adding to the vanity factor
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        A basic beauty
        549 48  -  COLIN YONG The Hyundai Getz 1.1 provides a fresh take on budget cars colin@newstoday.com.sg REMEMBER the manual car window winder? The little tapered piece of plastic with a round knob on the end that had to be cranked to raise or lower the glass? If you grew
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        AUTO MATE
        190 48 I drive a 2001 Renault Megane Cabriolet which has run 75,000km. Recently, the car has been producing a lot of noise when I drive, especially from the undercarriage. I have also observed that there are some vibrations coming from the floor board. Initially, I thought it could be
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        Sporty, sassy and fits right in an MTV rap video: Presenting the Nissan Murano
        414 48  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE NISSAN'S latest Sports Utility Vehicle, the Murano (picture), is fast becoming a common sight here. But the vast majority of the cars these days are the entry-level 2.5-litre version rather than the top-of-the-line 3.5.
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        Toyota does it again
        461 50  -  COLIN YONG For the fourth year, it leads the local car sales charts colin@newstoday.com.sg TOYOTA is set to be the best-selling car brand in Singapore for the fourth year running. Official distributor Borneo Motors has sold 21,034 cars in the first 10 months of this year
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        Exploring inner space
        324 50  -  NICKSYN IF YOU need space for cargo more than people and going down the van route is out of the question, the best alternative is to look at an estate or station wagon. These still sell in relatively small volumes compared to conventional saloons and hatchbacks. However,
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          PEOPLE-SQUEEZING CONTEST IN AN MPV
          139 50 How many adults n can be packed into a single Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) in five minutes? This is what agent SsangYong Motors intends to find out. The South Korean car maker will display its new Stavic (picture) outside the Crown Hotel on Orchard Road on
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          CLIO BAGS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
          142 50 Renault's third-gen-eration Clio supermini (picture) has won the Car of the Year 2006 award, beating finalists such as the BMW 3 Series, Mazda 5 and Volkswagen Passat. The award was voted for by a jury of 58 motoring journalists from 22 European countries. The Clio scored
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          AUDI PREPARES ITS SUPERCAR
          147 50 Looking to shake up the supercar segment in early 2007 is Audi's RB--a model that will resemble the Le Mans quattro concept car (picture) that was first unveiled two years ago. Audi announced on Tuesday that it has decided to name the model after its race
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        Lock icon S'pore firms go shopping for properties in the region
        554 52  -  JANECHIAPOCO Improved sentiment sees local firms making forays into China and South Korea janec@newstoday.com.sg IMPROVED sentiment in real estate and bank lending in the third quarter saw Singapore firms competing for prime property assets regionally with international bigwigs such as AIG,
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        Emerald Lodge up for sale
        320 52  -  -JANECHIAPOCO WITH 80 per cent of its owners agreeing to sell collectively, Emerald Lodge within the Emerald Hill Conservation Area has gone on sale by tender until Dec 16. Marketed by Knight Frank, the freehold redevelopment site is expected to sell for approximately $45.5 million.
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        Venus Mansion joins en-bloc sale
        223 52  -  lANE CHIAPOCO VENUS Mansion on Peck Hay Road is the next en-bloc property to go on the market when Knight Frank placed it on sale by tender on Wednesday. The block of 22-storey apartments currently occupies a 54,090 sq ft freehold site. According to Knight
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      268 39 P^^^^^^^Q I I 11 P^l *y'Z4'£i'J% {j<H Festive dryer promotion from Brandt Festive wine storage Attractive festive cooking skg TOP Load Dryer, ete i O 2k solutions from Brandt packages from Brandt Now selling at $599 usual price at $665 UUS Cooking Packages w^^L 1) Any Slimline Hood any Hob,
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      114 40 fie Shopping Mall This information is correct at the time of printing and subject to changes. Hermill Investments Pte Ltd will not be responsible for tenants' retail offers and sponsors' prize contributions. Redemption of all free gifts are limited to one per shopper and not applicable for receipts of course/medical
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      179 42 1 Roxy International Buffet 50 E<tet Coast Road, Roxy Square One Shopping Centre #01-01 (facing East Coast Road.near bus stop 10,12,14, 32, 40, 608) s?REE^"chlld wlth 2 pay>n9 adults for lunch dinner only and valid till 30-11-2005) :p^P^e|K^all below: Te|: 6348 1811 1. Rock ©yster* .^Salmon Sashimi*, Cold Prawns*, Claypot
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      158 43 This month, feast on exquisite dishes at mouthwatering prices! Superior Shark's Pin with Crabmeat in Claypot Thai-style $2?.So++ (usual: $50.00++) Sweet and Pried Pish Sour Pork $7-SO++ $730++ £&£tk a A f ,V,,.. ~ESj Premier Thai Traditions Restaurant PteLtd sEMB/wvANGs4sembawangßoad«i-<]i www.premlerthal.com.sg %s£Bll mk"amm77m €t£. THE FIRST, THE BEST, THE ORIGINAL
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      536 54 Singer Mick Hucknall simply said On Singapore We've been there twice and could come that way again nextyear. I loved the Asian food last time and the mix of cultures, although I chew gum, so I shouldn't be allowed in. On Man United's Roy Keane Keane's critical comments should have
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      1195 54  -  Neil Humphreys >DAYEXCLUSIVE MICK Hucknall's voice is a babe magnet. The Simply Red frontman has admitted as much in previous interviews. Smooth, soulful and somewhere between Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye, Hucknall's distinctive voice is arguably the greatest of his generation. When he's Holding Back The Years on
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      610 56  -  ELIZA TEOH Penny Wilson still can't believe she helped create a global icon for kids eliza@newstoday.com.sg SEVENTEEN years ago, a Dallas schoolteacher by the name of Sheryl Leach made a video, intending to educate and entertain preschoolers. As the story goes, she had initially planned for
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        88 56 The 10th anniversary celebration tour of the musical Rent, which is slated to premiere at the Kallang Theatre on Tuesday, will be postponed until Friday. According to the show's promoter, a typhoon at sea has disrupted the scheduled delivery of the set. Performances on Tuesday, Wednesday
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        SONG'S NOT OVER FOR TSUNG
        82 56 The Singapore Chinese Orchestra's (SCO) music director Tsung Yeh will stay on for five more years. Since assuming the appointment in 2002, his position, experience and east-meets-west influences have proved to be advantageous to the orchestra. Yeh, who is based in America, is noted for
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        61 56 The Ravindran Drama Group is performing a wacky comedy about love, marriage and sex. In this surreal play, a shop offers women for marriage while the shopkeeper tries different gimmicks to clear his stock. Catch it at The Substation on Sunday and Monday (in English), and Tuesday
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        62 56 Catch the lifting and haunting voices of Carnatic and Hindustani songs by singers and musicians from the Singapore Indian Fine Arts. Featuring X R Shyama, who studied under accomplished musicians Dr Omanakutty and Ramesh Narayan, the concert will take place on Sunday at the Esplanade
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        51 56 The National Library and the Polish Embassy in Singapore will pay homage to rare handmade books on loan from the world-renowned Book Art Museum in Lodz, Poland, a place devoted to the art of book-making. The exhibition will be on at the National Library until Dec
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        51 56 The Singapore Philatelic Museum is showcasing storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's works including tales such as Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes until Dec 27. The exhibition will feature interactive elements such as allowing children to dress up as the Emperor. Call 6337 3888 for more
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      363 56  -  -EUSACHIA THE game's over but Bobby Jon Drinkard (picture) is hoping his fame will last for more than 15 minutes. The Survivor: Palau castoff, who was given a second chance at winning the US$l million ($1.7 milion) prize money on Survivor: Guatemala, was
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      404 58  -  Zul Othman Lacking the theatrics, it scores with its sense of humour PERFORMANCEREVIEW by.... Swiss Dream Circus THE big top is back in town and it's quite a spectacle. In town until Jan 2, the Swiss Dream Circus is as traditional as they come. This
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      107 58 NOW, put aside the tabloid tittle-tattle of Stefanie Sun's (picture) recent breakup and focus on this. Singapore's hottest pop export will hold her second concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Jan 14. Her first gig took place three years ago. Organised by MediaCorp TVl2's VizPro
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      332 58  -  DAVID CHEW LEE Wei Jie was so fed up with the rubbish that piled up at her Jurong West block that the 11-year-old decided to write and illustrate a book about it. "People throw lots of rubbish near the dustbin even though it's right in front
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      192 58  -  ZULOTHMAN WHILE a popular after-work haunt for the Shenton Way office crowd, Club Street is still a less popular clubbing destination compared to Clarke Quay or Orchard Road. All that, however, might change after this weekend's Club Street Culinary and Jazz festival. The
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      550 60  -  David Ngiau Khoo's first feature remains Singapore's finest film DVDREVIEW by.... I MeePokMan ELEVEN years ago, Eric Khoo's debut feature film Mee Pok Man jump-start-ed Singapore's long dormant film industry. And it remains, even now, the best local film ever made. Mee Pok Man's anti-hero
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        137 60  -  AMIRAMOHOMED WRI+ES: I REFER to your article "Idol's back, end of argument" (Nov 17). I was quite pleased that there was no Singapore Idol after the first season and MediaCorp took a one-year break to promote Taufik Batisah (picture). Singapore should not follow in the
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        266 60  -  JACK TSEN-TA LEE WRI+ES: I WAS delighted to read Jack Sim's letter to the Readers Wri+e forum (Nov 5) about the dining table which he salvaged from 14 Harlyn Road and assumed the late writer Kuo Pao Kun designed it. I'm writing from England
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        94 60  -  GAYNEL WRI+ES: I ENJOYED watching season three of The Apprentice on MediaCorp Channel 5. However, I wonder why its latest season has not yet been shown here. Singaporeans have just seen who won the third season, but America is already airing the fourth season.
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        97 60  -  PATRICK TAY WRI+ES: I READ Lim Kuan Chiang's feature "Chameleon Queen" (Nov 15) on the one and only Madonna. She is, in a word, classic. Madonna is regarded by many as an idol of her time: An all-in-one celebrity who symbolises adolescent rebelliousness, fashion,
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      470 62  -  ZU LOTH MAN ■DAVID CHEW U2 tribute band's'Bono' says it's a lot of hard work but response is great zul@newstoday.com.sg Being in a tribute band is a tough business, according to singer Joe Hier of American band Rattle and Hum. Particularly when the band
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          39 64  -  David Chew When you mix a little Thai porn with a mafia boss, you get a daft, but undoubtedly hilarious movie. The plot is ludicrous, but Andaman Girl serves its purpose: It makes you laugh. A lot.
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          24 64  -  Jeanine Tan Great sex scenes, but the tale of a class struggle in modern France gets lost among all that bedroom antics
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          22 64 -JT Scary in places, Emily Rose has more to say about the dichotomy between faith and rationality.
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          26 64 -DC Harry's fourth instalment covers much ground, moving at breakneck speed, but something gets lost in the abrupt editing.
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          19 64 Justin Cheong Ben Kingsley is a great Fagin, but Roman Polanski's remake leaves you asking for more.
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          17 64 -JT A family-friendly superhero spoof with zero delusions of grandeur and plenty of cheeky energ\
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          28 64  -  Zul Othman The swordplay, wit and romance and stars Banderas and Zeta-Jones set this seauel aDart from the rest of the action movie pack.
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          16 64 JT Title of this indie film says it all it's a study in Chinese-ness.
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          15 64  -  Elisa Chia The context of this love lost-love reaained melodrama is DreDosterous.
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          24 64 -JT The Dragonsquad are five good looking lads, but the only thing more daft than the plot are the women in this movie.
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          21 64 JT Reese Witherspoon is always likeable, even as a ghost. but this romantic comedy is just too formulaic.
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          24 64 JT Unintended laughs thanks to campy elements, but Tony Jaa (Ong Bak) is an amazing fighter with nifty muay thai moves.
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        187 64 AFP LONDON Contemporary music from pop songs to film and show tunes are now almost as likely to be chosen for a funeral in Britain as traditional religious pieces, according to a study released this week. One of the country's largest funeral providers found more than
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      839 66 M=du\Corp SATURDAY CHANNEL j§ 9.30 Newsßionight i CHANNEL 10.00 True Files 111 Hfc 6.00AM Jules Sylvester's Wild Killed by His Mother's 6.00AM YoYo Dian Dian Adventures Lover Ming 111 Jules Sylvester's Most 10.30 Saturday Movie House 630 Rummage around Spectacular Moment lAm Sam (TV Premiere) Central Kingdom 7.00 Like Family
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      501 66 SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS THE FOLIAGE (TV Premiere) Channel 8, 10.30pm Wc i todE j jJKiy tab Ai j^^^^ ~J ill Summer, 1974. On her way back from a family visit in Kunming province, young female intellectual Xing Yu meets the man she won't forget for the rest of her life -young
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      515 67 SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK: THE REAL DA VINCI CODE Channel NewsAsia, 732pm Like so many Grail-hunting epics, Dan Brown's book claims to be based on much research and fact, revealing the existence of a hitherto secret organisation supposedly set up to protect the Grail in the 11th century.
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      893 67 /A=diaCorp SUNDAY CHANNEL jj 745 Movie Even, CHANNEL if Harry Potter and The 6.00 AM New Adventures of Chamber of Secrets 6.00 AM Exploring Southwest Wonder Woman II (Part 1) (TVPremiere) China 7.00 MartinYan's Quick 9-30 News sTonight 6.30 YoYo Science Centre and Easy 100° SEA Games Soccer 2005 700
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      123 69 Careeisloflay I --^__T" .1 I"^ That's the kind of employee in demand these days. And that's the kind of applicants you wiU W' l" -iIC _B_ 4m_^ _L _ft. you advertise your job vacancies in Careerstoday. Because that's what TODAY'S readers are like. 3 ReSOUrCeful Motivated Informed Innovative Proactive Creative
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      727 69 VMIR AHEAB p ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 23) H Enhance your knowledge of a new philoso- Mental pursuits are emphasized this week, phy with additional sources or information. *0™ Surround yourself with people who share Give a teacher proper credit for having an in- your
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      547 70  -  JANICE GOH Wiser to keep your bridges intact as you go for new job ja nice@newstoday.com.sg THE long-awaited day of tossing your resignation letter in your boss' in-tray has come. You prepare to unleash a torrent of pent-up grievances from the company's faults to your boss'
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      63 70 DON'T WAIT! Take charge of your career today with Careers ay In our new Careerstoday section you will: Find out which jobs are available where Get practical advice on how to land the job you want Learn how to turn your job into a fulfilling career Canintodav-In your copy of
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      1158 71 MEDIACORP features prominently in the development of Singapore's broadcasting history. We commenced Radio broadcast on 1 June 1936 and Television on 15 February 1963. Today, MediaCorp is Singapore's largest broadcaster with a complete range of media businesses. As part of its content-driven strategy, it produces highly-rated multi-lingual and multi-genre local
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        393 72 -AFP WELLINGTON There were jubilant scenes across New Zealand Friday, as the nation woke to the news that it would host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. After being rated the 20-1 outsider by Australian bookmaker Centrebed this month, New Zealand was awarded the
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        374 72 -BLOOMBERG CRICKET Australia vWest Indies HOBART, Australia Matthew Hayden hit his fourth century in as many matches and Michael Hussey struck his first to lift Australia to a 107-run lead over the West Indies on day two of the second cricket Test in Hobart Hayden made
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        616 73  -  S Murali Argentinian pair turn the leaderboard on its head with a sizzling performance on Day Two GOLF World Cup IT IS supposed to be a difficult way to play golf. Your partner hits a shot and then you hit the next, until the ball
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        224 73 -AP GOLF Dunlop Phoenix MIYAZAKI, Japan Defending champion Tiger Woods fired a 3-under-par 67 on Friday to move to within one shot of leader Jim Furyk, after the second round of the Dunlop Phoenix. Woods, who trailed David Duval by
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        Lock icon Mardan, Lam on course to improve on 2002 showing
        306 73 S MURALI SINGAPORE'S efforts to better their 2002 17th place showing still remained a possibility after the duo of Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing shot a two-under-par 70 at the Victoria Golf Club in Vilamoura on Friday. It could have
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        492 74 -AFP MANCHESTER Roy Keane's glorious 12-year career at Manchester United came to a stunning end on Friday when it was announced that the club captain was leaving with immediate effect. In a statement, United said the move was designed to
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        605 74 AFP r ßarcelona striker faces ugly reprisals for tauntling Real Madrid in June LALIGA Real Madrid v Barcelona MADRID Every single encounter between Real Madrid and Barcelona in their 103-year rivalry has had elements of friction, but Saturday's derby match could be one of the most
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        1052 76 He was a goalscoring machine. lan Rush, Liverpool's all-time goal king, blended superb anticipation with lethal finishing. His amazing trophy haul includes two European Cups, six league titles, three FA Cups and five League Cups. In a glittering career spanning more than 20 years, the
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        563 77 -AGENCIES Mourinho dismisses any talk of a slump as recharged Magpies come calling ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Newcastle LONDON Refreshed by a mini-break in the sunshine of his native Portugal, Jose Mourinho returns to the English Premiership fray on Saturday determined to plunge his title
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        228 77 —AFP LONDON George Best was re-admitted to intensive care in a London hospital with breathing difficulties on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. The 59-year-old former Manchester United legend has been battling to stave off serious illnesses that left him close to death in the
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        401 77 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan v Arsenal LONDON Wigan Athletic manager Paul Jewell has warned his players to forget about autograph hunting when Arsenal visit the JJB Stadium on Saturday. On the eve of the clash, he instead demanded they focus on
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        520 78  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Award launched to fund student training and development weekeat@newstoday.com.sg OVER the last two Olympic Games, Singapore has flirted with winning a medal. In 2000 in Sydney and last year in Athens, table tennis stars Jing Junhong and Li Jiawei, respectively, lost in
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        346 78 A LOCAL spa has come up with an innovative way for ladies who wish to proudly show their support for the Young Lions. The spa's DARE initiative will go on fingernails and even toenails of fans of the Young Lions. The manicurist
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        Lock icon Hungry world champions
        602 79  -  TANYO-HINN Imran and Yusoff want to be owners of the'holy grail'at the Manila Games yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH world titles under their belts, one would think national silat stars Mohd Imran bin Abdul Rahman and Muhd Yusoff Shah bin Khamaruddin would be content to put their feet up. But
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        505 79  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Singapore waterpolo team defeated Philippines 7-6 for the gold medal at the 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam, whispers suggested one of the greatest winning runs in sport could end soon. If the team's 20-gold
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