Today, 4 June 2005

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    17 1 weekennd TODAY June 4 5 2005 mica (P) 105/07/2004 /AeljjaCorp incorporating JMTCfIiS we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon BAGS FULL OF TROUBLE
    1240 1  -  Lee U-Wen Hooked on plastic, S'poreans won't change unless forced to by law u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THIS is a typical Singapore story in search of a happy ending. Ask Singaporeans if their compatriots care about the environment and the answer is emphatic: No, they don't Ask them if
    SOH ENG KONG AND WEE TECK HIAN  -  1,240 words
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      Classified remarks part of Ching's work, wife says in letter
      289 2  -  Clement clement@newstoday.com.sg i, Foreign Editor THE wife of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong has written an open letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao in which she said that notes found in his computer detailing classified remarks made by the
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      19 PLASTIC BAGS A DAY – AND SHE SAYS IT'STYPICAL
      507 3 19 PLASTIC BAGS A DAY AND SHE SAYS IT'STYPICAL HOWTO AVOIDTHE PLASTIC STORM -TIPS FROM SEC Use washable non-plastic bowls or ceramic or glass plates to store leftovers in the fridge. Re-use glass bottles when you have consumed the contents. Re-use newspapers and magazines to wrap fresh vegetables. Small plastic
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      'Missing' Young Lion turns up
      403 3  -  Jose Raymond j ose@newstoday. com.sg IT was just a big misunderstanding. Young football star Shi Jiayi (picture), whom Football Association of Singapore (FAS) officials thought had gone missing, turned up for training at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday morning. On Thursday, the FAS filed
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      PAS wants Anwar as opposition chief
      458 4 Leadership will 'boost credibility' in bid to dislodge Umno KOTA BARU Malaysia's hardline Islamic party, Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS), announced on Friday major reforms to broaden its appeal, and called for former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim (picture) to lead the opposition alliance. PAS president
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        Lock icon Eight presidential candidate application forms drawn
        69 4 Channel News Asia No Certificate of Eligibility application forms were issued on Friday for the Presidential Election. The forms have been made available at the Elections Department since Tuesday. So far eight forms nave been picked up, half of them on the first day.
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        Lock icon Second Cancer Prevention Centre to be set up by NKF
        61 4 Newsßadio 93.8 The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will set up a second Cancer Prevention Centre by early 2007, with the help of $I.smillion, provided by the Thong Teck Charitable Institution. Apart from basic and secondary health screening services, the facility
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        New blood donors up 70 per cent
        94 4 More than 15,000 Singaporeans donated blood for the first time last year a 70-per-cent increase in new donors from the year before. The Singapore Red Cross attributed the surge in new donors to MediaCorp Radio's Radio Red Race campaign. As part of the
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        Lock icon Views sought on proposed Income Tax Act amendments
        142 4 The Finance Ministry wants your view on its proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act, in a consultation exercise that will be held until July 3. Some of the Budget 2005 tax changes to be legislated include the introduction of loss carry-back;
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      Lock icon Terrorism, trouble spots are Asia's main challenges today: PM Lee
      467 4 Channel News Asia PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for collective efforts to secure a successful future for Asia. Speaking at the opening of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Mr Lee listed out the challenges facing countries today:
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      Lock icon He pulled out a 'gun', then fumbled
      378 4 Ansley Ng MAN gets into taxi. Man pulls gun and says: "This is a robbery". Finally, in a court in Singapore on Friday, the man apologises and is let off the hook. Surreal? To start with, taxi-driver Cheong Yeh Chong was in a
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      61 2 "I am the Lord your God, I Who teaches you to profit, I Who leads you in the way I that you should go". I The Bible, Isaiah 48:17 f Sunday Worship Service: Monday Night Service: ear BESS 1^ Receive a Daily Power MpMSjUMi I Bible Verse FREE via SMS.
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      114 2 WHAT 100 S'POREANS SAY ABOUT PLASTIC Did you know that Singaporeans, on average, use about 27 plastic bags per person each day? Yes 1 O No 90 Did you know that one million plastic bags are given out free in Singapore each day? Yes 20 No 80 Are you aware
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      Lock icon Ban on all live poultry in Ubin
      312 6  -  Sheralyn Tay The ban on live poultry many found to be free-ranging in Pulau Ubin aims to minimise the risk of avian flu entering Singapore. The ban does not apply to farms in mainland Singapore as these adhere to strict controls. BY JUNE
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      Lock icon When ambition crashed
      775 6  -  Val Chua Investigation blames CAO boss for overreaching himself and hiding losses val@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a six-month investigation, special auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Friday unveiled a final report on who's to blame for the US$55O million ($916 million) debacle that was China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO. The
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      Lock icon Injured S'porean in US may get stem cell treatment
      277 6 Channel News Asia THE Singaporean seriously injured in a car accident in Alabama might receive stem cell injections. Mr Ling Swee San is considered by doctors there as a potential candidate for such treatment His wife Margaret Ling told Channel News
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      Lock icon His staff can pick their boss, choose bonus
      545 8 Award-winning CEO's novel management style Lee U-Wen u-wen@@newstoday.com.sg IF you work for Mr Erman Tan, you get a say in who your supervisor is. You can also decide how much bonus you prefer to receive each year. As chief executive officer of
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      2 in 3 top students want SMU
      218 8  -  Lee U-Wen JUST before the close of this year's university joint admission exercise on June 6, it seems the bulk of the top students here are picking the Singapore Management University (SMU) as their first choice for their undergraduate studies. As of last
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      Lock icon Someone to watch over me
      53 8 With extendable necks and probing eyes, these four giant puppets loom above their unsuspecting would-be prey. Do they signify sinister intent or playful curiosity? Les Big Brozeurs by Campagnie Albedo from France have been seen at Raffles City as part of the Singapore Arts Festival.
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      Lock icon Bill to regulate toxins to be fine-tuned
      169 8 Newsßadio 93.8 THERE is a need for legislation to regulate the safe handling of biological agents and toxins. This was the view of most respondents to the Health Ministry's public consultation exercise held in April and May, for its draft Biological Agents and
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      Down some beer, fly in a private jet
      228 8  -  Jasmine Zhao START thinking about where you would go if you had a private jet at your disposal. Because you could really set off on that flight of fancy with a few cans of Carlsberg beer and some luck. The latest Carlsberg
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      169 9 Carrefour i/*f*,-H*. ifj**j Ivan* U: Long live Green Living! J^^T ri honour of World Environment Day, tomorrow 5th June, Carrefour Suntec City is hosting the informative, aj fcascinating Green Living Exhibition by the Singapore Environment Council. Carrefour urges you to share our commitment to Green Living. We encourage you to
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      Lock icon MAO MAN'S GREAT FLIP BACKWARDS
      1468 10  -  Jonathan Watts The Guardian Communist party veteran says China must confront its past and that students were right to demand more democracy news@newstoday.com.sg A GIANT portrait of him still has pride of place over the entrance to the Forbidden City. His embalmed body lies in
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      Lock icon Unique restaurant theme bowls diners over
      158 12 -AP KAOHSIUNG Taiwanese restaurateur Eric Wang has given new meaning to the traditional revelers' cry of bottoms up. His Marton eatery in the southern city of Kaohsiung delivers its food not on conventional plates and dishes, but in miniaturised Western and Asian style toilets
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      Lock icon Spiderman tights for justice... and gets arrested
      135 12 -AFP A human rights activist dressed as the comic book character Spiderman climbed to the top of a giant TV screen on a building in the heart of Hong Kong's financial district on Friday, in a protest marking the anniversary of the 7
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      Lock icon Mfsia steps up security laws
      310 12 M fsia steps up security laws -AFP Detention without trial enforced KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's highest court yesterday strengthened harsh security laws which allow for indefinite detention without trial, saying there is no time limit for authorities to act after an alleged offence. Critics said that the Federal Court's ruling raises
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      Lock icon Suspicious package sparks security alert at Australian Parliament
      224 14 SYDNEY Two days after a suspected biological attack on Indonesia's embassy in Canberra threatened to unleash a diplomatic incident, another package containing suspicious white powder was sent to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (picture), sparking a security alert at Australia's parliament yesterday. Hazardous
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      Lock icon Thanks for calling me Mr'
      266 14 -AFP North Korea's Kirn Jong II praises US President Bush for being polite SEOUL North Korean leader Kirn Jong-Il is apparently pleased with United States President George W Bush for "politely" referring to him this week as "Mr Kirn". The sign of respect came at
      -AFP; AFP  -  266 words
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      Japanese doomsday cult seeks to double its membership
      156 14 TOKYO The doomsday cult notorious for a fatal gas attack on the Tokyo subway 10 years ago is on a drive to double its membership. It also hopes to make more money via new businesses such as selling used cars. A senior
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      Instead of one tyrant we have 3,000
      796 16  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla A peek into how Iraqis are striving for survival in the post-Saddam era shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN an environment that makes each day a purgatory even for war-hardened soldiers, how much worse must it be for ordinary Iraqis whose suffering the outside
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      Lock icon YOUNG, GIFTED AND IN THE BLACK
      772 18  -  Neil Humphreys Today proves that size, age really don't matter AN Asian oracle once said: "It's not the size that counts, but the amount of money you earn." The oracle's comments were both wise and profound. It wasn't Confucius, but a tanned woman with
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      No surprise free newspapers are thriving
      176 18  -  DON MATHEWS Letter from I REFER to your report "Guess who's running scared?" (June 2) on free newspapers gaining a bigger slice of the reading public. As the world increasingly embraces tabloids, as opposed to broadsheets, traditional newspapers resistant to change should start giving
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      Cost-effective for Muis to rebuild mosque
      352 20  -  DR ALBAKRI AHMAD I Letter from Chairman, Steering Committee Singapore Islamic Hub Project Islamic Religious Council of Singapore WE REFER to Mr Haj Mohamed's letter, "Put $7m for Islamic Hub to better use" (June 30). We thank Mr Mohamed for his views on the
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      Ease the rules and watch them grow
      119 20  -  |HASLINDASHAMSUDIN I Letter from I REFER to the report, "Extend operating hours, plead mobile food vendors" (June 3). The current sad state of affairs for the mobile food vans is a good example of how stifling rules and regulations governing our business entities
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      Lock icon Pet industry needs watchdog with teeth
      659 20  -  RICKY YEO Lax supervision causing thousands to suffer I Letter from President, Action For Singapore Dogs Society WE REFER to Goh Boon Choo's news comment, "Anti-animal abuse rules lack bite" (June 1), on the lack of, and lax, supervision of the pet industry. As
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      To speak well, get the right teachers, then learn to relak
      259 22  -  CAROLYN WONG Real issue is not about Singlish vs Good English Letter from IN THE never-ending debate on the use of Singlish, has no one realised yet that "To Singlish or Not to Singlish" is not the question? Singlish
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      Deadline to change aluminium window rivets to stainless steel
      348 22  -  MIKE CHAN HEIN WAH I Letter from Deputy Director (Housing Maintenance) for Director (Housing Administration) Housing and Development Board I REFER to Mr Victor Chua's letter, "Puzzling advice on HDB windows" (June 1). Mr Chua said he was given conflicting information
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      Inpatients, meetings reasons why doctors are late at clinics
      342 22  -  CHEE TEK SIONG I Letter from I HAVE been a doctor in private practice for many years now. While there is no necessity for me to explain the long waiting times in the outpatient clinics at restructured hospitals indeed, doctors in
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      Operational needs cause delays
      151 22  -  CHRISTOPHER TAY I Letter from Chief Operating Officer Tan Tock Seng Hospital I THANK Mr Goh Yong Kwan for his letter "Doctors please be punctual" (June 2). The morning that Mr Goh visited our clinic was an exceptionally busy time for our doctor, as she had
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      What investigator told court
      104 22  -  JASMIN SOH Letter from I REFER to ASP Victor Keong's reply, "Police were mindful of the problems accused had with eyesight" (June 2). As Tony's sister who was interviewed in the report, "Sister waits and prays for her imprisoned brother" (May 26), I wish to clarify
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      Lock icon LOWER BROADBAND PRICES? Don't hold your breath
      761 24  -  Valeric Law Costs and technological issues mean new entrants are unlikely to slash rates valerie@newstoday.com.sg INTERNET surfers were thrilled last week when it was announced that there would be four new operators offering wireless broadband services. With broadband pricing rates here almost double
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      The four new players in the wireless market
      248 24 LAST week, four new entrants into the wireless broadband market Pacific Internet, Mobile One, inter-touch Holdings (Singapore) and Qala Singapore paid between $215,200 and $550,000 for each lot on the frequency spectrum after several rounds of a government auction that began last
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      Lock icon Chartered Semiconductor stock rises on better sales forecast
      215 25 Bloomberg SHARES of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore's largest supplier of made-to-order chips, rose after the company said that revenue so far in the second quarter is at the upper end of its earlier forecast Sales will be at the high end of
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      Lock icon A slow hard climb ahead
      394 25 -Dow Jones SOURCE: DOW JONES Economists cut Spore growth forecast ECONOMISTS cut Singapore's economic growth forecast for this year to 3.8 per cent in the latest survey by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), released on Friday, from 4.3 per cent in the previous survey
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          World markets
          59 26 ndex Value hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 11,300.05 13,818.45 4,149.20 6,107.95 976.09 865.88 676.70 1,092.50 2,022.49 211.62 6,748.85 Pis +20.00 +3.87 +12.80 +68.47 +5.21 +3.48 +3.89 +1.03 +11.93 -2.00 +93.29 +0.18 +0.03
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          Your S$1 buys
          36 26 US$ 0.5997 UK£ 0.3300 Yen 64.705 HK$ 4.6683 RM 2.2783 Euro 0.4883 Rupiah 5,747.5 Baht 24.426 Peso 32.705 A$ 0.7925 Indian Rs 26.167 Won 604.32 C$ 0.7479 Yuan 4.9645 NZ$ 0.8542 NTS 18.775
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          Commodities
          21 26 Gold uss/oz 425.10 Silver uss/oi 7.58 Platinum uss/oi 876.50 Rubber centsAg 238.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,390 Brent crude uss/barrel 53.08
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          Lock icon Singapore
          111 26 Dow Jones SHARES rose on Friday, led by continued buying in selected blue chips after Wall Street closed higher overnight as oil prices receded. However, profit-taking ahead of the weekend and cautious trading before the release of US jobs data capped gains. The ST Index, closed up 1.12 points,
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          ST Index-2,192.67+1.12
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          Lock icon SGX most active
          65 26 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by ly volume ACCS PFood AIM UTAC Capitaland Sing Tel Chartered Close 0.150 0.910 0.215 0.640 2.270 2.630 1.220 Change -0.005 +0.045 +0.015 +0.005 -0.040 -0.010 +0.010 -3.2 +5.2 +7.5 +0.8 -1.7 -0.4 +0.8 '000 34,251 25,76; 19,001 18,80; 17,51i 16,87' 15,221 FuYu
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          SGX top rises
          79 26 Jardfne C&C 13.300 +0.400 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 103.700 +0.300 SPC 4.380 +0.220 Fortune Reil HKS 6.500 +0.200 SPCCAeCW*****8 0.785 +0.150 Pearl Energy 1.390 +0.130 BukilSem 13.400 +0.100 CITYDEV 7.050 +0.100 CoscoCorpMBLeCW***** 0.720 +0.100 DBS 14.400 +0.100 By percentage Hor Kew Star lech W*****3 Close 0.030 0.020 Change
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          SGX top falls
          74 26 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 13.000 -0.200 F&N 15.100 -0.200 Venture 15.500 -0.200 KepCorp UOB 11.900 -0.100 14.500 -0.100 CSA SPH DBS eCW*****1 1.310 -0.070 0.040 -0.070 VenlureDBSePW*****2 0.125 -0.065 SembCarpDBSeCW***** 0.980 -0.060 By percentage SPH DBSeCW*****1 Jackslnt Close 0.040 0.040 Change -63.6 -42.9 VentureDBSePW*****2 0.125 -34.2
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        388 26  -  Christie Loh Education services firm owes Australian university $1m christie@newstoday.com.sg BELEAGUERED education services firm Auston International has effectively lost more than a third of its revenue generators now that its partnership with the University of Western Sydney (UWS) has been
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        226 26 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE has concluded a trans-Pacific trade pact with Chile, New Zealand and Brunei that will effectively eliminate tariffs on most goods traded between the countries when it comes into force on Jan 1 next year. "The trans-Pacific strategic economic partnership will bring strategic
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        136 26 Dow Jones EMPLOYERS in the United States created jobs at the slowest pace in nearly two years last month, surprising Wall Street and highlighting the uncertainty that Federal Reserve policymakers have expressed about the economic outlook. Non-farm payrolls grew
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        157 26 Dow Jones JAPAN'S IHI Marine United has sold 30 million shares of SembCorp Marine to global institutional investors at $2.02 apiece, lead manager JP Morgan said on Friday. Mr Philip Lee, chief executive of JP Morgan South-east Asia, told Dow
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      610 27  -  Pearlyn Tham With so many types of massage available, you are sure to find one you like I DON'T need to buy new clothes every other week. I can resist shopping for shoes for months. I can carry the same handbag throughout the year. Just don't
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        610 28  -  Pearlvn Tham Topshop's new look has everything from maternity wear to shoes pearlyn@newstoday.com.sj MENTION High Street fashion and Topshop comes to the minds of fashion followers and trendsetters. The British brand, together with its Topman line for the guys, was one of the first High Street labels to
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        221 28 A timeless watch The new versatile Rado Sintra reworked from the original Rado Sintra line that has been around for more than a decade is made from scratch-proof ceramics and characterised by distinctive, clean, modern lines. The Rado Sintra comes in three sizes, with the medium and
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        119 28 Pearlyn Tham FALL in love more than once on your big day, with the new Romance jewellery collection from Citigems. Designed for brides, the Romance set comprises a ring, bracelet, pendant, necklace and earrings. Looking nothing like traditional run-of-the-mill wedding jewellery, these creations will woo you
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        226 29  - Slimming is simple and free Pearlyn Tham SENSUALITE Slimming has opened its newest outlet in the heart of town at Far East Plaza its fifth since the company was first introduced here in 2002. Known for its popular Quick Easy Slimming Programme, Sensualite Slimming uses natural slimming treatments, sophisticated equipment
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        Time to repair that hair
        278 29  -  Pearlyn Tham This hair treatment fixes damaged locks internally and externally ™■■■it a m pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg internally and externally. This is because it contains an ingredient known as DGA that offers triple repair action. DGA is able to penetrate quickly into FOR those always in a
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        Drink to good skin
        352 29  -  Cathleen Tung WATER, water, and more water. With temperatures soaring around the region this time of the year, it's common sense to drink lots of water to replenish our body's fluid loss. However, while we usually remember to quench our thirst, we forget that our skin
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          94 30 Serving condensed milk is no longer a messy affair as the Milkmaid High Calcium Sweetened Condensed Milk is now available in the new "Easy Squeez" bottle.To sweeten your favourite beverage, simply squeeze the bottle twice for two teaspoonsful of milk. When the pressure on the bottle is released,
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          SOY GOOD
          92 30 Get more out of your soya milk with F&N's Nutrisoy Reduced Sugar with Organic Brown Rice beverage. In addition to the goodness of soya milk, this drinkalso offers you an array of vitamins and minerals from organic brown ricejncluding vitamins 83, 86, magnesium, manganese and phosphorous.The beverage also
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          YUMMY YOGHURT FOR THE HAIR
          104 30 Treat your hair to some yoghurt with the new Organics Weighty Smooth Nutrient shampoo and conditioner.Yoghurt is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and calcium, giving hair a soft and silky texture.The shampoo is available in two sizes pump pack (750m1) and bottle (400 ml). The
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          EFFECTIVE SCAR REMOVAL
          59 30 Activa has introduced a water-based gel that is specially formulated to treat old and new scars.The Activa Condolisa Scar Heal contains active ingredients such as cytobiol iris A and aloe vera to hydrate and repair the skin. The Activa Condolisa Scar Heal is sold at Guardian, Watsons,
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        Subtle hues
        443 30  -  Eveline Gan Revlon's new Super Lustrous Lipstick comes in 20 delectable shades eveline@newstoday.com.sg MAUVE Night, Rose Velvet, Kiss Me Coral, Plumalicious. Yes, we all know, it's tempting to want to wear all those pretty lip colours. But before you lug home the whole lipstick stand from the department
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        532 32  -  CMLim American ice-cream with local flavours gives Italian gelato a run for its money food@newstoday.com.sg THE United States gave the world burgers while Italy introduced pasta to the global table. The merits of American instant coffee clearly differ from Italian espresso. Now the love of gelato
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          Revo In-Car Digital Audio Broadcast Radio
          116 34 UNWIND after a long day at work by singing along to CD-quality sound in your car with Revo's in-car Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radio. Revo promises to eliminate any crackle and distortions associated with radio broadcasts. The device allows you to tune in to
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          Linksys Wireless-G Game Adapter WGAS4G
          101 34 ONE of the first network adapters designed strictly for use with gaming consoles, Linksys' Wireless-G Game Adapter WGAS4G allows you to wirelessly connect your Play Station 2, Xbox or Game Cube consoles together for head-to-head gaming action, and to the Internet for live online multi-player
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          Olympus FE-5500 Digital Camera
          126 34 WANT a digital camera that fits easily into your pocket and isn't too bulky to carry around? Check out the Olympus FE-5500. Weighing 125g (without batteries and memory card), the camera's body is just 24.3 mm thick. The fivemegapixel model offers 3x zoom and has a
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          Dell Latitude D5lO Notebook
          121 34 AVAILABLE at a wallet-friendly price of $1,894 onwards, the Dell Latitude D5l 0 will suit the budgets of small and medium businesses. Choose from various configurations, such as a I.6GHz/l.73GHz Intel Pentium M processor with an Intel 915 chipset or a I.3GHz Celeron M processor combined
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        Chameleon charms
        568 34  -  Ariel Tarn Digital Music Player Review: Creative Zen Neeon SGB Zen Neeon offers different backplates, skins and lights ariel@newstoday.com.sg THE Creative Zen Neeon is about personalisation and choice. The SGB digital audio player comes in 10 striking metallic backplate colours, seven changeable backlight colours and a whole family
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        HOT BUYS !
        172 34 HOT BUYS AS part of the Great Singapore Sale, BenQ is offering shoppers early bird discounts worth up to $500 on its LCD TVs, LCD monitors, notebooks, digital cameras and other peripherals this weekend. Limited to 1 0 sets a day, the BenQ Joybook 2100 notebook will be on sale
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        Fun on the fast track
        579 35  -  Trevor Tan 'Driving' each of the 200-odd cars in this game is a unique experience trevor@newstoday. com. sg MY FINGERS were trembling when I received the review copy of Forza Motorsport Why? First, I am an awful driver. Second, this is not your typical arcade
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        Lock icon Like in real life, Swat 4 is all about saving lives
        550 35 Terry Lav IT IS no surprise that first-person shooter (FPS) games place heavy emphasis on the need to, uh, shoot Swat 4 takes a slightly different track, requiring players to think on their feet in order to save lives.
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        It's now Funan DigitaLife Mall
        119 35 FUNAN the IT Mall, a shopping haven for technophiles island-wide, has rebranded itself as Funan DigitaLife Mall to reflect the growing influence of digital technologies on our everyday lives. Along with the change in name, it has unveiled inboxs, a thematic zone on the fifth
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        Innovation inked
        145 35 EPSON'S printing technology has taken a leap forward with the release of its UltraChrome K3 ink. An improved version of Ultra Chrome, K3 features high-density pigments that help to retain the original colour of images. The ink incorporates three levels of black black, light black and light light
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        RUGGED SLICK
        711 36  -  Colin Yong Get high on theToyota Fortuner, an SUV that's as tough as it is cool colin@newstoday.com.sg THERE are two ways you can travel higher above the ground than virtually everyone else on the road. One is to climb onto the second level o: a double-decker bus. Or
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        Multipla choice for MPV buyers
        173 36 THE strange-looking car pictured above is the Multipla multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), which new Fiat distributor TTS Eurocars officially launched on Friday night at its showroom opening at Sin Ming Drive. The 1.6-litre Multipla is one of only two cars currently sold here that have six
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        Chic charity
        123 36 Donatella Versace gets behind the wheel of a Mini Cooper Convertible that was designed under her supervision. The black car features the famous Versace "baroque" print, with a flower pattern layered over the paintwork, while a silver Versace Medusa adorns the gear lever, the inside of the fabric
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        It's all in the details
        752 37  -  Jimmy Ng Sheldon Trollope Fiat's got the right Idea with its latest, feature-packed MPV news@newstoday.com.se WHAT does the car you see here, the Fiat Idea, have in common with the Enzo Ferrari supercar? Get behind the driver's seat and you'll find the answer: The hydraulic
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        437 37  -  Colin Yong New A 4 on its way Local Audi distributor Premium Automobiles has announced pricing for the new A 4 range, which hits showrooms on June 16. The entry-level 2.0 multitronic model will cost $143,000 with COE, making it about $12,000 cheaper than rivals such as the
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        Bright start for Sunnidora sales
        424 38 Its units are among the most affordably priced three-bedroom flats EVEN before the official launch two weeks ago of Sunnidora, the new boutique apartment project in Telok Kurau, one-third of its units had already found buyers. But that should come as no surprise, say experts,
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        Sites near Tiong Bahru MRT go for $60m in collective sale
        395 38  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla TWO freehold properties in Tiong Bahru Bo Bo Tan Gardens and Bo Bo Tan Mansion have been sold to United Overseas Land (UOL) and UIC in a collective sale that fetched $60 million. The sale also
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        Lock icon Experts urge more protection for HK property buyers
        285 38 Dow Jones HONG KONG Law reformers have been pushing for legislation to crack down on fraudulent sale practices in Hong Kong's presale real estate market for more than a decade. But buying real estate remains one of the least protected investments in
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      724 40  -  David Chew The local art community's up in arms over the choice of LimTzay Chuen as Spores representative in Venice NO ONE in the arts circle seems to like him; no artist wanted to go on record to talk about him. And yet, Lim Tzay Chuen
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      1065 41  -  Jeanine Tan jeanine@newstoday.com.sg COULD Wolfgang Gorny be the bachelor who won MTV Asia VJ Denise Keller's heart? While the finale of Eye for a Guy 2 will only air on June 15 on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 at 10pm, photographs of
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        90 42 Taufik Batisah has scored another endorsement deal, this time as the ambassador of the Samsung Fun Club, the Korean electronics giant's online mobile phone portal. Taufik was picked for his "clean-cut image" and "youthful persona". Fans of Taufik can download exclusive mobile phone wallpapers
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        121 42 Sun Ho has scored another hit in her venture to the West with her single Without Love at No 1 on Music Week's Upfront Club Top 40 Dance Chart. Music Week is considered the British equivalent of Billboard in terms of music
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        79 42 The Takashimaya-NAC Scholarship has raised its age limit from 25 years to 30 years to enable talents to gain work experience prior to pursuing further studies. Established in 1 993, the scholarship supports talents who wish to pursue diploma studies in applied or media
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      584 42  -  Zul Othman All thanks to a horse news@newstoday.com.sg DAVE Neale is sitting in the conference room of Orchard Hotel, slumped into the sofa and recollecting the last six months of his life as the drummer of United Kingdom rock act Rooster. "It's all been very surreal
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        420 43  -  -Joyce Lin It's glitz at the Ritz at Suria's awards show THE Pesta Perdana awards, MediaCorp TV 12's Malay channel Suria's entertainment awards, are following Vasantham Central's lead. For this year's awards, the eighth so far, the glitz and glamour is moving away from the television studios
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          28 43  -  Yong Shu Chiang A brilliant examination of Hitler's last days as World War II drew to a close Bruno Ganz is chilling as the deluded Nazi leader.
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          23 43  -  David Chew Enlightening, amusing documentary about 1 972 porno flick Deep Throat, which sparked off a national debate over morals.
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          20 43  -  Ross Wallace Gladiator director Ridley Scott's entertaining and fair portrayal of 1 2th-cen-tury Crusades. Orlando Bloom impresses.
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          28 43  -  Mervin Jay Somewhat predictable but entertaining and engaging comedy about a girl who believes her beau's blood type makes him unsuitable for her.
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          THE YEAR OF THE YAO
          28 43  -  Ne/7 Humphreys Engrossing documentary about China's most famous sporting export, NBA star Yao Ming. Inspiring and poignant and with plenty of dunks, too.
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          36 43 YSC Douglas Adams' hilarious story of the last surviving man from Earth and his adventures in space a radio play that spawned the wildly-popular novels doesn't translate well on screen.
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          69 43 STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH YSC A vast improvement on the cutesy Ep I and trite Ep 11, and a satisfying conclusion to George Lucas' space saga. Purists, however, will cringe at the corny lines "Anakin, you're break- ing my heart!" and loss of the magic from
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          19 43 MT Super-thin plot about the catfight between a soon-to-be-bride (Jennifer Lopez) and her vindictive future mother-in-law (Jane Fonda).
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          22 43 YSC Crisp graphics and cute animals abound in Dream Works' cartoon comedy, which is let down by week storytelling and characterisation.
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          25 43 MT Jet Li has little dialogue, so he gets to show off his acting chops as a fighter enslaved by a cruel Glaswegian gangster.
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          24 43 YSC Mostly predictable, mildly frightening, and briefly funny horror tale revolving around two siblings who gain strange powers after they're attacked by wolves.
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      608 46  -  Brenda Chew Effective communication means being confident of what you have to offer brenda@newstoday.com.sg THE Greek philosopher Aristotle once said: "It is not sufficient to know what to say; one must also know how to say it." Presentation skills are essential in the modern workplace. Effective presentation skills
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