Streats, 28 August 2003

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    10 1 Streats 2B. 2003 aft a» E-mail: streets (ssph.com.sg witaip) 111/03,^003
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    472 1  -  The plethora of business groups has cynics sneering, but others cheering Janice Wong SUPPORT groups for entrepreneurs here have been sprouting like mushrooms after rain. There are enough right now to make some small businessmen Wonder just which one to join. But Mr Raymond Lim, die Minister of
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      97 1 rr m i A il A fWITA (P) 111/03,^2003 28. 2003 E-nfail: street? ■■■>» .fee WB W*« THU is SOH WEN UN worries about her 20-sometliing generation’s understanding of financial pitfdence K CPF CUTS? -PSoeTT ON A ROLL Sakae Sushi boss juggled 4 jobs in his pre-NS days, he tells
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon ‘I was mistaken for driver’
      596 2  -  Award-winning businessman shares tips with aspiring entrepreneurs By ShervinSeah COMPANY executive chairman and award-winning entrepreneur Lawrence Leow told a group of aspiring businessmen on Tuesday that he was once mistaken for a chauffeur. Recalled Mr Leow, 45: “I was 28 years old then. I had
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      161 2 ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (ASME) ASME helps its 800 corporate members to advance their businesses here and overseas. Generally, interested enterprises’ annual turnover should not exceed $3O million. Contact: 6224-0868. INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS ASSOCIATION (IDEA) IDEA has 200 members who are budding entrepreneurs. Idea will present
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      Lock icon Out-of-court move pays dividend
      461 3  -  Lawyer-tumed-housewife’s ‘scribbles’ win SPH writing award By_ Gary Lira AFTER shuffling between courtrooms for three years as a lawyer, Madam Leonora Liow decided to give up her lucrative profession to be a housewife. This decision, almost 20 years ago, turned out to be a blessing because
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      Lock icon Shinde’s double trouble
      453 4 39 killed in stampede at Hindu festival near Mumbai Wire services MUMBAI Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, the chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, is a disturbed man these days. First there was Monday’s twin bomb blasts in state capital Mumbai that killed 50 people.
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      Lock icon Aussie university fees may go up to raise standards
      165 4 SYDNEY Fees at Australia’s universities need to be raised, Education Minister Brendan Nelson said on Tuesday. His comments came as tertiary students in most of the capital cities around Australia and some regional areas protested against federal government plans to hike
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      Lock icon Mum attacks ‘disappointing’ stripper at daughter’s hen party
      129 6 BUZZSTOP -AP A WOMAN in Wheeling, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to assault after attacking a stripper who didn’t meet expectations at her daughter’s hen party. Jacqueline McMahon, 52, was sentenced to 30 days of court supervision and ordered to pay U 552,500
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      75 6 A child being helped by an official from the Taipei Astronomical Museum to view the Red Planet through a 200 mm telescope yesterday. Earth and Mars reach their closest encounter in 60,000 years 55.6 million km this week. The last time Mars came this close was around Sept
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      Lock icon ‘Jewel of Asia’ partnership
      138 6 Thai-S’pore trade pact SEVEN landmark trade accords with Thailand signed here yesterday that it is believed will a boon for Singapore’s vehicle components industry, facilitate bilateral trade in heat-processed pork and pork products, enhance collaboration in the spa and tourism industries, and forge stronger links between
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      Lock icon Court studies garnishee rules
      136 6 Three orders presented THE practice of garnishing a debtor’s full salary is being re-examined. Three garnishee orders are before the High Court, The Straits Times reports today, and their outcome could determine how such orders are meted out in the future. The practice is used by
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      Lock icon Service industry takings down
      143 6 Business receipts index in Q 2 Reuters THE service industry here fell by a sharp 10.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year compared to the first quarter, reported the Department of Statistics yesterday. This is its first fall in four quarters and reflects
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      Lock icon Pledge on UN workers
      77 6 A RESOLUTION calling for the protection of relief workers in conflict zones has been unanimously passed by the UN Security Council. It was passed on Tuesday after several nations bowed to US insistence that they delete a reference to the International Criminal Court, The Straits Times
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      Lock icon No retreat, declares Bush
      109 6 Reuters BACK down in Iraq? No way, said US President George W Bush on Tuesday, as another two soldiers were killed in Iraq yesterday. “Retreat in the face of terror would only invite further and bolder attacks. There will be no retreat. We are on the
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      Lock icon US asked to disarm
      85 6 THE head of the UNs’ International Atomic Energy Agency has effectively accused Washington of double standards, saying that the US refuses to let other countries develop nuclear weapons but continues to arm itself. In an interview with Germany’s Stem weekly yesterday, Mr Mohamed Elßaradei also said
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      Lock icon MDA takes partners
      98 6 THE Media Development Authority (MDA) this week entered into three partnerships with local production houses and international broadcasters, ST Life! reports today. It will invest in a 14-episode drama series to be made by Singapore’s Mega Media and aired on MTV’s channels across Asia. It will also
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      380 3 How do you CHOOSE a Law School? y Specialised and focussed The Only Specialist Law School in Singapore y Excellent Results The school which has produced Second Class Upper Honours on the London External Law Programme in the past 3 years consecutively y Large and Experienced Full Time Faculty Experienced
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon Early lessons pay off
      786 8  -  7%« chiefexecutive of Apex-Pal International, which operates the popular Sakae Sushi chain, explains how what he was taught in childhood has helped him with his business ESesdal Focus] By f Choong Choon Yee MR Douglas Foo, 34, was taught the value of money from a very
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      Lock icon SIA-Thai decision soon
      107 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines will decide soon whether to set up a new carrier in Thailand, Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo said yesterday. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra asked Singapore in January to set up a joint budget airline based in the northern Thai city
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      Lock icon SGX ties up with SET
      74 8 Reuters SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) have forged an alliance to develop the securities markets of the two nations, the exchanges said yesterday. SGX already has alliances with stock exchanges in Australia, Japan, South Korea, India and the
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      Lock icon Metro to raise $560m
      77 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Retailer Metro Holdings yesterday said that a special purpose vehicle would raise $560.25 million through a bond and preference share issue as part of an asset securitisation deal. Earlier this month, Metro said that would sell its 27 per cent stake in Ng Ann
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      Lock icon Bond rise 'overreaction'
      85 8 Bond rise 'overreactio n' Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ceV bank yesterday said that an increase i* 1 ,> 10-year bond yields was an “overreach^ 11 that led to some market disorder, leading the securities to their biggest plunge in a year-and-a-half last mon^ 1. Yields on Malaysian 10-year bond 8
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      Lock icon HK awaits Chinese flood
      464 10 Retailers pulling out all stops for big spenders from the Mainland Reuters HONG KONG At the Dolce Gabbana clothing store in Hong Kong’s Pacific Place shopping mall staff are cramming to learn Mandarin. Nearby, at Christian Dior, fluent Mandarin is a necessity to get a job.
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      Lock icon Ebbers had ‘near imperial reign’
      487 12 Directors consistently ceded powers to World Com CEO: court report -afp NEW YORK The top executive of bankrupt telecom giant World Com was allowed “nearly imperial reign” that led to the largest fraud in US corporate history, a court-appointed monitor’s report said. The report by
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      Lock icon Market awaits CPF changes
      411 14 STI: 1,594.52 5.50 Reuters SHARES fell for the third straight day yesterday as blue chips such as DBS Group lost ground a day ahead of expected changes to CPF contribution rates. But Venture Corp rose 3.2 per cent to $19.20 on growing optimism after it posted
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      23 14 *AS AT AUGUST US$: 551.755 552.751 EURO: 551.906 Ss: 67.05 YEN Ss: RM2.165 Ss: HK54.444 Ss: 23.54 BAHT Ss: 4,818 RUPI
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      736 17  -  Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times WHEN news broke a fortnight ago about another round of CPF rate cuts, on top of raising the GST by another percentage point next year as scheduled despite the seemingly un-Viagra-able economy, my initial reaction was actually
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      Lock icon Get signboards off the pavements
      137 18 I REFER to the report, “Eyesores on railings and lamp-posts” (Streats, Aug 26). The authorities are right to act against the vandalism of sticking papers all over bus stops, lamp-posts, traffic signal posts, etc. And I would like to highlight that another instance of advertising
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      132 18 LAST Thursday, my sister and I attended a seminar which started at 7.30 pm at Pan Pacific Hotel. We arrived half an hour early, so we decided to perform our evening prayers at the hotel. We asked a staff member, a Mr Amin, whether there
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      Lock icon Is cutting CPF the answer?
      241 18 DPM Tony Tan has highlighted his concern that Singapore workers are reportedly more expensive than those in the United States and Australia, and his belief that this is all the more reason to cut the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate quickly. I would like
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      178 18 I REFER to the report, “Labour costs alarming: DPM Tan” (Streats, Aug 27). No doubt, Singapore workers will respond positively to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) rate cut, as they know that this measure will save their jobs. However, what worries them most is the
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      Lock icon Fed up with short-term passes
      236 18 I WOULD like to highlight the experiences of my wife and I in the hope that the authorities will reconsider the way long-term social visit passes are issued. My Chinese national wife and I were married in Singapore in March last year. To date, she
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      Lock icon Be amused like a man
      137 18 I MUST say that Ms Janice Wong’s commentary, “Be a man on the first date” (Streats, Aug 26), was a bit provocative. But I burst out laughing at her description of how men should eat more than women and avoid drinking Diet Coke. It was
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      Lock icon How will study mamas make ends meet?
      187 21 IT is easy for the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to say that the purpose of study mamas staying in Singapore is to look after their children and hence they should have the financial means to support themselves (“Mamas’ drama”, Streats, Aug 26). Since
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      Lock icon Indude property costs in healthcare charges
      187 21 I REFER to the report, “Khaw’s goal: To publish health costs” (Streats, Aug 26), about which I have the following questions: Should the charges of an old and new hospital be the same? SGH and Alexandra Hospital were built more than 40 years ago.
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      Lock icon Rudest cabby I’ve ever met
      188 21 ON the morning of Aug 18,1 took a taxi with my daughter from Changi Airport to our respective homes in Bedok Reservoir Road. It had been clear from the sour look on his face when we first boarded his taxi that the driver was not
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      85 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@sph.COfll.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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      310 22 Academics harassed, interrogated Washington Post BEIJING After several months of permitting China’s intellectuals the freedom to call for political reform, ponder far-reaching revisions to the constitution and consider changes in the official history of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the Communist Party has ordered a halt to
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      54 22 A giant Buddhist Tangka being unveiled on the hillside of the Drepung monastery, during the annual Shoton or Yoghurt festival, on the outskirts of Lhasa yesterday. The week-long festival attracts thousands of pilgrims and tourists to the monastery, founded in 1416, and now the largest and richest one
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      235 22 WASHINGTON Former US President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis unleashed a broadside yesterday against the man who shot her father. John Hinckley, 48, who shot Mr Reagan in 1981, has applied to be released from his prison ward in hospital here. He has been
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      47 25 US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly (left) and members of his team leaving his hotel for a banquet in Beijing yesterday. The Americans are in the Chinese capital to take part in six-nation talks, which began yesterday, on North Korea's nuclear programme AP
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      Lock icon Woman sues M’sian govt for $460k
      192 25 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian government department is being sued for RMI million (*****,523) from a woman whose home was raided this month by its officials. Kuala Lumpur resident Maiselamah Jaafar, 50, filed a civil suit against the Federal Territory Religious Department (Jawi) on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon Hambali the ‘stingy gent’
      372 25 Alleged terrorist lived ‘quietly in Phnom Penh PHNOM PENH Not menacing or zealously religious, but stingy. That is reportedly how the man who until recently was South-east Asia’s most wanted is remembered by his former landlady. Hambali, the alleged architect of the Bali bombings and other
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      584 26  -  Woman at heart of Indian controversy is as M of fizz as soft drinks she attacks By- Pradeep Rojan “OUR life is about shaking people up. People can accuse us of being obdurate and pigheaded, and we probably are that. One needs a great deal
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      Lock icon Welsh mum flies off to Net lover
      171 26 ADELAIDE -A woman in Wales who told her husband and son that she was going shopping flew to Australia instead to be with a man she met on the Internet. Ms Margaret Fiore, 40, says that she has no regrets about leaving husband
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      Lock icon Don’t smile if you want a Canadian passport
      135 28 TORONTO The Canada Passport Office on Tuesday issued new specifications for passport photographs. No smiling. It wants serious faces only, the Toronto Star reported yesterday. So, Canadians who want a passport must now send in two photographs with “neutral expressions”. That means
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      Lock icon King slammed over 11th bride
      226 28 Flouting of rules heightens Swaziland’s HIV fears MBABANE The King of Swaziland has just chosen his 11th wife and she is unlikely to be his last, revelations that have raised concerns among health workers over the example he is setting for subjects in a country
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      Lock icon Child cancer survivors face danger later
      312 30 Reuters WASHINGTON A sobering thought While many children diagnosed with cancer now survive, they face a higher chance of later cancers, heart disease and learning disorders. This is according to a report released on Tuesday by an expert committee from the Institute of Medicine
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      105 30 QFor how long can we keep freshly-squeezedfruit juice? A If you prepare freshly-squeezed fruit juice at home, we would suggest that it be kept refrigerated in a covered container for no more than two days, for food safety reasons. Ms Seah Huay Leng, Head, Food Control Division, Agri-Food
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      866 33  -  By RADHA BASI Computer Times With proper safeguards, the conveniences of Internet hanking far outweigh the risksfor users, as the practice of moving money with a mouse continues to grow in Singapore LIKE many busy executives juggling the pressures of a busy workday and a young
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      558 34  -  Are computer games bad foryour youngsters? Not at all, says the mother of" the youngest competitor at Singapore’s finds ofthe World Cyber Games 2003 By Yvonne Kwok MOST mothers would be worried if their offspring had a self-confessed addiction to computer games. But not Madam Rina Cheong.
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        524 37  -  ALA I i By Sharon Soh ON a visit to Vietnam early this year, I ate at a restaurant specialising in the royal Hue cuisine. On the menu were dim-sum-like treats: little steamed rice flour cakes topped with chopped dried shrimp and fish sauce (similar to our chwee
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        489 39  -  By YVONNE KWOK S.W.A.T. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Olivier Martinez Directed by Clark Johnson oo®®® BASED on the 70s TV series of the same name, S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) is one of those movies that you’re likely to walk out of thinking “it could
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        225 42  -  VCDs by Yvonne Kwok HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS ©oo©® REVIEW THIS is a good mindless video for you to watch in your pyjamas with a cup of hot cocoa in your hands. Kate Hudson plays Andie Anderson, a writer for a woman’s
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        264 42  -  VCDs by 'Elsie Chng LOVE TRAIN ooo©® REVIEW EVER wished you spoke the same language of love as your partner? Are you sure your partner feels loved by the way you express your feelings? Or are you confused over who you really love? All these
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        687 44  -  The jr lie m L senes JillLim MY best friend wouldn’t call me assertive. Yet, assertive is something everyone needs to be at some point in his or her life, regardless of whether that person is in a position of authority or not. Bosses need to be
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      88 45 HOT weather talk won’t break the ice in Wales. Despite the recent heatwave, weather chat is not the best opener at social gatherings, icwales.co.uk said, citing a recent survey. Holidays and current affairs are seen as better bets, according to the poll, followed by rising house
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        59 45 Midnight, Channel 5 Jack questions Syed Ali and threatens to have his family killed unless he reveals where the bomb is. Meanwhile, his daughter is on the run from the police and gets lost in the wilderness. Back at CTU, Bob Warner has a hard time dealing with the
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        64 45 10pm, Channel i Set against the civil rights struggle of the 60s, the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi was the match that lit a fuse of racial violence and awoke the nation’s conscience. Two FBI agents, Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Alan Ward (Williem Dafoe),
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        46 45 SINGAPORE CUPID TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 pm, today Penny Black 26-2780 at Quay $2O, at the door Six-person teams will be formed on the spot The door charge gets you one drink and a basket of fries for the team. Register at http ://www. singaporecupid. com
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        91 45 SPCA FUN RUN 2003 7.30 am, Sunday Macßitchie Reservoir Park; Cost: $2O The winner of the 4.Bkm run/walk gets a $4,200 Tudor watch from Rolex Singapore. There are other prizes too, and for those who register early, a special T-shirt. The SPCA relies solely on the generosity of the
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      271 35 ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Warung Pantai, a new kiosk on the beach, dishes up innovative Malay-style food, fast. The next time hunger strikes while you’re getting your regular dose of sun, sand, and sea on Sentosa, you’ll be pleased to know there’s a new kiosk in town, and it serves up mouthwatering
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      58 39 sms «Hi samuel l. JACKSON coon FARRELL Michelle RODRIGUEZ ll COOL J f /4 _v w Msm* wm: rm-:i re° v»» 1 ■n r.. a I \0 K--j K> iv; 2 CO» S’?'.. ’> V '.M*Nr/£r v I 3 «.?*,ss ,:V>-.V i .<?.-A V; iii H/—^ I— l THE AMERICAN
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      721 40 If you can afford to take a year off, Thailand offers a wealth of amenities to pamper your body and soul HOLIDAYS never seem to be long enough. But for those who have the luxury of taking a year off from their regular routines, Thailand is a prime
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      380 41 O-i utii' Ui y h'ltH'iiU'kcb I J V If you're planning to bask in the moonlight with your loved ones this Mid Autumn Festival, add to the atmosphere with tantalizing mooncakes from Grand City Pastries. Available in 21 exciting flavours, Grand City Mooncakes are so tempting and delightful, you just
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      292 42 Biggest! Hottest! Latest! r <3 G •Ji C 3 C 5 S m f" P i;T ,f*r. Pe c s> f f Hrtr f «aSF^I Ik rv. „I»VY j j" mm ECEUDaQgjOs© Ose©££% spmfomthellfuckv 51vCds]Eok f SpinninglWheel MytSeleGfecl Wk i E™.i.^ch,««c n VCDs (UPis6!9oreach) NORTH ZONE Ang Mo Kio Ave
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      309 43 1 ■M& 7rANNIVERSARY S X'' N s «1 H 6H ESH O < 71 V* m '/V, /W f °s sincV ENJOY FANTASTIC DISCOUNTS, SPECIAL BUYS AND STAND TO WIN GREAT PRIZES AT THE BEST SALE OF THE SEASON! 6 GREAT TANGS AN NT VET I SARY DRAW Spend a
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      40 44 -gg- Rijsttafel Set Lunch sl2.Bo+++ Rijsttafel Set Dinner slB.Bo+++ 1 Soto Ayam 6 Ayam Pan ang V, 2 Achar 3 Gado-Cado 4 Rudjak Manis 5 Sayur Lodeh 7 Daging 8 Ayam Kaiio ang 9 Tahu Telor 10 Kangkongtsefachan n> i
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      92 45 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events. gMPpi 1 W! m s 11 PerkedefWfung 12 TeronffKecap 13 Ikari 14 SambafUdang 15 Safe m /v S, i i-„ U P 19 Ota
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      238 45 Yourdailyhoroscope IP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20-FEB 18 With everyone else in a bad mood, you’re the only one that remembers why this used to be fun. Cheerleaders might be unwelcome around here. Keep your perkiness low-key for the moment. PISCES FEB 19-MAR2O If you
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      705 46  -  28 gold medals in the bag, but Josceftnylftngrv for more By Lim Han Ming SHE has amassed a whopping 28 gold medals from six South-east Asia (SEA) Games. Yet, Joscelin Yeo, Singapore’s undisputed queen of the pool, has no plans to give up the chase for more gold
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      464 48  -  Aidil allowed to emerge from elder brother’s shadow S-League sawv By TAN KIM HAN HE plays in the same team as his elder brother. Elder brother earns all the bouquets for his performance as a sweeper with a cool composure. No such luck for
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      140 48 P W D L F A Pts FTPK Home United 25 20 1 3 1 76 28 65 Geylang United 25 15 2 2 6 51 22 51 Tampines Rovers 25 14 3 1 7 52 27 49 Woodlands Wellington 25 12 3 7 3 54 33 49 SAFC
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      113 48 SEMBAWANG v TG PAGAR IX2 Sembawang 1.50 Draw 3.80 Tg Pagar 5.00 1/2 GOAL Sembawang (-11/2 goals) 2.50 Tg Pagar (+ll/2 goals) 1.43 TOTAL GOALS 0 goal 8.50 1 goal 5.00 2 goals 4.10 3 goals 4.10 4 goals 4.90 5 goals 7.30 6 goals 12.00 7 goals
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      265 48 TONIGHT: Sembawang v Tg Pagar {Yishun Std) Team news: Semb Razif on nat'l duty, Tg Pagar Zainal and Fadzuhasny on nat'l duty Team progress (last 6 league matches): Sembawang LLDLLL, Tg Pagar LWLLLL This season: Sembawang 3 Tg Pagar 0, Tg Pagar 0 Sembawang 1 Verdict: Sembawang 1
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      404 49 Ranieri asserts Crespo crucial for Chelsea Wire services LONDON Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri hailed the signing of Argentine striker Heman Crespo (above) from Inter Milan on Tuesday as a crucial addition to his attacking options. Crespo cost the club £16.8 million (5546.3 million). He was introduced to the
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      332 49 LONDON England manager Sven Goran Eriksson does not think much of Chelsea’s chances in the Champions League. He is backing star-studded Real Madrid to win Europe’s biggest football prize for the 10th time. Chelsea, who qualified for the Champions League, have spent more than £lOO million (*****
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      408 50 Sharapova and Capriati make first moves in fashion battle -AFP r NEW YORK -The US f Open dress duel has begun. Russian teen Maria Sharapova and sixth-seeded American Jennifer Capriati staged a duel of dresses here on Tuesday that would make absent reigning champion Serena Williams proud. Capriati
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        115 50 Reuters PARIS Defending champion Robert Korzeniowski of Poland broke his own world mark to win his third world 50km men’s walk title yesterday. The 35-year-old clocked 3hr 36min 3 sec on a muggy morning in the French capital, beating the previous best of 3:36:39 he set in
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        104 50 -AFP PARIS Newly crowned 400 m world champion Jerome Young won an Olympic relay gold in Sydney in 2000 despite having tested positive for steroids in 1999, it was reported yesterday. According to the LA Times, the 27-year-old American was allowed to run in the 4x400m team
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      86 50 FOOTBALL Reuters LONDON Newly promoted Portsmouth went top of the Premier League after a hat-trick by Teddy Sheringham helped them to a 4-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday. Sheringham, 37, started his scoring spree with a 57th-minute header. He then struck twice in the last three minutes,
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      436 51 Kenya-bom Shaheen’s win raises questions about athletes switching nationalities -AFP PARIS The athlete formerly known as Stephen Cherono, until he became Qatari and assumed the name of Saif Saaeed Shaheen, won a thrilling men’s 3,000 m steeplechase at the World Championships here on Tuesday. The 20-year-old won in
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      200 51 Reuters BASSETERRE, St Kitts and Nevis The tiny Caribbean nation of St Kitts and Nevis, population 45,000, was still celebrating on Tuesday after Kim Collins won the country’s first gold medal at the world championships in Paris on Monday. The cabinet was expected to
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      49 49 FAMILIES, WALK HAVE FUN! m G 6960 BIG WALK REGISTER NOW! Tampines Mall Causeway Point Suntec Shopping Mall All 7-Eleven Stores Registration will close on 31 August. Don’t miss it! Jointly organised by 2003 I SUNMY, SEPTEMBER 7 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 ililllllP Singapore Amateur Athletic Singapore Association Sports Council
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      31 50 IliiiHHIIIHHHi IN THE LIVING ROOM TENNIS: US Open, lst/2nd rounds (7am). 2nd rd (11pm and tomorrow, 7am) Star Sports Ch24. DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: EPGA BMW International Open, Day 1 (SuperSports Ch22,11pm).
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      152 51 I 1 m LIANHE ZAOBAO "80 ENGAGING MOMENTS" TRAVELLING PHOTO EXHIBITION For the past 80 years, Lianhe Zaobao has captivated readers with its provocative presentation of Singapore’s most monumental political, social and economic moments. Now, we invite you to relive them in 80 exclusively chosen photographs from our news photo
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