Today, 4 November 2006

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    EMIRATES RISING
    1127 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS RAHULPATHAK As Dubai takes its cue from Spore, its neighbours join in the world's most amazing makeover EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg IF WE, 15years ago, told a prudent man that we were going to develop tourism in Dubai, he would lie on the ground laughing at the
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      29 1 US politician^ NancyPelosi 9JtV'^ Jr j' could become f j£Qr^^w thefirstfemale I W^fcM i> B ULTIMATELYJOHELPS'PORE co SSC head says Foreign Talent Scheme will boost local sports B 111!
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Nursing help closer to home
      447 2  -  —ANSLEYNG TO HELP those suffering from illnesses like stroke improve the quality of their lives while they recuperate, 10 nurses have formed a group providing healthcare services to bedridden residents in Thomson. Led by Bishan-Toa Payoh MP Hri Kumar and grassroots leader Dr X Premarani,
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      Found, One Central way to fill up cracks in the system
      492 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg IN THE search for a social safety network that leaves no one behind, one mayor seems to have found the answer in Junction 8. The popular shopping mall in Bishan has been drawing more
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      Lock icon WHAT IF 'DOING MORE' IS NOT ENOUGH?
      791 3  -  TERENCECHONG While we need to do more to help needy S'poreans, will education be enough to break the poverty cycle? newscomment we set you thinking INSTEAD of shielding Singaporeans from the fallout of globalisation, such as a widening wage gap, the Government's strategy
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  • Singapore news
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      Mental health programme to get a boost
      511 4  -  SHERALYNTAY sheralyn@media corp. com. sg MENTAL illness an issue commonly on the fringe of mainstream healthcare concerns will get a higher profile in the coming months, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. In his addendum to the President's Address, which outlined his healthcare
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      Lock icon A greater variety of homes
      406 4  -  TORCHING LI Diversified public housing will cater to different needs, says Mah Bow Tan chingli@media corp.com.sg THE Government will provide more public housing options to accommodate the diverse needs of Singaporeans young and old, but it does not look as if it will budge on
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      to pick from
      290 4 vent people profiteering from public housing. Now, people are more likely to lose money when they sell their flats. I think this ruling should be relooked," she said. The Government will also further encourage financial prudence during the purchase of flats. Starting next year, the HDB will
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      Lock icon Shorter-term leaders ?
      602 5  - Shorter-term leaders DERRICK A PAULO MM Lee says f derrick@media corp.com.sg WHEN Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew visited the chairman of ExxonMobil last month, he was offered a glimpse of how Singapore may have to manage leadership succession in the future. In Texas, the oil giant's headquarters were "so much
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      Climate change, air quality are top green priorities
      414 5  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg IF THE term "climate change" is alien to you, get familiar with it, for you'll be hearing more of it over the next few years. Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Yaacob Ibrahim said his team will be identifying
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      Chinatown – spotting
      457 5 Chinatown spotting Dim Sum Dolly, Pam Oei, recalls her enthralling adventure at a museum Using the wonderful excuse of writing for this column, I decided it would be nice to visit a museum I had never been to before. It was a toss-up between the NEWater Visitor Centre and the
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      Lock icon A picture of calm
      460 6  -  ANSLEYNG Murderer Took did not look like a man about to die in the days before his hanging ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE last few photographs of him taken when he was alive, child killer Took Leng How did not look like a man who had only a
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon KOPI- NOT COFFEE -PLEASE
        121 6 938 LIVE You may think multinational coffee chains such as Starbucks are giving traditional coffeeshops here a run for their money, but a survey conducted by research firm Synovate has shown otherwise. A poll on about 800 people has shown that the traditional coffee, or kopi,
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        Lock icon A CANINE CATCH WORTH $40,000
        90 6 938 LIVE Fifteen purebred puppies valued at a total of $40,000 have been stolen from a pet farm at Pasir Ris Farmway 2. The theft includes breeds such as the Siberian Husky, the Japanese Spitz, the Maltese and the Golden Retriever. The pet farm's sales
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      Lawsuit against Singapore entrepreneur dropped
      178 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG LEGAL action against prominent home-grown entrepreneur Vikas Goel has been dropped after the companies that initiated the proceedings against the 35-year-old decided to withdraw all allegations. Karma International Sari (Kisa) and its subsidiary, Swissregistered CHS CPO, had filed a lawsuit in July 2004 against
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      Lock icon National Heart Centre set to be pumped up
      250 6  -  —TANHUILENG THE National Heart Centre (NHC) is set to expand six-fold to accommodate a potential increase in heart disease patients as the Singapore population ages. The centre, which is currently located in the Mistri Wing of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), is
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  • world news
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      QUEEN OF THE HILL
      885 8  -  VENESSALEE If Democrats win the polls, the US' first female Speaker will be inches from power venessa@media corp.com.sg AMERICA'S first female President may not be Hillary Clinton. While Senator Clinton is widely considered a possible contender for the White House race in 2008, another Democrat is
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    • this quirky world
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        THE DANGEROUS BUSH
        97 8 In an international poll, 75 per cent of respondents rated United States President George W Bush as a danger to world peace just slightly under Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's rating of 87 per cent, Reuters reported. North Korean leader Kirn Jong-il rated better than Mr
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        WONDER LIFT WITH WONDERJOCK
        104 8 For men who want to feel better and bigger, Australian underwear-maker Aussießum has launched the "Wonderjock", which "separates and lifts" manly bits, and has a cup of fabric that "protrudes everything out in front instead of down toward the ground". Reuters reported. About 50,000 pairs of
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        Lock icon MINI-SKIRT RULE TO BE DROPPED
        76 8 AFP It's official: Wearing mini-skirts is no longer a crime in South Korea. South Korea's "fashion police", who prowled the streets in the 1970s measuring the length of women's skirts, will soon be consigned to oblivion. The mini-skirt rule, which has not been enforced in
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      Lock icon Anwar invites Dr M to join opposition
      292 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has invited his political foe and ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad to join a coalition of opposition parties as an adviser, a report said on Friday. Mr Anwar who in 1998 was sacked as Dr
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      Lock icon Johor state mulling passport-free zone
      302 10 —AFP JOHOR BARU Malaysia's investment arm Khazanah Nasional has proposed a passport-free zone in Johor, to boost tourism in the state. If the government gives the go ahead, visitors from Singapore may be able to enter areas of Malaysia's southern Johor state without a passport.
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      Lock icon Taiwan president's wife indicted
      414 10  -  KEN TEH —WITH AFP Charges include corruption and forgery; Chen allegedly involved but has presidential immunity ken@media corp.com.sg TAIPEI Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted President Chen Shui-bian's wife on corruption and forgery charges, but said her husband could not be charged yet because of presidential immunity.
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      Lock icon No more chilli crab if ...
      171 10 No more chilli crab if —AFP WASHINGTON Singapore's famous chilli crab, along with sashimi and tuna sandwiches, will drop off the human menu like dodo meat by mid-century if marine destruction continues to accelerate. Over-fishing and pollution threaten accelerated loss of ocean species, ecosystems and humans' food supplies, United States
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      Lock icon US posted pre-1991 Iraqi nuke bomb documents on Internet
      175 10 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States government posted Iraqi documents that explain how to build a nuclear bomb on the Internet, The New York Times (NYT) reported on its website on Friday. The .ZVYT said officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency
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      269 11 Having weight problems used to be a constant struggle M "v J ji f" for me. I used to pant and hyperventilate after a few steps and used to > shy away from everyone. I couldn't believe it when my weight started to go T m^mo^tt^M^mt down. Now I believe
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon Friendship is in the air
      578 12  -  Twenty years after aviation firm folded, international ex-staff fly in for a reunion LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg YOU'VE heard of school, college and family reunions, but this little gathering is a bit different It's not just the fact that many of those attending this Saturday
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    • Letter
      Stern action taken against all litterbugs
      131 12  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the Voices letter "Are youth the only culprits of littering?" (Oct 31). We assure Mr Joseph Kan that, while the National Environment Agency (NEA) engages the community through its
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    • Book drop is fantastic ... or is it?
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        It's a great service
        116 12  -  IGNATIUS LEO Letter from READER Chua Siew Tien ("Book-drop receipts must be issued", Nov 2), is someone who does not know a good thing. In all my years borrowing books from the National Library, I have never encountered a missing book after I have dropped it
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        At times it may not work ... but there's no alternative
        121 12  - At times it may not work but there's no alternative ANGUS NGJUNJIE Letter from I AGREE with Chua Siew Tien's letter. A few years ago, I borrowed a book and when I returned it via the book drop, I found that the "returned" sign did not flash. When I borrowed
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      How often should pap smear be done?
      142 12  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from I AM pleased to read that the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore is launching a cervical awareness campaign ("Pap smears prevention", Nov 2). Many women are hesitant to go for pap smear screenings for fear of the pain. I
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    • Article
      It's a mad house ...
      791 14  - It's a mad house Neil Humphreys MOVING house is like playing 4-D. Sometimes you strike it lucky and take over a property that was owned by a decent, sensible family. Sometimes, you buy a home that was featured in a movie. Like The Amityville Horror. My first proper Singaporean home,
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      280 15 Visible improvement 9 after each treatment! ji^TN^l "I have been suffering from dark eye circles, as well as eye bags for W about 8 years! Every time someone looked at me, my dark eye circles V were the first to receive comments! I never went out without makeup. I saw
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Gold, US$ to resume inverse link
      638 16 DOW JONES Precious metal decouples from oil after crude price falls into a broad trading range SYDNEY Driven almost exclusively by crude oil in recent months, gold is showing signs of resuming its traditional inverse correlation with the United States dollar. Gold prices began
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      126 16  -  -COMPILED FROM AGENCIES Semiconductor equipment parts maker Norelco UMS Holdings' third-quarter net profit rose 328 per cent from a year earlierto $13.1 million, or 3.4 cents per share, due to higher orders and an exceptional gain of $7.9 million from selling its recycling business. Revenue for the quarter ended
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    • marketbuzz
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        INFORMATICS CHARITY FUND-RAISING
        102 16 "A LITTLE something that makes theirs different" is a fund-raising campaign initiated by Informatics Education Singapore to raise funds for the Minds Clementi Training and Development Centre through the sale of mini T-shirts designed by Informatics student Liang Shih Chieh. "We have set a fund raising target
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        FUN, DISCOVERY WITH KFC CHICKY CLUB
        123 16 KFC Chicky Club has lined up exciting Chicky Club activities for next year, aimed at providing a host of learning and discovery experiences outside the classroom. Interactive workshops, outdoor activities and discovery tours will be made available to KFC Chicky Club members. Sign up
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        GET DISCOUNTS ON PAINTS AND HAVE SOME FUN
        37 16 VISIT the Nippon Paint Selffix Home DIV roadshow from Tuesday until Nov 12 at Parkway Parade to enjoy fun, games, activities and great discounts for paint and homeimprovement products.
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      Lock icon M'sia to unveil multi-billion ringgit plans for Johor
      650 18 BLOOMBERG Southern state will compete with Spore in logistics and manufacturing MALAYSIA will unveil plans for a multi-bil-lion dollar development project in Johor on Saturday, seeking to boost investment in the southern state and compete with Singapore in manufacturing and logistics. Malaysia
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      Lock icon China means business with Africa
      429 18 —AFP BEIJING The biggest diplomatic gathering ever hosted by China got under way on Friday as leaders from nearly 50 African nations began meeting here for three days of talks, with trade topping the agenda. China has invited the leaders from 48 of Africa's 53
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      Lock icon SPC, Pertamina sign $1.6b MoU
      181 18 DOW JONES JAKARTA Indonesia's state-owned oil firm Pertamina and Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) valued around US$l billion ($1.56 billion), Pertamina's Chairman Ari Soemarno said on Friday. The deal will focus on oil and gas development in Indonesia, Mr
      — DOW JONES  -  181 words
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      Lock icon United Envirotech to make loss in Q3
      118 18 DOW JONES SINGAPORE-listed Chinese environmental engineering firm United Envirotech said on Friday it would be registering a loss in the three months ended Sept 30. It said that while it had steady and recurring income from the Transfer-Operate-Transfer (TOT) projects in Liaoyang and
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      Lock icon Eu Yan Sang opens $25m plant in HK
      132 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE-listed healthcare company Eu Van Sang has unveiled a new manufacturing and research and development centre in Hong Kong. The R&D centre will be home to one of the region's largest herb extraction and concentration facilities. Built at $25 million,
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      Lock icon Venture third-quarter profit up 14%
      250 19 BLOOMBERG VENTURE Corp, Singapore's biggest maker of customised electronics for clients such as Hewlett-Packard Co, reported that third-quarter profit rose, helped by printing, automotive and medical equipment. Its net income increased 14 per cent to $59 million for the three months ended Sept 30, the
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      Lock icon Russia launches incubator in Singapore
      113 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA RUSSIA will establish its first business incubator outside its borders in Singapore. The deal was inked on Friday by the Economic Development Board and a Russian delegation led by the Federal Agency for Management of Special Economic Zones and the Foundation for Assistance
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 2,722.31 -8.67
        4 19 ST Index 2,722.31 -8.67
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        Lock icon Singapore
        71 19 DOW JONES THE ST Index fell 8.67 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,722.31 on Friday after hovering around the 2,730 level for most of the session. In the broader market, however, gainers led losers 375 to 277 as 1.8 billion shares worth $1.2 billion were traded. Sembcorp Marine
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        World markets
        52 19 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng ASX *****.69 5432.00 +34.91 +22.60 +0.19 +0.42 Taiwan Wtd 7161.61 +83.51 +1.18 Korea Comp 1383.88 +0.15 +0.01 KLCI 998.02 +2.77 +0.28 SET Index 732.30 +3.27 +0.45 Jakarta Comp 1612.92 +5.22 +0.33 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2766.86 342.43 +45.08 +0.02 +1.66 +0.01 Mumbai Sensex *****.79
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 19 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 627.80 Silver US$/oz 12.65 Platinum US$/oz 1,164.20 Rubber cents/kg 274.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,669.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 58.38 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
        70 19 CMProp 100 HK$ 11.800 -2.000 KepCotp CITYDEV Jardine CSC 15.600 -0.300 11.100 -0.200 12.100 -0.200 SembMar 3.260 -0.180 IS MSCI INDIA100US$ 5.350 -0.150 SembMarDB*****5 DaiiyFarm 900US$ U0BSGA*****8 0.250 -0.130 3.160 -0.120 0.430 -0.120 SembMarRB***** 0.210 -0.105 SembM<rSGAeCW0G1127 0.020 -71.4 SembMvlVBLeCW*****0 0.030 -60.4 CMBCG8PW*****0 0.025 -64.3 SPCBNP8CW*****5 0.015
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 19 US$ 0.6006 UK£ 0.3202 Yen 65.235 HK$ 4.6845 RM 2.2828 Euro 0.4685 Rupiah 5,700.5 Baht 23.808 Peso 32.828 A$ 0.7860 Indian Rs 26.299 Won 612.01 C$ 0.7344 Yuan 4.9712 NZ$ 0.8543 NT$ 18.968
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    • impact media and advertising
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        Tastefully tantalising
        448 19  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA That is how Nescafe Gold wins Impact Award shobha@media corp.com.sg AS MOST Miss Universe contests have shown, dusky, sensual beauties are invariably the crowd's and the judges' favourites. In the advertising arena, it seems to be no different. Tantalisingly sexy ads done tastefully are always sure winners
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    • wealth personal finance & investment
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        Lock icon Hard disks drive Miyoshi's profits
        714 20  -  VALERIE LAW Precision parts maker gains on demand forthe storage medium valerie@media corp.com.sg sales in the automotive and other segments rose 12.2 per cent. Miyoshi also generated $15.24 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2006 and returned to a net cash position of $13.69
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        Lock icon Gems TV makes initial public offering in Singapore
        289 20 DOW JONES GEMS TV Holdings, which makes jewellery and runs a TV shopping network in the United Kingdom, said on Friday that it would raise gross proceeds of about $309 million from its Singapore initial public offering (IPO). The company, whose main
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      101 20 11 November (Saturday), 2pm 6pm Singapore Power Club (Somerset MRT) 111 Somerset Road #01-06 SP Building Planning for your family kids' future? Trying to grow your wealth? Aiming to become an entrepreneur? Then come to the ONLY seminar that brings top speakers such as Mrs Ivy Singh-Lim, Dr Reto Callegari,
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      FACING the future
      721 21  -  Tham Battery-operated or stroke-on? The new make-up has got us fascinated CITYSTYLE I I I with Pearlyn pea rlyn@media corp.com.sg YOU will wish you had paid greater attention during those art classes back in school once you see the new wave of foundations in the market Terms
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      all BASES covered
      961 22 A-MOUSSE ME These days, the word "mousse" doesn't just bring desserts and confections to mind there's make-up mousse, too. Perfect your face with Maybelline's Dreammatte Mousse ($24.90), available in seven shades. This dreamlike, air-whipped foundation gives skin a natural, non-cakey finish while minimising fine lines, enlarged pores
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    • ATAGLANCE
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        DANIEL YAM – DESIGNER GOES FOURTH
        109 22 DANIEL YAM DESIGNER GOES FOURTH Now, brides-to-be flocking to the bridal boutiquelined stretch of Tanjong Pagar will have one more stop on their itin-erary-fashion designer Daniel Yam's new twostorey boutique at 108 Tanjong Pagar Road. This adds to the industry veteran's existing stores at Wisma Atria, The Heeren and Suntec
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        MOTHERS EN VOGUE-TOPS OF THE LIST
        110 22 If you have a newly-minted yummy mummy on your Christmas list, get her a functional and fashionable gift. Until Dec 31 or when stocks run out. Mothers En Vogue's Classic and Signature short-sleeved nursing tops are priced at only $69 a pair. Available in
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        115 22 Who said shirts have to be boring? French women's shirt-maker Rayure makes sure you'll never look drab and staid in your shirts again, thanks to its use of interesting and contrasting fabrics such as stretch netting and taffeta, lace and satin. The brand is said to sell
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        112 23 PUMA-I'M GOING TO GET THIS While Puma's new advertising campaign called "I'm Going" celebrates the concept of energised elegance, fitness fashionistas will definitely dash for Puma's Autumn 2006 collection that is good enough to wear beyond the gym or running track. For example, the Mahanuala range is a collaboration between
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        524 23  -  NEO CHAI CHIN IT MIGHT seem odd that the owners of one cosmetics shop in Stamford House are both engineers with no substantial knowledge of herbs. When the duo, Dr Enrico Clerici and Catherine Chua, went to cosmetics brand L'Erbolario's headquarters in Italy three
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        659 24  -  Low Shi Ping Go potty over spicy Sichuan soups and seafood delights By (food@newstoday.com .sg] FOR A TRULY authentic Chong Qing hot pot meal, head over to Chinese Feasts at Suntec City or The Magic of Chong Qing Hot Pot located at Tanglin Shopping Centre. The
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        522 26  -  Eveline Gan By I We grilled the experts the secret, they say, is in the fish you use WHEN KARTINAH POH started selling otah made from fresh mackerels eight years ago, other otah suppliers laughed at her. "In those days, otah was traditionally made with leftover fish,
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          223 28  -  SERENE HUANG Dinner doesn't have to be a boring affair. Not if you are dining at Prego, where Italian pizza chef Pasqualino Barbasso spins, stretches and tosses up 2m-wide pizza dough free-style in the air. Champion of the Italian Pizzaiolo Competition and team member
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          228 28  -  SERENE HUANG Until Nov 15, two-star Michelin chef, JeanPierre Jacob —who has come from Le Bateau Ivre, a villa hotel and restaurant overlooking the largest natural lake in France —will be delighting diners at Gordon Grill in Goodwood Park Hotel with his avant-garde French cuisine. Pamper
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        529 28  -  Amy Van Satisfying homestyle meals on East Coast Rd TOGI is a modest six-month-old Korean eatery tucked away in a small East Coast Road shophouse. When I visited the place, it was packed with local diners and several Koreans. The restaurant's Korean managing director, Tarah E
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        430 29  -  EVELINE GAN eveline@media corp.com.sg THE next time you park your car at the revamped Market Street Car Park (MSCP), you can indulge in some great eats and retail therapy. After almost a year-long, $14-million makeover, the newly spruced up eightstorey car park now boasts 15
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        64 29  -  BERNADETTE CHONG WHAT: ARNOTT'S MINT SLICE PER BOX WHERETO GET FAIRPRICE (TAMPINES MALL) If you find the usual Arnott's chocolate biscuits a hassle to eat, you'll be delighted with its latest bite-sized biscuit balls. Coated in a delicious layer of milk chocolate and a thin layer of mint
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        214 29  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SOMETHING'S FISHY AT KFC It looks like the fish and chips you normally get at a Western food hawker stall, but the ultra-crisp, evenly fried texture of the golden brown fillet is unmistakably KFC. The fast-food chain's new dish. Colonel's Fish Chips, comes with crinkle-cut fries
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          110 30 THE LG RH-IF99WS digital video recorder (DVR) is one full-featured device despite its minimalist looks. It can record a maximum of up to 620 hours in MPEG-4 format with its 250G8 hard disk. It supports simultaneous recording and playing as well as time-shifting. The DVD recorder reads
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          125 30 KODAK touts its Easy Share V 705 as the world's smallest ultra-wide-angle digital camera. The 7-megapixel camera is also one of the few consumer cameras to use Kodak's Retina Dual Lens technology, a two-lens system with Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon lenses. The V 705 would be a boon if
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          97 30 I AIMED at personal and small business users, the Dell Photo all-in-one (AIO) 926 inkjet printer features a print quality of 4,800x1,200 dots per inch (dpi). It can scan documents directly to email, produces colour photocopies and print photos from digital cameras via Pictßridge or
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          110 30 LOOKING for a Bluetooth headset that'll match your stylish outfits? Check out the Jabra JXIO, which now comes in burgundy (limited edition) and black models. It sports a sleek exterior that's designed by Jacob Jensen and has discreetly placed buttons for onetouch pairing and volume control. Weighing
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        528 30  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN The latest Samsung is slick, smooth and simple to use despite a few quirks hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg AH, THE appeal of mobile phones of the slider and flip variety lies in the fact that you get an enormous sense of silly satisfaction stylishly handling calls with a chic
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        528 30  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN ASUS is on a roll, with the release of seven mobile computing devices and a multifunctional wireless router. While the notebooks unveiled are certainly well-equipped, with WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, Super Multi Double Layer drives and built-in memory card readers coming as standard, what's rather surprising is
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        586 31  -  TREVOR TAN It is, simply, the best real-time strategy game of this year trevor@media corp.com.sg MAJOR Winters, a decorated World War II (WWII) veteran, was once asked by his grandson if he was a hero in the war. "No," Major Winters replied, "but I served in
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        201 31 HOT BUYS I When the latest movie I from the Bond franI chise. Casino Royale, I opens worldwide on I Nov 17, you might I want to take a closer look at the new gadgets the covert operative has up I his sleeve. Because soon, you might get I a
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        834 32  -  COLIN YONG Few cars pamper passengers as completely as the Lexus LS46OL colin@media corp.com.sg YOU might have heard of cars having reverse sensors, rain sensors and light sensors. Impressive stuff, but file it under old news because Lexus has come up with something to top them all
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        213 32 AUDI ABL 4.2 Price: $370,000 with COE Engine: 4.2-litre VB, 335bhp Gearbox: 6-speed automatic 0-100 km: 6.4 seconds Arguably still the best-looking luxury car and certainly one of the most underrated. The aluminium-bodied A 8 is beautifully made and has a huge cabin, although it's slightly I
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        679 33  -  COLIN YONG Sales of coupes are down, but these new models should get buyers interested again colin@mediacorp.com.sg MOTORISTS here are opting for practicality over style, if the sales performance of coupes to date is anything to go by. Motor Traders Association of Singapore members encompassing the
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          148 33 Champion Motors, the local distributor for Suzuki cars, will start taking bookings for the new SX4 at the Singapore Motorshow 2006. The car was scheduled to be introduced only next year but its earlier-than-expected arrival will give the Japanese car-maker a boost for the traditional
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          172 33 Mitsubishi has opened the order books for the fastest version of its Colt hatchback yet, the Ralliart Version-R. The model will only be officially launched on Nov 11 but the brand's distributor. Cycle Carriage Automotive (C&C), is obviously keen to start sales as soon as possible.
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          102 33  -  COLIN YONG Motorists who take pride in keeping their vehicles in showroom condition can now shop for high-end car care products online at a newly set up website, www. detailogy.com. The online store, which is Singaporebased, carries polishes, waxes and detailing accessories from speciality American
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        698 34  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA 12% rise forecast for Spore in next five years: DTZ shobha@media corp.com.sg RENTAL performance in Asian cities over the next five years is set to outdo that of the European and United States markets, and Singapore is among those expected to have
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        292 34  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg The Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market has fared well this year, with 84 units sold during the first three quarters. With this in mind, Colliers International has put up for sale by tender a freehold GCB in District 10. "As the supply
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        408 34  -  —JOSEPH YADAO SENTOSA Cove's decision to announce the minimum reserve price for the land parcels to potential buyers and the media is a smart way of separating the haves from the have-nots and will also help to push up the price, say experts. The
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      95 29 Watch award-winning Chef Pasqualino Barbasso bring a iH JhW^^>» l<^*«ffl* whole new twist to pizza making with his dazzling display of V *fis&&¥*^&£i I Feast on his signature pizzas, tantalising antipasti, authentic pasta mBW si*' 1 and decadent Sicilian time-honoured desserts. Witness a special East Meets West appearance of Chef
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      35 36 It seems to me that America has lost some of that healthy scepticism about people in power. Frazier, on his Cold Mountain character Inman deserting the Confederate army because he doesn't believe in their cause
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      1289 37  -  Ashraf Safdar FOUR years ago, Charles Frazier rewrote publishing history. On the basis of a modest one-page proposal which he hastily patched together before his morning cup of coffee the American author was handed a US$B million ($12.5 million) advance for his sophomore novel Thirteen Moons. Soon after,
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      312 37 Will Thirteen Moons live up to its US$B million tag? The "sophomore jinx", as the second novel phenomenon is called, often comes down to a fear that the public will want the same novel for the second time. And indeed this phenomenon has claimed some rather high- profile victims.
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      661 38  -  ZUL OTHMAN With boot camp, father of pop king Michael aims to clean up genre worldwide zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S not every day you hear a senior citizen taking hip-hop to task for its unsavoury image. But if that old timer happens to Joe Jackson, the patriarch of
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      281 38  -  Zul Othman CONCERTREVIEW c by Peaches Live atZouk WHEN Canadian electro clash singer Peaches screamed "I don't give a f***" during her concert at Zouk on Thursday, she apparently meant every word of it Throughout the singer's 90-minute riot of sass and sex, the 38-year-old (real
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      358 38  -  DAVID CHEW david. chew@media corp. com. sg HE IS among the world's top bass baritones, but there are no airs about Bryn Terfel. After speaking to Today on Friday at the Marina Mandarin Hotel, he even pushed in the chairs around the table and cleared the empty
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      438 40  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Amazing Race Asia contestants had lied about their stint plus@newstoday.com.sg FOR the Singapore team, the physical and mental challenges associated with participating in The Amazing Race Asia were the least of their worries. Actress and TV host Melody Chen, along with best
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      191 40 —AP COPENHAGEN Rap star Kanye West (picture) was named Best Hip Hop artist but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Kanye apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed the stage
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      382 40  -  GRACE YAP grace@media corp.com.sg HOLLYWOOD films often treat the teenage years as a period of emotional roller coaster rides, vicious cliques and sub-standard cafeteria food. The challenges facing 18-year-old Tinseltown resident Brenda Song star of the Disney Channel's latest original movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming
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        138 42 THE contestant Project Runway viewers love to hate, Santino Rice (picture), is coming to Singapore. Fans are invited to meet him on Nov 22 at 6pm at The Heeren Shops, where he will pick the winning designs as part of Discovery Travel Living's
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        430 42  -  GRACE YAP Project promotes heritage by making use of technology grace@media corp.com.sg IF MENTION of the word "history" summons thoughts of dusty textbooks and sleep-inducing lectures, think again. Heritage outreach project Explore Singapore! is out to prove that learning about Singapore's past can be done using the
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        258 42  -  Jeanine Tan c by E High School Musical FILM: As the title suggests, High School Musical isn't the kind of movie that adults will be particularly interested in. The target audience is quite clearly those around age 16 or maybe even younger for few adults will have the patience
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      706 47  -  NEOCHAICHIN The pros and cons of contract work, which remains popular even in good economic times chaichin@media corp.com.sg THEY say marriage is a contract. So is work, apparently, if the current job market trend is anything to go by. And employees are accepting that contract work
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      806 48 THIS Freddy Krueger does not scare, he just amazes with his gravity-defying jumps on skis. The current ski jumping world recordholder with a distance of 240 feet (73m), the 31-year-old daredevil has bettered the mark no less than six times since he first broke it in
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      1012 50  -  SHARANI KHAMIS Veteran hopes Hariss and rest of Asian Games squad will fight hard in Doha NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Woodlands vTampines sports@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Tampines Rovers take on Woodlands Wellington in an S-League clash on Saturday night, it could be his last game at Woodlands Stadium.
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      171 50  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Young Lions 5 Sengkang Punggol 3 THE Young Lions defeated 10-men Sengkang Punggol 5-3 on Friday night at the Jalan Besar Stadium to leapfrog Home United and Woodlands Wellington into third place in the S-League table. Khairul Amri (14th and 90th mm),
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      45 50 NEWLY crowned S-League champions SAFFC will celebrate their title success by offering free admission for their final home match against Albirex Niigata this Sunday at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium. The first 300 fans will also be treated to free Andersen's ice-cream.
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      608 51  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg BRUCE Holmes, who was appointed chief executive officer of the Al Grand Prix (AIGP) in December last year, is currently in Singapore on a courtesy call. The South African was here to also meet with potential sponsors for Al Team
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      214 51  -  CUBBYLEONG THE "Showdown in Singapore" contender, Solomon Egberime, has pulled out of his World Boxing Foundation (WBF) world welterweight title fight against Dondon Sultan on Nov 25, after sustaining an injury during training. Egberime, the Nigerianborn boxer who holds an Australian citizenship, will be
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      199 48 iATHERTODA^ Amsterdam 2/9 C partly cloudy Los Angeles 12/23 C partly cloudy Auckland 11/21 C partly cloudy Manila 24/30 C partly cloudy OingapOre Bali 23/32 C fair Melbourne 11/20 C fair 23/32 C BS Begawan 24/32 C thunderstorm New Delhi 15/30 C hazy Bangkok 25/33 C partly cloudy New York
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      147 51 13 Check on our MATCH DAY DOUBLES! 5; Visit our outlets and website for more details. S.League Woodlands Tampines Sat, 04/11/06 7.30pm S.League Sport Afrique Geylang Sat, 04/11/06 7.30pm E League Champ Derby West Bromwich Sat, 04/11/06 11.00pm E League Champ Preston Luton Sat, 04/11/06 11.00pm E League Champ Plymouth
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      556 52  -  Leonard Thomas WITH the Olympic final beckoning women's table tennis star Li Jiawei collapsed spectacularly in the last four of the women's singles. She then went on to surrender bronze in the 2004 Games. Days earlier, boyfriend Ronald Susilo had
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      726 52  -  CUBBYLEONG SSC chief Oon says their aim is to change the mindset of Singaporeans cubby@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE is currently in the throes of a sports revolution. In an interview with Today, Singapore Sports Council (SSC) chief executive officer Oon Jin Teik
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      302 52  -  -CUBBYLEONG MOST young local athletes lack hunger, they don't want to sacrifice and fail to put in 100 per cent commitment and that is why there is a need to turn to foreign talent. But Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president Choo Wee Khiang (picture)
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      455 53  -  CUBBYLEONG RANKED as high as world No 6 in 2004, Ronald Susilo reached the last eight of the men's singles in badminton in the 2004 Olympic Games. The women's badminton team won gold at the 2003 SEA Games and Li Li won singles gold
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      103 53 12pm Pool World Pool C'ships, Ch23 8.40pm EPL Fulham vEverton, Ch23 10.55pm EPL Liverpool v Reading, Ch23 10.55pm EPL Man United v Portsmouth, Ch24 I.loam EPL Newcastle v Sheffield Utd, Ch24 2.55 am La Liga Mallorca vAtletico Madrid, Ch22 4.30 am Golf The Tour C'ship, Chs 4.55 am La Liga
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      359 56  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@media corp.com.sg If your apartment comes with a view, flaunt it. Interior designer TERR I lAN tells us how she used mirrors, lighting and colours to turn a 2+l bedroom apartment near West Coast Park into a spacious, luxurious sanctuary overlooking the sea. I was inspired by
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      333 58  -  SERENE HUANG serene@media corp.com.sg This dining space makes no excuses for being charmingly feminine flowers in full bloom adorn each dining chair to give a breath of life to the space. GERI ARCHER tells us more about her work. I was inspired by the client, who is a
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      416 60  -  LYNETTE KOH lynette@media corp.com.sg Combining the original master bedroom and tbe guest bedroom of tbis five-room flat enabled tbe creation of a luxuriously spacious area for rest, relaxation and mucb more. Interior designer BERNARD LEE shows us how. I was inspired by ...the idea of creating a
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      346 62  -  NEOCHAICHIN A drastic re-arrangement of the spaces on the first floor of this maisonette, as well as a switch to an open-concept kitchen, enabled this family in Sin Ming to create more living space for themselves. Interior designer Alan Choo tells us how he got rid of the
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      372 66  -  JANICE GOH Three Tips far the Bathroom Be sure of your needs, discuss them with the architect/interior designer and keep to the plan. In this case, the space was meant to be a guest toilet, hence the public and private spaces are distinct while integrating the bathroom into
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      451 68  -  JANICE GOH janice@mediacorp.com.sg CLOSE YOUR EYES and picture a palette of colours that bring to mind a vast strip of desert, a beach strewn with seashells, or a cup of warm, delicious cappuccino sitting next to tantalising bits of milk and dark chocolate. An earthy colour palette
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