Today, 14 June 2003

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  • 8 1 weekendTODAY June 14 -15 2003 MITA (p) 009/03/2003
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  • 75 1 Reuters photos US President George W Bush falls off a Segway personal transporter, which is designed to be difficult to fall from or knock over. The feat took place on the front driveway of his parents' summer home on Thursday in Kennebunkport, Maine. Mr Bush escaped injury
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    128 1 -AFP photo She thought of writing a nova and almost ended up wounding Thailand's tourism industry. So Leong Ying (picture), a Hong Kong freelance journalist who claimed she was gang raped by a Thai tuk tuk driver and three other men in Bangkok, now faces up to five
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  • 842 1  -  Grace Tay by grace@newstoday.com.sg BANKS are hiring again but economics and psychology student Jessie Lim is slowly realising that she is not on the top of their "most wanted" list AJVin Tan will soon be a proud degree-holder. But after scanning job advertisements meticulously, the
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  • NEWS
    • 384 2  -  Lee Yew Meng j_ i Spurt in GK Goh share volume fuels speculation of merger with OCBC Sec by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg A SUDDEN burst of activity in the stock of GK Goh Holdings on Friday has set the market abuzz. The stock hit a 52-week high of 80.5 cents
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    • 84 3 Reuters photo A woman tending to the body of garment factory worker Yoeum Ry, who was shot dead during a riot in the Cambodian capital ofPhnom Penh on Friday. According to Red Cross and human rights workers, he was one of two people killed.
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    • 642 3  -  Joy Frances Airline acts to cut its wage bill: Sources by j oy@newsto day, com. sg IT IS no secret that Singapore Airlines is looking at trimming its huge wage bill to cope with the financial losses the company has incurred as a result of 911, the
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    • 388 3  -  Derrick A Paulo THE age-old trade statistics dispute between Singapore and Indonesia is being given another public airing. It all began on Tuesday, when two Indonesian government officials went public with complaints that Singapore was holding back data on trade between the two countries. Indonesian
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    • 436 4  -  Joy Frances Rhino horn exhibition irks conservationists by joy@newstoday.com.sg CALL it the horns of paradox. The strangeness of the Asian Civilisations Museum's (ACM's) exhibition Craving for Carvings isn't in the 46 exquisitely-carved rhinoceros horn vessels on display. Rather, in an alcove at the rear of the antique
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    • 130 4 AFP HONG KONG A Singaporean woman has been extradited from Hong Kong to the United States to stand trial for alleged smuggling of pirated computer software and money laundering, the government said yesterday. The 30-year-old woman was allegedly involved in the smuggling
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 276 6  -  Chan Chao Peh b3 chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg NOKIA, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has launched a new handset that allows users to "roam" seamlessly to practically anywhere in the world. Currently, most Asian countries use GSM net- works.
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    • 302 6  -  Joy Frances Woman gets share of late father-in-law's estate by j oy@newstoday. com.sg SEVEN years after winning her suit against her former Indonesian husband and mother-in-law, an Englishwoman has been awarded more than $2.3 million. Mrs Jane Rebecca Ong won her suit in Singapore against Mr Ong
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  • HUMOUR
    • 771 8  -  Neil Humphreys If you want real value for your money I'VE never considered employing a maid. Apart from anything else, the humidity forces me to walk around the apartment in nothing but a pair of airy boxer shorts. And the heat makes me scratch a certain
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    • 719 20  -  Dave Barry EVERY day, hundreds of ordinary Americans people like you, but imaginary ask me "Dave, are you running for President again?" This is a difficult question and I will not be able to answer it till I have done a great deal of
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    • Article, Illustration
      9 20 SyeD SUReSH Hon; to get Changi Airport buzzing again
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    • 847 22  -  Elisa Chia Ang Lee has no problems with directing Hulk, but frets over the marketing campaign by: 1 in Los Angeles elisa@newstoday.com.sg THESE days, director Ang Lee (picture, above) is seeing a lot of green. But that is making him see red, too. As his
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  • LETTERS
    • 135 10 SARS has affected our lives and given rise to questions about the illness and its impact on our legal rights and liabilities. With the support of TODAY, The Law Society of Singapore will offer legal advice on law-related queries resulting from Sars in a column called
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    • 351 10  -  Timothy Lin Zhiliang Suggestions from JC student I REFER to the report, "The big bang in education" (Today, June 12). As a junior college student who has gone through almost 12 years in the education system, I wish to propose some suggestions of my own
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    • 156 10  -  Tan Kin Lian LAST year, in my published letter in Today, I had suggested a balloting system to distribute the popular National Day tickets. If I remember correctly, the suggestion was dismissed at that time. I am glad that it has been taken up by this
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    • 105 11 Don't let any scum get into your home! iN F7nll I l^>\. Spring* V«*J I B "L 4AT 1 VL -vat 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness', they say. And thank goodness some of us were paying MM Xjjf SfiSv% attention. That's why we created Kiwi Kleen Anti-Bacterial multi-purpose cleaner. It's
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR/ CO-ORDI TED
    • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY...
      • 95 12 Elec Eltek Market Perform OCBC Investment Research THE recent run-up in the stock has given investors an opportunity to take profit, as its second-half results are likely to be impacted negatively by Sars. Utilisation did not pick up from the first half's 70 to 75 per cent as expected, but
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      • 91 12  -  GK Goh Research SIA is studying the idea of starting a budget carrier as an alternative to the option of transforming Silk Air into a low-cost carrier. A decision will be made by the year-end.The current deflationary environment may lead to more passengers demanding lower fares. It may
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      • 142 12  - SGX Market Perform OCBC Investment Research THE SGX has risen sharply in recent weeks, reflecting heavy trading volume on the local bourse.The volume on the local market has surged from an average of 3 18 million shares per day from January to April this year to about 907 million in
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    • 616 12  -  David Tan THE UOB SAGA-PART II by news@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, I suggested ways in which subsidiary United Overseas Land (UOL) could be divested by the UOB Group. Responding to my article, one caller said the importance of UOL with respect to the the UOB Group's
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    • 542 12  - For now book profits Chew Sutat Market Watch by i news@newstoday.com.sg THE Straits Times Index (STI) reached the top of our anticipated resistance zone at 1,460 to 1,480 late on Thursday, on the back of continual index futures related arbitrage buying, after having a pause for breath from Monday to
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  • BUSINESS
    • Market Watch
      • 93 13 AFX-Asia SHARE prices closed off earlier lows as late bargain-hunting in select blue chips clipped earlier profit-taking losses. The STI closed down 0.11 points at 1,479. Decliners outnumbered gainers 225 to 98 with 247 stocks unchanged. NOL finished flat at $1.50, off an earlier high of $1.54, after the
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      • 57 13 June 13 BieadTalk Chattered Benefun 20k Pac Cent DatacrftUSS Tat Hong UniFood Hongguo WizOffice PFood Close 0.325 0.960 0.015 0.275 0.925 0.270 0.430 0.240 0.075 0.915 Change -0.020 -0.010 -0.015 -0.020 +0.015 -0.005 +0.015 +0.010 -2.0 -3.5 -1.6 -6.9 +3.6 -2.0 +25.0 +1.1 '000 94,567 32,669 25,160
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      • 21 13 Gold uss/oz 354.45 Silver uss/oz 4.51 Platinum uss/oz 652.5 Rubber centsAg 179.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1522.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.51
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      • 82 13 )y$ lune 13 Close Change tentuie 16.300 +0.300 iukitSem 12.400 +0.200 »PH 100 18.600 +0.200 rhai Prime200USS 6.100 +0.200 .eaview 6.250 +0.150 SeneMedix 0.570 +0.100 »IA 200 10.900 +0.100 iPH 18.600 +0.100 JOB 12.700 +0.100 :lipsal 2.370 +0.070 By percentage June 13 Close Changi Koh Bios 0.150
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      • 78 13 lune 13 Creative 50 jieatEast DUE (obinson ilet USS iTIETFlOO \PB Bieweiies :&c :&N iKLand USS Close Change 13.400 -0.200 9.400 -0.200 6.950 -0.200 6.100 -0.200 1.880 -0.090 15.000 -0.080 5.300 -0.050 5.250 -0.050 8.700 -0.050 1.290 -0.050 lune 13 Close Changi ingWah 0.175 -18.1 iotol 0.115
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      • 60 13 Index Value lange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries raiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbai 8980.64 9855.64 3053.40 4881.90 665.24 427.97 510.48 1191.06 222.84 3354.14 Pis 62.04 118.80 3.20 3.47 7.29 -3.76 8.67 22.31 1.66 16.84 0.70 I 1.22 I O.ll 0.07
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      • 36 13 USS 0.5768 UK£ 0.3447 Yen 67.8700 HK$ 4.4984 RM 2.1902 Euro 0.49 Rupiah 4743.9151 Baht 24.0084 Peso 30.9263 A$ 0.8676 Indian Rs 26.9639 Won 687.4784 C$ 0.7767 Yuan 4.7740 NZ$ 0.9954 NTS 19.9810
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    • 152 13 Bloomberg Jobless rate may exceed 5.5% SINGAPORE'S jobless rate may exceed the target rate of 5.5 per cent this year if Sars has a lingering impact on the economy, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said. "Even before the full impact of Sars is felt, the labour market has
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    • 78 13 I AFX-Asia CITY Developments will launch Phase 2 of its Savannah CondoPark residential project this weekend at Simei Street 1. With an average price of $470psf, 150 units of three and four-bedroom apartments will be up for sale. About 90 per cent of the 153 units launched
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    • 158 13 AFX-Asia Bloomberg Bloomberg AFX-Asia BREADTALK GROUP closed at a high of 32.5 cents on its trading debut yesterday, against its initial public offer price of 24 cents, grabbing the bulk of market turnover. RADIANCE ELECTRONICS, a contract manufacturer for the satellite communications and computer peripherals industries, plans to
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    • 420 14  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg WHILE many families are downgrading, Edwin Tan (not his real name) and his wife have recently upgraded from a five-room to a HDB executive flat. They bought the executive maisonette flat at below its valuation price of $420,000.
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    • 148 14 Bloomberg BANK Danamon Indonesia's shares rose 17 per cent after Deutsche Bank and Singapore Government's Temasek Holdings signed an accord to pay Indonesia 3.08 trillion rupiah ($650 million) tor a bl per cent stake in the lender. The bank's shares rose to 1,525. Temasek and Germany's largest
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    • 350 14 Bloomberg US hedge funds want better Asia Pulp deal OAKTREE Capital Management and Gramercy Advisors, two US hedge funds with more than US$7 billion ($12.2 billion) of distressed assets, said they would not go along with a proposed debt repayment plan for Asia's biggest defaulter. Asia Pulp Paper
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    • 209 14 AFX-Asia News that Singapore Airlines is evaluating the possibility of establishing a low-cost airline barely affected the stock yesterday. Mild profit-taking after recent gains saw it go down $0.10 to $10.80 in early morning trading. Later, it briefly hit a high
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  • WORLD
    • 579 16 100 of Suu Kyi supporters reportedly killed in attack on her motorcade ON May 30, a mob armed with sharpened bamboo stakes and metal pipes, attacked a motorcade carrying Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel Peace Prize winner's motorcade had been forced to
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 93 16 Reuters British comedian could face criminal charges over the death of a "sensitive" shark after he jumped nude into a tank at an aquarium, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday. The 12-year-old smooth hound shark which measured 0.91 metres died two days after Guy Venables jumped into its
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      • 87 16 AFP Bolts holding the external fuel tank to the rocket boosters may endanger the three remaining space shuttles, should they be flown, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board said on Thursday. Pieces of broken bolts that release the external fuel tank from the rocket after lift-off could damage the orbiter.
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      • 74 16 Reuters Police removed explosives from an Alitalia plane in eastern Italy after receiving a tip-off, an airport source said. Passengers had not yet boarded the 42-seater plane at Ancona airport on Thursday when a small package of explosives was found under one of the seats. The source said the
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      • 53 16 -AFP Malaysia will start calling up 1 8-year-olds of both sexes next year for compulsory national service, the government announced on Friday. Defence Minister Najib Razak told a news conference that anyone refusing the three-month call-up could be fined up to 3,000 ringgit ($1,363) or jailed for six
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 988 18  -  Dharmendra Yadav Time to review rules of admission into legal profession here by news@newstoday.com.sg WITH more universities entering the Singapore scene and the expansion of the ones already here, there may be an opportunity for Singapore to produce more law graduates. In the light of Singapore's free
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  • WATZUP?
    • A Father's Day Special
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        17 23 When it comes to their big day, these fathers reveal their wish list I..
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        120 23 Edmund Chen, MediaCorp artiste -Vernon A, Perfect 10 98.7 FM Jive Drive host Good grades from my kids, especially my son who is taking his PSLE this A hand-made card would d 0... nothing big,thanks. -Richard Lai, 41, engineer A Braun shayer wou d be njce Inol lim TR
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      • 502 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg IN SPACE, no one can hear you scream. Long and loud you may screech and bawl until you see stars, but the actors in The Necessary Stage's latest production a play about the search for meaning seem trapped in a vacuum. The
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    • HEALTH
      • 595 26  -  Lynette Leong by news@newstoday.com.sg LIKE it or not, sugars are found in all kinds of food. They are found naturally in milk, fruits and some vegetables. They are also added while processing or preparing food. Unfortunately, our body cannot tell the difference between naturally-occurring and
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    • MAGGI® HOMECHEF
      • 276 27  -  Pauline D Loh Get the children to help cook this delicious hot pot just for Dad IT'S easy to simply go out and have a meal on Father's Day tomorrow, but think how much more delighted the head of the household will be when he knows
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      • Article, Illustration
        155 27 WINNING LETTER: I would like to compliment you on the wide range of good recipes published every fortnightly. And, here is my question: I have a six-year-old daughter. My problem is she refuses to eat any type of leafy vegetables. I have tried various ways of cooking but she
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      • 182 27 STOCK granules are such a boon for the home chef. They whip up instant stock when you don't have meat in the house, and added to a stew, create an instant bouquet of flavours for a rich, satisfying meal. I usually buy one or two bottles of
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      • 209 27 Mnwi... ivii/^t bo m& and W\k&C7\. Ingredients: (Serves Dad and family) 1 1/2 teaspoon MAGGI® Chicken Stock Granules 1 teaspoon dark soya sauce 3 chicken legs, boned, or 500gm chicken breast, skinned 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into chunks 1 large brown onion, peeled and
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    • EPICURE
      • 389 30  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg STILL in a quandary over what to get for your father/husband on Father's Day? Look no further than a bottle of top-grade wine. You can pick up a dry red or white wine, but champagnes and fortified wines like Port make
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      • 403 30  -  George Jacobs l j_/-^\ J_ .1 Sophie Pritchard To put balance back in our lives by and eatout@newstoday.com.sg AS MODERN science works around the clock to find cures for Sars and other illnesses, some people are turning back the clock 5,000 years in search of more ways
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    • EAT OUT
      • 565 31  -  Katrina Karim The secret is to simmer long-grain rice, young chicken by eatout@newstoday.com.sg TONG Chiang has been well known for its tingkat (multitiered food containers) delivery services. In December last year, it opened Singapore's first and only airconditioned claypot restaurant in Race Course Road. The owner,
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      • 352 31  -  Gurmeet Singh uy eatout@newstoday.com.sg MARK July 20 on the calendar for an outing filled with food and festivities at the Central Singapore Food and Heritage Trail. Organised by the Central Singapore Community Development Council, this year's event returns with the theme of Racial Harmony. The organisers
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      • 276 31  -  Katrina Karim by eatout@newstoday.com.sg FROM June 19 to July 12, Heineken will be hosting Singapore's first Finger Food Festival at four Heineken Starbars. Customers of Bisous Bar, Harry's Bar, The Provignage and Ocho Spanish Tapas Bar will enjoy an array of complimentary international finger food
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      • 435 32  -  Angela Lim Sera Bel recommends a spread of Korean delights to complement ice cold beer by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THE Sera Bel Korean Restaurant is one of the establishments participating in the Tiger Gourmet Passport promotion, which aims to encourage Singaporeans to pair beer with various types of
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      • 534 32  -  Justine Moss Shoki's special menu presents culinary gems to be enjoyed with a glass of beer by eatout@newstoday.com.sg IT AMAZES me what culinary treasures one can find hidden away in the many shopping centres in Singapore. One gem I discovered tucked away at Orchard Plaza is a Japanese
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 897 34 Reuters/, LOS ANGELES Gregory Peck (picture, right), who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and was nominated for an Oscar four times, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 87. Peck, who embodied decency
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      • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
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          195 36 Finding Nemo: Pixar's latest animated film, about a clown fish who searches the seven seas for his son Nemo, is a "must-sea". A sure bet for a best picture Oscar nominated (not just the animated film award).- Derrick Paulo Bowling for Columbine: Michael Moore argues that the increasing violence
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          292 36 Agent Cody Banks: High schooler Cody (Frankie Muniz) is a secret CI A agent, activated to save the world by winning the heart of a girl (Hillary Duff)! An appealing 2 boy's fantasy premise, wasted on a trite script.Your kids deserve better.- DN Bruce Almighty: God gives whiny
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    • SHOW FLAT
      • 509 37  -  Cindy Tong Enjoy contemporary city living amid lush, tropical settings by news@newstoday.com.sg IF you consider yourself a yuppie with a penchant for high living, you may want to consider making Novena Suites your home. Just two weeks into its official launch, the response for this condominium
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      • Article, Illustration
        39 37 Where: Moulmein Road. Developer: United Overseas Land. Average price: 850 psf. Tenure: Freehold. Amenities: Swimming pool, gymnasium, function room, changing/shower rooms and steam-room, water features at selected areas, bamboo garden, rainforest shower, children's play area, barbecue area.
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    • INSIDE OUT
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        403 38  -  Wang Chu Qiao and bright tricks with splashes of bold colours by news@newstoday.com.sg GIVEN the strict instruction to create space (or at least the illusion of space) using glass and a play on light, the designers at La Bonne Vie Design and Contracts faced the daunting task of
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      • 689 39 Don't discount tiling and plastering if you want that flawless finish WET works is industry jargon for construction jobs that make use of water. In home renovation, the term mostly applies to tiling and plastering floors and walls. Plastering is the smoothening of surfaces before they
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    • DRIVE
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        483 46  -  Edric Pan Get sports car dynamics and limo luxury in one package by news@newstoday.com.sg THE styling of BMW's new 5 series is an unusual blend of menace and elegance. Subtle concave sculpting of the car's flanks, bonnet and shoulder line give the shape definition, while the squat stance
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      • 348 47  -  Colin Yong PROOF (if it was ever needed) that precision driving requires more skill than power was provided at the Sepang FI Circuit last weekend. Relatively low-powered Mazda MX-5 convertibles secured the top three spots in the motorkhana challenge a competition that tests driving skills and
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  • 493 51  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Beset by problems, Johor-based Arowanas are hoping for more sunshine from now by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE problems at Northside Arowanas show little sign of abating. First, Sars prevented the Johor-based Arowanas from starting its NTUC Fair Price Super League (NSL) campaign on schedule. Then,
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  • 131 51  -  Tan Wee Boon THE girls swept to victory in the 2003 Youth Challenge bowling tournament, with Valeric Teo (picture) and Michelle Kwang occupying first and second place respectively after Friday's finals at Victor's Superbowl. Mr Richard Tan, chief operating officer of the Singapore Sports Council, presented national
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  • 333 51 -AFP I NBA Finals 2003 Nets v Spurs (series tied at 2-2) Live, Saturday, 8.30 am, Ch23 EAST RUTHERFORD A stinging rebuke of San Antonio guard Tony Parker by team-mate David Robinson has shown how fragile the Spurs' National Basketball Association title hopes have
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    • 171 52 -AFP WELLINGTON All Blacks skipper Reuben Thorne believes the flyhalf battle will decide the titanic rugby Test match between New Zealand and England here Saturday. "Whoever comes out on top will play a major role in the success of their side," Thorne said, when asked to size
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    • 451 54 Veteran defies his age to top the leaderboard after first round OLYMPIA FIELDS Former champion Tom Watson rolled back the years at Olympia Fields Country Club on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), charging to the top of the US Open leaderboard with an inspired opening round of
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    • 155 54 Reuters OLYMPIA FIELD US Open joint-leader Brett Quigley announced himself to the golfing world on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), but the American journeyman was more concerned with first becoming a household name in his own family. Quigley, the 33-year-old who had missed the cut on
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    • 340 54  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS disappointed after Singapore's disastrous showing at the Tiger Cup last December. At the age of 29, Woodlands Wellington and national midfielder Goh Tat Chuan knows that time is running out for him to make a mark in Singapore
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    • 199 54  -  Stanley Ho THERE seems no stopping the Singapore national under-18 team juggernaut. On Friday, it eased past Laos 3-1 in Group A of the inaugural Asean Football Federation (AFF) Youth Under-18 Championship in Yangon. The Cubs went three up through goals from Khairul Amri, Mohd Shaiful
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    • 145 54  -  Tan Yo-Hinn HOW SAFFC missed a commanding presence at the heart of its defence. At the Bedok Stadium on Friday, the defending NTUC Income S-League champion went down tamely 3-0 to Geylang United. The arrival of ex-Wrexham defender Daniel Bennett cannot come soon enough for SAFFC. The Eagles
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    • 708 55  -  Lan De Cotta It does not get any better than a duel between Finnish ice, Latin fire and Schumi FAJNSof Kimi Raikkonen will be hoping he reasserts himself. Michael Schumacher's camp will be confident he can finally wrest the championship lead. And Juan Pablo
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