The Straits Times, 2 January 2011

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  • 547 1 Pyongyang adopts conciliatory tone, seeks end to confrontation in New Year message A AFP NYT Seoul In a New Year overture that could lead to an easing of tensions in Asia, North Korea yesterday called for dialogue with the South and an end
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    • 312 1 GOODBYE 2010, HELLO 2011 NEW BEGINNINGS A new year for all, a fresh start for some HOMEPAGES6&8 PM LEE HSIEN LOONG swings with Serangoon PRIME PAGE2 QUIET COUNTDOWNS Still moments caught on camera PRIMEPAGES2&3 IN SEARCH OF THE TRUE PARTY SPIRIT THINKPAGE29 ROWDY FESTIVITIES FROM SYDNEY TO NEW YORK PRIMEPAGE4
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    • 729 2/3  -  There were plenty of fireworks on show at the sixth annual Marina Bay Countdown and the Serangoon Swing party where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ushered in the new year with more than 20,000 residents; but elsewhere on the island, the
      ST PHOTO: NURIA LING; ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK; ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN; ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN; ST PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES  -  729 words
    • 76 2/3 Inour report “RWS rapped overchanges to surveillance system” yesterday, we quoted Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) as saying in a statement that it has implemented additional procedures to ensure that its contractors comply with surveillance plans approved by the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) at all times.
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    • 584 2/3  -  Kon Xin Hua For the estimated 300,000 who showed up at Marina Bay on New Year’s Eve, the road closures, traffic snarls and crowds were a small price to pay for a big pyrotechnic display that lasted eight minutes. The entire bay area was lit
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    • 695 4 From Sydney to New York, cities across the planet hold spirited New Year celebrations AP AFP New York Tens of millions of people worldwide welcomed the new year with a non-stop, globegirdling chain of street parties and fireworks. New York City’s Times Square threw one
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    • BORN 01-01-11 00:00 HOURS
      • 289 6  -  It is said from a new seed, a new beginning. For the people on this page and the next, the new year marks a fresh start and a new life literally so, for some. Four bundles of joy were delivered at the stroke of midnight,
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      • 191 6 Baby Damien was due on Jan 3, but all signs pointed to an early arrival. That’s why the Foongs were at Mount Alvernia’s delivery ward as the new year beckoned. Mr Donovan Foong, 40, and his wife Zou Ling, 30, a housewife, have an older
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      • 171 6 Financial consultant Alvin Lim and his wife Lynn Kwek, an office manager, had been psyching their firstborn even before he was born. Jan 1, 2011, they “told” their then-unborn child, whom they named Lucius, was a great time to come into the world. Lucius Latin
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      • 178 6 At one point, Madam Elly Khairyani Lubis wanted to “strangle” her husband. He had convinced her not to take the epidural injection, which eases labour pains. But with encouragement from her husband, 30-year-old IT specialist Juhaidi Khairani Jumadi, and her mother, she managed to conquer the
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    • 463 6  -  NEW CITIZEN Chua Hian Hou If anybody asks for his identity card (IC) this year, Mr Manish Oswal will proudly whip out his spanking new pink IC. Mr Oswal, 30, and 350 other new citizens received their certificates of citizenship and pink ICs just two
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    • Article, Illustration
      315 8 AHEADIn 2011, say goodbye to old friends, usher in new faces, and welcome back those who have been gone for a while. SAY GOODBYE Margaret Drive hawker centre One of Singapore’s oldest hawker centres, it will be making way for an en bloc sale. Try food from
      PHOTOS: MOSHE SAFDIE, IFLY SINGAPORE, REUTERS, CHINA WILDLIFE CONSERVATIOIN ASSOCIATION, BERITA HARIAN, AFP, SHAW THEATRES, RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA, ST FILE GRAPHICS: QUEK HONG SHIN  -  315 words
    • 384 8  -  NEW SCHOOL Melissa Pang Some children may dislike waking up early and going to school. But not five-year-old Kyla Toh, who simply cannot wait to start school on Tuesday. “I like school because there’s homework and I can see my friends, play games and
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    • 414 8  -  NEW LIFE Melissa Pang He smoked, dropped out of school, and got into fights. But Peh Xing Wei, 17, is determined to put that unsavoury past behind him and focus his energies this year on his increasing involvement with community work. “I was quite wild
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    • 343 8  -  Grace Chua On Friday night, everyone counted down eagerly to New Year’s Day: Jan 1 2011, or 1.1.11. But number nerds should be looking forward to the entire year, which, thanks to duplicate digits, has much more pattern and palindrome potential than the average
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    • 328 8  -  NEWLY WED Melissa Pang For one happy family, New Year’s Day was the occasion to celebrate two siblings’ combined wedding reception and their mum’s birthday. Airline pilot Mohamad Firdaus Abdul Karim, 30, registered his marriage on New Year’s Eve while his sister, ITE lecturer
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    • 687 11  -  More budding entrepreneurs striking out on their own while still in school Kon Xin Hua xhkon@sph.com.sg They are young and restless, and direct their energy towards making money while still hitting their textbooks. Some of these budding entrepreneurs were barely 20
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    • 250 11  -  Kon Xin Hua At the age of 19, Ms Cindy Chng was already the boss of her own eco-travel agency. That was even before she took up business studies at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in August 2008. She had in her junior college days
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    • 1050 12  -  Kelong owners, fishermen and Singapore anglers are not deterred by last Sunday’s boat tragedy Chong Zi Liang In Mersing ziliang@sph.com.sg Every time kelong owner Hee Yoon Seong, 26, ferries customers to his family-run Ah Fatt Kelong off Mersing, he packs about 20 passengers into his small boat,
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    • 526 12  -  Cheryl Ong Renovation contractors are hacking up a storm as residents in Singapore rush to make over their homes for the New Year. With the economy sailing along and the promise of big year-end bonuses, home owners have wasted no time in calling in the contractors,
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    • 156 12  -  Kon Xin Hua Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon’s gig on Jan 8 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium was cancelled due to contractual issues with his previous talent agency A&M Entertainment. Mr Adam Tan, director of local concert promoter Entangle, told The Sunday Times that there
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    • 538 13  -  Patrons greeted by brighter and breezier premises after $4 million renovation Grace Chua caiwj@sph.com.sg His hawker stall reopened yesterday after a nine-month-long renovation, but mee rebus seller Chew Keok Lye is taking things slow. “I have to get used to the layout of the new
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    • 1124 14  -  Most polled would not and do not even know how the complex figures are derived Jeremy Au Yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Koh Xin Hua and Lin Yang Bonusseason ishereagain:thatspecial time of the year when workers across the island enjoy a
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    • 319 14  -  Melissa Pang If your employee showed up late for work yesterday, do not be too quick to blame it on a night of countdown revelry. A bug in iPhone’s operating system has affected its alarm clock function, causing users here and around
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    • 326 14  -  Grace Chua A golfer in his 60s was struck by lightning yesterday afternoon on a golf course near Changi, but survived with burns to his head and hand. The skies were cloudy and there was a slight drizzle, but there was no lightning warning
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    • 849 15  -  This is despite warnings from MOH to unlicensed online sellers to stop hawking cosmetic lenses Kon Xin Hua xhkon@sph.com.sg They are still eye-balling unwary consumers. It has been more than a year since the Ministry of Health (MOH) issued e-mail warnings to
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    • 307 14 Australian Universities Open Day Sat 8th Sun 9th Jan 2011, 11am 5pm Orchard Hotel, Grand Ballroom Level 3, 442 Orchard Road IDP Education is organising the AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES OPEN DAY for students intending to further their studies in Australia. Applications to the institutions can be submitted during the event and
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  • world
    • 599 16 More rain forecast as major disaster hits up to 200,000 people AFP Reuters Bundaberg (Australia) Flood waters swept through vast areas of north-eastern Australia yesterday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of “biblical proportions”. As Queenslanders rang
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    • 702 16  -  Ho Ai Li China Correspondent In Beijing Flip open any Chinese-lan-guage newspaper or magazine in China and chances are, you will see English words and letters popping up in a sea of Chinese characters. Beijing decided enough was enough and recently issued an order
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    • 271 16 Quarantine that over-used word viral Reuters AP Detroit “Viral" leads this year’s list of “banished words” from a Michigan university seeking an antidote to over-used expressions. The word often used to describe the rapid spreading of videos or other content over the Internet garnered the most nominations for the annual
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    • 742 17  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur carolynh@sph.com.sg Becoming a teacher in Malaysia was the last thing Mr Leonard Lim had in mind. That is, until the Malaysian studying in the United States heard about the Teach for Malaysia programme. “Being a
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    • 690 17  -  Key to Asian kids’ academic success: Study Jonathan Pearlman jonathanpearlman @hotmail.com Sydney The better academic performance of Chinese-back-ground pupils in Australia is a result of their adopted routine towards homework, the amount of time they spend on it as well as the place where
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    • 218 18 Reuters Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI, worried over increasing inter-religious violence, will host a summit of world religious leaders in Assisi in October to discuss how they can better promote peace, he announced yesterday. The head of the Roman Catholic Church told pilgrims
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    • 621 18 Attack believed to be the work of Al-Qaeda suicide bomber Reuters AP Alexandria (Egypt) A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exploded in front of a church early yesterday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly 80 in an attack that raised
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    • 255 18 AFP AP Abuja (Nigeria) A bomb ripped through a crowded market on the edge of an Abuja military barracks on New Year’s Eve killing four people and wounding 26 others, the defence minister said yesterday. It is the second such attack in three months
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    • 323 18 AP Taipei–Taiwan’s Presidenthopes peaceful relations with China can be maintained as the island’s government marks its centennial year. President Ma Ying-jeou made the wishes at a New Year ceremony yesterday while he recounted the 1911 revolution on mainland China that led to Asia’s
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 30 18 AFP London Specialist police were sent into a prison in south-east England yesterday after 40 prisoners started a riot and set alight buildings, the authorities said.
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      • 30 18 AFP Kiev (Ukraine) Extremists blew up a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin yesterday in south-eastern Ukraine in an “act of terror”, the Communist Party said.
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      • 31 18 Xinhua Islamabad Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities yesterday in spite of tension over the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Foreign Ministry said.
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      • 33 18 AFP Moscow One person was killed and at least a dozen hospitalised after an aircraft burst into flames yesterday before take-off at an airport in Russia, officials said.
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      • 28 18 AFP Sydney Militant anti-whalers yesterday said they clashed with Japanese harpoonists in the Southern Ocean, throwing stink bombs, and being hit with water cannon.
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    • 419 18 AP Gauhati(India)–Inthis humid, lushregion where an important part of the world’s breakfast is born, the evidence of climate change is literally a weak tea. Growers in tropical Assam state, India’s main tea-growing region, say rising temperatures have led not only to
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    • 489 19 Output expands more slowly, easing fears of further tightening of monetary policy Reuters Beijing China’s factory inflation cooled last month as manufacturers expanded more slowly after a strong run in growth, lessening the need for the country’s central bank to tighten monetary policy too far.
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    • 480 19 Reuters Tallinn Estonia joined the euro zone as its newest member yesterday, but the currency club’s deepening crisis is likely to put off bigger eastern European entrants from joining for up to a decade. The small Baltic state of 1.3 million became the 17th euro
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    • 206 19 AFP Reuters Beijing The first oil pipeline between Russia and China, feted as a mark of growing ties between the world’s biggest oil producer and its biggest energy consumer, started operation yesterday. Oil began flowing through the pipeline that links Siberia with refineries in
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    • 722 20 Japanese group focuses on efficiency, low prices and automation to buck dine-out slump New York Times Sayama(Japan)– TheKura “revolving sushi” restaurant chain has no Michelin stars, but it has succeeded where many of Japan’s more celebrated eateries fall short: turning a profit in a punishing
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    • 552 20  -  Kwan Weng Kin Japan Correspondent In Tokyo That piece of sushi you put in your mouth can make you sick if the chef does not know the correct techniques that make raw fish safe to eat. To impart proper knowledge about sushi-making, two master
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    • 138 20 AFP Tokyo Japan’s population shrank by a record amount last year as the nation aged rapidly, according to an annual estimate released by the Welfare Ministry yesterday. The number of Japanese people fell by 123,000, the biggest drop since records began in 1947, the
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    • [ sunday people ]
      • 362 21 AFP New York Times Chicago Talk show diva Oprah Winfrey expanded her media empire yesterday with the high-stakes launch of her OWN, short for the Oprah Winfrey Network, channel. While Ms Winfrey’s comfy couches have launched scores of careers from psychologist Dr
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      • 180 21 AFP Tokyo Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki will marry Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz this month, reports said yesterday. Hamasaki, 32, and Schwarz, 30, met in Los Angeles in August while making a promotional video for her song Virgin Road, Japanese me- dia said. He played her
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      • 165 21  -  Peh Shing Huei Beijing Singaporean violinist Siow Lee Chin took centre stage in festive New Year performances at the Beijing Concert Hall last night and the night before. The celebrated soloist’s concerts capped a year which marked 20 years of diplomatic relations between
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      • 217 21 Paris– France’sFirstLadyCarla Bruni has been voted the country’s most irritating celebrity. The Italian-born singer-model topped a list of “personalities you want to smack”, in a poll published by French magazine VSD, with a slap-rating of 52 per cent, the Telegraph in London reports. Also
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    • 177 17 Bollywood’s most dazzling event comes to Marina Bay Sands, Asia’s most dazzling destination Be part of the star-studded event at Marina Bay Sands on 16 January 2011 Join us for all the action of the big screen live simulcast for Zee Cine Awards 2011, Bollywood's only viewers choice award, taking
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 500 20 Weather Vane Cloudy Storms Amsterdam Beijing Los Angeles Frankfurt Showers Clear Colombo Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur Phuket Abidjan Manila Rio de Janeiro Sydney Busan Mexico City Tel Aviv Venice Singapore Today: Partly cloudy, showers with thunder over southern, eastern and western Singapore in the afternoon. Monday Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder.
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    • 1814 23  -  Trading volatility likely to persist into new year, after a year when STI gained modest Lorna Tan Senior Correspondent lorna@sph.com.sg Share market investors had a dizzying ride in 2009 but the pace has been a bit more pedestrian last year, with modest gains
      ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCKPHOTO; ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN; PHOTO: AFP  -  1,814 words
    • [ me & my money ]
      • 1385 25  -  Entrepreneur puts his cash into improving his business or buying property Lorna Tan Senior Correspondent lorna@sph.com.sg Mr Ken Lim, a salesman-turned-en-trepreneur, has witnessed many ups and downs in his life. But nothing prepared the chairman of property firm RE/MAX Singapore for the overwhelming response
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    • 634 26 Experts say there are huge opportunities and frightening risks Reuters Washington With all of the stimulus coming from the United States Federal Reserve and the tax-cutting Congress, 2011 should be a banner year for the US economy and your money, right? Unless,
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    • 400 26 MY SPACE Ms Karen Tay talks to Kon Xin Hua about her inviting haven where she can enjoy time alone with her husband, away from the bustling city. Ms Karen Tay, 28, human resource officer L Lives in a four-room HDB flat at
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    • 290 26  -  FINANCIAL QUOTIENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS Lorna Tan Where do you see this? In documents and reports relating to bonds and bond funds. What does it mean? Duration is generally a term used as a gauge of the price sensitivity of a bond
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    • 809 26  -  [SMALL CHANGE] Gabriel Chen gabrielc@sph.com.sg As I contemplate my financial new year goals, I find myself questioning whether I’ve grown more conservative after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. To recap, the United States housing market collapsed in 2007. The situation got
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  • think
    • 912 27  -  Firms to unveil a slew of such devices at annual Consumer Electronics Show to battle the iPad Grace Chng chngkeg@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/st.grace chng A year ago when I was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the buzz was all about e-book readers which
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    • 460 27 Bloomberg San Francisco Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer, due to unveil new software for tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, will face sceptics who say his company will not be able to narrow Apple’s iPad lead. “By the
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    • 140 28 Mersing ferry tragedy It is a tragedy to lose life because of such incidents... It is the responsibility of the boatman to...ensure that his boat is not overloaded and the passengers are wearing lifejackets. http://fishmythoughts.blogspot. com/2010/12/shermin.html I sincerely hope that the authorities would tighten up on their boarding procedures...
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    • Article, Illustration
      2 28 WORLD VIEW
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    • 313 28 EDITORIAL The recent complaints by older Singaporeans that they are not always eligible for credit cards throw up some interesting issues. While the complainants argue that they have passive income by way of investments in shares and property, the banks say this is not enough to
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    • 204 28 QUOTES OF THE WEEK “And on orders from my psychiatrist, I will not be getting anywhere close to a Mandarin script.” ADRIAN PANG, stage and screen actor, who obviously did not enjoy acting in Channel 8 Chinese drama serials “Someone once asked me if yoga keeps me sane from work,
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    • [ YOUR LETTERS ]
      • 307 28  -  Marietta Koh (Mrs) Dr Lee Wei Ling’s article, “Caught in the trap of materialism” (Dec 19), struck me as timely, given that some of us are gripped by the spirit of acquisitiveness. There is no harm in engaging in a bit of joie
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      • 300 28  -  Roy Koo I refer to the Dec 12 articles, “Chute,we got it wrong” and “Discarded items often of no value”, on recycling in Singapore. Many people would in fact like to recycle unwanted items but may have no information on how they can
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      • 412 28  -  David Boey Mr Larry Haverkamp presented several puzzling conclusions in his letter, “Supplementary Retirement Scheme works best for the rich” (Dec 5). He wrote, correctly, that investment gains and income are taxed under SRS, although neither is taxed otherwise, but concluded, rather incorrectly,
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      • 175 28  -  Hamid Jinnah I refer to Dr Lee Wei Ling’s article, “A true-blue S’porean’s view of China” (Dec 5), which touched me, as I share similar feelings. I am a third-generation Singaporean of Indian descent. My maternal grandfather came to Singapore in the 1890s from Gujarat
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      • 165 28  -  Khoo Kah Liang I was shocked and worried to read that the number of rat enclaves in Singapore has increased by four-fold within just one year (“Rats, they’re still here”; Dec 19). What surprises me is that the National Environment Agency (NEA) has identified some food outlets,
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      • 197 28  -  Adeline Chong (Ms) I refer to the special report on recycling in Singapore, “Chute, we got it wrong” (Dec 12), and agree there is a need for continual education. Often, I hear the comment that there is no point in being one of a handful
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      375 29 Extracted by Ng Peck Hia from the National Library Board (NLB). The book is available at NLB’s public libraries. Call No: English 363.1799 DAV Each week, we publish an extract from a book that is topical or of general interest. Recent scientific studies have revealed that cellphones may not
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    • 995 29  -  We have it in us to fight injustice, achieve our dreams, no matter how dire things seem Lee Wei Ling The writer is director of the National Neuroscience Institute. Send your comments to suntimes@sph.com. sg Ganesh is a Hindu deity with an elephant head.
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    • 735 29  -  THE EX-PAT FILES Ravi Shankar Buddhavarapu The writer, an Indian national, is a Straits Times copy-editor. He has lived in Singapore for three months. Combing the mean-clean streets of Singapore for leftovers from an annual party that is still on the wrong side of iconic.
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    • 402 29 STREET VIEW “Food courts should be for people who want an economical meal. If stalls are charging the same prices as a casual restaurant, they should not be in a food court.” MR CALVIN TONG, 24, quoted in a recent article on how prices in some food courts are high
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    • 1050 30  -  Cases of severe addiction rare here, as gamers likely have enough self-awareness Chua Hian Hou chuahh@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/hianhou This holiday season, I bet many people will stay glued to their computers playing games. I understand, because I too love games. I loved hewing down goblins
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    • 1134 30  -  Jane Ng janeng@sph.com.sg The chairman of private school East Asia Institute of Management (EASB), Mr Andrew Chua, was approached by a smaller player, Talent Education, six months ago asking if EASB would be keen to take over the school. Talent Education was a small
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    • 1446 31  -  A memoir depicts the lives of ordinary Malayan Chinese amid a bloody civil war Elgin Toh elgintoh@sph.com.sg With a pistol pointed to his head and no help in sight, Mr Pang Seng Keong hardly had a choice. He took out $1,000 in neatly bundled
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      405 31 Madam Teo Chin Tee Happy news to chew on The 82-year-old will get her Christmas wish for new dentures and in time for Chinese New Year too. Some 75 offers of help from Straits Times readers have poured in since Christmas Day, after the newspaper reported that her lower
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    • 768 31  -  Grace Chua caiwj@sph.com.sg Singapore’s transport successes are well known, but its transport system could be greener, with easier access for the old and infirm. A new study of urban transport in 15 cities, conducted by consulting firm Accenture, came to that conclusion about
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    • 680 27 Poh Ming Tse Temple www.pmt.org.sg Programmes from January to February 2011 MBj^ Poh Ming Tse ACTIVITIES WORKSHOP DHAMMA SESSIONS WITH AJAHN CATTAMALO PRESENTED WITH WAT ANANDA YOUTH Short Cut to Nibbana Date: Thursday, 6 January Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm Is there an easy way to Enlightenment? Are there people who
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  • 1296 32 OBITUARIES CHUATUAN KIONG Age:90 passed away peacefully on 31 Dec 2010,leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Lee Kiat Tee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chua Hiok Beng Lee Mei Lan Chua HiokTong Ang Siew Kheng Chua Hiok Hui Chua Hiok Sin, Henry Lee Li Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chua SiewWah Lam Ee Fang Chua Seok
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    • 1111 33 Texas rivals Mavericks and Spurs are tougher, older, wiser and playing better than expected NYT Dallas Over the last few seasons, the Dallas Mavericks have changed their point guard, coach and a sizeable chunk of their roster in a bid to win the National Basketball
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    • 1007 34 [SUNDAY PEOPLE SPECIAL] 2010 had more than its fair share of sports scandals, including Wayne Rooney cheating with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant and threatening to quit Manchester United during an acrimonious contract stand-off. In his most candid interview to date, the striker admits that
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    • 359 34 AP Rio de Janerio Rio de Janeiro unveiled its 2016 Olympics logo before more than one million New Year’s revellers on Copacabana beach Friday just before midnight. The flowing symbol resembles three figures orange, green and blue embraced at the arms and in
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      218 34 HOT BODS If you or your friends fit into our Hot Bods Series, drop us a line and photo at stimage@sph.com.sg Text and pictures by Bryan van der Beek Ivan Chan, 44 General practitioner Height: 1.68m Weight: 50kg Exercise regimen: I train less than I used to since starting a
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    • 67 34 BASKETBALL NBA New Orleans 83 Boston 81, Chicago 90 New Jersey 81, Indiana 95 Washington 86, Golden State 96 Charlotte 95, Houston 114 Toronto 105, Oklahoma City 103 Atlanta 94, Phoenix 92 Detroit 75, LA Lakers 102 Philadelphia 98. TENNIS Mubadala exhibition tournament In Abu Dhabi: Rafael Nadal (Esp)
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 65 34 Reuters Cape Town Pakistan-born cricketer Imran Tahir, 31, has been granted South African citizenship and will be eligible to represent his new country with “immediate effect”, Cricket South Africa said. The well-travelled Tahir, who is married to a South African, has taken 535 first class
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      • 66 34 AP Boston Trevor Ariza (below) made a tiebreaking three-pointer with 1min 34sec to play, leading New Orleans over an injury-rid-dled Boston. David West scored four of his 19 points in the final minute to help snatch the 83-81 win. Ray Allen led Boston with
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      • 74 34 AP Los Angeles The Los Angeles Lakers were unconvincing yet again in their last game of 2010, but did enough to sneak past the Philadelphia 76ers 102-98. Kobe Bryant scored 33 points and hit a tiebreaking jumper with 1:15 to play. Pau Gasol added 20
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      • 71 34 Reuters San Francisco San Francisco will be the site of the 2013 America’s Cup, after Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison gave the “City by the Bay” its first chance to host sailing’s biggest event. The decision on where to stage the 34th Cup was
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    • 1026 35  -  Singapore football’s recent poor results raise questions over FST scheme Fabius Chen fabiusc@sph.com.sg It was in his National Day Rally of 1998 that then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong first mooted the idea of making citizens of foreign talents to help Singapore reach the
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    • 1145 35  -  HORSE RACING written by Michael Lee RACING scribes may feel strange dropping the word "champion" to trainer Laurie Laxon's name at the dawn of the new 2011 season, but the experienced horseman does not feel the least bit "naked" without the title. After
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    • 322 36 Both are keen to add firepower this month to gain the initiative in the tight EPL title race The Times, London London In what is shaping up to be the tightest contest for the Premier League title in years, the team who prosper
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    • 1460 36 The Times, London ARSENAL L Spending power: Some £60 million (S$120.5 million) available, if only Arsene Wenger would spend it. L Targets: Arsenal are great going forward but vulnerable defensively again. A tall and commanding centre-back is needed. Targets include Mamadou Sakho, the Paris Saint-Germain defender, and
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    • 461 36  -  [OFFSIDE] Tay Yek Keak stsports@sph.com.sg Mario Balotelli (Man City) I resolve to find out exactly what stops me from being happy. Why can’t I smile when I score goals in the EPL? I should be as happy as Jose Mourinho at Rafael Benitez’s house-burn-ing. Arsene
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    • 668 37 Manchester City 1 Blackpool 0 London A knee injury kept last week’s hat-trick hero Mario Balotelli from playing against Blackpool yesterday, leaving Carlos Tevez with the responsibility to lead the line. Instead, the Manchester City captain missed a penalty. Still, that did not return to
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    • 686 37 Rooney starts year with a much-needed goal after early header against West Brom The Times, London West Bromwich Albion 1 Manchester United 2 London Even manager Alex Ferguson admitted that Manchester United rode their luck in their 2-1 win at West Brom yesterday. Before Peter
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    • 387 37 AFP London Carlo Ancelotti admits Chelsea must beat Aston Villa today before the champions can start to believe they have ended the miserable run that threatens to destroy their title challenge. A stuttering win over Bolton on Wednesday, Chelsea’s first in seven Premier League games, was
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    • 776 38 Manager buys himself time from the sack after Reds come alive in second half to win London Fernando Torres and Joe Cole scored in Roy Hodgson’s hour of need yesterday to earn a dramatic 2-1 win against Bolton, but will it be enough to save the
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    • 385 38  -  Terrence Voon Chan U-Gene Fed-up Liverpool fans in Singapore have picked former Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill as the ideal man to replace Roy Hodgson. WithLiverpool’sAmericanowners indicating that they are ready for a mid-season managerial change, supporters here are drawing up a wishlist
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    • 1084 38  -  HEART OF FOOTBALL Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg Liverpool fans need to wake up. More than 20 years have passed since their club dominated English football two decades in which they have clung to the notion that football is empowered by the people. Many of them
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    • 87 34 TVtimes BASKETBALL NBA New Orleans v Washington (Live, Ch202, 8am), Golden State v Miami (Live, Ch201, 8.30am). ABL Chang Thai Slammers v Philippines Patriots (Live, mio TV Ch114, 5pm). FOOTBALL English Premier League Chelsea v Aston Villa (9.30pm), Wigan v Newcastle (midnight) Live, HD Ch102. Scottish Premier League Rangers v
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      • THEIR TIME TO SHINE
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          1570 2  -  SHINELifeStyle profiles people who are likely to make 2011 an exciting year Boon Chan Eddino Abdul Hadi Rachael Boon Jocelyn Lee Cara Van Miriah PAMELYN CHEE, 28 Fly Entertainment artist Why face to watch: Actress Pamelyn Chee has two assets: her good looks and her bilingual skills. The artist,
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          1636 3  -  Cara Van Miriah Cara Van Miriah Tay Suan Chiang Rebecca Lynne Tan Nicholas Yong Wong Ah Yoke reviews Sky on 57 on Page 26. AILEEN TAN (above, with Mexican chef Mario Malvaez of Piedra Negra), in her 40S Founder of Blu Jaz Cafe Why face to watch: Not content
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          1446 4  -  Corrie Tan Magdalen Ng Corrie Tan Magdalen Ng Magdalen Ng ADRIAN PANG, 44, AND TRACIE PANG, 42 Artistic directors of theatre company Pangdemonium! Productions Why faces to watch: In the short span of a year, Pangdemonium! Productions has made waves in the theatre scene with The Full Monty, a
          PHOTOS: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN, CHEW SENG KIM, ASHLEIGH SIM, LIM WUI LIANG, PANGDEMONIUM! PRODUCTIONS  -  1,446 words
      • 991 6 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is furious that fashion magazine Elle India put her on its December cover with a complexion apparently lighter than her natural colour. Hey, of course, she’s insulted. What is she?
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      • 921 7 Locking lips smacks of hormones at play and can help you decide if someone is a suitable partner Washington Post Washington A kiss at midnight to ring in the new year. That was what Friday night should have brought, right? It is tradition, compulsion, festive duty. An excuse
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      • 347 7  -  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner. Send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg Sinseh Says Gerard Yeo My 70-year-old father recently had a stroke and is bedridden. He is able to move
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      • 848 7  -  Seriously Kidding Andy Chen andychen@sph.com.sg It’s easy to spot me on weekends: I could well be the only 39-year-old man in Singapore to hang a pink Strawberry Shortcake water bottle around my neck. That bottle which needs to be always on hand so I can regularly force-hydrate
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      • 674 8  -  It’s a new school term and here is how parents and children can prepare for the new environment Lin Wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg Monday blues for many children in Singapore start this year on Tuesday. That is the first day of the new academic term for
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      • 278 8 Chu Gi Wen (right), 13, is preparing herself for longer journeys between home and school, and a bigger work load as she starts secondary school. Her mother, a 38-year-old part-time tour guide who wants to be known only as Mrs Chu, says: “I’m concerned about her making friends
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        354 8 Lum Wei Young is excited and nervous about going to school for the first time at Queenstown Primary. On the one hand, he is happy that he will be able to see his sister, Wan Tong, nine, who studies in the same school. On the other hand, he
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      • 239 8 “I don’t have a brain for JC,” says 17-year-old Sybil Sim with a laugh. That is why the animal lover plans to apply to a local polytechnic to study for a diploma in veterinary bioscience after the O-level results are out later this month. “I’ve always loved animals.
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      • 957 8  -  Relatively Speaking Huang Huifen Her British father is of Ukrainian descent, her mother is Korean and child actress Jessica Cuipa was raised in Singapore. But she speaks in an American accent with friends. Her father, Mr Martin Cuipa, 52, blames it on the TV shows she watches.
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      • 1261 9  -  The naval town of Karlskrona will appeal to the nature lover with its forests, nature reserves and islands Nicholas Yong nicy@sph.com.sg Karlskrona, the capital of Blekinge County in the south-eastern part of Sweden, is surrounded by 1,650 islands, islets and skerries and has plenty of
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      • 1187 10  -  There is something about the Big Apple, the city of endless possibilities. And to quote a line from the song: ‘I want to be a part of it, New York, New York’ Ignatius Low ignatius@sph.com.sg Last week, I met a former colleague for lunch. She
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      • 814 10  -  Fiona Chan fiochan@sph.com.sg It wasn’t until four days before Christmas that I realised I had forgotten to buy a gift for my husband. While this isn’t as egregious as it sounds we don’t really celebrate Christmas with presents I felt guilty enough to
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      • 841 10  -  Marc Lim marclim@sph.com.sg I am destined to lose a good friend this year and will also most likely go broke. And it’s all because my Christmas gifts included a pair of slippers and a wallet. I’ve never believed in superstitions so I was taken aback when
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        • 1031 11  -  The inaugural Asian Masters is a month-long culinary event that celebrates diversity to satisfy different tastebuds Zackaria Abdul Rahim FROM culinary demonstrations by celebrity chefs to workshops, tasting sessions, luncheons as well as a gala dinner, the inaugural Asian Masters event is set to celebrate the
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          718 12 The activities of the inaugural Asian Masters are organised in six different categories: Gourmet Signatures An epicurean adventure across Asia with prominent Asian Master Chefs. CUISINE OF CHEF CHUNG MANH CUONG WHEN Jan 10 to 16, Lunch and Dinner WHERE Mezza9, Grand Hyatt Singapore Sous Chef Chung Manh
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        • 703 13  -  As Presenting Partner at the inaugural Asian Masters, American Express ensures its cardmembers get top priority in fine dining Douglas Chew AS A world leader in fine dining and an exclusive lifestyle, American Express finds the inaugural Asian Masters a perfect platform to reaffirm its
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        • 676 14  -  Fed on a hormone-free diet of high-protein grains, the broilers are raised in automated, climate-controlled houses in the United States to ensure high quality and food safety Douglas Chew AS THE Official Poultry for the inaugural Asian Masters culinary event, the USA Poultry and Egg
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        • 637 15  -  Food importer Indoguna is fired up about meeting the culinary needs of the top hotels and fine dining restaurants by bringing to Singapore the best the world can offer Douglas Chew INDOGUNA’S diverse and exciting range of premium quality seafood, gourmet food and boutique wines has
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        • 368 16  -  Harry’s Premium Lager, the Official Beer for Asian Masters, is a special brew from a popular pub that grew and grew Douglas Chew WHEN you want to chill out on a relaxing evening or have a rocking good time, you are never far away from
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        51 17 Philosophise Get all your philosophy questions answered by American and British philosophy scholars online. www.askphilosophers.org Art idol Be the judge of beautiful drawings and get your own artworks critiqued. www.ratemydrawings.com Digital scribes This document-sharing website allows you to post documents ranging from news, recipes, puzzles and academic essays.
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      • 325 17 CARNIVAL SEA-ESTA Adults will flip for this as they need to pay only children’s admission fees to the Dolphin Lagoon and enjoy the carnival games. All proceeds from coupon sales will go to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund. Where: Dolphin Lagoon, Underwater World
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      • 711 17  -  Compiled by Magdalene Lum MONSTER (ASIAN PREMIERE) Creatures with oversized breasts and prosthetic noses storm across the stage, faceless fiends dart wildly, wielding wildly, wielding office lamps like guns in this dance performance. The production weaves together monstrous creatures, high-energydancing, probing questions about Jewish identity, shame and
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      • 687 22  -  SIZZLING READS: JANUARY The middle-aged question their yearnings and stability in their lives in Michael Cunningham’s book Book Of The Month Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg BY NIGHTFALL By Michael Cunningham Fourth Estate/Paperback/ 238 pages/ $27.82/ Books Kinokuniya/ Michael Cunningham writes with warmth, wit and an honest eye for people’s
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        408 22  -  Akshita Nanda Writer Anita Shreve has certainly done her research for Rescue, which stars a paramedic capable of handling any tragedy except his own. There is enough medical terminology in the pages of this novel to have reader-voyeurs licking their lips, as protagonist Peter Webster slaps on plasters, sets
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        383 23  -  Adeline Chia Novelists spinning yarns about journalists tend to churn out fast-paced thrillers. A fearless reporter is on the trail of a major conspiracy. Shady corporations are hushing something up. There is a highspeed car chase. Or a foiled assassination. But in Rachman’s debut novel, the action is concentrated
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        384 23  -  Nicholas Yong The first of a two-part story, Gone Case is an adaptation of Chua’s novel of the same name, which won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1996. Set in a Housing Board estate, it is the tale of a 12-year-old boy, Yong, who has to
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        343 23  -  Corrie Tan Better known as one half of the popular British comic duo French and Saunders, Dawn French tries her hand at the quill of fiction for the first time. The result is a little ragged around the edges, with some flimsy shifts in tone French writing as a
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        374 23  -  Magdalen Ng In the prologue, author Jodee Blanco addresses people who have “been affected by school bullying”, whether as a student, a worried parent, an educator or an adult survivor of bullying. But even if you are none of the above, this book will still grip you from the
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        353 23  -  Yen Feng People are irrational. And since people decide 90 per cent of all negotiations (“substance” accounts for only 10 per cent), effective bargaining begins by understanding “the pictures in the head of the other party”. In other words, getting more is a game of psychology, says Stuart Diamond,
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        379 23  -  Christa Yeo Who: Actress Elizabeth Loh (right), 26, takes a long time to finish books, as she usually snatches bits of reading time only on public transport. The exception, however, was Cecelia Ahern’s If You Could See Me Now, about a young woman being a reluctant mother to her
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        367 23  -  Stephanie Yap “Women hold up half the sky” is a Chinese proverb quoted at the start in this bestseller. Yet they are treated as second-class citizens in many parts of the developing world, as seen in examples painstakingly compiled by this Pulitzerwinning husband-and-wife team. They are sold into prostitution
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        341 23  -  Chang Tou Liang The mere fact that this volume, from the author of Who Killed Classical Music?, a diatribe about the worldwide decline of Western classical music, was even published spells a reversal of fortunes. It was almost 100 years ago when Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) died from
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    • taste
      • 989 24  -  The puffer fish delicacy is not just available at upscale restaurants, it is now also served at mid-priced eateries Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg Eating fugu at an expensive Japanese restaurant may help ease your mind about tasting the dangerous delicacy. But what if you are in
        PHOTOS: TED CHEN, GETTY IMAGES, ITACHO SUSHI  -  989 words
      • 387 24 As I slide a sliver of fugu into my mouth, I take comfort in the fact that if I die soon after, I take two others with me. The time and place of this morbid gastronomic scene? Last week, at upscale Japanese restaurant Keyaki at
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      • 1073 24  -  Eunice Quek The next Rabbit year has hopped off to an early start for Chinese restaurants, as diners are already making reservations for the traditional reunion dinner. Restaurants cite the improving economy as a key factor for customers ready to splurge on their Chinese
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      • 950 26  -  Back after seven years, chef Justin Quek offers both French and local dishes at his new restaurant Eats Wong Ah Yoke ahyoke@sph.com.sg Sky on 57, Justin Quek’s new restaurant, may be at the top of Marina Bay Sands but for a celebrity chef restaurant, its prices
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        40 26 Crab with vermicelli in ginger broth ($63) The white broth is so tasty that I would suggest you eat the dish without pepper or chilli. Unlike the kopitiam version, there is not a drop of milk in it.
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      • 760 26  -  Grapevine Wine Club/Jenny Tan WhiteBox Shiraz 2008, $30 Christa Yeo A friend of mine never makes new year resolutions, as she has one resolution to last a lifetime. Her resolution: To always pursue her dreams and one day, live them out. As far-fetched as it
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      • 457 26  -  Cheap Good Rebecca Lynne Tan As with most snacks and pastries be it pineapple tarts, soon kueh or kueh dadar I think one can never be too generous when it comes to the filling. So I was admittedly a tad sceptical when I came down the stairs
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      • 738 27  -  Rozita Ramlee learnt to cook and experiment with recipes when she was 17 and enjoys cooking as a family affair Singapore Cooks Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg Toning down the heat in one’s cooking can be an act of love. For Madam Rozita Ramlee, being a mother to
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      • 133 27  -  Tidbits Christa Yeo German home appliance brand Miele has launched Heritage Feasts, a cookbook of recipes from local newsmakers, as part of its 111th anniversary celebrations. Jazz singer Claressa Monteiro contributed her mother’s oxtail soup recipe to the book, while criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan shares a recipe
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        101 27 Aussie food emporium jones the grocerhasintroducedtheLa Molina range of chocolates from Tuscany, Italy. The Tuscan chocolatier is famed for its unusual flavour combinations, such as chocolate with cinnamon, and modern packaging. LaMolina’s Loverange, for instance, features a mix of dark and milk chocolate, with top grade cacao and
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