Today, 24 January 2006

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      62 1 INSIDE hotnews singaporenews world news voices business wealth i mpact i nfotech plus health tv &radiolistings classad sports 2 4 8 12 20 24 26 28 30 35 38 39 40 we set you thinking Guest Celebrities Denise Keller Ben Yeo Belinda Lee Aaron Aziz yzm UftSfe fla? a S3B®3IlI
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      43 1 PAP FIRES SECOND SALVO Manpower Minister asks Workers’ Party to rethink position on ‘bombs’ 2 FRANZ FOREVER No brainy rockers, Franz Ferdinand insist they’re all about ‘good tunes’ 30 81 POINTS! Kobe shoots his way into history with second-greatest scoring night ever 41
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    Lock icon Temasek unbinds Shin for Thaksin
    720 1  -  Temasek-led team buys 49.6 per cent of Thailand’s Shin Corp for $3 billion CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg AFTER years of coming under fire for supposed cronyism, Thailand’s top man seems to have found a way to silence some of his opponents. In a widely-anticipated announcement yesterday,
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    Standard contract will grant maids a level playing field
    587 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg A NEW employment contract, ensuring better treatment for maids, is expected to be unveiled next week. And the two bodies overseeing maid agencies in Singapore will ensure that the new “rules” are adhered to. All of Singapore’s 500 maid
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    19 1 (2nd edition) TODAY 12/07/2005 1 (P) MICA newspaper free your share todayonline.com 2006 24, January Tuesday AFTERNOON EDITION 8 *****6 *****9
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    Lock icon Emir to abdicate
    89 1 (2nd edition) –AFP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait’s ailing emir Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah has agreed to abdicate in order to resolve the oil-rich state’s political crisis and will be replaced by Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, a government official said yesterday. “An agreement was reached
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    Lock icon US stocks higher
    51 1 (2nd edition) –BLOOMBERG US stocks recovered yesterday from their worst drop in two years last Friday. The Standard Poor’s 500 Index added 2.33 points to 1,263.82 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.38 points to 10,688.77. The Nasdaq Composite Index was, however, little changed, gaining 0.77 point to
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    Temasek unbinds Shin for Thaksin
    688 1 (2nd edition)  -  Temasek-led team buys 49.6 per cent of Thailand’s Shin Corp for $3 billion CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg AFTER years of coming under fire for supposed cronyism, Thailand’s top man seems to have found a way to silence some of his opponents. In a widely-anticipated announcement yesterday,
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    Lock icon Livedoor put on special watch
    105 1 (2nd edition) –AFP TOKYO The Tokyo Stock Exchange has put stocks in scandal-hit Internet firm Livedoor on special watch, alerting investors to a possible delisting, the bourse said. The exchange took the action because the company is “feared to fall under the criteria for delisting, depending on
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      70 1 (2nd edition) OIL SURGES ABOVE US$69 BEFORE EASING PAGE 23 INSIDE hotnews singaporenews world news voices business wealth i mpact i nfotech plus health tv &radiolistings classad sports 2 4 8 12 20 24 26 28 30 35 38 39 40 we set you thinking Guest Celebrities Denise Keller Ben Yeo Belinda
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      52 1 (2nd edition) ANOTHER U.N. SCANDAL? Fraud alleged in procurement of equipmentfor peacekeeping ops 2 E EUROPE DEEP FREEZE 100 killed by plummeting temperatures 2 ERIKSSON TO QUIT Swede to leave post as England manager after World Cup Finals: FA 42 ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP Anton’s turn to impress for West Ham 42 LIVEDOOR FOUNDER HELD
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  • hot news
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      PAP fires a second salvo
      591 2  -  Manpower Minister asks WP to rethink position on ‘bombs’ DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will not let up on the four points it has taken issue with from the opposition Workers’ Party’s (WP) manifesto. Its second salvo, however, takes aim
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      Lock icon Fraud allegations point to another UN scandal
      285 2 (2nd edition) BLOOMBERG THE United Nations is investigating about 200 allegations of fraud in the purchase of “tens of millions” of dollars of equipment for 18 peacekeeping operations, the head of the world body’s management office said. Mr Christopher Burnham, a former investment banker and
      — BLOOMBERG  -  285 words
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      Lock icon E Europe deep freeze kills 100
      92 2 (2nd edition) AFP WARSAW Bone-chilling weather claimed dozens of lives yesterday across Europe as glacial temperatures swept the Baltics to the Balkans, brought rare snowfalls to Istanbul and sparked a scramble for heating fuel. The unusually low temperatures, which are predicted to last until tomorrow but
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      PAP fires a second salvo
      596 2 (2nd edition)  -  Manpower Minister asks WP to rethink position on ‘bombs’ DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will not let up on the four points it has taken issue with from the opposition Workers’ Party’s (WP) manifesto. Its second salvo, however, takes aim
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      Lock icon Sale of many reasons
      304 3 But will it backfire on Thaksin’s plans? –AFP BANGKOK The sale of telecom giant Shin Corp was driven primarily by business motives according to people close to the Shinawatra family. However, analysts said that while the US$1.8-billion ($2.9-billion) sale was clear- ly a financial boon to
      –AFP; AFP  -  304 words
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      84 2 BRITISH AIRWAYS X Terms and Conditions: *Book now, offer ends 2 February 2006. Payment must be made within 5 days of booking but no later than 2 February 2006. Travel between 22 January and 30 June 2006. Flights are return economy ex-Singapore on selected British Airways and Qantas flights. Not
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  • singapore news
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      The training divide
      494 4  -  More workers trained last year, but over shorter periods TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg MORE people from Singapore’s workforce attended some form of job-related training last year, bucking the slide in training participation rate over the past two years. But the average days of training declined and the
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      Lock icon After 18 years, a M’sian king pays a visit
      171 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Malaysian king is in Singapore for a three-day visit. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, who is accompanied by his wife and about 60 officials, is here at the invitation of President S R Nathan. At the Istana,
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA; KOH MUI FONG  -  171 words
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      Lock icon Next stop: Buangkok, but only 1,386 hear it
      404 6  -  Daily ridership figure low, but MP Chong confident it will rise TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg ONE week into operations, the Buangkok MRT station on the North-East Line (NEL) has been seeing a daily average of 1,386 passenger trips far fewer than the
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      Lock icon Put your best food forward this CNY
      215 6  -  SERENECHUA MAKE the reunion dinner a feast for the eyes with Today’s cookbook, New Age Cuisine for an Age-Old Tradition. A collaboration between celebrity Moses Lim and MediaCorp Press, it introduces modern twists to traditional Chinese New Year dishes, with recipes such as
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      Remaining NTU students move
      220 6  -  —LOHCHEEKONG AFTER almost two weeks, the remaining residents of Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Hall Three have moved into their new, seven-storey hall. According to Hall Three president Lim Joo Tian, 23, a third-year Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) student, the shift took place last week. Last
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      Engineer’s death: Prosecution likely
      219 6  -  ANSLEYNG THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) may prosecute those responsible for the death of an engineer who collapsed and died while doing checks in a tank of a barge last year. On Sept 28, marine engineer Joseph Ho Swee Hee boarded a barge berthed at the
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      Lock icon A Bond-style spy story
      490 8 Russia accuses four British diplomats of espionage AFP MOSCOW Russia’s intelligence service yesterday accused four British diplomats of involvement in a spy ring in which agents allegedly passed secrets through a hightech communications system hidden in a hollowed-out rock in a Moscow park. Allegations were also
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      Lock icon Livedoor founder arrested
      152 8 AFP TOKYO Takafumi Horie (picture), the young Internet entrepreneur once held up as a harbinger of a new brash Japanese corporate culture, was arrested yesterday on allegations his apparent success was a fraud. Horie, 33, the founder of Internet trailblazer Livedoor, was arrested with three other company
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    • GLOBAL ROUND UP
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        Lock icon NO HEAVY METAL BANDS FOR MUSLIMS, BUT LISTENING IS OK
        84 8 AFP Malaysia’s highest Islamic authority, the National Fatwa Council, yesterday banned Muslims from taking part in a “satanic heavy metal cult”, calling the musical genre un-Islamic. It cited practices in which members stamp on the Quran, drink alcohol and freely
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        Lock icon POPE’S WOULD-BE ASSASSIN BACK IN JAIL UNTIL 2010
        67 8 AFP Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II, will remain in prison until 2010. Agca was granted an early release on Jan 12 this year after spending 25 years incarcerated in Italy and in Turkey, but
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        Lock icon TERRI SCHIAVO’S HUSBAND WEDS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND
        63 8 AP Mr Michael Schiavo, whose brain-dam-aged wife was at the centre of a contentious end-of-life battle that played out in the worldwide media, married longtime girlfriend Jodi Centonze on Sunday. Terri, Mr Schiavo’s former wife, died last March after her feeding tube was removed.
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      Lock icon Yamaha raided over helicopter sale
      134 8 AFP TOKYO Police yesterday raided Yamaha Motor on suspicion the Japanese company tried to export illegally to China helicopters used for agriculture, which can be converted for military purposes. While the major motorcycle maker denied any wrongdoing, police and customs mobilised 280 investigators to search
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      Will Malay woman be buried a Buddhist?
      396 10 Documents confirm she had renounced Islam, but Sharia court will have final say PUTRAJAYA The family of the 89-year-old Malay woman who died last week and was said to have left the Muslim faith will have to wait for the country’s Sharia High
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      Lock icon Fatah leads, ahead of Palestinian polls
      188 10 AFP RAMALLAH (West Bank) Buoyed yesterday by polls giving it an eight-point lead over Hamas, the ruling Fatah party expressed confidence in seeing off an unprecedented challenge from Hamas on its hold on power in the Palestinian territory. A poll conducted by the West
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      Lock icon Inquiry finds nude squats ‘against Islam’
      193 10 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian panel of inquiry wants an end to the practice of forcing police detainees to squat naked, which has sparked angry complaints from China, former top judge Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah said yesterday. “We want the practice of nude squats to be
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      Lock icon Castro’s poke in the eye for the US
      154 11 AFP HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday invited United States citizens too poor to afford eyecare to come to his communist country for treatment. Washington’s nemesis even offered to send an airplane to Florida to fly patients to Cuba. “I wonder
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      Lock icon Jobless Brits can call India for advice
      303 11 UK govt dept under pressure to use offshore service centres THEGUARDIAN LONDON Unemployed people and pensioners seeking benefit advice in the United Kingdom may have to ring offshore call centres in countries such as India. Under cost-cutting plans being discussed, Britons can make
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      Lock icon Republicans nervous over reported photos of Bush with disgraced lobbyist
      211 11 —AFP WASHINGTON Photographs showing Mr George W Bush with a disgraced lobbyist threaten to embarrass the United States president as he tries to distance himself from Washington’s newest corruption scandal, Time magazine reported on Sunday. The magazine said that it
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      157 8 CSBS Inspiring the Human Spirit COLEMAN SCHOOL OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES Specialty programmes and training in the behavioural sciences are now open to working adults and students in Singapore. Supported by the Singapore Sports Council, the Blackburn College Diploma in Sport Exercise Sciences is a comprehensive interdisciplinary programme designed to provide
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      63 8 Come celebrate with us and usher in the Year of the Dog! Reunion Dinner Set Menu at $328+++(10 pax) Chinese New Year Set Menu at $338+++(10 pax) Starting from 1 February 2006 We will be closed from 28 31 January 2006. Dim Sum lunch will resume on 9 February 2006.
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon Shooting pictures from the heart
      1047 12  -  HE’S a familiar name in the local advertising industry. Japanese-American photographer Wayne Umehara (picture) has shot campaigns for Epson, the National Kidney Foundation, Singapore Airlines and Reader’s Digest (that’s his photo of the karung guni man in MRT stations). But success didn ’t come early
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    • Article
      HDB levy a heavy burden
      193 14 Letter from TOW MILAN I AGREE with Derrick A Paulo’s comment on the need to review the levy for a more equitable outcome for buyers of their second home direct from the HDB (“Get the balance right”, Jan 20). I was delighted to have acquired
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      Celebrate till you drop or do something meaningful
      326 14 Letter from DR TAN CHEKWEE MY MEMORY of Chinese New Year during my childhood in the ’60s was that of eating prawn fritters during the reunion dinner and putting on a new set of clothes on the first day. For the rest
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 16  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON SCHOOL KIDS We have talked about the flighty, disorganised children who absolutely refuse to do assigned schoolwork. Let me share some thoughts today about that underachieving child. First, these kids are not intrinsically inferiorto their hardworking siblings. Yes, it would be wonderful
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      Makeshift home points to problems
      193 16 Letter from DAVID GOH KIA NGAN I WAS surprised to read the report, “Ignored: Redhill’s common hall ‘tenant’” (Jan 23). I can understand if this is something that happened only last week, but it has been going on for the past 18 months. This shows
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        PAP RECORD IS PROOF
        93 16  -  TAN MUI LIN: I refer to the report, “Assistance ‘no election ploy’” (Jan 23). I have no issue with the ruling party even if it admitted that assisting the needy was an election ploy. To be re-elected into Government, the PAP would have to present a
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        THINK LIKE YOUTH
        104 16  -  EPHRAIM LOY: I turned 21 three years ago, so I will be eligible to vote for the first time in this election. A leader, whether from the ruling party or the opposition, must try to understand youth and seek their feedback on pressing issues. As the younger
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      Tutoring teachers
      220 16  -  Letter from I CHAN LIN HO Director Regional Training and Resource Centre in Early Childhood Care and Education (RTRC) for Asia I REFER to the letter “Dedicated teacher gets failing grade” (Jan 16). Although the minimum educational qualification for the accredited courses (Certificate /Diploma in Preschool Teaching) is
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      HDB to look into soccer court noise
      100 16  -  Letter from TAN YANG SONG Head, Sengkang Branch Office Housing Development Board I REFER to the recent letters on the inconsiderate soccer players who play at the street soccer court in the Compassvale Link estate until the wee hours. HDB provides facilities such
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      Euthanasia betrays society’s trust
      210 16 Letter from SUZANNE OOI I REFER to Charles Tan’s News Comment, “A question of life and death” (Jan 23). There is a big difference between “omission” or letting nature take its course and “commission” or causing death. The final result may be the same, but not
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  • Business today
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree revives plan for initial public offering: Bankers
      144 20 BLOOMBERG BANYAN Tree Holdings, which runs luxury resorts, is reviving a US$200-million ($326-million) initial share sale that was shelved after a tsunami devastated coastal regions of South and South-east Asia, bankers familiar with the plan said. It is seeking to sell
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      Easyknit CEO resigns
      85 20 EASYKNIT International Holdings said that Mr Koon Wing Yee resigned last Friday as its president, chief executive officer, executive director and authorised representative of the company. On Dec 5, Easyknit announced the findings of an Insider Dealing Tribunal that identified Mr Koon as an insider dealer. Last
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      market buzz
      106 20 AKIRA HELPS YOU TO TONE UP THE Akira HealthPlus Tone.fit Massage Belt is a product with smart innovative features designed to help you achieve a shapely and svelte figure all with one belt. It uses a unique oscillating massage that effectively burns off unwanted fat from the tummy,
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      Lock icon 26,000 new jobs
      354 20  -  2005 investment commitments to create the positions: EDB VALERIE LAW valerie@newstoday.com.sg SOME 26,000 new jobs are expected to be created over the next one to three years from investment commitments made last year, and 61 per cent of these will be professional and skilled jobs, the Economic
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      477 20 Dow Jones Singapore SHARE prices ended lower on worries over rising oil prices which contributed to Wall Street’s fall on Friday. The ST Index (STI) ended down 23.94 points, or 1.0 per cent, at 2,364.97. Losers led gainers 414 to 160 as 992.7 million shares worth $978.7 million
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    • business news
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        WBL offers $1.35 a share in Wearnes unit delisting plan
        230 22  -  LEECHING WERN FOLLOWING WBL Corporation’s announcement last month that it might voluntarily delist its privatisation target Wearnes International Limited (WIL), the company yesterday said it would be making an exit offer of $1.35 per share to WIL shareholders. This offer,
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        318 23 Prices rise on supply concerns, fall on profit-taking AFP LONDON World oil prices yesterday soared above US$69 a barrel for the first time in more than four months, owing to global supply concerns, before easing on profit-taking, analysts and dealers said. New York’s main
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        420 27  -  From leather to perfumes, how a Spanish luxury brand reinvented its image JANECHIAPOCO janec@newstoday.com.sg THE 160-year-old Spanish luxury goods brand Loewe known primarily for its leather handbags now boasts a collection of men and women’s clothing, toiletries and fragrances too. When asked why Loewe embarked
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        600 27  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg SIZE matters. Especially in long-haul travel. No, we’re not talking about the qualifying criteria for the “Mile High Club” for sexually-incontinent fliers. The issue here is seat size vital for anyone who has ever been cooped up like a
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        731 29 IDC predicts user trends and vendor, service provider strategies in 2006 NEW technologies and services are entering the telecommunications marketplace and redefining the rules of the game. The telecom services market in AsiaPacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is projected to grow 7 per cent to
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      160 25 t m Overflowing EELSPRING www.nsis.com At one with Nature, Wellspring seeks out the companions of Spring to celebrate its arrival. Joyously cavorting with butterflies nestled amongst peach blossoms, the handsome and intelligent Setter exudes energy and exuberance. The freshness of the Season and the air of renewal so well captured
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      179 26 frh/l rediscover your zest for life BE AN ACTIVE Join us, get active and rediscover your zest for life! f L A Child has to be 6 years above Check out www.ssc.gov.sg for the whole list of interesting activities Singapore Sports Council Ik'JNk’ 1 SPORT 1 for the 2nd time
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      1598 30  -  Forget the brainy posturing, let’s get dancing we’re all about the ‘good tunes’, say Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand Zul Othman zul@newstoday.com.sg Zul Othman zul@newstoday.com.sg with TODAY, Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos rubbished the notion that their abrasive but
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      497 31  -  RAZALI ABDULLAH razali@newstoday.com.sg GUITARIST John Petrucci of the progressive rock quintet Dream Theatre has been widely acclaimed for his seemingly physics-defying playing technique. In fact, the 38-year-old musician admitted that even he has trouble keeping up with himself. “When we write our songs and it comes
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      543 32 How Can I Give My Child A Brighter Future? Like many parents, I am concerned for my child’s wellbeing and education. I hope he will enjoy learning and read widely, acquire knowledge to excel in his studies and grow up to be someone with the courage to pursue his goals.
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      663 35  -  Physical and mental health is crucial in a child’s early years REETA RAMAN reeta@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH children of the same age group may display similar behaviour and abilities, their physical and mental abilities and social behaviour develop at their own pace. For instance, some children
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