Today, 14 May 2005

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    15 1 weekendTODAY May 14 -15 2005 mica(P) 105/07/2004 /AeojjsjCorp incorporating iJIFCmS we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    WHAT'S NEXT FOR GLAZER UNITED?
    973 1 LONDON Manchester United are the most popular football club on the planet From Singapore to south London, there isn't a sporting institution that can compete with the Red Devils' global appeal or boast a more positive bank balance. But the spectre of uncertainty hangs over
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      FANS UP IN ARMS
      110 2 MANY Manchester United supporters oppose the deal, saying Malcolm Glazer has to borrow so much money to finance the takeover that he will burden the currently financially liquid club with debt, meaning higher ticket prices and less spending on players. Five fans were arrested on Thursday
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      Lock icon Shrewd and tough, Glazer's a winner
      829 3 AFP GLAZER GLOSSARY 1928 Born Rochester, New York, into an Orthodox Jewish family that migrated to the United States from Lithuania. 1943 At the age of 1 5, following the death of his father Abraham, Glazer took over the family watch-parts shop. He was
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Better-off to bear burden of fare hike
      537 4  -  Christie Loh Proposal may mean no increase for some: SMRT christie@newstoday.com.sg THE controversial proposed fare hike will not hit everyone equally. Eight of 10 MRT commuters using the EzLink card would see either no change or, at most, a 1-cent rise in fares,
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      SMRT CHIEF WANTS TAXI-FARE HIKE TOO
      219 4 THE dust has barely settled on the storm over the fare hike proposal for the MRT and buses, but it looks like a new controversy may already be brewing. SMRT chief Saw Phaik Hwa yesterday said that taxi fares need to go up. She
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      COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY RECOMMENDATIONS
      356 6 Charges for: Nishimatsu Construction Company (i) For failing to ensure that the temporary retaining wall was of sound construction and properly maintained and (ii) failing to ensure that C 824 worksite was safe for the persons working there. Shun Sugawara, NCC project director For facilitating the
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      Final report does not give families closure
      249 6  -  Ansley Ng IT might have taken months of investigations, but to the widow of Mr Heng Yeow Pheow, the foreman who died in the tragedy, the final report was "meaningless". In their current financial state, Madam Sally Heng, 35, said she does not
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      11 more singled out
      654 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway panel final report says tragedy avoidable feiwan@newstoday.com.sg IN a harshly worded final report to the Government, the panel set up to investigate last year's Nicoll Highway collapse censured an additional two subcontractors and nine individuals. These are besides the main contractor
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      Private schools' body for major shake-up in sector
      649 8  -  Derrick A Paulo Proposal to ensure sustainability could trim schools' numbers by half derrick@newstoday.com.sg A PROPOSAL by the Association of Private Schools (APS) is set to shake up the private education sector here, possibly trimming the more than 300 private schools now
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon MPs to raise concerns
        121 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Several MPs will be raising their concerns on the protection of young children from Internet vices when Parliament sits on Monday. MP Madam Cynthia Phua (Aljunied GRC) wants to know how the Government can protect these children from offers of sex on the Internet.
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        MM Lee in Shanghai
        65 8 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will be in Shanghai on Saturday for a four-day visit. There to address Bain and Company's global partner meeting, he will also be conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Fudan University at the Shanghai Forum. During his visit, he
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        SM Goh in Middle East
        116 8 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong is making another working visit to the Middle East from Saturday. In his visit to the United Arab Emirates from May 1 4 to 17, Mr Goh will meet with members of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai royal families, ministers
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      IBN seeks venture capitalists for a molecular diagnostics firm
      326 8  -  Taw Hut Leng THE Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is looking for venture capitalists for a yet-to-be-named company that will deal in molecular diagnostics. The IBN's executive director Prof Jackie Ying revealed the spin-off at the institute's official opening yesterday
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      Lock icon Speak good English, Iah
      466 10  -  Tor Ching Li Singlish may be popular, but good English still necessary: PM Lee chingli@newsto day, com. sg SINGAPORE celebrities, such as television persona Phua Chu Kang and singersongwriter Dick Lee, may speak or write songs in Singlish. But, in reality, they can speak good English.
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      Lock icon Cobia bred off St John's Island hits local fish markets
      426 10  -  Patricia Yap SEAFOOD lovers who are fans of the firm, sweet flesh of the cobia also known as the Black King Fish can now sink their teeth into Singapore-bred cobia. A pilot project, started last year, to farm the species
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        Lock icon Diesel limousine cabs to hit the streets on Monday
        57 10 Newsßadio 93.8 Five SMRT Mercedes cabs running on diesel will hit the roads on Monday. SMRT says it's the first to introduce diesel in limousine taxis. Another 95 such cabs will be added progressively until July. This will bring the number
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        Lock icon IRs could boost property prices by 13% after 2010
        167 10 Channel News Asia Property prices in Singapore are expected to get a big boost from the integrated resorts, says investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston. It expects prices may increase between 5 and 1 0 percent a year from 2006 to
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        Lock icon $5m boost for nanotech hub
        90 10 Newsßadio 93.8 Singapore s drive to be a hub tor nanotechnology the research into minute or tiny molecules has been given a $5-million boost. A centre has been set up to provide research and development expertise to companies keen to use nanotechnology to come up
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        Lock icon Star Cruises increases outbound capacity from Singapore
        130 10 Channel News Asia Star Cruises says it will increase its Eassenger capacity out of Singapore y over 40 per cent in November to cope with the strong demand for cruise holidays here. It will relocate one of its largest ships SuperStar Gemini to
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    A hit in the west
    539 11 ™c iPECTRUm A Convergence of Life's Fulfillment More than 50% of The Spectrum units sold in the first week of its launch MODERN lifestyle meets resort living at The Spectrum. Complete with condominium facilities, this Freehold property offers homeowners the best of both worlds. From
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon 70-year-old survives after falling nine floors
        62 12 AFP. A 70-year-old woman fell nine floors from her Florida apartment balcony, but had her fall cushioned by an awning and suffered just a bruised shoulder and light injuries. The lucky pensioner said she might have been tired as she had spent the previous
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        Her son's 'goldfish' were actually piranhas
        83 12 A Russian woman had her fingers badly bitten when she tried to clean her son's fish tank, not realis- ing it was full of piranhas, reported ananova.com. She thought they were goldfish, she told doctors. But as she put her hands in to catch
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        Kindergarten teachers in sex party shocker
        65 12 Some Romanian kindergarten teachers have been caught with their pants down. They were filmed having sex parties in a nursery school, after the kids had left. The teachers, some naked, others drinking and smoking, were seen on film playing sex games wearing kids' carnival
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        Can't find a toilet? Call now!
        58 12 The world's first telephone toilet location system is to be launched in Shanghai next month, reported City Express. Users dial a special number and the system tells them the location of the nearest public toilet. In future, it will also give information about whether
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      Lock icon New role for Non-Aligned Movement
      869 12  -  Baradan Kuppusamy IPS 80-nation grouping shifts attention from politics to social issues for first time since formation news(gnewstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Most women in Afghanistan don't get a chance to grow old, Ms Massouda Jalal told the elegantly-dressed women delegates at the recent inaugural Non-Aligned Movement
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      Lock icon Unrest in Uzbekistan
      485 14 Gunmen attack key govt facilities, free 2,000 prisoners TASHKENT Tension gripped Uzbekistan after gunmen stormed key government facilities and freed more than 2,000 prisoners and a suspected suicide-bombing attempt at the Israeli embassy in the for-mer-Soviet republic's capital, Tashkent The attacks were triggered by growing anger over
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      Lock icon Reconstruction work in tsunami-hit Asia 'too slow'
      200 14 AFP WASHINGTON Rebuilding tsunami-ravaged Asia is extremely slow, the United Nations warned as global business leaders met on Thursday for the first time since the Dec 26 tragedy to devise swift reconstruction plans with governments. The one-day "private sector summit on post-tsunami rehabilitation
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Teachers sue govt for return of graphic sexual dolls
        76 14 AFP Japanese teachers and parents said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit to demand the return of graphic sexual dolls used to teach mentally-challenged students after authorities seized them as inappropriate in September 2003. The dolls with sex organs, included
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        Lock icon Wife to get compensation from impotent hubby
        71 14 AFP Stefano B, who hid the fact that he was impotent from his wife, Ms Cristina S, before they were married has been ordered by the Italian Supreme Court to pay her damages, Italian newspapers reported. The two were married without having first
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        Lock icon TV apologises to pet lovers for insensitive remarks
        82 14 AFP. A Chinese IV channel was rorced to apologise after receiving complaints from pet lovers about a programme in which a cat was thrown out of a four-storey building, state media reported. In the programme, a white cat was dropped from a
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      Lock icon China offers study, work carrot
      252 14 Agencies BEIJING Beijing said on Friday that it will make it easier for Taiwanese to study and work in China as it tries to boost public opinion on the island for unification with the mainland. Chinese universities will cut tuition for Taiwanese students to the
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      Lock icon Polio wipe-out deadline off?
      197 14 -AFP WASHINGTON A momentous campaign appears likely to miss its target deadline to drive polio from the face of the earth by the end of this year, health officials said, as the disease fought a stubborn last stand in Asia and Africa. But a "miracle" victory
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      III-designed truck bumper turns minor collision into major expense
      300 16  -  |evelynkohuanmui I I Letter from ON Thursday morning, I was travelling along Upper Thomson Road. While stopped at the traffic lights at the junction with Jalan Todak, the truck in front of me began sliding backwards. I sounded my horn, as
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      Lock icon SBS' rationale for transit fare hikes
      1055 16  -  TAMMY TAN Cost-cutting steps cannot offset needed operating expenses I Letter from Director, Corporate Communications SBS Transit SINCE SBS Transit announced on May 3 that it had applied to the Public Transit Council (PTC) for a fare revision, there have been articles, letters and
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      Lock icon Honour rites still evolving
      324 17  -  CHEN HWAI LIANG No formula for state funeral entitlement I Letter from I Press Secretary to the Prime Minister MR Leong Sze Hian (Today, May 10) and Mr Goh Choon Kang (Lianhe Zaobao, May 12) have asked why the funeral arrangements for Mr Ong Teng Cheong
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    • Letter
      Why 17% valuation disparity?
      162 17  -  I CHRISTINA PEARCE I Letter from YOUR report, "No-cash-back rule hits HDB market" (May 13) was very timely as just two days earlier, I had received the report on a valuation carried out by a valuer appointed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). It left
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      Handicap toilet conundrum
      126 17  -  VIVIANTI Letter from I agree strongly with the writer of the news comment, "Empathising with wheelchair users" (May 13). Some people will not understand the plight of wheelchair users until they experience firsthand the difficulties they face. Three years ago, my husband had to use a wheelchair
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      No explanation for 80% hike in cost of medical test
      276 18  -  |CHONGKENGGUAN I Letter from MY mother, a breast cancer patient, is required to go for a number of regular blood tests as ordered by her oncologist One of the procedures (known as the CA 15-3 test) is to determine the
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      Loss-makers in Longcheer IPO may have a way out
      271 18  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA I Letter from I REFER to your report, "Longcheer IPO breaches SGX rules" (May 13). The most recent unlucky Friday the 13th is unlikely to be forgotten quickly by successful applicants for shares in the China company Longcheer's initial
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      Lock icon Meeting a S'pore hero
      811 18  -  Neil Humphreys Spending a day with a war veteran was humbling and bladder-bursting A RED-FACED elderly chap waddled up to me and said: "Do you speak English?... Because I really need to pee." I wasn't sure how our abilities to converse in the same language would
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      Lock icon Ready to compete in 2006?
      594 20  -  Seah Siew Hua New law in January seeks to prevent price fixing, unfair market practices siewhua(gnewstoday.com.sg AT THE beginning of this month, three cinema operators Eng Wah, Golden Village and Shaw Organisation raised the prices of their movie tickets at the same time, much to
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      Lock icon NOL's Q1 profit rises 16% to $321m
      167 20 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), Asia's second-largest container shipping line after Taiwan's Evergreen Marine, reported its ninth quarterly profit increase as soaring demand from the United States for Chinese goods allowed the company to charge more for cargo. Net income in its first
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    • Article
      Longcheer slumps
      78 20 FRIDAY the 13th proved inauspicious for Chinese mobile phone design company Longcheer Holdings, as its stock plunged 27 per cent to 33.5 cents from its initial public offering price of 46 cents. The stock was the most actively-traded on Friday, with 80.8 million shares changing hands. Longcheer's stock
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        59 20 ndex Value jiange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 11,049.11 13,866.81 3,965.40 5,981.48 Pis -28.83 -101.47 -13.80 +46.88 -0.26 -0.73 -0.35 +0.79 Korea Comp KLCI 923.19 891.36 +1.98 -2.04 +0.21 -0.23 SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex 679.11 1,059.27 1,882.39 233.26 6,451.54 -3.01
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6031 UK£ 0.3251 Yen 64.655 HK$ 4.7052 RM 2.2926 Euro 0.4780 Rupiah 5,716.4 Baht 23.878 Peso 32.709 A$ 0.7911 Indian Rs 26.202 Won 604.28 C$ 0.7571 Yuan 4.9933 NZ$ 0.8443 NTS 18.891
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        Commodities
        21 20 Gold uss/oz 420.80 Silver uss/oi 6.905 Platinum uss/oi 867.00 Rubber centsAg 223.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,412 Brent crude uss/barrel 48.89
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        Lock icon Singapore
        134 20 Dow Jones SHARES fell on Friday as declines on Wall Street overnight hurt local market sentiment. US stocks tumbled on Thursday, undermined by a weaker-than-expected outlook from Wal-Mart and troubles at US Steel due to an early plant shutdown. Strong corporate earnings in Singapore and falling oil prices failed
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        ST Index: 2,171.67 -9.52
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        62 20 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume Longcheer ACCS Petra STATSChP Pearl Energy Delong SembMar Pine Agritech Noble Grp StarCrusUSS Close 0.335 0.195 1.080 1.130 1.170 0.110 2.040 0.680 1.530 0.300 Change -0.025 -0.070 +0.040 -0.020 -0.050 +0.005 -0.070 +0.010 -11.4 -6.1 +3.7 -1.7 -2.4 +0.7 -4.4
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        SGX top rises
        75 20 By Close Change Venture 14.700 +0.500 DBS Bk6%NCPS10 107.300 +0.300 UOB 14.700 +0.200 SIA 11.500 +0.100 rAC 200USS 3.100 +0.060 CITYDEV 7.150 +0.050 CSA 1.310 +0.050 Haw Par 5.150 +0.050 Sp Land 5.850 +0.050 WantWantUSS 1.020 +0.050 By percentage Close Change Benefun 20k 0.020 +100.0 >IADBeCW*****0 0.060
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        SGX top falls
        78 20 By Close Change KepCorp 11.600 -0.400 JSH500USS 9.900 -0.300 OUE 8.450 -0.250 Fortune Reit HK$ 6.300 -0.200 OCBC 13.800 -0.200 HSI*****eCW*****9 1.290 -0.150 HKLandeCW*****7 0.390 -0.125 HKLand US$ 2.830 -0.120 STIETF100 22.080 -0.120 Creative 50 14.200 -0.100 By percentage Close Change Twinwood 0.025 -50.0 Venture SGAeCW*****7 0.020
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    • shoptalk
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        VEGGY FRUTY
        114 22 Now you can drink all your fruits and vegetables, instead of eating them. Marigold's new Fruits and Vegetables with Wheat Grass Non Fat Yoghurt Drii is made from a blend of wheat grass juice and 17 ■mmj types of fruits and vegetablesjncluding apple, apricot, carrot, celery and beetroot.The
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        TEA DELIGHTS
        78 22 Beat the heat with a refreshing drink of Roibo's rooibos tea and SOD rooibos tea, both flavoured with wild honey and lemon. Rooibos is a South-African shrub and the leaves are commonly used to make herbal tea. ~^'S caffe'ne"free beverage is low in tannin and calories. It also
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        INTERGALACTIC COLLECTIBLES
        81 22 UINTERGALACTIC Now you can tuck into your favourite Kellogg's breakfast cereals and collect limited edition Star Wars premiums,including cookie jars (2,800 points), movie tickets (1,800 points) and saberspoons (1,200 points). Simply collect the boxes to redeem the premiums. Each gram indicated on the box is equivalent to one
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        SIMPLY LUXURIOUS
        85 22 The new five-door refrigerator from Sharp (SJ-PVSOH-W/G) does more than just keep your food fresh.The wide French doors allow for more storage space and make for a sleeker design. It is equipped with a built-in Plasmacluster lon System to purify the air in the refrigerator. Plasmacluster ions are
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Flextronics merges network business
        297 22 Agencies Considers further restructuring, names new CEO SINGAPORE-based Flextronics International, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, said yesterday it had agreed to merge its network-services business with Telavie of Norway, which is owned by Swedish private-equity fund Alter. The contract manufacturer will retain a 30-per-cent stake
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      • Article
        StanChart offers 1.88% to online savers
        219 22  -  Chow Perm Nee IN A move to attract the 1.4 million people who make banking transactions on the Internet in Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank has launched an online savings account called esaver that offers a promotional rate of 1.88 per cent per year. This
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        CORPORATEbriefs
        140 22 Diversified conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N) reported net profit rose 1 6.8 per cent to $57.3 million, or 24.6 cents per share, in its second quarter ended March 31, from $49.1 million, or 21.2 cents a share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Sales rose 1 2 per
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      Lock icon IN THE SWIM
      633 23  -  Pearlyn Tham Catwalk fashion has crossed over to swimwear, so what if you can't do laps? MY clotheshorse friend Carla was very pleased with her latest acquisition. It was a two-piece swimsuit in black, her favourite colour, jazzed up with crisscross details at the sides and stamped
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    • style
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        Beauty in the works
        329 24 How effective are DIV recipes? PearlynTham finds out NIGELLA Lawson is a domestic goddess. I am not Far from it which was why my friends were surprised when I told them I wanted to try out some recipes. I had to reassure them they wouldn't have
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        Watch for the daring
        276 25  -  Pearlyn Tham That's Chris Lee, who's having a Ball pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg A LTHOUGH he doesn't, by XAJiis own admission, climb mountains or dive in the Arctic, MediaCorp artiste Christopher Lee sees himself as a risk taker. "I look at life as a series of mini adventures," he
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        Goldheart Jewelry's Blue Period
        155 25  -  Pearlyn Tham SAID to be 1,000 times more rare than diamond, tanzanite is found only at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. But if you want to own a piece of this stone, all you have to do is go to Goldheart Jewelry. The company
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        Cool way to go
        223 25  -  Pearlyn Tham FEEL cool literally with Nivea's new range of deodorant for men. Aqua Cool is made for those who have an active lifestyle and comes in an aerosol spray ($8.90), roll-on ($4.60) and stick ($6.60). It leaves an icy cool sensation when applied so you
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      • AT A GLANCE
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          Lock icon Glass action
          59 25 To add to the shopping experience, four concept glass kiosks have been set up at IMM Level 1. Shoppers can indulge in, for example, some nail art and fashion accessories at Elementz (#Ol-K25) or hunt for great bargains at Beauty Language (#Ol-K26), where they can get fragrances, skincare
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          Fuel for the face
          75 25 Men who are sleep-deprived or overworked can pump up or plump up their complexion with Kiehl's new Facial Fuel energising moisture treatment. This vitamin-enriched, non-oily formula contains ingredients such as chestnut and soy extracts, caffeme and vitamins C and E. These help to perk up dull
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          85 25 Get fresh and radiant skin with cherry extract but smell like cherry blossoms. That's what Shu Uemura's High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil Fresh offers you. The latest addition to the brand's pop- ular cleansing oil range, this removes stubborn make-up and dirt from pores while toning, exfoliating
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        275 26 Thai delicacies, at a FairPrice near you Eveline Gan YOU don't have to fly to Thailand or spend a fortune at a fancy restaurant to enjoy authentic Thai cuisine. From now until May 25, you can create your favourite Thai dishes with over 50 varieties of authentic Thai food products
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        721 26  -  CMLim Latest Pasta Mania branch at CPF Building offers a tri-concept eatery lood(g>newstoday.com.sg IN SEVEN years, home-grown Italian chain Pasta Mania has opened 13 outlets in Singapore, six in the Middle East and one in Jakarta. The newest outlet at CPF Building along Robinson Road,
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          97 28 WEIGHING just I.4kg, the TravelMate 3002WTG is Acer's slimmest and lightest notebook. Built with a 12.1-inch Crystalßrite LCD monitor and equipped with Bluetooth capability, the machine features a I.73GHz Pentium M 740 processor with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, a four-in-one card reader and Fast Ethernet connectivity.
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          91 28 IF you don't fancy any of those huge multimedia phones on the market, check out Samsung's SGH-X64OC mobile phone. Weighing 85g and measuring 87.4x47x23mm, this clamshell unit is equipped with a VGA camera and an embedded speaker phone. The X64OC incorporates voice clarity technology to
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          71 28 FEATURING a two-tone silver cabinet design, NEC's latest MultiSync LCD monitors the 17-inch LCDl73sNXM(ss99)andthe 19-inch LCDI93SNXM ($882) incorporate digital and analogue connectivity and integrated sound bards to enhance multimedia applications. The thin-frame displays offer images with brightness of 250 cd/m 2, resolutions of 1,280x1,024 and a
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          124 28 THE MVX3SOi is one of Canon's latest range of digital video camcorders. It allows recording in wide-angle format, giving you images that sits nicely on a 1 6:9 TV screen. The widescreen feature is made possible by utilising the entire width of the CCD sensor, ensuring
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        Xbox comes full circle
        358 28  -  Ariel Tarn Its new 360 entertainment console boasts improved graphics, sleek form anel@newstoday.com.sg MICROSOFT has taken the wraps off its next-gener-ation video game console, the Xbox 360. Shedding its boring, boxy look, the game and entertainment system comes encased in a silverywhite chassis that boasts gently
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        Ultra-thin, ultra-stylish notebook PCs
        291 28  -  Ariel Tarn SAMSUNG Electronics is stamping its mark on just about every digital product these days. Last week, it announced its entry into the competitive notebook computer market in Singapore. The South Korean behemoth calls it a "logical expansion of its IT portfolio", which includes mobile
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        192 29  -  Seah Slew Hua MICROSOFT and Sing Tel are collaborating to offer a "push" infotainment service on Windows Mobile-based devices. The service will be available from May 28 on devices such as O2's Xphone II and Xphone Urn, as well as the Motorola MPX22O mobile
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        460 29  -  Trevor Tan HAVE you always wanted to continue playing that PC multiplayer game on the bus with your mobile phone? That is exactly what three second-year students from the Singapore Management University (SMU) had in mind when they sent their proposal for the Asurion
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        Capable assistant
        500 29  -  Terry Lav Handheld Review: Tungsten E2 A PDA that comes with a few tricks up its sleeve infotech@newstoday.com.sg SPORTING the same design as its predecessor, the Tungsten E, palm One's latest Tungsten E2 does a few things differently, which give some the impression that it is actually closer
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        Save the Republic from the Dark Side
        236 29 TO EASE the pain of waiting for the premiere of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Ml has launched two Star Wars Java games and a range of mobile services to keep fans happy in the mean time. Want to beef
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        782 30  -  Colin Yong Fiat is marking its return to the local market in a big way with its latest MPV colin@newstoday.com.sg THINK Fiat and you might conjure up images of chic small cars that leave you with the nagging suspicion that they, while fun to drive, may be
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        Jackie Chan, meet your Evo twin
        302 30  -  Colin Yong FANS of action hero Jackie Chan now have something a little bigger than a DVD or movie poster to add to their collections. Mitsubishi is unveiling the Lancer Evolution IX Jackie Chan Limited Edition (picture) a car styled by the Hong Kong
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        C5 SCORES A1
        431 31  -  Sheldon Trollope Updated C 5 carries on the tradition of the smooth Citroens newsWnewstoday.com.sg THERE was a time when riding in a big Citroen made you feel like Buck Rogers. Those who need an introduction to the latter were probably not around during the French carmaker's heyday,
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        262 31 The engine of my Mitsubishi Galant V 6 seems to "die" at low revolutions (especially when reversing) and it doesn't run as smoothly as it used to. Usually, I could just drive off after starting the car in the morning. But now, I have to really rev it
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          131 31 Borneo Motors has started previewing Toyota's latest model, the Fortuner Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), in its showrooms ahead of the official launch at the end of this month. The fourth model in Toyota's current line-up to be produced in Thailand the rugged-looking Fortuner is slightly
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          163 31 Meanwhile, Subaru is also gearing up to introduce an allnew seven-seater SUV here. Glenn Tan, chief executive of Subaru distributor Motor Image Enterprises (MIE), told Today that his company is currently in talks with its Japanese principal and if all goes well, the B9 Tribeca
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          Drive like Schumacher
          145 31  -  Colin Yong Reigning Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher may not have had the best start to his 2005 season. But that hasn't stopped Fiat from introducing a limited edition model bearing his name. The Fiat Stilo Schumacher will only be sold in "Ferrari red" and each
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        684 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Bloomberg CDL joint venture bags premium Sentosa Cove condominium site shobha@newstoday.com.sg CITY Developments (CDL) and its joint venture partner TID Pte Ltd have beaten 10 other contenders to win the coveted Sentosa Cove condominium site. TID is a partnership between Hong Leong Holdings
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        Kovan Melody launches second phase
        192 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WING Tai Holdings is launching the second phase of its highly popular Kovan Melody condominium units this weekend. Prices for units start at $449,800 for a two-bedroom apartment Unit sizes range from 900sq ft for a two-bedroom apartment to 1,5005q ft for
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        Fraser Place goes to Bangkok
        132 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla SINGAPORE-based Fraser Place Serviced Residences (picture) has announced that it will be opening its latest gold standard apartments in the Thai capital of Bangkok in September this year. Located at Bangkok's upscale Langsuan area (Soi Langsuan), the serviced residences will feature 131
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      1264 34  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg Men think she's the world's hottest woman, but what Fiona Xie is really looking for is love UTT7HAT?" Fiona Xie VV exclaimed, wide-eyed, before curling up on the sofa in a giggling fit "Cannot lah\ My mother says I can't discuss such things, you
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      285 35  -  Yong Shu Chiang WHILE trying to make it in Hong Kong, local actress-model Ase Wang (picture) has, to her own surprise, become the flavour of the month in Thailand. Three weeks ago, the magazine FHM Thailand crowned her No 1 in
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      Rejoice, Jacky fans: he's coming
      280 35  -  Mervin Tay IT'S safe to keep Sept 16 or 17 free for an evening with Jacky Cheung. It's official: Cheung the lead actor and creative director of the popular musical Snow. Wolf.Lake will appear in its twonight run at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Snow. Wolf.Lake's
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      815 36  -  Tan Hui Leng Pietragalla, 42, may be multi-talented, but the French dancer-choreographer's first love will always be dance huileng@newstoday, com. sg LIKE most famous ballet dancers, Marie-Claude Pietragalla's reputation precedes her. The second-most prominent French ballerina after Sylvie Guillem, Pietragalla has been described as selfish, tyrannical and abusive
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      'Don't call us Tomb Raiders ...'
      387 36  - 'Don't call us Tomb Raiders Nur Idayu Suparto THEY may toil at the tombs, excavating and uncovering the secrets of ancient society, but don't call any of them Lara Croft the popular character from video game Tomb Raider who also scavenges tombs for ancient artefacts. Mummy specialists Heather WalshHaney (picture)
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      140 36  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal PRADHANA Vizha, the crowning glory of electronic media entertainers and producers among Singapore's Indian community, will go live on Vasantham Central on Saturday evening. Gracing the occasion this time will be President S R Nathan, who will present lifetime achievement awards posthumously to G
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          39 37 Oscar winner Scan Perm, after strong turns in Mystic River and 21 Grams, is again in top form, playing a depressed man sinking into delusion and plotting to murder the US president. Ross Wallace
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          COACH CARTER
          31 37  -  Yong Shu Chiang One of those "inspirational coach" stories, Samuel L Jackson is excellent as the title character, who controversially benches his unbeaten highschool basketball team for poor grades.
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          34 37  -  Mervin lay Marvellous art direction catches the eye in this crime drama from Hong Kong director Benny Chan. Here, Aaron Kwok is a cop investigating a tycoon and pining for his long-lost wife.
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          27 37  -  Jeanine Tan A United Nations interpreter (Nicole Kidman) is drawn into dangerous political intrigue after overhearing an assassination plot spoken in an obscure African dialect.
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          19 37 RW Entertaining, fair portrayal of 12th century Crusades. Orlando Bloom, seemingly trapped in period movies, impresses.
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          24 37 YSC Trainspotting director Danny Boyle tries his hand at family fare a story of two kids stumbling upon stolen money with great success.
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          35 37 YSC Sweet and life-affirming tale about a 1 6-year-old boy who carries the weight of everybody else's problems on his shoulders. That is, before his teacher and new girlfriend open his eyes.
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          32 37 YSC Pans Hilton is among a gang of college kids who get trappeain a rural town, which has an ominous wax museum with eerily realistic figurines. Brutal and terrifying.
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          40 37 MT Oscar winning best actor Adrien Brody (The Pianist) plays a Gulf War veteran who returns home suffering from amnesia and delusion. Don't go hunting for logic in this film, which attempts to echo its subject's mental state
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          36 37 YSC No Yin Diesel? No problem! Ice Cube is the new "Triple X" hired by Samuel L Jackson to thwart a coup attempt. Enough spectacular stunts and explosions to satisfy action nuts.
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          34 37 YSC Lame comedy, with Ice Cube as a guy struggling to get along with his new girlfriend's children on a road trip, will have you asking: Is it over yet?
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          27 37 -MT Japanese horror film set in a hospital, where patients and staff are afflicted by a strange and frightening illness. Weak story riddled with plot holes.
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          24 37  -  David Chew Yet another gay teen/sexual awakening movie, dealing with friendship and the confusion of adolescence. Adds nothing new to the genre.
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      488 40  -  Kama I Kant Understand the dynamics of motivation and be a more effective supervisor MANAGERS and supervisors are increasingly being challenged to motivate tneir staff to perform. Offering monetary incentives is an effective way to motivate staff, but there is a limit to the incentives
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        651 43 -AP Mourning, Wade step up in O'Neal's absence to reinforce the Heat's championship credentials NBA PLAYOFFS Miami 102 Washington 95 (Miami lead series 3-0) WASHINGTON Knowing his bad leg would keep him out of the game, Shaquille O'Neal pulled Alonzo Mourning to the side during the
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        312 43 SERIEA Leccev AC Milan ROME AC Milan defender Jaap Stam is hoping Parma can do his side a massive favour by denying Serie A leaders Juventus three points on Sunday. Milan are relying on other teams to give them a helping
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        385 43  -  DINESH KUMAR BADMINTON, 9TH SUDIRMAN CUP Singapore 3 Netherlands 0 dmesh@newstoday.com.sg IT COULD be light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel time for Ronald Susilo. On Friday, he helped Singapore beat the Netherlands 3-0 in the 9th Sudirman Cup in Beijing, China. The 25-year-old edged out Dutchman Eric Pang 15-12,
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        519 44 AP But Els and the rest of the' Big Five' remain well in the hunt GOLF Byron Nelson Championship IRVING, Texas Stuart Appleby got behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Gallardo two weeks ago for a five-day road race in Tasmania, where his team
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        305 44  -  CUBBYLEONG NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Young Lions 3 Balestier 1 cubby@newstoday.com.sg THEY were dumped 3-0 by Home United last week to stall a two-game winning run. But the Young Lions' season is definitely beginning to fire, after a 3-1 win
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        267 44 AFP MACAU The Asian Tour announced a second half schedule of 13 events that will propel its 2005 season to an all-time high of 28 golf tournaments with record prize money of US$2O million ($33 million). Asian Tour chief executive Louis Martin said on
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        194 44 Agencies GOLF Macau Open MACAU Singapore's top two golfers both missed the cut at the Macau Open on Friday. Mardan Mamat carded a 1-over-par 73 for a two-day total of 146, while Lam Chih Bing was a further stroke back following a 2-over
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        747 45 the weekend interview with GRAHAM BELL, Organising Committee chairman of the Singapore Open PARTICK Thistle, his favourite football team, are not doing too well in the Scottish Football League, but these are nonetheless exciting times for Graham Bell. A board member of the Sentosa
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        278 45  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg YOUNG Lions star Jamil Ali could miss the Manila SEA Games scheduled for November, after he was involved in a motorcycle accident early Friday morning. The 21-year-old former Geylang United player underwent surgery Friday evening and his condition is said
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      446 46 Agencies PRIMERA LIGA Levante v Barcelona MADRID The Catalans have waited six years for the Primera Liga title to return to the Nou Camp. On Saturday {Sunday morning, Singapore time), they can win the trophy without kicking a ball. As Barcelona prepare for
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      998 46 Norwich will defy statisticians and sceptics alike if they beat the drop ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Fulham v Norwich LONDON Nigel Worthington has already pulled off a minor miracle. Norwich City go into their last match of the Premiership season with their destiny in their own
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      297 47 Agencies ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Southampton v Man United LONDON Alex Ferguson (picture) is enduring a wretched week. Last weekend, Manchester United experienced a nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams as Roman's Army confirmed the beginnings of their empire with a 3-1 victory. The Red
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      271 45 E League Champ West Ham Ipswich Sat, 14/05/05 7.15pm Singapore Cup Paya Lebar Indonesia U23 Sat, 14/05/05 7.30pm German League Wolfsburg Leverkusen Sat, 14/05/05 9.30pm German League Schlk 04 Dortmund Sat, 14/05/05 9.30pm Spanish League Sevilla Real Madrid Sun, 15/05/05 2.00 am Spanish League Levante Barcelona Sun, 15/05/05 4.00 am
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      144 46 rv Appleby holds off the 'Big 5744 Australian golfer leads the Byron Nelson Championship by a stroke The Weekend Interview/45 Sentosa's Graham Bell discusses the island's future as a top sports venue SATURDAY 9.30 am NBA Playoffs: Suns v Mavericks, Ch23 Ipm Badminton Sudirman Cup semi-final 1, Ch22 7pm Tennis
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