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    21 1 WEEKEND TODAY March 18 19, 2006 mica<p> 114/07/2005 we set you thinking todayonline.com /y\ fyj CDF'' P' share your free newspaper
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    Lock icon BLOGGERS@ELECTIONS.NET
    1287 1  -  LEE U-WEN They're anonymous, they are eager to comment, but do they know the rules? I u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THEY'RE mushrooming faster than whispers about the General Election. One promises to become an unofficial archive of all the election rallies and has invited readers to send clips that will be available
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      Chee's sister says there is no rift in SDP's ranks
      278 2 THE Democratic Party's Chee Siok Chin rejected talk of a split in the party's ranks. Ms Chee, who is the sister of SDP chief Chee Soon Juan and a member of the party's central executive committee (CEC), was speaking outside
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      Lock icon A slap on the wrist
      577 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Chee Soon Juan gets one day in jail and a $6,000 fine cheekong@newstoday.com.sg EXPECTING the worst, Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, came to the courtroom on Friday with a bag full of personal belongings and several books to keep him company in jail. He
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      Chee's lawyer raises the courtroom temperature
      255 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG DR CHEE Soon Juan's lawyer, Mr M Ravi, nearly found himself following in his client's footsteps and being cited for contempt of court. Justice Lai Siu Chiu warned him against raising his voice and going "off tangent" in his mitigation plea
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      54 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH" www.thelivingfaith.org "I will QO before thee, and ITiake the crooked places Straight.The Bible Isaiah 45:2 Singapore Marketplace Christian Fellowship Conference Hall DBS Auditorium Level 3, Main Concert Hall Time: 7.30pm Time: I Oam (Light refreshments will be served from 6.30pm to 7.20pm) Speaker Rev Dr John Shepherd
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Of the 'pretty' queen who charmed all
      759 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO Curious Singaporeans make a beeline to catch a fleeting glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II derrick@newstoday.com.sg THERE is nothing quite like royalty coming to call, even when the queen was nowhere to be seen. During lunch hour on Friday, over a
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    • Article
      Bird flu scare for pneumonia patient here
      324 4  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE came close to a bird flu scare yesterday when an Indonesian patient here tested positive for the HSNI virus. The initial test results, however, turned out to be a false alarm, as all four subsequent tests including
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    • Article
      Now, we're a conservation hub, too
      268 4  -  VENESSALEE WITH the opening of a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International office in Singapore on Friday, the garden city notched another "hub" to its name a conservation hub. And their first partners based in Singapore will be the Singapore Zoo and Sentosa's Underwater
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      LESSONS IN MARRIAGE
      437 6  -  CHEOWXINYI Preparatory courses are being promoted to couples who intend to tie the knot xinyic@newstoday.com.sg IF SOCIAL service agencies have their way, all couples would have to attend marriage preparation courses before they take their vows. As Mr Simon Sim, general manager of Touch Community Services, put
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      Lock icon Maid jailed for 10 years
      70 6 938 LIVE AN INDONESIAN maid has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for killing her 39-year-old Singaporean employer. Twenty-year-old Rohana, was convicted of manslaughter. She was originally charged with murder, which carries the death penalty. Her employer, Madam Tan Chiang Eng was found dead
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      Therapists badly needed
      366 8  -  TEOXUANWEI Over 600 therapy aides needed in the next five years as shortage looms xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is facing a severe shortage of therapists, and the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is acting to plug the gap. Speaking at the NCSS Biennial Therapy Symposium on Friday,
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      Early research start for JC1 students
      162 8  -  -UNYOUQUAN NEW junior college (JC) students can soon take on re-search-related subjects as the 18-year-old Science Research Programme (SRP) is incorporated into the newly-in-troduced JC curriculum this May's intake of students. That's when JC subjects are categorised into Higher 1 (HI) to Higher 3
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      A midnight argument, then a thud ...
      274 8  - A midnight argument, then a thud -ANSLEYNG JUST after midnight on Friday, the calm in Toa Payoh Lorong 1 was interrupted by the jarring sounds of people arguing. Shortly after, the bloodied body of a 25-year-old Vietnamese woman was found lying at the foot of Block 161. When police arrived
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon JUSTICE MINISTER GRILLED OVER CORRUPTION IN ELECTION
        47 10 -AP Indonesian anti-graft investigators ques tioned the country's justice minister on Friday in connection with a graft case linked to the general elections in 2004. Minister Hamid Awaluddin was a member of the general election commission when the graft occurred.
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        Lock icon QUAKE TRIGGERS TSUNAMI, 3 DEAD
        61 10 -AFP An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia's Maluku islands this week and triggered a small tsunami, officials and reports said. The Republika daily quoted Buru deputy district chief Bakri Lumbessy as saying that Tuesday's quake left three people dead after waves
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        Lock icon PRINCE CHARLES LOSES BID TO BLOCK PUBLICATION OF DIARIES
        129 10 -BLOOMBERG Britain's Prince Charles lost the first round of a legal bid to blockthe publication of some of his personal diaries. The 57-year-old prince is suing the Mail on Sunday newspaper for breaching confidentiality and copyright laws by printing extracts of
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        Lock icon HAMAS LEADER HOPES FOR PEACE DEAL WITH ISRAEL
        95 10 -AFP Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, set to become Prime Minister in the new Palestinian Government, hoped to sign a peace agreement with Israel. In a interview with CBS News, Mr Haniya, who has been threatened by Israel with assassination, said he had
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      Lock icon 'Talibanisation' of Aceh
      916 10  -  JOECOCHRANE DPA More than 135 people flogged publicly for various Shariah violations during the past nine months news@newstoday.com.sg BANDA ACEH Dewi Haryanti was in a hurry. The 25-year-old was exchanging her hotel waitress uniform for street clothes for the trip to her second job at a boutique
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      Lock icon France clamps down on protesters
      459 12 -AP 300 detained as protests against new labour law turns violent PARIS Police detained some 300 people around France after a protest by hundreds of thousands of students, who marched across the country against a new labour law, turned violent Despite the arrests the government
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon HFMD SPREADING IN SARAWAK
        64 12 -AFP Malaysia's Sarawak state was on Friday stepping up efforts to control an epidemic of hand, foot-and-mouth disease with indications that it it was spreading to rural areas. The death toll from the disease has climbed from seven to eight, as cases have been recorded in
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        Lock icon MILOSEVIC TESTS: NO RIFAMPICIN
        62 12 -AFP Forensic tests by the Netherlands Forensic Institute found no sign of poisoning or the unprescribed antibiotic rifampicin that could have counteracted medications in the body of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, UN war crimes tribunal president Fausto Pocar said on Friday. Other drugs were found
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        Lock icon 57 HELD AFTER PAPUA KILLINGS
        61 12 -AFP Indonesian police said on Friday that they had arrested 57 people in Papua after bloody clashes with protesters demanding the closure of a huge US mine on Thursday. The death toll rose to five on Friday and tensions remained high. Witnesses said sporadic gunfire
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        Lock icon JACKSON CLOSES NEVERLAND HOUSE
        70 12 -AFP Michael Jackson has closed the house on his Neverland Ranch and laid off some of the employees there but has not completely shuttered the sprawling estate, the pop star's spokesman said. The action came a day after state labour officials announced Jackson had agreed to
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      Lock icon Protest at S'pore embassy
      308 15 AGENCIES Meanwhile, pro-Thaksin 'caravan of the poor' enters Bangkok BANGKOK As Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's opponents staged a protest outside the Singapore embassy in Bangkok, thousands of Thai farmers marched into the capital on Friday to support Mr Thaksin after travelling from the countryside in
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      Lock icon India, Russia ink uranium deal despite US objections
      287 15 -AFP NEW DELHI Setting aside Washington's protestations, Russia has endorsed India's request for 60 metric tonnes of uranium for two fuel-starved nuclear power reactors in the western town of Tarapur in Maharashtra state, Indian officials said on Friday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
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      Relax income rules to help young couples
      198 16  -  CHUAHUIUNG Letter from I REFER to the letter "Re-examine income ceiling for HDB flats" (March 16). It highlights a situation that I as an undergraduate will soon be going through. As the writer pointed out, young couples are not eligible for a new
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      Lock icon Toa Payoh, the queen and I
      824 16  -  Neil Humphreys WEEKEND WITH news@newstoday.com.sg Queen Elizabeth II didn't stay for teh tarik but found time for taichi, a rattan ball MY DEAR friend Victor called at the start of the week. The Toa Payoh photo shop owner had an exclusive story for me.
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      A setback to clinical tests
      220 18  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from I REFER to the article "A drug trial from hell" (March 17). It is a setback for clinical trials. Most clinical trials are focused on the wrong goals meeting the Food and Drug Administration standards and compliance rather than helping to save
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    • Letter
      THE GULF OF VALUES
      601 18  -  GURMIT SINGH Clash between traditional expectations and creative pedagogy remains a problem for students, teachers Letter from I AM writing in response to the article "Look beyond pay, career issues" by Victor Ng Beng Li (March 15). While I agree that we must look beyond career
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    • Why all work and no play for maids?
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        Put yourself in the shoes of the maid before you say no
        95 18  -  SHEILA CASTILLON Letter from TO ALL employers who do not agree that maids should be given a day off each week: Why don't we swop positions for two years? You take care of my aged parents, young children,
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        Lock icon Want domestic help? Then be prepared for the risks too
        341 18  -  TAN YEN LING Letter from WITH reference to Ms Theresa Ee's letter "Maid bosses' greatest fear..." (March 17), I disagree that advocating for domestic help to be granted mandatory days off is akin to "targeting) the majority of us (employers)
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    • Letter
      NSMen tax relief aligned to SAF work year
      245 20  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM MRS LEE LENG KIONG Letter from Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence Director (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Mr Johannes Kuah Khiang Wee's letter, "Small Relief for Deferring NS Training" (9 Mar). Call-ups for
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    • Letter
      Why PSC exceptions are made
      108 20  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM MRSCHOOLEESEE Letter from Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence Director, Public Service Commission Secretariat WE REFER to Mr Gary Lee's letter, "Why the need to favour PSC scholars?" (March 9). Public Service Commission (PSC) scholars are given special consideration for disrup- tion
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    • On the road again
      • Letter
        For the elderly, jaywalking is just easier
        146 20  -  ETHELCHONG Letterfrom I REFER to the report, "A safer drive last year but jaywalkers on the rise" (March 17). More than 700 people were killed or injured in Singapore due to jaywalking. Half of those killed or injured were the elderly. These are
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      • Letter
        $20 isn't enough, slap them with heavier fines
        106 20  -  WEE KAH HUAT Letter from WHENEVER I am on a bus in Orchard Road, I inevitably see jaywalkers crossing the busy road. Some of them are nonchalant about it, even though vehicles often have to slow down to let them cross the
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Changing face of Reits ?
      662 22  - Changing face of Reits VALERIE LAW New markets and financing through unsecured bank loans may alter risk profile valerie@newstoday.com.sg REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) continue to attract strong interest among investors here, who will soon have more opportunities to invest in overseas properties through Reits listed on the Singapore Exchange
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    • Article
      Taxi expenses no longer subject to tax
      265 22  -  -VALERIE LAW FOLLOWING a report, "Travel expense tax woes", in Today dated March 16 and in response to public feedback, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) on Friday said that company reimbursements for taxi journeys between an employee's home and the airport
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        145 22 Dow Jones SHARES closed mixed on Friday, but blue chips were weighed down by the slower-than-expected growth in February non-oil domestic exports. The ST Index closed down 4.52 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,494.41. In the broad market, advancers led decliners 311 to 228. Traded volume amounted to
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        ST Index — 2,494.41 -4.52
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        Lock icon World markets
        66 22 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by and Nikkei 225 16,339.73 +243.52 +1.51 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 15,801.66 +72.62 4,971.70 -6.20 +0.46 -0.12 Korea Comp 1,341.12 +5.14 +0.38 Thailand SET 741.43 +1.47 +0.20 Jakarta Comp 1,305.18 +31.38 +2.46 Phils Comp 2,150.17 +8.40 +0.39 Shenzhen B 248.01 -0.49
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        SGX most active
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Commodities
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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    • business news
      • Article
        Lock icon Group including GIC bids $25b for airport operator
        139 24 -DOW JONES AN INTERNATIONAL consortium made on Friday an £8.75-billion ($24.8-billion) hostile bid for the BAA airport group. With a stake of more than 51 per cent, Spanish construction firm Grupo Ferrovial leads the group of investors that includes Government of Singapore
        -DOW JONES  -  139 words
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        Lock icon L'Oréal buys Body Shop for $1.9b
        118 24 THE GUARDIAN THE Body Shop agreed on Friday to a £652.3-million ($1.85-billion) takeover by the French cosmetics firm L'Oreal. The British cosmetics retailer, which was started by Ms Anita Roddick in Brighton in 1976, accepted an offer of 300 pence a share, a large
        — THE GUARDIAN  -  118 words
      • Article
        $50m for Shin's top brass
        512 24  -  CHRISTIE LOH Senior company executives enjoy a windfall from its sale to Temasek christi e@newstoday.com.sg TOP executives of Thai telecom giant Shin Corp pocketed a cool 1.2 billion baht ($5O million) from selling their shares to Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings. Among the six gainers
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        Lock icon Slower growth in February key exports
        217 24 DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S key exports grew at a slow-er-than-expected pace last month as strong electronics shipments were offset by a slowdown in the volatile drugs sector following two months of phenomenal growth. Non-oil domestic exports grew 16.5 per cent from a year earlier to
        — DOW JONES; BLOOMBERG  -  217 words
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        Fate of CAO was out of ex-CEO Chen's hands: Lawyer
        409 24  -  LEECHING WERN CHEN Jiulin, the former chief executive of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, should not receive a sentence heavier than that imposed on the company's former finance chief Peter Lim, argued his lawyer yesterday. The 44-year-old Chen, the
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      664 26  -  Pearlyn Tham VINTAGE INSPIRATION: Mrs Beckham jovesthe shapely '50s, such as the ones typical of Roland Mouret's designs (below). Fashion advice from Mrs Beckham... read with caution CITYSTYLE I pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg I LIKE employees in the new economy, celebrities are a multi-tasking lot Madonna is a children's author, Gwen
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        YOUTH CORNERS
        935 28  -  AMANDAKOHAND LEE HUI SHAN huisha nl@newstoday.com. sg COMPETITION for a slice of the lucrative youth retail market has become keener with several additions to the industry, with more in the pipeline such as Square 2 at Novena and Central at Clarke Quay. Apart from sections of malls devoted
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        Natural look for timeless beauty
        425 30  -  PEARLYNTHAM IT'S your big day and, like all brides, you want to look your best But looking natural? Ironically, this rarely seems to be the case with the majority of bridal make-up, which tends to be heavy and dramatic a look that can appear dated
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        Model designer for Singapore
        469 30  -  PEARLYN THAM Once Yang Derong promoted clothes, now it's the nation pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg WHEN homegrown designer Yang Derong was presented to the media as one of the local names collaborating with beauty giant Lancome at this year's Singapore Fashion Festival (SFF), a usually jaded magazine editor
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        Saturday (and Sunday) night fever at Marina Square
        253 30  -  LEE HUI SHAN THE beautiful, leggy models at Marina Square last Friday had many shoppers gaping in awe. Though the runway show, titled Fashion Fever, was a media event, shoppers too had a glimpse of the collections that new tenants in the
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        Lock icon A clear winner for delectable goodies
        692 31  -  LOW SHI PING Artfully served dishes and dessert a feast for the eyes and stomach food@newstoday.com.sg RIGHT at the doorstep of the Central Lending Library is the cheerful Miss Clarity Cafe that's done up in hot pink, green and yellow. Its equally vivacious owner,
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          CREATIVE MUVO S200 MP3 PLAYER
          128 32 Made for music enthusiasts with an active lifestyle, the Creative MuVo S2OO portable MP3 player comes with a bright orange PLED (Polymer Light-Emitting Diode) display screen that is said to ensure absolute clarity in the dark or even under bright sunlight. With this special lyrics
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          KODAK EASYSHARE Z650 DIGITAL CAMERA
          138 32 Eastman Kodak's latest addition to its Z-series line is the 6.1-megapixel Z650 zoom digital camera, said to bring you closer to your subject. Equipped with a Schenider-Kreuznach Variogon 10x optical zoom lens, capturing detail from far away no longer poses a problem. In addition, the
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          DOPOD 577W SMART PHONE
          135 32 As Dopod's first smart phone in South-east Asia, the 577W offers business and entertainment capabilities. The 577W is also the world's first smart phone with builtin Wi-Fi and Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. An integrated interface allows you to send and receive emails, SMS and make
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          DELL INSPIRON 6400
          129 32 Dell has launched its dual-core capable notebook, the Inspiron 6400, which is said to offer uncompromised performance even when you simultaneously play videos and rip music files or edit spreadsheets while running virus-scans. With a starting weight of 2.Bkg, the notebook is equipped with a 15.4-inch widescreen
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        Everything but a phone
        554 32  -  TREVOR TAN raises the stakes with its amazing portable media player I Samsung Digimaxi6 PMP trevor@newstoday.com.sg WITH technological convergence being the buzzword these days, gadget companies are under pressure to put more features into one single device. Hence, it is no surprise to see Samsung launching
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        Something for everyone – Olympus' 6 new cameras
        292 32 Something for everyone Olympus' 6 new cameras OLYMPUS has launched six digital cameras that cater to different user demands and photography skills. Targeted at intermediate users is the E-330 ($1,999), a 7.5-megapixel model that is said to be the world's first digital single lens reflex (SLR) to feature a continuous
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        THE WATT IS ALMOST OVER
        408 33 Last Samurai '"will be among the first HD DVD titles to be released next month BURBANK (California) Warner Home Video will launch its first titles on highdefinition digital video discs (HD DVD) next month. Clint Eastwood's Academy Award Best Picture of 2004, Million Dollar Baby;
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        Play any video device Big
        294 33 INFOCUS has launched three digital home projectors under its Play Big series. Featuring true 16:9 aspect ratio and videooptimised light output, the projectors are said to offer an image larger than traditional plasma, liquid crystal display, or rear projection television options. They also reportedly give
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        Built for widescreen gaming experience
        369 33  -  NAZHARADNAN |BenQF?2o^^^^ WIDESCREEN, which is clearly the preferred aspect ratio for TVs, has yet to make its mark on personal computer desktops. However, at a low price of $799, BenQ's new 20-inch widescreen LCD is sure to start the ball rolling. The FP2O2W features an
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        HYUNDAI OF RECKONING
        681 34  -  NICKSYN The new Santa Fe proves that Hyundai now takes the business of building cars very seriously indeed news@newstoday.com.sg TO CALL the old Hyundai Santa Fe aesthetically challenged is to be unnecessarily kind in the extreme, like telling someone who makes John Merrick look like Brad Pitt
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          NEW LEXUS RAKES IN ORDERS
          126 34 Lexus distributor Borneo Motors revealed on Thursday that it received more than 300 orders for the new ***** before the car's official launch. The order books were opened late last year but the first customer deliveries began only yesterday. The car is powered by a
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          A SLIDE ORDER OF COOL
          136 34 Peugeot will attempt to jazz up the small car class here when it introduces the 1007 next month. The chic-looking hatchback has two electrically-operated sliding doors, making it the first officially-imported car thus equipped. Besides being a conversation piece, the doors take up little space
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          CHEAPER SIX-CYLINDER 3 SERIES
          95 34  -  COLIN YONG BMW has started selling a more affordable six-cylinder version of the 3 Series saloon. Called the 323 i, it uses basically the same 2.5-litre engine as the 325 i but different tuning sees it producing 177bhp instead of 218bhp. The car's list price is
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        THAT'S WHEEL SERVICE
        656 35  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Fancy a concierge to go along with the new car you just bought? news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN you've spent the best part of $1 million on a car, it isn't unreasonable to expect nothing less than the best in every aspect of the ownership experience. This includes
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        So you think you can drive?
        314 35  -  -NICKSYN ALL guys are driving gods. Or at least we all think we are. No man will ever seriously admit to being a bit short-changed in the I-can-make-a-car-dance-like-the-ghost-of-Baryshnikov department, and if we ever downplay our amazing talents it's because modesty demands it However, I'm
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        The Falken has landed
        296 35  -  -HADISOEDARSONO THE FK452 is Falken's new flagship model that replaces the FK4SI. Sitting in the ultra high-performance category, it competes against models like the Bridgestone Potenza REOSO, Continental Sport Contact 2, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 and Yokohama Advan Sport. Featuring a pronounced V-drainage tread pattern and
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        New Zealand property now sweeter ground
        517 36  -  VALERIE LAW Its lower valuations persuade Singaporean investors to look beyond old hunting grounds Australia and London valeri e@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are shifting their attention from properties in Australia and Britain to real estate in New Zealand, said Londonbased Lloyds TSB Bank, during the recent
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        Sunny, one so true, got going despite illness
        519 36  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg REAL estate agent Sunny Lee is a textbook example of how the tough get going when the going gets almost impossible. Last September, the once bluff and hearty 47-year-old man's world almost came apart when he was diagnosed with
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        Duchess Court up for en bloc sale
        166 36  -  JANECHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg DUCHESS Court (picture), a 999-year leasehold Bukit Timah property, goes on sale this weekend and is expected to fetch between $100 million and $108 million, said property consultancy Credo Real Estate, which is handling the sale. The four-storey, 36-unit development
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        Lock icon Sing Holdings launches condo in East
        233 37  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg FOUR years since its last residential project, Draycott Drive, homegrown property development and investment group Sing Holdings is launching Meyer Residence this weekend. The 19-storey freehold development along Meyer Place has 68 apartments. They range from two-bedroom flats of 904
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        COOL TREATS
        93 37 Beat the heat with Nestles new range of ice cream. Tantalise your taste buds with the new Drumstick Inferno ($2) and savour the pecanflavoured ice cream topped with chopped almonds and chocolate sauce. Or enjoy the refreshing citrus flavour of the MatKool Alienz (80 cents) which contains jelly
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        SMILE!
        57 37 Keep your pearlies white with the stain removal toothpastes from Zact.The relaunched whitening toothpaste removes coffee and tea stains effectively while protecting your teeth. Zact also has a new smoker's toothpaste to help remove tobacco stains and freshen your breath. Zact toothpastes, priced at $4.05 each, are sold at
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        STICK IT ON
        81 37 Need a reminder for that errand you keep forgetting? You can now stick your reminders on vertical and textured surfaces, including your handbag, with the new Post-it Super Sticky Notes by 3M. This new variant contains a patented adhesive that increases its ability to stay on non-paper
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        HOME CHIC
        89 37 Dress up your home with some of the latest additions at Barang Barang.The Sapele range uses Sapelewood from Nigeria, which is known for its mahogany colour and distinct grain.The range includes dining furniture, display cases, bookcases, television stands and more. Or jazz up your favourite corner in the
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      Lock icon LIGHTS, CAMERA... MORE CASH!
      1200 38  -  Jeanine Tan jeanine@newstoday.com.sg For more glitz and glamour at the Singapore Film Fest, show Cheah the money THERE is a Nick Drake connection to the Singapore International Film Festival (Siff). Drake was a talented but under-ap-preciated folk musician who overdosed on antidepressants in 1974. His music
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        ADAM'S APPLE (2005)
        46 39 This Danish box-office hit is a politically-incor-rect, bizarre comedy about a neo-Nazi sentenced to community service in a church manned by a strange priest. It stars Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (in black), who will play the villain in the upcoming Casino Roy ale.
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        LOVE STORY (2006)
        45 39 Kelvin Tong's follow-up to The Maid marks a return to the eccentricities of his debut feature. Eating Air. Love Story is a romantic drama about people looking for (what else?) love, where fact and fiction merge and nothing is what it seems.
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        THE FEARLESS FREAKS – FEATURING THE FLAMING LIPS (2005)
        38 39 THE FEARLESS FREAKS FEATURING THE FLAMING LIPS (2005) This incredibly detailed documentary takes an intimate look at one of the most fascinating, if under-appreciated, alt-rock bands around. Play spot-the-famous-rock-star, as everyone from Jack White to Beck make appearances.
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        DUA KALI LIMA (1966)
        41 39 Part of the film festival's tribute to Malay cinema legend M Amin, this is a social satire using two rival tailors to make its point. A young Anita Sarawak (left) stars as one of the tailors' daughters.
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        SELVES AND OTHERS: A PORTRAIT OF EDWARD SAID (2003)
        37 39 This documentary looks at the final days of seminal Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, the man who pioneered the influential school of thought called Orientalism in the late *****.
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        MANDERLAY (2005)
        50 39 The second part of Lars yon Trier's trilogy, which began with Dogville, is an allegory of the US-led war in Iraq. Bryce Dallas Howard of The Village fame plays a white woman who tries to liberate a plantation of black slaves-whether they want to be freed or not.
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        LITTLE FISH (2005)
        41 39 In this Aussie indie, Cate Blanchett (right) plays a former junkie who is trying to start life anew, but gets pulled back unwittingly into the shady life. Hugo Weaving turns in a powerful performance as Blanchett's junkie stepfather.
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      Lock icon ROGER THAT!
      693 40  -  NAZIR KESHVANI 400 films later and Roger Corman's still churning 'em out IN BANGKOK plus@newstoday.com.sg HE IS among the most prolific film-makers ever, having made more than 400 movies, worked with the likes of Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone and Jack Nicholson and given Oscar-winning directors such as
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      Lock icon For Sudoku fanatics, a fresh Challenge awaits
      395 40  -  DAVID CHEW WHO would have imagined it would be such a hit? Just months after Today introduced Sudoku in Singapore, the first Sudoku competition pitting teams of enthusiasts of the number puzzle against one another will be held on Sunday at the Thomson
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      It's been a star war for Idols
      479 42  -  MERVINTAY Will the women spark passion in an all-male battle for the Star Idol title? plus@newstoday.com.sg THE top two contestants in Star Idol, Bryan Wong and Leo Lam, made no secret about what has been missing so far from the MediaCorp TV Channel
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        BRANGELINATO WED AT LAST?
        80 42 Speculation is rife once again that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will wed at George Clooney's lakefront villa in Italy perhaps this weekend. Reports about a wedding were rife last year, but fizzled out after Clooney denied his friends were scheduled to marry at his villa
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        PARTY TIME AT THE HELIPAD
        59 42 Hustle down to The Helipad at Harbour Front Centre on Saturday from 10pm forthe return of the Heineken Green Room sessions. DJ Premier and Big Shug of hip-hop phenomenon Gang Starr Foundation will spin beats exclusively for Heineken Green Room members. Visit www.heinekenmusic.com.sg for a
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        MEMORIAL FOR A MUSIC PIONEER
        66 42 A memorial service for Sunkist Ng Guan Seng one of Singapore's Chinese music pioneers will be held at 7pm on Sunday at the auditorium of Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery at Geylang East. Ng, who was part of The Straws, a popular local group in the
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          BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
          30 44  -  -JeanineTan With much skill, Ang Lee crafts a heartbreaking film about two cowboys in a doomed affair that says plenty about repressed love with great subtlety and nuance.
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          Lock icon MAD HOT BALLROOM
          35 44 -JT An inspiring documentary that follows three groups of 11-year-olds in New York schools who are taught ballroom dancing as part of their curriculum and gain confidence and self-respect in the process.
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          Lock icon SINGAPORE GAGA
          27 44 -JT A smart little documentary that is as much a paean to the peculiarities of Singapore as a gentle mockery of this country's strange ways.
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          Lock icon V FOR VENDETTA
          17 44 -JT The Mafr/xfilm-makers adaptation of Alan Moore's cult classic graphic novel is near perfect.
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          17 44  -  Felix Cheong An intelligently thought through piece of ghost story that doesn't simply shock and awe.-
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          Lock icon GUBRA
          34 44 JT The sequel to the Malaysian interracial romance Sepet'is a more polished attempt, although its strength lies more in the spot-on observations of cross-cultural differences than any real light shed on human emotions.
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          Lock icon MY GIRL AND I
          38 44 -JT The South Korean remake of the Japanese romantic hit Crying Out for Love in the Centre of the World \s charming as first love is, but the director occasionally substitutes banality for innocence.
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          Lock icon SHOE FAIRY
          23 44 -JT The doll-like Vivian Hsu charms in this fairy tale. which some may find whimsical while others dismiss it as candyfloss.
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          Lock icon TRANSAMERICA
          33 44 -FC As a transgender female. Felicity Huffman is a textbook example of an actress taking risks in transforming her body for the part, although the film eventually comes across as too calculated.
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          Lock icon YOURS, MIND AND OURS
          20 44 Denins Quaid and Rene Russo play parents to a whopping 19 children. Let the shenanigans begin.
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          Lock icon BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2
          29 44 -JT Martin Lawrence goes in drag again as the sassy old biddy known as Big Momma in the utterly uninspired sequel to Big Momma's House.
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          Lock icon CRY WOLF
          22 44 -JT A thriller made with the teenage set in mind that is so mediocre, even its twist fail to impress
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          Lock icon NANNY MCPHEE
          23 44 -FC Emma Thompson wastes her talent playing the titular character in Nanny McPhee, in which she wears prosthetics and god-awful makeup
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          Lock icon DATE MOVIE
          18 44 -FC Another grossed out, politi-cally-incorrect movie spoof. But the pointless lampooning of everything is so dated.
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          26 44 all fours.-JT Comedian Tim Allen's career has gone to the dogs. It's painful to watch him fetch a stick, for heaven's sake, on
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          TAKESHIS'
          21 44  -  Ross Wallace Random, repetitive, nonsensical, irritating, surreal and shamelessly self-indulgent. See cult actor-director Takeshi Kitano's new movie at your peril.-
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        Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
        195 45  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by FILM: The conclusion of Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy that began with Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and continued with the acclaimed Oldboy, has angel-faced Lee Young-ac as a woman out for revenge against a former lover. Lee, from the South Korean drama Jewel
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        When Harry met Cho Chang
        210 45  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire FILM: The fourth instalment of the Harry Potter franchise begs the question: When did kiddy films get so dark? Sure, the third instalment Prisoner of Azkhaban was a tad gloomy, but in this one,
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      Lock icon Bridging the work age gap
      478 49 Tips for young managers to handle mature workers MANY young managers have older subordinates, some old enough to be their parents. As we are based in a society that has been brought up to respect elders, it can be a challenge foryoung or new managers
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