The Straits Times, 18 February 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 thesundaytimes FEBRUARY 18, 2007 82 pages in three parts MICA (P) 199/12/2006 AaW A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ovy Cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon US Houses: No to more troops for Iraq
    458 1  -  Derwin Pereira TOP OF THE NEWS US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON THE Democrats have fired the first salvo in the battle with President George W. Bush over the war in Iraq. The House of Representatives with Democrats in the majority voted on Friday
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  • Article
    Lock icon Happy New Year
    48 1 The Prime Minister wishes Singaporeans a Happy Chinese New Year. The Sunday Times wishes its readers a Happy Chinese New Year. The New Paper will not be published today. It will be the only English paper on sale tomorrow at the usual outlets from 7am.
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      116 2 HONDA. The Power of Dreams The Power of Dreams "The power to dream, and to make our dreams come true. The dreams of inspired individuals have always opened doors to the future. The ability to dream, to pursue one's dreams, and ultimately to bring them to life, is perhaps humankind's
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      912 2 agenda ►INDEX BUSS New boat people Football dream Golden lifestyle m pinQPPtinn South Asians from Sri Lanka, One-armed footballer Asraf Abdul P^n£*F I MdIIIOCLLIUM home Afghanistan and Myanmar are the Rashid is on the verge of fulfilling DdSt M lafSH news 3-21 HOtne for Chinese NeW Year new illegal immigrants
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  • news
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      Lock icon Abalone – are you getting what you pay for?
      755 3  - Abalone are you getting what you pay for? Sarah Ng Sunday Times finds out that there's more liquid than bao yu in that can THAT expensive can of abalone may feel heavy in your hands, but in fact the stuff you are paying all that money for makes up less
      LIM SIN THAI  -  755 words
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      Lock icon HOME FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR
      565 4  -  Vincent Leow Getai host Ah Nan is a changed man after 6 months in a drug rehab centre IT IS not just a visibly thinner Ah Nan who will visit his parents on the first day of Chinese New Year. It is also a contrite
      DESMOND WEE  -  565 words
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      Lock icon AWAY FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR
      359 4  -  Jocelyn Lee Some use long weekend to get a taste of Chinese New Year abroad with their families THE traditional steamboat reunion for the Tans on Chinese New Year's Eve was different for the first time, they had it overseas. Businessman Alfred Tan decided to
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    • SERIAL COLLECTIVE SALE MILLIONAIRES
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        Lock icon 3 deals in 2 years have made him $2.5m richer
        876 6  -  Melissa Sim PEST control businessman Simon Teh, 49, is what is known in property circles as a serial "en bloc-er". Three times, he has bought apartments and joined up with his neighbours to do a collective sale of their property.
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        Lock icon He got $3m for two properties in 4 years
        403 6 SEMI-RETIRED businessman Patrick Kummar has had to take his family and pack up his belongings, to move house twice in four years. Not that he is complaining. The 51-year-old has earned close to $3 million after two of his apartments were
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    • SINGAPORE CENTRAL
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        Lock icon Finn has the world at his fingertips
        699 8  -  Sarah Ng IT WOULD not be a misnomer to call Mr Johan M. Karlstedt's software solutions business a global one he has clients reaching as far as the United States, Switzerland, India and Hong Kong. He does not run it out of a
        LIM SIN THAI  -  699 words
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        Lock icon Software firm aims to be household name
        652 8  -  Vincent Leow SCHOOLCHILDREN here and in seven countries around the world know Heulab's work, even if they do not recognise its name. They use the educational software it produces for tablet PCs while doing work in class. For a company that began life
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        Lock icon Serving up a hot, steamy cup of coffee in foreign lands
        350 8 IN UKRAINE, sex sells coffee. That's what Singapore company Food Empire discovered. One of the most popular television commercials for the company's Mac Coffee product features a beautiful, long-haired woman in red hot pants driving up to a bar
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      Lock icon Get a handle on erectile problems
      346 10  -  Melissa Sim FOR the thousands of men who are too embarrassed to seek advice about their problems getting an erection, relief is, so to speak, at hand. A simple new home impotency test kit is now available that will help men determine whether their
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      Lock icon Fine for using phone while crossing the road?
      508 10  -  Vincent Leow New York is considering a penalty for crossing roads while using electronic devices. Should Singapore follow? MOST people know that the dangerous habit of talking on a mobile phone while driving is against the law. But should the same ban
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      Lock icon Sentosa chief quits for Dubai in surprise move
      628 13  -  Krist 800 Tourism industry stunned by his announcement midway through 8-year masterplan; search on for new head THE man largely credited with transforming Sentosa from rundown flop to booming pleasure isle has quit, midway through the eight-year masterplan he helped engineer. American
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      Lock icon Hijacker didn't know French
      423 14  -  SANTA CRUZ DE AP FOILED, ALL BECAUSE... Pilot used the language to tell passengers to prepare for fightback TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS (SPAIN) PASSENGERS on a hijacked jet described their terror before their pilot used the gunman's inability to understand French to hatch a plot to save
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      Lock icon Security drive off to good start, Rice says on Iraq visit
      179 14 AFP, Reuters BAGHDAD ON AN unannounced visit to Iraq yesterday, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a new US-led security drive appeared to have gotten off to a good start. But she urged Iraqi leaders to do
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      Lock icon Indonesia acts to curb smuggling of sand to Singapore
      368 14  -  Salim Osman INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA THE Indonesian police will deploy officers at sand quarries in the Riau archipelago this week to curb the continued smuggling of sand to Singapore despite the ban imposed last month. Riau Islands police chief Sutarman was
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      Lock icon OLD MISS' TO 'GOLD MISS'
      837 15  -  Lee Tee Jong I I ~t~ ii I r> i— n s~\. r Lee Tee Jong Single women in their 30s and 40s are no longer taboo in S. Korea, especially it they earn above $60,000 a year SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL FROM "Old Miss"
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      Lock icon New Economic Policy 'won't go on forever'
      570 16  -  Reme Ahmad Abdullah says controversial bumiputera affirmative action scheme could end early if targets are met MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi has said a controversial policy to help bumiputeras in the country will not be around "forever". It could
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      Lock icon Surprise reunion visit for jailed ST journalist and his family
      417 16  -  Vince Chong HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT THE wife of jailed Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong finally met her husband on Friday for the first time in almost two years. It came as an unexpected surprise, as Ms Mary Lav had only
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      Lock icon Thumbs up for new BlackBerry massage
      144 16 AFP WASHINGTON MOBILE communication device addicts who spend hours on end sending e-mail or text messages, or talking on their phones, can now seek a "Blackßerry Thumb" massage. Graceful Services, a New York City spa, recently began offering the massage to its cell-weary customers.
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      Lock icon S. Asians the new boat migrants to Europe
      518 17 NYT Large group of 369 stranded in Mauritania as West Africa becomes hub for would-be immigrants DAKAR (Senegal) \S THE currents begin to shift and the weather improves, the first patched-up fishing boats crowded with Africans have resumed their attempts to cross
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      Lock icon Iranian city hit by second bombing in three days
      266 17 Reuters TEHERAN ANOTHER bomb has exploded in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan just two days after a car blast in the same area left 11 people dead. Friday's blast is said to have resulted in no casualties. "The armed bandits,
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      Lock icon High security in London's gangland
      450 18 AFP Cops patrol streets after fatal shootings of three teens; Blair vows action to combat armed groups LONDON police have been patrolling south London streets following the recent fatal shootings of three teens while Prime Minister Pony Blair has admitted there is a problem with
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        114 18 AP TOKYO The US took its newest and most expensive stealth fighter jet on the road yesterday, deploying the F-22 to an air base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa for its first overseas mission. The first two of a dozen F-22s roared
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        Lock icon Chinese activist free to travel
        123 18 AP BEIJING An elderly Chinese doctor who embarrassed the government by exposing blood-selling schemes that infected thousands with HIV said yesterday that Beijing had relented and will allow her to travel to an awards ceremony in the United States. The change comes after police in
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        Lock icon Turkish bombers jailed for life
        90 18 NYT ISTANBUL A court on Friday sentenced seven Muslim men to life in prison and dozens of others to lesser terms for their involvement in the deadly bombings of Jewish and British sites here in 2003. The bombings killed more than 60 people and wounded
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        Lock icon Stand-off over whaler continues
        110 18 AFP WELLINGTON The stand-off over a stricken Japanese whaler off Antarctica continued yesterday, as Tokyo rejected New Zealand's pleas to move the ship amid fears of an environmental catastrophe. High-level talks were under way as New Zealand continued to pressure Japan to move the Nisshin Maru
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        100 18 AP QUETTA A powerful bomb exploded inside a courtroom in south-western Pakistan yesterday, killing a judge and 12 others, police said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack at the district courts complex in Quetta, the capital of south-western Baluchistan province.
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      Lock icon Jakarta to stop withholding bird flu samples from WHO
      483 20 AP, NYT JAKARTA INDONESIA has agreed to stop withholding bird flu virus samples from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on condition that it is guaranteed access to affordable vaccines. Jakarta triggered a storm of criticism earlier this month when it said
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      Lock icon Thai film fans flames of nationalism
      1091 20  -  Nirmal Ghosh Historical epic of legendary king ignites debate over Thai history and culture THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK erm Yukol, known popularly as Than Mvi, tells the true but in many respects unverifiable story of the life of Prince Naresuan. He was heir to the
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      Lock icon Pant! January 2007 the hottest ever on record
      484 21 AFP, AP El Nino and global warming combine to nudge the mercury up, say scientists in the US NEW YORK LAST month was the hottest January ever recorded, fuelled by El Nino and global warming, US government scientists say. Records of the
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      Lock icon Chasing grades and trades
      1425 23  -  Leong Chan Teik Undergrads are hopping on investing bandwagon amid the thriving stock market UNDERGRADUATES bitten by the investment bug amid a booming stock market are making their first forays into share buying in between classes, at the canteen or even during class. Record numbers of
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      320 23  - Two cents' worth Christoph Amberger Get ready, next bear run may come sooner than you think Executive publisher Taipan Group IN OUR view, the markets are gearing up for their last bullish hurrah in 20 years. This upward pressure a combustive mixture of demographic forces and technology maturation might take
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      349 23 Reuters Dow hits new high for third straight day NEW YORK THE blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up on Friday to end at yet another record before a three-day holiday weekend. It ended Friday's session with a record close for the third straight day and wrapped up its
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      Lock icon Can a bankrupt sell shares bought with CPF money?
      655 24 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q When I became a bankrupt in 2003, all the shares I bought with Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings were frozen. I understand I need permission from the Official Assignee (OA) if I want to sell them.
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      Lock icon The tactful way to tackle biased interview questions
      561 24 YOI PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q DURING job interviews, I have had bad experiences with potential employers, in particular, human resource managers. They ask questions and make statements that could be seen as biased and discriminatory, such as: How old are you? Are
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      Lock icon Dating agency boss aims to be hotel chain owner
      935 25  -  Leong Chan Teik ME MY MONEY Investing in property gives her a kick she even wants to buy and restore old buildings FROM her 25th-floor office in the central business district, Ms Anisa Hassan runs a dating agency which she started
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      Lock icon Upcoming condo launches to look out for
      549 26  -  Joyce Teo PROPERTY Keppel's Reflections and Capita Land's Orchard Residences could set benchmark prices PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT WITH the positive property market outlook, developers are set to line up a slew of condominium launches in the coming months, particularly soon after Chinese New Year.
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      379 26 ACE "I WANT to be able to return to a home where I can relax and rest well after a long flight. My designer Joe Lee and I decided to use earthy tones for my home to give it a snug and warm feel.
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      180 25 lMi'a»tL<jiis-Yci /UiK-dl Lunar New Year 18 &19 February I %aL f^MSki a China Square, Funan Digitalife Mall and Takashimaya 1^ Ek iU'-' ?7^7w enjoy 24-hour shopping at Holland Village and Katong Mall daily. P^^^ki WtSttltlQ yOU "^i/lilyis t[h>>j}'{"jj>-i-> t L Normal business hours will resume on 20 February. w AlP^^i^'
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      383 27 Somkid Jatusripitak Former Thai DPM The 53--year-old, who was ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's most trusted economic adviser, was recalled to serve the new Thai government. Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said that he will head a special committee explaining the government's unpopular economic policies. Ma Ying-jeou Taiwan's Kuomintang chief The
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      1751 27 Financial Times Anna Fifield reports on how a ceramic Korean cup helped persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions FOR more than a decade, attempts to cajole, coerce or cold-shoulder the North Korean regime into relinquishing its nuclear ambitions foundered, as successive
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      572 28 THE Year of the Dog was fondly seen off at Chinese family reunion dinners across the nation last night. Singaporeans will remember the thoroughly dependable Dog, one of the traditional favourites of the Chinese zodiac cycle, for the bounty it brought. Jobs were plentiful. Investments soared. Property,
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      1055 28  -  Alastair Mclndoe PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN JOLO DISPATCHES THERE are few places in the Philippines less associated with a Saturday night on the town than Jolo. A Muslim separatist insurgency and the banditry of the Abu Sayyaf, one of Asia's deadliest Islamic militant groups, have long made the
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      1208 29  -  Janadas Devan ON WORDS THIS is not a column about words as such, but of how we order time. Why do we celebrate "New Years"? Why do we break up the ceaseless flow of time into predictable recurrent units days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries,
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      1431 30  -  Arti Mulchand He is dubbed the father of dengue research and was among key experts called in to help deal with Singapore's worst ever dengue outbreak in 2005. Professor Duane Gubler tells The Sunday Times how being bitten by mosquitoes and
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      1149 31  -  Alvin Foo Serious golfing injuries may occur, mostly when players in a hurry ignore the basic etiquette on the courses WHAT started as a round of golf at the Singapore Island Country Club for Heng Aik Meng ended with a trip to Tan Tock Seng
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      396 31 AP LOS ANGELES PHIL Mickelson and Padraig Harrington spent Friday afternoon on opposite sides of the Riviera Country Club. But they shared the sec-ond-round lead at the Nissan Open. They did not see each other, being on different nines, although they finished up along
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      610 32  -  TAY CHENG KHOON HOPE is rising. After 11 years of heads banging on the wall, this year's S-League could be the grand fiesta of local soccer it's intended to be. Conditions are so favourable that, if officials and players fail to catch the wind,
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      1179 32  -  Nicholas Fang FACES OF THE S-LEAGUE Called up by the SAF Warriors to be part of their elite squad, the 21-year-old defender is on the verge of realising his dream of playing in the S-League TEN years ago, one-armed footballer Asraf Abdul Rashid declared in
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      1112 33  -  Rob Hughes They will be in final of Champions League, after which key men will move THE Ronaldinho-Samuel Eto'o hug on Wednesday looked like the most stage-managed embrace since Miss Piggy fell for Kermit the Frog. Of course, Barcelona want to patch up the
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      860 34  -  Richard Jolly Good chance of Chelsea and Arsenal meeting in Champions League final When the Italians did it, Andriy Shevchenko decided it. When Spain's finest met, an Englishman Steve McManaman intervened. However, it has never been accomplished by two English teams. "It" being to meet
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        68 34 THE Philippines' Frankie Minoza shot a five-un-der 66 with one hole left to take the lead at golfs Indonesian Open yesterday. Play was suspended in the late afternoon for the third straight day, owing to rain. Minoza had a threeday total of 205, one stroke ahead
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        63 34 AFP JASON Kidd's wife Joumana has charged that the National Basketball Association star physically abused her and was unfaithful throughout their 10- year marriage. She made the allegations in response to divorce papers Jason filed last month. However, a lawyer for the New Jersey
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        42 34 Reuters KIM Clijsters reached the semi-finals of tennis' Diamond Games with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in Antwerp on Friday. She was joined by top seed Amelie Mauresmo, who beat Russia's Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-3.
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      487 34 LONDON TOTTENHAM Hotspur manager Martin Jol insists he is not under immediate pressure to deliver silverware at White Hart Lane. His side face Fulham today in an FA Cup fifth-round match. Victory at Craven Cottage would be Spurs' first win over
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      441 35  -  Leonard Lim Zhang and Dv will get funding only if they provide training plans FHE relationship between the Singapore Athletic Association and the national throwers Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui continues to simmer. In an abrupt U-turn, the ath- letes sent a letter to the
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      364 35 AFP LAS VEGAS STEVE Nash was on the 12-man Western Conference roster for the 56th annual NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. But the Phoenix Suns point-guard will not play today because of injuries. He joins Utah's Carlos Boozer, Denver's Allen
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      489 35 GOLF Nissan Open in Los Angeles, 2nd rd (rd halted with one player on course, USA unless noted): 131 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 63 68, Phil Mickelson 66 65 134 Charles Howell 69 65 135 Pat Perez 66 69, Sergio Garcia (Esp) 67 68, David Howell (Gbr) 67 68, Robert
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      319 35 Edwin Koo Pictures and text by Sabrina Cheong, 28 Financial adviser Height: 160 cm Weight: 49kg Exercise regimen: I jog about 10km twice a week, usually at night, around my neighbourhood. I do not set goals I just
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      130 35 TV times Today BASKETBALL NBA: All-Star Saturday (Live, Ch23, 9am). NCAA: North Carolina v Boston College (Delayed, Ch23, 3.30pm). CRICKET Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2nd ODI: New Zealand v Australia (Live, Ch9s, 9am). GOLF SBS Open at Turtle Bay: Final day (Live, Ch22,7.30pm). Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open: Day 4 (Live, Ch24,
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      35 36 I mill \wivi us\h\ I In Loving Memory Of I EVELYN ALEXANDER Departed 18 Feb 1997 Watch over us, dearest Mama Deeply missed always remembered by Children, Grandchildren, (.rr.'i I-);raii(ldii lighter v and loved Ones.
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      36 36 IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHNKOHKHEKTIONG MOLLY SOH SUAN CHOO Departed 11/2/98 Departed 18/2/97 10TH ANNIVERSARY Just a token of love's devotion That our hearts still long for you Sadly missed and always remembered by loved ones
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      48 36 In Loving Memory Of our parents 4th Anniversary 3rd Anniversary Anne Goh Mui Yong Peter Tan Chee Kin (8 Jun 32-19 Feb 03) [31 Oct 28 8 Jul 04) Time changes many things. But not the memory this day brings. Always remembered by children, grandchildren and loved ones.
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      156 36 7 am tlie Hesurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me will III v. even though he dies; and triioever lives ami believes in Me trill never die." hiltn 11:25-26 MDM LIM SOH KHOON Age: 81 was called home lobe with the lord on 16/2/07, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband:
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      73 36 V" tUssssW' <■1BBB1 GOV1NDA AMMAL D/O SAM I NATHAN (wife of the late N. Angamuthu) Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 16/2/07, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: A Kaliaperumal Bhanu A Manoosegaran Rani A layakumar Chelvi Daughter: Son-in-law: A Rajeswari C. Ganassen 5 Grandsons, 3 Granddaughters, relatives and friends.
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      60 36 rlst Anniversary j In Everloving Memory of m TAN YANG HEARN Departed 29/1/2006 (1st day of Lunar New Year) In our home she is fondly remembered. Sweet memories cling to her name; Those who loved her in life sincerely, Still love her in death just the same. Always remembered by
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      30 36 IST ANNIVERSARY 111 I l>\ mi; Memory OI SUSAN CECILIA KAMALAESH KIJMARI McMENAMIN Departed: 19 Feb 06 j Always u-uk'hilicici] by her loved ones. May she rest with Cod forever
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      144 36 CHAN HUNG YING Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 16 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Shee Nan Seng Cheng Sai Looi Shoe Ping Halt, Alfred See Ton Mei Yew Shee Ping Yah, Willy Esther (.eongWai lluan Slice Peng Seng lanet Gay Geok Loo Daughters: (Slice Mei Cliing,
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      123 36 ACHHAR SINGH VIRING Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 16 Feb 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Bachan Kaur Son: Daughter-in-law: Kuldip Singh Surinder Kaur Daughters: Sons-in-law: Amarjil Kaur Sarrnukh Singh Sivinda Kaur Gevan Singh Ninder Kaur Paramjeet Singh Charan Kaur Madanjeet Singh Grandchildren, relatives and
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      122 36 I I TERLOK SINGH S/O SADH U SINGH R1ARD Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 16 Feb 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mahindar Kaur (Pola) Son: Suresh Singh Riard Daughters: Son-in-law: Savinder Kaur Balvinder Kaur Jacjit Singh lime Kaur Grandsons: Granddaughters: Rishvinder Singh Reshvin Kaur
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      57 36 AL-FATIHAH —aBBiaaBa—a-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aBB-Allahyarham ABDRAZAK B ABDHAM1D Age: 27 Departedun 13.02.07. we wish to express our heart fell thanks and appreciaiion to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance and donations. I ahlil" prayers will be held on 19.02.07 (Mon) after 4pm Amin. il Abd llamid B Blnhari Family Blk 22
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      70 36 Athma Shanti Pooja A. MASH AM AIM (s/o Ixtie I. Appupillai Rethinambal) l\. M. MANI SUPPLY CO. BOOKSHOP) Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 05/02/2007 leaving behind Beloved Wife: M. Ramayee Ammal Son: Daughter-in-law: M. Balathandautham V. Malathi (BalaTAM) Daugthers: Sons-in-law: M. Sarojini R Kalaiarasan M. Sanchiramathi G. Visvanathan (Sankari)
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      19 36 8th Anniversary In Uivinj- Memory Of TAN KIM HAN Departed: 18 Feb 1999 Always remembered by all loved ones
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      29 36 1st Anniversary In i < iviiii; Memory Of t Pang Swee Khim Departed on 18 Feb '06 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife, daughters and loved ones X X
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      48 36 AL-FATIHAH The family of th« late HAMZAHATMO DI SASTRO lge.80 Departed 15 February 2007 wish lo express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and donations during their recent IM-Tcavcment. SKNKSAH .WDl-.Wlin TEL: 6561 or. in x
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      92 36 l If The Family of the Late I TEO BENG SUAN Departed on 14 February 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks j and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths j and donations during their recent j bereavement. The loving
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      34 36 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Asia Chairman. Mr Willy Shee and family on tlie demise of his beloved mother CHAN HUNG YING Departed on 16 Feb 2007 From Management Staff CBRE
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      197 36 haiv fought the gtxxl fight. I haiv finished the race. I haiv kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 TAN SAY BEE Age: 85 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lim Ah Chok Sons: Daughters-in-law: LimKiam
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      106 36 1st Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MDM PECK LIAN KWEE Departed on 18 February 2006 In our home you are fondly remembered, Stveet memories cling to your name; Those who loved you in life sincerely, Still love you in death just the same. Children: Spouses: Tan Yong Sua! Katie Tan
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      205 36 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23:6 TAN KIM CHOO Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 Feb 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lim Ah
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        113 37 Why it is hot: This latest model of the 02 Xda series comes with 3G, a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and a faster processor. The result is a souped-up phone that enhances the functions that most PDA phone users value most composition and reading of e-mail,
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        121 37 Why it is hot: A 103-inch display is a behemoth by any measure. For those who have the means ($99,000), the space (it measures 2414x1421x129mm and weighs 220 kg) and time (this display takes six months to ship because it is manufactured on demand), the
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        126 37 Why it is hot: The UlOOO is dubbed a mini notebook with 3.5G connectivity. But it is actually a quad-band phone with a large screen (5-inch VGA), a 3-megapixel camera, built-in GPS function, WLAN, Bluetooth V 2, VGA and TV out, an BGB hard drive and
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      1068 37  -  Christopher Toh These PCs are capturing the hearts of a growing number of computer users, but the laptop still reigns supreme for now MARKETING executive Steven Tang has never considered himself a techie. Until recently, his most "advanced" gadget was a cellphone. And although he uses computers every
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      460 37  -  CHICAGO AP OCCASIONALLY, Ms Allison Elliott wears the delicate gold wind-up watch that belonged to her grandmother. But it is really just for show. The 27-year-old is much more likely to get the time from the clock in her
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        71 38 IN KEEPING with a national trend, South Korea's newest female android is to get a facelift to improve her looks, reported AFP. Eveß2-Muse, a robot version of a Korean woman in her 20s, can hold a conversation or sing a song, make eye contact
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        81 38 NOW that musical ringtones have become commonplace, Time Warner's Cartoon Network is planning to use the voices and personalities of its cartoon characters to alert mobile phone users to incoming calls. In addition to ringtones, Cartoon Networks said the Call Toons service will have cartoon
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        96 38 A SMALL Austrian company has shrugged off the buzz of innovation and youth-oriented marketing of mobile phones to come up with a simple handset for the growing "grey market", AFP reported. "Our market research showed that the elderly have problems using complicated phones," said Mr
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        127 38 TRAVEL websites such as Priceline.com and Expedia are clamping down on fake online consumer reviews of hotels, which could undermine a growth area, Reuters reported. Trustworthy sources of information are sometimes difficult to find on the Internet, and user reviews have become a way for
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      901 38  -  Loh Wei Loong Online karaoke sites help you find and practise your favourite songs, and even compete with other users FOR the many enthusiastic if not slightly deluded karaoke fans who cannot get enough of the Japanese style of amateur singing, the Internet has opened
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      515 38  -  Sherwin Loh Darth Vader unleashed STAR Wars: The Force Unleashed, a game hinted at last year, is on its way to the Xbox 360 and Play Station 3 (PS3). The game takes place in a time and setting between Star Wars Episode 111 Revenge Of The Sith and
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      950 39  -  Jocelyn Lee By. STOMPS highly popular MMSing Talent Contest ended with a bang, generating 1.5 million hits within the short three months it was held on the portal. The contest, which stretched from Oct 30 to Feb 1, generated a great deal of interest
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      129 39 The British Tourist Authority (Visitßritain) and the French Tourist Office (Maison de la France) are holding a contest on Stomp and giving away $1,000 worth of Takashimaya shopping vouchers and a goodie hamper to winners. Just answer one simple question after visiting a travel blog put up
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      239 39 The Stomp team was out on Valentine's Day to catch kissing couples for the Most Romantic Smooch Contest. After an entire afternoon, only three couples were willing to smooch for the camera and have their pictures posted on Stamp's citizen journalism section Nokia Singapore Seen. The Stomp
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      308 39 valentine's paa a pe-aff jpmation op iovb, crass commercialism, op a western fad tnat has no Place here? Despite the high prices and crowded restaurants, I believe Valentine's Day is totally necessary for the successful continuation of the human race, especially in Singapore. Without it, there would be
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      55 39 Stomp is a free, interactive website to engage readers of The Straits Times and The Sunday Times. Its features include chatrooms, blogs, photo galleries, online polls and virtual clubs such as a foodies club and a digital club. This weekly page will highlight Stomp offerings. ll Ulll r unuui.stoniP.coni.sg mms/sms
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      973 40  -  Jessica Lim CHINA STUDENTS' SECRET Memorising, reading and dogged practice have made them fluent speakers CAI Sang had her first English lesson in Secondary 1, chanting the alphabet along with her class in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province in central-western China. At No. 7 Middle School,
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      174 40 Divya Gundlapalli, 15 Hillgrove Secondary My Read The Inheritance Of Loss By Kiran Desai Penguin Books Winner of The Man Booker Prize 2006, Kiran Desai'sbook touches on many different issues love, globalisation and inequality. It traces the reflections of a retired judge, the relationships between two young adults and
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      512 40 Not sure what is good English and what is not? Write to The Sunday Times and we will get master teachers to answer your queries. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. PEDESTRAIN THIS WAY TO BUS STOP POLY CLEANIC Being misdirected AT first
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      1114 41  -  Kelvin Wong THE E-MAIL INTERVIEW: PROJECT SUPERSTAR RUNNER-UP LYDIA TAN DIVA LYDIA Tan Diya would have loved to be in Chinatown soaking up the atmosphere in the run-up to Chinese New Year today. But the 21-year-old decided against it, for fear of losing herself in
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        222 41  -  Muhammad Abu Sufian Hanafi I REFER to the SMRT Cram Jam competition on Feb 11. Despite the event being organised in aid of the SMRT Silver Tribute Fund, with donations from the public funding services for the elderly, I believe that the nature of the
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        241 41  -  Eddy Low Loong Ban I AM the owner of the dog named Mystique, whose sad story was covered in the report, "Dog left with pet groomers dies in road accident" (The Sunday Times, Feb 11). I thank the paper for covering the story. I also
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        152 41  -  Jamie Pang Ru Xue (Miss) IN MANY secondary schools here, the system of grade point average or mean subject grade is used to qualify a student's academic competence. The way it works is as follows: The best grade, an Al is 75 and above, followed
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        169 41  -  Bennie Cheok FOOTBALLER Noh Alain Shah, who had previously turned down offers from Malaysian states to play in their league and declined a recent offer to move to Indonesia, has won his fans' admiration. He has pledged loyalty to S-League club Tampines Rovers and
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        215 41  -  Pamela Chong Kwang Ngo (Ms) CELLPHONES have become a nuisance in cinemas and something should be done about it. However, I disagree with the view expressed by some people that blocking network signals is an answer. I am a mother of two young children, and I
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        279 41 I REFER to the letter, "Ban pets from eating places" (The Sunday Times, Feb 11). We thank Mr Ng Soon Hwee for the feedback. We share Mr Ng's view that pets should not be allowed in eating places, as they pose a risk to
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      370 43 There's no better place to begin the Year of the Pig than the ZooDiac Trail at Singapore Zoo. Besides catching a glimpse ofthe future, you will learn about our efforts to keep alive some of the endangered animals of the Zodiac. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS W^^ H T 18 Feb-4 March WK
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    • New NOSTALGIA meets Old NOSTALGIA
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        1632 44 Old Nostalgia is Chin Mcc Chin. New Nostalgia is Food Republic. Either way, old is gold as more Singaporeans embrace the past Sandra Leong TODAY, the first day of the Chinese New Year, marks a time when families come together across the generations for traditional treats and the
        ALAN LIM; JOYCE FANG  -  1,632 words
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        Lock icon Nostalgically yours
        126 45 The team behind the special (Front row from left) Andrew Tan, Sandra Leong, Stephanie Yap, Frankie Chee and Lee Sze Yong (Back row from left) Tan Dawn Wei, Jadine Ying, Ong Sor Fern, Teo Pau Lin, Joanna Lim, Wong Ah Yoke, Tay Suan Chiang, Shaan Seth, Teo Cheng
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        1128 46 SANDRA LEONG finds five businesses which bank on nostalgia The Cathay, 2 Handy Road SAY the word "movies" to many a Singaporean, and they will instantly think: Cathay. The two are synonymous to those who grew up catching blockbusters at the landmark Handy Road cinema built
        JOYCE FANG, ALAN LIM, DESMOND FOO  -  1,128 words
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        469 46  -  Christopher Tan When it comes to cars, the retro rage is a recent phenomenon. Here are some classic examples of retro-style cars Volkswagen Beetle VW CALLS it the New Beetle (above) and it was launched here in 1998. Besides having softer curves, it is fundamentally different from earlier
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        Lock icon Kalians waves goodbye
        1378 47  -  Teo Cheng Wee For now, at least. A state-of-the-art arena will replace the much-loved National Stadium by 2010 JUNE 24, 1973. The Sultan's Gold Cup final. As a 24-year-old Dollah Kassim gets ready to take to the National Stadium pitch for Singapore Malays against Kelantan Malays, a
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        Lock icon Judy hides behind sister's shadow
        391 48 THIRTY years after she cut her first album, Judy Teng still gets stopped in the streets by strangers. But the question they usually throw at her is: "Are you Deng Miaohua?" Deng Miaohua is the Chinese name of her more famous sister, Maggie, who is
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        Lock icon OLDIES BUT GOODIES
        247 48  -  Mak Mun San THEY made headlines back in the 1960s and the 1970s as showbiz stars, but all they want today is a quiet life. We tried to track down Malay singer Kartina Dahari, who is in her 60s, through her friend, former MP Yatiman Yusof. But
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        312 48 FANS of veteran radio DJ and TV host Larry Lai, take heart. Although he is no longer active in the scene, his gift of the gab remains as delightful as the days when he ruled the airwaves and goggle box. For example, after telling this reporter
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        Lock icon She'll judge, but Nona Asiah won't sing
        382 49 NONA Asiah entertained thousands of fans in her heyday (inset), but her 10 grandchildren have never heard her sing in person. Nona, 75, and her husband, Ismail Kassim, who died in 1994, were popular singers in the 1950s and the *****. They have
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        Lock icon Former host Zhang Wei's still a ham
        332 49 THEY say you can't keep a good man down. Although it has been 15 years since he last hosted a TV show, veteran compere Zhang Wei springs into action immediately when photographer Desmond Foo asks him to ham it up for the camera.
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        513 50  -  Tay Suan Chiang Dr Woffles Wu's home reeks of Old Nostalgia. Built 56 years ago, it has hardly been renovated WORLD-RENOWNED plastic surgeon Woffles Wu is famous for rejuvenating faces with his nip 'n' tuck skills, but when it comes to the place he calls home, he
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        Lock icon House StyleS ANDREW TAN traces the evolution of the Singapore house
        410 50 Kampung THE old-style village home is still common in rural South-east Asia. It is raised on stilts and has a wide, overhanging attap (thatched) roof. The stilts keep the living quarters above any floodwaters, as well as ensure the
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        399 51  -  Tay Suan Chiang The Lohs tore down their hpmeand rebuilt it, not with glass and steel, but in New Nostalgia colonial style WHEN Mr and Mrs Zach Loh bought a 15-year-old, two-storey semi-detached house off Holland Road five years ago, they decided to tear it down
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        420 51  -  Tay Suan Chiang It looks like it's from the *****, but this nep-colonial home was built two years ago IT LOOKS like a well-preserved colonial home, nestling on its site off Bukit Timah Road. Yet far from being constructed in the *****, this house is
        DESMOND WEE  -  420 words
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        Lock icon It's about money, not creativity, today
        594 51  -  Tay Suan Chiang Veteran architect William Lim says there were more opportunities and fewer rules back then BUILDINGS today may have the latest high-tech devices, use cutting-edge technology in their construction, and boast the latest materials. But that doesn't cut it with veteran architect
        NSTP, THE SINGAPORE HOUSE 1819-1942, FILE, THE NEW PAPER, ANG GIN WAH, ALBERT K.S LIM; IM WUI LIANG  -  594 words
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        1003 52  -  Teo Cheng Wee PACKAGING matters, and the 5,000-year-old practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has cottoned on to this. Ten years ago, a visit to a TCM sinseh would have involved a consultation in a tiny treatment room smelling of ointment, followed by a prescription of herbs
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        Lock icon Singapore Nostalgia In One Day
        1004 53 The 1940s to the 1980s was a special time for Singapore, when it moved from its colonial past to take charge of its own destiny. Take an action-packed one-day tour of places from that time with TEO CHENG WEE and MELISSA LEE AMM TIONG BAHRU
        BRYAN VAN DER BEEK, LIM WUI LIANG AND TEO CHENG WEE  -  1,004 words
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        878 54  -  Cheong Suk-Wai The Chinese New Years of my childhood may be gone but will never be forgotten EVERY Chinese New Year for the past 30 years, my father gets that faraway look in his eyes. I know what that means. In his mind, he sees the
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        Lock icon A time when everyone was family
        887 54  -  Mathew Pereira MENTION the word nostalgia, and images of the estate where I grew up come to mind. The small, nondescript, one-street neighbourhood called Kolam Ayer Estate used to be where Geylang Methodist Secondary School sits today. Dirt-tracks led to each of the rows
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        890 54  -  Tay Yek Keak NOSTALGIA, as the saying goes, isn't what it used to be. Apparently, there's now Old Nostalgia and New Nostalgia. I think one is retro kitsch and the other is really, really old, genuine stuff, like the iPod One. But my idea of Old
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        Lock icon THE WAY WE WORE
        1614 55  -  Michelle Tay Old is new as youngsters continue to raid Grandma's cupboard for vintage wear. Where else can you get the real deal? FASHION is usually a case of one day In, next day Out. But there is one way you can always be In just
        PHOTOS: DESMOND FOO, LIM SIN THAI, SHAHRIYA YAHAYA, DESMOND WEE  -  1,614 words
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        317 66 Peyton Place 81-19 Orchard Towers, 400 Orchard Road Operating hours: 7pm to 4am daily. It remains open throughout the Chinese New Year Drink prices: A mug of beer and a glass of wine cost $12 each PEYTON Place has been an Orchard Towers
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        386 66  -  Frankie Chee Nightclubs come, nightclubs go. But here are four that have survived the years YOU can't miss Sin Peng Midnite Lounge in Serangoon Road. A neon sign outside the shophouse screams its presence. You do a dou-ble-take. The place looks authentically old. Can it be for real?
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        Lock icon Cha-cha at the Carriage Bar
        330 66 The Carriage Bar 82-00 York Hotel, 21 Mount Elizabeth Open: spm to 12.30 am on weekdays and Sundays, and till 1.30 am on Fridays and Saturdays. It will be closed today Drink prices: A mug of beer costs from $7.60 and a glass of wine
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        334 66 Sin Peng Midnite Lounge 593 Serangoon Road Open: 2pm to 3am daily. It remains open throughout the Chinese New Year Drink prices: $10 for a bottle of beer, $85 for a small bottle of whisky, or $170 for a big one WHEN it comes
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        Lock icon Ale and hearty at The Yard
        298 66 The Yard 294 River Valley Road Open: 3pm to lam on weekdays and Sundays, and till 2am on Fridays and Saturdays. It will be closed till Wednesday Drink prices: $7 gets you a mug of beer, while a small bottle of wine goes for
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        927 67  -  Stephanie Yap It's dowdy next to the new National Library, but Bras Basah Complex is still the place where students and book-lovers go, and there are plans to refresh it SITTING in the shadow of the glass-and-steel National Library, Bras Basah Complex looks run-down in
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        264 67  -  Sandra Leong 1940s IT'S the Big Band era and swing music is big. So are peplums, ruffles and A-line shirts. Then war strikes and fashion turns utilitarian. Men and women turn to sim-ply-cut suits. In furniture, wood predominates, a spillover from the 1930s Art Deco period.
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        437 68  -  Lee Sze Yong For some audiophiles, the not-so-perfect sound of a vintage system is still music to their ears STEP into retired diver Nicky Koh's five-room HDB flat and you encounter a blast from the past literally. The centrepiece of the living room is a pair
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        Lock icon The sound of music: From gramophone to iPod
        456 68  -  Lee Sze Yong Ng Nur Lydia Here's a tour of sound-scene names that Singaporeans have grown up with over the decades. Gramophone Invented in the United States in 1888, the gramophone plays vinyl records. Remember them? The gramophone came to Singapore in
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        879 68  -  Tan Dawn Wei Nostalgia is all very romantic, but not for old businesses which struggle to stay afloat IN A quiet, leafy part of the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood, an intense drilling din is puncturing the still afternoon air. Modernity has long percolated these old sleepy
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        858 69  -  Teo Pau Lin Back in the *****, Chef Hooi Kok Wah was one of the Heavenly Kings who created the raw fish salad IF YOU love yusheng, the raw fish salad that the Chinese eat during the Chinese New Year period, you have this
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        353 69  -  Teo Pau Lin EVER heard of loh kai yik, ter kah mcc sua or kueh keria? If you're younger than 40, you probably haven't. These are some of the dishes that were sold by Singapore's itinerant hawkers in the 1960s and *****, but are now close to
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        197 69 YOU can still find these dishes in a handful of places here: Loh kai yik (above): A Cantonese dish of chicken wings, chicken liver, fatty pork, pig's intestines, stomach and skin stewed with nam yu (red fermented beancurd) and garlic, then served with blanched kangkong.
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        103 69 IT'S hard to find these dishes in Singapore now: Ter kah mcc sua: Vermicelli in soup topped with sliced pig's trotters, pig liver and kidney. Satay perut: Beef intestines on skewers. Jenganan: Like a tofu and vegetable gado gado salad, but instead of a spicy peanut gravy, this
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      • MOOD EATS
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          Lock icon SHASHLIK RESTAURANT
          335 70 WAY 545 Orchard Road, 06-19 Far East Shopping Centre, Tel: 6732-6401 Open: Noon to 2.15pm (last order), 6.30 to 9.15pm; closed till Tuesday for Chinese New Year Rating: Food: The menu at this Hainanese-owned Russian restaurant never changes. This might not make sense to a modern restaurateur but
          WAY; LIM WUI LIANG, MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN, EDWIN KOO  -  335 words
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          396 70 WAY Block 34 Whampoa West 01-01, Tel: 6298-3179 Open: 11.30 am to 3pm, 6 to 10pm; closed today for Chinese New Year Rating: Food: This Teochew restaurant was opened more than 60 years by the late father of current owner Koh Hoon Liang, 50. The old restaurant
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          293 70 WAY 795/796 North Bridge Road, Tel: 6298-7563 Open: 10am to 10pm, closed between 1 and 2pm on Fridays; open for Chinese New Year Rating: Food: Opened in 1921, Famous Islamic was indeed very famous for its nasi beryani well into the 1980s, even though it no longer
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          341 70 WAY 05-02 OCBC Centre, Chulia Street, Tel: 6533-2818 Open: 11.30 am to 3pm, 6 to 10pm; closed today and tomorrow for Chinese New Year Rating: Food: With Hokkien restaurants so rare in Singapore, and none of them as old as Beng Thin Hoon Kee, you find dishes
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          397 71 WAY No. 15 Tanjong Katong Road, Tel: 6744-8111 Open: 7am to 11pm; open for Chinese New Year Rating: Food: When I was there for lunch last Sunday, the dining room was laid out for a weekend Nonya buffet ($13.30 per person). But having heard about the cafe's
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          245 71 TPL Shaw Centre 04-34/36, Tel: 6235-2235 Open: 11am to 10pm daily. Reopens for business on Wednesday Rating: Food: More than 40 years after it opened, this Hainanese steakhouse still offers one of the most extensive Western menus in town. The menu is divided into sections for starters, seafood,
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          222 71 TPL Block -4-4 Bendemeer Road 01-1436, Tel: 6294-9922 Open: 11am to 2.30pm, 6 to 10pm daily. Reopens for business tomorrow Rating: Food: Opened in 1963, this excellent little eatery was co-owned by one of the four "Heavenly Kings" in the Singapore food scene in the *****, the
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          261 71 TPL Sloane Court Hotel, 17 Balmoral Road, Tel: 6235-3311 Open: 7am to 10pm, closed on Mondays. Opens for breakfast throughout the Chinese New Year period. Lunch and dinner resume on Wednesday Rating: Food: Opened in 1960, it is one of the oldest Hainanese-run Western steakhouses, and it still
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          340 71 TPL 9A Whitchurch Road, Wessex Estate, Tel: 6779-4859 Open: 11am to 10pm, closed on Mondays. Reopens for business on Wednesday Rating: Food: This famous ramshackle hut serves all the Hainanese favourites from Chinese stir-fries to Western steaks and sausage-and-egg breakfasts. Founded in 1953 by the Lim family, it was
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          271 71 TPL Block 54 Chin Swee Road 07-23, Tel: 6532-5266 Open: 7am to 3pm, 6 to 10.30pm daily. Reopens for business tomorrow Rating: Food: Opened in 1974 by the four "Heavenly Kings" of Singapore's restaurant scene, it is famous for dimsum, available every day from 7am to 3pm.
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      60 45 Enamel tray, $5 from drying foodstuffs to Plastic may be fantastic, holding prayer offerings but back in the *****, idE J&C like fruit and cakes, trays were made of if tlKlS^ I You can still get them enamel. This China- V jftr from Da Huat made tray was used for
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      38 46 Motorola mobile phone, $80 The first generation of clunky, chunky beasts. This brick, released BJ in 1983, was one of Motorola's first commercial mobile phones. You can still buy them from Junkie's ft Corner at 17 Telok Kurau.
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      251 47 fj^M Bjjj^X Zam-Buk Medicated Ointment For Gentle Healing, $3.90 17nm-Buk 11 '^s multi-purpose salve made of eucalyptus oil, camphor and iiiiwiri thyme has been around for more than 20 years. Zam-Buk is an Y^H WrJJ °ld African recipe the bushmen used to soothe bites and injuries. a:, It was taken
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      64 48 Lamm Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, $4.20 mm Back in the Qing dynasty, the mother of Yeung Kan, a provincial commander, I suffered a chronic cough but recovered after a physician prescribed I a concoction of 15 herbs. He was asked to mass produce it for others, and Yeung H
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      246 49 /^fffi^X General Electric fan, from $300 /mmJ\ B\ Before the days of aircon, these electric fans f (HUBj^ i from General Electric were the byword of cool. Mr Toh Chee Keong, 42, who owns CX X^rßf~Bol/ Collections at 586 Serangoon Road, is an avid fan n^^^T collector and has over
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      54 50 Charcoal iron, $90 (^Bflfe Before electric irons, Grandma would first heat \j^ charcoal in the stove, then put the hot coals into the iron. She then pressed the iron over a banana leaf Bflk placed on top of the clothes to ensure a smooth glide. Buy this from Junkie's Corner
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      39 51 /Feather duster, $2.80 y Before neon-coloured synthetic-fibre dusters, J—W sensible brown-coloured ones made of chicken feathers were the norm. You can still get them from shops like Peter Lim's Department Store at jmT Block 1, 01-16 Tanjong Pagar Plaza.
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      109 52 tPo Chai pills, $4.20 These bitter little red pills can cure anything from the runs to heartburn and nausea. It was reportedly created by a doctor in China in 1896, when the country was hit by a plague. The good doctor's face is still on the box of every pill
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      62 53 JSL Poon Goor Soe Pei Pa Lo, $3.20 f^F»>S The cough mixture your grandma fed you dates back to the (22) 1880s, when brothers Poon Bei Shi and Poon Ying Shi of Guangdong, China, started selling medicinal products. 11l The fourth son of Bei Shi later came up with this
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      44 54 General Electric vacuum cleaner, $250 tjm Goodness, what is this? A portable GE vacuum fpflj cleaner, that's what, seen in homes during the *****. if It comes with a cute external dust bag. You can get it /^ip^L at CX Collections in Serangoon Road.
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      59 55 Paper umbrella, $15 For the nostalgic class, nothing beats the eco-friendly mm i» paper umbrellas that sheltered Grandpa and Grandma from the sun and rain. They were made of waxed "m brown paper attached to bamboo frames. The modern replicas, complete with pictures of cranes, can be li- ;M! Wo*^
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      535 64 ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN |^j|l|fl^\^ MjlP I I iifi||S^¥«7^% k-^^ VX r^-v *°r*-- -^!^^sT^Jr^s |(A3ENT}jfpK ipJ-V^! ¥ARe ¥OU 1 I PLEASE, OA<3, I'M SEGGING YOU/ IF WE I I DAS, PLEASE, V^t jSf" "I v' mST<^T CHAMM^L. IIf! 11/'I1/' TMe HISTORY GCtfc&tWS WAS WHATCHA t];' PKOGiRAM'OH GOE^&EUS.
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      1469 65 nonglinidn ying'er chdo mixin chushenglu cehee^^^™ cvjiiii-Hiiri cncro dan VUUIwI/vOIIV Lunaryear Baby boom Superstitious Birthrate 1 agriculture, JJS calendar, year §?Jl baby, ffl wave jt be fascinated by, j| believe ffi out, give birth, rate By actor Bryan Wong Yuan Li I Achieving success m Chengyu of the week 4
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      38 66 Wind-up alarm clock, $120 Used in the 1950s and the *****, these clocks with a deafening ring can be found at Junkie's Corner at 17 Telok Kurau. They still work. And they are still impossible to sleep through.
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      38 67 ]T\l Woodward's Gripe Water, S^, $4.45 Sips of this sweet formula, fed to howling babies, provided comfort for generations of colicky infants since .J? 1851- EiiTl ir ir k\ .^m. JJ J LLj JL j 1 -^d k
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      53 68 S Look-in Ciro-flex camera, The images may be shaky, but the memories this 1950s camera evokes are priceless. Amateurs and professionals took pictures by looking into the viewfinder and turning the knobs at the sides. You can still buy this at the Sungei Road flea market and Junkie's Corner at
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      123 69 I Nintendo Game Watch Donkey Kong, from $10 I One of the first hand-held electronic games of the 1980s, ■f\i I I this and other titles like Octopus and Parachute formed I the Game Watch series. Scratch-free limited editions I can be worth over $500 today. Try getting one from
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      40 70 > Rooster bowl, $1.15 These China-made clay rooster bowls were everywhere from the 1960s to the *****, used both at home and at roadside stalls. The owner of Sia Huat at 7 Temple Street says today's versions are made of porcelain.
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      56 71 Kopitiam cup and saucer, $1.25 This cup-and-saucer set takes you back to the very k early days of kaya toast and kopi. These beige sets J from China were a staple in coffee shops in the 1960s and the *****, but you can still get them from kitchen ware shop
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      655 72 Boxing Ring Brand Embrocation Oil, $2 f[ A local Chinese physician concocted this fiery oil in k@P;|! 1945 to ease the muscular aches of sportsmen, coolies BWh and <>M In Iks. |'j* |< ji 11> al ~\>\ l 11< 11■.■ I halls lllv IVi Sheng Tang, 01-819, Block 128 Toa
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      307 73 W T^ru w t n -4-1. r-• i r Clearance I/ r"- vif vfi *;*v, 1 Ushcrm the Year of the Pig with festive wishes from |_k f ,>r ,r: -__f MiaOWing for I our advertisers in Chinese New Year Greetings fine Indian B^ H? PAGEC3 auspicious raw fish salad
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      1254 77 Special Focus^^np I l_J J I I■l N VJ HI Written by Sheila Lim AT3 buy n- sell rr> find it '__^_k__M___. MM-Mr > m ___i_tf_li___ _#_s*^ II _#i *V' '*V' *> _f/ < It's made in Singapore It brings people together '^y^___Bp^ W&K '_-***^M' c*l'"' cra^ anc^ chicken rice,
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      557 79 Wl J' O with Si__rC l« B«fa it f«. tttie taks-ted f^^l^^^^??-^..?^. i P^n^ 1 Great Booli«^ B -reviews of v C w? nts,2Svourite things_ n ft Leslq/ Pea rse) Wright 1. jgftg l| M oth r as they grow older, fate trends^ r^funnVO oach other about her froublea eventuaUv
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    886 82 IT HAS been estimated that human beings are capable of 20,000 different facial expressions. Tlie most pleasant, and usually the most advantageous, is a smile. It is always nicer to deal with people who smile than with those who frown. Most people interpret a firm, steady gaze
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