Today, 4 March 2006

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  • 274 2  -  JASMINE YIN "THIS feels like the GCE O-level results posting exercise," MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Penny Low told Today after the electoral boundaries report was released. The GRC she represents is unchanged but the team has been upped from five to six MPs. When
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  • 263 2  -  ■LOHCHEEKONG HAVING seen their plans scuttled in the past by boundary changes. Opposition members reacted cautiously to Friday's announcement. Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong, the chairman of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), told Today: "I won't say I'm satisfied but the disruption is not that great,
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  • 541 2  -  TEO HWEE NAK I— r^ I I I wl I I—m n w r*L I— i-^ I w—* DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweena k@newstoday.com.sg THE knife that the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) wields has always been a much-feared one. But this time, the
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  • 272 3  -  DERRICK A PAULO THE few changes there are in Singapore's newest electoral map have affected as much as 175,000 Singaporeans, or about 8 per cent of the voting population. The biggest change in the numbers game is in East Coast GRC, where there are now 31,824 less
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  • 393 3  -  LEE U WEN ONE has said he will likely quit politics, while the other is still thinking about whether to carry on fighting. This, after two popular and long-serving Members of Parliament DrWang Kai Yuen, who helms Bukit Timah, and Dr Tan Cheng Bock, who represents
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  • Singapore news
    • 443 4 Channel News Asia CHANNEL NEWSASIA REVERSE MORTGAGE ON HDB FLATS HDB flat owners can now take a reverse mortgage on their home. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan told Parliament this would be done on commercial terms and the Government would not provide any financial
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    • 411 4  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS who booked their second subsidised flat from the Housing Development Board (HDB) on Friday and thereafter will save between $2,000 and $38,000 on the resale levy, depending on the size of their first flat National Development Minister Mah Bow
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    • 291 4  -  -JASMINE YIN A PROPOSAL that charities feared might discourage well-meaning organisations from fundraising activities has been dropped. Two weeks after concluding its public consultation exercise, the Inter-Ministry Committee on the Regulation of Charities and Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs) submitted its
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
      • 113 4 There is no need to develop new guidelines for the Singapore media, despite tension in the West following the publications of the Prophet Mohammed cartoons, said Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts. "We have a respected Singapore media whose
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      • 97 4 The Arts School, slated to open in 2008, will draw on an expert panel of local and overseas artists and educationists for admission assessment. Students will be assessed based on artistic talent and potential as well as academic record. Their talent will be assessed through auditions,
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      • 72 4 Help is available to Housing and Development Board shop tenants who want to shut down their businesses for good. The Government will extend its Restructuring Programme for Shops initiative and is inviting interested shop tenants to nominate themselves through their advisers. Each tenant stands to
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      • 62 4 Of the 1,310 Magistrate's appeals filed between 2001 and 2005, 67 were successful, resulting in either the sentence being reduced or the conviction being set aside by the appeal court. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law Professor S Jayakumar gave these figures in
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    • 373 6  -  VINITA RAMAN I Judge delays sentence to check if she will get family support, care vinita@newstoday.com.sg THIS was the day when Justice V X Rajah was supposed to sentence former Singapore Airlines stewardess Constance Chee for her role in the sequence of events that led to
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    • 198 6  -  TEOXUANWEI xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg AFTER two days of searching, there is still no sign of two-year-old Nurasyura Mohamed Fauzi (picture). Yesterday, about 20 volunteers from non-government organisation Crime Library Singapore visited residents living near the playground where "Noi Noi" as Nurasyura was
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    • 217 6  -  -VINITARAMANI JUST over two weeks after he allegedly shot down nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon at his Serangoon Avenue 4 flat, 39--year-old triad leader Tan Chor Jin was charged with murder and then taken to the scene of the crime. For Mr Lim's wife and
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    • 204 6  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday. com.sg AS the countdown begins for the bidders of Singapore's first casino to show their final cards, one expert said the deciding vote might hinge on the Asia factor. Of the four rivals jostling for the project, the weakest bidder is
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    • 238 6  -  LEE U WEN THE new campaign to combat the stigma of mental illnesses is making its first foray into the heartlands. The Silver Ribbon (Singapore), or SRS, is joining hands with the North West Community Development Council (CDC) its first partner organisation to conduct a
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    • 750 7 Medisave MediShield Medifund Healthcare made affordable with 3Ms TAN HUILENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg Singaporeans are generally concerned about healthcare costs. They worry government subsidies, supplemented by a comprehensive 3Ms framework if they can afford to pay the medical bills should they or their family members Medisave, MediShield and Medifund. fall seriously ill.
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  • world news
    • 1085 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES AS AMERICAN senators turned Dubai into a household word last week, life in this desert city hardly changed: Skiers swooshed down a man-made snow park in the region's largest shopping mall, workers put the finishing touches on man-made islands under construction and
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    • 222 8 -AFP NEW DELHI United States President George W Bush will find it hard to win the support of lawmakers for the historic USIndia nuclear deal, analysts said on Friday. New Delhi has agreed to separate its civilian and weapons facilities and submit
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 65 8 AND THE ODDEST TITLE GOES TO A book about the paranormal called People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It, has been voted the oddest book title of 2005 by readers of The Bookseller magazine, reported The Daily Telegraph.
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      • 62 8 -AFP Malaysia has asked Australia to retract an advisory warning its citizens against travelling to the Borneo coast, saying that claims it was at risk of a terrorist threat were inaccurate. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that he was confident
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      • 68 8 -AGENCIES Charles Cullen, the nurse who became New Jersey's deadliest serial killer by injecting 22 patients with lethal doses of non-pre-scribed drugs, has been sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms. The precise number of people Cullen killed may never be known because of his
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    • 171 10 -AFP MANILA Two explosions went off in a business district of the Philippines capital Manila on Friday but no one was hurt, police said, as President Gloria Arroyo lifted a state of emergency she declared a week ago to thwart an alleged coup plot
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    • 174 10 -AFP BA RIA (Vietnam) Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was sentenced to three years in jail on Friday by a court in Vietnam for sexually abusing two underage girls. The 1970s pop star, born Paul Francis Gadd, was found guilty of "committing
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    • 352 10 -AFP Thaksin promises another election if he wins April snap poll, which he views as a referendum on his govt BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told a roaring crowd of around 130,000 supporters on Friday that next month's snap poll was a referendum on
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  • Voices
    • 183 12  -  RADHASKHOO Letter from Head (Corporate Communications), Ministry of Law WE REFER to Ms Sabrina Choo's letter "Standardise training for mediators" (Feb 24) where she expressed concern over the development of the mediation practice. Currently, organisations offering mediation services such as Singapore Mediation Centre, Community Mediation Centre,
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    • 794 12  -  Neil Humphreys Thumbs up or down, doctors here will be having a laugh ERECTILE dysfunction has always been a problem for me. I have trouble spelling it. There's only one T in the word dysfunction but I always assume there are two. Of course, two
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    • 102 12  -  UM WEI LEE Letter from Public Relations Manager, Ang Mo Kio Town Council WE REFER refer to the letter "I say Ang Mo Kio, you say tomato (Feb 24). We wish to clarify that we do not have such exit signages as depicted in Today's illustration, which
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    • 198 12  -  CHARISLEETINGU Letter from I READ with interest Izzy's article "Don't just slap down teen sex" (Feb 28), and appreciate her candid views on teen sex. Abstinence has long been beaten down as prudish, but I suggest an alternative viewpoint that delayed gratification does eventually
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    • Laws in murky waters?
      • 207 13  -  DAWN LEE Letter from I AM glad that the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) has asked the Pare Palais condominium to remove the black tip reef sharks from a tank. But I am puzzled as to why AVA is not removing the
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      • 260 13  -  GOHBOONCHOO Letter from I REFER to the article "AVA says OK to sharks as pets but animal activists concerned", and AVA's letter "Pare Palais condo's sharks are not dangerous" (March 2). AVA "explained that sharks are not allowed to be sold in pet shops
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    • 262 13  -  LIMSWEESAY, Letter from Deputy Government Whip I REFER to Mr Christopher Teo Kian Lam's letter "Why the empty seats during Budget debates? (March 2). I would like to assure Mr Teo that PAP MPs take Parliament sittings very seriously. They
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  • Businesstoday
    • 835 14  -  CHRISTIE LOH Government plans ultra-fast national Internet network to transform Spore into an innovative and creative economy christie@newstoday.com.sg THE 10-foot beast ambles forward, gloating as you back into a tree. You hear a hiss, then a snake's cold touch on your neck. Death seems certain, until
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    • marketwatch
      • 114 14 SHARES closed higher on Friday after a session of choppy dealings that saw bargain hunting alternating with profit-taking. Traders said sentiment was underpinned by the recent slew of strong corporate earnings results, but noted technically-driven sellers emerging as the key market benchmark approached the psychological 2,500-level. TheST Index ended
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      • 4 14 ST Index 2,493.43 +13.13
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      • 66 14 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Nikkei 225 15,663.34 -246.42 -1.55 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX 15,802.00 -80.45 4,898.50 -5.30 -0.51 -0.11 Taiwan Wtd 6,553.66 -89.30 -1.34 Korea Comp Thailand SET 1,328.95 -38.75 753.39 +0.87 -2.83 +0.12 Jakarta Comp 1,261.26 +11.58 +0.93 Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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      • 58 14 Reyoung SKY Petrol China Petro CG Tech ChinaEssen Fung Choi UTAC China Sun Hongguo Celestial 0.440 0.540 0.570 0.370 0.505 1.010 0.950 0.650 0.365 1.040 +0.050 +0.040 +0.000 +0.020 +0.020 +0.065 -0.005 +0.015 +0.015 +0.045 +12.0 +0.0 +16.3 +5.7 +3.5 +6.9 -0.5 +2.4 +4.3 +4.5 50.660 37,794
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      • 39 14 UOvP UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht U.U If Q 0.3524 71.945 4.7911 2.2878 0.5138 5,674.06 23.991 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 31.601 0.8285 27.384 cqq en 0.7001 4.9625 0.9268 20.003
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      • 19 14 Sold US$/oz iilvar US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz iilV.IV 10.26 1,065.00 lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne Irant USS/barrel 1,460.00 64.43
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      • 67 14 ISH 500US$ lardine CSC 11.800 +0.300 10.600 +0.200 (epCorp 13.800 +0.200 lobiiison 6.400 +0.200 :ortune Reit HK$ 6.350 +0.150 ;hinaFish 2.750 +0.140 ;apitaComm 1.850 +0.120 Izra 5TIETF100 «Land US$ 2.390 +0.120 25.300 +0.110 3.720 +0.100 KepCoipBNP 9PW*****4 0.015 +200.0 SembMarMBLeCW*****9 0.020 +100.0 SingTelMBLXCW0G0330 0.010 +100.0 CIMntSp 0JD15
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    • shoptalk
      • 96 16 Dairy Care offers lactose-intolerant users 24-hour protection against the effects of consuming dairy products.The supplement contains active Lactobacillus Acdophilus cultures, commonly found in yoghurt and cultured drinks, which produce lactase enzymes that aid in the digestion of lactose.The cultures are encased in enteric-coated capsules that effectively
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      • 71 16 Enjoy great deals when you shop for health food at Eu Van Sang. For the month of March, shoppers are entitled to a 20 per cent discount when they purchase products from Eu Van Sang's health food range. These include herbal jellies, herbal soups and teas,
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      • 72 16 The new Bun and Thigh Roller from AIBI provides an easy way to tone your body. Designed by Mr Don Tornabene, a former Mr America, the rocking motion of the exercise machine targets five muscle groups glutes,quadriceps, hamstrings, inner thighs and outer thighs. The new
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      • 65 16 Mitsubishi Pencil Co has introduced a new range of fine-tipped pens that feature a small o.lBmm ball at the nib. Ideal for fine writing, the uni-ball SigNo Bit UM-201 is available in eight colours and two other ball sizes 0.28 mm and 0.38 mm. The Mitsubishi
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    • business news
      • 566 16 -AGENCIES Firm appoints new board, plans resumption of trading in its shares by month's end SHAREHOLDERS of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a debt-restructuring plan to resuscitate the beleaguered jet fuel importer. At a meeting attended by over
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      • 197 16 Dow Jones Dow Jones Bloomberg Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) said its joint venture in India with Hindustan Infrastructure Projects and Engineering had received in-principle approval from New Delhi to provide freight rail services in the country. The joint venture received a Category 1 licence that would allow it to
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  • wh?ch
    • 579 17  -  UJUnhJInl Let's celebrate being a woman by looking wow, feeling wow and wowing others WOW. It is a multi-faceted word. First, it is the most condensed compliment you could give or receive: You utter it when impressed by a gorgeous outfit or a job
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    • 990 18  -  AMANDA KOH LEE HUI SHAN That's right, you can buy your beauty supplies in school! AND a ma nda@newstoday.com.sg GONE are the days when the only shops on campus were the bookshop or student union co-operatives. Apart from getting greeting cards or mugs with school
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    • Style
      • 447 19  -  PEARLYN THAM A red carpet along Orchard Road, big names, designer wear-there's lots atthis year's SFF pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS red carpet treatment with a dramatic twist at the special preview of the sixth Singapore Fashion Festival 2006 (SFF) on Wednesday. Models strutted along a IOOm-long scarlet
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      • 201 19 BESIDES having survival skills, a great personality and Lady Luck by your side to succeed in the corporate jungle, you need a spiffy wardrobe, too, to project the right image. Bossini's new spring collection available from Thursday will give you that extra
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      • 91 19  -  -PEARLYNTHAM CAROL Phillips (picture), the founder of beauty brand Clinique and its former chairman, passed away on Wednesday morning. She was 84. Clinique was the first beauty brand to be based on the beliefs and findings of a guiding dermatologist It was also the first consumeroriented,
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      • ATAGLANCE
        • 77 19 From Friday to March 26, teddy bear enthusiasts can view 74 limited edition bears by Merrythought at Centrepoint Shopping Centre. Vote for your favourite teddy bear dressed by Centrepoint retailers and win a bear hamper worth $200. On Saturday, be among the first 200 shoppers
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        • 78 19 She's one of the biggest female stars around and we don't just mean her booty. Beyonce is once again the inspiration behind Tommy Hilfiger's new fragrance. True Star Gold. Made to celebrate Beyonce's beauty and talent, it has a crisp, rich floral scent consisting of notes
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        • 52 19 RADO BLUSHING BEAUTY The new Rado Sintra Jubile Pinktimepiece is made from Rado's signature scratchproof hightech ceramic to ensure its gorgeously gleaming surface will not be marred by scratches overtime This rosy-hued beauty comes in two sizes and is available with a mother-of-pearl dial and diamonds or pink sapphires around
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      • Article, Illustration
        902 20 Pearlyn Tham (pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg) susses out beauty products with the wow factor BE ENCHANTED I can bet you'll find every excuse and opportunity to whip out the Colour Focus Palette 4 eyeshadows from Lancome's new The Enchantress make-up collection and wow your friends. The brand's famous rose motif
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      • 604 21 Amanda Koh (amanda@newstoday.com.sg) picks her 10 must-haves that will make you look wow. Anti-clockwise, from top left: 4 TIE UP YOUR LOOK Pair this Mango satin and silk corset halter top ($125) with a pair of fitted jeans and killer heels and you'll have all eyes on
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      • Article, Illustration
        627 22 Lee Hui Shan (huishanl@newstoday.com.sg) susses out more awesome outfits and sensational accesories to make you go: Wow! TUBETOP (SB9) FROM WAREHOUSE: Sometimes it only takes simple details to wow.The little crystals on this tube top make it so glittery, but not too overwhelming. Wear it shopping, to the
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      • 1034 23 READER #1: CYNTHIA FOO, 21, STUDENT The soft-spoken and selfeffacing Cynthia wanted a makeover because she was "curious" about how she would look with makeup. "Being a very simple and plain-looking girl, I've never used make-up before as I hardly have the time to apply it and
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    • makan
      • 939 24  -  LEE HUI SHAN LOW SHI PING Sing Tel Comcentre's cafeteria boasts delectable favourites; the telcom's group CEO Lee Hsien Yang is said to be a fan f ood@newstoday.com.sg BY NOON, the Sing Tel Comcentre Cafeteria was fast filling up. Despite the vast seating
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    • SHOPPING GUIDE
      • 110 26 TARGETED at digital photography enthusiasts, the Vosonic VP8350 multipurpose, multimedia storage device supports viewing of text, photos and digital movies on its 3.5-inch LCD screen. This versatile device also doubles as a lightweight MP3 player with a built-in FM radio. The VP8350 supports almost all
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      • 106 26 LG Mobile's latest slide phone packs in an MP3 player and a 1.3-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and built-in flash in a 95g compact design. The GPRS-enabled ***** phone comes with Bluetooth connectivity, allowing you to share information with other wireless gadgets at up to
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      • 137 26 DESIGNED to complement the Motorola RAZR V 3 and V3i mobile phone, the RAZR H3 headset is loaded with Bluetooth Class 2 connectivity for wireless connections up to 30 feet, 10 hours of talk time or 200 hours of standby time from a single charge.
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      • 106 26 ASUS Technology's 19-inch PWI9I widescreen liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor features an innovative pivot neck design that enables easy adjustment of viewing angles, tilt angle and height for different sitting positions. The pivot neck also permits display rotation for landscape (for movies and Excel documents)
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    • 653 26  -  VENESSALEE HONG KONG HP unveils five consumer laptops, two projectors and two handhelds IN... venessa@newstoday.com.sg DISNEYLAND recently went digital when Hewlett-Packard launched its latest portable products in the Magic Kingdom in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Two handheld devices, five consumer notebooks and two digital projectors
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    • gadget
      • 769 27  -  ARIELTAM SMART PHONE PHONEREVIEW I Samsung SGH-J3OOX 4GB Windows phone is a cut above the rest a riel@newstoday.com.sg IT'S hard to find a phone that satisfies you in terms of looks, function and ease of use. So, I almost couldn't believe it when a review unit of the
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    • car
      • Article, Illustration
        713 28  -  NICKSYN Get to know the Q7 and you'll find it an Audi through and through news@newstoday.com.sg AS MUCH as I'd like to say I found the Q7's rear bumper design so distasteful that I decided to re-sculpt it with a concrete road junction marker, I won't. Although I
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      • 381 28  -  COLIN YONG WHAT if you find the Mercedes-Benz A-Class too compact for your needs and the C-Class overly conservative for your image? The German car maker would like to think it has the answer in the appropriately-named B-Class. To be launched this weekend at
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      • 626 29  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE What Volkswagen cars have in common with Apple's music player news@newstoday.com.sg VOLKSWAGEN'S Concept A is quite literally the coolest car being showcased at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show, which opened its doors on Thursday and ends on March 12. The radical concept car
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      • GENEVA TODAY, SINGAPORE TOMORROW
        • 70 29 Chevrolet is poised to re-enter the big car segment here with two different models. The Captiva is a medium-sized SUV that will go up against cars like the Nissan XTrail and Toyota RAV4, while the Epica seen here is a Toyota Camry-sized saloon that will be the only
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        • 67 29 The first model in VWs new Blue Motion line of vehicles, the Polo is an unusually economical compact hatchbackthat its maker says doesn't sacrifice driving fun for environmental-friendliness. Although the diesel Polo Blue Motion is unlikely to be sold here due to the high taxes imposed on
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        • Article, Illustration
          69 29 The first SBO changed many motorists' perceptions about the Volvo brand and the Swedes are taking no chances with its replacement, which has evolutionary styling. Like the smaller S4O, the new SBo's interior features a "floating" centre console design and Scandinavian design cues that Volvo says will create
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        • 70 29 Although it is unlikely that the new Civic Type R will be sold through the official agent, it may (like its predecessor) be avail- able through parallel importers. Although still a concept, the show car's 220bhp 2.0-litre i-VTEC engine will definitely be used in the
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        • Article, Illustration
          67 29 Following up on the recently-launched 6 MPS (Mazda Performance Series), Mazda has unveiled the 3 MPS, a hatchback powered by the same 2.3-litre turbocharged engine as its larger sibling. The engine develops a power output of around 250bhp in this application, making the 3 MPS the most
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    • property
      • 807 30  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Experts give their views how rising development charges will affect land sales shobha@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as market watchers warn of a slow down in en-bloc sales and the redevelopment of certain areas of Singapore such as the Central Business District (CBD) following
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      • 247 30  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA ALTHOUGH its second phase was launched barely a month ago, Grosvenor View, the plush, freehold condominium near Kembangan MRT has already sold 58 units, testifying to its attractiveness even in the face of rising competition. There are currently only 35 units
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      • 38 37  -  Zul Othman Thank goodness it's Jennifer Aniston who plays a woman who suspects her grandmother's life inspired the classic film. The Graduate, because she's the only reason this silly mush of a film passes muster.
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    • 1072 43 He is considered the best pure finisher in the game right now. At 29, Ruud van Nistelrooy is about to embark on a World Cup adventure with Holland and could well be leading the line for a new generation of United stars set to make their
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      431 46 STRIKER Kevin Kuranyi intends to wear the colours of Panama under his Germany shirt at the World Cup this summer, according to Panamanian press reports. The Schalke player's mother comes from Panama and he himself grew up in the central American country. In 1996, the 23-year-old forward played
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