Today, 7 June 2003

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  • 1114 1  -  Val Chua Jasmine Yin Massive Sars donation drive raises some questions by and val newsto day. com. sg ON April 11, The Courage Fund was born. It was a well-intentioned fund borne out of the crisis called Sars, in honour of healthcare workers fighting the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • NEWS
    • 295 2  -  Tan Hui Leng THE last few weeks had seen a cross-border spat of sorts when Malaysian health officials pointed fingers at Singapore for its seemingly lax Sars-screening procedures at land checkpoints. And on Thursday, Malaysia even rejected Singapore's suggestion that officials
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    • 420 2  -  Francis Kan Free trade pact may make Republic more vulnerable, don warns by francis@newstoday.com.sg WHILE Singapore's free trade agreement with the US has been hailed as a panacea for the local economy's ills, the landmark pact may also increase the Republic's vulnerability, according to SMU
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    • 75 2 PM's aides now and then ALVIN TOE It was a happy reunion of the Prime Minister's press secretaries past and present at the sidelines in the Istana on Friday. Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong, also the former press secretary to the PM, was sharing a light moment with his successor,
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    • 305 3  -  Lee Ching Wern Court hears case of masturbating patient by chingwern_newstoday.com. sb IT SEEMED a straightforward case, with a 43-year-old man charged for insulting his female doctor's modesty by masturbating during consultation. But the case of Eng Wah Wooh is turning out to be anything but straightforward. On
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    • 123 3  -  Chan Chao Peh DBS Group has finally found a chief spokesman, after the post was vacant for nearly a year. Yesterday, DBS said Ms Catherine Ong, a 22-year veteran of The Business Times, has been appointed to the post of managing director and head of
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    • 687 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Workers need to be 'on' to safeguard their rice bowls by kim@newstoday.com.sg THE prospect of painful pay cuts hangs heavily these days. But workers waiting for unionists to speak out against such measures need not hold their breath. "Nobody likes to have
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    • Article, Illustration
      326 6  -  Joy Frances Research centre to stabilise fish supplies by joy newsto day. com. sg THE Marine Aquaculture Centre was launched officially at St John's Island yesterday. The $33 million research and development facility operates under the Agrifood and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and started its pilot run about six
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    • 258 6  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaop eh@ newsto day. com. Sb TWO taxi companies ComfortDelgro and SMRT Holdings have decided to cut daily rental rebate from $10 to $7, as earnings from taxis have nearly recovered to pre-Sars levels. The two multi-modal land transport giants own
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    • 247 6 LEGO TILL 29 JUNE Garden Court City Square, Level I Raffles City Shopping Centre play orr Have a blast at Singapore's first-ever LEGO Fun Fair. Marvel at the massive LEGO sculptures and architecture in an interactive 4,000 square feet display. Requiring an incredible 3000 hours and over 1,000,000 pieces to
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    • 229 7 Novena Suites, the freehold landmark next to the Novena MRT that IV I fl\ I A speaks of all the excitement and convenience of city living. V This is city living. This is your place. no restriction on foreign ownership Next to Novena MRT, and 2 stops from Orchard MRT
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  • NEWS/HUMOUR
    • 324 8 A BRITISH High Court judge has found himself presiding over one of the most challenging cases in his career. Having to make a reasoned judgment on the true meaning of the phrase "shizzle my nizzle". The judge, Mr
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    • 719 8  -  Neil Humphreys That's the cats taken care 0f... i received a rather official letter this week. So, I thought it was my civic duty to reproduce it here Dear Mr Humphreys, I refer to the number of rather strange e-mails and public letters that have
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  • LETTERS
    • 381 10  -  Deirdre Moss I REFER to the letter, "Problem of 70,000 stray cats" (Today, June 4), from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Reference was made to culling carried out routinely by the AVA and the SPCA, to keep the
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    • 273 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming those investment-linked policies I READ your front-page report, "Unit trust blues" (Today, June 6), about the closure of unit trust funds by Invesco with grave concern, not because I invested in them but because some of my insurance policies are linked to investment
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR/CO-ORDINATED BY VAL CHUA
    • 488 12  -  Chew Sutat by news@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, we pointed out that a decisive chart breakout on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Straits Times Index (STI) would give impetus for investors to party on. Indeed, the STI roared to the 1,380 level on Monday after the
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    • 1115 12  -  David Tan Upcoming UOL divestment offers market opportunities by news@newstoday.com.sg INVESTORS saw an unusual spurt of excitement in the sluggish market last month, especially among UOB-related stocks. Trading was buoyed first by the buying spree of asset trader Oei Hong Leong in Haw Par and UIC, and
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  • BUSINESS
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      298 14 Reuters 18.1 m shares traded on the SGX in May SECURITIES volumes on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) jumped to a near four-year high last month during a surge in prices sparked by Singapore's success in bringing Sars under control, exchange data shows. Figures released by South-east Asia's biggest
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    • 202 14 Chan Chao Peh TELECOM and postal regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has rejected Sing Post's application to raise postal charges. Last August, Sing Post applied to raise its domestic charges for 20g and 40g mail, saying it needs to recover operating costs. "IDA's audit and
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    • 243 14 Lim Wei Vi SINGAPORE Airline (SIA) yesterday announced its largest global campaign ever the "SIA Fabulous Offer" with promotional rates up to half that of market prices in a bid to help reinstate confidence and bring tourists back to Singapore. SIA, along with the Singapore Hotel
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    • 330 14 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia Minority shareholders are opposing South China Holdings and South China Industries' plans to privatise their Singapore-listed unit, Wah Shing International Holdings, as the offer price of $0,065 per share is too low. "The net tangible asset per share value of Wah Shing is $0.28
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    • Market Watch
      • 100 14 SINGAPORE shares closed higher for the third straight day on Friday, lifted by conglomerates such as Keppel Corp as they tried to catch up with the broad market's gains. The bellwether Straits Times Index finished up 0.82 per cent, or 11.64 points, at 1,439.25 its best close since Nov
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      • 63 14 Im Index Value Ch hange Pts NIKKEI 225 INDEX 8785.87 128.64 1.49 HANG SENG INDEX 9694.63 55.62 0.58 ASX ALL ORDINARIES INDX 3018.10 10.10 0.34 TAIWAN: WEIGHTED INDEX 4740.45 2.11 0.05 KOREA COMPOSITE INDEX 642.38 2.11 0.33 THAI STOCKEXCHG OF THAI 418.21 2.58 0.62 JAKARTA COMPOSITE INDEX 510.69
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      • 36 14 US$ 0.5803 UK£ 0.3480 Yen 68.392 HK$ 4.5262 RM 2.2049 Euro 0.4903 Rupiah 4747.3 Baht 24.148 Peso 31.026 A$ 0.8718 Indian Rs 27.195 Won 693.87 C$ 0.7784 Yuan 4.8036 NZ$ 1.0026 NTS 20.110
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      • 21 14 Gold uss/oz 367.35 Silver uss/oi 4.5 Platinum uss/oi 665 Rubber cents/kg 181.5 Palm oil RM/tonne 1517 Brent crude uss/borrel 30.74
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      • 59 14 )y volume lune 6 Hongguo Digiland GES El-Nets Pac Cent Close 0.240 0.115 0.360 0.020 0.285 Change +0.010 +0.015 +0.025 +0.005 -0.010 +4.3 +15.0 +7.5 +33.3 -3.4 '000 62,267 50,310 43,299 30,053 27,144 FHTK Autron DatacrftUSS Citiraya Thakral 0.120 0.215 0.805 0.575 0.120 +0.005 +0.015 +0.025 +0.035
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      • 82 14 lune 6 Close Changi DBS 10.700 +0.301 Thai Prime200USS 5.800 +0.301 KepCorp 4.780 +0.201 SPH 100 18.400 +0.201 C&C 5.350 +0.151 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.700 +0.101 SPH 18.400 +0.101 UOB 12.100 +0.101 Venture 15.900 +0.101 GPBat 2.340 +0.061 iy percentage lune 6 Close Change MultiChem W*****60.050 +42.9 El-Nets
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      • 79 14 SGX BLOOMBERG lune 6 Close Change Creative 50 13.300 -0.200 SIA 200 10.500 -0.200 OUE 6.450 -0.150 ChinaAvOil 0.515 -0.100 JMH400USS 6.250 -0.100 SIA 10.500 -0.100 SBSTransit 500 1.380 -0.060 SATSvcs 1.730 -0.050 Shang Asia 2kHKS 4.950 -0.050 iy percentage lune 6 Close Changi Armstrong W*****00.020 -33.:
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    • BUSINESS/WEALTH MANAGEMENT
      • 286 16 THE next time you visit a Courts showroom, don't be surprised when the sales people greet you with a smile and say: "Come home." The company's managing director, Mr Terry O'Connor, yesterday told the media what the local retail giant is trying
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      • 338 16  -  Lee Yew Meng Here's what happens when you don't plan ahead by yewmeng_newst.oday.com.sg TWO weeks ago, we featured a retiree who, through prudent investments, amassed sufficient funds to allow him to maintain a standard of living similar to the one he had enjoyed before retirement Today, we focus
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      • 199 16 Agencies NEW YORK Oracle, the world's No. 2 software maker said on Friday that it had offered to buy rival People Soft for US$5.l billion ($B.B billion), four days after People Soft said it would acquire another rival, J.D. Edwards Co. A People Soft
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      • 211 16 AFX-Asia STANDARD Poor's said it has affirmed Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd's "BBB" rating, with a negative outlook. S&P said the rating reflects the strong support provided by Chartered's parent, govern-ment-owned Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (STPL), and its strong liquidity position. It added that
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      • 247 16 Chan Chao Peh FUND management company First State Investments has launched a fund on Monday that aims to provide a three per cent payout in each of the first three years. Called the First State Bridge, the fund is intended to provide investors with an
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 736 18 Agencies NEW YORK Even before the earlier scandals are laid to rest the trouble-ridden New York Times (A_T) is at the centre of another headline-grabbing story. It's two top men, executive editor Howell Raines and managing editor Gerald M Boyd, resigned on Thursday in the face
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    • SHORT TAKES
      • 156 18 Reuters The judge assigned to handle lifestyle-guru Martha Stewart's (picture) obstruction of justice case, attended the same exclusive women's liberal arts college as the style-setting maven. Both women are graduates of New York City's elite Barnard College, whose motto is "In Pursuit of
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      • 110 18 Reuters UN arms inspectors from the past and present have lent their voices to growing doubts about the United States and Britain's allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Former chief UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter called on Washington and London to admit
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      • 114 18 A man has been detained for making threats on a domestic flight in Australia. He had allegedly told a fellow passenger that "this is Bush's plane and it's going down". Passenger Rob Martin told reporters that the man, who was arrested on Thursday as
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      • 202 18 Reuters US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan (picture) could have ended up as a jazz musician, playing alongside the likes of saxophonist Stan Getz, or a professional baseball player, if he hadn't been drawn to the world of finance. On Thursday, Mr Greenspan showed his
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1275 19  -  Irene Ng by news_newst.oday.com.sg YOU might have Sars. I was not sure if that was exactly what the doctor said, but that was what I heard. Or it could be dengue, he continued. Dengue! What happy news. I could have dengue, not Sars! I liked the
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  • HUMOUR
    • 743 20  -  Dave Barry SUMMER vacation season is here and if you have children, you know what that means! It's time to put them up for adoption. No, sorry. I mean it's time to start planning your family summer vacation. This is your chance to escape "the
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    • Article, Illustration
      678 21  -  Yong Shu Chiang After a run of mediocre movies,Travolta's set to sizzle, physique and all by in Baltimore shuchiang@newstoday.com. sb John Travolta is getting women all hot and bothered again. While promoting his latest film Basic, he's been getting compliments and saucy ments from the ladies about
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    • 106 21 GET ready for a rock marathon. Hard Rock Cafe is celebrating its 13th anniversary with a 13-hour concert at its premises on Saturday. The event will feature 13 homegrown bands including Bushmen, Big Red Moment, Fishtank, Disco Biscuit, The Stoned Revivals and Westside. Performances begin
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    • 65 21 WEEKEND ARTS FEST SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Adishakti Theatre Company Brhannala DBS Arts Centre, Bpm ($22 to $42) The Builder's Association/ moti roti Alladeen Victoria Theatre, Bpm ($22 to $52) Alladeen also plays on Sunday, June 8, at the same time. For tickets, visit Sistic at www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348 5555.Tickets
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  • WATZUP?
    • FAMILY
      • 238 22 GENEALOGY has long been considered a grown-up endeavour. Yet, children are often eager to learn about their ancestry. Why not incite their enthusiasm by introducing them early to the fun of family history. Just remember to keep the process exciting. Below are simple ways to make genealogy
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      • 231 22  -  Jasmine Yin by jasmineyin_newst.oday.com.sg THE Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) has a tricky task on its hands: It wants to help improve relationships between parents and teenage children, when their adolescent angst is in full glory. Organised annually by the MCDS, National Family
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    • A Father's Day Special
      • 326 23 Father's Day is celebrated every year around the world on the third Sunday of June. Just what exactly makes the most important man in our life so special? These people share with us on how and why their fathers inspire. Being a single parent, my father was a
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    • HEALTH
      • 540 24  -  Lynette Leong by news_newst.oday.com.sg LIKE many health-con-scious professionals, Pauline Leong, 30, has been drinking a bottle of cultured milk every day for the past two years. The sales executive told Today: "I felt less bloated after meals and my bowel movements are more regular.
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      • 90 24 INULIN, which is derived from chicory by a process similar to that used to extract sugar from sugar beets, helps to stimulate the growth of friendly intestinal bacteria. It functions by increasing the bio-availability of minerals, particularly calcium, through its fermentation of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria in the
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    • EPICURE/EATOUT
      • 389 26  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg CHARDONNAY, the "IT" wine for most of the late 90s and early 2000s, is made by many countries in a vast range of contrasting styles. In recent years, the oak-dominated, fleshy, tropi-cal-fruit driven versions out of California and Australia have been on the ascendancy.
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      • 474 26  -  Sophie Pritehard George Jacobs Wu Liang Shou plays a part in increasing life expectancy WHERE: Wu Liang Shou Healthy Vegetarian Restaurant 142 Sims Avenue (between Lorong 17 and 19) TELEPHPONE: 6744 7890 EMAlLjohnctc® hotmail.com GETTING THERE: A short walk from Aljunied MRT station by and eatout@newstoday.com.sg
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    • MAGGI HOMECHEF
      • 277 31  -  Pauline D Loh Beancurd shaped like a pipa and then steamed is food for the beautiful by pauline@newstoday.com.sg SILKY soft beancurd steamed with eggwhite and then gently poached again in a chicken broth with vegetables that sounds like healthy eating by any count. And if it
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      • 201 31 The vegetarian option THE RECIPE today is easy to adapt to a fully vegetarian dish. All you have to do is to skip the fish paste in the doufu mixture and if you are vegan, drop the egg white. Substitute that for one teaspoon cornflour added to the
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 624 32  -  Derrick A Paulo by in Los Angeles derrick@newstoday.com.sg CRITICS across the globe are hailing Finding Nemo as a gem of a film. I'm willing to wager it'll be the first animated feature since Beauty and the Beast (1991) to be nominated for a Best
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      • 347 32  -  David Ngiau but Phone Booth still intriguing by david@newstoday.com.sg WITH its high-concept idea and cheap lowbrow thrills, Phone Booth is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film, though it's not quite there. Expect briskly-paced entertainment over 80 minutes and the draw of watching Colin Farrell (picture) sweat Phone
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      • ROUND-UP
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          590 34 Finding Nemo: Pixar's latest animated film is about a clown fish who searches the seven seas for his son Nemo. Gorgeous animation, and I'll bet that it will be nominated for a best picture Oscar (not just the animated film award).- Derrick Paulo The Animatrix:A collection of nine anime
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    • INSIDE OUT
      • 489 36  -  Merlissa Yeo Never underestimate what a neutral canvas of basic colours can do for your home by news@news today, com. sg have to compromise on their favourite furniture pieces, which amount to $3,000. This includes a plush couch and a lovely, vertically-striped day bed in a theatrical
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      • 614 37 Shoddy substitutes can ruin the best designs YOU have found the ideal decor for your home, now it's time to choose the materials. Before you decide to go for the least expensive items, consider this: Cut corner on the quality of the materials used and it
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      • 469 38  -  Wang Chu Qiao Dark tones of teak and oak give a sense of layered depths by news@newstoday.com.sg FOR an indulgent budget of $55,000, the loving details that went into every nook and cranny in this five-room resale flat in Jurong East is discernible in every corner
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    • DRIVE
      • 178 46 BEING the pillion rider on a motorcycle or scooter usually means hanging on and waiting for the journey to be over before a proper conversation can be held with the person holding the handlebars. This was obviously not good enough for the Italians, who
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      • 119 46 PEOPLE are safer drivers when they have more power at their disposal. This is what Mr Wolfgang Huppenbauer, managing director of DaimlerChrysler South-east Asia, Singapore Operations, believes. "You are more relaxed behind the wheel of a powerful car and driving becomes less stressful," he told Today.
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      • Article, Illustration
        435 46  -  Colin Yong runky M^^ecle^^ffl^HPSWpege.s a powerful new engine by colin@newstoday.com.sg Sports Coupe, the engine is the highlight of the car. It produces just sbhp less than the old 2.3-litre Kompressor unit and is so much more cultured in its power delivery. It does not disappoint against the stopwatch,
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      • 64 46 UPS Distinctive styling Smooth and powerful engine Surprisingly spacious inside DOWNS Heavy steering at low speeds Poor rear visibility Agent: Cycle Carriage Price.To be announced Engine Type: 1,796 cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 192bhpat5,500rpm Maximum torque: 260Nm at 3,500-4,ooorpm Gearbox: Five-speed automatic Performance
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      • 525 47  -  Colin Yong Driving up north? Here's how to do it safely DRIVING to Malaysia or even Thailand can be fun for the family but it pays to perform some simple chores beforehand, to ensure that your car runs well throughout the journey. Proper preparation starts a few days
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      • 83 47 IF YOU are going to be in Malaysia next weekend, a good diversion for those who are keen drivers would be to attend a track day at the Sepang FI Circuit. The Singapore-based Traction Circle Club, which specialises in putting together track days, is organising an event at
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      • 113 47 ALL the thrills of racing on a track without leaving Singapore, even for children under 10 years old this is what a local travel agency hopes will draw people to Kart World in Jurong for some high-octane fun during the school holidays. Hong Thai Travel is organising go-kart
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      • 375 47 WHAT'S new and how in the showrooms this month: Alfa 147 GTA Squeezing a 250bhp 3.2-litre engine beneath the bonnet of the svelte Alfa 147 has created a hot hatchback, although it does not have four-wheel drive. Four have already found homes here, at a price of
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    • 82 24 The only cultured milk drink with Prebiotics Vitagen is the only cultured milk drink with prebiotics. Prebiotics are special dietary fibre which promote the growth of probiotic cultures. 'B Cultured Milk D 1"'" Vitagen has more than 10 billion probiotic cultures in each bottle. Probiotic cultures are friendly bacteria which
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