Today, 19 December 2000

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY LIICSQJIV December 19, 2000 mitaipi isx *****0
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    Parliament? No, thanks
    771 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by kim@newstoday.com.sg FOR years, the People's Action Party has been searching high and low for a few good women to represent it in Parliament. With just four women MPs, even the recent announcement that two new women candidates had been found did not do muc
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  • Article
    China cracks down on men having mistresses
    171 1 BEIJING A court convicted two couples of bigamy yesterday, signalling a willingness by the government to crack down on the growing male practice of keeping mistresses, state press reported. Luo Yugang, 54, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for bigamy and his
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Well, Mr President?
      318 2 Bush answers some tough questions WASHINGTON Time magazine has named US Presidentelect George W Bush as its "Man of the Year". In an interview, Time also asked Mr Bush some tough questions. Excerpts from the interview: Q: Are you concerned that AJ Gore got more of the
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    • Article
      2,000 held in raids for peddling dirty VCDs
      182 2 ABOUT 2,000 people have been arrested to date this year for peddling obscene VCDs. The Films and Publications Department (FPD) and the police hauled 410,000 pieces of pornographic and uncensored VCDs from about 1,900 raids. FPD and the police are keeping a
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      Farzana discharged
      69 2 FARZANA Abdul Razak, the SQOO6 stewardess hailed as a hero in the Taiwan crash, has been discharged from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Farzana, who suffered 45 per cent burns in the October air crash, had been awarded in SGH for over six weeks after she was transferred
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      Green light for green cars
      151 2 GREEN cars are becoming a very attractive option. Especially with the announcement made yesterday by the Land Transport Authority and Ministry of Environment yesterday on the road tax and COE schemes for electric and hybrid cars. The Government hopes to encourage the use of such
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    • Article
      On the rocks... as he waits for verdict
      346 2  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg ROCKY Selvarajoo had it all. He was the undefeated Singapore boxing champion in six different weight divisions back in the 80s. After his retirement from the ring 15 years ago, he embarked on a career that made him
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      Lock icon Cop jailed for killing doctor
      145 2 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian policeman who shot a doctor who later died of head injuries has been sentenced to eight years in jail, the official Bernama news agency said yesterday. Policeman Tony Beliang, 26, was found guilty of culpable homicide in the death of
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      Lock icon Stressed out troops fire
      365 3 Agencies Shots scare aircraft pilot into aborting landing BANDA ACEH A bizarre incident took place in Aceh yesterday on the eve of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's visit Gunshots were fired at a plane carrying 47 people from PT Exxon Mobil as it tried to land, narrowly
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    • Article
      Stiffer sentence for night-time robbery
      241 3  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg IT was a high price to pay for a Nokia 8850 handphone. Lek Tien Poh, 29, and Chua Keng Hui, 29, robbed Ms Fiona Lee of her mobile phone and were each sentenced to four years' jail and 12 strokes of
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      Lock icon Indons get huge pay rise
      82 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia plans to raise government salaries by between 200 and nearly 600 per cent next year, head of the state employment agency (BKN), Prijono Tjiptoherijanto, said yesterday. Speaking after a meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid at the Merdeka Palace, Prijono said the raise
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      We'll not be a burden
      518 4  -  by Ng Boon Yian EastTimor man assures Singapore boonyian@newstoday.com.sg A YOUNG nation born out of years of oppression, riots and bloody freedom, East Timor now runs the risk of being fleeced by opportunistic merchants. "We try to resist them. Now East Timor is swamped with
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      Lock icon Sobering message for dotcom students
      276 4 THE Insead campus in Buona Vista may be small, but it has been instrumental in big changes to the world-renowned France-based business school. Its permanent presence in Singapore all 1.2 hectares of it has brought about restructuring in the 43-year-old institute's MBA programme. More Asians
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    • Article
      Drunk killed while crossing road
      182 4  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg IT was at a bend along a dark stretch of road where the accident took place. Mr Ooi Yew Beng, 39, had a few drinks before he tried crossing the road that fateful night of Nov 15 last year. At about
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      110 4 READ 0N... Dotcom giant goes under UK's Breathe.com gasps under Ssl2B million loss/11 Part-time spies in China Foreign agencies pay big money for state secrets/16 Do words maketh the man? Mental skills to run companies provided by studying/17 My husband... my President What does it really mean to be called
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Better-trained kindergarten teachers soon
      274 5 CHILDCARE centres and kindergartens will soon have better-trained teachers and supervisors. The Ministry of Community Development and Sports and the Education Ministry have come up with a framework to raise standards and ensure consistency in teacher training. The framework, to be launched in January next year,
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      They stole faulty computers
      139 5 BURGLARS who thought they had a great haul must be banging their heads against a wall. Instead of stealing brand new goods, they got away with mainly second-hand equipment. And faulty ones, to boot. The burglars hit a computer service company on French Road, near the
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      Ladies' Night at Turf Club
      85 5 FROM January next year, women will have somewhere to go to every fourth Friday of the month the Singapore Turf Club. Not interested in placing a bet? Then look out for off-track entertainment fashion shows, lucky draws, celebrity performances, and promotions and gifts. The first
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      Teachers ended up as students
      378 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Pupils went to Thailand to coach first aid, but learnt humility instead by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg A GROUP of Singaporean students went to Thailand to teach the people there about health, hygiene and the dangers of the flesh trade. Instead, they received a lesson
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      Our Malays are good enough
      341 6  -  Kelvin Tan I REFER to your most recent article entitled Malay PM? Why not? I would like to offer my personal view with regard to this issue. It must be perceived as good news for all Singaporeans whether a Malay Singaporean becomes Prime Minister or
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      Ugly 'makeovers'
      353 6  -  Linda Cheong I WOULD like to bring to your notice the booming business that makeover studios enjoy, and the fact that they can get away with anything. I recently had a makeover session at a studio at Amoy Street. The service level and the photographs that I have
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Nov export figures lower than expected
      482 8  -  Lee Yew Meng By yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg DARK clouds are hovering in the horizon as Singapore released its lower than expected November trade numbers yesterday. Analysts are predicting a gloomy prospect for the erstwhile strong semi-conductor and telecom sector which has been supporting the trade figures
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      OCBC Bank acquires stockbroking firm
      415 8 OCBC Bank will acquire the local stockbroking unit of ÜBS Warburg for $124.5 million, a move which will put the new entity among the top three local stockbroking firms. The acquisition comes in the wake of slumping trading volumes and lower commission earnings this year.
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      Lock icon Property gloom continues
      409 9  -  Chin Weilin Buyers given discount to boost sales By i BIG developers, which have been sitting tight in the face of sluggish sales, have started to blink. Property market leader Far East Organisation has just launched its latest project, Hillview Regency at Bukit Batok, at a discounted
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Slight gain...
      601 10 STI index up on short covering but broader market was mixed SINGAPORE shares ended up higher despite weaker closing on US markets on triple witching Friday, on short covering. Strength in four index component stocks (SIA, DBS, SingTel and UOB) led the STI index 21.55 points higher to
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      Late recovery reverses earlier losses
      474 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) staged a dramatic recovery in early-afternoon trading on Monday, reversing the morning session's 11.6 point loss to end the day 10.7 points higher at 711.1. The 22-point swing was achieved on the back of strong buying on
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Dotcom giant goes under
      272 11 UK's Breathe.com gasps under Ssl2B mil loss LONDON Britain's fourth-largest Internet service provider, Breathe.com, has gone under with losses of up to £50 million (Ssl2B million). The collapse of Breathe, which had more than 500,000 customers, marks Britain's biggest-ever dotcom failure. A last-ditch effort to save
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      Muhammad to get Cabinet post?
      149 11 KUALA LUMPUR Several ministerial posts may change hands in a major Cabinet reshuffle expected soon, reported Utusan Malaysia yesterday. The Umno-owned Malay-language daily quoted unnamed sources as saying the reshuffle would involve the creation of new Law and Federal Territory ministries. Former Selangor Mentri Besar
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      Lock icon Beauty and Best
      36 11 REUTERS photo. Best, the champion poodle (above) lived up to its name when it won the top slot in the beauty category at the World Dog Show Championship in Seoul on Dec 16,
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      Lock icon Malaysia: Anwar explanation satisfies US congressmen
      153 11 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR -The Malaysian government said yesterday that seven US Congressmen who had expressed unease about the Anwar Ibrahim trials were now satisfied with its explanations. Deputy Foreign Minister Leo Michael Toyad told the Senate that the US legislators were briefed on the
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      Lock icon Bush moves fail to bridge rifts
      534 12  -  Steven Ooi American blacks remain unconvinced of his legitimacy By stevenO'newstoday.com.sg AUSTIN, Texas Following hot on the heels of his selection of retired General Colin Powell as secretary of state, president-elect Mr George W. Bush announced three more White House appointments of minorities and
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      Lock icon 'Estrada did not write that cheque'
      167 12 Renters MANILA A friend of Philippine President Joseph Estrada told a court yesterday it was he and not Estrada who issued a cheque alleged to have been used to buy a mansion for one of the president's mistresses. Jaime Dichaves sprang the surprise in
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      Lock icon End of Indian postal strike?
      125 12 AFP NEW DELHI India's strikehit postal services were limping back to normal yesterday, even as one of the three major posta unions said its members were determined to push on with their industrial action. Leaders of the two other unions had directed their members to
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      Lock icon 270,000 new jobs in Taiwan?
      90 12 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's government is to spend more than NT565.5 billion (553.44 billion) to create 270,000 new jobs to combat soaring unemployment, it was reported yesterday. Premier Chang Chun-hsiung was quoted by the China Times Express as saying that the cabinet has adopted a package
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      Lock icon 'Dead' man found alive
      111 12 -AFP TAIPEI An elderly Taiwanese man who was pronounced dead by doctors after a car accident and placed in refrigeration in a funeral parlour was discovered alive five hours later, it was reported yesterday. Seventy-four-year-old Mr Hsu Jui-nien was rushed to the Hungyang hospital in southern
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      Jakarta ends tax holidays
      238 13 Rule on projects funded by foreign loans JAKARTA Indonesia has ended tax holidays on projects funded by foreign loans or grants, effective retroactively from June, said a newspaper. Foreign contractors, consultants and materials suppliers on such projects will now be taxed, direc-tor-general of tax at the
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      Lock icon The dance of victory
      35 13 Three Bangladeshi dancers rejoice during Victory Day march in Dhaka, on the anniversary of the end of a bitter nine-month war in 1971 against Pakistan, which resulted in independence. AFP photo
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      Maths teacher set 'cruel questions'
      155 13 ICHIHASAMA A maths exam which included "cruel questions" had upset parents at a primary school in this Japanese town. Officials of Ichihasama Elementary School in Miyagi admitted on Saturday that its maths teacher had used "careless" questions in setting the paper for his third-grade class.
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      Lock icon Top South Korean politician quits
      158 13 AFP SEOUL South Korea's second-most powerful politician after President Kim Dae Jung has resigned from the ruling party leadership. Mr Kwon Ro Kap, who has led the president's royal guards in the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), resigned on Sunday from the party's decision-mak-ing Supreme Council,
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      Lock icon Desire for a son drove man to kill
      85 13 AFP CALCUTTA A forty-year-old Calcutta man killed his wife and five daughters in frustration at not having a son to carry on his name. Biresh Poddar killed his wife Rita, 33, and their daughters, aged three to 13, on Saturday at his
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      Lock icon Take a look at her now...
      116 14 WASHINGTON Behind closed doors, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is known to be a sporting diplomat, often breaking out into a song during post-summit tete-a-tete. Now, as she enters her final days as the country's top diplomat, Ms Albright is ready to publicise
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      'Anti-Dr M ploy will fail'
      356 14 Abdullah says Umno behind PM KUALA LUMPUR Some blame the Malaysian Prime Minister for the ruling party's defeat in the recent by-election in his Kedah hometown. Others say the Anwar Ibrahim affair continues to serve as a political albatross for Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
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      Lock icon James Bulger murderers not welcome in NZ
      147 14 AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand has no wish to play host to a pair of British toddler murderers, said Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday in response to a report in Britain's Mail of a plan to move the killers of Liverpool toddler James Bulger
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      Pas may give men perks to marry
      125 14 KUALA TERENGGANU The PAS-led government will consider giving incentives to men who marry single mothers and widows. So far, only two single mothers had sought the state government's assistance to arrange their marriages, State Women and Non-Muslim Affairs Committee chairman Awang Jusoh told
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      Lock icon Martin Lee again party chairman
      177 14 AFP HONG KONG Legislator Martin Lee was reelected as the chairman of the territory's Democratic Party at a meeting late on Sunday. Legislator Law Chi-kwong and former legislator Lee Wing-tat were elected vice-chairmen. Mr Lee was re-elected by 230 to seven votes, but driving home
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      Move your legs
      241 15 It helps prevent blood clots from forming TOKYO The "econo-my-class syndrome" where one risks developing blood clots due to cramped seating is present in daily life, said a team of Japanese physicians. The doctors from Jikei University School of Medicine conducted an experiment in which nine healthy
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      Lock icon Liz Hurley fined despite apology
      128 15 Reuters LONDON British actress/model Elizabeth Hurley has been fined US$lOO,OOO (S$170,000) by the Screen Actors Guild for making a perfume commercial during a heated Hollywood strike against advertisers. Hurley said yesterday that she was disappointed "that the trial board disregarded the evidence showing that (she)
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      Lock icon His grass skirt caught fire at Christmas party
      151 15 Reuters WELLINGTON A Merrill Lynch employee in New Zealand is fighting for his life after his synthetic grass skirt costume caught fire at a staff Christmas party. The 24-year-old was in a critical condition after the company's Hawaiian theme party in an
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      Part-time spies in China
      243 16 Foreign agencies pay big money for state secrets BEIJING Part-time spies are on the prowl in China. They include civilian government officials, employees of governmentfunded agencies and even journalists, reported the Liberation Army Daily, the People's Liberation Army's official newspaper. These Chinese spies are paid big
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      Lock icon Fire at house of Dali's former muse leaves two people dead
      197 16 AFP ARLES (FRANCE) Several works of art by Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali were damaged when fire swept through the house of artist and singer Amanda Lear (right). Ms Lear was questioned on Sunday by police in charge of
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      Lock icon Short skirts don't go with the cold
      38 16 Majorettes wait in the cold as Pope John Paul II celebrates a mass for the Jubilee of the world of show business on Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. Reuters photo
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    • Article
      Lock icon Four slip to death in icy weather as they try to save a dog in the Italian Alps
      282 16 Reuters ROME Ten people have died in accidents in the Italian Alps. Four of them slipped one-by-one to their deaths trying to save a dog, rescue officials said. Mountaineering experts interviewed by
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      Father and son caught in cooking oil scam in Taiwan
      163 16 KAOHSIUNG A Taiwanese father and his son have been accused of selling bogus and possibly harmful cooking oil to restaurants in the city over the past six months. About 2,000 barrels of the recycled low-grade peanut oil were sold in
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Do words maketh the man?
      744 17  -  JSree Kumar Mental skills to run companies provided by studying literature by. IS there a value to studying literature? A question that has reared its head in the news in recent months. It is an issue that all thinking Singaporeans should take seriously. Literature has
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      822 19 Get Glitzy this Christmas! by Rosalind Png rosajind@newstoday.conuig gp m Songs". Accompanying him on the piano is Ms (Additional performance at 2.30 pm on Saturdays Hong Peh Chi a talented pianist from Taiwan. Qm a*^ and Sundays. No Performances on Dec 18 and Jan Tickets available at Sistic outlets, hotline
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon First of May
      697 23  -  Lee Ching Wern All grown up, Xiaomei is now more a sophisticated lady than a bubbly teenager THE little girl in Don't Worry be Happy is no more. From the bubbly pony-tailed teenager five years ago to a sophisticated working woman today, we've watched Xiaomei grow up
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      My husband...
      660 24  -  Lisa Sabbage What does it really mean to be called First Lady of the land? by As a new First Lady prepares to enter the White House, we look back at the long line of presidential wives that began with the reluctant Martha Washington more than 200 years
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      Lock icon my President
      773 25 -UPS smoothed many a quarrel. Hostile statesmen, difficult envoys from Spain or Tunisia, warrior chiefs from the west, flustered youngsters she always welcomed everyone." If Dolley Madison introduced the White House to the glamour and society associations for which it is now famous, she was also the first
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      Lock icon Crumpet&Cuddles
      763 26  -  Neville Stack Santa's not-so-little helpers say it's a combat zone out there by nstack@esatclear.ie Santa simply can't bring himself to change his tune. It's Ho-Ho-Ho or nothing. But Crumpet the Elf has no such hang-ups. And when Santa's little helper gets an attack of Grotto Rage, the public had
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      237 23 WHY-Series #001 Do You Know A IMA M I FANCL products j| M# m# B^fc %Jf among Japanese jay P Willy consumers It was in 1980 that FANCL was founded in Japan. The founder Kenji Ikemori simply wanted to help consumers suffering from skin problems K\ resulting from preservatives, disinfectants,
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      31 25 ■m Web designers. Web and internet conceptualisers. The world's richest men. They all had the same starting point in front of a computer. You too can make it big in cyberworld.
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  • SEEFOOD
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      Winter's gift
      480 27  -  Pauline D Loh cewine from Canada sparkles by pauline(ffnewstoday.com.sg The delicate bouquet of peaches, apricots and lychee flirts with the nose even before the first taste. The amber ambrosia swirls in its glass and leaves traces of molten gold. The first sip explodes on the tongue like an
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      Meal bonding and music
      397 27 in the season of peace goodwill Some people party well, having mastered the art of balancing cocktail glass and finger food plate. They have also developed an immunity to loud music and an affinity for small talk with total strangers. Most of all, the female of
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      Ham it up!
      269 28  -  Pauline D Loh by pauline@newstoday.com.sg Instead of turkey, which can be a major hassle to cook, choose a cooked ham for Christmas. You can buy really nice pieces at the major supermarkets. I chose a Blackforest ham from Carrefour which cost me about $20. The pineapple chutney
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      Go green, go sunny
      174 28 ASPARAGUS SUNNY-SIDE UP Ingredients: 1 kilo asparagus (fat ones preferably, not the tiny Thai ones) Six quails eggs 2 strips streaky bacon 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1 tablespoon canola oil Method: Trim woody ends off the asparagus, wash and steam for 10
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      Golden take on a traditional favourite
      150 28 This is an adaptation of the traditional favourite. Instead of using just potatoes, add sweet potatoes to the mash. The orange tuber has loads of beta-carotene, which is good for you. Use chicken stock to moisten the mash instead of butter, a tasty alternative
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      X'mas Shopping List
      150 28 Deli section: 1 ready rolled honey baked Ham Cheeses Brie, Cambozola, Stilton, Cheddar Manoucher bread (Lebanese flat bread from Canada) get the sesame and the garlic or olive and herb. Simply cut into fingers and warm it in the toaster. Pine nuts. 1 packet streaky bacon Dairy
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      Festive nosh
      160 28 SANGRIA Ingredients: A bottle of red wine (Zinfandel is good) Peel and juice of one orange, lime, lemon 1 stick cinnamon, three cloves, washed 1 litre pink grapefruit juice 1 litre plain club soda Maple syrup to sweeten A handful of dried cranberries Method: Squeeze the citrus juice
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  • TECH NEWS
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      Lower your costs and up efficiency
      602 29  -  Sol Solomon Software maker tries to bring these benefits to firms by solomon@newstoday.com.sg BETTING that in future, firms will use Internet portals to spread business information to their staff, as well as provide them with enterprise applications and access to business-to-business (B2B) exchanges, Oracle
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      Slow local printer sales but good news for region
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      Cobalt under the Sun
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      Lock icon Lakers just sneak home
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      Webber powers Kings to a win overtired Nets
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      Lock icon Upbeat despite its own goal
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      Lock icon Valencia back at the top
      871 35 But Cuper's men have to work hard for victory Spanish League Valencia 2 Malaga 0 MADRID Goals from giant Norwegian striker John Carew and midfielder Ruben Baraja gave Valencia a 2-0 win over Malaga on Sunday, reported Soccernet.com. The win saw it return to the
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      Lock icon Australia so close to win
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      Lock icon What now, Man Utd?
      627 38  -  Leonard Thomas Club may well be losing its lustre by leonard@newstoday.com.sg THE dust is only just beginning to settle. That's the way it is in Man Utd v Liverpool clashes. Fans of the Anfield club are still revelling in their team's victory over the "Auld Enemy",
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      Lam hopes for Japanese windfall
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