The New Paper, 26 August 2012

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1 24 The New Paper
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    13 1 the new paper on sunday Aug 26 2012 80 CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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      87 1 the new paper Aug 26 2012 S’PORE’S BIG FAT BUT I want kids but... I want more kids but... BIG WALK 2012 Last chance to sign up and join the live BINGO draw 5 20 RESSURED P RESSEDS PICTURE ILLUSTRATION T OSTL XHAUS T ED E ...and we don’t mean
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singles with children deserve support as well
      534 2  -  MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg So here we are, back to talking about babies and in particular, boosting our Total Fertility Rate (TFR). We started in the 1960s, had the Stop at Two campaign and went on to the present Have Two or more if
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      Lock icon SORRY
      28 2 Relief after $180,000 bill worry (TNP, yesterday): We had identified the wrong person as Madam Lily Lim in the photo. Madam Lim is pictured on the right.
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      154 2 FEATURES 3 PSLE blues Parents feel the heat, some quit jobs to help kids cope 10 Life on the run Fugitive’s family had to keep bags packed to move at moment’s notice 12 How to live like the super rich Demand up for exclusive products and services as S’pore’s millionaires
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon I gave up job for her PSLE
      1034 3  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Some consider the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) one of the toughest hurdles in a child’s education. And it shows in the way parents and children react to it. The stress it brings has led to some parents quitting
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      Lock icon More parents get help just before exams
      385 4 / 5  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg The PSLE is so stressful that one psychiatrist says he sees a jump in patients just before the exams begin. And these aren’t students. “I see a 10 per cent increase in patients who are parents of PSLE pupils,”
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      Lock icon Zero kids BUT it costs too much
      487 4 / 5  -  The Big Baby Debate: Why people are not having them REPORT: ESTHER NG estherng@sph.com.sg They have been married for three years but have no plans to have children yet. Financial planners Amanda Bandar-Tay and Bandar Tjetty, both 28, together earn $15,000 a month,
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      Lock icon More babies needed, pronto
      255 4 / 5 Migrants are a temporary solution as Singaporeans are not reproducing enough. This was said by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at a National Day dinner for residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC and Tiong Bahru earlier this month. But this situation could not persist or “this
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      Lock icon One kid BUT who’ll care for our future ones?
      534 6  -  REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg They have one child. But Mr Frank Teo and Ms Lydia Soh, both 31, say they may not have more children. He is an assistant manager, while she is a claims officer. They live in a four-room
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      Lock icon Four kids BUT baby bonus not enough
      350 6 She already has four kids and is not planning to have anymore. Housewife Emy Khimayati says: “Why should I have any more? “The baby bonuses are much less after the fourth child and I already have my hands full." The 29-year-old Indonesian has
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      Lock icon Life under the radar was tough for fugitive
      1430 10 / 11  -  Fugitive Ong Seng Chuen (below) tells his lawyer how life on the run made him long to have a normal family REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Standing outside the primary school, his eyes scan for a familiar face. That of his son.
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      Lock icon On the run from the law
      223 10 / 11  -  Benita Aw Yeong There are others who successfully eluded authorities for years. Convicted murderer Lee Hong Mun roamed undetected for a total of 27 years five of which were spent in Hong Kong and Thailand. He was arrested and sentenced last year to seven
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      Lock icon Howto live the rich life
      1495 12 / 13 According to a study by Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, Singapore has the highest proportion of millionaires in the world. Another report, by Citibank and international property consultancy Knight Frank, says we’re the richest nation in the world and will remain so
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      Lock icon Cabby killed in freak accident in Bedok
      474 15  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He had just got his new Comfort cab the night before. But about an hour into the start of his night shift in the early hours of Saturday at 2am, Mr Wong Kok Seng was killed in a freak
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      Lock icon Doing lunges for lunch
      789 20  -  Jay Gee Melwani colleagues train for Big Walk during lunchtime REPORT PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It is lunges, not laksa for her during lunchtime these days. For the past month, 22-year-old marketing communications executive Melinda Leow and a group of colleagues have been spending their lunch
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      Lock icon Bitten in the butt, he punches croc
      429 22 He needed a toilet break and decided to take his chances near the river. The 32-year-old Indonesian construction worker, known only as Pai, decided to take the risk even though he knew the river in Sarawak was infested with crocodiles. On Friday, the
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      Lock icon Men must be worth at least $20 million
      650 23 China’s single women compete for love and riches AFP They’re dressed as If they are taking part in a beauty contest. But these young Chinese women in swish dresses and strappy sandals, sitting in a row clutching forms listing their weight and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wet dress pulls bride under
      191 23 AP It was supposed to bearecordofa beautiful moment in her life. But things took a tragic turn when the woman, who was having pictures taken in her wedding dress near some waterfalls, drowned. The woman was married on June 9 and was having photos taken
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      Lock icon ‘I have never been on my own with him’
      470 24 Opera singer denies rumours of affair with Beckham I did not have an affair with Becks. Opera singer Katherine Jenkins made sure that everyone understood that on Thursday. The 32-year-old launched an outburst on Twitter to refute rumours that she was
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      Lock icon Katie Holmes to get just $400,000 a year for Suri’s care
      316 24 You’d expect an expensive court settlement when a famous and rich couple divorce. But Katie Holmes (left) appears to have been happy to just get away from Tom Cruise (right). Celebrity gossip website TMZ reported that the US actress
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      Lock icon Soaking up getai glamour
      513 30 / 31  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Residents in the small and quiet Jalan Rajah estate, off Balestier Road, can declare: You don’t need crude jokes to hold a good getai show. Just give them a good emcee, powerful singers and great showmanship for one night of good entertainment.
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon It takes two hands to clap
      786 7  -  Improving communications between teachers and parents MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg My son hates it whenever I give him “the hair-raising look”. The one where I eyeball him from the top of his head to the sides of his face. He groans because it means that
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    • Article
      Lock icon We ask 50 people Q: Do teachers and parents communicate enough with each other?
      279 7 “I used to be able to avoid letting my parents know about my grades as there was no communication. Miss Anne Yeo, 26, administrative worker “If there is enough communication in the first place, why would
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Anti-Japan protesters march in Chinese city
      222 8 / 9 AFP Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of an eastern Chinese city yesterday to demonstrate against Japan’s claims to a disputed island chain, state media reported. The latest rally came after anti-Japan protests broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities, including
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      Lock icon S’poreans appreciate work of Home Team: Survey
      119 8 / 9 SINGAPOREANS generally appreciate the work of the Home Team in building a safe and secure environment, shows a Home Affairs Ministry survey conducted late last year. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed the findings at a Home Affairs
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      Lock icon RGS to move to new campus opposite RI from 2018
      95 8 / 9 FOLLOWING in the footsteps of school families coming together, Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) (RGS) will become a neighbour of its brother school, Raffles Institution, from 2018. Honorable Justice Judith Pra- kash, chairman of the school’s board of governors, announced this
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      65 8 / 9 MOTHER’S GIFT: The Breastfeeding Mothers’ Support Group, the Association for Breastfeeding Advocacy and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Singapore committee yesterday held Singapore’s first breastfeeding flash mob on Orchard Road. The 30-minute Latch On For Love was to show that breastfeeding is a natural act and that no
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      Lock icon Make friends with S’poreans
      383 8 / 9 DPM Tharman tells new citizens: New citizens should get involved with local communities. That, says Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, “is the easiest and best way to understand, respect and embrace Singapore’s unique values and practices”. He urged them to find out more
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka arrests 98 boat people heading for Australia
      103 8 / 9 AFP SRI Lanka’s navy yesterday detained 98 would-be asylum-seek-ers making for Australia, an official said, the largest group since Canberra tightened restrictions on boat people headed to its shores. They were travelling in two fish- ing trawlers along the north-western and
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      Lock icon Tiger in German zoo escapes from enclosure, kills zoo keeper
      117 8 / 9 A TIGER escaped from its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany yesterday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo’s director, police said. The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent stor-
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      Lock icon Venezuela refinery blast kills 24
      106 8 / 9 AP A HUGE explosion rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery early yesterday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 80 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country’s key oil industry. Balls of fire rose over the Amuay Amuay refinery, one of
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      196 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Taxi operator SMRT will be awarded a $3.1 million grant to defray costs of obtaining and operating 30 taxis that can accommodate larger wheelchairs used by the elderly and the disabled. Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums dropped in four
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      Lock icon A MONTH FOR MUSEUMS
      200 8 / 9  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION TEOH YI CHIE teohyc@sph.com.sg To celebrate Singapore’s 47th birthday, the National Heritage Board (NHB) is giving free entry* to all its museums in August. This week, I visited Night Festival 2012 happening around Singapore Art Museum (SAM), National Museum of Singapore and the School
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      6 10 / 11 Additional reporting by Benita Aw Yeong
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      269 10 / 11 RENDEZVOUS HOSPITALITY GROUP NATAS Special: 20% off your hotel stay in Australia New Zealand when you book this weekend Planning a holiday down under? Enjoy champagne overlooking the sunset at Sydney Harbour from the comforts of your room balcony. Or stay in one of Australia's finest historic hotels at the
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      258 15 Love, lies betrayal Vernetta Lopez tells how she learnt her husband was cheating psb i. Ararlpn BIPLIIM/ IP “i Academy F f r j s--r-r i =-ft 1 1 I J I J c V r i V IS I T" i kiJ i i t. —«J3 14i n i**
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A GYNAECOLOGIST
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      Lock icon Anxious dads-to-be call her, too
      860 16  -  JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg She gets calls from married men at all hours of the day. But it’s not what you think. Dr Ann Tan is a gynaecologist, and she says it’s all part of the job when she fields calls from distressed husbands worried about
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      274 17 iifivfffiiimiffmrffiimiinii How long can lashes become? e e 05 2 co $5 E ID a u ■I Details matter. What it does to open the eyes wide is, well, immeasurable. Custom-fit your eye care as the area around the eyes are the most delicate as it shows the first sign
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  • THEN & NOW
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      Lock icon ‘I never thought getai would make me famous’
      932 18 / 19  -  Getai organiser Aaron Tan is now a celebrity himself MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He is arguably Singapore’s most prolific getai organiser. And in some ways, Mr Aaron Tan has also become something of a star in the local circuit. People these days recognise
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      74 20 BIG WALK2012 PRESENTED BY C E L E B R AT I N G 1 2 5 Y E A R S Today is your last chance to register for the Big Walk. Registration will be held from 11 am to 8pm at Central shopping mall, which is above Clarke
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      82 20 Collect your Denizen T-shirt 2, #01-26F/G I 313@Somerset 313, Orchard Road, #B2-27/28 I CityLink Mall One Raffles Link, #B1-47 I Bugis+ 201, Victoria Street, #02-21 COLLECT your limited-edition Denizen T-shirt from today to Aug 29 (11am to 9pm) at the following Denizen boutiques: I Northpoint 930, Yishun Avenue 2, #02-33/34
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      172 21 Registration extended by popular demand Last day to sign up for BigWalk Free food, great shopping deals cruise holidays Also, brace yourself for... the largest ‘live’ bingo draw with $11,000 worth of prizes PLUS $700 worth of freebies for each walker 5KM ROUTECentral to Marina Barrage DATE2 September 2012, Sunday
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      169 22 www.comexshow.com.sg Join us at THE BIGGEST I.T, DIGITAL, MOBILE, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE 30th AUGUST 2nd SEPTEMBER 2012 SUNTEC SINGAPORE 12 NOON 9 PM DAILY FREE ADMISSION Guaranteed over S$90,000 CASH to be won in 4 days S$2,000 CASH Win hourly from 1 9 pm daily PLUS the Grand
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      706 25 STC Riding Centre so popular it now has 1,200 riders REPORT: MOHIT LALVANI instructors, headed by Chief Riding Instructor Mr Andrew Dunn. Mr Dunn is a Full Instructor under the British Horse Society. “When I came over, there was nothing here,” said Mr Dunn. “Now, it has succeeded beyond measure.
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      66 26 Ang Mo Kio Ind Par t. 4 Dnternational Business Park r WHETHER YOU ARE A LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY. FINDING AN OFFICE SPACE IN SINGAPORE SHOULD BE A WALK IN THE PARK. At stproperty.sg your ideal property isn’t hard to find. A product of SPH, Singapore's trusted media group. The
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      113 27 T is for... Thank you, teacher It’s Teacher’s Day on Saturday, Sept 1. Use this space to create a special message and show it to your teacher. the new paper You can also download and print out this template from tnp.sg/thank-teacher E-mail a photo of your finished page along with
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
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      Lock icon Treasure trove of trinkets
      659 28 Old-school things and places bring a strange sense of comfort to this secret shopper. Perhaps it’s the perpetual need to acquire the best and the newest, that gives antiques a different appeal these days. Even after I left Tong Mern Sern Antiques and Crafts tucked away
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      71 28 CHECK IT OUT WHAT: Tong MernSern Antiques and Crafts WHERE: 51, Craig Road WHEN: 9am to 6pm every day WEBSITE: tmsantiques.com HISTORY: The business was set up in 1972 by Mr KengAh Wong. He had just lost his job and used his retrenchment benefit of $5,000 to start a business
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  • AFFORD/ASPIRE
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      Lock icon Looking cool in berms
      176 29  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Men’s bermuda shorts may be seen as somethingyou would wear only to the market or the beach. But now, these shorts are more tailored. Wear them with a pair of sharp oxfords or espadrilles and these berms can look as dressy as
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      46 29 Purchase a minimum of S$10 in a single transaction at any booth! Collect your Sure-Win Lucky Dip Ticket! Proceed to the Redemption Booth to draw for your prize! Singapore Expo, Hall 3A 24 26 Aug 2O12 11am 9pm FREE Admission FREE 2pcs 50% OFF FREE FREE
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Gear up for a safe ride
      833 32  -  BIKER BOY Behind every helmet is a compelling tale. This is the fifth of six stories in conjunction with Singapore Ride Safe 2012 ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Even with six years’ of experience, he considers himself a newbie. He believes there’s more to learn
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      72 32 TREASURE LIFE RIDE FOR LIFE Ride free, but most of all, ride safely. mvrim., wiB, Be Alert Wear Proper Attire Signal Well In Advance Maintain Your Bike Properly Keep Within The Speed Limit Do Not Weave Through Traffic Wear Approved Crash Helmet With Reflective Strip i i i i i
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Men in tight Lycra can do it on the road
      805 33  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg When I was about 11, apoliceman stopped me with his truncheon. He didn’t whack me over the head or anything; he just gestured for me to stop. He told me I was riding on a high
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      Lock icon Richest & healthiest, so why not the biggest M&Ms store?
      658 34  - Richest healthiest, so why not the biggest M&Ms store? ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg I’m very disappointed in M&Ms. More specifically, I’m very disappointed in the M&Ms store that opened in Changi Airport Terminal 2 two weeks ago. It’s reportedly the biggest M&Ms store in Asia. But only in
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Man and woman struggle on street – so who’s the victim?
        119 34 Man and woman struggle on street so who’s the victim? AP POLICE said a thief got away after two good Samaritans grabbed the wrong person on a street in northern New Jersey in the US. The Samaritans were driving down a street in Plainfield early on Monday when they saw
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        Lock icon It’s a bird, it’s a plane... it’s a turtle with balloons
        134 34 Wire services THE authorities in the US state of California are looking for the persons who attached a live turtle to several balloons and sent it aloft. Residents of the Oceanside neighbourhood said they called police and the Humane
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        Lock icon Snake bites man, so man bites snake in revenge
        144 34 AFP A NEPALESE farmer who was bitten by a venomous snake took revenge by sinking his teeth into the reptile and killing it, police said on Thursday. Mr Mohamed Salmo Miya was farming near his village 200km south-east of Kathmandu when
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon HED CHEF
      454 35  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg It’s an old familiar favourite. Most Singaporeans would have eaten this dish at one time or another, but it is one that is difficult to get right. Fried beehoon is a deceptively simple dish often found in neighbourhood coffee shops and hawker centres for breakfast
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      Lock icon Fried beehoon
      349 35 Ingredients I 500g dried beehoon I 10 prawns I Half a can of luncheon meat, cubed I Half a head of cabbage, shredded I 1 medium-sized squid, sliced I 1.5 litres of water I 4 garlic cloves, chopped I 2 purple onions, sliced I 1 egg, beaten I
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      Lock icon Baking 101: Classic cakes
      695 36  -  VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg I The writer is a rising name on the culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her at www.facebook.com/CulinaryNess As an avid baker, certain cakes hold a special place in my heart. Some of them are classics
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      Lock icon A touch of frosting
      314 36 CREAM CHEESE FROSTING 1 1/2cups heavy whipping cream 3/4cup icing sugar 230g pack of cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8teaspoon sea salt METHOD 1. Sift icing sugar into a clean, dry bowl and set aside. 2. Use a cake mixer to whisk whipping cream until
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      Lock icon Our palates are now too gentrified
      386 37  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg If you’d lived and loved (especially your food) through the 70s and 90s, you would have noticed that the flavours now are becoming gentrified. Slowly and surely, subtlety replaces boldness. What would be robust today would have been considered plain
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      Lock icon They don’t duck hard work
      637 37 Two decades ago, I was sent out on an assignment. As a rookie photojournalist with The Straits Times, I was assigned to photograph the Seah Kee braised duck folks in their central” kitchen. I rode, rocked and bounced my scooter to a kampung house deep
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      51 37 I Makansutra, founded by KF Seetoh, is a company that celebrates Asian food culture and lifestyle. It publishes food guides in and around the region, produces a food television series, develops interactive mobile content and services, operates food courts and eateries, organises food tours and events and consults on culinary
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  • TV
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      Lock icon News as it should be?
      633 38  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg TV is full of crime scene Investigators, quirky lawyers, temperamental doctors and slick professional killers. All fun in their own right, but nothing I can really connect with. Where are the unconventional journalists? Presenting The Newsroom a new series about the inner
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon Beasley questioned about Dragon Spirit’s disappointing outing
      760 39 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Jockey Danny Beasley was questioned about the disappointing performance of DRAGON SPIRIT in Race 8 on Friday night. He said that the horse was initially slow to begin. He believed that the gelding had overraced after
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      972 39 Race 1 Carlsberg Gold Handicap C5 (LC) 1400m C5(LC) 1400m 14 BUKIT TANJUNG 50 c 46.5 (734-127) R Rueven* (13) 13 14 3 (461) Shd 6 PICCOLO MAN 56 (33-13) Jose De Souza (10) 3 3 2 (485) 1.25 XWinning owner: Lishaan. Trainer: J Brink. Time:
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      Lock icon AL’S KNIGHT (Race 8 No. 1)
      145 40 / 41  -  BESTBEST TAN THEAN LOON The consistent AL’S KNIGHT (four wins, three seconds and two fourths from as many starts) looks hard to beat in Race 8 at Kranji today. Trained by Shane Baertschiger, who saddled two winners (Top Shelf and El Milagro) on Friday
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1832 40 / 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 MS 12.50 -1100m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 850 Super Wine 57 (44) KB Soo 7 (3nzg Leslie Khoo-Joy N Happiness) 2 *****2 Hellolo 56.5 (43) R Shafiq* c2 12 (5nzg
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      Lock icon Newcomer Codigo zooms home to win
      394 40 / 41 STC Trainer Steven Burridge landed his 50th winner for the season when former Australian galloper CODIGO scored in the $55,000 Class 4 Stakes over 1,000m on the Polytrack on Friday night. Ridden by apprentice Wong Wei Xiang, Codigo charged home from back in the
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      560 40 / 41 Tan Thean Loon Andrew Frost Brian Miller MrX 1 RACE 2 2 2 Hellolo 11 Chinese Tycoon 11 Hellolo Hellolo Chinese Tycoon 2 11 High Fly Marco 11 Chinese Tycoon Chinese Tycoon Hellolo 3 8 1 8 Super Wine Win The Day Win The Day 9 8 Win
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      2003 42 / 43 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TOD A Y’S KRANJI POL YTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,100m) 1 Super Wine))Form looks ordinary but recent trial with blinkers was better and can improve. 2 Hellolo)))Racing in good form and should win sooner than later and, despite awkward draw, should salute
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      680 42 / 43 RACE 1 (Warwick Farm) 1st 4 Albrecht ($20-$6) 2nd 2 Toydini ($11) 3rd 1 Tatra ($10) 4th 8 Sumarand. Forecast $58. Place forecast $28 (1 -2), $10 (1-4), $12 (2-4). Tierce $486. Trio $138. Quartet $1133. Quadro $18. RACE 2 (Moonee Valley) 1st 8 Broken ($87-$19) 2nd
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      Lock icon Maybe Us will toy with them in Race 5
      772 44 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Nowra (1,600m) 6 CHARLBURY: (Runs: 14 Wins: 1 (1G) Places: 3) 23/4 len 5th 57.5kg to Grey Pegasus in 1,280m Acton BM55 Aug 03 (8th settling, 6th at 400m, struck interference at start). 4 MR
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      215 44 1:00 Race 1 NOWRA 1600M NOWRA 1600M 1 ANSHAR LESTER GRACE (8) 59 2 COLROB K SWEENEY (7) 59 3 GALILEO'S SON MS W COSTIN (14) 1:35 Race 2 NOWRA 1200M 4 MR ELLAVAL TARA-JANE MITCHELL (2) 59 5 OLYMPIAN ALAYT (13) 59 6 CHARLBURY
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      32 39 Saturday, Aug 25 2012 First Second Third 2538 8729 2571 Starters 1769 1862 2146 2856 4058 4676 7270 7542 8072 8472 Consolations 1244 2849 3260 3326 3692 4369 5032 6952 7780 8980
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Mardan’s mission: Make the cut
      348 45  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg HE HAS played at scenic Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland three times. And all three times he missed the cut. Mardan Mamat left last night for the 2.1 million-euro ($3.3m) Omega European Masters, with one mission: Break the Swiss hoodoo. The event, co-sanctioned by
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      737 45 Woods’back hurts, but he pulls through and is three behind AP The common phrase this year “Tiger’s back” took on a new meaning on Friday at The Barclays at Farmingdale in New York. Woods felt a twinge in his lower back when he he woke
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      Lock icon Lydia, 15, plays like a pro
      171 45 AFP NEW Zealand golf prodigy Lydia Ko fired a sec-ond-straight four-under 68 to seize a share of the sec-ond-round lead with Chella Choi at the LPGA’s Canadian Women’s Open. Ko, a 15-year-old South Ko-rean-born New Zealander who won the US Women’s Amateur crown a
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      489 46 Sponsors stick by him and experts believe his cancer foundation will survive Reuters Lance Armstrong’s triumph over cancer and his fundraising efforts make him an effective pitchman. Even after his status as one of history’s greatest cyclists was tarnished by the US Anti-Doping Agency’s (Usada)
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      Lock icon Lance’s cycling feats now mean nothing
      529 46  -  JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist ON THE hot road to the village of Saint-Sebastien-S’Aigrefeuille in the deepest south of France, we passed the forbidding, barren mountain where Lance Armstrong, the cyclist, took a giant step towards becoming Lance Armstrong, the sporting myth. It was
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      Lock icon Scott throws out previous best
      499 47  -  22-year-old sets new personal mark and wins shot put gold at S’pore Open ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg He switched his focus from the discus to the shot put last year and it looks as if Scott Wong made the right decision. Wong clinched the gold medal
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      256 47  -  FOOTBALL ALI KASIM SINGAPORE will face the might of Argentina in the opening round of the Danone Nations Cup. The Republic’s under-12 side have been drawn in Group H, along with Austria, Haiti, the Republic of Ireland and the South American giants. The Danone Nations Cup,
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      110 47 TENNIS Wire Services ITALY’S Roberta Vinci completed her warm-up for the US Open with a straight-set victory over former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the final of the WTA’s Texas Open in Dallas on Friday. Vinci, seeded third, won 7-5, 6-3. At the New Haven
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      Lock icon Faris sees positives despite missing out
      813 48  -  Young Lions midfielder convinced lessons learnt in Barcelona will help his career LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM BARCELONA The closest Faris Ramli came to being picked for the last 26 of the Nike The Chance global finals was when his face appeared on
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      694 49  -  Attending the Nike The Chance event in Barcelona, former Italy and Inter Milan defender MARCO MATERAZZI talks to LIM HAN MING about the state of Italian football, the headbutt incident with Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final and Jose Mourinho MARCO MATERAZZI, LIM HAN
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      435 50  -  Ramos warning for Real after Supercopa defeat BY RAFAEL SILVA Special Correspondent REAL MADRID defender Sergio Ramos has told his team-mates to forget about their Supercopa loss to Barcelona. Jose Mourinho’s men were edged out 3-2 at the Nou Camp in the first leg in midweek, but
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      330 50  -  BY JUAN VILLA Special Correspondent BARCELONA will be hoping to make it three wins in a week when they visit Osasuna in Pamplona. A 5-1 opening-day demolition of Real Sociedad was followed by a 3-2 Supercopa first-leg victory over Real Madrid on
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      329 50 VALENCIA forward Andres Guardado is relishing the prospect of facing some of his old team-mates when Deportivo La Coruna visit the Mestalla tonight. The Mexican spent five years with the Galicians before moving to Valencia this summer, and despite his affection for Deportivo, he
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      29 50 TOMORROW MONDAY Getafe v Real Madrid Sam Granada v Sevilla Sam Valencia v Deportivo Sam TUESDAY TUESDAY Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao 4am Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao..................4am
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  • SERIE A
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      Lock icon Uncertainty looms as Serie A kicks off
      711 51 Wire Services ITALY may have defied the odds to reach the European Championship final last month, but the build-up to the new Serie A season has been associated with much gloom. Besides the departure of several marquee names, a match-fixing scandal will also
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      415 51 EPL PA Sport Arsene Wenger feels Arsenal must aim to impose their own style on Stoke at the Britannia Stadium tonight. The Gunners opened the new Premier League campaign with a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Sunderland last Saturday, and Wenger accepts his men have
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      Lock icon Suarez puts his faith in Rodgers
      1030 52  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Brendan Rodgers is the reason why I’m staying on Merseyside. That was the declaration by Luis Suarez, ahead of tonight’s clash with champions Manchester City. The Uruguayan revealed he has turned down the advances of more successful clubs
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      127 52 PA Sport LIVERPOOL have confirmed they have reached an agreement to sign Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin on a season-long loan deal. Arsenal were earlier thought to have been close to landing the Turkey international, but the Reds pipped them in the end. A statement on
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      Lock icon Super Toffees sink Villa
      691 53 ASTON VILLA 1 (El Ahmadi 74) EVERTON 3 (Pienaar 3, Fellaini 31, Jelavic 43) EVERTON confirmed their early-season promise as they cruised to victory at Villa Park and on this evidence Paul Lambert’s side will face a Premier League relegation battle. First-half goals from Steven Pienaar,
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      Lock icon Swans are flying high
      629 54 SWANSEA 3 (Rangel 20, Michu 29, Graham 64) WEST HAM 0 SWANSEA continued their excellent start to the Premier League season with a handsome win over West Ham at the Liberty Stadium. Michael Laudrup’s side showcased the swagger exhibited in the crushing 5-0 victory over QPR
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      Lock icon Di Santo spoils the party for Saints
      319 54 SOUTHAMPTON 0 WIGAN 2 (Di Santo 51, Kone 89) FRANCO DI SANTO’S classy goal put Wigan on course for victory at Southampton as the newly-promoted side paid for their inability to find a way past goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi. The Argentinian striker’s second-half goal
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      Lock icon AVB pegged back by magic Morrison
      654 55 TOTTENHAM 1 (Assou-Ekotto 74) WEST BROM 1 (Morrison 90) JAMES MORRISON scored an injury-time equaliser to earn West Brom a point and spoil Andre Villas-Boas’ first home game in charge of Tottenham. Tottenham were guilty of wasting a number of chances in both halves,
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      Lock icon Zamora strikes to rescue a point for QPR
      314 55 NORWICH 1 (Jackson 11) QPR 1 (Zamora 19) NORWICH and QPR got their first point on the board of the new League season after a draw at Carrow Road. Both teams had been thumped 5-0 on the opening day last weekend, and
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      1547 56 / 57  -  MAN UNITED 3 (Robin van Persie 10, Shinji Kagawa 35, Rafael da Silva 41) FULHAM 2 (Damien Duff 2, Nemanja Vidic 64-og) NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Ridiculous though it seems now, there was talk that Sir Alex Ferguson had lost the plot. His purchase of an
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      548 56 / 57 NEW ZEALAND 22 AUSTRALIA 0 RUGBY AFP NEW ZEALAND delivered a “masterclass” in defeating Australia 22-0 at Eden Park yesterday, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said, hailing the All Blacks unbeatable on the night. It was the first time in 50 years the Wallabies have not scored a
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  • MALAYSIA CUP
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      630 58 / 59  -  GROUP A LIONSXII 3 (Khairul Amri 13, Shaiful Esah 19, Shahril Ishak 47) PKNS1 (Fazli Baharudin 7) PKNS coach writes off Singapore team, but Sundram insists they will get better ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg They guaranteed goals after a lacklustre 0-0 draw with Johor
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      Lock icon MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
      159 58 / 59 7th min: PKNS goal. Fazli Baharudin is played through on the left side of the box and slides the ball past Hyrulnizam Juma’at. 10th min: Shaiful Esah floats in a free-kick from the right, Sevki Sha’ban heads wide at the far post. 13th min: LionsXII goal! A lovely
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      392 58 / 59 MALAYSIAN Armed Forces became the only side to win both their games in the Malaysia Cup group stage after downing Terengganu 2-1 at the Selayang Stadium in Selangor last night. The hero of the night was veteran striker Marlon Alex James, who netted a brace
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      Lock icon Amri happy with first goal
      343 58 / 59  -  ALI KASIM KHAIRUL Amri just couldn’t stop smiling after the LionsXII’s victory over PKNS last night. It’s been more than a year since the 27-year-old scored a goal in a competitive match. He couldn’t even remember when it was exactly, or how he celebrated. Last
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    • ON TV
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        147 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tonight: I STOKE v ARSENAL SingTel mioTV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 8.30pm I LIVERPOOL v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 11 pm LA LIGA Tomorrow: I OSASUNA v BARCELONA SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (Star Sports), 1 am I GETAFE
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        36 58 / 59 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Saturday: I QUALIFYING SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports); Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 7.50pm Sunday: I MAIN RACE SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports); Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 7.45pm
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        16 58 / 59 PGA TOUR: THE BARCLAYS Tomorrow: I DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 2am
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        30 58 / 59 2012 US OPEN Tomorrow: I DAY 1 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 11 pm Tuesday: IDAY 1 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7am
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      Lock icon Meet your child’s needs
      667 2  -  Choose a tuition centre that fits your child’s personality and learning style ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg DESPITE the fact that our schools rank among the best in the world, it is also becoming obvious that tuition and enrichment classes are here to stay. According to the Department
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      420 18  -  Other options are designed to ensure children have holistic development ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg IN THE preceding pages, you have read about enrichment programmes catering to the intellectual domain of children. But the child is a whole person who has other faculties of growth. And the subsequent pages
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      375 3 MIND EDGE LEARNING ACADEMY Training the mind to overcome barriers FOR Mr Alan Yip, 48, doing well in studies is not enough. For children to be well-equipped for life, cultivating a positive mindset and the right values is more important. The founder of Mind Edge Learning Academy wants to make
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      721 4 MATHS HEURISTICS Getting skills to solve problems I Teach primary children how to link concepts taught in their science textbooks to answer application questions using Linking Science Concept Method (LiSC) in the Science Mastering Heuristics Series I Teach primary students via their parents. Their parents go through workshops and the
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      415 6 ZHOU’S ACADEMIC STUDIO Putting fun into learning Chinese ZHOU’S Academic Studio (ZAS) aims to make learning Chinese less challenging. The Chinese enrichment centre, founded in 1995, uses a varied and structured curriculum for all levels of students. It has the following unique selling points: Small class sizes An established teaching
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      397 7 KENT RIDGE EDUCATION Let your child’s inner gifts run wild KENT Ridge Tutors (KRTC) believes that all children are gifted in their own right and are able to bring out their hidden gifts and talents if we can understand them and know how to effectively communicate with them. Kent Ridge
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      432 9 MORRIS ALLEN ENGLISH More than just good English TEACHING impeccable English to children is not just about building good communication skills, but also about imparting life skills. That is the philosophy behind enrichment institution Morris Allen English, which offers English enrichment courses for children up to the O levels. Mr
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      343 10 COGITO IQ DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Run, read, remember, recite IN this class, when you read, you literally break into a sweat. These kids are participating in a warm-up game called running dictation. A passage is pasted on the wall of the classroom on one side of the classroom. On the opposite
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      425 12 CRESTAR LEARNING CENTRE Paint, count, dance to success! CREATING a holistic learning environment for children has been the aim of Crestar Learning Centre since its founding in 1977. The group has nine centres in Singapore, with varied programmes that range from the nursery levels all the way to adult years.
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      519 13 THE WRITE CONNECTION Write with colour, style FOR Ms Katherine Barg, 38, conformity is not cool. The founder and managing director of The Write Connection (TWC) wants every child to excel in writing. She wants them to develop their own voice through their writing. She said: “Our motto is ‘There
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      333 14 FUN LEARNERS’ SCHOOL Making learning fun through play HAVING children learn in a fun way is serious business at this local tuition centre. As Fun Learners’ School’s co-founder Chee Chin Young, 34, put it: “Children have to be able to learn in a way that’s not boring. “At Fun Learners’
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      387 15 DAEKYO EYE LEVEL EDUCATION Seeing eye to eye IT’S hard to push yourself all the time, especially when you are struggling in school. Luckily, there are some enrichment centres that allows you to follow at your own pace. Daekyo Eye Level Education believes that each and every child is the
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      441 17 RAYMOND’S MATH STUDIO Giving students motivation to study Founder Raymond Loh motivates his students by telling them that studying is more than just passing or acing their exams. STUDENTS usually want a better reason to study, than just passing or acing an examination. And Mr Raymond Loh, 44, founder of
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      427 19 JSSL ARSENAL Girl power rules this football pitch FOOTBALL is proving to be a hit with women. The US women’s football team won new fans recently when they scored success with the gold medal at the London Olympics 2012. But mixing genders in training sessions can be a little intimidating
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      416 20 JULIE ROBERTS’ Four leaves’ a charm Housewife Maggie Tan bought her first lucky clover from Julie Roberts’ in 2005. IT doesn’t hurt to have a good luck charm by your side when heading for an important examination. And the clovers from Julie Roberts’ have given their owners a fair share
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      392 21 NATURE’S GLORY Going organic for a healthier body using macrobiotic therapy in Singapore. Mr Lim has also experimented with an energy therapy treatment called Nano Energy Booster (NeB) to treat some of his clients’ medical conditions. He said: “The NeB technology works on the premise that bacteria, parasites, fungi, viruses
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      427 22 DELPHIN SINGAPORE A dust-free home is not a myth IT'S the urban dream to live in a dust-free environment in a city full of dustmites. Singaporeans are obsessed with cleaning and giving our children the healthiest environment. Normal vacuum cleaners can only clean so much. It’s time to bust the
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