The Straits Times, 5 August 2007

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  • 19 1 thesundaytimes AUGUST 5, 2007 88 pages in three parts MICA(P) 199/12/2006 ttV A Singapore Press Holdings publication O\J Cents
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  • 532 1  -  Goh Chin Lian TOP OF THE NEWS LOWER-INCOME families buying their first Housing Board (HDB) flat are to receive more help from the Government. The move is to ensure that HDB flats remain affordable for them amid rising property prices. What they
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    • 762 2  -  Chong Chee Kin Each charge carries a maximum jail term of between one and three years. The extradited ex-NKF chairman's wife is still in HK, facing a money-laundering charge A DAY after he was extradited from Hong Kong, former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman
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    • 820 3  -  Tan Dawn Wei, Jamie Ec, Tracy Sua Teh Shi Ning They may get cupboards and beds to furnish replacement flats, plus free meals, household appliances and financial aid HE LIVED through the terrifying Bukit Ho Swee Fire of 1961. So when his
      LAU FOOK KONG; DESMOND LIM; FRANCIS ONG  -  820 words
    • 319 3  -  Tracy Sua IT TOOK all the experience and courage of a six-man firefighting team to rescue the two old victims who were trapped in the Jalan Bukit Merah blaze on Friday. The rescuers were part of a 40-strong team from the Singapore Civil Defence Force
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    • 1393 4  -  Melissa Sim, Jamie Ec Wen Wei Teh Shi Ning At least seven cases of families battling it out over properties reported over the past two years FOR 50 years, cafe owner Mohanlal Ramchand Daswani and his mother lived happily together under one roof. He said that
      TERENCE TAN, FRANCIS ONG; TNP FILE PHOTOS; WANG HUIFEN, TNP FILE PHOTO, WANBAO FILE PHOTO  -  1,393 words
    • 634 6  -  Mavis Toh Customers of moving company say their shipments went missing and it didn't respond to complaints or claims WHEN Mr Ken Bailey left Singapore for Brisbane's Gold Coast, he lost $12,000 worth of valuables along the way. His shipment including a 36-inch LCD television set, four
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    • 427 6  -  K.C. Vijayan, Bryna Sim Melody Zaccheus WHEN Mr Hendra Gunawan and three of his neighbours tried to engage lawyers to block the collective sale of Horizon Towers, three firms turned them down flat. All felt they had no case. The
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    • 816 6  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi THE story of The Majestic is a tale of romance. After the wife of businessman philanthropist Eu Tong Sen was turned away from an opera house, he built this one for her in 1927. Now, the Chinatown landmark once the
      FILE PHOTOS  -  816 words
    • 882 8  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Jamie Ec Wen Wei At least 28 women given away when young are now looking for their biological parents; most were born to Chinese families MADAM Tung Ah Loi thinks she was given away because she was born in the wrong year 1950,
      DOMINIC WONG; TIEN CHUNG PING  -  882 words
    • 472 8  -  Bryna Sim PHOTO: DURING this period when people are rushing to cash in on their properties, Ms Sng Mvi Hong is determined to sit tight on her sizeable piece of land in Punggol. The 12,248 sq m plot about the size
      WANG HUI FEN  -  472 words
    • 298 8 THE Government has deferred plans to begin quarrying for granite on Pulau Übin. This follows a significant improvement in the granite supply situation in the last two months, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said in a statement yesterday. There is
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    • 385 9  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Celebrations held all over the island as ministers and MPs gather with residents to celebrate nation's 42nd birthday IT WAS a familiar song and the singing was led by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and his fellow Marine Parade GRC
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    • 344 10  -  BUKITMERTAJAM (PENANG) PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday emphasised that Malaysia is neither a secular nor a theocratic state but a country that practises parliamentary democracy, reported Bernama. He told reporters after a function here: "We are not a secular state. We are
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    • 688 10  -  Hazlin Hassan BODY PARTS MURDER Woman who bought a house from the suspect describes her as gentle and soft-spoken MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR A 33-YEAR-OLD Sarawakian who is the prime suspect in the "body parts" murder case here has been described as a "gentle"
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    • 297 10 Bernama, The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR BESET by a recent spate of flight disruptions and delays, national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will introduce a new flight schedule effective from Aug 13, which will have buffers to reduce flight delays.
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    • 565 11  -  Susan Sachs French First Lady Cecilia Sarkozy's role in securing the release of six medical workers imprisoned in Libya has put her squarely in the limelight reports from Paris. FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife once said it would be "boring" to be France's First Lady.
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    • 165 11 Reuters KOLKATA INDIAN police forced a thief to gobble down 40 bananas in a few hours, hoping he would pass out a gold necklace that he had snatched and swallowed. Sheikh Mohsin, 35, grabbed the 45,000-rupee (551,700) necklace from a woman in
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      • 45 11 AP BEIJING China has closed Danxia Feng one of the peaks in the popular Huangshan mountain range for three years. The move is to allow vegetation to recover from the hordes of tourists who visit the Unesco World Heritage site.
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      • 51 11 The Star/Asia News Network JOHOR BARU One of Malaysia's most powerful crime lords was detained here several days ago. Previously seen as "untouchable", he was arrested on the orders of the Internal Security Ministry, and may be held for 60 days or longer to help in
        The Star/Asia News Network  -  51 words
      • 59 11 AP PESHAWAR A suicide bomber yesterday rammed an explosives-laden car into traffic at a busy bus station near here, unleashing a blast that killed nine people and wounded 35 others, local police officials said. The explosion went off at mid-morning in the
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      • 42 11 AP TAIPEI Veteran Taiwanese dissident Shih Ming-teh and 15 others have been indicted for organising large anticorruption protests against President Chen Shui-bian last year. Taipei city official Emile Sheng and two opposition legislators were among those indicted.
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    • 57 12 AFP POWERED BY BATTERIES, this car ran an average speed of 105.95kmh in Shirosato, Japan yesterday, making the Guinness Book of World Records. The car, powered by 192 Matsushita Oxyride AA dry-cell batteries, hit a top speed of 122 kmh during time trials. The 38-kg vehicle was manufactured
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    • 567 12  -  Tracy Quek The northern city's Binhai economic zone gives it an edge over other cities for the Sino-S'pore joint venture CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING THE north-eastern port city of Tianjin has emerged as the front-runner in the race to host a new flagship project between
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    • 159 12 AP TOKYO JAPAN'S wartime Emperor Hirohito was against including convicted war criminals at a Tokyo shrine because he worried that would damage relations with the country's Asian neighbours, according to new documents published yesterday. Hirohito also believed that honouring Class-A war criminals at
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    • 439 13 The Star/Asia News Network Foreign prostitutes moved around to 'service' foreign workers in thriving vice trade at Sarawak dam project MIRI (SARAWAK) SYNDICATED gangsters are reportedly holding foreign women as sex slaves in a thriving vice trade which has mushroomed around the
      The Star/Asia News Network  -  439 words
    • 146 13 Bernama FOUR teenagers and a 12-year-old suspected of having raped a 30-year-old woman were detained in Johor Baru yesterday. The victim was riding from Taman Nusa Damai to Pasir Gudang on her motorcycle with her friend as pillion at about 11.40pm on Friday when
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    • 200 13 AP LONDON BRITISH scientists worked frantically yesterday to trace the source of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak as Singapore joined the European Union and Japan in banning imports of meat from Britain. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) immediately suspended the import of pork, mutton, and
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    • 565 14 AFP, AP, Reuters SOUTH ASIA'S Millions are left homeless and 1,400 people are killed as heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in India, Bangladesh and Nepal NEW DELHI HELICOPTERS dropped food to almost two million hungry and frightened villagers perched on rooftops in India yesterday, as monsoon rains
      AFP, AP, Reuters; AP; G. CHANDRADAS  -  565 words
    • 228 14 AFP KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) A WEEPING woman said by the Taleban to be one of 21 South Korean hostages pleaded for help in an emotional telephone call yesterday, saying the captives are living in great fear. "They threaten us, they tell us they'll kill
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    • 486 15 Financial Times, AFP, Washington Post U.S. REGULATION STARTING NEXT YEAR Travellers from the 27 countries under the visa waiver programme, including Singapore, will be affected WASHINGTON TRAVELLERS from 27 countries including Singapore will have to give 48 hours' notice of their plans
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    • 133 15 AP, Reuters BEIJING CHINA has banned all Indonesian seafood imports after checks turned up toxins, dangerous chemicals and pathogens, the government food regulator said. Shipments received before last Friday would be carefully inspected, while all those shipped after that date would be returned or
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    • 73 2 INDEX asia Odd behaviour The Sarawakian woman suspected of killing her Singaporean husband behaved as if she was still single. 10 Stocks: Know when to act... 18 Korea's Taleban nightmare .24 Ballack, Robben for Real? ...27 High-definition wars 33 Concert crashers 35 Those local pick-up lines ...38 lifestyle liliil Young
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    • 52 14 fc"^j^ HE-**.;*?.', iffi i I I BIG INFLUENCE At 79, former president Fidel Ramos remains a tireless cheerleader for the Philippines and an energetic presence in Asean. *"w^TV j J BIG CHANGE From London to Paris to Barcelona, Europeans are turning their backs on one of the major pollution sources
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    • 1671 16  -  Lorna Tan Prices are soaring so do weigh the returns if you are buying one for investment FINANCE CORRESPONDENT LIKE a golf ball whacked harshly with a six iron, club memberships have hit dizzying heights recently, in tandem with rising
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    • 385 16  -  Henry Hebeler two cents'worth Author HERE are a number of very practical things that deserve emphasis. Keep good records. When you make a new investment, set up a folder for it. If it is not apparent from the normal paperwork you get,
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    • 366 16 AP wallstreet NEW YORK WALL Street plunged anew on Friday, hurtling the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 280 points, after comments from a major investment bank exacerbated the market's fears of a widening credit crunch. The catalyst for the
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    • 655 18  -  Mr K. Anparasan YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q lAM the sole owner of a private limited company which was charged an inflated sum by a creditor company for services rendered. It served me a summons without issuing any reminder to
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    • 1395 18  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY To make money, a person must know when to buy and sell as well, says financial adviser FINANCE CORRESPONDENT THINK you can make money on the stock market just by knowing the best stocks to buy?
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    • 381 19  -  Paul Heng YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q lAM a Singaporean who has ventured overseas since graduation, working in the headquarters of a multinational company as an engineer. I have picked up a new language in the process. After three years, I have
      WANG HUI FEN  -  381 words
    • 288 19 MY SPACE Media industry professional Azlan Kamsani, 36, tells Melody Zaccheus why his maisonette sports two such dramatically different themes "MY WIFE Lynn and I have different preferences when it comes to interior design. She adores Victorian and English themes while I prefer retro
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    • PROPERTY
      • 84 20 In the last instalment of our 12-part buying guide, The Sunday Times travels to a spot close to the heart of Singaporeans, in more ways than one. Homes in Johor have received some bad press in recent years, but the state is taking on a new shine
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      • 256 20 LEISURE FARM RESORT PHOTO: SPANNING a massive 714 ha of freehold land just next to Nusajaya, Leisure Farm Resort is a sprawling, self-contained residential resort development complete with a 36-hole golf course. The project, double-gated for security, has eight individually gated
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      • 275 20 LEDANG HEIGHTS PHOTO: UPMARKET Ledang Heights is one of the bet-ter-known residential projects in Nusajaya. The 146 ha gated site comes with its own central park, kindergarten and fruit orchards. It boasts 571 freehold bungalows and villas, which have proved so popular with
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      • 191 21 TAMAN PERLING TWENTY minutes away from the Johor Baru city centre is the township of Taman Perling, on the border of the Nusajaya region. Launched in the 1980s by developer Pelangi Berhad, Taman Perling covers 373 ha and comprises 9,924 homes. Of these, 80 per
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      • 186 21 DANGABAY I THE glittering jewel in Malaysia's Iskandar Development Region is the Danga Bay waterfront city, a 25km coastal stretch with a financial district, an eco-tourism theme park and upscale hotels and homes. With enthusiastic marketing, Danga Bay homes have received a warm response. About 75 per
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      • 198 21 TAMAN SUTERA IF SINGAPORE developers are more your cup of tea, Keppel Land (KepLand) has teamed up with partners to develop a 500 ha residential township in Johor. Named Taman Sutera, the project is centrally located near the Johor Baru City Centre and the
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      • 208 21 HORIZON HILLS NESTLED in the heart of Nusajaya is a sprawling 486 ha development known as Horizon Hills, a RM2.6 billion (Ssl.2 billion) project being developed by Gamuda Land. The gated township, comprising 6,000 homes located 20km from the Second Link, will have an 18-hole
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        80 22 Beleaguered Japanese PM Mr Abe was humiliated when his ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered one of its worst aereats ever in a hotly contested Upper House election. The party won only 37 seats against 60 by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Mr Abe, 52, who became PM
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        94 22 Media mogul After a fourmonth saga, Mr Murdoch finally gained enough support from the Bancroft family to buy Dow Jones and Company publisher of the highly respected Wall Street Journal newspaper for US$5.6 billion (SsB.4 billion). Mr Murdoch had faced opposition from family members, as well as readers
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        90 22 Bollywood actor The Indian film industry's enfant terrible was jailed for six years for possessing illegal weapons acquired from gangsters linked to the "Black Friday" blasts in Mumbai which killed 257 people in 1993. Dutt, 48, a former drug addict who achieved fame with strongman movie roles, was
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        89 22 Head of UN body The 59-year-old Singaporean was sworn in last week as the first woman to head the United Nations Economic and Social Programme for Asia and the Pacific. The veteran development expert has championed women's issues within the UN and the Security Council for more than
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      • 100 22 suspect A Sarawak woman, 33, is being held in connection with the murder of a Singaporean, Goh Yoke Seng, ay. notice nave yet to release her name but confirmed that she had been married to the victim since 2002. She apparently acted alone in killing him two
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    • 1027 22  -  Erica Tay ANATOMY OF A MORTGAGE COLLAPSE There could be a second wave of impact coming, after the first ripples of the US financial shock ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT IT HAD taken a long time to brew but when the United States'
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    • 685 23  -  Joe Queenan Los Angeles Times IN THE audaciously predictable style for which he is famous, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently rhapsodised about the many ways in which "transparency" is making our "global discussion...so much richer". The theory was that the 24/7
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    • 807 23  -  Alfred Siew Its PC and cellphone viewing options open up more choices in digital media scene TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT AFTER the unpopular hike in subscription fees for its sports channel, Star Hub announced two pieces of good news last week. First, football
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    • 639 24 What the Americans haven't been able to do, what the Iraqi government has been struggling to achieve, a plucky squad of football players managed in a Jakarta stadium. Last Sunday, people across Iraq joined in a jubilant celebration of their country's victory against Saudi Arabia
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    • 1035 24  -  Lee Tee Jong SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL DISPATCHES TALEBAN has become a dirty word in South Korea. The three-week hostage crisis involving the abduction and killing of South Korean aid workers in Afghanistan has dominated conversations in restaurants, offices, churches and homes. A taxi
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    • 923 25  -  Andi McDaniel Washington Post CONFESS. I'm one of those "thoughtful" eaters you've been hearing so much about the ones interrogating the arugula in the produce section or scrutinising the ingredients on each box of Annie's mac and cheese. When there's a traffic jam in
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    • 723 25 The expanding world o f engineers In response to a Think piece on Singapore's success in reducing its reliance on manufacturing to grow the economy, the dean of engineering at NUS, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna gives his views on the changing face of engineering. IN TODAY'S world, systematic and critical thinking
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    • 1888 26  -  Rob Hughes AFP COMMUNITY SHIELI VNCHESTE v CHELSEA (LIVE, CH23, 9.55PM) After their dull FA Cup Final, pray that Manchester United and Chelsea play wingers and attacking football HEART OF FOOTBALL LET us pray that today's Community Shield is not a replica of the
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    • 456 27 AP COMMUNITY SHIELD: MANCHESTER UNIT v CHELSEA (LIVE, CH23, 9.55PM) Spanish reports put transfer package for Chelsea duo at $83m MADRID SPANISH champions Real Madrid are close to signing Germany captain Michael Ballack and winger Arjen Robben from Chelsea, Spanish media reported yesterday. The leading
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    • 245 27 Who will win the Shield, and which player will make the difference? "Chelsea. Ferguson won't be taking this match as seriously as Mourinho, so he is unlikely to field his strongest team. I expect Chelsea to field their strongest team, and that
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    • 687 27  -  Leonard Lim FOR football fans Allan Lim and Dcs Cunningham, an itch that has been festering for the past three months will finally go away tonight. For that is when Chelsea and Manchester United clash in the Community Shield, the cur-tain-raiser to the
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    • 717 28 Richard Jolly MAKE a superb signing and the manager claims the credit. Blunder when buying, and everyone tries to avoid the blame. Manager, chairman and scouts are united in one thing: It was not their idea. In a summer when Premier League managers have spent
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    • 555 29 LAT-WP, Reuters Supporters risk death to greet 16 of 23 Asian Cup-winning players BAGHDAD THEY could have been kidnapped and killed. But most of Iraq's national soccer team returned on Friday to celebrate with fans the country's maiden Asian Cup triumph. Details of the visit were
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    • 198 29 AP BEIJING is adding thousands of surveillance cameras in and around venues for the 2008 Summer Olympics, official newspapers reported yesterday, as authorities launched a new crackdown on rowdy fans. Beijing police say they will use cameras to monitor rowdy crowd behaviour at an exhibition soccer
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    • 358 29  -  Royston Sim EVEN it means Rams to the slaughter, Woodlands Wellington will not sacrifice their attacking creed in the S-League tonight. Their opponents are none other than defending champions Singapore Armed Forces FC, who have scored 55 goals in 19 games. They can expect no favours
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      • 54 29 AP NEWCASTLE striker Michael Owen could miss the start of the Premiership soccer season with a thigh injury. Manager Sam Allardyce said the inju-ry-prone player is unlikely to be ready for the season-opener against Bolton on Saturday. Owen has played only 14 times for Newcastle since
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      • 76 29 SINGAPORE swimmer Nicolette Teo smashed her own national mark in the 100 m breaststroke at the United States National Championships in Indianapolis on Friday. Her time of lmin 10.935 ec in the preliminaries improved on her old mark of 1:11.07, set at last month's Janet Evans
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    • 473 30 AP World champ remains in pit after being waved away as Hamilton waits BUDAPEST DEFENDING champion Fernando Alonso edged out teammate Lewis Hamilton for pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday, but Hamilton questioning McLaren's team tactics after a lengthy pit stop. Alonso clocked
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    • 421 30 A 9,600 KM long-distance love affair is never going to be easy, especially if your boyfriend is the hottest flavour in Formula One. But Jodia Ma is not giving up on her romance with Lewis Hamilton (right). "I think the world of him," she
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    • 304 30 AP ST ANDREWS (Scotland) LORENA Ochoa's missed four-foot putt at the 18th took the fun away from another big step towards her first Major. Michelle Wie's 80 for another missed cut suggested she is still a long way off her first victory
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    • 125 30 AP RORY Sabbatini continued to make a difficult golf course look like a breeze on Friday, running off three straight birdies towards the end of his round for another three-under 67. He is at six-under 134 and takes a two-shot lead over Masters champion Zach Johnson
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    • 131 30 MONTFORT Junior School's Lim Wei Liang (above, with RExy Mainaky) was among 200 young shuttlers who met their idols in person yesterday. Former doubles world champions Chandra Wijaya, Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky, along with 1991 world junior champion Indra Wijaya, were invited by
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    • 146 30 AP LONDON BRITISH weather once more put paid to the world-record hopes of Tyson Gay. But the American sprinter still produced an impressive display to win the 100 metres in 10.02 seconds at the London Grand Prix on Friday. Gay, who clocked 10.13 in almost
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    • 440 30 Text pictures by Mugilan Rajasegeran Kit Chua, 20 Student Height: 1.73 m Weight: 51kg Exercise regimen: My work-out programme is a three-pronged attack. First, I swim or run 30 minutes around the neighbourhood four times a week to
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    • 692 31  -  Royston Sim World No. 1 beats Grinham 3-0 to win Spore Masters and her fifth title this year NICOL David cemented her standing as the world's best squash player yesterday by winning the CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters. The world No 1 defeated Australia's
      ALBERT SIM  -  692 words
    • 285 31 AFP, AP INDIANA MICHAEL Phelps grabbed two more titles at the US Swimming Championships on Friday, coming within a whisker of the 100 m backstroke world record. The American Olympic star turned in a scintillating performance in winning the 100 m backstroke, seizing
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    • 241 31 BASEBALL MLB: NY Mets 6 Chicago Cubs 2, NY Yankees 7 Kansas City 1, Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 4, Houston 8 Florida 2, Washington 3 St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 6 Texas 4, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 1, Colorado 9 Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia
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      130 31 "I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept my faith." 2 TIMOTHY 4:7 PATRICK PHILIP ANTHONY DORAI S/O LATEVICTORXAVIER DO RAY Age: 51 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 August 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Mother: Caroline Victor Douret Sons:
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      52 31 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of VERONICA CHEN CHOON YONG Departed on 5 August 2001 "Up to heaven you have gone, But the memories of you still lingers on. Enjoying your fellowship with the Lord, As we cherish you in our thoughts." Dearly missed and always remembered by Family and
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      44 31 Always remembered with love Lim Toh Nee Betty Kong Chal Yuenl Born:31/5/1911 Born:12/12/1925 Departed: 24/8/1998 Departed: 5/8/2005 Your presence is ever near us Your love remains with us; You both live on in our hearts. Deeply loved always remembered by your children and grandchildren
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      44 31 The family of the late MARY JEYASELLI SAVERIAS Departed on 31 July 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Priests, Pastors, Relatives, Friends, Church Members and Prayer Groups for their kind assistance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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    • 48 31 TV times AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL: Melbourne v Sydney (Delayed, Ch96, 11.30 am), West Coast Eagles v Fremantle (Delayed, Ch96, 11pm). GOLF EPGA Russian Open: Final day (Live, Ch2l, 6pm). Ricoh Women's British Open: Final day (Live, Ch24, 9.15pm). USPGA WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Final day (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, lam).
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      809 33  -  Loh Wei Loong Offerings by rival format founders Toshiba and Sony are set to stir up market \FTER months of teasing local consumers with small hardware releases to whet our appetites, the parents of both next-genera-ion DVD formats have finally brought the nigh-definition format war here. In May,
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      384 33  -  Yeong Ah Seng THE NEW TOYS ON THE BLOCK Fujitsu Lifeßook UlOlO ULTRA Mobile PCs or UMPCs are shrunk-down, superlight machines that cater to the Net-surfing and e-mail needs of the mobile user. As UMPCs are full-function PCs, they can be used as mobile workstations as well. The Fujitsu
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    • 562 34  -  Bryna Sim bl THE stage is set: for a brand new website hosted by Stomp. Called "Getai A-go-go", it serves as an interactive information portal for the month-long Getai season, which will start on Aug 13. To engage people from all walks of
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    • 114 34  -  Brian Higgs GLUb stomp Gontest Bl AS PART of Stamp's first birthday celebrations, you get the chance to win big in the Club Stomp Contest. It's so easy your whole family can take part! Just search for the answers within the Stomp website, fill up
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    • 324 34  -  Brian Higgs Bl THERE was a time when brands would pick the blogger they wanted and run the ads on that site. It was usually a site which the company felt embodied what it stood for. But that time has gone. Today, bloggers choose
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      340 34 ■WmiMiliOTEM Maybe life's cruel to many people, but it has always been good to me. Providence has never been other than a kind and indulgent companion to me. Even though I meet rude, unhappy people all the time, I seldom let them get me down. Life is full of
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  • gen y
    • 722 35  -  Emily Lek Because of steep ticket prices, some fans try to sneak in without paying MUSE Live in Singapore: $110. Slipknot The Subliminal Verses Tour: $60, for the cheapest seats. Steep prices for top acts hard on the teen wallet have led some desperate
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    • 609 35 Q lam an only daughter of a single mother and I am currently in secondary school. As my mum has to work to provide for the two of us, she often comes home late, and we hardly get to talk. Recently, I accidentally shook a
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      266 36  -  J Lin Junjie Ocean Butterflies Karen HoWenEe, 14 Crescent Girls' School My Read Westside byJ Since JJ Lin Junjie became a singer in 2003, he has clinched numerous awards with songs like A Thousand Years Later and River South. JJ released his fifth album, Westside, in June. As usual,
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    • 472 36 Not sure what is good English and what is not? Write to The Sunday Times and we will get your queries answered. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. Special price for dodgy bites WE WERE happily doing our
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      • 126 37  -  Gene Kam WAS taking a walk one Saturday morning in one of Brisbane's parks, when I noticed a printed note laminated and secured to a park bench with a string stating that an iPod had been found on the bench. The note gave details of the
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      • 256 37  -  George Lim Heng Chye I REFER to the two reports "Home for family of three is entire 11-storey condo" (The Sunday Times, July 29) and "Just 18, but she's 'mum' to nine siblings" (The Sunday Times, July 15) which show how far apart the social
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      • 251 37  -  Cynthia Koh Li Yin (Ms) I REFER to the report, "Chock-a-block with troubles" (The Sunday Times, July 15). As this is a rental block, it is expected that many lower-income families live there, some of whom may face problems. However, they do not live
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      • 341 37  -  Jolovan Wham I REFER to the article, "Illegals, but cannot leave the country yet" (The Sunday Times, July 22). It is important to understand the circumstances which lead some foreign workers to become "illegals". In the 2V2 years that the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home)
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      • 190 37  -  Peter Zabel I REFER to the article, "Rents here too high? Not so, say expats" (The Sunday Times, July 29). By saying that rents in Singapore are not too high, both Mr Charles Tidswell and Mr Timothy Rice have done a disservice to thousands
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    • 814 38  -  Serene Goh expat eve I WHENEVER Miss Alicia Lee Muller speaks to a Singaporean, she invariably gets this response: "Eh, how come you talk like ang moh one?" Although she is Dutch, the 28-year-old looks like the
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  • lifestyle
    • hot
      • 722 40  -  Tay Suan Chiang Architects lament five iconic buildings that are succumbing to en bloc fever and may soon go under the wrecking ball THIRTY years or so ago, they were residential buildings that helped pioneer the start of modern architecture here. And they stood tall and proud
        MAY LIN LEGOFF  -  722 words
      • 200 40 FUTURA (right) 14 Leonie Hill Road The deal: The condo, with 69 units and three penthouses, was sold en bloc last year for $287.3 million to City Sunshine Holdings, a subsidiary of City Developments. However, the deal is still in the works as minority owners have
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      • 266 41 GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX 5001 Beach Road The deal: The en bloc is not yet a done deal. Some owners at the strata-titled mixed development are lobbying for one. But there are many units and it may be difficult to get the mandatory minimum of 80 per cent
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      • Article, Illustration
        211 41 THE HABITAT 1 2 2 3 Ardmore Park The deal: Property developer Wheelock Properties bought Habitat 1 for $180 million last year, and Habitat 2 for $103.88 million in 2005. The site of Habitat 2 and its neighbouring Ardmore View, which was also sold en bloc, is making
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      • Article, Illustration
        166 41 BEVERLY MAI 31 Tomlinson Road The deal: The 28-storey tower was sold en bloc in April last year for $238 million to Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL). History: It was built in 1974. Why it's so special: It helped kick off Singaporeans' famous obsession with attaining the 5Cs: car,
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      • 177 41 PEAEL BANK APARTMENTS 1 Pearl's Hill The deal: LifeStyle understands from residents and industry experts that more than the mandatory 80 per cent of residents have agreed to sell. The apartments, near Outram Park MRT, could fetch more than $500 million. History: The building was
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      • Article, Illustration
        1602 42  -  Lee Sze Yong Dawn Lim Never mind how popular they were before. When actresses get pregnant, the jobs dry up WHEN even the Queen of Caldecott Hill laments about how getting pregnant has affected her income, you know that celebrities don't always have it easy. With baby on
        ALAN LIM  -  1,602 words
      • 585 42 PHOTO: L NEXT year, Zoe Tay celebrates her 20th year in show business. The former model was crowned MediaCorp's first ever Star Search winner in 1988 and remains the station's Da Jie (Big Sister). While the last drama serial she starred in was A Million Treasures in
        lANHE ZAOBAO  -  585 words
      • 597 43 NYT A dieting book gets a spike in sales after über-thin Victoria Beckham (above) is seen with it EVER since Running Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, first published the raucous, profanity-laced diet book Skinny ***** in December 2005, it has sold steadily. From an initial print
        NYT  -  597 words
      • 246 43 NYT SOME readers have judged the book by its cover and they have been put out by what they see as a disconnect between Skinny *****'s message and medium. Laura McGlinchey, a 41-year-old computer network manager, said she bought the book because she liked the packaging and
        NYT; AP, INTERNET  -  246 words
      • 600 44  -  Huang Xueling JUST for the record, this is what 17-year-old Walter Wong did in December last year. He cut his own six-song EP called Send, Search, Retrieve in a recording studio. It is filled with original songs and the arts student at Raffles Junior College
        DESMOND LIM  -  600 words
      • EGO-FRIENDLY PROJECTS
        • 391 44  -  Trisha Suresh O THIAM Chin is looking for a happy ending. The Temasek Polytechnic graduate in mechatronics decided early that he wasn't cut out for an engineering career. While working as an assistant programme officer at the polytechnic, the now 29-year-old enrolled in a part-time degree programme
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        • 395 44  -  Trisha Suresh IT ALL started with the humble pineapple tart. In 2005, Choa Oi Lin, a teach-er-turned-housewife, was looking for a good recipe to bake that pastry for Chinese New Year. "I trawled the Net and baking books, and made countless trips to the supermarket to buy
          MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  395 words
        • 399 44  -  Wong Pei Yee YOU won't see local heavy metal band Bhelliom play at the Bayßeats festival at the Esplanade this weekend. "We're too noisy and angry. The kind of music we play is just not widely accepted," says Bret Ong, 29, who manages the quartet. Bhelliom was
          ABDUL WAHID BIN SUBARMAH  -  399 words
      • 797 45  -  Wong Pei Yee Children as young as five are vrooming around on bikes at motocross races MOST five-year-old boys like digging in sandpits and playing with toy cars. Try telling that to go-get-ting youngster Rhyane Ng. He doesn't play with make-believe machines he rides real ones.
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      • 839 46  -  HongXinyi More people in their 20s are using financial planners to help manage their money MOST 21-year-olds celebrate this particular birthday by getting sloshed. Jack Lee, however, chose to mark this milestone in a much more sober way: He got himself a financial planner.
        LUDWIG ILIO  -  839 words
      • 373 46  -  Hong Xinyi LIKE going on a blind date, choosing the right financial planner can be an adventure fraught with false hope. LifeStyle asked seven financial planners for some tips on how to meet the perfect partner for your financial bliss. Word of mouth is
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      • 283 46  -  Hong Xinyi WHAT is this "financial planning" that your Mends have been telling you about? Well, it is the process of determining your own special financial goals and concerns, with the help of a professional trained in such matters. You tell him details like your earnings
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    • 254 47 The heartland is where most Singaporeans live, work and play, but how many really notice or appreciate the beauty of it? In this fifth of a seven-part series, Straits Times photographers find out what heartlanders are doing to celebrate our nation's 42nd birthday A group of
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    • pulse
      • 461 48 LAT-WP A man's 'goofy' behaviour was later revealed to be a rare form of dementia THE initial symptoms were more annoying than alarming, Lynn Field recalls. Her husband, Joe Field, had always been a bit forgetful, but during the summer of 2004 his memory got worse. Sometimes the
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      • 394 48  -  SINSEH SAYS Gerard Yeo rraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner Send your questions to stlife@spn.com.sg My sister has been suffering from anxiety-induced depression for I/V2 years. She is taking Western medication for her
        ST FILE PHOTO  -  394 words
      • 775 49  -  Shaan Seth What is Sudden Death Syndrome, and how does one cope with the loss of a loved one to it? IT IS a phenomenon sudden death syndrome that pops up fairly regularly in the news. And it is the focus of a seminar at
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    • go
      • 689 50  -  Huang Xueling It's not the size of the hotel that matters to Chloe Lim (left) when she travels, it's being given the royal treatment by service staff GOOD service is what matters most to Chloe Lim, managing director of Flairview Travel, when she travels. If hotel
        MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  689 words
    • SPECIAL
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        728 51  -  PHILIP LEE Eye-catching hues and shades of nature everywhere captivate the visitor By OLDER Singaporeans would remember the long-running Japanese television drama series Oshin, which was shown here in 1984. It told the story of a girl from a poor family in Japan who overcame the adversities and
        ASA HOLIDAYS  -  728 words
    • reflect
      • 981 52  -  Cheong Suk-Wai I seem to have sunk roots in this cosy corner of Singappre even though it's just a rented abode IN THE past two months or so, I have been clocking mostly noon-till-midnight days in my new job at this newspaper's Foreign Desk. As my
        ADAM LEE  -  981 words
      • 838 52  -  Mathew Pereira I WAS watching one of those fun weekend adult-versus-youth football games about two years ago in which my sons Shaun and Marcus were playing when I noticed a skinny, lanky kid struggling on the pitch to keep up with the speed,
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      • 855 52  -  Tay Yek Keak AT THIS time of the year, it's appropriate to go through what to expect for the rest of the year. I'm sorry I'm not exactly at the halfway point of the year. That kind of passed about two months ago. I don't have
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      • SIZZLING READS: AUGUST
        • 503 62  -  Stephanie Yap BOOK OF THE MONTH Daniel Kehlmann goes behind the science to flesh out two of the world's mpst influential thinkers ADMITTEDLY, a novel starring two 19th-century scientists might not sound like fascinating reading. However, in his first novel translated into English, German literary wunderkind
          RANDOM HOUSE  -  503 words
        • Memoir
          • 279 62  -  Hong Xinyi THIS memoir is a very enjoyable account of a more or less ordinary life, but its title, though lovely, is somewhat deceiving. You don't need to be an ardent music lover, a la Nick Hornby, to be interested in Lavinia Greenlaw's experiences.
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        • Historical fiction
          • Article, Illustration
            267 62  -  Ong Sor Fern HISTORICAL fiction seems a rather pale and bloodless category for this hulking beast of a book. The Religion refers to, take a deep breath now, the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The Knights Hospitaller earned their place in history
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        • Fiction
          • Article, Illustration
            302 62  -  Hong Xinyi By Joanna r\d\/enna Faber And Faber/ Paperback/ 273 pages/ $30.98 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya *A itifte ALL discontented yuppies flirting with the idea of giving it all up to find themselves should pick up this book at their own peril. The story of Rosa is a pretty
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          • 302 62  -  Stephanie Yap THERE is a certain thrill in seeing beloved writers turned into characters you wonder if their lives might prove as diverting as their fiction. In this book, the famous writer turns detective when he discovers a young man of his acquaintance lying
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        • Thriller
          • Article, Illustration
            310 62  -  Ong Sor Fern Dassandra oiare By Walker Books/ Paperback/ 442 pages/$19.43 (without GST)/ Major bookstores THERE are certain things you expect from that pleasurably trashy sub-genre spawned by the odd mating of Gothic horror and steamy romance. And this book has got most of them. Beautiful, mysterious
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        • Non-fiction
          • 289 63  -  Teng Qianxi By Deborah Kodriguez, with Kristin Ohlson Hodder Stoughton/ Paperback/ 275 pages/ $29.35 (with GST)/ Major bookstores WHEN Rodriguez realises that she is the only hairdresser at a gathering of foreign NGO workers and volunteers in Kabul, Afghanistan, she has "the sinking feeling that everyone
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          • Article, Illustration
            308 63  -  Ong Sor Fern IT IS not hard to see why Train Man became a sensation in Japan. The true story of a geeky guy who, in a moment of bravery, defends a trainful of women against a drunken lout smacks of the classic knight-in-shining-armour template. Then there is
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        • Graphic novel
          • Article, Illustration
            324 63  -  Lee Sze Yong By Greg Pak, illustrated by Carlo Pagulayan, Aaron Lopresti, Juan Santacruz, Gary Frank and Takeshi Miyazawa Marvel Comics/ Hardcover/ 416 pages/ $56 (without GST)/ Comics Mart BEING Bruce Banner sucks. You get zapped by gamma rays and transform into an em-erald-skinned brute known as Hulk
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        • Young adult
          • Article, Illustration
            311 63  -  Stephanie Yap By Frank rortman Penguin Books/ Paperback/ 344 pages/$13.95 (without GST)/ Major bookstores it it A itiz JUST as literary heroes who sacrifice themselves for the greater good are described as Christ-like, so disaffected teenage narrators of young adult novels are routinely compared to Holden Caulfield from
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          • 154 63  -  By Robert Kee Robert Kee/Paperback/ 225 pages/$2O (with GST)/ www.ohf.org.sg ENGINEER and entrepreneur Kee is the founder of Operation Hope Foundation, a local charity which currently runs Hope Village Prey Veng in Cambodia. Founded in 2003, Hope Village is home to 120
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          • 163 63  -  By Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley/ Paperback/336 pages/ $21.34 (with GST)/ www.marketasia.com.sg WHEN journalist KhooKingsley moved to Darwin, Australia, in the mid-*****, she hardly knew how to cook, let alone farm the 20ha of virgin bush her husband had bought. Then she met a fellow farmer
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          • 80 63  -  By Vim Chee Peng Roseapple Books/Hardcover/ 204 pages/$49.52 (with GST)/ Select Books THIS gorgeous coffee table book captures the sights of Singapore with a loving eye and no, these are not the usual tourist shots of the Merlion and the skyline. Lawyer-turned-photographer Vim takes you on a
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          334 63  -  Stephanie Yap READER: Joyce Liang, 44, doctor and singer. Her first album, Close To Me, is a collection of evergreen ballads. It is available from her website www.joyzrecords.com. The general practitioner is a keen singer who has performed with several local choirs, as well as the US-based Continental Singers.
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        856 64  -  Joyce Hooi and Aviel Tan More eateries serving just desserts are enjoying sweet success DESSERTS are no longer just a sweet finish to a meal. More cafes and restaurants that are devoted to just serving desserts are opening. And the "just desserts" theme is proving a sweet success.
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        184 64  -  Thng Lay Teen COOK IT CHICKEN curry brings back fond childhood memories for me. Growing up in Tanjong Pagar in a big family of 11,1 remember our meals as simple, home-cooked affairs. But Sunday dinners were different. That was when my mother would cook a big pot
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      • 229 64 Laurent's Cafe and Chocolate Bar Sweet nothings: Freshly made chocolate cakes and a 16 deg C chocolate showroom Where: 01-11 Robertson Quay (Tel: 6235-9007) When: 1 to 10pm Guilty pleasures: Ida gananche ($2.80/ piece, above) and chocolate tart ($6.20 per slice) 2am Dessert Bar Sweet nothings: French-styled desserts
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      • 283 64  -  THNG LAY TEEN I.Bkg chicken, chopped into pieces 8 medium potatoes (cut into wedges) Ingredients To marinate chicken for a few hours 5 Tbs Baba's meat curry powder (2 Tbs to marinate chicken and 3 Tbs to mix into chilli paste) 1 tsp salt 10 Tbs
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      • 742 65  -  Brenda Goh It's common to have a BBQ meal by a hotel pool these days, and the menu can include steaks, tiger prawns and a free flow of beverages IMAGINE lounging beside a swimming pool, sipping on a glass of wine as the tantalising smell of
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      • 427 65 Changi Village Hotel 1 Netharavon Road, tel: 6379-7111 Where: Saltwater Cafe and Creek, level 1 When: 6.30 to 10.30pm nightly Price: $38++ per adult and $19++ for children aged six to 12 On the grill: Lamb sausage with herbs, honey mustard potato salad and fresh
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      • 602 66  -  Chris Tan ASK THE FOODIE QWHAT is the correct way of eating sashimi and sushi? For sashimi, I was told we should eat the light-coloured fish first before eating the rest. I noticed that a lot of people stir the wasabi into the soy sauce. As
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      • 93 66 GOT a burning food question? Send it in and you could win this Perfect Plus Senior Set from WMF worth $399. It comprises a 6.5 L Pressure Cooker and 3L Pressure Pan. Writer and food consultant Chris Tan will pick the best question each month
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      • 233 66 SO MANY readers write in every month with the same questions about prawns that I thought I'd better address the topics again. Regular followers of this column will know that I've already covered prawn texture. The weblink to that instalment is www.stomp.com.sg/ stfoodiesclub/askthefoodie/35/index .html
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      • 386 66  -  Jenny Tan Pongracz Cap Classique NY, $34.50 A FRIEND asked me one day: "Is it true that fine bubbles equate to a good bubbly?" While it's not a straight "yes" or "no" answer (a good bubbly also depends on the quality of the base
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      • 801 67  -  Wong Ah Yoke Former Les Amis chef Gunther Hubrechsen keeps up his fine cooking at Gunther's EATS WALKING into the brand-new Gunther's, you are left in little doubt where the restaurant's focus lies. For a fine-dining French restaurant, the interiors are rather plain. The grey walls of the
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        517 67  -  Tan Hsueh Yun CHEAP GOOD THE food of South-east Asia is often described as being the perfect balance of hot, sour, salty and sweet. The hot, sour and salty I have no problems with. But it can be a bit of a jolt when the cooks fling too
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