The Straits Times, 4 January 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 106 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon ST Index surges past 3,000 level
    606 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow Upbeat economic data and global bull run fuel biggest one-day gain in 6 months By Markets Correspondent A NEW trading year and new territory for Singapore's stock market, which roared effortlessly past the 3,000-point barrier yesterday. Upbeat economic data on the
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    Lock icon Look who's taking the kids to school
    518 1  -  Yap Su-Yin By Liaw Wy-Cin PRIMARY 5 Yangzheng Primary School student Sherard Siahaan, 10, was especially happy yesterday, not so much because it was the first day of school, but because his dad accompanied him there for the first time. "My son was
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Choice is wide for budding film-makers
      1051 1  -  Ong Sor Fern By Film Correspondent WHEN Jacqueline Tan-Pereira wanted to study film in the 1980s, there was nothing she could enrol for at university or polytechnic level here. So she joined the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's first Chinese Drama Assistant Producer's course. She
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      381 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Deadly fall Asia 6-18 A retiree who fell down World 20-27 some stairs during a Review 28-29 theatre performance at PY| "30 the Esplanade died last week from head and SECTION TWO neck injuries. Home Hl-H4 PAGE H2 Forum H5 Sports H6-HlO Smear campaign Obituaries
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Bangkok accuses Thaksin loyalists of staging blasts
      700 3  -  Leslie Lopez Key military council member insists Muslim rebels from south had no part in the attacks By In Bangkok THAILAND'S military yesterday made clear that their prime suspect in the New Year's Eve bombings were forces in the military who were allied
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      Lock icon Private home prices rose at a brisk 10% last year
      582 3  -  Fiona Chan Joyce Teo By PRIVATE home prices surged nearly 10 per cent last year, in their fastest annual rate of increase in seven years. HDB resale flats, which have generally been underperforming private homes, also staged a modest price
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      Lock icon Survivors from ferry saved after 5 days at sea
      477 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDONESIA GRAPPLES WITH TWO DISASTERS Jakarta RESCUERS found a six-year-old boy and a dozen other survivors clinging to an offshore oil rig yesterday, five days after an Indonesian ferry sank. More than 400 were believed dead or
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      Lock icon Sea, air and land search for missing jet
      598 4  -  Dcvi Asmarani ASSOCIATED PRESS By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA launched sea, air and land searches for a passenger jet carrying 102 people a day after the government retracted reports that wreckage from the airliner had been found. Rescuers resumed the search
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon FROM CHOPSTICKS TO AIR TICKETS
      903 6  -  Dcvi Asmarani AZHAR GHANI »FAMILY BEHIND ADAM AIR Family grows Adam Air from a shoe-string operation to a $382 million business By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta AFTER working its way up from selling chopsticks to jewellery, the family behind Adam Air aimed higher it moved
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      Lock icon Outrage over erroneous reports on missing plane
      423 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta INDONESIANS reacted with outrage yesterday over the mistake made by officials who had claimed wrongly that the missing Adam Air plane had been found. Relatives waiting for news about their loved ones aboard the missing aircraft were understandably upset, while
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon China pledges to crack down on soaring fees
        580 8  -  Clarissa Oon Govt will rein in education, medic; costs in bid to quell discontent By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA marked the first week of the new year with pledges to crack down on the overcharging of school fees and to rein
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        Lock icon Chen 'plans LA stop during Nicaragua trip'
        348 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei TAIWAN'S President Chen Shui-bian is planning to visit the island's ally Nicaragua next week, with a possible transit stop in the United States, reports here said yesterday. Mr Chen is scheduled to fly to Nicaragua on Monday to attend the
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        Lock icon China reassures US on security issues
        233 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA used a visit by American lawmakers to reassure the United States that it is not a rival on issues such as military spending or energy consumption, state media said yesterday. Chinese legislators who met the nine-mem-ber delegation on Tuesday also
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Telecoms services recovering from quake disruption
        638 12  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Undersea cables are being repaired; 40% of calls to region problem-free By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei IT APPEARED to be business as usual in regional cities yesterday, eight days after an earthquake caused massive disruption to phone and Internet connections in
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        Lock icon E-mail and fax up and running for S'pore firms
        523 12  -  Alfred Siew Adeline Chia By COMPANIES in Singapore started the new year yesterday with their e-mail and faxes working as usual, eight days after a major telecoms outage created an information blackout in the region. On the first working day after
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        Lock icon Japan 'ditching plans' to allow women on throne
        297 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO JAPAN will drop plans to allow women to ascend the throne, following the birth last year of a long-awaited male heir, a news report said yesterday. Conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to ditch recommendations made by a government
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        Lock icon FRESH AIR ON TAP
        44 12 Visitors using inhalers to breathe in fresh oxygen in an exhibition hall of the Korea National Park Service in Seoul. The fresh oxygen is collected at the Mount Chiri National Park, about 370 km south of the capital. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Jailed ST newsman to get visit from wife
        384 12  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent THE wife of jailed Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong said yesterday that she hoped to visit him in Beijing next month. It would be the first time they get to see each other since April 2005,
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        Lock icon Taiwan Premier denies taking bribes
        215 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Taipei TAIWANESE Premier Su Tseng-chang yesterday denied allegations that he accepted bribes from a traditional medicine association a decade ago in exchange for favours. Mr Su one of the front runners to represent his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the March 2008 presidential
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Fog lifts, but chaos still reigns at Delhi's airports
        471 14  -  P. JAYARAM Travellers upset as officials struggle to clear huge backlog of passengers By India Correspondent In New Delhi THE dense fog that disrupted transport services across northern India during the past three days lifted yesterday, but chaos ruled at airports
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        Lock icon Millions take a dip in chilly Ganges
        240 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Allahabad (India) MORE than a million Hindu pilgrims plunged into the chilly Ganges River in northern India yesterday at the start of a huge religious festival. They hoped to wash away their sins and end the process of reincarnation. Naked sadhus,
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        Lock icon Migrants sue UK govt over 'racist' policy
        344 14 London SOME 30,000 Indians who went to Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) are taking the government to court for its allegedly racist new immigration policies. It had allowed them into Britain under the four-year-old scheme on the understanding that they
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Tough year ahead for Thailand's robust economy
        727 15  -  Leslie Lopez Tourism sector will be among hardest hit in aftermath of Bangkok bombings By In Bangkok THAILAND'S robust economy, rocked by political instability and a military coup over the past one year, is set to enter a prolonged period of uncertainty following
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        Lock icon Thaksin denies any involvement in bombings
        134 15 REUTERS OUSTED Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has denied suggestions by the military and his army-appointed successor that he is linked to the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok. The attacks killed three people and wounded 38. In a handwritten letter faxed to media
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        Lock icon Anti-separatist Muslim leader shot dead in Thai south
        264 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Narathiwat A PROMINENT local Muslim leader known for his tough stance against extremism was among three people shot dead in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, police said yesterday. Mr Kawee Prachumkayohmas, 55, was shot four times in an ambush late on Tuesday
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        Lock icon Sonthi named 2006 Man of the Year by Thai poll
        273 15 XINHUA Bangkok GENERAL Sonthi Boonyarataglin, army chief and chairman of Thailand's Council for National Security, which toppled then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup, was named 2006 Man of the Year in an opinion poll. Conducted by Assumption Uni-
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        Lock icon Chavalit hits out at military council for linking him to blasts
        284 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok FORMER prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has lashed out at the Council for National Security (CNS) for trying to link him to the New Year's Eve bomb attacks. "If the CNS is so good as to know
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Life slowly returning to normal after floods
        528 17  -  Leslie Lav More people in Johor allowed to go home; most schools reopen By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur LIFE is slowly returning to normal in southern Malaysia after the worst flooding in a century. The floods, caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains,
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        Lock icon Fly Asian Express to offer budget long-haul flights
        350 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur FLY Asian Express, a Malaysian airline owned partly by budget carrier tycoon Tony Fernandes, plans to offer long-haul flights to Britain and China at cut-rate fares, an executive said yesterday. The plan will be unveiled at
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        Lock icon Woman hit by 3 deaths of family members in 6 weeks
        320 17 NEW STRAITS TIMES, THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK Pasir Mas (Kelantan) GRIEF has been a constant companion of Ms Wan Rosini Wan Abdullah in the past six weeks. The 42-year-old Kelantan woman has lost three family members to illness
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon SCHOLARS TO STUDY IMPERIAL TOMBS
          82 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan is allowing researchers to study 11 tombs of ancient emperors, sealed centuries ago, in a move that may shed light on the myth-shrouded origins of Japan's imperial family. After a petition by the Japanese Archaeological Association and other scholars in 2005,
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          Lock icon N. KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DIES
          78 17 REUTERS SEOUL: North Korean Foreign Minister Pack Nam Sun, the country's top diplomat for much of the past decade of confrontation over its nuclear ambitions, has died, Pyongyang's official media reported yesterday. Mr Pack, 77, who had been foreign minister since September 1998, had been
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          Lock icon PLANE'S TYRES BURST ON LANDING
          102 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Tyres on a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 with 100 people aboard burst on landing in Shanghai, causing no injuries but forcing the airport to close for several hours. The four tyres on the plane's undercarriage exploded when it landed on Tuesday
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          Lock icon MYANMAR FREES 2,800 PRISONERS
          89 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Myanmar's military government ha; granted an Independence Day amnesty to more thar 2,800 prisoners, including at least 27 pro-democracy campaigners, state media and activists said. The official New Light of Myanmar said 2,831 prisoners were to be freed from prisons ahead of the
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          Lock icon THAI MAN CAUGHT WITH 71 PASSPORTS
          87 17 BERNAMA TANAH MERAH (Kelantan): A Thai national has been charged under the Immigration Act for possessing 71 passports belonging to other people and entering the country illegally. He has pleaded guilty to 71 charges of possessing Thai passports issued for other people at the
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        Lock icon Maid and baby disappear during daily walk
        251 17 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur NOODLES seller Low Yoke Wee yesterday pleaded with her missing Indonesian maid to return her 18-month-old grandson, who had been missing since Sunday. The 56-year-old grandmother said the family did not suspect anything amiss when Miss Eny Endrawati left the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Democrats plan 100-hour lawmaking blitz
      750 19 NEW YORK TIMES They hope to push through pet Bills quickly, but Republicans say this undercuts Democrats' pledges of more transparency Washington HOUSE Democrats intend to kick off their new regime with a 100-hour legislative blitz. This, they hope, would allow them to post a
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      Lock icon Bush urges rival lawmakers to work together with him
      352 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush, facing a new Democrat-ic-controlled Congress deeply sceptical of his policies, is urging lawmakers to work with his administration. Outlining his agenda for the coming year after a meeting with his Cabinet yesterday, he
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      Lock icon US falls short in its share of women in politics
      254 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS IT SHOULD not be surprising that it took more than 200 years for the United States to select a female Speaker of the House of Representatives. The US is not exactly at the forefront when it comes to
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      Lock icon 'Daunting' list of tasks for new UN chief Ban
      640 20  -  Betsy Pisik Controversial hanging of Saddam the first hot topic he had to tackle By Straits Times US Bureau In New York MR BAN Xi Moon openly admitted to the many challenges facing him as he started work at the helm
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      Lock icon US Chief Justice calls for pay hike for federal judges
      374 20 NEW YORK TIMES Washington US CHIEF Justice John Roberts has made judicial pay the sole topic of his recent second annual report. He declared that the failure by Congress to raise the salaries of federal judges in recent years had
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      Lock icon Britons support streaming in schools
      248 20 REUTERS London A MAJORITY of the public supports greater academic selection for 11- to 16-year-old students, and is in favour of schools setting their own admissions policies, according to poll findings released yesterday. The survey conducted for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) think-tank said
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      Lock icon Man who took execution video nabbed
      586 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE He is an official who supervised Saddam's hanging, says Premier's aide Baghdad THE person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein's execution on a cellphone camera was arrested yesterday, an adviser to Iraq's Prime Minister said. The adviser to Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Iran set to 'push button' on producing nuclear fuel
      444 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Teheran PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday vowed Iran will step up its atomic programme despite UN sanctions. Teheran will soon "push the button" to produce nuclear fuel for industrial uses, he declared. "Iran has the fuel cycle and very soon
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      Lock icon DIVING INTO THE NEW YEAR
      59 23 Italian Marco Fois marking the start of the New Year by diving into the murky waters of the Tiber River from the 18m-high Ponte Cavour bridge in Rome. The 44-year-old Mr Fois' plunge into the busy river on Jan 1 is in keeping with a
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        Lock icon FIVE HELD OVER MADRID BLASTS
        127 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Five men suspected of aiding the escape of two fugitives wanted over the Madrid train bomb attacks in 2004 were held in Spain yesterday. An Interior Ministry statement said three of them Zohaib Khadiri, Djilali Boussiri and Nasreddine ben Laid Amri had
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        Lock icon U.N. STAFF ACCUSED OF CHILD SEX
        124 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: UN staff and peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been accused of sexually abusing children as young as 12, a British newspaper said yesterday, a report that the Sudanese government described as "very disturbing". The abuse allegedly started when the UN, which
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        Lock icon E.U. DISCUSSES HELP FOR SOMALIA
        89 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: European officials met yesterday to discuss how the EU and other nations can help bring an end to fighting in Somalia and bolster the country's pro-Western interim government. The European Union was discussing how the 27-nation bloc can support a possible international
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        Lock icon NO DEAL YET ON ISRAELI SOLDIER
        102 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will not announce any breakthrough in efforts to secure the release of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian radicals when they meet in Egypt today, an Olmert aide said yesterday. Egypt
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        Lock icon MANY BRITS LINK CANCER TO FATE
        134 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: More than a quarter of British people believe that fate alone will determine whether they get cancer, not their lifestyle choices, according to a survey conducted by charity Cancer Research UK. The poll of more than 4,000 adults across the country
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        134 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS OSLO: A Lithuanian held on suspicion of theft in an Arctic Norway jail slipped out of custody literally by stripping naked, smearing himself with vegetable oil and sliding through the prison bars, police said yesterday. "He slipped through the bars on Christmas
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        220 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS AN EMBARRASSED CNN has had to apologise for mistakenly promoting a story on the search for Osama bin Laden with the headline "Where's Obama?" A spokesman for Illinois Senator Barack Obama, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, said on Tuesday the apology was accepted.
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        143 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE producer of a Bollywood anti-smoking movie is taking the film's message to the set by forcing crew members to pay a fine if they are caught lighting up. Mr Kumar Mangat, the producer of No Smoking, told the Mumbai Mirror newspaper he
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      444 24 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS He lies on top of commuter who fell from platform while train passes over their bodies New York IT'S every subway rider's nightmare: falling on the tracks with a train fast approaching. And who has not thought: "What
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      156 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS PASSENGERS who diet so much that they faint are a top cause of subway delays, according to figures from New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MET). After track work and signal problems, ill passengers were among the main reasons for subway disruptions between October 2005 and October
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      549 26 FINANCIAL TIMES, REUTERS Move to harmonise US and EU laws aimed at boosting trade, investment Berlin GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel will launch a sweeping initiative this month for the harmonisation of US and European legislation to boost investment flows and trade between the world's
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      291 26 REUTERS Grand Rapids (Michigan) THOUSANDS of mourners with winter caps in their hands and their children bundled up filed past the casket of former US president Gerald Ford yesterday. With Mr Ford's flag-draped casket in repose at his presidential museum, many residents
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      350 26 SINGAPORE President S R Nathan and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew have sent letters of condolence to the family of former US president Gerald Ford, who died last week at the age of 93. In his letter to Mr Ford's widow, Mrs Betty Ford,
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      517 26  -  Derek Scally By For The Straits Times In Berlin RUSSIAN energy giant Gazprom has hammered out a deal with Belarus that doubles the price the former Soviet republic pays for its gas. The controversial deal, agreed on after tough negotiations, came a
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      443 27 THE retail sector is regenerating. Less is heard now of unfavourable comparisons with aggressive shopping tearaways, like Dubai and Bangkok, and a revitalised Hong Kong Numbers show the extent of the swing: Last year's Great Singapore Sale turnover of $52 billion was the best since
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      2272 27  -  Kalimullah Hassan By I HAD the good fortune to be given the book The Reluctant Politician, a biography on Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, one of Malaysia's greatest leaders and founding fathers, fresh off the press on Christmas Eve. Tun Ismail's son,
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      797 28  -  William A. Niskanen Sarbanes-Oxley Act is bad for American corporations and financial markets By WHEN the new Congress begins its session today, two familiar faces will not be present: Senator Paul S. Sarbanes and Representative Michael G. Oxley, who are both
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      647 28 A SERIES of bombings rocked downtown Bangkok on Dec 31, killing at least three people and injuring several others, including foreigners. Thai government officials quickly blamed elements related to the former government of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and made it clear the bombs were unrelated
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      42 28 &LsLp, QpfJcJr Tamil Murasu I Sri Lankan tension escalates J^km BB JBmI 5 Ity* mf t _mT** We will capture -J—^ c the North": Army "We are ready to f face any thing at any -^_^=^b>— given time": Tigers |p^p^p^pj shipping times
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      1153 29 Singapore today r^OS^^ itNl^Windy. Showers with thunder in the M A M A I A Ini fit/////// late afternoon and early evening mainly >za«««Z^>y«a^/«««w affecting northern, eastern and central Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 2007 //i//i//////hu//////m^ ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN I ;r—r 1
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      Lock icon S'porean ambushed, hacked to death in JB
      633 30  -  Ben Nadarajan Police suspect attack was planned, linked to dispute over business or girlfriend By A SINGAPOREAN businessman was slashed to death in Johor Baru early yesterday, in what police say bears the marks of a premeditated attack. At least two masked men
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      Lock icon Fatal fall: Woman left seat during show
      365 31  -  Khushwant Singh Retiree, 55, fell down a flight of stairs in theatre at Esplanade when the lights had been dimmed By A RETIREE who fell down some stairs in the midst of an Esplanade theatre performance died from head and neck injuries last
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      Lock icon Loan not repaid, so wife of late nightclub owner loses house
      465 31  -  K.C. VIJAYAN »KTV BOSS' SHOOTING DEATH By Crime Correspondent A YEAR after Madam Kok Pooi Leng's husband was killed before her eyes, she has lost the house she intended to take refuge in. Her husband nightclub boss Lim Hock
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      Lock icon Last pre-trial conference held before case starts on Monday
      351 31  -  Arti Mulchand »NKF CIVIL SUIT By THE protagonists of the much-anticipated National Kidney Foundation trial met yesterday for a final pre-trial conference before the case comes before the High Court on Monday. The meeting, held behind closed doors and lasting more
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      Lock icon S-League player claims ex-coach bribed him to let in goals'
      531 31  -  Chong Chee Kin By S-LEAGUE goalkeeper Zulkifli Zainolabidin yesterday told a court that his coach offered him a few hundred dollars to "let in two or three goals". Former Malaysian national coach Chow Kwai Lam Mr Zulkifli's former coach at
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      Lock icon Judge dismisses appeal to register JWest trademark
      458 31  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH ALL the judge wanted to know was why he should allow the JWest brand to be registered as a trademark and whether it could be confused with the Jeffery-West trademarked brand of women's shoes. But the businessman, who was making his
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      342 31  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE trial of Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan for trying to leave the country without permission was adjourned yesterday, less than an hour after it began. Chee, 44, asked the judge for time to go over the case with his
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        Lock icon WOMAN INJURED IN BEDOK CAR ACCIDENT
        55 31 A 22-YEAR-OLD man was driving his car along Bedok Reservoir Road when he hit a pedestrian in front of Block 608, at spm on Tuesday. The woman, 69, suffered head injuries and was taken to Changi General Hospital. Anyone with information should call the
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        76 31 AN INDIAN construction worker was jailed for two weeks yesterday for molesting a woman. Murugan Venikatesan, 29, first saw the 19-year-old administrative assistant at a community club where he was carrying out renovation work last November. On Dec 15, when the victim ran into Murugan
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        75 31 CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau officers arrested five people during a sting operation on Tuesday. A total haul worth over $17,000 of 47.25g of heroin, 6.97g of Ice, as well as 89 Ecstasy and 130 Erimin-5 tablets was seized. Two men and a woman aged between
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      Lock icon Voluntary body makes sure kids go to school
      666 32  -  Li aw Wy-Cin Yap Su-Yin Singapore Children's Society monitors pupils who skip class By TEACHERS were not the only ones taking students' attendance on the first day of school yesterday. The Singapore Children's Society was doing the same. Social workers from the
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      88 32 Students at the new vocational school, North Light School in Dunman Road, get to know their new teachers over lunch. These lunchtime bonding sessions will be a regular feature in the school day for students. Those at the school have failed the Primary School Leaving Examination twice.
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      339 32  -  Li Xueying By ARCHITECT and community leader Edward Alec D'Silva has been appointed a Public Service Commission (PSC) member. His appointment for a five-year term by President S R Nathan took effect yesterday, said a government statement. The 56-year-old joins eight other members, who
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      Lock icon Minds gets grant for PDAs that help the disabled 'speak'
      313 32  -  Serene Luo By POINT to a picture of laksa, and the personal digital assistant voices it in a Singaporean accent, no less. Instead of fumbling with bulky, homemade picture flashcards, some intellectually disabled people are now "talking" with the help
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      Lock icon Agents' fight for HDB resale deals gets ugly
      621 33  -  Jessica Cheam Suspected smear campaign targeted at 2 agents in Woodlands, where many units are eligible for resale By TWO housing agents in Woodlands are the apparent victims of a smear campaign, aimed at residents in Housing Board blocks where many units
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        631 33  -  Jessica Cheam Jessica Lim By SOME know what power he wields; others have felt his wrath. Yet no one knows his name, because anonymity is his game. Meet Mr M moderator and guardian of law and order on Stomps online forums. Mr
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        325 33 IT BEGAN as a quest by Stomp user "Mr Black" to find out how many Stompers, like him, are in their 30s. But little did he expect that the forum he created, Stomp 30s, would end up top of the list, with 18,851
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        145 33  -  By Mr M (and Wikipedia): Bump: Resurrection of an old thread to the top page of a message board. Mod: "Moderator": one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum. QFT: "Quoted for truth." QFE: "Quoted for emphasis." Troll: One who deliberately stirs up trouble or posts false
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      Lock icon The facts about bad fats and Omega-3
      382 34  -  Chen Bin THE debate on trans fat should not stop. The public should be made a lot more aware of its detrimental effects on health. Trans fat is far more harmful than saturated fat. And while some amount of saturated fat is probably
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      280 34  -  Kwan Lvi (Mrs) I REFER to the recent articles on trans fat. What worries me very much is not just the regular consumption of it but the fact that Singapore labelling laws do not require its identification in packaged foods. It
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      378 34  -  Sia Cheong Yew ISETAN INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND TAX-CREDIT PAYOUT I WAS amused when I read the report, "Minority investors want Isetan to pay out tax credits" (ST, Dec 30). Independent directors are back in the spotlight and blinded yet again over their role
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      280 34  -  Lav Chee Kian HAVING lived and worked in Japan, I am puzzled by Isetan Tokyo's reluctance to resolve the tax-credit issue, resulting in unnecessary negative publicity ("Minority investors want Isetan to pay out tax credits"; ST, Dec 30). The concerns, and issues
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      Lock icon No cause to doubt credibility of HDB
      280 34  -  Grace Cheah I DO NOT think that it is justified to press the Housing Board for its land and construction costs or doubt its word that the flats are subsidised. In the first place, Singaporeans are not obligated to buy HDB flats. If
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      240 34  -  Khoo Bee Hong (Ms) I RECENTLY found out from a nurse at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) that, at times, a nurse is expected to handle a mental patient all by herself, even when it is a known violent mental
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      269 34  -  Ravi Sivalingam I REFER to the letter, "Woman dies after fall in Esplanade theatre" (ST, Jan 3), by Mdm Maureen Foo. We are deeply saddened by the death of Ms Wong Mvi Li on Dec 26 and we send our heartfelt condolences to
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      Lock icon No group of Iraqis able to overwhelm coalition forces in Baghdad
      354 34  -  John Laurence AS A journalist who covered the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, please allow me to respond to Mr Anthony Paul's article, "Fall of Baghdad won't be like Fall of Saigon" (ST, Dec 30). It is an interesting
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      107 34 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Make overhead bridges more user-friendly Some Newton 'touts' are just being helpful Libraries here are just as noisy as ever Ban smoking at crowded public places too Stop cyclists from using the pedestrian walkway
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      Lock icon It's Xmas blues for Chelsea
      949 35  -  Alvin Foo PREMIERSHIP They garner only six points out of possible 12 as Man United stay top performers with 10 By CHAMPIONS Chelsea are 10th in the English Christmas Premiership. The Blues of Stamford Bridge are, of course, lying second in the English Premier League.
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      Lock icon Mourinho settles for gap of six points
      382 35 London JOSE Mourinho was in a triumphant mood, despite Chelsea dropping another two points in Tuesday's 0-0 draw with Aston Villa. The English champions are six points behind Manchester United in the title race after their third straight draw. But he believes the
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      Lock icon Chelsea's luck has run out, says Fergie
      165 35 Alex Ferguson claims Chelsea have relied on some incredible fortune to win the Premiership in the last two years. The Blues are six points behind his Manchester United, after a third successive draw at Aston Villa on Tuesday night. Ferguson believes the champions'
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      Lock icon Agent admits offering Ronaldo to Barca
      373 35 London CRISTIANO Ronaldo's agent offered the Manchester United star to European champions Barcelona last year. But the Spanish giants rejected the deal because they were hoping to sign Arsenal's Thierry Henry. Agent Jorge Mendes made the admission in Spanish daily sports newspaper El Mundo
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      Lock icon Giving jersey number to Ballack was Gallas' final straw
      574 35 London ARSENAL defender William Gallas has revealed that a row over his shirt number contributed towards his exit from Chelsea. He had been at loggerheads with the Blues for much of last summer, after rebuffing the club's attempts to secure him
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      Lock icon Henry's back, recharged and fully fit
      722 36 »SOCCER He scores on his return from 7-game lay-off, helps Arsenal to 4-0 triumph over Charlton London SO THIS is how Thierry Henry works off the rust of an injury lay-off. He scored a penalty, won another and set up a goal in between
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      Lock icon Benayoun blasts Hammers' display
      271 36 London WEST Ham "played like a bunch of drunks" in the 0-6 loss to Reading. They will be all but relegated if they lose to Fulham, according to midfielder Yossi Benayoun. He may not be around then. New manager Alan Curbishley is putting his un-der-achieving squad
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      Lock icon Dempsey to move for US record fee
      242 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS London THE United States' Major League Soccer has agreed to send Clint Dempsey to Fulham for what would be the largest transfer fee in the league's history. The agreement, provided that the New England Revolution midfielder can obtain a British work
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      Lock icon Kanu seeks longer deal
      174 36 HARRY Redknapp has reacted angrily to reports that Nwankwo Kanu, his leading goal scorer at Portsmouth, would like to return to Ajax Amsterdam. The player denied he wanted to leave, but admitted he is seeking a new contract. "I don't know who these people are that
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      Lock icon Emre reported for racist remark
      296 36 LONDON NEWCASTLE midfielder Emre Belozoglu could face a heavy punishment after being reported to the Football Association for racially abusing Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard. The incident allegedly happened during Newcastle's 0-3 loss at Goodison Park on Saturday, moments before half-time when the visitors were awarded
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      Lock icon Vanessa sets sight on Olympic slot
      587 37  -  Jeanette Wang ►►OLYMPICS 18-year-old will put books aside as she trains full-time for Beijing Games By NATIONAL shooter Vanessa Yong will go into full-time training for the next two years. The 18-year-old, who sat for her A Levels at Hwa Chong Institution last November,
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      Lock icon Everest trial run for Olympic torch
      188 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Olympic torch is expected to reach the summit of Mount Everest a year early. Having promised to take the torch relay over the world's highest peak, Beijing 2008 Olympic organisers say the complex undertaking will get a trial run. It will
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      245 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROGER Federer (right) is not messing around as he begins his Australian Open defence. He has arrived in Melbourne nearly two weeks before the year's first tennis Grand Slam. The top-ranked player bypassed the Qatar tournament he won the past two years, and headed
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      435 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS »TENNIS Miami MARIA Sharapova's business empire keeps growing. Sports drink Gatorade and fruit-juice maker Tropicana have joined the US Open champion's list of endorsements. The 19-year-old, who has been chosen by Sports Illustrated magazine as the bestlooking female athlete of 2006, signed a lifetime
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        52 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRAS: Denmark's Kristian Pless upset tennis' world No 8 David Nalbandian 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Chennai Open on Monday. The top seed, world No 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, began his year with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Rainer Schuettler
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        41 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Phil Vickery was named England's rugby captain on Tuesday for the 2007 Six Nations and World Cup defence. The 30-year-olds appointment marks the first big decision for coach Brian Ashton, who dropped incumbent Martin Corry.
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        Lock icon DIEGO VOTED BEST
        52 37 REUTERS BERLIN: Brazilian playmaker Diego was voted the best player during the first half of the Bundesliga season, in a Kicker magazine poll of 270 players. He received 49.6 per cent of the votes, well ahead of teammates Miroslav Klose (32.7 per cent) and Torsten Frings (4.1
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      Lock icon Entire Malaysia hockey team sacked
      237 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS ASIAN GAMES Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Hockey Federation has sacked the entire national team after their dismal sixth-place finish at the Doha Asian Games. It has picked a new squad, comprising mostly national juniors, and a new coach, Sarjit Singh, with the goal
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      Lock icon Dallas are the team to beat
      1344 38  -  Chia Han Keong »IN THE HOOP They have the best win-loss record, and best player Nowitzki has not hit top form yet By EIGHT years ago, the Dallas Mavericks managed only 20 wins in an 82-game NBA season. This year, they are probably not
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      404 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Denver ALLEN Iverson took plenty of shots at his former team before, during and after the game. It did not add up to a win, though. Kyle Korver scored 26 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the
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      524 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS CRICKET Sydney STEVE Harmison has been in this situation before, staring down the barrel at a 0-5 Ashes series loss in Australia. But his memories of 2003's fifth Test match in Sydney were good. England again have a chance to spoil
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      515 38 BASKETBALL NBA: Orlando 91 LA Clippers 86, Cleveland 82 San Antonio 78, Golden State 97 Oklahoma City 89, Phoenix 97 Chicago 96, Dallas 112 Seattle 88, Philadelphia 108 Denver 97, Sacramento 112 New York 100. CRICKET Fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney: England 291 (overnight 234-4: I. Bell
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      477 39 REUTERS ►>GOLF He even jokes that he scared Tiger Woods off from Kapalua Kapalua (Hawaii) AUSTRALIA'S Stuart Appleby has taken ownership at the Kapalua Resort in more ways than one. Dubbed the King of Kapalua after winning a hat-trick of Mercedes-Benz Championship titles, he has
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      195 39 BLOOMBERG NEWS MICHELLE Wie should stop competing in men's golf tournaments and try again when she is older, USPGA Tour winner Stuart Appleby said. Wie, 17, has missed the cut in 11 of 12 men's events she has played in. She has not won a
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      228 39 3i E5 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 I I CCT2 A CTT AIM r^llVT/"1 VAD DEE b£,rSAbllAl\ UiNILf YAf Dtiti Afr. oa ALfhl- B4 was Called home tO be
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      58 39 IN PRECIOUS MEMORY OF TANAHTAH WONGSIEWYONG Departed: 21st Nov 2001 Departed: 4th Jan 1984 Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, But Time can never stop the longing, For the loved ones gone before. Dearly missed always remembered by: Son, Daughter-ln-Law, Daughters, Sons-ln-Law, Grandson,
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      41 39 I In Everloving Memory of II RAMASAMY KAUAMMAL W/0 KULANTHAIVELU KULANTHAIVELU Departed 4/1/97 Departed 4/5/97 Just a token of love's devotion That our hearts still long for you. I Sadly missed and fondly remembered by all loved ones. I 1— ig^agflcs«—'
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      67 39 TANKARGIOK Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 3.1.2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Koh Hock Chua, deceased) lohHaiYew KohHaiN hee (Koh Hai tag, deceased) KohHaiHua 66 KohHaiLeng KohHaiLuen k 1,11, Daughter: Koh Hup Sin Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, relatives and loved ones Wake is held at Blk 88 Telok Blangah
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      35 39 The family of the late 1 °N DeJSt" I° 2^Dec E 2 ™ICE wish to express their heartfelt thanks I and appreciation to relatives, friends, SS5^ condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. 1
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      59 39 anbe sivam MOKisAMyS/OPVll^ii/ISyiMY (Jayabal) -ex F N Staff) Age: 60 Passed away peacefully on 3 Jan 2007. sadly missed by loved ones. Beloved Wife: Kanammah Father: Mother: (Perumayee, deceased) (Radhakrish*an, deceased) Sakumar vidhC"" 1""1™ Ra£ ghter: son-in-law: M Rajeswan Sultanudeen ...Granddaughters, Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces and all Relatives. bFkm^E', WHaSffj^i.
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      133 39 i "Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads and I will give you rest." (Matt 11:28) LEE KUM YEOK, DANIEL Ase- 58 Passed a™y pc aceMiy on January 2007, (R^Je iLn^ceasld) (Mother: LaiseowYong, deceased) Wife: Lim Ai Tin, Elizabeth Son: Daughter: Lee YuSheng, Kenneth
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      87 39 MOLLY YEO I HOCKNEO Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 3 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: (Kng Ah Choon, deceased) Brother: Jimmy Yeo Hock Choon Children: Spouses: William Kng Soh Kirn Hua Hellen Kng Angullia Kng Victor Pang (George Kng, deceased) Peh Siew Lan Stephen Kng Ng Geok
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      27 39 •sw^ps^^*^^^* 3rd Anniversary J» Loving Memory Of MARYLEOJEEWAN -*-r-J Fond memories of y°u are always m our minds hearts. Deeply Missed By «»™>d, Cindy, I ustin&lovedones_ H^^^^^Jl
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      25 39 f 14th Anniversary M. PAKIRISAMY Departed: 4 Jan 1993 In our hearts -~S^ f f In our mind' Of a man honest and kind, l\
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        6204 40 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 3. 2006 COK COMPUt TUKI SHI -on HIM 3.5 1 5716 IstSoftwara 11.5 6 3148 8Te+*com 34.5 22 5814 A-Sorw 101 94 63*9 ABF SG Bend FTP 35.5 16 1500 ACE Dyne*** 24.5 15.5 I9J8 AEI Con 26.5 12 1100 AEM-Ew*--> 19.5 12 2101
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      421 41 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Healthier demand for electronics and more stable prices to underpin growth Taipei GLOBAL semiconductor revenues are expected to grow 10.6 per cent this year, thanks to a healthier market for electronic equipment and more stable chip prices, a
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      293 41 FINANCIAL TIMES London A BRITISH company was expected to announce yesterday that it has secured US$lOO million (Ssls4 million) to build the world's first plant for making semiconductors out of plastic rather than silicon. The technology could cut the price for electronic circuitry
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      426 41 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington MANUFACTURING in the United States unexpectedly expanded last month, after contracting for the first time in more than three years during the prior month, a private report showed. The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM's) manufacturing index for
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      20 41 AFP Friday's close: 17,225.83 (+1.02 points) The markets have been closed for holidays so far this week.
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      35 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,413.39 (+103.21 points) Hong Kong stocks posted another record finish, as sustained interest in blue chips HSBC and China Mobile, along with select mainland stocks, helped offset profit-taking.
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      19 41 AFP Friday's close: 2,675.47 (+107.88 points) The markets have been shut for public holidays this week.
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      30 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,649.3 (-20.9 points) Australian shares closed 0.37 per cent lower, as profittaking brought a run of four consecutive record closing highs to an end.
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      33 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,117.09 (+20.85 points) Malaysian stocks ended 1.86 per cent higher, as plantation counters and blue chips led gains on the first trading session of the new year.
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      34 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,014.92 (+72.68 points) »Indian shares finished up 0.52 per cent to a new record, led by local and overseas funds, ahead of company earnings for the quarter ended December.
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      35 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,834.7 (-1.81 points) »Indonesian shares closed mixed, as profit-taking in large caps offset gains elsewhere in the market. Volume was 5.07 billion shares, worth 2.81 trillion rupiah (*****.3 million).
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      35 41 AFP Yesterday's close: 659.25 (-20.59 points) Thai stocks dropped 3.03 per cent on the first day of business after the New Year holiday, amid security fears following deadly bomb blasts in Bangkok.
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      216 41 Jan 3 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.35 1.250 -0.060 Ascendasreit 1.12 2.720 +0.050 BILIntl 0.40 1.680 CapitaLand 4.89 6.450 +0.250 CapitaMall 0.90 2.890 -0.020 Chart SemiCond 0.83 1.320 +0.040 CityDev 2.98 13.200 +0.500 ComfortDelGro 1.35 1.640 +0.030 CoscoCorp 0.95 2.470 +0.170 Creative Tech 0.30
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      52 41 Genlntl 261,678,000 Sapphire 172,052,000 China Energy 107,900,000 FHTKHIdgS 82,303,000 Jasper 56,800,000 CSC Hldgs 54,242,000 BBRHIdgS 45,091,000 •Star Cruises 42,920,000 Acma 39,643,000 Auston 32,980,000 Jan 3 GMG Global 29,480,000 PineAgritech 29,347,000 Thai Beverage 27,604,000 Synear 25,614,000 MAEEngg 25,114,000 City Axis 24,798,000 Digiland WOBOll6 24,729,000 China Sun 22,547,000 GuthrieGTS 22,105,000
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      140 41 Jan 3 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2130 1.2280 Can dollar 1.3070 1.3220 Euro 2.0220 2.0450 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4356 0.4363 NZ dollar 1.0740 1.0980 Sterling pound 3.0050 3.0390 US dollar 1.5220
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      1966 41 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 3. 2006 S2 WEfK fEl Hiiai ij.ih com auma CURRENCY LASI VOIIIME T8A0ED SALE UltQ 6.5 3 ArianeCorpWO.***** 4 unch 6219 11 5.5 9092 AsiaEnvW*****4 8 -1 3 25.5 1.5 4278 Auslon W*****5 25.5 +4 3632 4 0.5 3795 Autron WQ7OSD3 0.5 lurch 1140
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      319 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS Beijing CHINA'S central bank will start publishing a new benchmark rate for borrowing between banks today, a step towards a more market-driven financial system. The Shanghai interbank offered rate, or Shibor, will be set daily based on an average of bids
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      343 42 FINANCIAL TIMES Funds from new listings in Shanghai and Shenzhen projected to top $40b this year: PwC Hong Kong CHINA'S equity markets will surpass Hong Kong's this year as favoured locations for mainland companies to raise capital, as the boom in
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      314 42 REUTERS New York THE decline in Manhattan's apartment market seems to be over, in contrast to the sluggish United States housing market. The Manhattan market could be set for a surge this year, according to an influential property report released yesterday. "It
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      368 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank eased rules on investments in equities by the country's lenders, scrapping a limit on how much they can invest in each stock. Bank Negara Malaysia will now let them invest in different kinds of shares.
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      262 42 REUTERS Beijing CHINA expects to attract about US$63.B billion (5598.5 billion) in actual foreign direct investment (FDI) this year, the Beijing News reported yesterday. The local paper cited a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Cass), a top government
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      419 42 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA began yesterday to allow short-selling of a limited group of company shares, lifting a nine-year ban imposed in the wake of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Malaysia, which had banned short-selling to halt speculative sell-offs, will allow the practice
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      549 43  -  Karamjit Kaur Sum is for expansion plans though CEO stresses it is not a fresh funding exercise By Aviation Correspondent ORANGESTAR, which operates Jestar Asia and Valuair, is asking shareholders for up to $20 million to fund expansion plans. Its chief executive (CEO),
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      500 43  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent A MOVE by Fraser Neave (F&N) to rejig the tax aspect of its dividend payout to account for the new shares being issued to Temasek Holdings has irked some investors. Although the amount investors will
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        53 43 HWANG-DBS (Malaysia) announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Hwang-DBS Securities has received approval from Malaysian regulators to become an investment bank. The new licence will expand its scope of activities with a broader range of wholesale banking products. DBS has a 26.2 per cent
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        90 43 IT SERVICES firm Frontline Technologies yesterday announced that it would pay $2.9 million for 49 per cent of PT E Metrodata Com (EMC). EMC, a unit of Metrodata Electronics, owns 51 per cent of PT Sun Microsystems Indonesia (PTSMI). Under the joint venture
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        67 43 WASTE management firm Dayen Environmental yesterday said that investor Sam Goi, owner of Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing, has exercised his 26.3 million warrants at the strike price of 18 cents per share. Based on the closing price of 65 cents yesterday, he is sitting on
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        94 43 THE directors of WBL Corp yesterday expressed disappointment that its subsidiary Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) has not proceeded with the share offer for its sister company MFS Technology. They noted that WBL's letter of undertaking related to the general offer had expired at the end
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        64 43 TRANSPORT giant ComfortDelGro Corp will introduce its second in-ter-city coach service in Ireland on Monday. Estimated to have an annual ridership of 450,000, the new service from ComfortDelGro's unit Citylink Ireland, will run from Galway to Cork, via Limerick, with 28 daily services. The
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      405 43  -  Joyce Teo By KEPPEL Group hopes to launch Reflections at Keppel Bay, its new waterfront project, soon at prices at least 25 per cent above those achieved at the next-door Caribbean at Keppel Bay. The director of Keppel Land's Singapore residential
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      326 43 ABN Amro has gone up a gear in the credit card war by allowing its customers to put taxi fare on their plastic without having to fork out extra service charges. The bank has forged a tie-up with transport giant
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      624 44  -  Goh Eng Yeow Market set to take on regional flavour, enhancing choices available to investors By Markets Correspondent THE passionate love affair that local investors are having with covered warrants looks set to escalate this year. The market here for these risky
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      35 44 (0) an 3 IDE 1LD 10US$ leppel Corp yxor China H 10IJSS lityDev Vilmar CENTS 1400 380.0 6370 91.8 1850 90.0 1360 61.2 1320 50.0 289 46.0 37.3 1.0 5.1 3.0 3.9 18.9
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      456 44  -  Arthur Poon TAKING STOCK By THE year got off to a blistering start on the local market yesterday, picking up where the bumper year of 2006 left off only even hotter. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) crossed the psychologically
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      235 44 GABRIEL CHEN CHINA ENERSAVE DIRECTOR UPS STAKE A DIRECTOR of China EnerSave has raised his deemed interest in the firm, after snapping up around 13.88 million shares last week. The series of transactions through Energy Capital Partners raised Mr Tan Choon Wee's deemed interest from 96.12 million shares
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      625 45  -  Erica Tay Roaring stock market pushes Sings to nine-year high against US$ By SINGAPORE'S economy defied the global downturn affecting the electronics industry to grow by 5.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year. Strong output from the Pharmaceuticals, rig-building and
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      508 45  -  Arthur Poon By TALK about starting the year on a high. Yesterday's rampant buying spree drove 61 shares to record closing prices and left gleeful investors wondering where it will all end. The big winners included exchange traded funds
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      27 45 Gainers: 609 Losers: 171 Unchanged: 547 Australian dollar 1.2130 1.2280 Euro 2.0220 2.0450 Sterling pound JS dollar 3.0050 3.0390 1.5220 1.5400 fen (100 units) 1.2824 1.2965
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      242 45  -  FIONA CHAN »THOMSON SITE THE owners of The Albany in Thomson Road have put their estate back on the market after a failed collective sale attempt last year and they are now asking a higher price. They are hoping to fetch
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        408 48  -  June Cheong THE National University of Singapore Arts Festival (NAF) rocks back into town this March, boasting a number of firsts. The campus fest will open on March 2 and close on March 25 with ticketed concerts by local rock bands Electrico and The Observatory. There is also
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        209 59 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD Director Steven Spielberg, star Harrison Ford and executive producer George Lucas have signed off on David Koepp's script for the fourth Indiana Jones movie, representatives for Paramount Pictures and Spielberg confirmed. Koepp's credits include Spider-Man, Jurassic Park and War Of The
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  • URBAN
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      Lock icon WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT
      224 83  -  LEONC SU-LIN When I was in university, I had a friend who was so attached to her Wonderbra, she would wear it to class, and madly scramble to put it on at home if her boyfriend came around unannounced. She even wore it under her bikini
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        Lock icon BRING ON THE NIGHT
        371 84 Got a chi-chi evening function to attend? The same nerve-wrecking question on every woman's mind will be: What am I going to wear? While the simple answer is "an evening dress", choosing the right one may prove tougher than rocket science. Should you go for the
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      340 85 Hello my daah-lings! Welcome to a new year, and a new moi. As resolutions go, this year I plot sorry, I mean, plan to spend a little less money, and to hold my tongue a little more. I have been so inspired because some fashionista wannabes have written to
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      83 85 STYLE AND EAT: Moodz Salon and Salad Bar, a new hair salon concept at 01-32 Market Street Car Park, offers a range of salads and teas while you enjoy a hair cut and manicure. A cut and blow-dry for short hair starts from $35 while salads start from $4.50.
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    • FASHFLASH
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        225 85 Christmas may be over but there are still other reasons to splurge given the sales that have hit town. Big stores like Tangs, Takashimaya and Robinsons as well as smaller outlets have sales that last beyond this weekend. Urban's favourites are: Tangs (Orchard and Vivo City): sale on
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        Lock icon VIONNET GETS A REVIVAL
        186 85 Mention Vionnet to any one other than a fashion insider and you'll probably get a blank stare. However, the French fashion house named after Madeleine Vionnet, the 1920s iconic dressmaker famed for inventing the bias cut as well as halter necklines and handkerchief hemlines, has influenced
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        Lock icon M&S WITHDRAWS JIMMY CHOO HANDBAG CLONE
        165 85 Bloomberg Marks Spencer Group, Britain's largest clothing retailer, has withdrawn from sale a women's handbag after luxury goods seller Jimmy Choo complained the product was too similar to one of its own. A "confidential financial settlement" was reached after Jimmy Choo alleged that the
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      Lock icon MAYSAYS
      680 85  -  May Yip Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your queries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg QI have to look feminine in my line of work but I have broad shoulders and large arms because I used to swim competitively. I'm also flat-chested. What should
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      Lock icon HEYGOODLOOKING
      262 85 /Belle Charlene Kwan These two good lookers were spotted at the Forever Begins Tonight with Patrizio Buanne showcase at Movida on Dec 21 Stefanie Ong, 26, owner of a part-time maid service company Where did you get your clothes from? I bought my top in Melbourne's Chapel Street though
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    • SHAAN SETH'S PICKS
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        Lock icon WHAT SHE WANTS
        111 86 If you want to look feminine and flirty, slip into this silk, high-neck dress from Zara. Perfect for cocktail parties. $239, from Zara outlets including 02-02/03-02 Liat Towers and B1 -15/24 Ngee Ann City, i a Step out in style in Jimmy Choo's Hoist, which is adorned
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        Lock icon WHAT HE WANTS
        147 86 Keep warm in this military-inspired hoodie from Pull and Bear. It's casual yet edgy. $129.90, from 82-04 Ngee Ann City and 01 -28 Vivo Cit y. These Rayban classics combine eye protection with unbeatable style. $398, from Insight Optical at 01-194 Vivo City and 81-70/71 Raffles City.
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    • MAILBAG
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        227 87  -  Victor Lim Fash Hag's list of 2006's Top 10 Worst-Dressed people two weeks ago unleashed a flurry of furious e-mail. Interestingly, almost all who e-mailed us wrote to express indignation at Singaporean pop singer Ho Yeow Sun topping the sartorial charts. Here's a sampling of the letters ash
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        191 87  -  Roy Teo I have lived and worked in New York for the last three years. Having been in the fashion and entertainment business for quite a while, I am very disappointed with the style sense of Singaporeans compared to that of the Japanese, Hong Kongers and Taiwanese. Singaporeans
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        76 87  -  Naomi Matsuda I am a Japanese working in the Japanese fashion industry and I often travel to Tokyo and Osaka. In my view, Ho Yeow Sun is very adventurous and smart in her fashion sense. I like her choice of colours. I feel that her taste is influenced
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        127 87  -  Dawn Lee I am a faithful reader of Urban. Every week I look forward to Fash Hag's comments on fashion and style, and Urban is a must-read for me. However, for the first time, I was disappointed. I could not agree with Fash Hag's choices on the Best
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        198 87  -  Leong Puiyee I do not agree with some of the choices made by Urban in the 30 Most Stylish Women list. I feel that Jolin Tsai should not be included as she looks presentable only on magazine covers. Most of the time she looks like a high-class Ah
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      1067 88  -  ALAN LIM Men are more susceptible to skin problems than women, and they are now seeking beauty cures, says GLADYS CHUNG' Not so long ago, Singapore men would flinch at the thought of spending more than a few bucks on a facial wash or horrors be seen having
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      Lock icon SAVE OUR SKIN
      853 88 MEDICATION Acne Over the counter: products containing benzoyl peroxide in an alcohol-based gel or containing salicylic acid. Prescription items: antibiotic applications ($2O to $40 per tube or bottle), oral antibiotics (10 cents to $1.20 per tablet). The injection of cortisone ($4O to $60) is a quick way
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      Lock icon FACE CARE
      232 88 Clarins Clarins Mens shine-fre gel, which contains silica to absorb excess oil, also has glycerine to keep the skin moisturised at the same time ($63, right) Clarins Fatigue Fighter brightens a dull complexion ($65) Clinique Fight blemishes with Clinique's Anti-Blemish Solutions Antibacterial Soap ($26) and Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions
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      266 88 His brave struggle with a debilitating disease means the ex-child actor will always be a leading man to SUZANNE SNG Michael J. Fox, 45, actor-activist He made a name for himself by talking fast and being smart alecky. Michael J. Fox is now putting his motor mouth to good
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      1000 89  -  MAY YIP Eyebrow embroidery is so popular, the industry is worth $5 million a year. While its results are more natural than tattooing, a skilled technician is crucial o the uninitiated, it sounds excruciatingly like using your face as a needlepoint canvas. But that hasn't put
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      149 89 Long face: Flat and horizontal brow The horizontal line created by straight brows shortens a long face. See: Sarah Jessica Parker Heart-shaped face: Rounded brow Rounded brows soften and balance a pointed chin. See: Brittany Murphy Square face: Angled or curved brow
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      Lock icon NO MORE MAKE-UP
      294 89 Legal secretary and brow embroidery enthusiastjune Chien, 32, tells you what to expect from a brow job. She gets hers done at My Beauty Bar in Upper Cross Street 41 started going for eyebrow embroidery a year ago. A friend got her brows done and I decided
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      Lock icon WHERE TO GET YOUR BROWS EMBROIDERED
      98 89 Jean Yip 01-17 jurong Point, tel: 6793-9310 Price (promotional): $188 per session JS Beauty Paradigm (Sally Lim) 04-63 Far East Plaza, tel: 6836-1106 Price: $288 inclusive of one touch-up Erabelle 02-25 Bugis Junction, tel: 6883-1151 Price: $567 (for two sessions) My Beauty Bar (Patricia
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      Lock icon EXTRA PERKS
      1042 90  -  LEONG SU-LIN WOULD you buy a bra that can be converted into a shopping bag? Or one which contains liquid that can keep you warm, or cool, depending on the weather? Probably not, but Japanese women are game. When it comes to underwear, Japan is the land where
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      Lock icon FROM ACUP TO VA-VA-VOOM
      181 90 As the sponsor of Miss Singapore Universe's swimsuit section, Triumph International Singapore knows all about using the right lingerie and enhancements to turn a slight lass into a jaw-dropping sex goddess. That is why it also conducts lingerie fitting workshops for Singapore Airlines flight attendants. With
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      Lock icon ASK THE EXPERTS
      814 90 Sharon Low, 28 sales operation executive, Ero Lingerie What is the biggest mistake women make when buying lingerie? A lot of customers think that bras are just something designed to cover up, which is why they don't bother getting a precise fit. Many of them with badly
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      Lock icon PUSHING THE LIMIT
      480 91 Here are some pretty bras to enhance your cleavage for extra sex appeal 2 Look sexy but not slutty in this plunging neck dress with an unpadded Party Bra ($59.90, below). You can add padding to suit your needs. In this case, a Graduated Push Up Silicone
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      Lock icon ASK THE EXPERTS
      806 91 Ivy Lim, 43 Triumph sales consultant at Robinsons Centrepoint What is the biggest mistake women make when buying lingerie? They choose their bra by its design and often don't bother to try it on. This results in them buying the wrong size. What is the most common
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      Lock icon THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY
      991 92  -  TAN SHZR EE Cosmetic house Elizabeth Arden joins the high-end, high-tech skincare scene with 'proof... not promises' of anti-ageing power irst, there was La Mer, with its miracle anti-burn formula. Then, SK-II arrived, putting a patent on its magic pitera treatment essence. Now, New York cosmetic
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      Lock icon HOW DOES PREVAGE WORK?
      130 92 The active ingredient Idebenone (below), patented by Elizabeth Arden and Allergan, is said to be the most active antioxidant in distribution to date, and neutralises free radicals that can cause ageing and skin damage. In Prevage Eye, molecules of the cream are scientifically treated with a
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      Lock icon HOW DOES INTERVENE WORK?
      232 92 'WE HELP EACH OTHER, DRAW ON EACH OTHER'S STRENGTH AND HISTORY, AND ENHANCE EACH OTHER'S CREDIBILFTY' Tony Vargas, Elizabeth Arden's vice-president of research and development, on the partnership between pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies 'WOMEN OF TODAY AREN'T INTERESTEDJUST IN PERFORMANCE. THE PRODUCT HAS TO SMELL NICE.
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      Lock icon JAGGER EDGE
      1281 93 The Rolling Stones' Mickjagger is still rocking nis own look and dressing on the edge, says GUY TREBAY n an era of music careers created in the democratic nowhere of MySpace, where the members of hot bands dress as if they are office temps, the days of the
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      Lock icon HOT CHOCS
      849 94 Good chocolate spiked with liqueur should create a blast of cocoa power. We put some to the test or the chocoholic who enjoys a tipple, nothing is more sensuous and swoony than good chocolate spiked with alcohol. Top notch chocolatiers here know this well they say booze-infused chocolates
      MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN, AZIZ HUSSIN  -  849 words
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      Lock icon CRUNCH TIME
      292 95 I don't know how long it will last but I'm trying to start 2007 on a virtuous note, by eating right. I What can be healthier than organic apples? NTUC Fair Price has brought in six different kinds of these apples from the state of Washington in the
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      Lock icon GRAIN MATTER..
      198 95  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH I'm a yogurt-for-breakfast kind of person but the cold, rainy mornings we've been having make me yearn for hot breakfasts. Alas, black and crispy fried carrot cake plays no part in a healthy diet, so I've been eating hot cereal instead. This range
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      Lock icon SESAME TREAT
      149 95 A colleague came over to my desk, thrust a packet of these in my face and said: "Try some high-class cream crackers." Whoa, they were good. Crisp and flecked with sesame seeds, these crackers are, indeed, a posh version of cream crackers. And unlike, say, potato chips, a
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      Lock icon SEEING RED
      181 95 Pomegranate juice has been shown to alleviate erectile dysfunction... in rabbits. And what's good for bunnies is also good for humans the juice is packed with antioxidants, which can help prevent the hardening of your arteries. So move aside green tea this ancient symbol of fertility is the
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      Lock icon IN THE LONG RUN
      659 96  -  PRADEEP PAUL There's no denying that it's harder to stay in shape once you hit 40. But Carl Lewis makes it look easy. The former sprint champ reveals his secrets to keeping fit Not too many people look like Carl Lewis at the age of 45.
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        228 97 Adam Chen, 30, hates staying still, which is why the MediaCorp artiste plans his time carefully before he flies. "If there's no in-flight entertainment, I'll use my Play Station Portable for two hours," he says. And when the battery runs out, "I'll have a book ready. And if
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        440 97 O Thud! by Terry Pratchett I've always loved Terry I Pratchett and I have 16 of his I books. He's a fantasy writer with a very sarcastic way of putting things into perspective. I I read myself to sleep every night. fj Dopod 838 Pro
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      422 83 L^/^/KJIMw lannor ctill cote tronrlc Bv^r^ on Urban's Most Stylish 21 POSH NOSH 3 GET THE LOOK just as bad on men as they finds health food that Forget the Little Black Dress. do on women. Gladys tastes good glam 10 It's a $5-million a year 22 PERSONAL T^k 4
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