The Business Times, 17 May 2003

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  • 8 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE
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  • 836 1  -  The latest global study shows that size does matter after all, reports ANNA TED ANNA TEO IN the present "new economy", where intangible rather than physical assets hold sway, small economies are supposed to be able to compete on an equal footing with the
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  • 303 1  -  PMGohsays confirmation in a few days By' Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Doctors at Tan Tock Seng Hospital are "99 per cent" certain the new patient cluster from the Institute of Mental Health is not infected with Sars, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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  • 660 1  -  Turnover swells 30%, but profit dives 23% to $559 m Bu\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation suffered a 23.5 per cent fall in net profit in 2002 hurt by the discounts it offered to Singapore customers to fend off regional competition, and the terror-ism-related
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    • 28 1 tWOMII' MISC: Is it paying too BHMk lor Malaysia's shipping drMun?l*M« Ewamk) rebound pushes up S'pore 4 rungs, Pg 2 Taiwan health minister quits, Pg 2 8 Ri
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    • 231 1 al»Jjlf»B SSSS!SI.k W branding has helped makeftod Bnpire's fortunes overseas. MB) For details of PSA results, go to: http://businesstimes, asial.com. sg newsbreak April exports growth slows to 44% [SINGAPORE] Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year to $9.1 billion in April the slowest growth since the
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  • front
    • 651 2  -  EXCLUSIVE MAS conducts ongoing reviews off capital adequacy requirements By Siow LI Sea [SINGAPORE] Local banks and non-US qualifying full banks (QFBs) anxious about a level playing field in the wake of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement may not be left in the
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    • 452 2  -  Republic loses top spot to Finland in govt efficiency By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Gone, it seems, are the days when Singapore's GDP numbers were cause for cheer, even when compared regionally. But ironically, it is largely on account of improved economic performance against
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    • 548 2 SARSOUTBREAK Bloomberg AFP AP Reuters [TAIPEI] As anger mounted over the government's handling of the Sars epidemic, Taiwan Health Minister Twu Shiing-jer yesterday resigned, becoming the second health minister in Asia to lose his job because of the epidemic. Mr Twu will be
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    • 681 2  -  Qanivwtav 9CHAIIIKIJ soapbox teh hooi ling GUESS which is among the high-est-paid jobs in Singapore? s A plumber if my recent experience is anything to go by. For a five-minute job to clear a choked sink, using just the manual rubber
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    • 39 2 IN Thursday's report "Da tacraft CEO to step down amid huge losses", we misnamed the company's CEOdesignate and current chief operating officer and executive director. He is Bill Padfield, not Ben Padfield. We are sorry for the error.
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  • the raffles conversation
    • 1696 3  -  Not many in S'pore are familiar with home-grown Food Empire but its Mac Coffee is as well-known as Nestle in Russia. WONG WEI KONG finds out how strong branding helped make its fortunes overseas WONG WEI KONG YOU keep thinking you'll be meeting a flamboyant businessman
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    • 377 3 IF it makes people remember you, do it. From humble sampling sessions in rural Russia to racy television commercials to high octane car rallies in Ukraine, Food Empire makes sure its products stay in consumers' minds long after the last aftertaste of coffee has disappeared. At
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  • companies
    • 520 4  -  By Vince Chong THE belief that there's a silver lining to every cloud came through at Fraser Neave's interim results briefing last night, when Centrepoint Properties chief Jeffrey Heng revealed that "in a perverse way" he is glad that few properties were sold
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    • 694 4  -  market review r sivanithy IF A handful of remisiers from local broking houses have been questioned by the authorities for alleged manipulation of the shares of penny stock Leong Hin Holdings, why haven't proprietary traders from big foreign firms been questioned for their role
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    • 70 4 Dsn 1,304.91 (-6.09) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,297.00 (-13.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 159.50 (-0.80) Friday Change KLSECOMP __636.26 *048 NIKKEI 225 H, 1 HANOSENO 9,093.18 32.89 SKT INDEX 383.00 122 JAKARTA COMP .Hosed MANILA (X)MP 1,059J>3 *2;» TAIPEI WPI 4.283.77 -47.47 SEOIIL COUP 610.81 -8.54 SHENZHEN B 216.53 +252 Ai:STALL()RD £*****
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    • 77 4 FOREX RATES US$ 5$ I 'SS (S$ per I S$) 1 726 X(I S$/S$ per 1621 2.797 ElRO(rS$/S$/E). 1.141 1969 YEN 1164 67 441 RM 3.800 2.202 HK$ 7799 4519 BAHT 4216 24.42 Rl'PIAH 8.450 4.896 RKNMINKI 8.299 4809 INDIAN Rl TEE 47.13 27,10 MMRAIBI SIViAHWK* US NMLAIJ MH
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    • 918 4  -  coiporate analysis Many seem to think so, with one brokerage calling it a 'sweet deal' for seller NOL, says EDDIE TOH EDDIE TOH IS MALAYSIA paying too high a price in its bid to supplant Singapore as the main shipping player in the
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    • 354 4  -  By Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank has rewarded chief executive David Conner with a performance bonus estimated to be more than $1 million for 2002 a year in which the bank posted a 14.3 per cent drop in net earnings. Mr Conner was paid between
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    • corporateroundup
      • 96 4 BOARDROOM Limited's managing director Sebastian Tan Cher Liang has used part of the proceeds from his share sale to subscribe for one million options shares in the mainboard-listed provider of corporate secretarial and share registration services. Mr Tan on Wednesday sold 1.65 million Boardroom shares in
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      • 55 4 LIM Yong Wah's Inter-Roller Engineering has posted a net profit of $611,000 for its first quarter. This compares with a loss of $152,000 for the same period a year ago. Turnover surged 79 per cent to $8.38 million! from work that started on a number
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      • 105 4 LEONG Hin Holdings managing director Chan Chwee Leong has once again been forced to liquidate a substantial portion of his shareholdings in the company, as a "sale initiated by financial institution to meet obligations". In a filing to the Singapore Exchange yesterday, Mr
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      • 135 4 SBS Transit's net profits have dipped 8.7 per cent year-on-year in the three months ended March 31, 2003, to $9.97 million, as higher fuel costs wiped out a slight uptick in the company's revenues to $132.8 million. Going forward, SBS expects to see greater
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      • 171 4 LINKS Island Holdings has proposed to return some $11.7 million consisting of $7.8 million in cash and 39.9 million Sembawang Kimtrans shares of 10 cents each to its shareholders, by way of a capital reduction and distribution exercise. It will involve the company reducing the
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  • money personal investment
    • 905 6  -  WONG WEI KONG on the advantages of investing in govt bonds WONG WEI KONG Singaporeans usually do not look beyond stocks, properties and bank deposits for their investment needs but if they would, there's an asset class that has been under-appreciated by most retail investors
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    • 866 6  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE profit-taking *rtiich took place following last week's strong performance in ihe market has pared the gains of the portfolios that we tracked. In parbcuter, the one-year top-losers and the lowest prioe-to-book (PTB) portfofios suffered the biggest losses about
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    • 930 7  -  By Genevieve Cua THE times, it seems, are fraught with crises. Any one of these events and more losing your job, a prolonged illness, a failing business can be devastating. How do you immunise yourself and your personal finances against these risks? Having a sensible
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    • 1079 7  -  show me the money Looking at standard deviations alone is not enough. One measure fund managers use is the Sharpe ratio teh hooi ling TWO weeks back, we looked at how you can view a stock in terms of its probabilistic outcomes. From
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    • 499 7 HOW valid is your nomination of a beneficiary for an insurance policy? Here are some of your queries on estate matters and the replies from experts. If you have any question on any personal finance issues, send us an email at gen@sph.com.sg, and we'll get you some
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  • money property
    • 1153 8  -  Good class bungalows don't come cheap, but the market is surprisingly active. ANDREA TAN takes a look ANDREA TAN bought my bungalow in 1991 I for my four kids to run I around in," says Lim Cheok I Peng, managing director of I healthcare
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  • 1130 8 District 02 NON-LANDED Intl Plaza Apt 24/04/2003 99 732 376 514 District 03 NON-LANDED AJessandrea Apt 15*04/2003 FH 1098 754 687 Alessandrea Apt 15/04/2003 FH 1001 730 729 District 05 NON-LANDED Balmeg Court Apt 16/04/2003 FH 1744
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  • at home
    • 281 9  -  Hmn retail sales By Leonard Lim OVERALL retail sales at constant prices declined 5.8 per cent year on year in March. Excluding motor vehicles, the index declined 1.3 per cent. At current prices, overall retail sales declined 3.8 per cent year on year.
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    • 248 9 GE pol shows many not making right plans for long tenn IF YOU'VE ever thrown up your hands in bafflement when insurance shopping, you're not alone, says a new study by Great Eastern. The study, which collected the responses of 2,420 people, shows that
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    • 614 9  -  Some analysts feel the marked deceleration in export growth momentum is temporary By Chuang Peck Ming AFTER three straight months of double-digit year-on-year gains, growth in Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slipped to 4.4 per cent in April. The slowdown against a 21.2
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    • 57 9 NEW York's Millenium Hilton reopened earlier this month, to cheers from its employees. Owned by Millennium Copthome Hotels, the hotel used to face the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the attacks of Sept 11.2001. All 300 people employed at the hotel before the
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    • 202 9  -  1 II if maiiDag K Bhavani Director (Corporate Communications) for Permanent Secretary (Information, Communications and the Arts) WE refer to Lee Han Shih's article entitled "Paying the price for being late" (BT, May 6). It is regrettable that Mr Lee has used
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    • 309 9 FOR the first time, Singapore's three media companies will work together to help fight Sars. Singapore Press Holdings, MediaCorp and Star Hub said yesterday they will join hands to launch a Sars TV channel. The Sars Channel will start operating at
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    • 1230 9 NOTICES In die Matter of The Compames Act Cap 50 and In ihe Mailer of ASIAN CIRCLE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the obovenomed Company duly convened and held at 2 Havelock Rood. RO6OB Apollo Centre, Singapore *****3 on Thursday, 15
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    • 308 9 In the Matter of The Compomes Act Cap 50 and In Ihe MaPer of ASIAN CIRCLE AVIATION SERVICES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the oboienomed Company duly convened ond held at 2 Movelock Rood. #06-08 Apollo Centre. Smaapore *****3 on Thursday. 15 May.
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    • 711 9 f y CWT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Announcement First Quarter 2003 Results The Directors of CWT Distribution Limited wish to make the following announcements: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2M3 GROUP 2003 2002 SSOOO Ssooo Chug Revenue 49.914 42.324 17.9 Cost of Sales (43,260) (33.271) 22.7 Gram Profits 6.654
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  • news executive jobs
    • 578 10  -  Sars aside, the city-state is facing keen competition from other overseas shopping haunts and needs to revive itself, says LOH HUI YIN LOH HUI YIN WANTED: Director Tourism Shopping. Sounds like a fun job, checking out the latest shopping malls and fashion? Perhaps, but
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  • news region/world
    • 578 11 LATEST US INDICATORS Price fall led by slide in energy prices; raises spectre off deflation AP Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] US consumer prices fell by 0.3 per cent in April, the biggest decline in 18 months, led by a retreat in
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    • 600 11 But upcoming 67 meeting may not address this issue [DEAUVILLE, France] The US and Europe, at odds over Iraq, have added another front to the transatlantic tussle: currencies. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday that other members of the Group of Seven (G-7)
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    • 370 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Sino Hotels Holdings Ltd, controlled by the family of Singapore billionaire Ng Teng Fong, said profit will be hurt by the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) as occupancy rates slump. The company has taken steps to cut costs
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    • 605 11  -  Deflation worsens, exports slow, ruling out quick recoveiy From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S economy came to a standstill in the first quarter of this year, it was officially confirmed yesterday. At the same time, private sector economists forecast that the succeeding two
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    • inbrief
      • 78 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's finance ministry said yesterday that the island will not be able to meet key financial reform targets after a parliamentary committee slashed a proposed bank rescue fund by a third. "This will definitely affect the timing of our targets," Finance
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      • 76 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong personal bankruptcy orders rose more than half in April from a year earlier as a sluggish economy prompted companies to fire staff and cut salaries, making it harder for people to repay debt. A total of 2,710 bankruptcy orders were issued
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      • 65 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian manufacturing sales rose 10 per cent in March from a year earlier to RM28.6 billion (Ssl3 billion) and were up 10.4 per cent from February, official data showed yesterday. For the first three months of 2003, manufacturing sales totalled RM81.2 billion,
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      • 113 11 AP [CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, Philippines] Asian airport officials adopted a series of measures yesterday to prevent the spread of Sars by air travel, including mandatory health declaration cards and temperature screening of all passengers. The officials agreed to have standardised health declaration cards for
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      • 84 11 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Four Chinese companies, including Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co, said yesterday that their shares will be suspended from trade and they face delisting after posting three straight years of losses. Regulators have tossed 10 companies off the bourses since the government tightened rules in
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      • 161 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Senate has passed a tax cut Bill that repeals the dividend tax for three years, giving President George W Bush a partial victory on the central element of his economic growth plan. The vote was 51-49 for cutting individual income
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    • 262 11 NYT [NEW YORK] Sudden show ers can mean frustrating moments trying to scramble out of the car and open an umbrella at the same time. Now Rolls-Royce has made the process just a tad easier. Its new Phantom, scheduled to go on sale
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    • 384 11  -  From AJoy Sen in New Delhi [NEW DELHI] Two Malaysian ministers met Indian leaders this week, expressing regret over the recent arrest of Indian IT professionals and to seek additional flights for Malaysian Airlines (MAS). Malaysia's Minister for Works Samy Vellu met Prime Minister
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    • 278 11 AFP [WASHINGTON] Investment in emerging financial markets will pick up modestly this year, with nearly half of the money going to Asia, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) predicted on Thursday. Net private capital flows to emerging markets were likely to rise to US$l39
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  • motoring
    • bravenewwhirl
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        64 12 MICRO-CAR maker Smart has unveiled the forfour, a four-seater car with four doors and a rear hatch. This latest model, which will be launched next spring, is bigger than the cute two-seaters the German company already makes. As with other Smart cars, the 3.75-metre long forfour will have
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      • 112 12 NOW you don't have to squat and squint each time you check your tyre pressure. The Pirelli X-Pressure is a permanent in-car tyre pressure monitor that lets the driver check the pressure and temperature parameters of tyres at the push of a button. The aftermarket
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      • 115 12 TWO Cadillacs are the stars of a 14-minute-long car chase in the just-released movie Matrix Reloaded. A sable black Escalade EXT pick-up truck with twin baddies can be seen in hot pursuit of a sterling Cadillac CTS sedan on a busy freeway. Cadillac was said
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      • 81 12  -  Compiled by SAMUEL EE TYRE maker BFGoodrich has set its sights on Asia. Deciding that its presence in this neck of the woods needs a higher profile, the company has launched a US$10 million advertising campaign to boost its market position in the region. The marketing effort
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    • 878 12  -  The Jeep Cherokee has evolved to suit the taste of on-road buyers, reports SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE RETRO sells, and retro plus cute has got to sell even better. Or that's what DaimlerChrysler must have figured when it was remaking the tough but previously boxy Jeep
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    • 391 12  -  By Samuel Ee FRESH from its role as the principal sponsor of last month's Singapore Fashion Festival, Mercedes-Benz has now invited an illustrious passenger on its drive through the fashion world Giorgio Armani. The famous Italian designer was seen in his trademark
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  • 4428 12 Transaction date: May 16 HONG KONG <w HMMI 1.53 -ooa 3213 NO W- "BBS Hong Kong Electnc .30.40 0 30 2928 Honqkonq ChincK flll 0.01 ***** Alpha Ganaral 0.28 undi 1009 Hongkong Chinee Ltd 0J6 0.01 ***** Ananda Wing On 041 nh 0 Hopewell Holdings 6 70 unch
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  • style pursuits/wine&dine
    • 1125 13  -  Going out or staying in this weekend? parvathi nayar rounds up recommendations PARVATHI NAYAR Cds Happy reunion What started out as Lindsey Buckingham's solo album seven years ago, has resulted in a return to the studio for Fleetwood Mac. It's the first Fleetwood Mac album that Buckingham has contributed
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  • style consumer alert
    • 433 14  -  Women golfers with spending power is big business for golf products distributors. VEN SREENIVASAN reports VEN SREENIVASAN WOMEN'S golf has come a long way from the days when female golfers had to put up with shortened or scaled down versions of men's equipment. And long gone are
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  • style sports
    • 923 15  -  They beat Man U then. GODFREY ROBERT wonders if they can humble Arsenal today GODFREY ROBERT SOCCER, the great leveller. This truism befits the English Football Association Cup, where, as tradition has it, many lower-divi-sion teams have relished the humbling of
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    • 621 15  -  frankly speaking ronie lim SPIELBERG, Austria, this weekend promises to be a cracker of a race, as this year's Formula One reaches an important crossroads: race six, with just 10 to go. And there is no "schu-in" winner yet. Ferrari's
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  • style shopping
    • Article, Illustration
      735 16  -  Pillows are anything but humble to a former management consultant who builds a premium brand around Ploh. CORINNE KERK reports CORINNE KERK IT has all been very carefully thought through. From the choice of a beautiful model with a global, pan-Asian look and clean, classy visuals in its collaterals,
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    • 608 16  -  Byi Corinne Kerk MORE men may be buying skincare products these days, but they still make up less than 5 per cent of the combined $100 million skincare industry here. The reason? Most guys just don't see the need and haven't the time for bothersome
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    • 197 16  -  By Jaime Ee FOUR little vials of active serum stand between you and calmer, smoother and firmer skin. That's what French beauty company Sisley is promising with its $500 skin renewal programme. Sisleya-Elixir. Each one lasts you a week apply it on a clean face twice
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    • instore
      • 69 16 Freshen up Ermenegildo Zegna's first fragrance, ESSENZA DI Zegna, has a surprisingly soft, light and fresh scent with a woody aura. Ingredients include Sicilian lemon and myrtle from Corsica. The very elegant fragrance from the Italian menswear label is also available in after-shave products, a soap and deodorant
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      • Article, Illustration
        34 16 This stylish Bolle shades with mirror-coated UV lens will shield off the sun but absorb admiring looks. And why not, frosted silver frame and masculine curves? Available at Parls&tiki outlets at $184.
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      • Article, Illustration
        47 16 If the caffeine doesn't get get you high enough, the exotic design of this coffee plunger bottle might. Called 'Inka', it is crafted by renowned architectural designer Guido Venturini. At $180, it'll certainly be the toast of the party. Available at Alessi, Millenia Walk.
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      • Article, Illustration
        26 16 Turn heads with that chill-out look: Claiborne men's rayon shirt ($159). contrasting crew neck tee (89) and matching cotton pants ($129). Available at Claiborne.
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      • Article, Illustration
        387 16  -  Compiled by Mike Chua and Corinno Kerk Mlllanla Walk Spin a Fortune (today 4.30pm to 5.30pm): Look out for your favourite TV stars like Pan Linling, as they mill with the crowds to pick contestants for the Spin-a-Fortune game. Just spend $50 or more to qualify. Contestants stand
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  • style health
    • 1144 17  -  Taking supplements to achieve a lean, masculine physique has dangerous pitfalls, says SEAMUS PHAN SEAMUS PHAN THE Holy Grail for any man is a lean, muscular, Herculean physique. The masculine physique is often seen as a sexually potent symbol, as much as it is a visual
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