Today, 19 May 2007

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    12 1 weeken TODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A^diaCorp we set you thinking W £M
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    Lock icon New Wembley deserves a special FA Cup Final
    1659 1  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS EDITOR leonard@media corp.com.sg WHEN he first walked on the neatly-trimmed grass at Wembley he was not yet a champion in England, greatness was not his shadow, he was still full of self-belief but some felt if he didn't lift
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    WHAT PRICE, THE PINK DOLLAR?
    1824 1  -  JASMINE YIN AND GRACIA CHIANG WHAT HEARTLANDERS SAY WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE HUNT FOR TALENT HOW BUSINESSES STRIKE A BALANCE jasmine@media corp.com.sg HE IS your typical high-flyer head of corporate finance at a major investment firm here. But 40-year-old Jeremy (not his real name)
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon A NEW BRIDGE TO CEMENT WARMER TIES
      270 4 AGENCIES Kuala Lumpur More than a year after it aborted the "crooked bridge" project, Malaysia is now keen on fresh negotiations with Singapore on a new bridge to link the island with Johor. With bilateral relations "so superb, so good, there's no better
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      Lock icon Langkawi's magic on S'pore
      500 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH Interest in IDR rises among businesses here after 2 PMs meet christie@media corp.com.sg FEW Singapore companies were inspired to invest in the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) in Johor until the recent durian feast between the two countries' leaders. According to the Singapore International Chamber
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      Young minds on work holiday
      399 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg SOME of the best and brightest young minds in the world may be heading here for six-month working stints under a new scheme. The Work Holiday Programme (WHP), which will kick in from December, is aimed at giving Singapore a
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      NEWLAWSONREHIRING AFTER 62 NO PANACEA
      135 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG While he welcomes the tripartite committee's recommendation to introduce laws on rehiring workers beyond 62 years old. Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen cautions that legislation is "not a panacea". Said Dr Ng: "Employers will just adjust (to any legislative changes). They'll say,
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      Lock icon Uncle flies in to get lawyer for Zambian woman charged with drug trafficking
      311 4  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE uncle of a young Zambian woman charged with trafficking in cannabis has engaged a seasoned criminal lawyer Shashi Nathan to defend her. Mr Shashi, criminal law practice head of law firm Harry Elias
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    • Article
      Compensation for dead servicemen's families, those injured in Taiwan accident
      414 6  -  -NAZRYBAHRAWI NO AMOUNT of compensation will ever be enough to alleviate the suffering of servicemen who are injured, or the loss their families feel for their loved ones, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said at a Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
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      Lock icon So, what's in a museum ?
      532 6  - So, what's in a museum GRACIA CHIANG Find out when you visit Singapore's first online collection of artefacts gracia@mediacorp.com.sg FROM Ming dynasty jades to shadow puppets, if you have always wanted to see what artefacts our museums house, you can now do so with a click. Better yet, you can
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      NTU grads going global, earning higher monthly salaries
      189 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO IT IS a coveted position. Citibank recruited only 10 graduates as management associates last year. Seven were from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). In a good year for employment, some of the interesting nuggets in NTU's 2006 graduate survey
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      Arrangements with Indonesia face 'unexpected difficulties'
      315 6  -  -DERRICKA PAULO THE recently-signed accords between Singapore and Indonesia have hit a snag. Singapore's Ministry of Defence confirmed on Friday that "unexpected difficulties" have caused the postponement of the signing of three arrangements earlier agreed upon in the package deal between the two countries.
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      67 5 THEY'LL TELL YOU TO KNOW WHEN TO QUIT. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM N'US. l?-«Sil«^he^K?i t ?VP^ VTV *r f I ETiurLl_Tit '~*tmif^^^^^^iiJL^—^. "Wi«7 W^«: Byjdjj^yj >^ I Dr William Tan NUS Graduate, Neuroscientist, Medical Doctor, World Record Holder and first in the world to complete 10 marathons across 7
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Sarkozy names seven women and socialist to new French Cabinet
      335 8 -AFP PARIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy named his first Cabinet yesterday, radically revamping the government, with nearly as many women as men, and humanitarian crusader Bernard Kouchner as France's new Foreign Minister. Other appointments included former Prime Minister Alain Juppe,
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      Lock icon Thailand's media crackdown
      500 8 -AFP -AFP BALI HIT BY HUGE WAVES: Fishermen raced against huge waves to reach safety at Denpasar, Bali, after a large swell combined with a higher-than-normal tide struck the island yesterday. Waves several metres high alsopounded Bali's main tourist beach of Kuta, destroying stalls there, the Detikcom
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      Lock icon Estonia blames cyber-attacks on Russia
      232 8 ■AFP BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) has investigated cyberattacks on official Estonian websites, blamed by Tallinn on Moscow, and found them to be "serious, well-organised (and) concerted", a Nato official said yesterday. The official said, however, that it remained unclear whether the cyber-attacks
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      Lock icon Quiet end to Japanese hostage drama
      213 8 —AFP NAGAKUTE (Japan) A Japanese ex-gangster gave himself up yesterday after a two-day standoff in which he killed a police officer, shot his two children and held his partner hostage. Millions watched the drama unfold as television networks broadcast live from the suspect's house
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon RAIN DRENCHES AUSTRALIA
        97 9 -AFP Parts of parched Australia received its heaviest rainfall in years on Friday but farmers warned much more is needed if the six-year drought is to be broken. Towns in eastern Australia have experienced at least 25 millimetres of rain since wet weather arrived on Thursday. Nationwide
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        Lock icon MYANMAR NAMES ACTING PM
        135 9 -AFP Military-run Myanmar on Friday named a senior general acting premier as the incumbent Prime Minister, Lieutenant-General Soe Win, battles cancer. Lieutenant-General Them Sein, who ranks fifth in the military, was referred to as acting Prime Minister in the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper. The
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        Lock icon BLAST KILLS 3 IN PHILIPPINES
        77 9 -AFP A home-made bomb ripped through a bus terminal in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato on Friday, killing three people and injuring 15 others, police said. About half of the casualties were children, including a boy who died after being rushed to hospital. Police
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        Lock icon MUSHARRAF BAN ON EX-PMS
        99 9 -AP Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said he would not allow former premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif his two main political rivals-to return to Pakistan to take part in elections at the end of the year. The announcement seems likely to deepen Pakistan's political crisis, in
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      Lock icon Mosque bomb kills 7 in India
      433 10 -AGENCIES Explosion during prayers in Hyderabad, at least 35 injured HYDERABAD (India) A bomb ripped through a historic mosque as Friday prayers were ending in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least seven people and wounding 35 others, officials said. Minutes after
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon N KOREA'S SACKED PM NOW A COMPANY MANAGER
        92 10 ■AFP North Korea s former Premier Pak Pong-ju has been demoted to a company manager since being sacked last month. Mr Pak, who had overseen the communist state's crumbling economy, was replaced by then-Transport Minister Kirn Yong-il. Mr Pak has been working
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        NON-COMMUNIST NAMED AS MINISTER IN CHINA
        88 10 China will name a scientist who is not a member of the ruling Communist Party as health minister, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Friday, according to Reuters. Dr Chen Zhu, who was trained in Paris, will replace Mr Gao Qiang, the South China
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      Lock icon For 12m illegals, hope for US citizenship
      457 10 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON In a striking reach across party lines, the White House and key lawmakers have agreed on sweeping immigration legislation aimed at providing a path to citizenship for 12 million undocumented aliens while improving United States border security. Sealed after months of
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      Lock icon Long wait for the train
      432 12 AGENCIES S Korea signals cross-border rail services are on the cards; analysts beg to differ SEOUL North Korea is willing in principle to start regular cross-border rail services with South Korea, Seoul's unification minister said on Friday amid criticism that a one-off link-up will lead
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      Lock icon WATCH OUT FOR THE TAEKWONDO GRANNIES
      193 12 -AFP She's 75 but Ms Ji Bok-yeon is fully capable of smashing a stack of roof tiles during her daily two-hour training session at a gym in the city of Incheon. The team leader of South Korea's Grandma Taekwondo Federation demonstration team, Ms Ji
      -AFP; AFP  -  193 words
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon Get on your bike
      783 14  -  Neil Humphreys no\A/ci(7)nc l \A/ctnH'ai/nnm en Tampines has got it right, but beware the karungguniman I'LL never forgive that kiasu police- 1 man. I was 11 years old and he changed my life. He reduced me to tears and nurtured in me an inherent distrust of
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    • Letter
      It's safe to dispose of household batteries
      237 14  -  ONGSENG ENG Letter from Director, Resource Conservation Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "First plastic bags, next, recycled batteries" (May 11). We would like to thank your reader for supporting Bring Your Own Bag Day. On the disposal of household
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    • Letter
      Cyclists should take out third-party insurance coverage
      206 14  -  LEEKWOKWENG Letter from I REFER to the string of letters concerning irresponsible cyclists who blatantly flout traffic laws by usurping walkways, and their rampant near misses and collisions with pedestrians on walkways. The problem has not abated. In fact, many cyclists have the
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      Lock icon Civilised society? Just watch those queue jumpers
      465 15  -  MARIE HO Ungracious behaviour can be seen daily in queues for Today Letter from DESPITE the Government's effort to portray Singapore as a gracious and civilised society, Singaporeans' actions suggest that they are far from gracious, or even considerate. I queue up daily
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      Compassion for those who lost sons serving in NS
      215 15  -  LAWRENCE LOH KIAH MUAN Letter from I REFER to the letter "Accidents can happen anywhere" by Mr Lionel De Souza (May 16). Yes, National Service (NS) is a statutory requirement, as he rightly said. No one is disputing that Private Fan
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        WHO CAN CURB NOISE POLLUTION?
        175 15  -  LEESHINGKIAN: Over the past 18 months. Raffles Institution has been constructing a new multistorey hostel opposite my home in Bishan. I am resigned to and accept that there will be noise and dust from the construction, and part of my view will be blocked. But
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        STOP, LOOK AND G0... SLOWLY
        126 15  -  LEONG SZE HIAN: I refer to media reports that Singapore has one of the worst road fatality statistics among developed countries in the world. According to a recent survey by recruitment firm Hudson this month, Singapore workers suffer the secondhighest work-related stress in Asia, with
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        IT IS BETTER TO CHANGE MINDSETS
        133 15  -  EDMUND WAN FOOK WING: I refer to the National Council of Social Service's collective liability insurance plan for volunteers and staff, in a bid to soothe their nerves in light of greater regulatory and public scrutiny of the charity sector. It's not enough to
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      215 15 Jointly presented supported by: The Robotics Industry is Exploding! fc mr -m^^ "By year 2010, the Robotics Market is forecast to reach &&l£i.X& E$M I U5524.3 billion woridwide'-lnternational Federation of Robotics >HTUCk Tnis is an exciting time for those with CERTIFIED t PROFESSIONAL ROBOTICS TRAINER qualification-"MUST HAVE" credentials to be
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Qantas chief to disembark
      465 16 -AGENCIES Chairman Margaret Jackson bows out after $13.9b buyout bid is shot down SYDNEY Qantas Airways chairman Margaret Jackson will step down after the failure of an Asll.l billion ($13.9 billion) buyout of Australian's biggest airline that she supported. It was just a few months ago
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    • Article
      Lock icon Stocks slide with profit-taking
      221 16 AGENCIES SINGAPORE'S stocks slipped from a record on Friday, with DBS taking the biggest hit together with some other blue chips. "Investors are taking some money off the table after the record run," said Nicole Sze, Singapore-based investment analyst at Bank Julius Baer Co, which manages
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      Lock icon Komoco wins $7m case against Registrar of Vehicles
      294 16  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THE State's Registrar of Vehicles has lost a $7 million court case over Additional Registration Fees (ARF) charged on 17,488 Hyundai cars imported by Komoco Motors between 1999 and 2001. In August 2004, after a Customs audit on
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 3,512.40-13.11
        3 17 ST Index 3,512.40-13.11
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        SGX most active
        25 17 Digiland UTAC CSC ChinaEntSp GlnbalTest 0.040 -0.005 -11.1193.458 0.925 -0.050 -5.1 90.725 0.335+0.025 +8.1 77.206 0.010 -0.005 -33.3 63.307 0.240+0.005 +2.1 54.550
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        SGX top rises
        18 17 lnchemW*****8 0.070 CoscoCorpBNPeCW***** 0.065 ChinaEneMBLeCW***** 0.150 CnscnCnrpBNPeCW***** 0.090 CnscnCnrpSGAeCW***** 0.115 +75.0 +44.4 +42.9 +38.5 +35.3
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        SGX top falls
        18 17 HSI19D00SGA07D530 HSI*****BNPD7D53D 0.010 0.030 -75.0 -53.8 Nikke225SGA*****7 ChinaEntSp STI3300SGA*****9 0.055 0.010 0.010 -38.9 -33.3 -33.3
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        Lock icon World markets
        56 17 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Index Closing Value Pts Change %Change Nikkei 225 *****.58 -99.02 -0.57 HK Hang Seng *****.84 -89.77 -0.43 Australia ASX200 6312.50 -53.40 -0.84 Korea Camp 1612.25 -3.33 -0.21 Thailand SET 728.76 +4.39 -2.93 Jakarta Comp Shenzhen B 745.26 -22.46 -2.93 Mumbai Sensex *****.41 +3.70
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        99 17 AFP Singapore share prices closed 0.37 per cent lower on Friday on profit-taking following Wall Street's decline, dealers said. The ST Index closed down 13.11 points at 3,512.40, after Thursday's record finish at 3,525.51. Volume traded was 2.48 billion shares worth $1.92 billion. Losers edged out gainers 368 to
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        Commodities
        20 17 Gold US$/oz 657.20 Silver US$/oz 12.88 Platinum US$/oz 1,317.90 Rubber cents/kg 371.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 2540.00 Brant US$/barrel 69.52
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        Your S$l buys
        24 17 JSS JK£ 'en \K$ 1M 0.6547 0.3319 79.438 5.1214 2.2267 Rupiah 5773. Baht 21.72 Peso 30.50; AS 0.79K Indian Rs 26.76!
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      Lock icon Stats ChipPac stays public
      365 17  -  JOHNSON CHOO Temasek fails to delist South-east Asia's largest chip tester johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings has failed to take Stats ChipPac private, despite having extended the offer thrice. At the close of its voluntary cash offer on Friday, the Singapore-based investment firm acquired a total of 83.1
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      Lock icon PrimaDeli gets halal certification
      324 17  -  -GRACIA CHIANG BAKERY franchise PrimaDeli has gone halal, making it the latest entrant into the ever-expanding halal market. According to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), the number of halalcertified premises has increased from 1,448 in 2005 to 1,894 last year an almost 25 per
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    • Article
      Anti-piracy raid on 2 Spore firms in Batam
      333 17  -  DAPHNECHUAH TWO Singapore companies in Batam were raided early last month for alleged use of illegal software. Indonesian police are currently investigating the two companies for infringement of the country's copyright law. The action was a result of a tip-off received by
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    • marketbuzz
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        WIN A DREAM HOLIDAY FOR FOUR WITH CADBURY
        153 18 PURCHASE at least 200g worth of participating Cadbury products until June 30 and you could be off to your dream holiday with your loved ones. To join, you can pick up the contest form at major retailers and post it with the
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        KFC WOW! MEALS NOW WITH EVEN MORE VALUE!
        142 18 NOW KFC gives more value with the iPod Nano, Samsung K5 MP3 Player and Scratch Win promotion. many more with every purchase of Customers stand to win cool prizes like Shrooms Burger Meal or O.R. Fillet Burger Sony Ericsson WBBoi mobile phone.
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        PREDICT THE WINNING NUMBERS AND WIN AT AUDIO HOUSE
        312 18  -  -SERENE HUANG LAST year. Audio House's World Cup promotion saw throngs of customers trying to guess the eventual champ to win a voucher that lets them buy anything at $0. This year. Audio House managing director Alvin Lee has come up
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        MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND LEARN ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER
        152 18 GET TIPS on how you can keep colorectal cancer at bay with two events organised by Vitagen International and the Singapore General Hospital's Department of Colorectal Surgery. Make your way to Raffles City Shopping Centre for the Health, Lifestyle Colorectal Cancer Awareness
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      291 16 I Join the world's fastest growing profession. According to career world "Hot Jobs in Teaching", ESL is one of the 3 areas with the most I demand for teachers. This is an Exciting Time For Certified Master English Teachers as jobs advancement are many varied. There is a shortage of
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  • Wealth
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      Lock icon Time to target Asia's bullish stocK markets
      585 18  -  TORCHING LI personal finance investment I Retail investors can now look to Asian stocks for high returns news@newstoday.com.sg China today presents a confluence of the factors that were driving Taiwan, South Korea and Japan during their boom in the 1980s that being massive
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  • wh?ch
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      MEN'S WARE
      597 19  -  Pearlyn Tham MAY seems to be men's month, going by the sheer number of newly launched men's beauty products that have landed on my desk. Never in the span of one week have I seen so many products and ranges formulated for the testosterone camp. And there's something
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      Lock icon Oh crumbs! New treatment to combat 'bread face'
      381 19 -PEARLYNTHAM MEETING new faces every day is part and parcel of my job but even then, I was taken aback to meet a "bread face" one morning. This was actually a bun with, erm, a face on it and no, it wasn't
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      Small salon comes out with big winner
      394 20  -  -PEARLYNTHAM IT MAY not be a glitzy hair salon in the Orchard Road area and you may not spot celebrities and socialites in it But Cabello Casa, a little-known hair salon in the Toa Payoh neighbourhood, has produced the winner of the annual
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    • style
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        Lock icon THOU SHALT KOVIT THIS
        448 20  -  LYNETTE KOH But only brave souls would step out in this designer's 'Mod with a modern twist' creations lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg "CHEERFUL people," said Kovit Ang, when asked to describe the ideal audience for his debut menswear line [made:to:measure]. Smiling, the 34-year-old designer continued: "I don't expect gloomy
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      • ATAGLANCE
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          TEA IN THE TROPICS
          99 20 The mere mention of what goes into the making of Elizabeth Arden's new Green Tea Tropical fragrance will make your mouth water. In this, Mexican perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux has drawn inspiration from the exotic fruits of his homeland so you get a basket of Dominican passion
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          BODY OF EVIDENCE
          142 20 Go on and admit it. Unless you are planning to spend a day in the sun, how often do you use a sun protection product for your body? While most of us may pay more attention to what UVA and UVB rays are doing to our face,
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          ALOE-HATO GOOD HEALTH
          122 20 If you often feel lethargic and if you have to hide your bloated abdomen under unflattering, loose clothing, it's probably time to detoxify your body and colonic irrigation isn't the only way of doing so. In fact, detoxifying your body system is as easy as popping one
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          MAKE THIS A MUSK-HAVE
          111 20 Good news for fans of the White Musk fragrance range by The Body Shop. The range has been expanded to include body care products, all of which are of course infused with the signature velvety fragrance of White Musk. Besides the well-recognised notes of rose, iris,
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        Lock icon Beefed up for business
        670 21  -  EVELINE GAN Tina Tan left a career in finance to take over her father's hawker stall. Here's her story. eveline@media corp.com.sg GIVE up a five-figure banking career for a hot, sweaty job as a hawker? Most people would probably blanch at the prospect, but not Tina
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        FOODNOTES
        159 21  -  EVELINE GAN SWEETMEAT: Seven Seas Chicken FIRE UP THE GRILL, MATEY! This school holiday, enjoy Caribbeanthemed cuisine at Swensen's. Inspired by the Hollywood movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Swensen's will be offering a range of Caribbean Treasures set meals until June 27. Meat lovers can opt
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        Lock icon A taste of Vietnam
        778 22 Above Phobo Hanoi Below Cha ca la vong (grilled sea bass) WHERE LE TONKIN 18 MOHAMED SULTAN ROAD TELEPHONE 6235 6006 OPENING HOURS 12 PM TO 2.30 PM (LUNCH) 6.30 PM TO 10 PM (DINNER) DAILY Would you and a friend like to dine with us
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    • gadget
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        A TOUCHING TAKE ON MUSIC
        443 24  -  EDRICSNG I R[ WLG CHOCOLATE FM37 edric@mediacorp.com.sg I'VE figured out the attraction of touch-screens. They're no easier to use than analogue buttons, and you end up seeing more fingerprints on screen than on an episode of CSI. Yet every electronics manufacturer worth their silicon is
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        GET SET FOR A WIRELESS ADVENTURE
        207 24 EVER wondered what encompasses the essence of Singapore? Come May 26, Nokia will hold an island-wide race to discover what it has dubbed the "Soul of Singapore". Called "Wireless Adventure", the race will see participants being given clues and tasks which will lead them
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        WHICH FEATURE OF THE N95 ROCKS?
        117 24 The camera makes me feel like a pro with its cool effects. I can make pretty artistic shots in sepia, black and white, and even make pictures look like they're negatives. YASMINNE CHENG Class 95FM DJ The two-way slide movement of the phone is
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        WHAT IS THE 'SOUL OF SINGAPORE'?
        111 24 It's definitely the people. They're a hardworking bunch and deep down, we're all very patriotic! GLENN ONG Class 95FM DJ It's the Singlish we speak, the chili crab we eat and the national songs we sing in all the different languagesthe melting pot of
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    • car
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        A TRES CHIC NUMBER
        580 26  -  LIONEL KONG A peppy little car that's perfect for the urban jungle news@newstoday.com.sg TO DESCRIBE the Peugeot 107 as small would be like saying the Pacific Ocean is quite big and a bit wet Powered by a 1.0-litre engine, the diminutive French hatchback has cuddly proportions
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        SPOILER ALERT!
        235 26  -  COLIN YONG IT LOOKS like someone has been raiding Boeing's warehouse, because the Impul version of Nissan's Latio Sport wears what must be the largest rear wing on a road-going car. Impul is a big Japanese tuning company which focuses on upgrading Nissans. Its sixpiece body kit is
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        CHANGING THE FACE OF VOLVO
        570 28  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE The cars will be more stylish and dynamic, says the company's new design boss IN BANGKOK news@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE Steve Mattin (inset) accepted the job as Design Director at Volvo Cars, he borrowed an XC9O Sports Utility Vehicle to drive 12,000 km around New
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          SHARPER STYLING FOR 9-3
          123 28 Saab has released the first official photographs of the new-look 9-3, which is due to go on sale late this year. The Audi A 4 and BMW 3 Series rival gains a more aggressive nose inspired by Saab's Aero X concept car, which was displayed in
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          AUDI SHOWS ITS WILD SIDE
          151 28 This dramatic looking car is the Audi TT Clubsport Quattro, which is essentially a TT Roadster with an extra low windscreen. It was unveiled earlier this week as a design study but Audi has already hinted that it may build a limited edition run of
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          SUZUKI MAKES A SPLASH
          127 28  -  COLIN YONG Buoyed by the success of its Swift supermini, Suzuki is now targeting the entrylevel hatchback market with this all-new model. Called the Splash, the car was developed in conjunction with General Motors and it will also be sold under the Chevrolet, Opel and Vauxhall
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        Pasir Panjang site for sale
        442 30  -  JOSEPH YADAO The potential buyer can expect a return of above 3-per-cent yield, which is quite attractive, compared to the banks' fixed deposit rates and current yield payouts by some listed Reits. Mr Charles Hoon, CBRE director of investment properties, on Pasir Panjang Village With
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        Montebleu condo a sell-out
        266 30  -  —JOSEPH YADAO SOILBUILD Group Holding's latest condominium project, Montebleu, is sold out, with an overseas institutional investor acquiring 37 out of the 151 units of the project in Novena. The freehold, 34-storey development at Minbu Road attracted local buyers as well as overseas buyers and investors.
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        Prime-area Trendale Tower is up for en bloc sale
        309 30  -  JOSEPH YADAO SAVILLS Singapore has announced the commencement of an expressions of interest exercise for the collective sale of Trendale Tower. The 25-year-old freehold development sits on a 21,709-sq-ft plot at 79 Cairnhill Road. "Subject to approval from the relevant authorities,
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      1247 32 MDA director MAN 5UM, a prime mover in the local film-making scene, talks to FELIX CHEONG about Singapore's film industry and the challenges and future it faces IF SINGAPORE'S presence at Cannes is anything to go by, 2007 will be a watershed year for home-grown films. Check out
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        286 33 -AP Forget the standard tuxedo. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld made his big Cannes appearance wearing a fuzzy bum- A blebee suit and black tights. "You know, one thing I hate is any kind of movie promotion that smacks of desperation in anyway," Seinfeld said, before jumping
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        164 33 -AP Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai said Jude Law didn't act like a prima donna on the set of their new movie My Blueberry Nights, recalling the actor would eat meals on the sidewalk during the shoot. Wong made his comments on Thursday at a press conference at the
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        153 33 -AP American actress Scarlett Johansson is to play red-haired monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, in a historical film epic. The deal was announced on Thursday by production company Relativity Media at the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be directed by James Curran (The Painted Veil} and
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      A cop show with Intelligence
      325 34  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Julia na.rasul@media corp.com.sg ON THE new Canadian series Intelligence which premieres Saturday night, the good guys aren't squeaky clean, and the bad guys have their redeeming traits. Which is as good a premise as ever to give this 13-part series a headstart
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      409 34  -  AMELYNN LIONG They act like 'drunken idiots' on stage, but the band takes its music very seriously plus@newstoday.com.sg FUSION might be the buzzword in the music scene these days with bands mixing up various sounds but London-based power metal sextet Dragonforce (picture) is sticking
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      Aware's controversial choice for charity gala premiere
      273 36  -  FELIX CHEONG IT WILL be a charity gala premiere with a difference not least because the film has a strong lesbian theme. All proceeds from Spider Lilies, a film from Taiwan, will go to the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
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      DRUNKEN DRIVEL
      546 36  -  David Fuhrmann-Lim MY BAD. I'm sorry. Mea culpa. Just two words, but they seem to be the hardest to say, next to "thanks boss, I don't want that raise" and "but Angelina, I'm really not free this weekend". What does it take for people to say "I'm sorry",
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      Doolittle is out but not down
      173 37  -  —JULIANA JUNE RASUL WHILE the rest of the world gasped at her elimination, American Idol favourite Melinda Doolittle seemed okay. Shedding no tears during this season's most surprising elimination, 29-year-old Doolittle was cheerful during a conference call with reporters on Thursday night. Rationalising her
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      Nothing plain about Vanilla
      338 37  -  ■WINSONTEO New women's magazine aims to make a bold statement IT'S called Vanilla, but there is nothing plain about it. Rather, Singapore's latest women's lifestyle magazine with its strong focus on purposeful and inspired living aims to make a bold statement in the local women's magazine
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      1028 38 |T][Tkl M-diaCorp SATURDAY I Hl^^M CHANNEL^ 73° Home Saturday CHANNEL^ IB! Just Married (picture) 6.00 AM The Ellen DeGeneres 9.30 News sTonight 6.00 AM Chinese History Show IV 10.00 Janice Dickinson 6.30 Famous Chinese HaHlllllliMliilllflEHMll Sheryl Crow/ Modelling Agency Cuisine II Christina Applegate 10.30 Saturday Movie House 7.00 Springs of
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      320 39 SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS SPIDER-MAN 2 (TV PREMIERE) Channel 5, 7pm mechanical tentacles ?v8 to do his bidding. I Cast:Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Wfei, GERMAN FOCUS: THE EXPERIMENT Arts Central, 9pm The movie is based 1&m JtU on the infamous J"j: Stanford Prison X* Experiment ij»pl conducted in 1971. lL.^l A
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      812 39 Msaiifla fIA=DiACoRP SUNDAY CHANNEL g %te M m Z% CHANNEL 8.30 Deal or No Deal 6.00 AM The Ellen DeGeneres (Premiere) 6.00 AM The Taste of Rice Food Show IV 9.30 News sTonight and Art Ted Danson/Jon 10.00 Ugly Betty 6.30 The Emperors Heder/RobinThicke Sofia's Choice 7.00 Springs of Life
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      162 40 The National Shooting Association of Malaysia (NSAM) is standing by the the athletes who tested positive for a banned substance. Bibiana Ng and Joseline Cheah, 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallists, and Siti Nur Masitah Mohd Badrin, had tested positive for propranolol following random tests conducted during the
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      635 40 Championship in Spanish giants'hands as Beckham returns to boost their final push MADRID David Beckham could well have timed his comeback to perfection. The former England captain will make his return from suspension with Real Madrid just four games away from claiming their first Spanish
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      599 41  -  DARREN LAI Vincent's men go top after a tough derby triumph over the champions NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Home United 2 SAFFCO darren@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS an absorbing contest between two teams eyeing the title, a tough derby clash which see-sawed from one side to the other.
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      Lock icon They are not armchair fans
      579 41  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg THINK only hardcore football fans and punters throng S-League stadiums? Then think again. In this series of features, Today highlights the different faces spotted at S-League grounds all over the island. IVAN Wong and Mohd Fadly, both 22, are just like other
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      202 40 cnftf *str/k© with the »w^ LEGAL BOOKMAKER PU *ECup Chelsea Manchester Utd Sat, 19/05/07 10.00pm League Camba Osaka Kashiwa Reysol Sat, 19/05/07 12.00pm League Nagoya Grampus Urawa Reds Sat, 19/05/07 I.oopm League OitaTrinita Ksaki Frontale Sat, 19/05/07 I.oopm League OmiyaArdija FC Yokohama Sat, 19/05/07 3.00pm League Ventforet Kofu Shimizu S-Pulse
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      471 42 -AGENCIES LONDON The most important dinner date of Manchester United's season happened before the first match was played, when Sir Alex Ferguson flew to Portugal last summer to talk Cristiano Ronaldo (picture) out of leaving the club. Ronaldo had made up his mind to move
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      111 42 TIGER FC is screening the FA Cup Final 'live' in a specially created outdoor Tiger FC Clubhouse at Chijmes and various other clubhouses on (Saturday night. At Chijmes, football fans can enjoy the clash between newly crowned English Premiership champions Manchester United and Chelsea on
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      149 43 9.30 am NBA Playoffs: Suns v Spurs, Ch23 Ipm Billiards Guinness Asian 9-Ball Tour: Kaohsiung, Ch24 7pm Tennis Hamburg Masters Series, Ch23 7.30pm SPL Dunfermline v Falkirk, CM 07 9pm Tennis Hamburg Masters Series, Ch23 9.55pm FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Man 1.55 am La Liga Mallorca v Valencia, Ch22
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