The Straits Times, 29 March 2009

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    22 1 A Singapore Press Holdings ~B* publication Z7\J cents thesundaytimes MARCH 29, 2009 84 PAGES IN THREE PARTS MICA (P) 192/11 /2 straitstimes.com
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    Lock icon Singapore United the way to go
    589 1  -  Aaron Low PM Lee calls on Singaporeans to work together to find solutions to the crisis Political Correspondent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday called on Singaporeans to stay united and focus their energies on finding practical and effective solutions to the current economic
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    Lock icon PM: Use downturn to raise service quality
    224 1 The current downturn is an opportunity to improve Singapore's service quality, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night. Addressing an issue that is often the subject of public lament, he noted that workers are now taking training and upgrading more seriously because
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    Lock icon It's S'pore for Taiwan pool champ
    276 1  -  Terrence Voon Taiwan's double world pool champion Wu Chia-ching has decided: He wants to be a Singaporean. Tomorrow, he will take the first step towards this when he picks up his blue identity card, making him a permanent resident here. The 20-year-old will become
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      Lock icon Abdullah will quit on April 2
      783 2  -  Carolyn Hong thesundaytimes March 29, 2009 Najib vows reforms to end money politics; warring chiefs unite as Umno assembly ends Malaysia Bureau Chief MAHATHIR'S SURPRISE APPEARANCE Kuala Lumpur Gasps rang out and applause broke out in the cavernous hall of the Umno assembly yesterday
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      Lock icon first green shoots of a possible recovery
      184 3 After several long wintry months of economic gloom, the have finally emerged in recent weeks. Stock markets are rallying around the world, home sales rose unexpectedly in United States and Singapore last month, and exports and manufacturing data appear to be stabilising in
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      Lock icon Slower fall in output
      184 3 MANUFACTURING The manufacturing sector has been severely hit by the global economic slowdown as companies and households cut back on spending. But while a true recovery is not yet in sight, there are indications that the pace of decline in industrial output is slowing. In the
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      Lock icon Early signs of hope
      199 3 TRADE Exports are still falling in most countries around the world, but there are early signs that the collapse in trade is over and future declines will be more moderate. Singapore's shipments fell by 24 per cent last month from a year earlier, the 10th straight
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      Lock icon Worst seems over but investors wary
      246 3 TOCK MARKETS Stock markets are closely watched as a leading indicator of economic health because history has shown that their trends tend to be echoed in the real economy by a few months. Going by the last few weeks, the signs are tentatively positive.
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      Lock icon Surprise rise in sales
      168 3 HOUSING The United States' housing market, which kicked off the financial crisis, appeared to turn a corner finally last month. Home sales rose unexpectedly after hitting record lows in January and more building permits were also issued, an indicator of an uptick in future construction. Sales
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      Lock icon True demand returning
      153 3 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY Perhaps the strongest signs that the economy may be turning a corner come from the semiconductor industry, which is likely to benefit from China's plan to coax spending in rural areas to boost growth. On March 9, local chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor revised its first-quarter guidance
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      Lock icon Obama and US banks bond over 'peace talks'
      543 3  -  Chua Chin Hon US Bureau Chief Washington Top US bankers have emerged from "peace talks" with President Barack Obama vowing to help spur economic recovery, though differences in opinion and visible signs of tension remained. Mr Obama, who had been on a
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      Lock icon Room for more women in politics
      629 4  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Lim Hwee Hua hopes her appointment will rally others to join in nation-building efforts Getting more in "I hope it will motivate even more women to really consider policy formulation as a responsibility and not just the duty of a small group
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      Lock icon Teo 'good man' for DPM job
      298 4  -  Teo Wan Cek Minister for Law K. Shanmugam has likened the recent Cabinet reshuffle to the moving of pieces on a chessboard. "It looks almost like chess pieces being moved by a grandmaster in a very deep and thoughtful way, piece by piece," he
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      Lock icon 1,000 foreign-trained docs still not enough
      677 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi To ease Singapore's doctor shortage, the public health-care sector had to recruit as many as 1,000 for-eign-trained doctors in the past three years. This deficit is the reason Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan thinks Singapore should have a third medical school.
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      Lock icon Having good, green fun in the dark
      601 5  -  Amresh Gunasingham Over 2,000 people show up at Esplanade Park to celebrate Earth Hour by candlelight It was candle power yesterday when Singaporeans and foreigners gathered downtown to mark Earth Hour. More than 2,000 people turned up at the Esplanade Park. The event
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      Lock icon Remote Pacific islands kick off Earth Hour
      276 5 Sydney Remote Pacific island communities turned off the lights yesterday as they kicked off Earth Hour 2009, a global event to highlight climate change which will see landmarks around the world go dark for an hour. In the Vatican, the dome of St
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      143 3 IS RECESSION BOTTOMING OUT? y« but... The February manufacturing data suggests that YES NO economic conditions remain soft despite some "We are beginning to see signs of progress... "One month does not make a recovery so we improvement. Moreover, external headwinds We're also beginning to see signs of increased have
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      Lock icon 47? You're not too old for cervical cancer vaccine
      989 6  -  Huang Huifen Some doctors believe older women can also benefit from it, but others remain cautious Some doctors here are vaccinating women above the age of 26 against cervical cancer although the guidelines state that the drugs should be given only
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      Lock icon Who says nursing is for sissies?
      828 8  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi More men are taking up nursing but they wish the public would show them respect year, public health institutions lost 9.7 per cent of their nurses. In 2001, 14 per cent left. Mr Poon said nurses have to earn the respect
      OSEPH NAIR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES  -  828 words
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      Lock icon Some still unaware of changes to Hota
      772 8  -  Estelle Low Kimberley Lim Teo Wan Gek and The amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) were passed last Tuesday after a heated debate in Parliament. But when the Sunday Times spoke to 25 patients in three kidney dialysis centres, 14 of
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      Lock icon Mosques can identify and aid needy
      347 8  -  Estelle Low MILESTONES Hota to cover Muslims Outstanding performance of students from madrasahs (Islamic religious schools) in PSLE. Some 98 per cent qualified for secondary education. Zakat (alms) collection for Muis increased by 11 per cent, from $18 million in 2007 to $20 million
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      Lock icon HDB lease buyback scheme draws interest
      373 8  -  Tan Dawn Wei Madam Cheng Ai King has lived in the same three-room Housing Board flat in Serangoon Central for the last 23 years. At 67, she still works as a school canteen helper, earning $30 a day. She could use some extra cash,
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      Lock icon Another NTU death: Researcher hit by car
      204 8  -  Huang Huifen Another death of a person linked to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has occurred, making it the third in 25 days. Last Friday, Mr Hu Kunlun, 29, a research fellow in the Division of Control and Instrumentation from the School of Electrical
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      Lock icon Fatimah explains land use permit process
      619 9  -  Jeremy Au Yong Balancing the needs of 112 associations and temples is a regular affair for this MP Political Correspondent With 112 temples and clan associations, three churches and three mosques all crammed into her crowded constituency, dealing with their competing land use demands
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      Lock icon A gift of traditional music
      59 9 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong congratulating Mr Quek Ling Kiong, the associate conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, after a performance yesterday. SM Goh was the guest of honour at the Marine Parade Central event, which is part of the Singapore Press Holdings' Gift of
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      Lock icon EFFORTS TO REACH OUT APPRECIATED
      470 9  -  Goh Chin Lian Clan associations, Chinese temple representatives and grassroots leaders yesterday threw their support behind MP Fatimah Lateef for reaching out to her constituents in Geylang Serai by speaking Hokkien and Mandarin. They also defended her against a comment made by a People's Action
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        Lock icon WHY THEY STOP RUNNING
        1168 10  -  Mavis Toh Guilt, family ties and trouble encashing loot are key reasons for fugitives to surrender Both men returned to Singapore to face the law, having had enough of life on the run. One of them had not seen his family for 21 years. The fugitive
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        Lock icon Wanted-on Interpol's list
        188 10 Singaporeans on Interpol's wanted list include: Mas Selamat Kastari, 48 Offence: The Jemaah Islamiah leader escaped from the Whitley Road detention facility in February last year through an unsecured toilet window. David Rasif, 45 Offence: In June 2006, the lawyer went missing with $11.3 million of his
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        Lock icon No takers yet for Aussie burial plots
        588 10  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi An unusual advertisement appeared in The Straits Times two Saturdays ago: It offered burial plots in Melbourne, Australia. So far, there have been no takers, said Necropolis, the Australian cremation and burial services company that put up the advertisement. Its
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    • Help is at hand
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        Lock icon Rental rebate for hawkers
        360 11  -  AHMAD OSMAN BY KELVIN Tham has been selling f ishball noodles for the past six years at Zion Riverside Food Centre and he won't be raising his prices anytime soon. He will still be charging his customers $3 a bowl despite the increase in the cost
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        Lock icon Education grants to enrich students
        418 11  -  MARY LIM BY Receiving financial assistance also means I no longer have to worry about paying school fees. I can concentrate on getting good grades at school.• Abdullah Bin Ahmad Rafel of Anglo-Chinese School (ACS, Barker Road) MANY students in Singapore start the year in
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        Lock icon Training grants to boost employment prospects
        472 11  -  Ahmad Osman THE future now looks brighter for Mr Razali Rahman, a 42-year-old security guard. He is on the Com Care Work Support scheme administered by the North West Community Development Council (NWCDC). The scheme provides various types of assistance for people like Mr
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        Lock icon Subsidies for childcare
        482 11  -  Mary Lim Fortunately, the assistance has given me hope for the future. Mr Aw Tiong Long, a kidney dialysis patient THINGS are looking up for Mr Aw Tiong Long, a kidney dialysis patient. He no longer has to worry about his youngest child's childcarefees. He is getting
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      Lock icon DEAF TO THE WORLD
      851 12  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Huang HuiFen Kimberly Lim Teo Wan Cek Youngsters absorbed in their cellphones or music players face greater risk of accidents on the road Some don't look to the left or right when walking along or crossing the street, especially when they are among other
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      Lock icon Caught gig on phone? It's illegal
      575 13  -  Jamie Ee Wen Wei Fans are videotaping concerts despite ban but organisers say it's hard to enforce policy Early into the Coldplay concert here last Monday, assistant fashion designer Tan Sook Chin held up her camera phone and hit the "record" button. At the
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      Lock icon Indians, S'poreans bond over Bollywood and food
      484 13  -  Lee Siew Hua A glimpse of Bollywood and street food can connect Indian Singaporeans and newer arrivals from India. This was Senior Minister of State Balaji Sadasivan's observation yesterday when he attended the Colours of India musical festival, amid an ongoing national drive
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      Lock icon Mahathir to make Umno comeback
      920 14  -  Teo Cheng Wee Former premier makes surprise entrance on last day of party's general assembly Regional Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur CROWD TUNES IN TO UMNO IDOLS' With so many speakers scheduled to speak over the past four days, some delegates resorted to creative techniques to
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      Lock icon Jeers follow new Umno Youth chief Khairy
      482 14  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur The newly-elected Umno Youth president Khairy Jamaluddin is not having an easy time. Not only has former premier Mahathir Mohamad poured scorn on him, but a few delegates also took snide digs at him. He
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      Lock icon I only ask to be treated fairly by the press: Najib
      420 14 Kuala Lumpur Incoming premier Najib Razak yesterday urged Malaysians to give him a chance, amid opposition charges that he could be more hardline than his predecessor Abdullah Badawi. In a press conference yesterday, he also addressed criticism that he
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      Lock icon Thaksin blames king's advisers for downfall
      318 16 Bangkok Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has made an angry video address to 13,000 of his protesting supporters, blaming the revered king's main advisers for his downfall. Currently living in exile to avoid a two-year jail sentence for corruption, Thaksin also called for
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      Lock icon Jakarta dam death toll rises to 91
      503 16 Questions are raised over maintenance of 76-year-old dam as rescuers continue their search Tangerang (Banten) Rescuers yesterday were continuing to search for survivors as the death toll climbed steadily to 91, a day after a dam just outside Jakarta burst sending a torrent
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      Lock icon New US strategy: Will it work?
      182 17 US President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy will make the war an American fight more than ever, with US troops and civilians outnumbering their counterparts from Nato. Mr Obama plans to send 4,000 more US troops to train the Afghan army, along with hundreds
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      Lock icon PAKISTAN'S COOPERATION
      236 17 The onus now lies on Pakistan to step up its game in the fight against militancy, according to analysts. During the Cold War, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) worked with the United States' Central Intelligence Agency to arm the so-called mujahideen guerillas who fought Soviet occupying troops in
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      Lock icon DEFEATING THE INSURGENTS
      263 17 President Obama's strategy is built on an ambitious goal of boosting the Afghan army from 80,000 to 134,000 troops by 2011 and greatly increasing training by US troops accompanying them so that the Afghan military can defeat Taleban insurgents and take control of the war. That, he
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      Lock icon GETTING ALLIES ON BOARD
      256 17 In Afghanistan, the Bush administration pleaded for years with Nato allies to provide more troops for combat and for training Afghan forces. The increases it got were modest, leaving an unmet need that United States commanders have cited in explaining why the Taleban have remained resilient
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      Lock icon SECURING THE HOME FRONT
      265 17 The essence of President Barack Obama's new strategy on Afghanistan is to set clear goals for a war gone awry, and to get the American people behind them. Stirring echoes of Sept 11 and making the war his own, Mr Obama on Friday warned that Al-Qaeda
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      687 18 wßß^^nStfl^ff'*"^^^^ Despite recent optimism about US banking system, analysts warn of obstacles ahead A party that no one wants to attend "It may be that they'll throw a party and no one comes." BANK CONSULTANT BERT ELY, on US Treasury Secretary Timothy Ceithner's plan to help private investors buy
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      Lock icon BoA plans pay hike for investment bankers
      444 18 New York Bank of America plans to increase some investment bankers' pay by as much as 70 per cent to offset expected smaller bonuses. Bank of America, which has received US$45 billion (5567.8 billion) of taxpayers' money, may raise the annual base pay
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      Lock icon US BANK ACCUSED IN PONZI LAWSUIT
      240 18 Bank of America was sued and accused of assisting Agape World founder Nicholas Cosmo, who is charged with swindling at least 1,500 investors in a five-year, US$37O million (Sss6o million) Ponzi scheme. "Bank of America was at the epicentre of this scheme," said the
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      Lock icon Protest against G-20 kicks off in London
      339 18 London: Tens of thousands of people marched across central London yesterday to demand jobs, economic justice and environmental accountability. The march kicked off six days of protest and action planned in the run-up to the G-20 summit this week. More than 150 groups
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      Lock icon Swiss banks call for tax amnesties
      309 18 Geneva The Swiss Bankers Association has welcomed a partial tax amnesty offered in the US, saying it is a "fantastic moment" for countries to get their citizens to declare hidden assets. "If I were the G-20 finance ministers, I would really now put a
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      Lock icon China, Taiwan host Buddhist forum
      502 19  -  Ho Ai Li First such cooperation by former foes has been smooth sailing Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei While China and Taiwan move haltingly in most areas of cooperation, it has been smooth sailing in the religious or, rather, Buddhist realm. Yesterday the former foes began
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      Lock icon Crisis will redraw political power map: George Yeo
      284 19 London The current sharp economic downturn will result in "political repricing", and out of it will emerge a multi-polar world with clearer contours, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said yesterday. Delivering a Distinguished Lecture at Cambridge University in conjunction with its 800
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Nehru-Gandhi scion arrested
        86 19 New Delhi (India) Mr Varun Gandhi, a scion of the famed Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was arrested yesterday after television footage showed him apparently making a virulently anti-Muslim speech while campaigning for India's elections. Mr Varun, the 29-year-old great-grandson of India's first premier Jawaharlal Nehru, turned himself in
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        Lock icon 'Freedom Tower' tag dropped
        82 19 New York The name "Freedom Tower" has been dropped for the skyscraper under construction here to replace the World Trade Centre towers destroyed in the Sept 11 attacks in 2001, but some locals are unhappy about it. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
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        Lock icon Radioactive device recovered
        73 19 Beijing Investigators in the north-west Chinese province of Shaanxi have found a radioactive device that was lost earlier last week when a cement plant was dismantled, the official Xinhua news agency said. The lead ball containing Caesium-137, part of a nuclear scale used to make precise measurements,
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      Lock icon Floods wreak havoc in southern Africa
      504 20 Tropical storm set to lash region where floods nave left more than 100 dead Johannesburg Southern African countries have been hit by the worst floods in years, with more than 100 people killed and thousands displaced, and a tropical storm threatened to bring more
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      660 20 Auckland Jakarta Beijing Kuala Lumpur Cebu Kuching London Paris Guangzhou Adelaide Hanoi Brisbane Miami Cairo Washington Mexico City Singapore Today: Showers with thunder mainly over northern and eastern Singapore in the afternoon. Outlook: Monday: Afternoon showers with thunder. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. §Air Quality Sunrise Sunset PSI: 32 (Good)
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      Lock icon Expats hit by recession blues
      1403 21  -  Debbie Yong job loss, pay cuts and fewer benefits leave many torn between staying and going home Check your contracts carefully "It's easy for most Europeans moving here to get carried away with the expat lifestyle so they don't think about these issues. My advice
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    • NEED A JOB?
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        238 21 Ms Hetal Gala, 28 The Singaporean permanent resident moved to Singapore last year when her financial controller husband was posted here for work and has been looking for a job since. She formerly worked as an assistant manager of residential leasing in Shanghai
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        248 21 Mr Kenneth Wong, 28 The Malaysian senior planner finished his three-month contract with a city planning private consultancy in early March. He has worked as a personnel executive in an international urban planning firm and as an engineer specialising in water treatment and irrigation hydraulics.
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      1400 22  -  Lorna Tan China plays lose their shine amid allegations of corporate failings Finance Correspondent FROM THE EXPERTS As scandals unfold apace, what should investors with S-chips do? Here are some experts' take on this. Mr William Cai Deputy head of investments, CYC Financial Advisory "Dig into their financials. Look
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        1070 23  -  Lorna Tan Financial service group founder's disciplined savings strategy gives him peace of mind Finance Correspondent BEST AND WORST BETS Q: What has been a bad investment? In 1997, I bought a property I,oookm from where I live in the Gold Coast. Being so far
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        377 23  -  Stanley Sim YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE i turn manager. New Independent Q[ am a 19-year-old national serviceman looking to invest my savings in the stock market. But from what I know, the age limit for registering an account with the Central Depository (CDP) is 21
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        873 24  -  Joyce Teo But be prepared to compromise on location, condition, size and lease tenure Property Correspondent A landed home for less than $1 million? To many, a landed property is both a desirable dream home and the ultimate yet unaffordable status symbol. So
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        455 24  -  Debbie Yong Despite the recent slump in the property market, new private properties are still being snapped up in the market. Last month's sales of new private homes jumped to 1,323 units, harking back to the days of the property boom, said observers.
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        324 24 It could not wait. Tired of ferrying their two-year-old daughter Rachel between their parents' place in Ang Mo Kio and their Jurong West home daily, the Lohs decided that it was time to uproot. And thus began their search
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        472 24 ST PHOTO: Despite industry talk that it isn't the wisest time to buy property right now, shipbuilding subcontractor Michael Chee, 52, brazenly went ahead with his search for a new pad. He had only two criteria: It had to be easily accessible by public
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        843 25  -  Dennis Ng Roughly gauging the stage which equities are in will help investors identify the major trend direction Observing nature, we will notice cycles. There are, for instance, four seasons, with the cold winter followed by blossoms in the spring. And just when everyone
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        262 25  -  Gabriel Chen i ere ao announcemen t s V^y° v see thl!l and newspaper Dividend yield tells What does you what percentage it mean? the stock returns relative to its price. It can be calculated by taking annual dividend per share divided by the stock's price per share.
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      1040 26  -  Teo Cheng Wee Mr Najib Razak Who is he? Soon-to-be Premier of Malaysia Famous father Eldest son of Malaysia's second prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein Other famous relatives Nephew of former prime minister Hussein Onn Cousin of Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein (their mothers are sisters)
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      940 26  -  Elizabeth Looi Malaysia Correspondent She's loud, she's aggressive and she speaks her mind. Little wonder then that Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz is known as Malaysia's Iron Lady. Last week, though, the steel within her must have been dented. During party polls on Wednesday, Ms
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      303 26 Teo Chee Hean Appointed as DPM From Wednesday, Mr Teo Chee Hean, 54, will be a Deputy Prime Minister. He will continue to be the Defence Minister and will be Acting PM in PM Lee Hsien Loong's absence. Mr Teo had been widely tipped to become a DPM. He
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      Lock icon Inflated claims: Is there a way out?
      1058 27  -  Mavis Toh Interested parties give their take on what can be done Motor insurers are raising premiums after a record high underwriting loss of $214 million last year. This is said to have resulted from a rise in the number of accidents, and
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      871 27  -  Michelle Tay Turning dreams into reality for underprivileged children is an undertaking usually associated with charity bodies such as Make-A-Wish Foundation or Club Rainbow. But Rotary International's president, Mr Dong Kurn Lee, not only wants to make children's dreams real, he wants to
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      963 27  -  Judith Tan Here is the irony: Skin is the largest organ in the human body, yet it is not covered under the 21-year-old Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota). The law, which provides for an opt-out organ donation system allowing the removal of
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        316 28 No one should be surprised if buskers bemoan the slew of regulations which confine them to 109 designated spots, including 14 along Orchard Road. After all, the word "busk" comes from the middle Spanish "buskar," meaning "to seek or to wander". Surely the new rules constitute
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      177 28 [BLOGOSPHERE Singapore's first woman minister Lim Hwee Hua So, the day has finally arrived! All you women out there should shout: "Hurray!" It has been a long time...coming. We talk and talk about gender equality across the board. We not only accept the principle and logic behind it all but
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      201 28 "What were you doing punching the corner flag? you're a crazy man, a crazy man." FABIO CAPELLO, England coach, to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (left) for venting his frustration during a natch against Fulham "The traitor is power crazy, willing to do anything. He is willing
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        184 28 I truly enjoyed Dr Lee Wei Ling's article last Sunday, "The day Michael Fay saved me from jail". She wrote beautifully and from her heart. As I read her piece on Michael Fay, I couldn't help smiling as I recalled my own
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        391 28 I refer to last Sunday's article, "Insurers hurting from inflated injury claims". As a professional in the general insurance business for more than 30 years, I can say that insurers are, by and large, fair and reasonable claims paymasters. What they cannot stomach is
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        100 28 I refer to the article, "$239 for 8 tiger prawns: That's what Newton stall charged" (March 17). Regardless of how savvy one is, it is hard to prevent such incidents from happening when one is travelling in a foreign country. As tourists, we often share such tales:
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        234 28 We refer to Mr Goh Kian Huat's feedback last Sunday, "Library mailers: Are addresses updated?". The National Library Board (NLB) receives updates on its address base of patrons through the One-Stop Change of Address Reporting Service (Oscars) system. Under this system, the NLB will receive
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        96 28 I refer to the letter, "Tree pruning, Tarzan-style" (March 18), and the report, "Working up a storm" last Sunday. Both seemed to imply that the contractors engaged in such work did not care for the workers' safety, or were oblivious to safety regulations. For the "Tarzan-style"
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        245 28 I refer to the letter by Ms Loke Kin Vi last Sunday, "Do more to keep home-grown nurses". I couldn't agree more. We read that the Government has done much to improve the remuneration for nurses. But we still have nurses leaving Singapore to
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        313 28 Ms Loke Kin Vi observed the large number of foreign nurses here and would like us to "Do more to keep home-grown nurses" (Sunday Times, March 22). We agree and we have been doing so, with some success. We have
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      345 29 Each week we publish an excerpt from a book that is topical or of general interest. Dear Mr Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street Janet Tavakoli John Wiley Sons (2009) Janet Tavakoli is a finance expert who runs a Chicago-based consulting firm. After she
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      1334 29  -  Janadas Devan ON WORDS Obama knows now is the time for straight talk; great speeches won't solve crisis Review Editor When do we know a great speech is great? While it is being delivered? A few minutes later? A few years later? Some of
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      Lock icon The thrones of the Lion City
      703 29  -  Cecil Fung THE EX-PAT FILES Having lived in Singapore for half a year now, several things remind me that I am no longer in the country when I head up north on my occasional trips back home. For one thing, just about every car
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      302 29 "We are not making it compulsory to reimburse living donors. We are merely allowing organ recipients, if they wish, to make some payment to cover the financial losses incurred by their donors." HEALTH MINISTER KHAW BOON WAN in Parliament last Tuesday. The House passed a Bill which, among
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      1201 30  -  Hong Xinyi Despite all the ranting over the redesign and loss of control, the website is still tops Uproar over losing control Can you make people get used to not being in complete control of their online lives? Or will this simply turn out
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      102 31 "The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want...' Psalm 23 With praise and thanksgiving to our Lord Jesus Christ, we commemorate the 10th year of Joseph's return to our Lord. JOSEPH WONG LUE SOON Departed 30th March 1999 Reminiscing with, a loving heart. always Rose a thankful
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      92 31 YUEN FOOK WAH Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 27 March 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Chew Mcc Wah Son: Daughter-in-law: Yuen Teck Ping Lim Lay Eng Daughter: Son-in-law: Yuen Ro Fee Peter Lim Grandsons: Granddaughters: Yuen Zi Kei Yuen Sue Van Glenn Lim Jun
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      71 31 BABOO SINGH S/O UJAGAR SINGH Village: Veroke Age: 88 Departed on 27-3-09 Sadly missed by all loved ones. Sons: Harjit Singh, Karamjit Singh Daughters: Jaswant Kaur, Gurcharan Kaur, and all Grandchildren, Relatives Friends. Dearest father is resting at SIN MIN PALOUR SIN MINOR, BLK37, #01-577. Cortege leaves today, 29-3-09, spm
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      144 31 r "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 ONNY WIDJAJA KASENDA nee LAUW SIOE TIOK Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2009. Dearly missed
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      162 31 LIM SENG GHEE Age: 90 Passed away peacefully on 27 March 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kwa Gim Eng I Sons: Daughters-in-law: I LimYeowThuan, Norman Chen Li-Fong, Stella Lim Yeow Heng, Henry Tan Florence I Daughters: Sons-in-law: Llm Hee Hwa Llm Hee Ngoh, Jennifer Loo
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      58 31 We, the family of the late FONG CHEE SEEN Departed on 23 March 2009 thank our relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths on our recent bereavement. Special thanks also to the doctors, turses the management and staff of: Tan Tock Seng Hospital Econ
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      85 31 We, the family of the late 1 PETER KOH Departed on 24 March 2009 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and L, contributions during our recent J mt. bereavement. X PETER KOH Departed
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      118 32 TV times BADMINTON Arnold Palmer Invitational: Day 4 Indian Open: Finals (Live, Ch22, (Live, Ch26 Ch3o4, tomorrow, 4.30pm). 2.30 am). Ch! T° i «a/ ,a r. v- di a MOTOR RACING World Track World C ships, Poland (Live, Chi 13, Bpm). F1 Austrahan GP: Race daY (1 P m)Race (1.45pm).
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      2783 33 HORSE RACING HORSE RACING Perth RACE I:LUXBETCOM MDNPLATEMDNIYARRAVALLEY)-1200M RACE9:REDHEApSHCP(7B)RST7BIYARRAVALLEY) 1500 M R^na R^Sts MICHAEL ANDREW CRAIG RACES: CLASSS 1600 M TIME: 14:45 *****00 Racing Results r^lT 5'000 w^B-r IT£l£ 22*"' Ln7mMmT.J maxworthy frost evans t^ISSST S. KS iT?.? I 3 LAKONIAN DDunn REU.ng 57 II 3 RED SQUARE DDunn DLFreetnaa
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      49 34 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER World Cup Ecuador Brazil Mon, 30/03/09 5.00 am 11 World Cup Peru Chile Mon, 30/03/09 7.10 am S.League Home United Woodlands Mon, 30/03/09 7.45pm Igjgßj l/f?.l Find the most comprehensive range of products and services in CATS Classified in The Straits Times.
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      29 35 28; First 8387 Second 1420 Third 3422 STARTERS 0926 1358 3342 5970 7516 7753 7905 8186 8453 9791 CONSOLATIONS 2890 3100 3756 4186 4335 5474 5923 6504 6627 8407
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      727 36  -  Albert Park Brawn GP's displays spark fears that Fl championship will be over by halfway mark Melbourne TRACK TALK "You need to run quite a high level of downforce. This compromises your grip through the slower secondgear corners. It's reasonably difficult to overtake, with Turns 3 and
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      64 36 Formula One's diffuser row will be decided at an international court of appeal hearing in Paris on April 14, the sport's governing body said yesterday. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said it had received appeals from Red Bull, Renault and Ferrari. They questioned the
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      1060 36 Bernie Ecclestone 0n... Divorce "Things have changed and changed and I haven't been able to run away. Maybe if I had run away, slowed down a bit two years ago, maybe we would still be together and it wouldn't have happened." Hamilton and McLaren's troubles He can rest
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      Lock icon THE LITTLE GUY VERSUS THE WORLD
      360 36 Bernie v Singapore I 2007: While negotiating for Fl to come to Singapore, he switched off the lights and walked out of the room in London, leaving entrepreneur Ong Beng Seng, his confidant Colin Syn and government officials literally in the dark. Everyone laughed.
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      Lock icon Yip betters world record
      481 32  -  Wang Meng Meng But her 57.465 ec for the 50m back won't count as it wasn't at an I PC-organised meet "I didn't have expectations of Pin Xiv for this meet as she hasn't been recording times below one minute during training. It just goes to
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      221 32 Text and pictures by Alphonsus Chern Melvin Keng, 26 National University of Singapore Masters student Height: 1.78 m Weight: 76kg Exercise regimen: I train between four and six times a week in the gym. Each day, I work out a different part of my body. For example, chest
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      430 32  -  Jonathan Wong Drama was saved for the very end yesterday at the Singapore Press Holdings Schools Relay Championships. In the day's final race the A Boys' 4x200m Sengkang Secondary snatched victory with a time of lmin 31.475 ec, edging out Singapore Sports School (SSP) by
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      665 32 BADMINTON Indian Open in Hyderabad, s-finals men's singles: Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-13 21-11, Hafiz Hashim (Mas) bt Chen Long (Chn) 21-18 19-21 21-15. Women's singles: Pi Hongyan (Fra) btYu Hirayama (Jpn) 21-7 21-14, Julia Wong (Mas) bt Zhang Beiwen (Sin) 19-21 21-13 21-15. BASKETBALL NBA:
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      Lock icon Nakamura strike takes Japan to the top
      352 32 Tokyo Japan and North Korea took giant strides towards the 2010 World Cup yesterday with gritty home wins that left them topping their Asian football qualifying groups. Takeshi Okada's Japan had Shunsuke Nakamura to thank for their 1-0 win over Bahrain in Saitama,
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        187 33 The head coach of the Figueirense soccer team, Roberto Fernandes, is under fire for his unusual method of giving incentive to his players. During the team's practice last week, he had his midfielder, Jairo, wear a pink women's blouse in order to punish him for
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        204 33 Ladies Professional Golf Association hottie Anna Rawson (right) is the latest Go Daddy Girl. She joins auto racer Danica Patrick, model Candice Michelle and professional poker player Vanessa Rousso as the latest spokesman for the Arizona-based domain-name registrar. "She is edgy, she is
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        130 33 Good cause, but odd choice of charity auction item. Several celebrities and one footballer Theo Walcott are offering their inner beauty on ebay for the New North London Synagogue's Destitute Asylum Seeker Drop In charity. One wonders: Would not a signed Arsenal or England jersey from
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        229 33 Ricky Hatton proposed to his fiancee Jennifer Dooley dressed as a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder. The boxer's holiday cruise liner turned into a love boat when he asked his long-term girlfriend to marry him. Hatton, 30, revealed in The Sun:
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      1245 34  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL Relegation from EPL means that much TV money alone is lost, and banks can't help DECLINE OF TWO GREAT CLUBS LEEDS UNITED The Yorkshire club are in League One, a far cry from the dream years of 1998-2002 when, under manager David
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      636 34  -  Tay Yek Keak [OFFSIDE] Torres-Gerrard, Ronaldo-Rooney, Drogba-Anelka. These pairings are the Simon and Garfunkel, Lennon and McCartney, Bill and Hillary, fish and chips of the English Premier League. Sometimes they work, sometimes they bomb. But most times, they entertain. Here are our ratings of the
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      Lock icon I may stay: Hiddink
      234 34 London Guvs Hiddink suggested yesterday he may stay on in a consultancy role at Chelsea after his stint as interim manager runs out at the end of the season. Brought in to replace sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Dutchman has been combining his job as coach
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        115 34 East Rutherford (New Jersey) Pau Gasol scored a season-high 36 points and made 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Jersey Nets 103-95 to clinch the top play-off seed in the National Basketball Association Western Conference. Shaking off some poor shooting and a
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        Lock icon Top-form Martin destroys India
        66 34 Napier (New Zealand) Chris Martin scythed through the Indian middle order yesterday as Nev Zealand secured a 314-run first innings lead and en forced the follow-on in the second cricket Test. He dismissed Yuvraj Singh (0), Dinesh Karthik (6 and V.V.S. Laxman for 76 as India
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        Lock icon Kaka out of Ecuador game
        66 34 Rio de Janeiro Brazil playmaker Kaka (right) will miss today's World Cup football qualifier against Ecuador as he has not fully recovered from the injury to his left foot, team doctor Jose Luis Runco said on Friday. The match in Quito, where Brazil have lost
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        Lock icon Wales squeeze past China
        67 34 ng Kong Reigning rugby sevens World Cup lampion Wales edged out China 19-17 in a 00l match at the Hong Kong Sevens yesterday. A try by Jevon Groves and a conversion in le last three and a half minutes gave Wales the in after Li Yang
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      841 35  -  Rohit Brijnath "It's a fuller enjoyment (being at the ground) and I'm not a couch potato. You get a sense of being part of it. You want to say (of great matches), I was there." ANDY GEMMELL To enter Andy Gemmell's
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        976 39  -  Jocelyn Lee Girls can't get enough of this manga. So two more TV adaptations are expected for Hana Yori Dango In Taiwan, it is called Meteor Garden (2001). In Japan, Hana Yori Dango (2005), and in Korea, it goes by Boys Over Flowers (2009). Now, China's
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        578 61  -  Huang Li Jie It sounds too good to be true, but it is now possible for diners to enjoy a set lunch at fine-dining restaurant Les Amis in Shaw Centre for just $38. From this Wednesday, it is offering a new two-course set lunch for $38.
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        639 63  -  Natasha Ann Zachariah Tidbits Calorie-counting doughnut lovers can now rejoice. The J.CO Donuts Coffee chain has rolled out mini bite-sized versions called J.PoPs Baby Donuts that are just 4cm in diameter each. Sold in boxes of 24, they come in the same 12 flavours as their regular-sized cousins.
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        774 65  -  Wong Ah Yoke A new restaurant in Tanqlin serves delightful food amid charminn surroundings Eats SPRUCE 320 Tanglin Road, tel: 6836-SS2B Open: 10.30 am to 10.30pm (Mondays to Fridays), 8.30 am to 10.30pm (Saturdays and Sundays) Food: Service: Ambience: Price: Budget from $50 a person If, like me,
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        462 65  -  Thng Lay Teen Chean GnnH CHUAN KEE SEAFOOD Toa Payoh Lorong 6 Block 7 9 Open: 3 to 11 pm daily Rating: After finishing work late one recent Friday night, I found myself at the food centre in Toa Payoh Lorong 6, hoping to find something decent for
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        737 66  -  Fiona Low Chef Heinz Beck got to go to culinary school over his brother after his father flipped a coin to decide WHAT WOULD YOUR LAST MEAL BE? I don't know yet, but I hope that I still have plenty of time to think about it.
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