The Straits Times, 24 December 2006

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    22 1 the sunday times DECEMBER 24, 2006 78 pages m three parts MICA (P) 220/03/2006 Mb? A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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    Lock icon Bumper sales as shoppers pack malls
    502 1 TOP OF THE NEWS Melissa Sim CASH registers were ringing non-stop yesterday as last-minute Christmas shoppers hit the malls m full force. Department stores, shops and foodcourts were packed to the brim while long queues snaked at taxi stands. This last burst of shopping
    CHEW SENG KIM; BONG FORTIN; MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; WANG HUI FEN  -  502 words
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      1314 2 agenda INDEX mainsection 3-17 18-21 22-25 26-30 32 33 34 35 36 lifestyle L2-L8 Ise L 9 LlO eflect Ll2 cad L 22-23 taste L24-L2B istmgs Ll4-Ll5 lovies Ll6-Ll7 comics LlB-L2O horoscopes L2l CALL STOMP 1800-777-55-57 ST WEBSITE Phone 6319-5095 e-mail st@spa.coaLSg FORUM DESK Phone .8319-5454 e-mail stforum@sph.com.sg PICTURE DESK
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      209 2 home Higher CPF figure explained Incoming NTUC chief Lim Swee Say says the proposed 1.5 percentage point rise m employers' CPF rate is a "good balance". PAGE 6 Next generation of Lees? Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells CNN that it was up to his children to decide if they
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      152 2 Gates' lraq report US Defence Secretary Robert Gates gives an optimistic report about Iraq's political leaders after his three-day visit there last week. PAGE 12 Mind the coverage gap Check your company's health insurance plans for gaps and make sure your personal policies can cover your needs. PAGE 18 Bumper
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      344 2 African strikers on fire The stereotype about African strikers' poor finishing has been shattered by the quality of African talent m European football leagues. PAGE 28 Rockets Haze past Spurs Yao Ming scores 22 points to help the Houston Rockets beat the Spurs 97-78 and end their 17-game losing streak
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      124 2 up please Ben Nadajaran It is not healthy for ordinary citizens to stay silent on the proposed penal code changes and to leave everything to lawyers and judges. THINK PAGE 12 Peace on greens ajflL Tay Cheng Koon Even as the golf fraternity appears to make peace, my thoughts go
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      156 2 lifestyle Washed amy Heavy rains cause more than $1.5 million worth of damage to the nurseries at Thomson Road just days before the Christmas weekend. PA6EL2-4 r rr Free hugs at Orchard Inspired by a serial hugger's videos on You Tube, three Korean students are giving out hugs to spread
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      Lock icon Sex request 'silly but she insists yoga comes before family
      961 3  - Sex request 'silly but she insists yoga comes before family Ben Nadarajan Estranged mum misses eldest daughter's wedding and will miss birth of first grandchild, but thinks it is a small price to pay for 'spiritual salvation' FOR 52-year-old Karen Ryals, yoga became such an obsession that she was willing
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  961 words
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      Lock icon He had nothing to do' with yoga devotee's indecent proposal
      592 4  - He had nothing to do' with yoga devotee's indecent proposal Sujin Thomas He said she got the idea from TV show about virgin sex rituals; he brushed her off when she offered her daughter to him Enough of the messy situation 1 don't want to ever go through this again.
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      Lock icon Swee Say: It strikes a good balance
      363 6 PROPOSED 1 .5 PERCENTAGE POINT CPF INCREASE Incoming labour chief says hike will meet the wishes of workers and wage concerns of bosses THE labour movement yesterday explained why it had proposed a 1.5 percentage point rise m the employer Central Provident Fund
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      Lock icon Enter through a 'morgue' to dine in a wheelchair
      753 6  - Enter through a 'morgue' to dine in a wheelchair WANG HUI FEN 'Why should I pay for the ambience when j can go to a hospital foodcourt?' MOUTH AND FOOT ARTIST GILBERT TAN It's a novel experience. I went with a bunch of other doctors and we were quite tickled
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      Lock icon My kids in politics? It's up to them: PM
      956 7  -  Zakir Hussain PM Lee's take on some issues raised HERE are extracts of the answers Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave on some of the issues raised during a television interview on CNN yesterday. Is Dad pulling the strings? Q Some
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      Lock icon Middle-aged professional and jobless? He wants YOU
      566 8  - Middle-aged professional and jobless? He wants YOU Sarah Ng REACTION TO DEC 16 SATURDAY SPECIAL Boss of IT consulting firm offers four jobs, ig between $1,000 and $3,000 IF YOU are middle-aged and have had problems looking for a job, the chief executive of a home-grown IT consulting firm might
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      Lock icon He gets a full-time job just in time for Christmas – after 12 years
      357 8 He gets a full-time job just in time for Christmas after 12 years IT WILL be a very merry Christmas for Jack this year. The 56-year-old former airline manager has found a permanent job after being out of fiiU-time employment for 12 years. Just a week ago, he was still
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      Lock icon $150,000 dinner, $100 hongbao for 1,400 who stood by him
      459 8  -  Melissa Sim BANKRUPT-TURNED-MILLIONAIRE'S GESTURE THE EMPORIUM department store uniform had sat unused m her cupboard for more than 10 years. But last Wednesday, 58-year-old Madam Low Lee Gek put on the white samfu with red trimmings and the knee-length red
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      Lock icon 2 car crashes in 1 hour just 1 km apart
      455 9  -  Chung Chee Kin Man killed m first crash m Clementi Road Minutes later, 2nd car crashes head on with bus m Pasir Panjang TWO ear accidents occurred within an hour and barely a kilometre apart m a quiet Clementi neighbourhood
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      Lock icon Police to keep tighter watch along Orchard Road today
      127 9 POLICE officers will be deployed along Orchard Road today to ensure law and order, m anticipation of the large crowds and heavy traffic that will ply the shopping stretch. Bags and personal items may be checked. In a statement yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Your leave won't stretch far in 2007
      544 10  -  Melissa Sim cave-takers milked 41 rest days from 9 days oft this year, but they will get only 35 next year AFTER this year's bumper crop of seven long weekends, 2007's dearth of quick getaway opportunities are going to be a severe disappointment
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      Lock icon The Sunday Times: Still fresn and relevant at 75
      980 10  -  Vincent Leow The Sunday Times turned 75 last week. From a 16-page, seventh-day edition of The Straits Times back m 1931, it has grown into an award-winning publication that draws a weekly readership of 1.32 million. A typical Sunday Times reader
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      Lock icon Abdullah visits flood-hit areas
      689 11  -  Leslie Lav Number of evacuees m worst-hit states continues to rise despite better weather conditions MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSLAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi toured flood-stricken Johor yesterday as the country began coming to grips with its worst flooding m history which has already made 90.000
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      Lock icon Singapore volunteers to help victims in Johor
      280 11 TWO teams of volunteers from the Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief set out this morning for Johor to help the victims of the recent floods. The Singapore Red Cross team went to Johor Baru with six volunteers and RM22.600 (559,800) worth of
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      Lock icon Sumatra floods force 80,000 to flee homes
      292 11 THIRTEEN people died and dozens remained missing yesterday while more than 80,000 fled their homes as floods swept the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Villagers immediately blamed the floods on illegal logging while the authorities were pushing the rescue efforts further into remote areas
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      446 12 Draft resolution calls for a ban on trade m nuclear and arms-related products UNITED NATIONS THE Security Council was likely to approve yesterday a slightly amended European draft resolution mandating United Nations nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, diplomats said. The draft resolution calls for
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      428 12 WASHINGTON US DEFENCE Secretary Robert Gates has spoken optimistically about Iraq's political leaders, their commitment to taking over their own security and dealing with militias. Mr Gates' assessment, forged from a whirlwind trip to Iraq to map out a new course for the war.
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        51 12 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) US space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew landed inT-lorida on Friday after a 13-day mission to continue construction of the International Space Station OSS). Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre near Cape Canaveral. The astronauts spent eight days at the ISS.
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        113 12 KUALA LUMPUR Ex-Cambodian police chief Heng Peo, who was deported to Phnom Penh on Thursday, is now serving 18 years jail m Cambodia, sources said. He was convicted m absentia by a Cambodian court on Sept 18 for conspiring m the murder of a municipal court
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        73 12 DUBLIN Irish rock star and rights campaigner Bono has been awarded an honorary knighthood, the British Embassy m Dublin said yesterday. "Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Bono to be an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire m recognition of his
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      1003 14  -  P. Jayaram Speculations rife over what led to Indian athlete failing a gender test and being stripped of medal INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI A TOP Indian athlete who failed a gender test at the Doha Asian Games has stirred up
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      125 14 SANTHI Soundarajan is not the first Indian athlete to be disqualified after a gender test In the *****, champion athletes Nani Radha and Anusuya Bai were both disqualified following gender tests. Radha later changed her sex and became N. Radhakrishnan. The gender of Nanda
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      Lock icon Indonesia defends Bashir s acquittal
      277 15 'The legal proceedings against Abu Bakar Bashir were conducted m an independent fair and transparent process as may be expected m a democratic system.' INDONESIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY Supreme Court's verdict the result of due process of law, says government JAKARTA THE Indonesian government yesterday defended
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      503 15 N. Korea vows tough action against US financial sanctions SEOUL NORTH Korea's official media yesterday blamed the United States for an impasse m talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. The KCNA news agency also said the country's army chief of staff had vowed to take strong countermeasures against
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      411 16  - TURKEY'S OFF THE MENU JOHOR BARU AT MALAYSIA'S HOTELS The country's Islamic department says imported turkey meat, which is used by most hotels, is not halal THERE will be no turkey dishes for Christmas at most hotels m Malaysia, after the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) ruled that imported turkey
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      Lock icon HK jails 4 men for butchering dogs for food
      284 16 HONG KONG A HONG Kong court sentenced four men to 30 days m jail for slaughtering two pet dogs for food, newspapers here reported yesterday. The sentence is unprecedented m Hong Kong as no one has ever been jailed before for
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      192 16 BEIJING A CHINESE court has convicted a leading human rights lawyer of subversion but it gave him an unusually light sentence that may see him released from custody shortly. Gao Zhisheng, 42, was sentenced to three years m prison on Friday but given a
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      747 17  -  Sim Chi Yin Nepalese eye surgeon is Reader's Digest Asian of the Year 'Every eye has to be treated as a life. For that person, that eye is his life. For me, sitting m that chair, I have been given the
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      171 17 MANILA PHILIPPINE and Chinese narcotics agents raided a clandestine drug laboratory and seized 1.5 billion pesos (Ss47 million) worth of illegal methamphetemine, dealing a big blow to one of the biggest drug syndicates m Asia, an official said. The raid on a house
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      85 10 Total leave days: 9 Total rest days: 35 O Public holiday O Leave Rest days New Year's Day Jan 1 (Monday) Holiday m lieu of Hari Raya Haji on Dec 31 2006 Jan 2 (Tuesday) Chinese New Year Feb 18 (Sunday), Feb 19 (Monday) Good Friday April 6 (Friday) Labour
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      278 12 US kills Taleban leader who's close to Osama KABUL the US military said yesterday. itary commander m southern AfIt said Mullah Akhtar Moham- ghanistan and played a "central A TOP military commander said mad Osmani was killed on Tues- role m facilitating terrorist operato be close to Osama bin Laden
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      1493 18  - What you didn't know about your company's health coverage Lorna Tan It is important to note gaps m your corporate plan ensure your personal policies cover those needs FINANCE CORRESPONDENT MOST Singaporeans have their medical insurance paid for by their employers. However, many of them are unsure precisely what their
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        171 36 I AM a resident of Block 642, Roweil Road. For the past few years, we have had a cigarette smoke problem m our home, although none of our family members smokes. This comes from neighbours who smoke near their windows. When this happens, the smoke
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        121 36 WITH reference to article, No plastic bags for her" (The Sunday Times, Dec 17), I have a rather different experience m my attempt to go green. Whenever I make payments at supermarkets, I will tell the cashiers I do not need a plastic bag. However,
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          651 L22  -  Yong Shu Hoong FOR sale: baby shoes, never worn. Jessica could already picture how the four pairs of shoes would make a neat row on the table laid with flo-ral-print cloth for the church's annual Christmas fair. But what would people think, she wondered. Would they bother
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          625 L23  -  Natalie Hennedige FOR sale: baby shoes, never worn. "Can I exchange my shoes for those?" she asked. "What's wrong with your shoes?" he asked. "Nothing," she said. Tm just tired of walking m them." Then barefoot she walked away. She walked for what seemed like an eternity. Finally,
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          430 L23 Stephanie Yap READER: Desmond Sim, 45, playwright. His pantomime, Jack And The Beansprout!, ended its run yesterday. A prolific playwright who entered the local theatre scene m the late 1980s, he won the Life! Theatre Award for best original script m 2002 for his play, Autumn Tomyam. He also
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        453 L24  -  Teo Pau Lin You can now order bird's nest from a bar m a first-of-its-kind concept store m Vivo City FOOD CORRESPONDENT YOU'VE heard of a wine bar, a sushi bar, a martini bar and even a chocolate bar. Now, there is a bird's nest bar a first-of-its-kind
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        291 L24 HERE is some food for thought: Bird's nest is intricately woven strands of hardened saliva secreted by some species of birds called swiftlets. Swiftlets roost and breed m caves and are known for their ability to navigate m the dark. They build their nests high
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        443 L24 Sweet Treats calendar If your friend's New Year resolution is to lose weight, this present may not be a good idea With its dessert recipes and blown-up images of luscious cakes and mouth-watering treats, the oven will be m overdrive all year round. $20; Gifts Greetings, 02-37
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        653 L25  -  Teo Pau Lin Plain kaya on toast is so passe. A new generation of toast-makers has raised the humble loaf to new heights and taste FOOD CORRESPONDENT 'Bread is a staple m Singapore. We just want to give people more choice' Mr Eddie Anf of Heads Or Tails
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        634 L25 Toast Box Seven outlets: Food Republic m Wisma Atria; Capital Square; Plaza Singapura; Great World City; Centrepoint; and two m Vivo City Open: Bam to 10pm daily Opened by the Bread Talk group as a foodcourt stall m Food Republic last October, it has grown into
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        272 L26 ASK THE FOODIE Chris Tan QI didn't know there were so many different types of cardamom until I had to buy some. What is the difference between them? A Three kinds of cardamom are sold here, all botanically related, but each a different spice m its own right
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        620 L26 Wyndham Estate Twin Pack $58.80 EVERYONE loves a good deal no matter how deep his pockets are. Some people call it a Singaporean syndrome (I call it a human one), but freebies, m whatever form, usually have a funny way of generating overwhelming response. This
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        72 L26 Got a food question? Send it m and you could win this 15cm round French Oven from Le Creuset's Sensations range, worth $308. Writer and food consultant Chris Tan will pick the best question each month for the prize, which is sponsored by Le Creuset. We have six French
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        289 L26 Ql'm not a big beef eater, but I was recently converted by a small piece of wagyu beef charcoal grilled, pink m the centre and with fantastic smoky notes. Can I achieve the same effect m a home kitchen? Where can I find wagyu beef m
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        251 L26 r\ Japanese V*X mochi is commonly considered the same as local do not agree. have a recipe for mochi? A As the Japanese New Year is lAjust around the corner, and plain mochi is a must-have for the festival, Japanese supermarkets here are overflowing with it at the
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        460 L26 DRINKS Koh Boon Pin PERHAPS it is the mystique -of French wine, the lure of wrapping your tongue around some exotic name, that makes it an attractive proposition. Such is the snob value of a bottle from France compared to, say, Australia, even if the latter happens
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        476 L27 CHEAP AND GOOD Foong Woei Wan CHINESE vegetarian cuisine is what you might call virtuous food. Those who eat it tend to feel morally superior, patting themselves on the back for eschewing animal protein. What they chomp on instead is greasy gluten, and, oh, what awful
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        782 L28  -  Teo Pau Lin This Les Am is chef loves to indulge m favourite foods like bak kut teh and durian DCORRESPONDENT GI'NTHER Hubrechsen, 32, is the resident chef of Les Ajtus, the most acclaimed French restaurant m Singapore. He was born and bred m Oostende. on
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        23 L28 WHAT WOULD YOUR LAST MEAL BE? "Home-cooked food by my Dad, especially his spaghetti bolognese, and sausages with potatoes and red cabbage." i".
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