Streats, 21 November 2002

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    10 1 Streats THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 240/03/2002
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    Lock icon Fear factor: yes Flee factor: no
    491 1  -  Despite terror threats, S’pore still best place to be in region By_ Conrad Raj MR Mike Homer’s company has just issued a document saying that Singapore might be a prime target of a terror attack. But the Briton’s a permanent resident here, works here
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    Lock icon S’pore still a target, say experts
    161 1  -  By_ Pradeep Rajan SINGAPORE remains a target, two terrorism experts told Streats. American scholar Zachary Abuza said that although Singapore had the best intelligence service in the region, it was “living in a rough neighbourhood”. Singapore-based Dr Rohan Cmnaratna agreed, saying: “Jemaah Islamiah’s intention
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      68 1 Singapore bachelor’s whirlwind wedding PAGE 3 BIG MONEY IN MANICURES Cindy Ee and Jesiyn Lee started with $60,000 and one naiicare salon. Now they have three, a spa, and can't stop. PAGES 10 11 SORRY, CAN’T GO TO ZUBAIDAH NAZEER on being Muslim and being apart during Ramadan PAGE 15
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon Bearer of bad news
      457 2  -  Workers told to expect reduced bonuses, wage cuts and job losses By Zubaidah Nazeer BAD news is never easy to break to anyone. So when union leader Nasordin Mohd Hashim, 41, had to do this, he found the task not only daunting, but painful. His union
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      Lock icon ONE KIND ACT
      91 2 Cabby offered to do my errand Annie Koh Nursing an injured knee last week, I boarded Citicab SHB 3302 at Bishan Street 14 for Tampines. On the way I asked the driver Uncle Tony if he could wait for me on the comer so I could buy
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      Lock icon His Viet bride draws stares
      478 3  -  Carpenter, 62, finally marries to someone 41 years younger By Julie Sim WHEN bachelor Ho Park Tong, 62, married his 21-year-old Vietnamese bride in July, he fulfilled a life-long dream of getting married. After the wedding in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28, he
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      Lock icon Cabby duped man who paid to ‘fix’ case
      289 4  -  By- Dawn Wong A TAXI driver who used to be a policeman tricked a man into giving him $5,000 to quash an “investigation” involving the man’s son. Ho Chiu Poo told Mr Wong Yau Kong he would use his police “connections” to
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      Lock icon Singing MP's fund-raiser
      151 4  -  By Sarah Ng SINGING MP Chan Soo Sen is lending his dulcet tones to a charity fund-raising effort. The MP for Joo Chiat, who sings at least 500 times a year at public functions and in his bathroom has produced a CD of 14 of his favourite
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      Lock icon Beauties draw crowds to car show
      294 4  -  By Choong Choon Yee PUT a slinky woman next to a sleek car or the other way round, if you wish and the result is the same. Heads will turn and eyes will linger. The organisers of the Singapore Motor Show know this and
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      Lock icon He beats rivals hands down
      88 6 BUZZSTOP AND then there was one. Mohamed Amat was the last man standing at the Ultimate Subaru Impreza All-Wheel Challenge at Ngee Ann Civic Plaza at 2.55 am yesterday. The 39-year-old process supervisor in the petrochemical industry won when his only competitor, business development director
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      Lock icon Employers paid less bonus
      131 6 Manpower Ministry's 2001 wage report THE Manpower Ministry’s 2001 wage report reveals that profit-making companies were less generous with bonuses last year than in 2000. But its survey showed that the more profitable companies did give an average total wage increase of about 3.2 per cent.
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      Lock icon Nice guys can lead, too
      165 6 Msian DPM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Bernama WHEN Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi takes over the helm next year, he intends to guide the nation with a firm hand. In an interview telecast on Malaysian television on Tuesday, he said: “If you are asked
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      Lock icon SAVING GRACE
      38 6 Firefighters helping Mr Ismail Omar, 59, chairman of Malaysia’s Affin Bank, out of the rubble after his house in Kuala Lumpur collapsed yesterday following a landslide. At least five people were killed in the tragedy AP
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      Lock icon Government accepts NWC’s wage recommendations
      117 6 THE Government yesterday said that it “strongly agrees” with the guidelines made by the National Wages Council (NWC). A statement from the Manpower Ministry said that it supported the recommendation that manpower costs need to be kept down for another six months to save jobs.
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      Lock icon Cheaper CPF investing
      101 6  -  Chua Kong Ho FROM next month, Australian investment administrator Navigator will offer a cheaper way to invest your Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings. Through financial advisers, it will offer a choice of 75 unit trusts from 12 fund managers. Navigator will absorb the initial sales charge levied
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      Lock icon M-cycle COEs drop to $ 1
      94 6 M-cycle COEs drop to 1 CERTIFICATES of entitlement for motorcycles fell to 1 a tenth of what it was at the last bidding exercise. The last time motorcycle COEs went for $1 was eight years ago. The COE price of commercial vehicles also dropped. It was $13,789, a fall of
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      Lock icon S’pore firm on water
      104 6 SINGAPORE is adamant that the current water price and a new pact to supply water beyond 2061 should be discussed at the next round of talks. The Singapore Foreign Ministry said yesterday: “As Singapore has made clear on many occasions, Malaysia has lost its legal right
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      Lock icon Zaobao blazes trail
      81 6 REPORTS from leading Chineselanguage daily Lianhe Zaobao will from January be published in the Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News) Shanghai edition, which has a daily circulation of about 200,000. The deal, the first of its kind for a Singapore newspaper, was signed in September. Under the agreement, Cankao
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      179 2 15% DISCOUNT* oni YOUR TRAVEL INSURANCE Include your friends and relatives in a single policy and enjoy discounts up to 30%! Tel: 6332 3456 Visit: streats.income.com.sg Email: insureline@income.com.sg ca Benefits include: death/total permanent disability medical expenses hospital confinement allowance emergency medical/evacuation expenses repatriation expenses hostage/kidnap benefit trip cancellation/curtailment expenses overbooked
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      134 3 Brand New Luxury Apartments in IfiHMffi) SOUTH BANK, the perfect location for indulgence in Melbourne's finest shopping culinary enjoyment the perfect investment location. 1,2, 3 bedroom apartments penthouses available Save up to AU$3B,OOO in Govt Stamp Duty (off the plan) Huge rental demand Full resort facilities Secure with only 10%
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      829 8 ARTypARTy Arts Festival pARIy The Central Singapore District Arts Festival The Central Singapore District Arts Festival is back again! Come 23 24 November, 6.30pm-10.30pm at Esplanade Outdoor Theatre the Merlion Park, watch out for live performances by international and local talents at ARTy pARTy! Be fascinated with colourful performances by
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon No thanks, Mr Kwee
      315 9 Half of Pinetree members snub offer by club’s new owner SINGAPORE Mr Peter Kwee’s “sweet” offer to Pinetree Club members probably wasn’t sweet enough. Only 1,300 of the expected 2,500 members have joined the renamed Pines Club. The Group Exklusiv boss, who bought the club last
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      Lock icon 98 Holdings extends NatSteel offer period
      366 10 SINGAPORE Hotelier Ong Beng Seng’s 98 Holdings yesterday said that it had extended the closing date of its offer for Nat Steel shares from Nov 27 to Dec 4. The extension came after clarification with the Securities Industry Council (SIC) over its revised cash
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      1055 10  -  This is part of an occasional series on young Singaporean entrepreneurs By Yvonne Kwok It started out as a girlish dream of staying together. Today, best friends Cindy Ee (left) and Jeslyn Lee have a burgeoning nailcare business and dream of taking brand of services to
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      Lock icon Nailing a new business trend
      266 11  -  By fDeepa Vijiyasingam TAKE a look around and you’ll realise that in recent months, nail salons, or nail bars as some are called, have been sprouting up everywhere. While not as hot as the current luohan ornamental fish fad, or the bubble tea craze in
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      Lock icon Ad spending up 5%
      116 11 -AFP SINGAPORE The entertainment industry in Singapore is fuelling an increase in advertising expenditure, aaccording to the latest Nielsen Media Research report. Expenditure in the first nine months of the year grew 5.3 per cent to $1.2 billion compared with last year, the report showed yesterday.
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      Lock icon Cycle’s Astra stake
      121 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage may take up more than its share of a proposed rights offer by Indonesia’s largest carmaker PT Astra International. “It’s something that we are considering but we have not made a commitment on that,” Cycle Carriage chief financial officer Neville Venter said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Power sell-off delayed
      117 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings will delay the sale of three power plants until at least 2004 as potential buyers, including US utilities, have shunned the plan. This is the second time in less than two years that Temasek is deferring the sale of Tuas Power, Senoko Power
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      Lock icon Banks down on FTA worry
      421 12 STI: 1,383.31 10.46 Reuters SHARES closed weaker yesterday as OCBC Bank and its peers fell on worries about the economy and increased competition from the impending free trade agreement with the US. “It’s difficult for the banks to perform in this weak environment and they
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 12 *AS AT NOVEMBER 20 US$: S$1.768 S$2.792 EURO: SS1.772 S$: 69.25 YEN S$: RM2.149 S$: HK$4.41± S$: 24.58 BAHT S$: 5,071 RUPIAH
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      315 12 SILKAIRH CHARTERS TO EXOTIC NORTHERN INDIA The princely city of Jaipur, former imperial capital of Delhi and home of the Taj Mahal in Agra, combine to provide some of India’s finest attractions known as The Golden Triangle. a 7 «a»»,.,... BD7N The Golden Triangle Jaipur Agra Delhi (Silk Air) Dep:
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      Lock icon Standing apart at Ramadan
      849 15  -  Zubaidah Nazeer The writer is a reporter with Streats. SOME afternoons, my non-Muslim colleagues forget and ask me to join them for lunch and I have to say, “no thanks”. Then they remember and say, “Oh, sorry!” It is the fasting month of Ramadan, a time
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      Lock icon Stolen cellphone cutoff ‘impractical’
      259 17 I REFER to “Thief-friendly order from IDA?” (Streats, Nov 18), a letter by Mr Terence Ng. At present, for a variety of reasons, it is not the market Practice of cellphone service providers to offer a service that blacklists stolen or lost phones. This is a
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      Lock icon No order from IDA
      168 17 I REFER to “Thief-friendly order from IDA?” (Streats, Nov 18), a letter by Mr Terence Ng. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) would like to clarify that IDA did not issue an order to mobile operators regarding the use of the international mobile equipment identity
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      Lock icon Financial advisers’ integrity first
      125 17 IN your recent Smart Money quarterly special report, “Good advice at a price” (Streats, Nov 13), it was suggested that one of the most important criteria in selecting a financial adviser is that such a professional be independent. A tied (non-indendent) adviser’s commission is fixed, so
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      Lock icon Losing my cool in hot trains
      95 17 TRAVELLING in MRT trains could help us lose a few kilos because it is like taking a sauna. My whole journey from Woodlands to Bishan is hell. I’ve tried alighting and switching trains, but found no improvement. All the trains are the same, so
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      51 17 In “The Straits Times News... with Diana Ser and Arnold Gay” (Streats, Nov 20), we reported that Diana Ser will be a permanent anchor on the STTV news from January. She will actually be anchor for a six-month period, while current anchor Michelle Quah is attached to The Business
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      422 17 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@sph.COm.Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the 'right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us. it shall be
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  • my HOME YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING
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      Lock icon The house that Jack built
      447 19  -  By^ Janice Wong A SWANKY new office spanning 18,000 sq ft at the Toa Payoh HDB Hub has been a second home to Mr Jack Chua (right) since July. Partly because the president and executive director of Sesdaq-listed Hersing Corporation, the parent of ERA Realty,
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  • Medical
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      Lock icon Vits, HRT no help for heart
      247 31 Supplements may put older women at risk of artery blockages Reuters CHICAGO Postmenopausal women suffering from heart disease get no benefit from taking vitamin supplements. It may even increase their risk of developing artery blockages, researchers said on Tuesday. In a four-and-a-half year study
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      154 31 QWill drinking honey lime juice daily make one grow fat? A Drinking honey lime juice will not make one grow fat. You will only grow fat when your daily energy intake exceeds your daily ne eds. However, honey, like white sugar, Provides few nutrients, just calories. Two teaspoons
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      Lock icon Kids suffer when parents smoke
      103 31 LONDON Attention, parents who smoke: A new study confirms just how hazardous passive smoking can be. University of Vienna researchers who studied 158 children aged three to 15 found that those exposed to secondhand smoke have much higher levels of chemicals in their bloodstreams, the
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      Lock icon HEALTH FACT
      84 31 What are the id, ego and superego? THEY are terms used in pyschoanalysis. The id refers to the part of the subconscious mind driven by the pleasure principle whatever feels good and not by logic or reason. According to Freudian thinking, we are bom with it. The superego
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      Lock icon Hawker food can be healthy
      528 32 Health begins with sunl> eani IT’S cheap and good but it may not be the best for your health, not unless you choose wisely anyway. Hawker food is a staple for most Singaporeans, with almost 80 per cent of our household expenditure on cooked food
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  • Global
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      Lock icon Can he fill Daim's shoes?
      374 34 Malaysia’s new Second Finance Minister Wire services KUALA LUMPUR The appointment of Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis, chairman of Tenaga Nasional, as Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister has puzzled the political and business community here. Analysts said his appointment wouldn’t lead to any policy changes as key decisions
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      Lock icon ‘Mahathir paving way to leave office’
      199 34 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has appointed a second finance minister in a mini-reshuffle seen as paving the way for his retirement in October next year. The announcement late on Tuesday naming Dr Jamaluddin Jaijis to the post has come as
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      Lock icon Bible-inspired calendar of nudes sparks uproar
      342 34 ROME Mr Alberto Magliozzi, an Italian glamour photographer with an international reputation for his “artisticerotic” images of celebrities, has the blood of religious and moral theologians boiling with his latest offering, The Scotsman newspaper reported yesterday. In the calendar of nudes in 12 scenes
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      Lock icon Replacement killer
      397 35 West’s pick to replace Saddam arrested for Kurdish genocide LONDON He is an exiled Iraqi general who is believed to still enjoy support within the Iraqi military. This, together with his refusal to become involved in the squabbles Within the Iraqi opposition community, has led some observers to
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      33 35 These cadets are learning to put their bestfoot forward stilts notwithstanding. The members of the Calcutta National Cadet Corps are rehearsing for the 54th NCC day celebrations on Dec 1 AFP
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      Lock icon Religious tightrope in Bali probe
      139 35 JAKARTA The investigators of the Bali bombing must now walk a tightrope of religious sensitivity after locating six suspects hiding in Islamic boarding schools. The chief investigator, General I Made Mangku Pastika, had ordered careful negotiations for the handover of the suspects with local figures
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      599 37  -  By GEOFFREY PEREIRA INTERNET radio stations are right for people who want to listen to their favourite kind of music uninterrupted by chattering deejays. They have been around for some time, running long periods of talk-free music and few advertisements. Many are dedicated to
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      103 37 -AP TOKYO Eager to catch up with nations that are switching to computer systems other than Microsoft Windows, Japan will study the possibility of using open-source software such as Linux at government level. The Public Management Ministry will spend 50 million yen (*****,000) for a
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      105 37 AFP WASHINGTON Most US government agencies including the Defence and Justice Departments have woefully inadequate computer security, a congressional panel said on Tuesday. A “report card” issued by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Government Efficiency says that overall, the government should get a failing
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      98 37 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Authorities have seized pirated software worth nearly RMI million (*****,000) in a three-month blitz, a senior official said yesterday. Software companies have reported improved sales since the government launched Operation Genuine in September to weed out piracy, which cost the industry
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      546 39 TTw search is on for an actress to play Helen whose face was said to have launched a thousand ships in the epic film Tray But is a pretty face really all she should be? A beauty ‘expert’ tells JILL LIM who he would pick for
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      236 39 SHE’S been immortalised as the most beautiful mortal woman in countless works of art, from paintings to busts to stained glass windows. The saga more or less started when three Greek goddesses, Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, fought over a golden apple, to be given to the fairest.
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      415 40  -  Just when you By JDXUM THE POOL Starring Kristen Miller, Elena Uhlig, Thorsten Grasshoff, Cordelia Bugeja Directed by Boris von Sychowski IN the final analysis, The Pool was more a disappointing than bad movie. It started off quite promisingly: Chic woman preparing for a dinner party is
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      290 40 ANDREA De Cruz and her reel-life husband, Rayson Tan, have bombed out at this year’s Star Awards. The two stars of popular primetime Ch 8 drama serial No Problem have been left out of the most popular female and male artistes lists respectively,
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      115 41 Road tankers are carting more than 600,000 litres ofy j m water a day to to P up a reservoir in central Victoria, Australia, The Age has reported. Goulbum Valley Water implemented its emergency management plan for the first time a fter Sunday Creek Reservoir, 60km
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        124 41 lf you’re thinking of striking °ut on your own, find out what t° expect at Enterprising People How To Be Your Own Boss, a seminar organised by Aware a nd The Women’s Initiative. On Saturday, 8.30 am Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (96 Waterloo Street). Fees are
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        62 41 XBOX Tonight, midnight Zouk At the stroke of midnight, Singapore becomes the first country in South-east Asia to launch Xbox. Also available are a selection of the best of 200 games including Halo, Project Gotham Racing, Blinx and MechAssault. Xbox sold here will also include Chinese interfaces. The lean,
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        49 41 PUSHPLAY SPORTING MEMORABILIA Tonight, 7pm,-10pm The Shophouse (22 Lock Road, Gillman Village) An exclusive range of rare limited edition sporting memorabilia capturing great moments in sports, originally signed by sporting legends. If you really like them, you could take some home. They are priced between $lOO and $3,000.
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        113 41 TINSELTOON CHRISTMAS Till Jan 1; Sunday to Thursday, lOam-lOpm; Friday, Saturday and eve of public holiday, lOam-llpm, Downtown East (1 Pasir Ris Close) Tickets at $22 for adults and $lB for children from Sistic Call 6581-9112 or log onto www.tinseltoonocmas.com for more details Catch the Powerpuff Girls (below), Dexter
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        72 41 UP NORTH DOWN SOUTH Today and tomorrow, Bpm University Cultural Centre Theatre, NUS Free The NUS Centre for the Arts presents readings from the plays of Malaysian playwright Huzir Sulaiman, whose work captures slices of Malaysian life with witty, precise, lyrical dialogue and characters who are larger than life
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        88 41 PROOF Tonight till Dec 8, Bpm Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Tickets at $53, $43, $33 and $23 from Ticket Charge Catherine is a young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father. On the eve of her 25th birthday, she has to deal with the
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      278 41 Remember... The break-fast time for Muslims today is 6.53pm. Yourdail by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Your side of the story is the best. Take risks and privileges that would normally be too much for you. You may be reckless, but you’re not careless in fact, you
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      149 42 'Urinv y®ur fsnily and friends f®r a norning of fun exploration and stand a cfiance t® win fantastic prizes* Cone experience firsthand, /\rts in tlie City, and U inspired iy t(ie Uautiful sculptures, installati®ns, venues and perf®rnances happening all around you tlir®ug|iout tlie yeari" m mm flag Off: 6umlay I
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      696 43  -  <1 f Lips apart, Xu has potential to be big-time bowler By_ Lim Han Ming MEET Ms Luscious Lips. But despite having the lips that can drive men crazy, Meryl Xu’s (right) claim to fame is not just her pouting facial feature. She is a top-notch
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      417 45  -  By Tan Kim Han SEMBAWANG Rangers operations manager Michael Chua is one of the youngest S-League managers, but the club’s money worries are giving him grey hairs. Now he and managers of other club; feeling the pinch might be able to preserve their
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      646 45  -  Tiger Cup could be ideal swan-song for Lions’ captain By. 'Adam Hashidy FOR more than a decade, Nazri Nasir has been a pillar of strength for the Singapore Lions. The midfield general could mesmerise the opposition with speedy runs and 90 minutes of lung-bursting action, and
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      356 46 -AFP LONDON Chelsea’s Italian coach Claudio Ranieri has hit the right note by putting consistency first at Stamford Bridge, and is on the way to success, according to former star Paul Elliott. Five consecutive clean sheets have moved the Londoners up to third place in
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      531 46 Seaman’s England future tied to Arsenal performance LONDON Sven Goran Eriksson said David Seaman’s club form at Arsenal form will determine whether he remains England’s first-choice goalkeeper. The 39-year-old (left) has been under pressure after a series of high-profile blunders, including errors in England’s defeat to Brazil
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      321 46 LONDON Alex Ferguson is livid. This time, it is not about his team’s performance. The Manchester United manager’s anger is directed at his club’s TV station, which didn’t have anything flattering to say about the team. He is considering banning the channel from
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      192 47 -AP PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson is afraid police are targeting him, and he might Want to leave the city, according to Published reports. “I want to be in Philadelphia, but I’m scared to be here,” the NBA star told The
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      496 47 Woman counters Jordans extortion claim -AP CHICAGO The woman accused of e xtortion by Michael Jordan (above) re sponded with her own lawsuit on Tuesday, saying he offered her US$5 bullion (558.84 million) to keep quiet a bout their relationship. Karla Knafel asked the court to
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      120 47 GOLF Reuters MIYAZAKI, Japan World No 1 Tiger Woods admitted yesterday he was frustrated at being asked to boycott the US Masters next year in protest at the Augusta National Golf Club’s refusal to allow female members. A New York Times editorial earlier this week called on Woods
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      98 47 BASKETBALL Reuters DALLAS Steve Nash collected 21 points and Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley had 18 apiece to guide the unbeaten Dallas Mavericks to a comfortable 98-72 victory over the struggling Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. The streak of 11 successive wins matches a franchise high for
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      117 47 SOCCER MANCHESTER -Nicolas Anelka will apparently avoid a club suspension for turning down a late request to play for France. The 23-year-old Manchester City striker has declined to play for the national team in Saturday’s game against Yugoslavia after being called up as a late replacement for
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      221 44 Some chopsticks have all the luck. HKjpg: H To be able to taste gastronomic cuisine all day must indeed, be a heavenly delight. That's why we say the chopsticks at Dragon City are particularly lucky! The perfect place to take your business partners, friends and loved ones, Dragon City offers
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      310 48 Wi I u -r ■HP 1 ma m mm sp M&NKgiMSW' HH I ■V »Jr J WHH «S A track record of more than 90% pass rate for all degree programmes! USQ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND Established in 1967, the university has up to date garnered in 42 successful intakes.
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