The Straits Times, 25 December 2005

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    20 1 thesundaytimes DECEMBER 25 2005 82 pages m three parts MICA (P) 092/03/2005 IB A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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    Lock icon UN escapes crisis with budget deal
    479 1 UN escapes crisis with budget deal TOP OF THE NEWS NEW YORK THE United Nations has averted a financial crunch following agreement on a two-year compromise budget that includes a US$95O million (Ssl.6 billion) spending cap next year to induce it to institute management reforms. The spending cap means the
    New York Times; AFP  -  479 words
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      101 1 PHOTOS: LIM WUI LIANG, DESMOND FOO, LAU FOOK KONG AND TAN SUAN ANN Christmas greetings 11 THE Prime Minister wishes all Christians jjj j|h ijl|i||||||!'| a Merry Christinas. The Sunday Times jll ill l|lllllll!llll| wishes its Christian readers a Merry 8 *****1 1 0000 Christmas. There will be no publication
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      328 3  -  Jeremy Au Yong THE electronic signboard said it all: Massive jam at Tuas Checkpoint. Cars leaving and entering Singapore either via the Second Link or the Causeway yesterday morning were caught m a gridlock of traffic. Bus lanes and those for cars were clogged, and traffic moved so slowly
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      33 3 PHOTO: BUMPER-TO-BUMPER traffic greeted those coming here via the Causeway (above) and Second Link, with many complaining of insufficient counters opened at Singapore's checkpoints compared to the Malaysian side. CHEW SENG KIM
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      297 3 wait two hours and fight through the jam to take my son to see a doctor. I won't go through it again. Why are they advertising asking people to use the Second Link if it's like this?" he said. Housewife Audirene Ang, 35, was caught m
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      Lock icon What ICA says
      322 3 "ICA puts m every effort to clear travellers as quickly as possible, while working within our manpower and infrastructure constraints. Given that this is the festive season. a large number of travellers had opted to travel between Singapore and Malaysia over the weekend, and when a large
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      742 4  -  Chua Kong Ho Some worry that protests might take place at IMF-World Bank meetings here next year THE nightmare of violence that rocked Hong Kong last week has given rise to a sense of foreboding that Singapore could face the same next September. About 16,000 of the
      REUTERS  -  742 words
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      Lock icon Forget Orchard — they enjoy their own street party at home
      476 4  - Forget Orchard they enjoy their own street party at home Sarah Ng WHILE most people spent Christmas Eve last night at home with their family and friends, the residents of Siglap Avenue South took to the streets. Putting out tables and chairs on the small road off Siglap Drive m
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      Lock icon Why South Korean protesters are so militant
      564 5  -  Lee Tee Jong South Korea Correspondent In Seoul CLAD m bright red life jackets, the South Koreans threw themselves into the cold water of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour m full view of the media. On the streets, they scuffled with riot police, many
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      798 6 neither can they 'I have to call back and ask my friend what he said m the SMS he sent me.' CELEBRITY HAIRSTYLIST DAVID GAN, (left) m his 40s 'I cannot sing, because I can't read the lyrics.' MADAM TAN HONG TIJAU, (above) 60, a housewife The
      LIM WUI LIANG; NG SOR LUAN  -  798 words
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      Lock icon KISS BUT DON'T TELL
      1128 8  - KISS BUT DON'T TELL Jeremy Au Yong Teens not yet 16 who Sunday Times poll of 550 teens shows kissing at a young age is becoming common but the youngsters are keeping their parents m the dark about their dates. Poll results Four m 10 teens spend between $1 0
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      Lock icon Orchard Rd closed for party
      101 8 THE stretch of Orchard Road between Scotts and Grange roads will be closed from 2pm today till lam tomorrow, for Celebrate Christmas m Singapore, a festive party which in- cludes a parade of floats. Bus services 7, 14, 16, 36, 65, 111. 123, 124, 143,
      LIM WUI LIANG  -  101 words
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        Lock icon THE MAN WHORULED WITH AN IRON FIST
        2239 10 THE MAN WHO RULED WITH AN IRON FIST T.T. Durai reigned supreme at NKF for years, but beneath the suave public persona, who was he really? Arti Mulchand talks to people who had worked with the controversial figure to find out how he operated 'He can be very dismissive and
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        Lock icon THE WOMAN THEY CALLED THE EMPRESS
        1337 11  -  Sarah Ng ■i i sH^^^^^l^^y^^^S b^^^^l I I ■■^^1 I^^^K 1 1 H M fIHK hbh I m I w BShI I V^S ISB ■■A I biV hh^^l I a vSk W mhl Staff members provide a glimpse of Ong Su Ying, whose pay
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      Lock icon 'Santa Claus' guards search for bombs as Indonesia raises terror alert
      354 12  - 'Santa Claus' guards search for bombs as Indonesia raises terror alert JAKARTA BOMB squads swept churches for explosives yesterday and security guards dressed as Santa Claus searched cars after Indonesian police warned that Al-Qaeda-linked militants could be plotting Christmas terror attacks. Thousands of troops were also on guard. Though most
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      Lock icon Deadly bus rides to S'pore
      460 12  -  SEREMBAN Three Malaysians die and S'poreans among those injured m two accidents along N-S Highway A JOURNEY to Singapore for travellers aboard two express buses turned into a nightmare after both met with accidents on the North-South Highway. The separate incidents, within the space of
      The Star; Asia News Network; Bernama; CHINA PRESS  -  460 words
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      Lock icon SORROW, SHOCK, SHAME
      408 13  -  SEOUL South Koreans devastated by news that stem-cell scientist hero faked research report 'Hwang has put a dagger through the heart of Korean citizens who cheered his accomplishments and showed support for his work.' JOONGANG DAILY, m an editorial 1 trusted Hwang. I don't know how to
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      Lock icon UPROAR OVER JUNKETS
      541 14  -  Salim Osman Indonesians see red over lawmakers supposed study tour; such trips seen as just ways to spend allocated state travel budget INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA A GROUP of 15 Indonesian lawmakers, some with their wives m tow, faced public wrath on their return home from a "study
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      Lock icon Bigfoot's 'cousins' on the loose in Johor?
      197 14  - Bigfoot' s 'cousins' on the loose in Johor? JOHOR BARU NORTH America has Bigfoot and the Himalayas the Abominable Snowman. Now it appears a similar feature maybe on the loose m the Johor jungles. Mr Vincent Chow, an adviser to the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Johor, claims many people have
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      Lock icon Peace and goodwill return to Bethlehem
      235 14  -  BETHLEHEM (West Bank) THOUSANDS of Palestinians and tourists are flocking to the Christmas Fayre m Bethlehem, where festive magic has returned to the birthplace of Christ after five years of bloodshed. It marked a comeback for the annual shopping extravaganza, first organised m 1999
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      Lock icon Exposed Secret US radiation checks on mosques
      456 15 Exposed Secret US radiation checks on mosques Hunt for nuclear bombs m six cities conducted without search warrants, says news magazine WASHINGTON US OFFICIALS have monitored radiation levels secretly at Muslim sites, including mosques, workplaces and private homes, since Sept 11, 2001 as part of a top secret programme aimed
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      57 15 PHOTO: THIS HARE WITH A GREY AND WHITE FACE is not a freak, just an example of a successful face transplant operation done m China. The surgery was carried out at a hospital m Xian, north-western Shaanxi province. Veterinarians said on Friday that the hare's face was functioning
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      Lock icon Hu tightens grip by shuffling top leaders
      476 16  -  Chua Chin Hon Changes part of move to put allies m place before key leadership renewal m 2007 CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING CHINESE President Hu Jintao has reshuffled the top leadership posts at four provinces and two ministries, a move that puts more
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      Lock icon China's cross-strait peacemaker dies
      459 16 China's cross-strait peacemaker dies BEIJING MR WANG Daohan, China's chief negotiator with Taiwan, died early yesterday, state media reported, leaving behind his hopes for cross-strait reconciliation. He was 90. "Wang Daohan, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, died m Shanghai at around 7am on Saturday," the
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        Lock icon Japan's Cabinet okays $1 trillion draft budget
        86 16 TOKYO Japan's Cabinet yesterday approved a 79.69 trillion yen (S$l. 15 trillion) draft budget for fiscal 2006 that would slash spending across the board to reflect government efforts at fiscal reform. A budget Bill will be presented to parliament for debate and approval
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        78 16 TOKYO— Amild earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 shook central Japan yesterday, leaving one person slightly injured. Officials said there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake, which struck at 11.02 am, was centred 50km underground m western Aichi Prefecture m central Japan, the
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        88 16 CAIRO Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour was sentenced to five years in jail for forgery. The 41-year-old went on trial six months ago on charges of forging affidavits for the creation of his Ghad party last year. Nour and his wife shouted "Down with (President) Hosni
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        Lock icon Man dies after both kidneys 'stolen'
        132 16 NEW DELHI A 30-year-old man who had both kidneys removed surgically in what may have been an illicit harvesting of his organs died in a hospital yesterday in eastern India after struggling for three weeks to survive, officials said. Mr Surendra Kumar, a motorised
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        69 16 CANBERRA Hundreds of firefighters managed to keep bushfires under control across three Australian states in the face of scorching temperatures and high winds yesterday. Fire bans are in place in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia until midnight on Christmas Eve as hundreds
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      Lock icon Was there too much tsunami aid?
      617 18 While the UN seeks help for quake-hit Kashmiris and the displaced m Sudan, most of the tsunami funds is untapped TOKYO THE Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy prompted unprecedented generosity, but one year later, the uncomfortable question is whether the big pledges came at a
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      Lock icon Survivors return for one-year ceremonies
      240 18 TSUNAMI survivors and grieving relatives held ceremonies yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy. Western tourists who returned to the beaches of southern Thailand where they had been spared by the giant waves were among hundreds of people who launched boats laden with
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      Lock icon LORD OF THE HAPPY KINGDOM
      934 20  - LOR D OF THE HAPPY KINGDOM Ravi Velloor Why Bhutan's King Jigme is stepping down as ruler of the happiest people m the world INDIABUREAUCHIEF NEW DELHI HE RULES a kingdom reputedly with the happiest subjects m the world. So for those listening to him m the remote town of
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      Lock icon Boeing shares flying high after report of SIA deal
      414 21 Orders for up to 80 jets are involved but discounts from Airbus might stii! sway S!A NEWYORK BOEING shares hit an all-time high on Friday after a report that Singapore Airlines (SIA) was leaning towards the US aviation giant over European
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      Lock icon Always do your homework
      144 22 i THIS is especially important when a deal seems too good to be true. And it could be offered by anyone, from scoundrels to financial advisers. The result is the same: You end up poorer. Mr Alex Yeo, 36, chief executive of marine business Swissco, told
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      122 22 f ASSOCIATE Professor Benedict Koh of the Singapore Management University (SMU) says there are three ways to grow wealth: Reap high yields from your assets, invest large sums of money, or invest for long periods of time. Of the three, the last one is the most important,
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      144 22 KJJKBNJBNJN YOUNG couples making a beeline to buy a condominium unit as their first home together may have overlooked the attractive financial aspects of other types of housing, say experts. In Punggol, a new 1,200 sq ft HDB flat with three bedrooms costs only
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      329 22 ;.MMLKK;' THERE is a limit to how much of your CPF savings you can take out for mortgage repayment. When you hit that limit and have not repaid your mortgage fully, you have to rely entirely on cash for your instalments. That is the case
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      372 22 US stocks flat after weak home sales NEW YORK UNITED States stocks barely moved on Friday, m the light of pre-Christmas trade, with home builders blocking a market advance after a report showed the biggest one-month drop m new home sales m nearly 12 years. The Dow Jones Industrial
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      366 23 They'll be home for Christmas here's why MY SPACE Housewife S.C. Teh, 48, husband Daniel, 55 and their two children have decked the halls of their 2,300 sq ft terrace house m Upper Bukit Timah. She tells Debbie Swee why her kids love to be home at Christmas "SINCE we
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      620 23  -  Joyce Teo PROPERTY New luxury projects m particular command high prices one Draycott 8 unit goes for over $1 7,000 a month PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE'S rental market for prime housing is back in prime time and the proof is in Draycott Drive, where a
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      891 24 Does home buyer have a case to back out of deal? YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q AFTER a potential buyer made a down payment for my house, he discovered that the road m front would be widened by the government, which would include acquiring a small part of the garden. Can
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      1071 25  - Insurance high-flier channels his CPF to investment funds Leong Chan Teik ME MY MONEY The funds provide diversification and give good returns, says Income agent '(Our home) is a four-room HDB flat m Holland Village. My wife and I bought it m 1998 for $270,000. We paid for it fully
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        150 26 Former CEO of the National Kidney Foundation Castigated and condemned it has not been a good week for Mr Durai. Those outraged by revelations earlier this year about his $600,000 annual salary were shocked anew when auditor KPMG uncovered more excesses within the organisation. Among other things, it
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        145 26 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament The 35-year-old opposition leader was m court last week for apparently running a red light and then colliding with a bus along Braddell Road m July. If found guilty, he can be fined up to $3,000 and jailed up to a year. TTiis might
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        122 26 Disgraced South Korean stem-cell researcher Four months ago, he made headlines around the world when he claimed to have created the world's first cloned dog, Snuppy short for Seoul National University puppy. Now Snuppy and Prof Hwang's other claimed breakthroughs m stem-cell science are being questioned
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        110 26 Pop star The flamboyant British pop star wasted no time tying the knot lJ^^d^BM when England legalised same-sex marriages on Wednesday. He exchanged vows and diamond wedding bands with his partner of 10 years, Mr David Furnish, the very same day. After the ceremony, John, 58, and Mr
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      1413 26 In these two cases, 1 would say scientists were overzealous, too quick to push ahead. Scientists feel the pressure of our society like everyone else. Their decisions are clouded by visions of fame and dollars.' DR ADIL SHAMOO, editor of
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      773 27 Holly Hubbard Preston THIS holiday season, some lucky person will receive a first-edition set of all six Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. The set, which is featured m the Christmas catalogue of Peter Harrington Antiquarian Booksellers, comes with a whopping U5528,500 (5547,851) price
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      904 27  -  Jeanne Marie Laskas Spouses who refer to each other as parents are committing a grave error We keep saying we're going to stop doing this. It's awfulIt's cloyingly cute. It makes even our teeth hurt. "HOW was your day, mummy?" asks the father.
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      300 28 MANY will have risen late today, after a long night of revelry. Throughout this extended holiday weekend, restaurants, bars and entertainment outlets will be jammed. So this might prove an opportune moment to return to the issue of service quality. But enough has been said for now about
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      229 28 ILLUSTRATION: LUDWIG ILIO 'Do I have the legal authority to do this? And the answer is, absolutely/ US PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, DEFENDING HIS ORDER AUTHORISING EAVESDROPPING ON OVERSEAS PHONE CALLS AND E-MAIL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO TERRORISTS 'We cannot commend you
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      1157 28  -  Ignatius Low THE darkest Christmas I had ever experienced was sometime m the mid-1980s when my parents came up to my younger sister and I with a declaration that would fundamentally alter the holiday for many years to come. "You and your
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      526 28  -  Gregory Ramey DAYTON (Ohio) IF YOU want to improve your relationship with your teen, try having family meals together. Research over the past 10 years has documented that eating meals as a family is one of the most important things you can
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      1560 29  - K K Fong's back in town Azrin Asmani THE LUNCH INTERVIEW XX Fong retreated to China four years ago after the collapse of his business with debts of over $80 million. Last week, he made headlines when his old company bought a stake m the China printing services company where
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      17 28 The writer is a child psychologist and vice-president for outpatient services at Children's Medical Centre of Dayton.
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      1225 30  -  Rob Hughes This time, former Liverpool hero Michael Owen will try to score for Newcastle instead HEART OF FOOTBALL THE people of Liverpool have long known three things about Michael Owen he is fast, he is direct, and he has the instinct of a homing
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      354 30 LONDON ASKED if he could see a time when Michael Owen would again be Liverpool's No 10, the Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez responded on Friday: "Yes, I can see him returning to Liverpool one day. Why not? "He's a top player and
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      217 31 Tomorrow Chariton Athletic v Arsenal live, Ch23, 8.40pm Chelsea vFulham live, Ch24, 8.54pm Liverpool v Newcastle United live, Ch23, 10.55pm Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion live, Ch24, llpm Wlgan Athletic v Manchester City Aston VBa v Everton live, Ch23, Tuesday, I.loam Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City Middlesbrough v
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      836 31  -  Myles Palmer No Vieira, no defence and no variety explains eighth spot m the Premiership AS ARSENAL slump to mid-table in the Premiership, and Arsene Wenger takes plenty of flak, it is time to look at the manager from a broader perspective than this week's league
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      399 31 ARSENAL took too long to adjust to life without Patrick Vieira, Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva has admitted. He added that by the time the Gunners "woke up", any chance of winning the Premiership had all but disappeared. The London club enter the holiday period a
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      419 31 LONDON MICHAEL Essien, banned for Chelsea's Champions League clash with Barcelona, is unhappy with being portrayed as a player who sets out to hurt opponents. "It upsets me that people have the wrong image of me," the midfielder said m Friday's edition of
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      892 32  -  Tay Cheng Khoon THE SPORTS EDITOR TWO golf tournaments for local professionals to take part m next month. A good thing? No. It is bad, very bad. And it is not only because the Accenture Champion of Champions (Jan 3 to 6) at Laguna
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      713 32 Ai set to storm women's golf Japan sensation Miyazato qualifies for LPGA Tour m record winning margin TOKYO A WINNING smile, pin-up looks and a record to die for on golf courses around the world. Tiger Woods, perhaps? It could be, but Japan's Ai Miyazato is a young girl who
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      46 32 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 108 Chicago 100, Dallas 105 Sacramento 95. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Philadelphia 4 Ottawa 3, Florida 4 Buffalo 1, NY Rangers 4 Tampa Bay 2, Washington 6 Atlanta 5 (0.p.), Boston 4 Toronto 1, Colorado 4 Minnesota 3, Phoenix 2 San Jose 1.
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      68 32 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Minnesota Vikings v Baltimore Ravens (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 9.28 am) SOCCER EPL Chartton Athletic v Arsenal (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 8.40pm), Chelsea v Fulham (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 8.54pm), Liverpool v Newcastle United (Live, Ch23. tomorrow, 10.55pm), Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 11pm),
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      37 32 Real's new Brazilian SAO Paulo's Brazilian right winger Cicinho has signed a five-year contract with Spanish soccer club Real Madrid. The 25-year-old, who also has Italian nationality, will join the seven-time Euronpan champions next week. AFP
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      42 32 ALLEN Iverson's 10th career 50-point game was wasted as the Philadelphia 76ers ignored him down the stretch m a 108-1 1 1 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The 76ers squandered a 12-point lead from the third quarter AFP
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        127 33 Height: 165 cm Weight: 52kg Exercise regime: I dance almost every day for four to rive hours each time. I specialise m hip-hop and modern, contemporary, high-energy dances. I have also taken up rollerblading and Capoeira, It is is a form of Brazilian martial art
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        175 33 Height: 171 cm Weight: 72kg Exercise regime: Dragonboating has been my main exercise since junior college. I train for the sport almost every day as I am m both my university and the national dragonboat team. Training includes weight-lifting, running
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      694 33  - Round the world 11 years... and counting Melissa Sim No wings, but lots of prayer, muscle and determination propel intrepid adventurer Jason Lewis on his odyssey ADVENTURER Jason Lewis has battled a crocodile, outwitted a shark and covered over two-thirds of the globe, relying only on his own two feet.
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    793 34 LOHSEOWKIT 3 Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 24 December 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved wife: Wong Lan Sang Siblings: Spouses: (Loh Siew Kee, deceased) (Tan Scow Ngor, deceased) (Loh Lim Tee, deceased) (Lim Siang Khoon, deceased) Loh Siew Suan Chan Chow Wah Nephew: Loh Hong Lee Spouse:
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      101 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Susan ling on the demise of her father LING NGIING HOCK From Peter Tay James Teoh Scow Chay Beng Ang Kheng Leong OngTeeTee Steven Lum Sow Chin Thiam Ho Kin Yen Quek Soo Hock r> SINGAPORI /3/<p FUNERAL s £siJ SERVICES Blk3 Toa Payoh
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      349 36  -  Yeo YingYing dfhgfhjgfhfdhfgh SALES manager Jason Lee has been dithering for close to a month over whether to buy a plasma television set or a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) one. He has made no fewer than five trips to stores to check out the various models available.
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      378 36 How do they work? THEY are slim because they do not have a bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) found m traditional box television sets. Plasma TVs work by sandwiching a thin layer of pixels containing inert gases m between two glass panels. When
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      323 36 How do they work? A THIN film of liquid crystal solution is trapped between two sheets of polarised glass. When an electric current passes through the crystals, they reposition themselves, allowing the light to pass through the panel or be
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      84 36 THERE is no one perfect plasma or LCD television set, and rapid advances m technology mean problem areas tend to be fixed quickly. Ultimately, it boils down to how you intend to use the flatpanel TV. LCD screens are great for those who want
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      894 37 E2Max wows teens with spanking new computers, private rooms and a DJ booth Sherwin Loh IT HAS rows of brand new computers and Xbox games consoles. Sleek plasma screens. Private rooms. A cafe. Shops. E2Max, a spiffy new LAN (local area network) gaming centre
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        88 37 THE strike by New York City's transit workers sent Christmas shoppers scrambling to order their gifts online. Internet merchants are seeing rising sales within this critical shopping period. E-commerce website Bluefly.com, which sells clothes and houseware, saw a 60 per cent increase m sales
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        66 37 ONLINE auction site eßbay has dropped the idea of pet auctions on its website, after much opposition from online users, according to AFP. The company said people were concerned that online sales could facilitate illegal animal breeding. It proposed limiting pet postings to
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        64 37 PEOPLE looking for information on plastic surgery can now turn to a British government website, Reuters reported. Advice on cosmetic surgery, a comprehensive list of cosmetic procedures and the potential risks associated with them are some of the information posted on www. dh.gov.uk/ cosmeticsurgery.
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        64 37 FIFTEEN years after the Internet was conceived, the inventor of the World Wide Web starts a blog on the Net. Mr Tim Berners-Lee began his blog just m time for the 15th anniversary of his invention. He said the web quickly became full of interesting
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        217 37  -  Selina Yeo Trompe L'oeil http://trompeloeil.blogspot.com/ TROMPE L'oeil means to "trick the eye" m French. It is an art technique that employs extremely realistic imagery to create optical illusions. There appears to be nothing deceptive about this blog, however. Instead, the writer pens his
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        345 37  -  Sherwin Loh Gamerz news First Xbox 360 cracks found IT IS barely two months old, yet hackers appear to have cracked the software that runs Microsoft's latest game console. A group called Team PI Coder claims to have found a way to extract the source files of Xbox
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      1380 38 A Sunday Times survey has shown that most teens enjoy going to the movies on dates. But what about those who do not? Melissa Sim speaks to some teens to find out the top 10 favourite dating spots. And if you're going to a cinema anyway, find out
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      1020 39  - Who sa ys I'm an escapist? Wong Kirn Hoh MR KENNETH Tan sets his alarm clock for six each morning. And since he became the managing director of Golden Village Multiplex two years ago, he has been beating the clock, and waking up before it rings. "At the risk of
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      107 39 A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. Abuzz about NKF NOT surprisingly, the KPMG report on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) was a talking point on Internet forums. On Sammyboy's Alfresco Coffee Hub, there were more than a dozen forums discussing the report. Most condemned
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      119 39 A QUESTION from blueskyl on where to take his date started an intense discussion about which hotel buffet was the best. He was considering Melt at the Oriental, The Line at Shangri-La and Triple 3 at the Meritus Mandarin. Netizens weighed m, giving details like the level of
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        349 39 LAST weekend, I watched the movie King Kong at Balestier Shaw Cineplex. As with many blockbusters, the cinema was packed with adults, teenagers and parents with children m tow. A family of three sat behind me and my partner. The child, who could not have been
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        231 39 RECENTLY, a friend of mine encountered an incident of the most bizarre nature. A few days ago, she was walking along Orchard Road smoking a cigarette when a man dressed m civilian clothing tapped her on the shoulder. To her surprise, he asked hen "Do
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        356 39 A blurry future after Lasik I AM a 23-year-old student who underwent Lasik surgery four months ago. Before the operation, I was told that the recovery period would be around one month. However, I am still having vision problems today, which include hazy and blurry vision at night and under
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        225 39 I REFER to Mr Richard Seah's letter published m The Sunday Times on Dec 18. Organisers are required to abide by stipulated conditions when holding such events. They should also show consideration to others by striving to oo keep the noise levels down, and ending their
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      6 1 li festyle Sunday December 25, 2005
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        459 2  -  Teo Pau Lin FOOD CORRESPONDENT Got the hangover from hell? Lifestyle offers the cures IT'S party season, but hie! you went a little overboard. After a night of reckless alcohol-drinking, your head is spinning, your stomach churning, and you are having the hangover from hell. ijYou
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        426 2 HERE are tips from your friendly... Aromatherapist 'Combine lemongrass, rosemary, juniper and fennel essential oils. Then, inhale directly, or mix with a vegetable oil base, rub into your skin and take a hot shower. Juniper and fennel have detoxifying properties, rosemary helps with the circulation, and lemongrass perks
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        894 4  -  Tan Shzr Ee Indie film queen Tilda Swinton is on her way to the mainstream with her role m The Chronicles Of Narnia IN LONDON THERE is an urban legend about Tilda Swinton. Tilda who, you ask, but listen to the story first. A very tall woman once travelled
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        930 6 SAVI NG FACE Last month, doctors m France performed a historic partial face transplant on a 38-year-old French woman who had lost her mouth, chin and nose following an attack by her pet dog. The surgery to put a dead woman's face on Isabelle Dinoire has raised a storm of
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          1275 8  - Sandra Leong WALKING down Orchard Road with Sham Van Boon-stra-Nasution, you realise the statuesque 26-year-old is quite the head-turner. The daughter of an IndonesianDutch father and an Arab-Chinese mother, she is blessed with bright eyes, olive skin, luscious curls and a toothy smile. Her black dress is paired with elegant
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          816 8  - Ong Sor Fern E3EJEBI WHEN you first meet lanky Balasubramaniam, you would think he is like any other active young man. Better known as Bala to his friends and family, the footballmad 21 -year-old has been a big fan of Manchester United since he was 15. With a gleam of
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          907 9  - Sandra Leong fdhggjgjgj AT 18, all of Joan Chan's life lay before her. The former Raffles Junior College student had just completed her A levels with good grades. She had been accepted to the National University of Singapore's architecture faculty and was due to begin the course this year. She
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          964 9  - Sandra Leong dfhgjgjgj CANCER survivor Sharon Lim's 23rd birthday was one that she will remember for all the wrong reasons. After a night out celebrating with her friends, she went home and took a routine shower. "Suddenly, I could feel something gushing out of my anus, recalls Lim, 30, a
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        706 7  -  Lee Sze Yong HER face is, m her own words, "not a pleasant sight". When children see Ms Siow Lee-Khoon, 39, they stare. Some even cry m fear. But she laughs it off. "I am used to it," she says m Mandarin. "When
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        705 7 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Race to be the first THE French team stole a march on other surgical teams that were planning face transplants. Dr Dubernard's connections as a French member of parliament reportedly helped him win approval m August from French medical authorities for the partial transplant. In
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        684 10  -  Gerard Yeo First, it was TCM. Npw, there's TIM that's Traditional Indian Medicine WHILE Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is familiar to many Singaporeans, Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM) has a lower profile here. But it made news recently when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) issued a warning
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        369 10 LOS ANGELES Answering the "decaf or regular" question has become more problematic. Caffeine can give some people the jitters, keeping them awake or speeding up their heart rate, but decaffeinated coffee, researchers have found, may be bad for your heart. Java without the
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        1069 11  -  Sandra Leone FREQUENTFLYER Former NMPZulkifli Baharudinhasmet controversial politicians like Northern Ireland's Gerry Adams My favourite souvenir: A camel stick "I CALL this my Arabian travelling companion. It's a camel stick I bought two weeks ago from a market m Abu Dhabi for about $10. Sometimes, I suffer from
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        1171 12  -  Alan John I HOLD up the mixing bowl and tell my daughter: "Smell this. This is Christmas." She takes m the aromas of cinnamon and allspice, rose water and vanilla, and the flavours of chopped glace cherries, raisins, sultanas, citrus peel, ginger preserve and almonds. Afterwards, that
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        803 12  -  Cheong Suk-Wai EVERY Christmas m the past nine years, my eyes have misted over every time I recalled a lanky good looker with dark, tousled hair and a wicked grin. It's not who you think, though. The man m my mind is
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        842 12  -  Tay Yek Keak IN VIEW of the fact that many people I'm referring to the three people I know will be celebrating this holiday season m high spirits or getting stone-drunk, I'd like to tell you how to survive the parties with your faculties
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        115 15 'Happy is a cute and lovely boy. He loves food. Wnen I say words like "cheese", "cookies" and "biscuit", he will come and sit quietly on my lap, waiting for the food. I fall for his big sad eyes no wonder he never misses any of his treats'
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        533 24  -  LIM RUEY VAN Cool Speak on Sunday TEXT: Three years ago, Chen Dyen started a school to teach kids about Chinese culture. MELISSA SIM speaks to the 24-year-old who turned his love for Chinese into his rice bowl Why did you set up your
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        1169 25  -  June Cheong C.S. Lewis' stepson has fulfilled his dream of making afilmoutof the Narnia books ARTS REPORTER MAKING a movie is a grand undertaking by any measure, but American-born Douglas Gresham says wrapping the shoot on The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
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        305 25 C.S. LEWIS may be best known for his children's fantasy books such as The Chronicles Of Narnia, but his oft-forgotten classics for adults are just as imaginative and gripping. We delve into the more sombre and introspective world of Lewis. Christmas wrap: A Grief Observed (1961) Yuletide
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        294 25  -  Kristina Tom STUCK two poles a crush lust rusts like iron so bloody -?.j SINGAPOREAN poet Madeleine Lee started penning poems at the age of 13. Lee, 43, has since built a 20-year career m investment management, and waited until 2003 to publish her first book of poems, titled
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        769 26  -  Teo Pau Lin Go ahead, bust the calorie-counter today with those slices of log cake. Tomorrow, you can make a fresh start. Compensate for all that overeating with these healthy but super-tasty salads FOOD CORRESPONDENT 1. Rock roil salad (right), $14 Space My Humble House Esplanade Mall Tel:
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        175 26  -  Teo Pau Lin TOOT THIS HORN Beard Papa's new product is dainty but addictive. Called the Coronet, it has fresh vanilla custard cream pumped into French-style crispy horn pastry and tastes utterly divine. At $1.80 each, outlets at Takashimaya Food Hall and Seiyu m Bugis Junction. From now until
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        616 27  -  Wong Ah Yoke Upmarket customers pack PS Cafe for its fresh food and green surroundings EATS THE trendiest eatery m town has a new name, and it is PS Cafe. PS stands for Project Shop, the home-grown clothing chain, which opened its second cafe on Dec
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        289 27  -  Thng Lay Teen COOK IT A LITTLE goes a long way: You appreciate this when you are cooking porcini gourmet mushrooms. After all, lkg of the dried version can set you back by about $180. But the flavour of the dried mushrooms is more concentrated than
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        245 27 Serves six Ingredients 800g chicken thigh, cut into big pieces 200g carrot, cut into wedges 150g onion, quartered 50g garlic (remove skin, leave whole) 2 red chillies (remove seeds, leave whole) 2 Tbs olive oil 1 Tbs white wine/sake/ rice wine 2 bay leaves (dried) 2
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        863 28  -  Teo Pau Lin Frequent traveller Frederic Cumenal is extremely keen to try all kinds of cuisine. And his favourite food is always last night's meal FOOD CORRESPONDENT WHAT WOULD YOUR LAST MEAL BE? "A bottle of Dom Perignon 1959 with bread and a few drops of olive
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      535 14 5 things to do today Magdalene Lum 1. GRAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT Catch seven colourful floats and a Christmas concert hosted by comedian Moses Lim in Orchard Road this evening. Orchard Road, Scotts Road and Bideford Road will be closed from 2pm to lam. Orchard Road from Scotts Road and Orchard
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      434 14 CHRISTMAS CONCERT: End the day with a bang at this event helmed by funnyman Moses Urn. 4. CHRISTMAS INK GARDEN/WORKSHOP CHARLESTON WORKSHOP Have a go at decorating four cloth Christmas trees at the Singapore Art Museum. Pick from a range of ink media and squirt, dribble, paint, stamp or tie-dye.
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      488 14 the week ahead SFS EARTHQUAKEfTSUNAMI COMMEMORATION FREE SCREENING Find out about Unicefs post-tsunami rebuilding efforts in a 15-minute video. Titled Indian Ocean Tsunami A Pledge, A partnership: Building Back Better For Children And Communities. Later, catch the screening of two films by famous Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami Where is The
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      544 14 NEW YEAR'S EVE COUNTDOWN PARTY Rock the night away at this New Year's Eve Countdown party featuring live performances by Melbourne-based Singapore rock band The Suns and other home-grown bands such as Unarin, Pulse and The Unexpected. Heineken Thirst Singapore Champion, DJ KoFlow, will spin. Outside Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Sat:
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      363 20 Tomorrow's TV Horoscopes There is no publication of The Straits Times tomorrow. _Mnl w rg^^^i wiflAJjfl I I ~m Channel U 3M 2005 MTV Movie Awards (V) 5.00 Holiday Movie: Baby's 2.30 PM Super Sunday (V) Day Out 4.30 t Have Got A Crazy idea m Mega Mo(lday Mwie (IE)
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      468 20 GREY'S ANATOMY: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT Channel 5, 11pm It's ER meets Felicity m this new, Emmy-nominated series. Five surgical interns weather troubled relationships, personal challenges and life-and-death situations m a hospital. Fingers crossed for a new George Clooney. 4.30 Reincarnated Love (D) 5.30 KungFu Soccer (R) (D) 6.30 Singapore
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      505 20 DOWN WITH LOVE Star Movies (Channel 58), 7.15 pm In this light-hearted romp reminiscent of the 1960s Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, a feminist author inadvertently falls for a playboy journalist sent to write an expose on her. Stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. HBO (Ch 60) 8.00 AM Mona Lisa
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      482 20 Super Sports Plus (Ch 21) 9.00 PM Horse Racing: Singapore Race Results 10.00 Close Super Sports (Ch 22) 12.00 PM Golf: Nedbank Golf Challenge. Day 3 5.30 Darts: World Grand Prix Darts. Highlights 3 6.30 Sports Magazine: World Of Athletics 7.00 Badminton: Best Of Sudirman Cup 2005: Singapore Vs Japan
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        63 3 These lovable rabbits can be adopted through the House Rabbit Society of Singapore (HRSS), a non-profit, all-volunteer organisation. If you can give these bunnies a good home, e-mail HRSS at help@hrss.net or visit www.hrss.net If you are able and willing to volunteer as a V "foster parent"
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        1250 13 f^ HDB APTS FOR SALE B[K HDB APTS FOR SALE Ifi? (BUKiT BATOK) |jj|/ (CHOA CHU KANG} LOW PRICE! 4'A 1 Comer Blk 185. •05 sqm. Prime location. Un- EX EC APT 275 Well renovated! blocked 5 mms to mkt. West Bring luggages only! Pri sch/ mall, MRT. Call 9799-2246
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        690 13 fttk HDB APTS FOR SALE fty (WOODLANDS) Bu|l LSj MINS ADMIRALTY MRT. All races! s'!' corner 624A. #09. A1 decor. Exec apt corner 646. Unblocked. #7. Balcony. Parquet. Below $15K don'tjTmiss NEW LIST! s'l' corner 748, beautiful spacious layout. Marble flooring. F/aircon. Sch/ amenities. Value for 9145-5102 4'A 1 BLK
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        642 13 HK HOB APTS FOR SALE Ur 1 (YtSHVN) AS BLK 439 Yishun. Next to corner, mid fir, unblocked, nicely j renovated. F/aircon. 100% move-in. Sch/ shops *****819 ST/ 4"A1" Blk 115 A/ B/ C. New 5J yrs. Lift level, renovated. Nice! 5'A7 3'NG" Blk 742 Lift fir, upgraded. Indian seller.
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