The Straits Times, 2 November 2008

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    21 1 thesundaytimes A Singapore Press Holdings ~B* publication Z7\J cents NOVEMBER 2, 2008 96 PAGES IN THREE PARTS I MICA(P) 116/12/2007 straitstimes.com
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    Lock icon Law to change so kidney donors can be compensated
    716 1  -  Salma Khalik Amount won't be so big that it is seen as an inducement but may be at least a five-figure sum Health Correspondent The law will be changed early next year to allow people who donate their kidneys to get
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    Lock icon Organ pool to grow with lifting of age cap
    482 1  -  Salma Khalik Two other changes are on the cards for the Human Organ Transplant I Act (Hota). One is removing the age limit for cadaveric donation, now set at 60 years. I The other is to allow for paired donations. This
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      70 1 AFFIDAVIT f pivotal in saving Abdul Razak WORLD I PAGEI9 WE HELP YOU SAVE How to eat cheaply lEPAGEI2 Cheap books ;TPAGE2B Cheap manicures LIFESTYLE PAGE 23 Murder puts spotlight on red-light district FLANDERS^ SQUARE/*T PAGEIO Lehman investors who WON'T COMPLAIN )MEPAGE4 POSH f°°d atLOWA^ Mom Jm* -...■^>m~' JR B^
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      26 1 BU I UA I |ij S J^> IN BATAM \cr**^ g I9fl PHOTOS: AZIZ HUSSIN, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, FAVE NAILS, DESMOND WEE and SAINT PIERRE
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    • [ special report: batam botox ]
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        Lock icon More flock to Batam for 'beauty'
        1083 2  -  Carolyn Quek Lower prices draw Singaporeans there for treatments such as Botox injections, but doctors here advise caution Batam is slowly joining South Korea and Thailand as destinations for Singaporeans looking for that "nip and tuck" job. No longer just a sex haven for
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        Lock icon BACKROOM JOBS THAT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG
        980 2  -  Carolyn Quek Nur Dianah Suhaimi Two women and a man had wanted to look better but now have to face a lifetime of regret. The three Singaporeans had let a beautician from Batam allegedly inject into them what they thought were safe substances, but
        AZIZ HUSSIN  -  980 words
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        Lock icon 'Customers say I look like Angelina Jolie'
        784 2  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi BACKROOM PROCEDURE BUT SHE'S HAPPY As recently as a year ago, beauty salons in Batam were offering cheap but illegal Botox and collagen treatments. Their customers were mostly sex workers on the island who wanted pouty lips, higher cheekbones and
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    • [ lehman products ]
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        Lock icon 'I walked in with my eyes open'
        1036 3  -  Cracia Chiang A man stands to lose $50,000, a woman $200,000. But neither will be lodging a complaint about the mis-selling of Lehman-linked products because... Mr W. Lai, who owns an IT education business, is one of the 10,000 people who had their
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        Lock icon Fourth rally draws 500-strong crowd
        711 3  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei It was the fourth such rally but investors still came by the hundreds to hear Mr Tan Kin Lian speak in Hong Lim Park yesterday. The former chief executive of NTUC Income told a 500-strong crowd at Speakers' Corner that he
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      Lock icon HEARTY BUZZ AT SPEAKERS' CORNER
      816 5  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei The buzz being generated at Speakers' Corner is cheering to both political analysts and social activists. Several of them, interviewed by The Sunday Times, said they were "heartened" by the tempo of activities and public interest at the spot in Hong
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      Lock icon Luggage touts doing brisk business at airport
      781 5  -  Debbie Yong For the past year, a Singaporean director of a construction firm has been baffled each time he sends workers back to India. At Changi Airport, he notices that they check in boxes of new 32-inch TV sets even though they were
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      Lock icon Why S'poreans must work hard
      633 7  -  Coh Chin Lian Country cannot afford to be weak, says PM at youth dialogue Bhutan has a yardstick for measuring success which some youth here yearn to have in place of Singapore's relentless pursuit of economic growth. It was a longing that struck a chord
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      Lock icon S'pore will see more political openness: PM
      558 7 In quick succession, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was peppered with questions on the local political scene by youth. They related mainly to leadership renewal, opening up of political space and whether Singapore needs a stronger opposition. Their interest appeared to surprise Mr
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      Lock icon Education remains priority in downturn
      222 7  -  Mavis Toh The Government's commitment to education will not waver even in an economic downturn. That was the assurance given by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng to parents at the Bishan East PCF kindergarten graduation ceremony yesterday. Though formal education here begins at primary
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      Lock icon Homeless Koreans' photo upsets community
      537 7  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Some South Koreans here are upset about a photograph of homeless Koreans that appears in a Singapore textbook, and the embassy here has asked the Ministry of Education (MOE) to remove the photograph. In response, MOE said the publisher has been
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      Lock icon Lawyer Nair now accused of contempt of court
      399 7 The Singapore Government is going to take former Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair to court again. It is accusing him of contempt of court. The move by the Attorney-General (A-G) comes less than two months after Nair, who is now an American citizen,
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      Lock icon Murder at Flanders Square. Where?
      1038 9  -  Mavis Toh Murder of a prostitute has thrown the spotlight on this lesser known red-light area Her name was Coco and she was the belle of Flanders Square. Every day at around noon, she would drive into Singapore from Johor Baru in her snazzy black
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      Lock icon Wake up earlier to save ERP costs? No, say motorists
      507 9  -  Cracia Chiang Sales manager Seah Poh Siang is not waking up earlier to try to save a dollar. Tomorrow, a new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry on the west-bound Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) becomes operational. The gantry before Eunos Link will
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      Lock icon Buskers see takings drop in hard times
      798 11  -  Shuli Sudderuddin It's survival of the fittest as some resort to dirty tactics in face of stiffer competition Outwit, outplay, outlast. That motto from TV reality series Survivor also holds true for the buskers in Orchard Road. The current economic downturn is certainly
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    • BEING KING OF THE STREET
      • Article
        Lock icon Silencing the opposition
        65 11 Buskers sometimes try to outshout each other, said Mr Rosman Zeilstra Grayham Anthony, 50, who has been playing the trumpet for three years. "Those with amplifiers will turn them up to drown out those of us who don't have them. I try to tell them nicely to
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        Lock icon Ignoring principles of fair play
        74 11 Banhu player Lee Kian Chuan, 60, said he has been chased away from spots in the Orchard underpass by buskers who claimed that they had reserved these spots. "If you're new, they'll try to convince you that it is a rule to give way to
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        Lock icon Using gimmicks to draw attention
        56 11 To stand out from the crowd, some buskers also do more than just play music. Erhu player Tony Loh, 50, decorates his speakers with patterned scarves. "It's like putting on make-up; you must make it pretty, then they'll notice and donate," said the man who
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    • [ Sunday people ]
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        Lock icon Walk to the millionaires' club
        297 13  -  Loh Keng Fatt Want to know where millionaires like Tan Lark Sye and Lee Kong Chian went "clubbing" in the past? They headed for the Ec Hoe Hean Club in Bukit Pasoh. Founded in 1895, the club still exists and was among the places to
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        Lock icon They took care of friend to the end
        339 13  -  Shuli Sudderuddin She was a family friend, and when the four Tay sisters found out that Ms Leong Poh Chan had contracted cancer in 2006, they went out of their way to see to her palliative care. Ms Leong, 36, had brain
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        Lock icon Mandarin songs let her shine
        315 13  -  Zureena Habib She sings neither in English nor in her mother tongue, Malay. Instead, she hits the high notes in Mandarin. Indeed, that was what Ms Natri Bibi Wali Muhammad, 21, who is of Peranakan and Indian descent, did two Saturdays ago when she gave
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      223 3 MR LEE WAHPEOW, WINSTON Canberra A. Vke-Chairman cum Treasurer- Community Development Welfare Fund Committee Treasurer Citizens' Consultative Committee A jAud/tor-TheJelutung CC Management Committee VI Member- Civil Defence Executive Committee Member- Newsletter Editorial Committee On being conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) By His Excellency, The President of the Republic of
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      1112 6 I Great Eastern Women 10K Ten female Members of s^^^WSWCJ^Bh^ Parliament (MPs), seven of gj| HSSm '"^^^HTTJ^^i illl whom ran the race, stepped JS?!®i in to champion Singapore's fcSS ci innnrfpn n\/ trip (nrppit eSa^ liafi&BltaMS ttw, \eu E- i_ '''gjM- T■& '^^P^^^ Kd 4. Q& J"^^^Bt^ W Jny^ J
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      544 8 Imtaiiru^i bEo Is* IfM IvUvmVrr^ig A NEWSLETTER OF THE CPF BOARD ISSUE NO. 8 November 2008 I fj >SJ Heyj The global financial crisis Heh heh... Too late] I've used the savings to top-up our CPF. has scared some people into let's go and CPF is safer and pays noorej
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      843 10 A/eec/ more f/me for your family? Leave benefits for fathers and mothers will be enhanced EXTENDED MATERNITY LEAVE r^ ~T *&7\ Maternity leave will be extended from 12 to 16 weeks for ffl^^m U r c\ all Singapore citizen births on or after 31 October 2008. rf Jf*M Y^^v /\l^\
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      153 12 AVIVA Singapore's leading employee healthcare benefits provider is in health" In turbulent times, it's natural to seek reassurance from trusted companies. Aviva looks after the healthcare needs of a third of all Singapore's insured employees. Here, we have three decades of investment and insurance experience; globally, over three centuries. Something
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      130 14 What is it like J to feel with a donated heart? 7 wNww c Playing football, playing basketball, playing the fool. At 16, this was my life. No real worries at all. Until a virus attacked my heart, and it quickly started to fail. I went from full of life
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  • world
    • [ financial crisis ]
      • VOICES from the CRISIS
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          Lock icon He's putting in 14-hour workdays to survive
          392 15  -  Zureena Habib SINGAPORE Mr Vincent Leow (right) has two sons and would like to have a third child. But the current economic downturn has put paid to his dream of having a daughter. The 41-year-old runs a car-care business which he started after
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          Lock icon Double whammy hits travel agent hard
          357 15  -  Nirmal Chosh THAILAND Ms Rosna Singjirakul runs a travel agency in Bangkok and often had lunch in the Holiday Inn hotel in busy Silom Road, just up the escalator outside her office. Not any more. The 49-year-old now eats out only about once a
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          Lock icon Even scrap collector's income plummets
          565 15  -  Sim Chi Yin CHINA Hands tucked inside his worn leather jacket, scrap collector Jia Yuzhao (right) waited listlessly by his lorry. A 2m-high stack of cardboard sat in the back of it which he stares at with frustration. "Six days. It's been six days and
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          Lock icon Retiree loses life savings in market crash
          220 15  -  P. Jayaram INDIA Ever since he retired from the Maharashtra state government three years ago, Mr Niranjan Ghatke has been worried about how to marry off his three daughters and keep the fire burning at home. The former middle-level government official thought of
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      Lock icon Funding woes for poorest of the poor
      394 16  -  Carolyn Hong MALAYSIA With 333 street children to care for, Dr Hartini Zainudin (below, in green T-shirt) was counting on the RMI million (*****,000) funding that the government had promised for her new crisis centre. But before things could get moving, the global
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      Lock icon First high oil prices, now falling demand
      465 16  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN That's my mother over there," said Mr Yukio Sugino (right). "She's 83 but she still helps out, labelling products for delivery. It keeps her mind agile." His company produces antivibration components, quakeprotection devices and other items at a workshop
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      Lock icon He lost 1½ years worth of pay in stock woes
      458 16  -  Ho Ai Li TAIWAN At age 18, Mr Glenn Sun (below, with his wife Liane) had already developed a taste for investing in foreign currencies. He put his money into Australian and New Zealand dollars and earned enough to remain
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      Lock icon Missionary forced to ditch US study plan
      328 16  -  Lee Tee Jong SOUTH KOREA The Reverend Rho Kyu Seok was all ready to further his studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in the United States when he was stopped in his tracks by the global financial storm. The missionary, who is back home
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      Lock icon BIGGEST SCARE ON HALLOWEEN? THE CRISIS
      195 17 AP New York It was scary out there. The financial crisis is so bad that it even spooked sponsors of New York City's famed Halloween Parade. Seven major sponsors of the parade, who fund many of the large floats, have pulled out because "they
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      Lock icon BLACK OCT
      737 17 AP, AFP Month of market crashes delivers worst performance in 21 years, wiping out $3.6 trillion this time NEW YORK What is it about October and stocks? The month that brought the 1929 crash, Black Monday in 1987 and other market crises delivered its worst monthly performance in
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      Lock icon WHAT WAS IN HIS STATEMENT
      350 18 Here are excerpts of the affidavit filed by Mr Abdul Razak Baginda, as reported by the New Straits Times yesterday. Even though I had appointed (private eye) P. Balasubramaniam, the harassment by Altantuya against my family and me did not stop. Hence, I asked Deputy
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      Lock icon Saved by his affidavit
      684 18  -  Carolyn Hong MONGOLIAN MURDER TRIAL Abdul Razak's tell-all document before trial, detailing key events, turns out to be an astute move Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur The acquittal of political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda in the high-profile murder case of his former Mongolian lover made
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      Lock icon Pro-Thaksin rally draws 70,000
      749 19  -  Nirmal Chosh Meant as an anti-coup message, it's also a challenge to PAD Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Pro-government groups aligned with former premier Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday mustered some 70,000 enthusiastic but peaceful supporters in a challenge to the right wing, anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
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      Lock icon 3 bombs found in lead-up to bombers' execution
      372 19  -  Salim Osman AFP Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Indonesian police tightened security across the country after finding three bombs set to go off, following word of the imminent execution of a trio convicted of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. A
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    • [ U.s. elections ]
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        Lock icon Rivals focus on voter turnout
        917 21  -  Bhagyashree Carekar Big drive to get the vote out in key states; ballots already cast by 16 million in 30 states US Correspondent In Washington Republican presidential nominee John McCain ramped up his attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama in neighbouring Virginia yesterday, describing his
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        Lock icon Arnie backs the 'Mac;
        99 21 AP Columbus, Ohio California Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger (right) has lent his celebrity weight to fellow Republican John McCain, predicting a comeback for the senator from Arizona in this must-win state. Mr Schwarzenegger offered a new twist on Mr McCain's military service and the 5V2 years he
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        Lock icon Dogged over Halloween
        123 21 Reuters Chicago Journalists drew a rare flash of anger from the normally unflappable Democratic presidential nominee over Halloween. Senator Barack Obama had taken a break from the campaign trail for a few hours of Halloween fun at home with his family, but ended up visibly annoyed when
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        Lock icon Obama aunt an illegal
        103 21 AP Washington Senator Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, has been found to be in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago. Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to
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      Lock icon A Taiwanese Bermuda Triangle?
      565 22 AP Recent mysterious fighter jet crash reignites talk about Pengnu Islands Taipei The two-seater Taiwanese fighter jet disappeared two weeks ago during a routine training mission over the Taiwan Strait. Debris and body parts were found the next day, but the authorities are at a loss
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    • Article
      Lock icon ZONE WHERE BOATS AND PLANES 'VANISH'
      170 22 The infamous Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, refers to the mysterious zone in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico where many boats and planes have supposedly disappeared over the years. Some people have claimed that these disappearances could
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    • IN BRIEF
      • Article
        Lock icon Fight or flight?
        130 23 AFP Sydney A group of drunk passengers behaved so badly on an international flight that their Australian jet returned to the tarmac just 30 minutes after take-off, the airline said yesterday. The Jetstar flight from the northern city of Darwin to Singapore turned back after a group
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      • Article
        Lock icon Protests against visit
        129 23 AP, AFP Taipei A pro-independence group, Taiwan Society North, said yesterday that it will pay protesters to throw eggs at a senior Chinese envoy who is due to arrive tomorrow. Security is tight for the visit after Mr Chen Yunlin's deputy was attacked by pro-independence activists in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Razaleigh gets a vote
        99 23 Bernama Cua Musang, Malaysia Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yesterday received his first nomination to contest the Umno presidency, three weeks after Umno divisions started to hold their delegate meetings. The nomination came from his own Gua Musang division, which also nominated Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister
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        Lock icon Islanders to move
        88 23 The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network Jakarta The Indonesian government is preparing to relocate people living on islands considered vulnerable to rising sea levels over the next three decades. Sea levels are expected to surge drastically between 2030 and 2040 due to global warming, and experts and the
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    • [ Sunday people ]
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        Lock icon Latest Bond girl slammed as communist betrayer
        350 23 AP St Petersburg, Russia First, it was Indiana Jones. Now it's James Bond's latest woman friend. The Communist Party in St Petersburg says Olga Kurylenko (left), the Ukrainian-born model who plays a Bolivian agent in the latest Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, has
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      • Article
        Lock icon Doc, your son is not welcome
        206 23 AP Sydney- Lukas Moeller, 13, has Down's syndrome. His father is a doctor who came to Australia from Germany to help fill a shortage of physicians in rural communities. But now, Australia has rejected Dr Bernhard Moeller's application for residency, saying Lukas does not
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      306 19 W aMR LEE WAHPEOW, WINSTON f KALYAM RAMASAMY Canberra m™ I Canberra Vice-chairman cum Treasurer JB 2 Chairperson 7onr J BesidenK1 Committee A -lommunity Development Welfare Fund Committee Jfl VKtChairpcran-Citizens'Consultative Committee i^r-c^o^i^G,,™* w^U ch';;s:-E*o c*B noa; mittee m*H Auditor-The JelutungCC Management Committee iW J|S Steering Committee Member ■hi I Member-
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      95 19 speaker: Mr. David Yuen (Featured on Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, The Business Times) International property expert and speaker, Mr. David Yuen, has coached thousands of investors in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok and Indonesia. This weekend he will share his methods of taking advantage of
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      667 19 II ~PBBM Jakarta Bangkok Paris Johannesburg Tokyo Manila I Washington Phuket Auckland Brisbane Mecca Brussels Mexico Guangzhou Sydney Rio de Janeiro Singapore Today: Cloudy, pre-dawn and early morning afternoon showers with thunder over many areas. Outlook: Monday: Morning showers with thunder. Tuesday: Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder.
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      565 23 Suntec Singapore THE ,TNo«mber 2008 rfV^ HQAF A P I Ham- 10pm Daily PV-^^/L^ O/\r^Ar\l 3 Days of demonstration sessions Aviusmmicl El P[ jM \r Am hosted by food experts Violet Oon& OC HUMfc tifcV*| IWr V*«?FAIR PJ friends and Food Editors from The jj^^j|B|jJ^|j)y^|^^j^^ In the day, rub shoulders
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  • invest
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      1400 24  -  Lorna Tan Thrash out the money issues first Settling financial goals and strategies can help prevent conflict later Finance Correspondent There were 23,966 marriages last year, 260 more than in 2006, and the highest number in five years. In the excitement of planning for the perfect wedding,
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      289 24  -  Lorna Tan At this stage of their lives when they're 25 to 35 or 35 to their early 40s young couples have a long time in which to grow their investments. Thus, financial experts say they can afford not to be too
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        1095 25  -  Lorna Tan Aviva CEO is well insured and puts a monthly sum in investments to build up a balanced portfolio Finance Correspondent It should come as no surprise that the chief executive of British insurer Aviva, Mr Shaun Meadows is well insured. And as
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      930 26  -  Joyce Teo New launches dip amid domestic, global turmoil but investors take long-term view Property Correspondent If there had been optimism in the Thai property market, the global financial turmoil has swiftly turned the sentiment around. Most property markets around the world have
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      308 26 MY SPACE Soft furnishing specialist Jann Chan tells Debbie Yong how she wanted to create a home that her sons could bring their friends back to, without having to worry about any mess they might make. Jann Chan, 48 130 sq m executive HDB flat
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        1114 27  -  Dennis Ng Most financial planners and fund managers would tell you that "time in market is more important than timing the market". Most of them would also state that investors should stay 100 per cent invested, ignore short-term market gyrations and focus on the
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      421 28  -  Amolat Singh YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q After working for my former company for more than six years, I was asked to leave within 48 nours. There had been no negative feedback on my performance as I had been hitting targets each year. This incident
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      237 28 in space-hungry financial hubs such as do you see this?J Singapore. Rents and prices of Grade A space in ***t^ the Republic have skyrocketed in the /L^ In media and analyst reports on office past two years because of a supply /Fr Wh^t S property, as well as advertisements for
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      1170 29  -  Lee Seok Hwai A little-known senator is now a whisker away from the White House, thanks to the Internet The epic United States presidential election, being waged across many a battleground as it nears its end on Tuesday, has included one that is not
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      1073 29  -  Andrew J. Bacevich All but lost amid the hullabaloo of the American presidential campaign, the US State Department recently dropped North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. North Korean leader Kirn Jong II pocketed a concession that even a year
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      1228 30  -  Nur Hakim Low BOOK REVIEW The Limits Of Power: The End Of American Exceptionalism By Andrew J. Bacevich Metropolitan Books, 2008 The drumbeat of news these days bring little cheer: Iraq, Afghanistan, mortgage foreclosures, collapsed banks, and gloomy prognostications of a deep, global recession. We
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      1237 30  -  Chong Chee Kin Teh Joo Lin If made mandatory, firms can no longer opt out of yearly grading exercise Security agencies that baulked at having their performance and infrastructure audited might find themselves forced to go through the yearly grading exercise. The
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      349 31 EDITORIAL Made up of rows of brightly lit makeshift stalls which hawk anything from greasy snacks to kitchenware and cheap clothing, the pasar malam has been an integral part of the heartland scene for decades. Now, it looks like it is at some risk of disappearing
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      155 31 BLOGOSPHERE US presidential election If we in Singapore could vote for the US President, then I would want a young(er) man with different thoughts and ideals in charge of America. I would love to have freedom of speech, which is almost non-existent in Singapore. I want CHANGE. As much as
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      239 31 QUOTES OF THE WEEK "When two mavericks join up, they don't agree on everything, but that's a lot of fun." MR JOHN McCAIN, Republican presidential candidate, on how he l doesn't always see eye to eye with his running mate, Mrs Sarah Palm "I kind of like it that way.
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        381 31  -  Timothy Khoo I recently buried my father, Reverend Henry Khoo Hin Yang (who was featured in the article, "Chaplain who turned lives around dies", (Oct 23) after his prolonged stay in the hospital, most of that time fighting for his life in
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        385 31  - Hospice council values life to the end Dr Tan Kee Wee In recent days, there has been a lively debate among Singaporeans on the pros and cons of euthanasia. The Singapore Hospice Council (SHC), which is the umbrella body of the hospice and palliative care community in Singapore, has been
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        253 31  -  Patrick Fok After navigating this life for the past 54 years, I feel very strongly about how I should face my final journey. I was brought up with a simple guiding philosophy that I alone am the master of my life, fully
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        166 31  -  Chee Xiv Hui (Ms) I refer to the article, "Look beyond retirees in Lehman fiasco: SM" (Oct 19). Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's message that while financial institutions (Fls) ought to focus on the vulnerable group of retiree investors who sank money into Lehman-linked products,
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        175 31  -  Ace Kindred Cheong Regarding recent reports of young people engaging in bullying and other violent acts here, I would like to recommend that parents be held responsible for their children's actions, and even to shoulder part of the punishment if their children commit
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        197 31  -  Le-Anne Teo (Ms) I refer to the article, "Arm-twist-ing by gyms?" (Oct 19). I recently joined a fitness club. Prior to this, I had never exercised regularly, claiming that work and home commitments left me with little time. I was "pushed" into signing
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      1168 32  -  Irene Tham Expert who revamped Amazon's sales tactics says success depends on the personal touch For someone who chides himself for "never having had a good idea in life", Dr Andreas Weigend certainly has a good idea of what works and what
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      914 32  -  Nilanjana Sengupta THE EX-PAT FILES It was not easy living alone no matter how much I thought I could do it, and no matter how much my new colleagues and old friends here assured me that I would be just fine. When I decided
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      295 32 STREET VIEW "Where there has been mis-selling, it has to be put right. Where there has been less than professional behaviour by the relationship managers, or where things don't measure up to the standards that the Monetary Authority of Singapore expects when you promote the financial products, then the banks
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      966 33  -  Tan Hui Yee Keep those ordinary yet intimate landmarks the memory markers Two different bridges in Alexandra Road tell a story of the nation's progress. On one end, stretching 80m across the road in a dramatic bow and continuing on metal stilts as part of a treetop
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      1162 33  -  Mavis Toh My heart sank some weeks back when I read a report on university rankings. My alma mater had dipped in a world university ranking. It didn't help that the other "big" university in town had gone some notches up. I waited
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      310 33 HEADLINERS Abdul Razak Baginda Acquitted of capital charge Last Friday, a Malaysian court acquitted the political analyst of abetting a murder. Two policemen charged with the 2006 murder of a Mongolian woman will have to enter their defence. Mr Abdul Razak, 48. is a friend and former adviser of Deputy
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      192 34 MDM CHUNG YUK YIN (MRS MOO SIM HON) Age: 87 was called home to be with the Lord on 31 October 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Children Spouses Moo Foo Chong Yap Kirn Lan Moo Fah Chong Jimson Esther Wang Moo Soon Chong Wong Swee Ngoh Moo Kwie Hiong Jeanette
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      59 34 We Express Our Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Mr Himanshu Family on the demise of his beloved father LALIT BELAWALA L.M. TIMBADIA on 29 October 2008 From: CRESTRADE (S) PTE LTD DASHMESH SINGAPORE PTE LTD DIPAK TRADING CO PTE LTD ESMAIL AHMED BROTHERS (1922) PTE LTD KAJ ESTABLISHMENT PTE LTD
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      65 34 TAN CHING KIEW, ALAN Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 31-10-2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Low Mvi Khing, Pauline Son: Daughters: Tan Wei Guan, Alvin Tan Pei Lin, Audrey Tan Pei Chee, Angie Body is resting at Blk 340 Sembawang Close. Tel: *****285 Cortege will
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      28 34 NALLAMMAL Departed 19 Oct 2008 Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 3Nov2008(Mon) 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang EastAve2. Please treat this as a personal invitation.
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      96 34 CHAN BAH BAH Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 31/10/08 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Ho Swee Gek Son: Daughter-in-law: Chan Cheng Leong Tan Soo Ling Grace Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chan May Fang Itsuo Iwayama Chan Meh Theng Ec Chiok Leng Ronny Chan May Chin Ong
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      57 34 LEE LAI KIM Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 310ctober 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Yee Thiam Daughters: Son-in-law: Lee Geok Ling, Irene Lee Hwei Ling, Pamela Neo Kian Huat Brother, Sister-in-law, Sister, Brother-in-law, Nephews, Nieces and all relatives. Wakeisheldatßlk632,ChuaChuKangNorth6. H/P:*****227 Cortege will leave on 4 Nov 2008 (Thurs)
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      28 34 In Loving Memory of LAISOWYONG Departed 2 Nov 2007 Dearest Sow Yong, Mummy. We'll never find another you, ever! We Miss you dearly, Love. Tommy, FengYi, GuoHao, QiHao
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      17 34 IST ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of OEYTENGKWAN Departed 2 Nov 2007 Always remembered by family loved ones.
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      574 35  -  Jeanette Wang Swimmer shocks everyone including herself to win World Cup 100 m butterfly All her muscles, so claimed Tao Li, have turned into fat. But the diminutive swimming star still managed to power to the Republic's first ever Fina/Arena World Cup gold medal at the
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      Lock icon Catch him if you can
      127 35 South Africa Vipers' Mpho Mbiyozo (with ball) warding off his Impala opponent on his way to the try-line yesterday, the first day of the Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s tournament. The Vipers, defending champions of the Ablitt Cup, wowed the crowd with a spectacular
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        49 35 Singapore's Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei were knocked out in the third round of table tennis' Austrian Open in Salzburg yesterday. Wang lost to Japan's Reiko Hiura 3-4 (11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 14-12). Sun was eliminated by Poland's Xv Jie 3-11, 7-11, 11-13,9-11.
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        48 35 AP Buenos Aires Sergio Batista and Jose Luis Brown changed their minds and agreed to become assistants to Argentina coach-to-be Diego Maradona. Maradona, Batista and Brown were teammates in Argentina's 1986 World Cup soccer win, coached by Carlos Bilardo, who will be the new manager.
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        68 35 Bloomberg Hong Kong New Zealand beat Australia 19-14 to win the first Bledisloe Cup rugby union match to be played at a neutral venue and secure the annual series 3-1. Second-half tries by Sitiveni Sivivatu and captain Richie McCaw rallied the All Blacks from a 9-14 half-time
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      185 35 HOT BODS Text and pictures by Alphonsus Chern Joseph Lum, 30 Project engineer Height: 1.6 m Weight: 63kg Exercise regimen: I go to the gym about four times a week. Each session consists of dead-lifts, bench presses or squats, and metabolic workouts such as circuits or high-intensity interval training. Diet:
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      336 35 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 116 NY Knicks 87, Toronto 112 Golden State 108 (OT), Miami 103 Sacramento 77, Boston 96 Chicago 80, Memphis 86 Orlando 84, Denver 11 3LA Clippers 103 (OT), Portland 100 San Antonio 99. CRICKET Third Test 4th day in New Delhi: India first innings 61 3-7
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        207 36 Canada's female biathletes took off their clothes for a calendar to raise both money for their sport and admiration for an athletic woman's body. Zina Kocher, Sandra Keith, Rosanna Crawford, Megan Imrie and Megan Tandy (below) launched their calendar by roller-skiing through downtown Calgary wearing
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        239 36 Posh to model undies like hubby Becks First, Goldenballs (right) posed in his Y-fronts. Now Posh (above) is stripping off too in a £12 million (Ss29 million) modelling deal. Fashion boss Giorgio Armani pleaded with Becks' wife, 34, to follow in her hubby's footsteps and appear in a series of
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        80 36 The Sun's new Page 3 Scores service on mobile telephone is almost certain to catch the interest of football fans. After the last game every Saturday and Sunday, the service will send an alert that lets subscribers watch nude Page 3 stunners deliver the Premier
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        158 36 Former England football star John Barnes escaped a ban for driving without insurance yesterday by claiming it would cause him exceptional hardship. Barnes, who raked in millions during his 20-year career on the pitch and now earns £4,000 (559,700) a week, told magistrates he was
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        99 36 The greatest super group of all time is being lined up to play at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. It will also be the oldest. Rolling Stone Mick Jagger wants his band to be joined by David Bowie and Van Morrison and
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      393 37 Reuters New Delhi Michael Clarke survived three dropped chances to score his eighth Test hundred as Australia all but denied India victory in the third Test yesterday. The Australian cricket vice-captain top-scored with 112 before the visitors were 577 all out, conceding a meagre 36-run
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      353 37 AP Paris Injuries got the better of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the Paris Masters tennis quarter-finals on Friday. In other quarter-final matches, David Nalbandian and French hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won to remain on track for the season-end-ing Masters Cup. Nadal
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      Lock icon Preparation for YOG impressive
      555 37  -  Leonard Lim lOC commission head Bubka gives full marks to Singapore after touring Games venues Former pole vaulting great Sergey Bubka, who led an International Olympic Committee (IOC) team for a three-day visit to Singapore, left yesterday hugely impressed with preparations for the inaugural 2010 Youth
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      334 37  -  Wang Meng Meng There is now an even greater incentive for S-League clubs to clinch the title. The reason: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has decided to open the continent's top AFC Champions League to the S-League winners next year. But they will have
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        647 38  -  Terrence Voon "The overall body sensation when the car is sliding is fantastic. It's a great feeling to be in control of a vehicle that seems to be out of control." COLIN TEO Speed counts for nothing without control. Colin Teo, one of Singapore's
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      893 39  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL Good players do not make good coaches unless they can gel temperaments, talents In England, he is called the team manager. In the rest of the world, he is the coach, sometimes "head coach". Whatever the word, can Diego Maradona,
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      342 39  -  Rob Hughes COMMENTARY So, what about Fandi Ahmad or V. Sundramoorthy for Singapore team coach in the future? My first response is: Why not? Maradona put it into context when critics said he has not done the background that is, the coaching badge
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      812 39  -  Tay Yek Keak [OFFSIDE] "The Hand of Cod turned me into God" Diego Maradona Now that Maradona is going to be bigger than Madonna in divine terms as Argentina's new national coach, it's time to attribute genius where it's due. Kudos then
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      525 40 Hull City make the champions sweat for a 4-3 win that takes them to third spot Manchester United 4 Hull City 3~ London Manchester United moved to third place in the Premier League this morning, but they had to survive a late rally from Hull
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      323 40 London Just days after poor defending saw them conceding two late goals to London football rivals Tottenham Hotspur, there was more of the same from Arsenal yesterday. The Gunners lost 1-2 to promoted Stoke City, a result certain to add more gloom to their dressing room
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      86 40 Results Chelsea 5 Sunderland 0 Alex 27, Anelka 30, FI2 45, S3, Lampard 51 Everton 1 Fulham 0 Saha 87 Middlesbrough 1 West Ham 1 Mido 84 Mullins 21 West Brom 2 Blackburn 2 Bednar 55, Miller 62 McCarthy 11 pen, Andrews 89 Stoke 2 Arsenal 1
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      195 40 1 Chelsea 11 8 2 1 27 4 26 2 Liverpool 1 0 8 2 0 15 6 26 3 Manchester United 10 6 3 1 19 8 21 4 Arsenal 11 6 2 3 23 12 20 5 Aston Villa 10 6 2 2 19 12 20 6
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      653 41 AFP [BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX: LIVE, CH24, TOMORROW 12.45 AM Brazilian Grand Prix Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo A complete contrast to Shanghai. But its ramshackle facilities are compensated by the sheer passion of the locals and the bowl-like amphitheatre. The track, set at
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      694 41  -  SANDRA DAVIE ROUNDTABLE Who will prevail and clinch the driver's championship at Interlagos today young upstart Lewis Hamilton of McLaren or home favourite Felipe Massa of Ferrari? Leonard Lim (LL): So it all comes down to this. Hamilton needs only to finish fifth or
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      327 41 The Times, London THE CONTENDERS: LEWIS HAMILTON Sao Paulo There are many idiosyncracies to Interlagos, home of the Brazilian Grand Prix as the Toyota team found out a few years ago when they were held up at gunpoint as they drove from the circuit. Half a world
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      355 41 New York Times [THE CONTENDERS: FELIPE MASSA] Sao Paulo In all the excitement surrounding Lewis Hamilton's fight for the world championship, it is easy to overlook the fact that Felipe Massa would be an equally worthy champion. Indeed, without the engine failure that cost him the
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      143 35 TV times ATHLETICS Ch24, 12nn). New York Marathon (Live, Chi 13, EPGA Volvo Masters: Day 4 (Live, 10pm). Ch26, Bpm). USPGA Ginn Sur Mer Classic: Day 4 FOOTBALL (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Dutch Championship: Roda JC v Feyenoord (Live, Chi 16, 7.30pm). MOTOR RACING English Premier League: Bolton v
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        886 44  -  Cheryl Tan For a complete moviegoing experience, Golden Village and restaurants are offering menus tied to blockbusters When James Bond is sipping his martini shaken, not stirred so can you. Cinema operator Golden Village (GV) is taking movie-watching to a gastronomical level with special screenings that serve
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        564 44  -  Cheryl Tan Nightclubs have long offered ladies' nights as a surefire way to reel in the crowds on slow business days. Restaurants and boardgame cafes are doing it too. By offering discounts to female customers on special days of the week, these outlets too are enjoying brisk
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        281 44 WARAKU 1020 East Coast Parkway, tel: 6242-1123 Open: 11.30 am to 11pm Ladies' Night: Every Monday after 6pm. Half off total bill for a minimum of four women per table. Promotion till Dec 31. KUISHIN BO 3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Tower 1, 03-002, tel: 6238-7088
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        2227 46 From Vespas to Harleys, tribes of riders swear by their two-wheelers I Frankie Chee Singaporeans are known for their love affairs with cars, but some are changing gear to two-wheel wonders motorbikes. Speedsters go for the grunt of a BMW tourer that they can push to the limit
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        1325 48  -  Tan Vi Hui No time or money to travel overseas? You can stay put in Singapore and still get that holiday feeling The holiday season is round the corner, just when economic woes are putting the brakes on costly overseas breaks. So be a tourist
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        514 49 Escape the bustle, without the hustle. Explore the city's eclectic mix of everything East and West. See Peranakan Museum: Apart from its superb collection of Peranakan artefacts, the museum has activity stations and features designed specially for children. 39 Armenian Street, tel: 6332-7591, 1 to
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        1262 52 New York Times It went off the air in 2006, but the similarities between the drama in the critically acclaimed television series The West Wing and the Obama-McCain election drama now unfolding are uncanny New York When Eli Attic, a writer for the NBC series The
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        738 53  -  Tan Vi Hui Although not always fatal, you should see a doctor if you get a hard knock on your head Earlier this month, corporate communications executive Priscillia Lee had an accident in the bathroom. The 31-year-old mother of one slipped and hit the left
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        587 53  -  Anthony Yeo Life Lines The economic crisis is making our stressful lives more distressing. There seems to be no end to stress and I constantly meet friends who do nothing but complain about how stressful life here is. To make matters worse, the Government reminds
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        1909 54  -  Shirley Woon Frankie Chee SINGAPOREAN ABROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH... Age: 42 Occupation: Housewife Length of stay: Seven months Delight in horse carriages, waterfalls, fruit orchards and gigantic parking lots in the quaint town of Macungie in Pennsylvania Scenes from the movie Brokeback Mountain come to mind when one
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        781 55  -  Lim Yann Ling is hooked on cruise vacations after enjoying a memorable festive experience on the high seas I HAVE heard of Royal Caribbean International (RCI) devotees repeat passengers who want to experience the RCI "active cruising" style and see for themselves the innovative onboard
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        1230 56  -  Sumiko Tan Money breeds envy, which is actually silly because the most precious things in life cannot be bought. Really Back in the *****, my father invested in rubber and shares. He lost heavily. I remember those days with a bit of a shudder. There was
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        714 56  -  Lee Siew Hua My dad was at his heartland hangout when he heard a young woman berating her boyfriend: "Told you not to walk here. So many old people!" She could have been talking about my retiree dad. He didn't know, but he told me the
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        772 56  -  Colin Goh So it's only a few days to possibly the most significant American presidential election ever. I can't wait till it's over and neither can my cardiologist. Because all the suspense is sending my blood pressure higher than a tai-tai's botox bill. "Please, please let
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        388 57 O KIDS' DAY OUT! 3: WINDMILLS OF WONDER FOR CHARITY Buy a windmill decorated with the hopes and dreams of primary schoolchildren and the money will go to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund which provides needy schoolchildren with pocket money (above). You
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        446 57 DASAAVATHAARAM Be fascinated by stories of the 10 incarnations of Hindu deity Lord Vishnu in this bharatanatyam dance performed by teachers of the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society. K. Mahalakshmi of India is the artistic director and choreographer. Part of Kalaa Utsavam, the Indian Festival of Arts.
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        117 57 This column features readers' babies. Readers' pets will appear on the last Sunday of the month. Joel Lee, 24 months old Son of bank manager Phyllis Sng and technology manager Desmond Lee Haiar Mohd Hanes, eight months old Daughter of teacher Suriani Abdullah and aircraft engineer Mohd Hanes
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        264 65  -  lay buan Chiang Style Cheat-sheet Pack tor your winter getaway without lugging countless jackets or coats. All you need is just one. Stylist Kovit Ang shows how Layer it on For him: A hoodie ($285) over a striped polo tee ($169) and jeans ($339) with belt ($109) and
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        290 65  -  Lisa Selesner Jasmine Teo Who: Lisa Selesner, better known as Lisa S, 29, model, actress and newest VJ on Channel V (Star Hub Channel 85). The Asian-American was born in Monaco to a French-Chinese father and a Jewish-American mother. Loose powder: Cle de Peau Beaute loose powder.
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          709 66  -  Stephanie Yap 7 What seems like a macabre tale of a boy adopted by ghouls is really about growing up and letting go Book Of The Month THE GRAVEYARD BOOK By Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean HarperCollins/Paperback/312 pages/ $19.21 with GST/Major bookstores/ You can always count on
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          343 66  -  DirkWittenborn Adeline Chia PHARMAKON By Bloomsbury/ Paperback/403 pages/$30.95 with GST/Borders/-***** Pharmakon is Greek for something that is both the poison and the cure. Accordingly, this intriguingly titled book delves into the double-edged world of drugs and the story of a family who is intricately linked to the pharmaceutical industry.
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          321 66  -  Grace Chua RED COLORED ELECY By Seiichi Hayashi Drawn Quarterly/ Hardcover/235 pages/ $42.01 without GST/ Major bookstores/ Red Colored Elegy was produced between 1970 and 1971. This 2008 edition by cult Montreal comic publishers Drawn Quarterly is the first English-language release. Seiichi Hayashi's timeless tale of a pair
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          313 66  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi THE IDEA OF LOVE By Louise Dean Penguin/ Paperback/292 pages/$35.31 with GST/irtrirtrtt Do not be fooled by the title or the Cupid on the book cover. This is not a feel-good book about people in the throes of love but a cynical portrayal of failed family
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          350 66  -  Deepika Shetty AUDITION By Barbara Walters Knopf/Hardback/579 pages/$59.95 with GST/Books Kinokuniya/ Five decades ago, when talk-show host Barbara Walters took her first tentative steps into television news, the job that awaited her was that of a glorified tea-pourer. The glass ceilings were real, she says in her memoir. It
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          328 66  -  Fiona Chan AMERICAN WIFE By Curtis Sittenfeld Random House/ Hardcover/555 pages/ $47.95 with GST/ Borders/***** An intelligent, thoughtful teenage girl accidentally kills her highschool crush in a terrible car crash that haunts her for the rest of her life. Steeped in the numb despair of guilt, she sleeps with
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          346 66  -  Stephanie Yap Royal Command By Charlie Higson Puffin Books/Hardcover/ 354 pages/$29.91 with GST/Major bookstores/ This is the fifth and final title in the Young Bond series commissioned by the family of the late James Bond creator, lan Fleming. However, those new to the series about the British secret
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          688 67  -  Stephanie Yap In the 11th of a monthly column featuring groundbreaking works of focal literature, we look at Honour And Other Stories First Words When the book was first published in 1986 to raise funds for a new school building in St Joseph's Institution, the
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          302 67 The late Goh Sin Tub was not only a popular writer and among the first few Singaporeans to make this newspaper's bestseller list, but in his lifetime, he was also a teacher, civil servant, banker and the first chairman of the St Joseph's Institution (SJI) board
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          352 67  -  Boon Chan THE LITTLE BOOK By Selden Edwards Abacus/Paperback/ 405 pages/$28.95 before GST/Major boo ksto res/***** Think of this as the literary offspring of the central ideas in the time-travel crowd-pleaser Back To The Future (1985) and Forrest Gump (1994), in which the titular character is inserted into pivotal
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          358 67  -  Ong Sor Fern THE GARGOYLE By Andrew Davidson Canongate/ Paperback/468 pages/$32.65 with GST/Major boo ksto res/***** Trust the editors at Canongate to unearth a writer such as Andrew Davidson. The Gargoyle, his debut novel written over seven years, earned the Canadian teacher a cool US$l.25 million (Ssl.B million) advance.
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          350 67  -  Boon Chan AMERICAN WIDOW By Alissa Torres/ Art by Choi Sung Yoon Villard/Hardcover/21 7 pages/$37.34 before GST/Major bookstores/ When the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York collapsed on Sept 11, 2001, as the result of a large-scale terrorist attack, almost 3,000 civilians perished. Among
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          325 67 Fiction 1. (3) The Appeal by John Grisham 2. (4) The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks 3. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 4. (1) Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahem 5. (2) A Prisoner Of Birth by Jeffrey Archer 6. (5) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled
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        1796 68  -  I Huang Lijie Foodies can still eat like kings without burning a hole in their pocket Shrunken wallets need not mean slimmer pickings for foodies who are used to eating well. Discerning diners can still enjoy gastronomic pleasures such as foie gras and steak
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        795 69  -  Huang Lijie Finding menus here too similar, Les Amis chef Armin Leitgeb wants to offer something different Safe is boring and Les Amis' new executive chef Armin Leitgeb, 32, refuses to serve anything predictable in the fine-dining French restaurant. The Austrian-born cook, who built his
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        475 70  -  Chris Tan Ask The Foodie QI love cream puffs. I have not encountered any particular problem when preparing the choux pastry for them, except that when I slit the puffs open, there's always quite a substantial mass of unrisen but cooked dough inside. I have to scrape it
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        361 70 QI have been an ardent fan of red bean soup since young. I decided to make it myself but the result had an awful bitter aftertaste, unlike store-bought versions. What could have caused it and what can I do to fix it? Derick Teo A
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        69 70 Got a burning food question? Send it in and you could win this Corningware 10-piece Chef Classic Set in LilyVille, worth $290. Writer and food consultant Chris Tan will pick the best question each month for the prize, which is sponsored by World Kitchen. E-mail your food-related
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        793 71  -  Wong Ah Yoke The place looks good, the staff look good, But a lot of things could still be better at the new Tomo Izakaya Eats Even in the best of times, opening a restaurant is a risky gamble with the competitive food and beverage scene here.
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        606 71  -  \an Hsueh Yun Cheap Good Small, unfancy and with a well-edited menu, The Black Sheep Cafe in Little India seems like the perfect restaurant for these stripped-down, belt-tightening times. It's a fine option for when you want a good dinner but are unwilling to pay a
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        876 72  -  \Tan Hsueh Yun Hunger Management Sweet or savoury, these thin, French pancakes can whip up lots of fun at a party This has been a year of cooking adventurously. In between starting this column and taking turns to review cookbooks for Eater's Digest on this same page, I
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        246 72 INGREDIENTS 200g plain flour 20g sugar pinch of salt 3 eggs 300 ml milk 50ml water 10g butter, melted METHOD 1. Place the flour, sugar, salt and eggs in a food processor or blender. Switch on the machine and gradually pour in the milk and water,
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        709 72  -  I Chris Tan Crumbly, airy, crispy, melt-in-the-mouth. This week we do a roll call of the best pastry cookbooks. The stained pages and butter-smeared corners of my copy of this book probably speak louder than any review I could write, but sadly I cannot show you those. Baking
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        994 73  -  I Rebecca Lynne Tan Cooks from five ethnic groups will give free cooking demonstrations and share cultural insights Eat your way through 15 countries without ever stepping foot outside Singapore. The Food Safari will make this gastronomic feat possible at Suntec Convention Hall from Nov
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        467 73  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan White truffle season is here and the who's who on the restaurant scene have been serving it up. Despite the recession, restaurants are still placing orders for the extravagant white delight, only much less of it than in other years. Italian restaurants Forlino at
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        751 74  -  Anjana Krishna Kumar Karen Carlotta studied economics and worked in finance before following her heart into the kitchen As a young girl, Indonesian pastry chef Karen Carlotta loved creating make-believe dishes with flowers and leaves taken from her garden at home in Jakarta. Now 26, she gets
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        536 74  -  Jenny Tan Wine Club Five Roses Salento ICT 2006, $52 Italians everywhere have an unwavering loyalty to their food and wine. Just ask any Italian, "What did your mum cook at home?", and be prepared to be regaled with intricate stories about food at the Italian
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        66 74 Tell us, in 50 to 100 words, your best Italian wine experience. The best three entries will each win a bottle of Five Roses Salento IGT 2006, worth $52. E-mail entries with your name, IC number and address to stlife@sph.com.sg Indicate LIFEI/ROSES in your header. Deadline is noon on
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        69 74 LEARN TO MAKE: Caipiroska Ingredients: 30ml vodka 30ml lime juice concentrate 1 tsp white sugar 5 lime wedges Method: Add white sugar into a glass of lime juice concentrate and squeeze five wedges of lime into the mixture. Mix them together with ice and top it up with vodka.
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      945 50 Tay Yek Keak imagines what the Facebook pages of newsmakers might look like in this weekly column Search I Alan Greenspan m doesn't understand how the entire economic system of the world collapsed. But he is not I responsible and will not be giving you h back your money. 1
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      535 57 The strange feeling that qQ you have already heard t/f the bull you are hearing (~3\\ now-. I Usage: 'Tom told his C"J jj fiancee he had to miss her Vrv; jy birthday party because he I VI was stuck at work. It sounds U- tcKj T like deja moo
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