The Straits Times, 1 February 2009

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    24 1 A Singapore Press Holdings —B* publication y\J cents the sunday times 78 PAGES IN THREE PARTS MICA (P) 192/11 /2008 FEBRUARY 1, 2009 straitstimes.com
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    Lock icon Obama team to review 'Buy American' clause
    667 1 Creeping protectionism "When you include alj manufactured goods in these projects, you're talking about every shovel, every crane. It's not just the steel going into bridges. Now it's the truck that is involved in building the bridge or the road." MR CHRIS BRADDOCK
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    Lock icon US and China agree to forge 'more positive' ties
    414 1 Washington United States President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart President Hu Jintao have agreed to forge "more positive" ties between their giant nations in their first telephone call since the US leader came to power, a White House spokesman has
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      95 1 LEE WEI Lll What keeps me rooted to Singapore IKPAGE27 Top male and female TRIATHLETES BANNED after being caught in a hotel room IM PAGE 4 Ex-Cortina wanted man |EI believed in things "big" I 1 PRIME PAGE 4 ROHII BRIJNATH gasps for air in the Melbourne heatwave IMEPAGE3 RAPE
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      24 1 h A majie remembers if jes 6Hi X household PRIMEPAGE6 ILLUSTRATIONS: PAUL ERIC ROCA and MIEL PHOTOS: LEE FAMILY, NC SOR LUAN and INTERNET
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      Lock icon Red shirts make their demands
      743 2  -  Nirmal Ghosh Group seeks fresh election, prosecution of PAD over airport closures last November Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Deepening rift "I think the country is gradually dividing, Between aristocratic Thailand and democratising Thailani but the other side is much more organised, and they have controlled
      NIRMAL GHOSH  -  743 words
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      Lock icon Aso pledges $26b aid to spur Asian growth
      500 2 What it should have been Davos (Switzerland) Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso yesterday pledged US$l7 billion (Ss26 billion) in development aid to Asian countries, mainly in South-east Asia, to spur regional growth. "It will be necessary to build regional cooperation towards strengthening
      AFP; Bloomberg  -  500 words
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      Lock icon Melbourne sizzles
      552 3 City struggles to cope as heatwave sparks power cut, stretches emergency services Melbourne Australia's sec-ond-largest city Melbourne was struggling to cope yesterday with a once-in-a-century heatwave that has claimed dozens of lives and sparked wildfires that have razed up to 20 homes. More than 500,000 houses and businesses
      AFP; AP; REUTERS  -  552 words
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      Lock icon The heat is so bad my friend saw Elvis
      573 3  -  Rohit Brijnath COMMENTARY In Melbourne Here's how bad the heat became in Melbourne. Yesterday, a friend called and claimed he had just seen Elvis. I suggested he check his hallucinating self into a hospital, but he wasn't kidding. Elvis is in
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      Lock icon Largely business as usual for tours
      447 3  -  Tan Dawn Wei Despite sizzling over-40 deg C temperatures in southern Australia, travel agents here say it is business as usual for their Down Under tours. Bookings are slow, but that is typical of the destination during this time of the year when it
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      Lock icon 2 faces of Cortina watch heist suspect
      1500 4  -  Kimberly Spykerman Sujin Thomas Teh Joo Lin Successful salesman was well-liked, but money woes and failed businesses plagued him THE CASE Employees at the Cortina Watch outlet in Raffles City returned to work a day after Christmas last year to find $7.9 million
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      Lock icon Caught alone together: Top triathletes banned
      757 4  -  Jeanette Wang Singapore's top male and top female triathletes have been slapped with a competition JM ban for being caught alone 1 together in a hotel room at fl Ilk- AM.Ill ln.Mi.ll i.lllk'N III V Bali last October. Mr Mok Ying Ren, 20, and
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      Lock icon Birth defects rising in polluted China
      463 4 Beijing A top Chinese official has blamed the rising number of birth defects in the country to China's increasingly polluted environment. Every 30 seconds, a baby is born in China with physical defects, the China Daily quoted him as saying at a conference here
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      331 2 Places Come celebrate this Lunar New Year with your Prosperity Set Meals family at jack's Place Group of Restaurants and lncludes Dav's SouP' °*s Dessert coffeeAea enjoy abundance of good things prepared 1- Prosperity Beef Tenderloin $28.80 2. Triple Happiness Combo $25.80 delicately by Our Chef. From SUmptUOUS Set menus
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Rise in false alarm calls to SCDF
      638 5  -  Estelle Low 4,288 ambulance trips made last year were not for emergency cases up 16 per cent from 2007 111 Ilk-i..iv n| .i nun- wlikh I i.i\V Kvll |'I VNvi il emergency, when it does for a long time not result in death
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      Lock icon Majie recalls life with the Lees
      1349 6 Ouyang Huanyan looked after MM Lee's household from the *****. Mavis Toh and Lim Ruey Van report HEALTHY AND IN GOOD SPIRITS "She saw my picture in the book and immediately recognised me. After that she got help to get my number," said Madam
      THE LEE FAMILY  -  1,349 words
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      Lock icon Devotees upset over repossessed temple
      674 6  -  Yen Feng There were tears and protests when over 100 people turned up to claim their ancestral tablets from the San Bao Jing She temple yesterday. The site of the temple in Sims Avenue near Lorong 39, Geylang, was repossessed a week ago after its
      TERENCE TAN  -  674 words
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      Lock icon Cheers and fears over move to scrap exams
      826 7  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Having no exams at PI and P2 would make it hard for kids to cope later, say some parents You would think that parents would be happy with last week's news that a Ministry of Education committee has proposed
      NG SOR LUAN  -  826 words
    • [special report: rape in the family]
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        Lock icon WHEN ABUSER IS NOT A STRANGER
        1264 8  -  Mavis Toh Experts suspect many cases involving family members go unreported due to fear or shame SIGNS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDREN Changes in behaviour, extreme mood swings, excessive crying, withdrawal and fear of being alone Sexualised behaviour like rubbing of private parts, wearing
        NG SOR LUAN  -  1,264 words
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        Lock icon Female predators rare in child sex-abuse cases
        306 8 When it comes to sexual crimes, men are nearly always the predator. But there have been rare cases of female sexual deviants. John (not his real name) was 15 when he was molested by his mother. He and his younger sister were living
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      Lock icon $350 for nose job, $250 for double eyelids
      1059 9  -  Debbie Yong Places like Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan offer plastic surgery at a fraction of the cost here but Singapore doctors advise caution A PLASTIC-SURGERY BUDDY She went for plastic surgery in Seoul and ended up working for the BK Dongyang
      NG SOR LUAN  -  1,059 words
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      Lock icon PR hopefuls queueing overnight
      1221 10  -  Cassandra Chew More foreigners are applying for PR status for fear of losing their jobs during recession Snaking lines starting in the wee hours outside the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) are now a common sight as more foreigners clamour for permanent residency here. From as
      CAROLINE CHIA  -  1,221 words
    • Jobs being cut during crisis
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        Lock icon Expats not worried yet
        369 10  -  Teo Wan Cek Huang Huifen Estelle Low Retrenchment is a concern for many now but expatriates working here say they are not worried yet. In a Sunday Times poll of 50 expats, 34 said they do not expect their employers to wield the axe soon. Mr
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        Lock icon Nationality not always a factor in layoffs
        624 10  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Jamie Ec Wen Wei If jobs have to be cut, should foreigners be the first to go? Ask union leaders and MPs and they agree in principle that employers should try to save jobs for Singaporeans first in a downturn.
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      Lock icon Handicapped students get sporting chance
      411 11  -  Jamie Ee Wen Wei Not all schoolchildren get to enjoy PE classes. Take the case of Dheepan Lachumanen, a Secondary 1 student at Pioneer Secondary School. Born with arthrogryposis, a rare birth defect which affects the joints, he has to sit out physical education sessions.
      MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  411 words
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      Lock icon Banks not only ones to deny loans
      769 11  -  Jamie Ee Wen Wei Moneylenders too have turned cautious, doing more detailed checks and offering smaller amounts Estelle Low Better safe than sorry "We are running a small business. Now that so many people are getting retrenched and the economy is so bad,
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      Lock icon When a phone call has a false ring to it
      839 12  -  Debbie Yong Last year, 434 people lost about $7.6 m in phone scams, up from 378 the previous year BEWARE OF THESE TRICKS Lucky draw and lottery scams: Victims are persuaded to make advance payments to claim a prize. Culprits
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      Lock icon City Alive with revelry
      331 12  -  Huang Huifen It was City Alive! in downtown Singapore last night. At the Padang, more than 5,000 young party-goers grooved to the R&B and hip-hop music spun by deejays on board hippo tour buses along St Andrews Road. The after-Chingay parade party, called City Alive!, was
      SAMUEL HE; PHONSUS CHERN  -  331 words
    • [Sunday people]
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        Lock icon Have a wild date with this zookeeper
        344 13 Animals are wild about sex and romance too. Ask Mr Biswajit Guha, the assistant director, zoology, at the Singapore Zoo, and he can tell you plenty of stories. He will give a talk on such amorous matters on that big day of love,
        NG SOR LUAN  -  344 words
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        Lock icon Chinese New Year baby for couple
        206 13  -  Huang Huifen Madam Yau Leng Leng's Chinese New Year reunion dinner plans were disrupted last Sunday. Still, two things made up for it. First, she gave birth to a daughter. Second, her baby Jing Xuan picked up a $4,888 prize for being one of
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        Lock icon CNY's a joyous time for these two Malays
        263 13  -  Teo Wan Cek Mr Suhaimi Mohd is busy making his Chinese New Year rounds. No, he's not visiting his Chinese friends, but performing with a lion dance troupe. One of two Malays attached to the Tian Eng Dragon and Lion Dance Centre,
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      33 5 What more can be done to reduce the number of false alarm calls to the SCDF? Send your comments to suntimes@sph.com.sg Head to fc^PST CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities!
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      Lock icon SUPER RICE
      822 14  -  Alastair McIndoe Experts to tweak plant genes to boost yield by half and cut water and fertiliser needs Philippines Correspondent In Manila IMPROVING PHOTOSYNTHESIS C 3 plants such as rice photosynthesise less effectively than C 4 plants such as maize. Planting C 4 gene into rice will make
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      Lock icon Perak politics in disarray
      648 15  -  Elizabeth Looi Umno assemblyman defects, official quits, 2 councillors missing Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur Politics in Perak is in turmoil. One Umno state assemblyman has defected to the opposition which rules the state and this was followed shortly by the resignation of the state's top
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      Lock icon Illegal diabetes drug in China linked to 2 deaths
      216 15 Shanghai China's Ministry of Health has ordered doctors in the country to stop prescribing a diabetes drug, after a fake batch of the medicine was linked to the deaths of two patients. The patients died in China's far western region of
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      Lock icon India's 'Jerry Lewis' dies
      153 15 Chennai (India) Indian comedy king Krishna Rao Nagesh, known as "India's Jerry Lewis", died yesterday at the age of 76, his family said. Nagesh, a diabetic who had been battling ill health, died in hospital in the southern city of Chennai, the family was quoted as
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      Lock icon Housemen lack proper skills
      398 15 Kuala Lumpur The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and Health Ministry want substandard medical universities to buck up, after many housemen turn up at hospitals unable to carry out common medical procedures. Besides not having proper clinical exposure, the housemen were also found unable to communicate effectively
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      Lock icon iPill hits the spot and calls the doc
      540 15 New York The doctor's advice to "take two aspirins and call me in the morning" may one day be updated to "take this pill, and it will call me in the morning". Philips Research, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has developed a prototype
      NYT; REUTERS  -  540 words
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      Lock icon Is era of the big, fat bonus over?
      787 16 Each man for himself "I've watched it over the years and everyone was taking their piece of the pie...and not paying attention to tne end game, which is the little guy who ends up with all of these securities on their retirement
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      Lock icon Ordinary Wall Street workers count on bonuses to survive
      463 16 New York To United States President Barack Obama, Wall Street's US$lB.4 billion (5527.7 billion) in bonuses is "shameful". To thousands of bank employees who do not sit in corner offices, that money helps pay the bills. While the outrage over the
      AP; ST GRAPHICS  -  463 words
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      Lock icon World leaders push for global free trade deal
      463 16 Davos, Switzerland World leaders looking for hope amid recessionary gloom turned their attention yesterday to a long-stalled global trade deal, increasingly seen as a necessary bulwark against the rising threat of protectionism. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned at the World Economic
      Reuters; AFP; Bloomberg  -  463 words
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      Lock icon Middle-class Americans to get help
      892 17  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Obama sets up task force to cater to millions hit by crisis U.S. Correspondent In Washington NEW STRATEGY TO REVIVE FAILING ECONOMY AND GET CREDIT FLOWING US President Barack Obama said yesterday his administration will outline a new strategy in the coming days
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Bomb attack near China hospital
        111 18 Beijing A bomb blast killed four people in central China this week, police said yesterday, adding that the authorities were still investigating the motive behind the blast. The attack occurred on last Monday near a hospital in the city of Zhumadian in Henan province, police
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        Lock icon North on warpath, Seoul stays calm
        114 18 Seoul North Korea's vow to abandon all peace agreements with Seoul drew a mild response from South Korea's president, who continued to express optimism that the rivals could hold negotiations soon. President Lee Myung Bak dismissed the North's claim that his government's tougher policies
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        Lock icon Malaysia won't see real Mona Lisa
        96 18 Kuala Lumpur The real Mona Lisa's not coming to Malaysia, reported The New Straits Times. The one that will be making her way here is a reproduction of the original painting by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago. Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister
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        Lock icon Endangered tigers hunting farmers
        108 18 Jakarta Rare Sumatran tigers increasingly under threat as their jungle habitat shrinks have been blamed for deadly attacks on three Indonesian farmers, including the mauling of a father and son while they slept. The bodies were discovered over the past week within a 40km range on
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      Lock icon Iraqis cast votes amid tight security
      684 18 THE LOW-DOWN At stake: 440 seats on provincial councils around most of Iraq except the Kurdish autonomous region in the north and the adjacent province that includes oil-rich Kirkuk. Candidates: More than 14,000 candidates representing both established parties and hundreds of new factions, most
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      Lock icon Rohingya refugees spent 10 days at sea without food
      451 18 Sabang (Indonesia) Ethnic Rohingya migrant Mohammad Hasan begged for a new life in Europe as he described persecution in his homeland, Myanmar, and being left to die at sea by the Thai navy. One of about 1,000 Bengalispeaking Muslims from mainly
      AFP  -  451 words
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      Lock icon Iraq shoe sculpture given the boot
      140 18 Baghdad The shoe sculpture set up to honour the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George Bush was taken down yesterday. Ms Fatin al-Nassiri, the director of an orphanage in Tikrit where the statue had been installed, said the police
      AP  -  140 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Octuplet births spark ethics debate
      935 19 OCTUPLETS' MUM LIKES KIDS Ms Nadya Suleman's goal in life was to be a mother, her friends and family said. That is why, even with a brood of six including two-year-old twins, she decided to have more embryos implanted in the hope that she would
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      Lock icon America's first octuplet family
      448 19 Houston Until last Monday, Nkem Chukwu, a Nigerianborn American, was the only woman in North America to have given birth to eight living, breathing babies at once. Sadly, one of those babies died after only a week. In an interview, Mrs Chukwu said reports of the
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      Lock icon Republicans get first African-American party chief
      281 19 SUNDAY PEOPLE Washington The Republican National Committee has elected its first-ever African-American leader, hoping to draw younger and more diverse voters to the party. Mr Michael Steele, a former lieutenant governor of Maryland, defeated several powerful Republican insiders in the final ballot on Friday
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      Lock icon Convicted spy continues to spy – from jail
      207 19 Convicted spy continues to spy from jail "Hamas said this war was a victory. Is this what victory looks like?" MOHAMMED ABED RABBOS, a local resident, surveying the towering piles of jagged concrete in his once-oustling Gaza neighbourhood after it had been devastated by Israeli bombs and shells Washington A
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      649 19 Beijing Bali Berlin Hat Yai Melbourne Kota Kinabalu Toronto Kuala Lumpur Barcelona Dhaka Chengdu Guangzhou Christchurch Mecca Manila Mexico Singapore Today: Partly cloudy. Outlook: Monday: Partly cloudy. Tuesday: Afternoon showers. §Air Quality Sunrise Sunset PSI: 33 (Good) 7.17 am 7.21pm 24-hour reading up Moonrise Moonset to 4pm yesterday 11.32 am
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  • invest
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      Lock icon As safe as it gets
      1723 20  -  Lorna Tan New endowment policies come with features such as lifetime protection and long-term cash payouts Finance Correspondent After seeing the value of their assets plunge in recent months, shellshocked investors are desperate for a safe haven from a global financial storm that shows no
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    • [me & my money]
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        Lock icon Landing a good investment
        1395 21  -  Lorna Tan Switch to high-end landed property pays off for founder of property agency Finance Correspondent Covering all the bases "For any investment I make, I also work out the worst-case scenario so I know what steps to take should things not go according to plan."
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    • [property]
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        Lock icon Resale flats going below valuation
        749 22  -  Joyce Teo Less cash needed now for bigger flats as market weakens amid financial crisis Property Correspondent A recent classified advertisement in The Straits Times offered a five-room flat near Ang Mo Kio Hub for a whopping $50,000 below its valuation of $640,000. Another one
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        Lock icon Colour contrasts sound great in this maisonette
        291 22 MY SPACE Teacher Will Soo tells Debbie Yong how art and music come together in his home. Mr Will Soo, 30 Physical education and art teacher. Lives in a 147 sq m HDB executive maisonette in Yishun. Lives with his wife Shuxian, 27,
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    • [small change]
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        Lock icon Tough time to invest but good time to buy
        1198 23  -  Dennis Chan Stocks may yet see a false dawn but downturn offers loads of bargains Deputy Money Editor "O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason!" This outburst from Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
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        Lock icon [FINANCIAL QUOTIENT]
        191 23  -  Lorna Tan Where do you see this? j In insurance policies and brochures. What does it mean? j Pre-existing conditions are medical conditions, whether physical or mental, that exist prior to the start of the insurance cover. For instance, if you are diagnosed with high blood pressure before
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        Lock icon Play up job experience during interviews
        304 23  -  Paul Heng YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER NeXT Career Consulting Group, Asia SI wish to seek advice for my son, 24, who is uating soon with a bachelor's degree in finance. Currently, he is working in the backroom of a local stockbroking firm. He believes
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      Lock icon THE BIG C It's curable
      841 24  -  Salma Khalik Close to 5,000 die from cancer each year, making it the No. 1 killer here. But many of these deaths can be prevented if detected early, say experts Health Correspondent News that DBS Bank chief executive officer Richard Stanley is ill with a
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      Lock icon Aussie pension system hit by meltdown
      991 24  -  Mark Bendeich In Sydney Australia, long regarded as a model for global pensions reform, has some explaining to do after the markets meltdown, and not just to its own citizens. Having forced Australians over the past two decades to trust in markets to provide
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      Lock icon Learning is not just about scoring As
      1229 25  -  Jane Ng Proposals to develop pupils' non-academic areas are steps in the right direction When I was looking for a preschool for my three-year-old son last month, on my list of criteria were: no homework, no spelling and no tests. Learning, to me,
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      Lock icon [HEADLINERS]
      317 25 Richard Stanley DBS CEO ill, takes up to six months off DBS Bank announced last Thursday that its chief executive Richard Stanley is ill with leukaemia and will be out of action for three to six months. The 48-vear-old American, who has been in /nine his nfirmed last id
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      Lock icon Time to scrap car transfer levy
      918 25  -  Christopher Tan Senior Correspondent Economic sense Doing away witf the transfer fee should lift the local used-car market, which ir turn makes it less attractive to re-export or scrap a perfectly good vehicle. And hence it keeps more money within the country. Four months
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      344 26 EDITORIAL It could have been the weather. After a month of rainy days, it had suddenly got hot, although there were strong winds which lifted the skirts of some women and warped umbrellas. It could have been the bad times and the downbeat mood. They might have
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      163 26 Singapore s first Association ot Bloqqers To some people, blogs are like the Internet version of a diary... something personal and private... If one holds such an assumption about blogs, forming a bloggers' association is probably an idea as absurd as an association for people who pen paper diaries,
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      227 26 "There will be a time for I them to make profits, and j there will be a time for i them to get bonuses. I Now's not the j time." j BARACK OBAMA, US j President, hitting j out at Wall Street j executives for Jr^^L
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        183 26 I refer to your excellent feature, "Retire? No thanks, I'd rather try a new career" Qan 25). I am a baby boomer born in 1948, and I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Singapore in 1971. I worked for nine
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        205 26 I refer to the article "Store won't make cake for Adolf Hitler, 3" (Dec 18). I would like to say that parents ought not to name their children after famous or notorious people as it shows that these parents are shameless
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        89 26 I refer to the article "Oh rats! This is Orchard Road" Qan 25). The "clean and green" image of Singapore is at stake if this rodent infestation is left ignored. Orchard Road is perhaps the most visited local tourist attraction. Rat infestation is not isolated to
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        128 26 Having rats at Singapore's "Ginza" (Orchard Road) is worse than putting up with the dirty cooking and street hawking of bygone days. It is unhygienic. The rats should be eradicated immediately as they can be disease carriers. The National Environment Agency should be
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        126 26 I share the exasperation of Miss Woon Yuet Meng in her letter, "Graciousness still eludes many" Qan 25). From my observation, passengers generally pay scant attention to notices designating certain seats as priority seats. The reason could be that the notice is only in English,
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        195 26 Waste recycling is here to stay, both as a means of preventing the depletion of natural resources and to arrest global warming. To this end, I feel that the authorities here have done quite a lot. To encourage our population to recycle, bins of
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        346 26 I think the article on motorcycle helmets (Jan 18) is very useful and important to all riders of scooters and motorcycles. I have been riding a bike since 1984 and have bought many helmets over the years. I think it is not a
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        150 26 Recently, my cashier colleague had the misfortune of attending to a rather irate customer. The dispute concerned a purchase assigned an incorrect discount. Since payment had already been made using gift vouchers, my colleague suggested a refund in the form of credit vouchers, which work
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      391 27 Each week, we bring you an excerpt of a book that is topical or of general interest. Eight O'clock Ferry To The Windward Side: Seeking Justice In Cuantanamo Bay By Clive Stafford Smith Nation Books (2007) President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay, a detention facility
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      1068 27  -  Lee Wei Ling Sharing good times and helping loved ones in bad times that's why this place is home This is an era when international mobility is a privilege that many of our bright young men and women enjoy. The world is their oyster.
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      805 27  -  Cecil Fung [THE EX-PAT FILES] I have always had a thing for walking. I'm one of those people who don't mind taking a longer route, sometimes just for the heck of it, if only to get to know a place better. I have my teenage
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      399 27 "It has worked well for my children. They do not have to be so stressed and there is more time to teach them to love learning." MRS CRISTIN TAN, a Singaporean parent, on a proposal to do away with semestral exams for Primary 1 and 2 pupils and
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      1304 28  -  Kwan Weng Kin Seen as return to good old days, his taking over may rally firm hit hard by global crisis Japan Correspondent In Tokyo For the first time in 14 years, Japan's largest automaker will have a member of its founding
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      1266 28  -  Grace Ng Mr K. M. Leung did not invest in the ill-fated Lehman Brothersbacked Minibonds, but he still joined hundreds of enraged investors in Hong Kong last year to rally for government help and chant slogans accusing regulators of not doing enough to
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      1149 29  -  Mavis Toh Small firms lack the resources to handle big cases; reputation hurt by rogue lawyers They shop for office stationery, answer phone calls, photocopy documents and fight cases in court. Each time a client comes with a case, they see it through to
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      600 29  -  John M. Glionna Kudo lost his job and his home on the same cursed day. His construction boss told him to pack his things and clear out of the company dorm that very afternoon. Just like that, the 30-year-old from the northern
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      37 30 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Seah Choo Meng family on the demise of his beloved father MR BILL SEAH MONG HEE on 29 January 2009 From Chairman Directors of RSP ARCHITECTS PLANNERS ENGINEERS (PTE) LTD
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      115 30 LOKESUIYEE Age: 92 passed away peacefully on 31.1.2009. (Husband: Mun Sah, deceased) Children: Spouses: Mun Chor Koon Myrna Magdaleno Mun Chor Seng Wong Lai Choo Mun Chor Weng Tan Ling Cheng Mun Soon Moi Tay Pan Hwa Grandchildren: Spouses: Mun Hon Mun Siong Yoong ChoongWei Sim Mun Wai Ping Ben
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      68 30 The family of the late ANGEKSHIU Departed on 27 January 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to The Speaker of Parliament, relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during d, their recent bereavement. Special thanks to the doctors, nurses
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      28 30 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Kamalasarasu Nathan in the recent demise of her beloved husbant V. R. NATHAN From: GEETHA ASHRAM GITAJAYANTI HINDI SOCIETY (STORE)
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      110 30 ONG SWEE SIM Age: 94 passed away peacefully on 30 January 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Cheng Jock Lan Son: Daughter-in-law: Ong Khung Juan Ong Geok Hooi Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ong Pamela Joseph Tan Cheow Lee Ong Dolly Ong Corlna Michael B. Spencer Ong Lv Ling,
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      103 30 WEE NOLLY Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 31 January 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Children: Spouses: Hoang Nam Corazon Hoang Bac Son Jean Genevieve Tony Toh Grace Hoang Grandchildren: Hoang Du'c, Hoang Van Hoc, Tristan and Victoria Henderson, Ruth and Christopher Merritt, Rachel and Yasin
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      76 30 SOCKALINGAM NEELA Age: 50 passed away peacefully on 31 January 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Father: Sockalingam S/o Narayanasamy Mother: Letchimi Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Jaya Kumar Huang Chin, Jean Guna Raja Chelvi Gunasagaran Dcvi Ravichandran Veronica Wong Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Selvagamy Rajendran Usha Dcvi Seger Nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
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      100 30 MRSRANGANAYAKI W/OK.R.NAIDU Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 30.01.2009. Sadly missed by loved ones. Sons: (Devadass Naidu, deceased) Haridas Naidu (Sugumar Naidu, deceased) Venkatesalu Naidu Daughters-in-law: R. Jesintha Pungajum (Lali) Daughters: Vasanthany Vimar Niirmalaa Naidu (Rukumani Dcvi, deceased) Sons-in-law: Vimar Kumaar S Visvamnathan Venkatakrishnan Grandsons: Venkatasalu Vimar DharmathejaV Ramge V
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      63 30 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory KRISHNAN VALEYDOR (VENUGOPAL) Departed 13.02.08 Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Prayers will be held at Sri Sivan Temple 24 Geylang East Aye 2 on 2 Feb
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      51 30 LOO BENG CHOO Age: 51 passed away peacefully on 30 Jan 2009, leaving behind: Children: Koh Poh Wah Koh Chew Yen Koh Chew Ai Koh Zheng Liang Daughter-in-law: Tan Bee Lin Grandchildren: Koh Tian En Koh Hock An Cortege leaving Blk 851 Tampines StB3on3Feb(Tue), 1 lam for Mandai Crematorium Hall
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      50 30 MARIE MADELINE MARIADAB Age: 65 Husband: Joseph Baptist Anthony Son: Francis Daniel Anthony Daughter-in-law: Anne Michael Daughter: Marina Sylvia Anthony Grandsons: Brian Alexander Francis Kevin Braxton Francis Wake is held at Blk 37 Sin Ming Dr #01-577. Cortege leaves on 2/2/2009 at 12.45pm for cremation at Mandai Crematorium Hall 3.
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        192 31 Miss Virginia Tara Wheeler (above, left and right) had a mission to accomplish last week: Participate in the Miss America pageant and show the world that the contestants are not all blonde airheads. When she is not dressed in a gown on stage, the 24-year-old
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        161 31 British long jumper Jonathan Moore (right) was recovering from a breakdown last Wednesday, after leaping naked from the roof of a house. The former world youth champion plunged nearly six metres onto a pick-up truck miraculously escaping death when his fall was broken by the
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        298 31 An 11-year-old bullfighter in Mexico may have set a record by slaying six young bulls in one appearance last week, but you will not see his name in the Guinness World Records book. According to Mexico's National Association of Matadors, Michelito Lagravere
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        171 31 Snowboarders are a lot more selfless these days. They are converting their blossoming status as icons into banners for a variety of causes. Some riders embrace environmental issues and others cancer research through groups like Athletes for a Cure. Many work to give more
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      1240 32 Cardinals quarterback, who once worked in a supermarket, hopes to be a comeback winner for the second time in the Super Bowl final 10 reasons to catch Super Bowl XLIII Super Bowl Sunday arrives in Singapore early tomorrow morning. Here are 10 reasons to catch the
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      231 32 Text and pictures by Desmond Lim Lav Wee Hong, 25 Undergraduate Height: 1.6 7m Weight: 58kg Exercise regimen: I go to the gym once a week and work with weights for about an hour and a half. I do most of my physical training during my canoe polo
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      228 32 BASKETBALL NBA: Boston 86 Detriot 78, Indiana 114 Miami 103, Philadelphia 104 Washington 94, Milwaukee 96 Toronto 85, Atlanta 105 New Jersey 88, Cleveland 112 LA Clippers 95, LA Lakers 1 32 Minnesota 119, Denver 110 Charlotte 99, Utah 110 Oklahoma City 90, Golden State 91 New Orleans 87,
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        134 32 Jakarta Former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has quit the Indonesian national badminton team. But the 27-year-old said yesterday he is not retiring from the sport and would be available for national duty in the Sudirman and Thomas Cups. He is also willing to play in
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        68 32 Los Angeles Kobe Bryant scored a team-high 30 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers rebound from a disappointing loss with a 132-119 road win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in their National Basketball Association match on Friday. Andrew Bynum contributed 27 points and 15 rebounds and Pau
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        50 32 Stockholm Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, died yesterday. He was 76. He died in his sleep at a nursing home in Kungsbacka on the Swedish west coast. AP
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        53 32 Sochi (Russia) Organisers for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi have announced a deal as the largest domestic sponsorship in Olympic history. The Rostelecom and MegaFon telecommunications companies yesterday signed a contract worth US$26O million (Ss39o million), becoming the first "Tier One" partners of the
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        61 32 London Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger remains hopeful of signing Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin before the transfer window closes tomorrow, despite the failure to agree a fee with Zenit St Petersburg. Some reports claim that the Russian player will fly to London from Dubai, where his
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        84 32 Colombo Yuvraj Singh (left) smashed a quick-fire 66 and Ishant Sharma took 4-57 to help India to a 15-run win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day cricket international yesterday. India posted a competitive 256-9 in 50 overs and, despite a fighting 93 not out
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      Lock icon Not so much a contest as a coronation
      801 33  -  Rohit Brijnath Serena demolishes Safina in Australian Open final to earn the world No. 1 crown After last year's US Open tennis final, Richard Williams described his younger daughter as "a combination of a pit bull, a young Mike Tyson and an
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      Lock icon Hardcourt match looms as final for the ages
      853 33 FINAL SNAPSHOT Head to head Nadal leads 12-6 in career meetings. The duo have met six times in Grand Slam finals, with Nadal winning four times. Winning strategy Nadal (left): Prevent Federer from getting into a groove and an early lead. Federer
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      Lock icon Watney takes lead, Mickelson misses cut
      332 33 Scottsdale (Arizona) On a day local favourite Phil Mickelson missed the projected cut by seven strokes, Nick Watney shot an eight-under 63 to take the second-round lead at the FBR Open. Play was called off on Friday due to darkness with three players, all
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      Lock icon Arsenal held to a draw
      364 34 Against a stubborn West Ham, Gunners could have done with the creative spark of Arshavin London What Arsene Wenger would give to sign Andrei Arshavin by tomorrow's transfer deadline after seeing his side drop two points in the battle for fourth place in the English
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      296 34 Results Stoke City 1 Man City 0 Arsenal 0 West Ham 0 Beattie 45 Aston Villa 0 Wigan 0 Bolton 3 Tottenham 2 Puygrenier 31, Bent 73, 75 K. Davies 64, 87 Fulham 3 Portsmouth 1 Hull City 2 West Brom 2 Johnson 14, Nugent 84 Mendy
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      687 34  -  Tay Yek Keak [OFFSIDE] How the Liverpool and Chelsea managers would plan ahead of their big match Rafael Benitez (Liverpool) 8am Check with my spy at Chelsea who is playing striker Drogba or Anelka (must keep spy's identity secret or else JT will be in big trouble). 9am
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      266 34 London Manchester City will take their spending in the January transfer window past the £40 million (S$86 million) mark this weekend by acquiring Shay Given from Newcastle United. But it emerged on Friday that they failed with perhaps the most audacious bid of
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      1279 35  -  Richard Jolly It is not historical or local, Reds and Blues just hate each other's success on the field Big match talk "And now Scolari's the manager. Because it's too early to say on Scolari, I'm gonna say Mourinho is the best manager that
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      744 35 After dropping 12 and nine points respectively since December and now trailing Manchester United by two points, Liverpool and Chelsea face each other tonight in a must-win game at Anfield. Jonathan Wong (JW) of The Sunday Times: Would defeat spell the end to
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      1415 36  -  Rob Hughes FACTFILE Name: Rafael Benitez Brought European glory to Anfield in his debut season. In a classic final, Liverpool came from 0-3 Birthdate: April 16 1960 down at half-time to level the score at 3-3. They then won on penalties. Place of birth: Madrid r c
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      32 32 the JOBS page thesundaytimes I L Look out for the new JOBS page in The Sunday Times from February where we nave stories on how to survive Singapore's worst recession since independence
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      95 32 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL Spanish Primera Liga: Racing NFL Superbowl XLIII: Pittsburg Steel- Santander v Barcelona (Live, Ch22, ersv Arizona Cardinals (Live, Ch22 12mn), Valencia v Almeria (Live, Chi 1 7, tomorrow, 7am). Ch22, tomorrow, 1.55am). FOOTBALL COLF r^ C o S?n P: T C V Feyen°°rd (LiV6' Dubai Desert
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      73 33 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Italian League Lazio Milan Mon, 02/02/09 3.30 am Other Italian League, E Premier, E League Champ, German and Spanish League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. Tfennis^AusSiOpenma^^ E Premier Newcastle Sunderland Sun, 01/02/09 9.30pm |J Italian
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        501 38  -  John Lui LifeStyle shows how you can tackle simple jobs at home and save money too What? Clean your own air-conditioner, change your car engine oil, hem that skirt, make your own muesli bar? The current souring economic climate has sent everyone and their grandmothers
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        1232 38 5E ES nizzm] Air-conditioners need to be serviced every three to four months. Save money and prolong the periods between each servicing by cleaning the air-conditioners at home regularly. Mr Simon Lee, 52, a service engineer from electronics company Mitsubishi Electric, gives tips on how you can clean them
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        1031 40 HOW T0... Getting your car professionally waxed will cost between $60 and $200. Save by putting in some elbow grease yourself. WHAT YOU NEED A non-abrasive wax A small soft sponge A soft towel WHAT TO DO 1. If your car has not been waxed in a long time,
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        913 40 upgrade computer memory Why fork out dollars unnecessarily on a new laptop? Bumping up the memory of your old laptop will keep it running fast. The typical Windows XP program works fastest with IGB of memory. There is no point getting more as it does not rev up performance
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        1312 42 HOW T0... WHAT YOU NEED Round or flat hairbrush Hair dryer (costs around $39.90) WHAT TO DO 1. To achieve hair with volume, use a round hairbrush. To create straight and flat hair, use a flat hairbrush. 2. Set medium heat for hair dryer. 3. Hold the hair dryer
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        333 43 HOW TO Spa Esprit recommends this eco-friendly 40-minute facial using ingredients from your kitchen cupboard. WHAT YOU NEED Make-up remover and facial cleanser Crushed strawberries/raspberries with sugar (acts as an exfoliating scrub) Toner Egg white (acts as a mask) Face eye moisturiser Cold camomile tea bags Cotton pads WHAT
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        1198 43 5. Start stitching from the underside of hthe garment so that the knotted end r^W^^^^^^^^^Pr^^T^^W does not show (photo B). HHAU#^M«IAM^Ui2J 6. Stitch from left to right. The first stitch should be about 3cm long, stretching c v. c 1 i- diagonally upwards, ending at the new Save about
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        766 44 HOW TO... Forget about paying up to $48 for a simple birthday cake in cake shops. Chef Judy Koh, 45, owner of cooking school Creative Culinaire in Eng Hoon Street, teaches LifeStyle how to bake an all-purpose butter cake (right) The ingredients below will cost about $20. WHAT YOU
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        827 44  -  John Lui Rebecca Lynne Tan Tay Suan Chiang Jasmine Teo Jocelyn Lee Fiona Low Rachael Boon Anjana Krishna Kumar F^^» I HOW T0... m Singapore's hot and humid climate is favourable to growing everything from chilli and silk gourds to ladies' fingers and long beans. Mr Rengarajan Premkumar, a
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        734 41 A place for romance If you're heading out at night to the sea or the hills, take a sweater or you can cosy up to your date. Plan to arrive at your destination earlier. Hong Kong's heavy traffic and its hilly terrain make travelling time
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        954 46  -  Cheryl Tan With mothers receiving better nutrition and supplements, newborn babies are getting heavier Record breakers The heaviest newborn baby recorded was a 10.8 kg baby boy born to Ms Anna Bates in Ohio in the United States on Jan 19, 1879, according to the Guinness Book
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        383 46  -  Sinseh Says Gerard Yeo I have been experiencing a pain in my shoulder, which my doctor has diagnosed as a spur. He advised me to go for an operation to remedy the condition. Otherwise, I could opt for up to two injections although these
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        2019 59  -  Stephanie Yap 11l the 14th of a monthly column featuring ground-breaking works of Singapore literature, we look at One Fierce Hour First Words "Cheap bras on bamboo poles,/urine on the stairs, newspaper curled/around glassy-eyed fish,/the girl with the cigarette burns on her face;/force me to retreat/a
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        246 59 At 31, writer Alfian Sa'at already has an impressive body of work thanks to his output from a young age. His first collection of poetry, One Fierce Hour (1998), was published when he was just 21, and his first collection of short stories, Corridor (1999), came out
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        990 60  -  Huang Lijie Singaporeans are won over by its less spicy and milky taste Make your own Japanese curry Ms Kuniko Shimada, 47, a traditional are fragrant. Chinese medicine physician and Japanese 2. Add the potatoes, carrots and meat and expatriate who has lived here for 18 years,
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        346 60 Mr Curry Where: 03-84 The Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, tel: 6221-8860, open: 11.30am to 11pm daily What: Besides boasting four flavours of curry original, tomato, cream and squid ink it also offers three degrees of spiciness. Hot-sellers include its crab omelette curry ($14.80) and
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        442 63  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Cheap Good I SEDAP! SEDAP! Bukitßatok Village Eating House, Bukit Batok Community Club, 21 Bukit Batok Central Open: 7.30 am to 7.30pm Tuesdays to Sundays (closed on Mondays) Food: For a coffee shop with barely half a dozen stalls, Bukit Batok Village Eating
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        69 65 LEARN TO MAKE: Grapefruit Collins Ingredients: 40ml Tanquera) Ten gin 15mT sugar syrup 72 a grapefruit Soda water Method: 1. Squeeze grapefruit juice into a shaker. 2. Pour in the rest of the ingredients and shake well. 3. Double-strain into a glass with ice. Garnish with grapefruit slice. Taste:
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