Today, 17 June 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /AehiaCorp incorporating utFßiitS mica (P) 103/07/2004 Friday June 17,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Leaders extend EU charter deadline
      265 1 -AFP But ratification process appears to be unravelling BRUSSELS European leaders, desperate to keep alive their dream of an EU Constitution after a devastating revolt by French and Dutch voters, agreed yesterday to extend the ratification deadline. The final date was pushed beyond November next
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      Govt delayed $80 million in payments, refunds
      451 1  -  Christie Loh christie@newstoday.com.sg When it owes money to others, the Government is not quick to repay. It had $80.2 million worth of delayed refunds and late payments of bills in the year that ended March 2004. It sat for anything from three to
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher, oil price soars
      109 1 AFP I NEW YORK US stocks closed higher yesterday, as strength in the technology sector lifted the broad market and propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a sixth straight session of gains. The Dow index gained 12.51 points to 10,578.88 and the Nasdaq
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Grisly find in Kallang
      408 2  -  Jasmine Yin Headless, dismembered torso found along river banks j asmine.yin@newstoday.com. sg TRAWLING for rubbish along the banks of the Kallang River yesterday, cleaner Murugan Kaniappan came across a brown cardboard box about the size of a microwave oven near Crawford Street Inside it, he was
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      Lock icon The amazing petrol price race
      484 3  -  Chow Perm Nee Cost of filling up plunges, but can discounts last? pennnee@newstoday.com.sg 13. 14. 17. 20. 23. 26. No, those aren't yesterday's winning Toto numbers. They're the increasingly steep percentage discounts that were offered to motorists yesterday as the petrol companies ratcheted up their
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      Trans-Pacific route for SIA still under study: Anderson
      91 4  -  Dow Jones CANBERRA Australia s Transport Minister John Anderson said yesterday that the government continues to look at the effect on local airlines of opening the trans-Pacific route to more competition. Mr Anderson said he and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan
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      Lock icon Bill in US seeks anti-missile tech on new Airbus A380
      100 4 AFP WASHINGTON A new bill tabled in the US Congress on Tuesday calls on the US Federal Aviation Administration to insist that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus provide anti-missile technology in its new supercarrier A3Bos. Republican lawmaker John Mica, who heads
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        Lock icon Silencing Qantas' guns
        810 4  -  Prithpal Singh SIA can regain high ground only by changing approach EVEN as it appears that Canberra has yet to make the final decision on granting Singapore Airlines (SIA) access to the United States-Sydney route, why should there be any surprised indignation over the strong opposition from
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  • singapore news
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      Selection of winning IR bidders delayed
      406 6  -  Val Chua Formal proposals to be sought in Q3 instead of Q2 val@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that may delay the selection of the winning bidders for Singapore's two integrated resorts (IRs), the authorities have deferred the next stage of the bidding process. As more
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      Lock icon Maid talked out of jumping from ledge
      200 6  -  Patricia Yap FOR almost half-an-hour, a distraught, young woman sat precariously on the ledge and refused to budge. The morning traffic along East Coast Road came to a near standstill as pedestrians gathered to watch the drama. The police and Singapore Civil Defence
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        Army specialist drowns at changi Naval Base
        116 6 Changi A 24-year-old Army specialist drowned during training for maritime counter terrorism in the waters of Changi Naval Base. Second Sergeant Ong Jia Hui was discovered missing around 5.40pm on Wednesday. A safety diver on standby was immediately activated. The diver found Sergeant
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        Lock icon US defers deadline for switch to biometric passports
        74 6 Channel NewsAsia The United States has deferred its deadline for countries on its Visa Waiver programme to switch to biometric passports. The implementation date has been postponed by a year to Oct 26 next year. Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said it
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    • Article
      Greener but costlier diesel
      357 8  -  Patricia Yap All diesel vehicles must use new low-sulphur fuel by Dec 1 patricia@newstoday.com.sg FROM Dec 1, all diesel vehicles here will have to use another type of diesel that is more environmentally friendly but also more expensive. Announcing the mandatory use of the new ultra
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      Job camps prove to be big success
      325 8  -  Lee U-Wen EMPLOYABILITY camps are here to stay, if their success since their February launch is anything to go by. In fact, these boot camps could just be the catalyst needed to sustain the high number of retrenched workers being re-hired for the
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      4 insurers get go ahead for MediShield plan
      287 8  -  Tan Hut Leng THE Ministry of Health has approved the proposals of four private insurers to incorporate the reformed MediShield into their existing Medisave-approved policies. With the approval, these policies held by their clients can now incorporate the basic MediShield plan and
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      When the going gets a bit too tough
      760 10  -  Tor Ching Li Some HDB retail tenants can now choose between retirement, restructuring and relocation in pilot project chingli@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as the Great Singapore Sale rages on, several heartland retail clusters are heaving a sigh of relief that the option of a
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      S'porean SMSes her way into record books
      250 10 SHE owns three mobile phones, sends over 1,000 SMS messages a month and chalks up more than $100 on her monthly handphone bill. A typical phone-obsessed Singaporean youth? Not really. Few Singaporeans can claim what 24-year-old systems engineer Miss Kimberly Yeo now can:
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      Lock icon Runway or Runaway Brides?
      37 12 Models wearing the latest wedding gowns from Irene's Creation, a bridal gown shop in Orchard Delfi, walked down Orchard Road during lunch hour yesterday to curious looks and stares from passers-by. TREVOR TAN
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      CDAC goes to school
      380 12  -  Lee U-Wen It will set up learning centre in JC this October u-wen@newstoday.com.sg AFTER almost 12 years of conducting activities and workshops for students in housing estates, the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) is now moving into school premises. The CDAC will open a full-fledged learning
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      Pilot your way to film-industry fame
      162 12  -  Mervin Tay A SINGAPORE Idol for the creative industry was how MediaCorp TVl2's chief executive officer Ms Alice Tan described Project Pilot. The competition was launched to get story ideas that can be turned into documentaries, comedies, dramas and children's programmes. Project Pilot has
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bird flu strikes again, Indonesian infected
      486 14 Agencies We will have to raise guard again, says expert JAKARTA In an ominous development in the global battle to prevent the bird flu virus strain from mutating into a form that passes easily between people and spawns a pandemic, an Indonesian poultry worker
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      Lock icon Lawyer tries to bribe court official in Aceh governor's case
      202 14 AFP JAKARTA Investigators in Indonesia arrested a lawyer yesterday for allegedly bribing a court official in a bid to overturn the conviction of the governor of Aceh province in a high-profile corruption case. Tengku Syaifuddin Popon was arrested while handing
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        Lock icon Bomb-laden fighter jet crashes in US city
        77 14 AFP A United States military jet carrying four 225kg bombs crasnea into a residential suburb in the western US state of Arizona, forcing the evacuation of 1,300 homes, the authorities said. The US Marine Corps Harrier jump jet ploughed into a garden of
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        Lock icon US House votes to protect readers
        90 14 AFP The US House of Representatives has defied President George W Bush for a second time in less than a month as it voted to shield libraries and bookstores from govern- ment investigators trying to collect information on terrorism suspects. By a vote of
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        Lock icon Marxists quit Sri Lanka govt over tsunami aid
        46 14 AFP Sri Lanka's main Marxist party, the Janata Vimukti Perumana or People's Liberation Front yesterday quit the coalition government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga's plan to share tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels, a party spokesman said.
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      Lock icon Withholding UN dues 'decreases prospects for reform': US panel
      244 16 IPS WASHINGTON The United States must take a leadership role in enacting and financing sweeping reforms at the world body, but should not threaten the United Nations with withholding its dues in order to ensure compliance, according to a US task
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      Pulling political strings? He wrote the book
      415 16 Fugitive faked his own death; M'sian cops under fire as details surface KUALA LUMPUR More than a dozen Malaysian police are under investigation for charges of having helped a fugitive fake his own death and flee the country. Michael Soosai, an ethnic Indian,
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      Lock icon Could Rafsanjani be the man to get Iran reforms on track?
      639 18  -  Klialid Husain Cautious optimism as 'pragmatic conservative' noses ahead in polls khalid@newstoday.com.sg IRANIANS go to the polls today to elect a new president for the next four years, amid speculation that former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a moderate conservative,
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      Iran misled UN on nuclear experiments
      155 18 LONDON The United Nations nuclear watchdog has said that Iran has admitted to misleading them over its experiments with plutonium. The International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) is expected to confirm later that Iran continued experimenting with plutonium a key component of atomic bombs until
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Answering the call of the vain
        67 18 i. AFP A Japanese company is offering costumes that let mobile-phone users dress up their phones as everything from little bulls to slices of cheese. Voaafone KK's "clothing" range comes in brown, blue or orange. Those with more radical tastes can opt for a
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        His trouser snakes wouldn't stay still
        66 18 A smuggler who had filled his trousers with rare snakes was caught when he landed at Prague airport because customs officers spotted them wriggling. He had tried to seal his trousers by tying them with string and tucking the legs into his socks. The
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        Sleepwalker fell off roof
        79 18 A German who fell off a roof while sleepwalking said he lost his balance when he woke up, reported ananova.com. Thomas Manninger, 39, of Eltville in Germany, climbed out of a first-floor window, shimmied up a drainpipe and walked across the roof before falling 7m to
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      Lock icon Suffer the little children
      380 20 -AFP Rape of children is becoming too common an occurrence in S Africa JOHANNESBURG At least 50 children are raped in South Africa every day as the country struggles with the legacy of apartheid, Aids and an influx of pornography into a society that remains somewhat
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      Lock icon Fathers want to stay home, too
      209 20 The Guardian LONDON Almost four out of five working fathers said they would be happy to stay at home to look after their child, according to research published amid fresh calls for better paternity pay and leave. A survey of 1,200 new dads for
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      Lock icon Jackson may leave US, says brother
      196 20 -AFP LOS OLIVOS Superstar Michael Jackson might leave the United States following his acquittal on child molestation charges this week, his brother Jermaine Jackson said. "I would be right with him," Mr Jermaine Jackson replied when asked by CNN presenter Larry King if his
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      Lock icon Indonesian tycoon jailed 7 years for shooting waiter
      220 20 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian court has sentenced a wealthy businessman to seven years in jail for shooting dead a waiter at a Hilton hotel owned by his tycoon brother. Judges found Adiguna Sutowo guilty of murdering Yohannes Natong, a waiter at the
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      Lock icon Her hands still tied, The Lady turns 60
      695 22 -AFP Myanmar shows no sign it might release Aung San Suu Kyi BANGKOK Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, whose pacifist struggle against Myanmar's military rulers has made her an icon of democracy, turns 60 on Sunday under the house arrest that has
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      Focus On The Family
      241 24  -  Dr James Dobson TODAY's by j FOOD AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POWER When kids begin to use food as an instrument of power, it can sometimes lead to serious consequences down the line. We've heard a lot recently about the twin eating disorders of anorexia and
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      Lock icon Why pinch donation items?
      330 24  -  CARRIE YOUSOOF Not offering help is one thing, don't stoop to depriving the underprivileged of others' aid I Letter from MY condominium in Jurong West is organising a collection drive for the Salvation Army at the end of the month. However, the collection bins are already
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    • Letter
      The case for 'serial' entrepreneurs
      239 24  -  [VINCENT LEE CHOW LEE I Letter from YOUR article, "Few want to sow seed money" (June 15) was most interesting in exposing the fact that entrepreneurs are not all keen on Spring Seeds funds. The article quoted Mr Tan Soon Liang of Sirius Venture Consulting
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      IM chatting with myself and others
      822 24  -  mr brown RECENTLY, I started to use Instant Messaging (IM) more frequently. Yes! I am joining the ranks of the young people! According to another newspaper, it is the new addiction of the young (to which the young would reply: "Yeah, as recently as
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    • Letter
      Can kids speak good English if their teachers don't?
      207 26  -  S S RAMAN I Letter from I AGREE with Denyse Tessensohn's commentary, "Better English calls for better teaching" (June 13). Many teachers today do not have a sound knowledge of grammar and semantics as they have gone through an education system
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      Surely it was road rage...
      549 26  -  XUJUNBIN I Letter from WEEKS ago, while heading for a business meeting, I was the victim of a road-rage incident A car had been tailgating me, forcing me to change lanes to avoid it As I approached an expressway exit, the car speeded up and
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    • Letter
      Customer is always right, even when he's wrong
      203 28  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG I I Letter from I READ with interest the commentary, "Still facing grumpy customers? Read on" (June 16). I think the crux of the problem is that most of our service industry employees, particularly sales assistants and waiters,
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    • Social graces from nature and nurture
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      I say FATHER'S DAY – AND NO ONE NOTICED
      715 30  - I say FATHER'S DAY AND NO ONE NOTICED Jeremy Lim THIS Sunday is Father's Day. Unlike Mother's Day, there isn't much of an air of excitement around this day. There is not much publicity. There are hardly any write-ups on fathers. Tributes to fathers are also scarce. Few people talk
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    • Accolades
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        Good Samaritans, all the way to hospital
        209 30  -  LILIAN TAN Letter from AFTER reading about two readers' bad experience with the ambulance services, I wish to share my own good experience. On May 1, My mum had a stroke at around 9am while at the void deck. One kind gentleman called
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      • Letter
        Kudos for ICA efficiency
        163 30  -  TIMOTHY LIN ZHIUANG Letter from I AM writing to commend the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) for their efficient service. Last Saturday afternoon, I went to the ICA office to collect my new passport Based on the number of seats filled at the waiting area, I
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      Mary G, you knew what you signed up for
      168 32  -  IRIS FANG Letter from I REFER to "The void in her life" (June 16). To be honest, we, as employers of maids, do not pity Mary G. Why is she unhappy now when, as she admitted in the article, she "signed
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      475 32  -  Q3JQQ32Q2] Yes, FDWs can think for themselves IgjgjHl MARY G's letter, "The void in her life" (June 16), illustrates the fact that Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) are capable of thinking for themselves. Some Singaporean employers seem to have problems accepting this, claiming that if FDWs are
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      Temasek offers 29.5% of CapitaCommercial Trust
      193 34 TEMASEK Holdings is offering for sale 264.1 million existing units, or 29.5 per cent, of CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT). "We have seen strong demand for the CCT units. This offering will improve the liquidity of CCT's units and widen the investor base, which we believe
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        91 34 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed nearly flat. The ST Index added 0.83 points or 0.04 per cent to close at 2,202.74. Firmer US stocks on Wall Street on Wednesday and gains on North Asian bourses in early trade yesterday prompted some buying of local blue chips, but the overnight
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        62 34 Im Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.38 Pis +0.50 Ch hange 0.00 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.53 4262.80 -80.77 +16.20 -0.58 +0.38 Taiwan Wtd 6282.41 +30.31 +0.48 Korea Comp 1003.14 +1.20 +0.12 KLCI 898.04 -2.26 -0.25 SET Index 687.16 -0.31 -0.05 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex
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        28 34 SGX f i Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 433.50 Silver uss/oi 7.40 Platinum uss/oi 880.00 Rubber cents/kg 241.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1384.50 Brent crude uss/borrel 54.45 Information provided by
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        36 34 US$ 0.5984 UK£ 0.3283 Yen 65.3373 HK$ 4.6517 RM 2.2737 Euro 0.4939 Rupiah 5742.7 Baht 24.476 Peso 33.059 A$ 0.7774 Indian Rs 26.082 Won 606.43 C$ 0.7398 Yuan 4.9523 NZ$ 0.8386 NTS 18.779
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        SGX top rises
        79 34 By Close Change lardine C&C 13.600 +0.300 5TIETF100 22.760 +0.260 By percentage Penguin W*****0 Sunlight W*****4 Close Change 0.010 +100.0 0.010 +100.0 ZITYDEV W*****0 4.900 +0.240 CITYDEV MBLeCW*****1 0.200 +42.9 ISH500USS 10.500 +0.200 A-SonicW*****0 0.020 +33.3 XBC 4.59SNCPS 100 101.900 +0.200 Oakwell 0.060 +33.3 :iTYDEV 7.350 +0.150
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        SGX top falls
        79 34 By Close Change By percentage Close Change DBS 14.200 -0.400 LiangHual 0.005 -50.0 SingamasC 2kHKS 5.800 -0.250 Venture SGAeCW*****7 0.065 -45.8 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.800 -0.200 TACSGAeCW*****0 0.100 -41.2 OCBC 11.800 -0.200 GMG USS 0.020 -33.3 [AC 200USS 3.200 -0.140 Ionics 0.040 -33.3 fACCAeCW*****7 0.790 -0.130
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      Lock icon SingTel does better with 3G
      383 34 Agencies Take-up rate beyond the telco's target SURPASSING its own expectations, SingTel said that it is leading the third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone market in Singapore with close to 20,000 subscribers already using its service. The telco, which launched its 3G service in February, said
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        Lock icon Fortune Reit's new units via ATM fully taken up
        186 38 Dow Jones SINGAPORE-listed Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust's (Fortune Reit) offering of 12 million new units to retail investors to help finance the purchase of six properties in Hong Kong has been fully taken up, the trust's manager said yesterday. ARA
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        Lock icon Ascendas starts $350m property fund in India
        326 38 Agencies Company aims to grow it to $800m SINGAPORE-based industrial property developer Ascendas said yesterday it had launched a $350-million real estate fund that will invest in business parks catering to India's information technology sector. Ascendas is injecting two of its assets the
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        Ban Leong Tech launches IPO
        109 38 MULTIMEDIA and data storage products distributor Ban Leong Technologies expects to raise about $4.3 million in net proceeds from the initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the Singapore Exchange launched yesterday. Ban Leong is offering 28.8 million shares at 22 cents each, of
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        China to allow trading of eight new currency pairs after successful trial
        184 40 BEIJING China will officially launch trading in a larger number of currencies against each other next week, the foreign exchange trade centre said yesterday. The expanded range of currency pairs will be open for trading on Monday after
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        SingTel heads honour roll for telcos
        240 40  -  Seah Slew Hua SINGTEL has won top honours at the 2005 Frost Sullivan Asia Pacific Technology Awards, for being the year's best overall service provider. Other winners at Wednesday night's award ceremony include Hong Kong's PCCW for being the best broadband service provider, Australia's
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        Lock icon TPV sales to Philips to hit $9.7b by 2009
        349 40 Bloomberg Flat screen TV demand to be major growth driver SINGAPORE-listed TPV Technology, the world's second-biggest personal computer monitor maker, expects sales to Philips Electronics to reach US$5.B billion ($9.7 billion) by 2009 after its purchase of the Dutch company's monitor
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        HP opens $20m R&D centre for servers
        219 40  -  Seah Slew Hua HEWLETT-Packard (HP) has set up its first Asian research and development centre for servers in Singapore. Built at a cost of US$l2 million ($2O million) and staffed by 13 employees, the Asia-Pacific, Integrity Server Research and Development (R&D) Center will
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        DBS enters India financial services pact
        103 40 DBS Bank and India's Murugappa Group's Cholamandalam Investments and Finance Company (CIFCL) have agreed to a retail financial services partnership that includes consumer finance, asset management and securities in India. DBS Bank, which will invest up to 2.28 billion rupees ($B7 million), and the
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        Lock icon World's richest man once, he faces jail
        336 42 -AFP TOKYO Former rail and real-estate magnate Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was considered the world's richest man at the height of Japan's economic miracle in the late 1980s, pleaded guilty yesterday to lying and insider trading in his fallen empire. "Facts are as stated,"
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        Lock icon China's Haier Group may make a bid for Maytag Corp soon
        205 42 -AFP BEIJING A leading Chinese home appliance maker, the Haier Group, said yesterday that it was "closely watching" developments that may lead to the acquisition of struggling US appliance group Maytag Corp. "The Haier Group is closely watching developments
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        Lock icon Pump up volume, US tells India
        395 46 .-AFP Washington wants trade to multiply many times over, rules to be streamlined WASHINGTON The United States wants trade with India to jump rapidly to a level close to that of China, a senior US official said on Wednesday in yet another indication of
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        Lock icon Bristol-Myers to pay $501m to settle accounting probe
        195 46 .-AFP NEW YORK Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co agreed to pay US$3OO million ($5Ol million) to settle a US accounting probe, and two former executive were indicted on criminal charges linked to the scheme. US Attorney Christopher Christie said that the case
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        STRUCTURED WARRANTS: KNOW WHAT YOU TRADE
        853 44  -  Mano Sabnani STRUCTURED warrants are one of the hot flavours of the stock market these days. Volumes traded in this leveraged instrument have surged, with turnover on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) amounting to $2.3 billion in the first quarter alone, compared to $1.5 billion
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      332 38 A MESSAGE FROM OAKLEY _^r Oakley, Inc. ("Oakley") wishes to inform the public that several outlets in Singapore are, despite not being authorised Oakley dealers, selling its sunglasses and other optical products. Oakley has been conducting nation-wide investigations into the matter and has evidence that some of these outlets are
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      53 40 WEDDING COLLECTION 18- 20 June csat-Mon) Suntec Singapore I CI/CI 0 International Convention LL V t L w i Exhibition Centre The 2005 Wedding Showcase featuring Beautiful Gowns X Exquisite Bridal Photography is here I Come see the latest in bridal K a// here of Special QTADTC Exhibition Rates for
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      40 47 I Blue Stay-Flat Bands, p^^^^B I no w '1|77 protected Ijl toughest situations." Amber Chia, Whisper spokeswoman. International Supermodel 'Free laundry net is bundled with Whisper Regular Flow-Wings 40s and Whisper Heavy Flow Overnight-Wings 325. For a limited period only.
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      Lock icon THE OTHER SIDE OF IRENE ANG
      785 48  -  JeanineTan SNG LI WEI IRENE Ang (picture) can banter with anyone. From discussing the merits of Jude Law with this journalist and the photographer (admittedly, we're of a different, Channel 5-watching generation) to talking to a Malaysian coffee shop assistant about the difficulties of
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      Lock icon 'I'm not that cute'
      220 48  -  -Joyce Lin MALAYSIAN-BORN singer Yu Heng confesses that she doesn't like being too "cutesy". The singer-songwriter, who is based on Taiwan, just released her second album, Happy Day. She is so busy promoting her album and working on her music that she has no time to
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      Lock icon Building primal bonds
      633 50  -  David Chew Buildings remind us of our mother's wombs, says artist Michael Lee david. chew@newstoday. com.se IF ARTIST Michael Lee told you that we love buildings because they remind us of our mother's womb, would you think he was crazy? Lee's latest work, Notes Towards a Corporeal
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      Entrepreneurship 101
      300 50  -  LORRAINE LIM THEATRE REVIEW by Heavenly Bento post theater WHAT does one need to succeed in business? Watching post theater's production of Heavenly Bento, it seems one needs tenacity, perseverance along with the desire to constantly pursue innovation and excellence. The production is based on the (almost true)
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      The aliens are coming!
      611 52  -  Felix Cheong A new wave of end-of-the-world Hollywood films is hitting theatres news@newstoday.com.sg JUST when you thought it's safe to make plans for the weekend, along comes another wave of Hollywood films telling you it doesn't matter anyway because planet Earth is going to be annihilated
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        Battitude like never before
        602 54  -  Yong Shu Chiang Nolan's excellent exploration of Batman's origins is gritty and intelligent FILM REVIEW Batman Begins CORNY lines, cheesy baddies and George Clooney with director Joel Schumacher the dynamic duo who sank the eight-years-defunct Batman series have no place in the franchise for the new
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        Ice Princess
        240 54  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW by "YOU'RE giving up on your dream!" says exasperated Mum, who cannot understand why her rapidly growing-up teen daughter has opted for a figure-skating career instead of a potential spot in Harvard. "No Mum, I'm giving up your dream," retorts Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg
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        A mesmerising family drama
        142 55  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEWby In My Father's Den A FAMOUS but disillusioned war photographer returns home battleweary after having seen various conflicts up close and personal the world over. Back in New Zealand, Paul (Matthew MacFadyen) attends the funeral of his father. Striking up friendship
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        285 55  -  MERVIN TAY Premonition is a more outstanding film than its counterpart, Infection FILM REVIEW BY, Premonition WHAT would you do if you had an (impossibly) early edition of the next day's newspaper? The folks in this film, based on a classic Japanese comic Newspaper of Terror, were
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        Train ride from hell
        304 56  -  PATRICIA YAP But its typical S Korean horror fare FILM REVIEWb7 Ghost Train A SUBWAY train is the perfect setting for a spook-fest Indie horror Creep recently depicted murderous subterranean dwellers in the London Tube, and South Korean horror Ghost Train is about a present-day haunted
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      56 54 P' V #1 us SINGAPORE BOX OFFICE HIT! f /<JP Si 1 S Hilarious! A knockdown, drag-out romantic comedy DavidAnsen, Newsweek w< Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie J b •iSfc \/I y* jk T" \/I y*o JLYJLJL* m JLYJLLO* I W U'fJMMlfMWliraiUMSrini mMM Mil>Kli,BlllffiSllf lIIHI.II J fIK I m 'W Mfll'iiiiliy
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      384 55 ray: 1.00, 3.00, 7.00, 9.00 pm Tdy: 11.00 am, 5.00,11.00 pm A NIGHT ON THE WATER English dialogue With Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 1.00,5.00,9.00 pm HELENA English dialogue With Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l ray: 11.00 am, 3.00, 7.00,11.00 pm INSIDE DEEPTHROAT SSSSS£ English dialogue With Eng Subtitles R2l ray: 1.30, 3.30,
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      215 58 AFP Summer romance isn t all its cracked up to be LONDON Most single Britons regard a holiday romance as an essential part of a summer vacation, but most will fizzle out within a week of returning to the British drizzle. Nearly nine in 1 0 holiday flings
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      665 59 -AFP Chariot races bring an ancient Roman city in Jordan back to life JERASH (Jordan) The sun bears down and dust swirls as Roman centurions, followed by armour-clad legionnaires and bruised gladiators, tramp out of the ancient hippodrome to the trailing sounds of a military march.
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      161 59 THE summers in Hokkaido, in northern Japan, are short and mild, making it the perfect nursery for flowers to bloom. Those wishing to go on a trail of Hokkaido's summer scents may want to check out Chan Brothers Travel's 7D Floral Hokkaido package, which starts from $1,988. The
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        592 64 -AP -Jackson has never before attempted to rebuild a team into championship material LOS ANGELES One of Phil Jackson's first observations upon returning to the Los Angeles Lakers was he'd be "most amazed" if they were in position to contend for a championship during
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        Lock icon He's wobbly, but Ginobili's man enough to take the blows
        558 64 -AFP NBA FINALS, GAME 4 Detroit v San Antonio DETROIT Argentinian star Manu Ginobili said yesterday it would take more than a nagging thigh injury to prevent him from playing in Game 4 of the National Basketball Association Finals. The
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        310 65 AFP GOLF US Open PINEHURST, North Carolina Veteran Olin Browne, who had to shoot a 59 in qualifying to book his spot in the 105 th US Open, found himself sharing the lead after the first round this morning. The 46-year-old
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        Lock icon Brazil outclass Euro champs
        613 65 AFP Robinho stars as samba masters dazzle to ease past Greece CONFEDERATIONS CUP Brazil 3 Greece 0 LEIPZIG, Germany World Cup holders Brazil outclassed European champions Greece to win 3-0 in the Confederations Cup this morning with the rising star of world football, Robinho, among the
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        110 65 AFP CONFEDERATIONS CUP Japan 1 Mexico 2 HANNOVER Mexico stretched their unbeaten ran to 19 matches with a 2-1 win over Zico's Japan in the Confederations Cup this morning. Atsushi Yanagisawa gave the Japanese an early lead before playmaker Zinha's exquisite equaliser, with Jose Fonseca bagging the
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        568 66 Agencies Korean star reportedly decides to leave PSV as Glazer reveals Fergie's spending power SEOUL South Korean World Cup star Park Ji Sung has informed his Dutch club, PSV Eindhoven, that he is leaving to join English Premiership giants Manchester United, his agent said yesterday.
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        299 66 LONDON Lee Bowyer s move from Newcastle to Birmingham looked to have collapsed yesterday, following protests by Blues fans. Birmingham appeared close to completing a deal for the 28-year-old midfielder, but the move hit a late hitch, reported BBC Sport. Owner David Sullivan told
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        235 66 -AFP KASHIMA, Japan Liverpool's scheduled pre-season tour of Japan has been cancelled to allow them to contest the Champions League first qualifying round next month, Kashima Antlers officials said yesterday. The English Premiership side, winners of the Champions League trophy, were to play against
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        Arsenal to sell Pires?
        194 66 LONDON Contract talks between Arsenal and Robert Pires (picture) have broken down, with the Gunners reportedly considering selling the France midfielder this summer, reported BBC Sport yesterday. The club have offered a one-year extension to the 32-year-old, whose deal expires at the end of next season.
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        457 67  -  JASMINE ZHAO Unbeaten Malaysian outfit confident ahead of Mannas clash NSL GRAND FINAL Mannas v Arowanas (Saturday 7pm, Toa Payoh Sports Hall) jasmine.zhao@newstoday.com.sg NOT many outside of the Eastern Mannas camp give the team much of a chance in tomorrow's Grand Final of the 6th NTUC Fair Price
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        Lock icon Easy start for Federer, Hewitt and Roddick, but Safin faces a tough draw
        462 67 -AFP TENNIS Wimbledon LONDON Roger Federer's bid for a third straight Wimbledon title will begin with a first round meeting with French Davis Cup player Paul-Henri Mathieu. The world No 1 will not be losing too much
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        Lock icon Vanquished again, Aussies now wary of Bangladesh
        246 68 CRICKET Somerset v Australia TAUNTON, England Twin hundreds from Somerset's overseas opening pair Sanath Jayasuriya and Graeme Smith gave the home side a four wicket win and ensured that Australia suffered their second loss in three days on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time).
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        132 68 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Australia is expected to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as early as 2006, after winning the backing of the world football governing body Fifa, AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam said yesterday. Australia, which does not have a direct qualifying spot
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        Going by the book
        506 68  -  TAN YO-HINN Singapore youngsters' training manual working wonders FOR many in the 25-strong Standard Chartered Singapore under-16 squad, their rugby instructions have always been passed verbally, usually by the coach. So it was a shock when they were handed a training handbook by the Singapore Rugby
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        Lock icon Van Persie to stay in jail longer
        218 68 -AFP ROTTERDAM Arsenal's Dutch star Robin van Persie (right) will be held for another 14 days while police investigate rape charges, prosecutors said yesterday. Radio reports said a DNA specimen had been taken from the 21-year-old, but prosecutors' spokesman Jeichin de Graaf refused
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        524 70  -  LEONG WEE KEAT With 28 sports at risk and five set to muscle in, July's lOC Session not just about the bidding cities weekeat@newstoday.com.sg WHILE the decision on who will win the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games has grabbed much of the headlines in the
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        337 70  -  Leong Wee Keat ACTRESS and director Beatrice Chia remembers a London photoshoot she did in 1996 clearly. Said Chia: "In the middle of it, the semi-finals of the European championships started. It was England versus Germany. At that moment, everyone just stopped
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        200 70  -  Eric Ding PAYA Lebar Punggol were just eight minutes away from clinching their first point of the season last night, only for Egmar Goncalves to break their hearts and the rest of the Hougang faithful. The Protectors collected all three points in a thrilling 3-2
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      549 71  -  JOSE RAYMOND Lewis' move angers clubs, SAFFC and Balestier reject request forsomeYoung Lions jose@newstoday.com.sg GOALKEEPER Lionel Lewis will return to Home United before the S-League transfer window closes next Monday. And the move has angered some club officials. The idea behind the transfer is for the 23-year-old voted
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      72 71 THE Singapore national team have climbed up five spots in the Fifa world rankings. The Lions are now 99th in the world, moving up from 1 04 last month. The team is now ranked 1 Bth in Asia, just one spot behind North
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      496 71  -  lAN LYE ian.lye@newstoday.com.sg WHEN 13-year-old twin athletes Araunah and Oman Wei competed in the New Balance National Inter-School and Collegiate Aquathlon last month, they finished first and second, respectively. Both brothers broke the C Division Boys' record Araunah by
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      138 68 I League Home Team] Away Team (s^p^Lt^^e) S.League Albirex Tarn pines Fri, 17/06/05 7.00pm Singapore Cup Young Lions Geylang Sat, 18/06/05 730pm Confederations 2005 Germany Tunisia Sun, 19/06/05 12.00am Italian League Bologna Parm Sun, 19/06/05 2.30am Confederations 2005 Australia Argentina Sun, 19/06/05 2.45am Check the current odds at any Singapore
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      837 74  -  PearlynTham Actor says playing a father of two daughters has changed his life pearly n@newstoday.com.sg HE may always play the role of a sweet and amiable man on screen if you don't count his scheming turn in The Reunion but at home, MediaCorp artiste Chew
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        649 78 Sexy television news presenter. Brainiest quiz show host. Cheryl Fox goes by many titles but she's probably best known for looking hot while wearing glasses on TV No newcomer to broadcast journalism, she anchored her first news bulletin when she was a schoolgirl. Today, the 28-year-old delivers the
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        HOT WAVES
        394 78 Lifeguard Jason Lee looks very hot in a pair of red shorts and sunglasses. He's so hot that I was getting a bit hot and bothered while interviewing him by the pool at the Jurong Swimming Complex. When he took off his shirt for the photo shoot, it
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        713 80 I have to act like a guy rough, tough and loud, especially when it comes to commanding the men. Sergeant Martha Quek's girl-next-door looks and impish grin are not the only things that make men go weak in the knees her earshattering holler for her men to "water
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        525 80 Kazushi Kato looks like he stepped out of a Japanese TV drama. And while I hesitate to use a cliched phrase, the 46-year-old chef is "tall, dark and handsome. Born in Hiroshima, Kazushi came to Singapore 14 years ago to work as a chef. Today, he owns a
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        Lock icon THE NERD
        233 84 Merriam Webster Online defines a nerd as "an unstylish, unattractive or socially inept person, especially one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits'.' Remember Erkel in the 90s sitcom Family Matters? He was the quintessential nerd, with the oversized glasses and the rolled-up pants held up by red
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        AH BENG
        103 84 Shoot me but I fail to see the appeal of the Ah Beng. Is it the lure of the bright orange comb? The gelled-to-combustible-levels hair? The way he squats and bobs rhythmically as he smokes his Winstons? To me, it's one of those unfathomable mysteries in life that
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        162 86 The father figure is a popular species among women. He is mature, protective, sensitive, worldly and usually a decade or two older than the girl. But in this day of gyms, Botox and creams made from placenta, age is inconsequential. The father figure assumes the role of
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        THE GRUBBY ONE
        180 86 Not every girl is drawn to squeaky-clean matinee looks and immaculately coiffed hair. You don't want a guy who looks as though his mother still bathes and grooms him. That's your job. A bit of grit and grime and dirt can elevate a guy's sex appeal. It
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      205 82  -  Reeta Raman Our reporter starts a campaign to help Singaporeans chill out reeta@newstoday.com.sg How does one beat the rising mercury and the humidity which make the outdoors feel like a never-ending sauna? One would have imagined that, by now, Singaporeans would know how to keep their cool in
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      COOL AID: THE 'ESSENTIALS' TO BEATING THE HEAT
      279 82 1. Go fishing in a big longkang at Kallang. Leave your fishing rod to dangle in the water and spend the time drinking a cup of teh peng. 2. Read last year's weather reports. Pay special attention to the days that had
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        49 88 Until July 24, enjoy 20-per-cent storewide discounts at Poh Heng Jewellery (except on 999/916 gold, Le Lumiere and diamonds of one-carat and more). Plus, with every $100 spent on gem jewellery, you'll get a $20 gift voucher that is redeemable for purchases of diamond and gem jewellery.
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        84 88 There's the Great Singapore Sale and then there's the Great Expressions Sale. Until July 31, treat yourself to offers from Expressions. For example, enjoy eight Infra Red Ultra Slimming sessions under the 5-in-1 VIP Programme at just $28 monthly or get 10 EIPL Permanent Hair Reduction
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        BLOCKBUSTER HITS
        67 88 Maybelline has launched three blockbuster sets for different age groups. There is Fun Funky (picture), Sensual and Superstar. The first is designed for those aged from 15 to 24 and consists of a Clear Smooth Gel foundation, a Volume Express Turbo Boost mascara and a Fruity Jelly lip
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        60 88 If you don t want to miss out on the Estee Lauder beauty sets, make a beeline for the Estee Lauder counters now. A fabulous buy is this Advance Night Repair Face Eye Duo. Priced at $85, the pair contains rare herbal extracts, powerful anti-oxi-dants and moisture magnets
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        31 88 Want a luxurious Dior beach towel? Purchase $150 and more of Dior beauty products from any Dior counter and you will get one free. While stocks last.
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        33 88 Enjoy a 30-per-cent discount on workshops such as Babies n Cream Pilates, Just For Her Therapeutic self-massage and Prenatal Yoga. Babies n Cream is at #02-12, Great World City.
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        65 88 Amore Fitness is offering promotions until the end of the month. With every six-month fitness package purchased, you will receive a goodie bag worth more than $200. Purchase an 18-month fitness package and you will get the goodie bag, one month's free fitness membership and a Guess?
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        A SHIMMERING 50% DISCOUNT
        78 88 During its Shimmering Summer Sale, Lee Hwa I Jewellery is offering storewide discounts of up to I 50 per cent. All GIA/HRD certified diamond soli- I taires now come with a seven-day money back guarantee (terms and conditions apply). For a touch of colour, get the
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      Head for red
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        REDKEN TO THE UV RESCUE
        66 90 Yes, hair needs sunblock too. Redken's UV Rescue collection is formulated with the new C2 Solar Complex that allows vitamin C to be delivered straight to your hair's inner structure. As a result, your hair enjoys both external protection and internal repair so it receives
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        WARM RESPONSE
        177 90 One of the most comprehensive sun protection and sun care ranges around must be Clinique's UV-Response Sun Line. This comprises 12 products, including four self-tanners, two solar-acti-vated face-care products, two solar-activated body products and even after-sun care. After all, the brand has been a fervent advocate of sun
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        TOMATO AID
        98 90 Tomatoes are not only good for your health but also as a sun protection agent. Dayshield UV Moisturiser SPF3O contains tomato extract to fight free radicals caused by exposure to the sun. It also uses nanosomal technology as the micro-sized nanosomes are able to penetrate into your skin
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        OUTSMART, OUTSHINE
        70 90 How do you like the idea of protecting your skin and making it look sun-kissed at the same time? Origins' Outsmart Daily SPF 25 Naturally Protective Sunscreen ($4O) lets you do both. This face protector blocks out UVA and UVB rays and also lends your skin a healthy,
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        MILK-GEL MARVEL
        75 91 You'll be surprised by how smooth and fastdrying Vichy's Ultra Fluid SPF6O ($39) is on your skin. Its milk-gel formula gives you the freshness of a gel but the richness of milk. You can also wear your make-up over this. For kids, there's the Enfant Spray SPF3O ($36).
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        LIGHT AND SOFT
        107 91 If the tanned look is not for you, keep your skin looking fair and radiant with Garnier's LightMatte UV lightening lotion. This is made with pure lemon essence and comes with a SPF2O factor so you can enjoy sun protection while maintaining the fairness of your skin.
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        SPRAY AWAY SUN WOES
        123 91 To get to hard-to-reach areas such as the back of your legs or your lower back, sun protection that comes in a spray bottle is ideal. First launched in 1999 with a SPF2O factor, Nivea's Moisturising Sun Spray ($19.90) now comes with a higher factor of
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        PROTECTION INSIDE OUT
        67 91 You can apply your sun protection. Or you can consume it, with Heliocare Oral. This oral supplement increases your resistance to sunburn by three times and protects you from UVA and UVB rays, thanks to its active ingredient the all-natural Fernblock agent. Heliocare Oral also prevents and
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        SOLEIL SO GOOD
        95 91 So often, we neglect our crowning glory. But did you know that your hair can become dry and lifeless without protection from the sun? The Soleil hair collection by Kerastase is formulated to protect and repair hair from the damaging effects of the sun, salt and chlorinated
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        SMOOTH TAN OPERATORS
        94 91 Think you've seen it all in sun-protection products? Estee Lauder's new Sun Performance Anti-Ageing Suncare with Anti-Spot Protection will make you think twice. The range, which includes an anti-ageing oil-free sun spray ($4B) and anti-ageing sun lotion for face SPF3O ($3B), features the brand's exclusive ASP technology.
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        DUO FACTOR
        127 91 For summer, Bobbi Brown has two essentials that you can either use separately or together to double the impact. First, the Protective Face Lotion with SPFIS ($6B) protects your skin against the sun while keeping it hydrated. As it is made to be absorbed quickly, it helps to
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  • food
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        CRYSTAL JADE GINSENG CHICKEN BBQ
        134 92 Takashimaya SC The kimchi rolled out here is mild by traditional Korean standards an amateur like myself enjoyed the spread of eight mini Korean appetisers without shedding a tear. I took the waitress' recommendations for my main courses and ordered the kimchi soup and bibimbab.
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        DINING ROOM
        64 92 Sheraton Towers A friend recommended the laksa here when she heard about my quest for Singapore's spiciest food. The noodles are served dry, with a variety of ingredients that includes prawns, quail eggs and cockles. The piping-hot laksa soup comes separately. Tell them how spicy you want it
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        Lock icon INAGIKU
        114 92 Katrina Karim i Raffles The Plaza Wasabi is not all the Japanese have to spice up a meal. At Inagiku, there's a hot pot item that is sure to challenge the most avid chilli eaters. Chock-full of fresh seafood such as prawns, mussels, sea bass, salmon and scallops as
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        Lock icon THAI EXPRESS
        45 92 -CM Lim The translucent torn yam soup at Thai Express looks harmless enough, so the spiciness hit me when I least expected it. However, the tangy aftertaste is very satisfying and leaves your throbbing puckers pulsating for more. Not for beginners. Spice-o-meter: Iff*
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        Lock icon CHONG QING HOTPOT
        71 92 -CM Lim Sunte< International Convention Exhibition Centre The ma la soup at Chongqing Hot Pot is served in a split pot one side is filled with lip-numbing, chilli-oil-filled soup and the other half with clear chicken broth. My vote goes to the fiery zing of the red-hot
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        HUA KEE
        163 92 Pasir Panjang Food Centre Imagine fresh, roe-ful crabs smothered in an oh-so-hot chilli gravy the collaboration is hotter than Mr and Mrs Smith combined. While most people go to No Signboard, Palm Beach or East Coast Seafood Centre for a taste of chilli crabs, my loyalty lies with
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        LONG JIANG SZECHUAN RESTAURANT
        108 92 Crown Hotel I last dined at Long Jiang about two years ago. When I revisited the restaurant again on account of this story, I found that the sting of its Szechuan hot and sour soup had been markedly reduced and the texture a tad watered down
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