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  • 16 1 weekend TODAY November 5 6, 2005 mica(p> 114/07/2005 ffimr incorporating iJirCRIS we set you thinking todayonline.com
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  • 1183 1  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg FOR a place long burdened by the label of being "industrial", Jurong with its large homes and spanking new condos wears a distinctly sophisticated air these days. The residents are richer, the malls slicker, the factories more cutting-edge, JURONG MAKEOVER the ambience more upmarket
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    • 61 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH* www.thelivingfaith.org "I will prOteCt and DIGSS him constantly and surround him with My I0VG; hewillbeQfGQt because of MG." The Bible, Psalm 89:24 Venue Wisdom Centre I Marketplace Christian Fellowship I Venue: Singapore Conference Hall I [KreaAyerPeoplesTheatre] Time:7.30 P m Time' I Oam C^l refreshments will be served
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  • hot news
    • 682 3  -  LEECHINGWERN Minister outlines proposal guidelines for IR bidders chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THOSE in the race to develop the integrated resort (IR) at Marina Bay don't have to quote a sky-high price for the site. In another move to remove the guesswork from the process
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    • Article, Illustration
      107 3 Key points outlined by Mr Lim Hng Kiang (picture) in the RFP guidelines: Price of land is fixed at $1.2 billion. Site area is 20.6 ha, with maximum gross floor area of 570,000 sq m and minimum gross floor area of 270,000 sq m. Land tenure is for 60
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  • Singapore news
    • 461 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Essential service workers will have first claim on Tamiflu huileng@newstoday.com. sg IF A flu pandemic does hit Singapore, the priority for antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu will go to essential services workers, patients and those at risk. This is so
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    • 252 4 WITH the United States, Thailand, Vietnam and now Taiwan determined to push ahead with mass production of Tamiflu, drug maker Roche is inviting governments and private companies to work with it "For Roche, patients' needs come first and we will do everything to address these
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    • 623 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG New scheme calls for weekday campers to be registered cheekong@newstoday.com. sg TWO months ago, the National Parks Board (NParks), together with the police and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), embarked on an exercise to clear beaches of people who had been
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    • 406 6  -  —VINITARAMANI WHEN a trained medical doctor, who is Minister of Manpower, addressed the cream of the Singapore medical community on Friday, the talk turned to you've guessed it jobs in the healthcare sector. And there will be plenty of such jobs to go around
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    • 552 8  -  JASMINE YIN Invention by two Ngee Ann Poly students converts hand signs into words jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THIS is a project that lets the hands do the talking. Using wireless technology, the project involves an electronic Data Glove that captures hand signs
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 120 8 -938UVE The Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box is back this Christmas season with its biggest target ever. It aims to collect more than 400,000 gifts and fulfil some 7,500 wishes through the project that encourages Singaporeans to 'share-a-giff with the needy. Last year, more than 350,000 gifts
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      • 100 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Ministry of Defence is purchasing two Vastergotland-class submarines from Sweden. The subs are expected to enter service from 2010 and replace some of the Republic of Singapore Navy's Challenger-class subs. The agreement with KockumsAß includes a logistics package and comprehensive training in
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    • 184 8  -  -VINITARAMANI SINGAPOREANS know a great deal when they see one such as Today's fifth anniversary $5 deal. With five lucky readers offered the chance to buy a Sharp 20" LCD TV worth $1,099 for just $5, a total of 15,452 readers sent in SMSes in
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    • 337 8  - Back to school at 35, she's a principal LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE past fortnight has been a memorable one for Madam Phyllis Chua. First, she topped her cohort at the National Institute of Education's prestigious Leaders in Education Programme. No easy feat, as it was an intensive six-month course involving
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    • 140 8 Ahmad Ibrahim Chua Chu Kang Sec Pri Mr Stephen Chin Mr Francis Foo Hong Em Coral Pri Anderson Sec Ms Ang Mvi MdmThamMun Khoong See Elias Park Pri Evergreen Sec Mrs Wong Siew Mr Chan Yew Shan Wooi Fuchun Pri Peirce Sec Mdm Lim Ai Lay Mr Sim
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  • world news
    • 1018 10  -  VENESSALEE David Blunkett, the blind politician who made history, lost his way over a secret love affair venessa@newstoday.com.sg ONCE tipped to become the Prime Minister, Mr David Blunkett, Britain's first blind Cabinet Minister, was forced to resign on Wednesday for the second time in
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    • this quirky world
      • 117 10 -AP An American is suing his former girlfriend for more than U5540,600 ($69,000) for gluing his genitals to his abdomen using Super Glue. Mr Kenneth Slaby of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, broke up with Ms Gail O'Toole in 1999, after dating for 10 months. Mr Slaby then began
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      • 117 10 -AP Czechs tired of watching humans apeing around in reality shows will soon be able to witness the private primate life of gorillas as an alternative, Prague zoo announced. For the next two months, starting on Monday, live webcasts of one male, two females and a young
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      • 118 10 I AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG REALLY DPA The latest wrinkle in Internet audio is the petcast a special radio station aimed at pets. Called dogcatradio.com "the radio station all pets prefer" —the station broadcasts live 17 hours a day from southern California to thousands of listeners all over
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 114 12 -AFP Japan's government said on Friday it would wait for a panel's view on whether to let a woman take the throne after a prince openly criticised the idea of a reigning empress. Faced with a succession crisis in Japan's imperial household, a
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      • 106 12 Thailand's army has declared martial law in two southern districts of Songkhla province, official Thai News Agency reported yesterday. Officials said Southern insurgents were storing arms and targeting attacks in the districts, reported The Bangkok Post. Martial law was necessary because the
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    • 234 12 -THE GUARDIAN PARIS An acclaimed French film director credited with discovering Vanessa Paradis appeared in a Paris court on Thursday accused of forcing four young actresses to masturbate as part of their screen tests. Jean-Claude Brisseau denies the charges of sexual harassment and sexual
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    • 822 12 Poverty, discrimination among immigrant families turns into violence PARIS The cauldron of discontent in Paris' run-down, high-rise suburban slums, which boiled over into violence showed no sign of abating on Friday after an eighth night of clashes and burning. The violence has extended well beyond
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    • 616 14 Light skin rules and personal ads would have you believe India is one rolling wheat field of masculinity MUMBAI Indian manufacturers of cosmetics are injecting a bit of testosterone into their marketing mix to cater to the appar-ently-growing metrosexual male market. Here's how a sample advertisement
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    • 254 14 CLEMENT MESENAS SINGAPORE'S ties with Malaysia are good. And they are getting better with the new leaders of both countries, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said in an interview with Asahi Shimbun on Thursday. Contentious issues between the countries did not arise during
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    • 245 14 NEW DELHI Scientists in India are mapping the DNA of basmati rice to protect one of the country's most treasured natural products from a foreign takeover, London's Independent newspaper reported. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 94 16 -AFP For the first time, more than half of Americans polled doubt President George W Bush's honesty, according to an ABC News poll released on Thursday, one year after his re-election Just 40 per cent of Americans call Mr Bush honest and trustworthy, and
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      • 113 16 —AP A man was convicted of murder in the United States after witnesses testified that he relied on his cat's behaviour to decide who to kill. A jury convicted 40-year-old Clayton Edward Butsch of shooting Mr Chad Vavricka last year as the man slept in a
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      • 124 16 Australian teacher Cindy Leanne Howell, who had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, was sentenced to five years jail, reported The Australian newspaper on Friday. Howell, who pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a sexual relationship with a
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    • 563 16 AGENCIES Setback for fight against terror, say security experts after suspect escapes through sewer JAKARTA In a huge setback in the fight against terrorism, a top Al Qaeda member escaped from a maximum-security American airbase in Afghanistan, reports said. Omar Al Farouq was one of
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    • 204 16 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Police have identified suspects behind the recent beheadings of three schoolgirls in a sectarian violence-plagued area of central Indonesia, local media reports said on Friday. The authorities refused to release the suspects' names but said the investigation into the beheadings of
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    • 360 16 AFP SYDNEY A sixth person connected to the discovery of the 5,300-year-old frozen corpse of a man who became known as Oetzi the Iceman has died, fuelling claims of a curse surrounding the mummy. Molecular archaeologist Tom Loy, 63, was found dead in
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  • Voices
    • 141 18  -  WEE KAH HUAT Letter from I READ the letters "Bullied by 42kg wife" (Nov 4) and "Husband abuse: When it's men who need shelter from violence" (Oct 31). The law should strive for equality for both genders. I wonder how many women have made
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    • 833 18  -  Neil Humphreys Maids are sleeping outdoors while we argue endlessly: When will it all end? I LEFT home when I was 15. After a blazing row with my mother, I stormed out of the house, vowing never to return. The final bridge had been burned. My mother
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    • 330 20  -  LOH LIKWEI Citizens will never achieve First World mentality if they go on cedina resoonsibilitv Letter from I WRITE in response to the commentary by Tang Li ("Let's fine uncivil shoppers", Nov 4). I'm not entirely sure if appealing to
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    • 373 20  -  FRANCIS LEE Letter from I HAVE two dogs and I love to take them out to parks and beaches for walks. However, I find it increasingly difficult to sit down for food or drinks at a cafe or restaurant after a walk with my dogs.
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    • 191 20  -  HAN LIANG YUAN Letter from Director Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Francis Chong Gwee Siang's letter "Lamp post blocks traffic light" (Nov 1). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) carried out traffic light upgrading works at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Avenue
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    • 81 20 Abuse does not come only in physical form mental abuse can also be as bad. But when a man is being mentally abused by the wife, we call it 'Queen Control... There are men outthere who continue to live with the abuse and keep trying to 'make peace' for
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    • 281 20  -  APRIL TAN Letter from I REFER to the letter from Jennifer Chua, "One helps the other dodges" (Nov 4). My family and I have been victims of inconsiderate neighbours on both sides for the past six years. They hang their dirty clothes along the
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  • Businesstoday
    • 635 22 -BLOOMBERG Capita Land to open 30-storey building amid rebounding office property market following BCA safety nod CAPITALAND will open Singapore's newest office building in the first quarter of next year after a three-year effort to stop the 30-storey tower from tilting. The problem, first noticed
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    • 208 22 -VALERIE LAW GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) on Friday announced plans to build a new research and development (R&D) pilot plant worth $115 million at its manufacturing site in Jurong. Located at its Global Manufacturing Supply site, the new plant will be used to convert experimental
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    • marketwatch
      • 156 22 Dow Jones SHARES rose on Friday in the absence of fresh themes in a holiday-shortened trading week, lifted by Wall Street's strength on Thursday. The ST Index gained 10.98 points, or 0.5 per cent, to close at 2,266.52. In the broad market, gainers outnumbered losers 395 to 163 on
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      • 58 22 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by and Nikkei 225 14,075.96 +101.10 +1.30 Hang Seng Australia ASX 14,505.79 -15.00 -0.11 4,519.50 +5.00 +0.13 Taiwan Wtd 5,911.74 +53.73 +0.92 Korea Comp 1,221.90 +4.01 +0.33 KLCI 913.92 +3.16 +0.35 SET Index 706.23 +1.44 +0.20 Jakarta Comp Closed Phils Comp Closed
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      • 53 22 GlobalVoice Landwind 0.190 0.360 +0.010 +5.6 50,634 47,550 China Sun STATSChP 0.475 0.995 +0.040 +0.060 +9.2 +6.4 32,203 31,602 Capitaland Biosensors Sing Tel MediaRing DBSSGAeCW*****3 SPHDBeCW*****6 3.360 1.340 2.300 0.265 0.115 0.145 +0.100 +0.050 +0.010 +0.005 +0.005 +0.005 +3.1 +3.9 +0.4 +1.9 +4.5 +3.6 25,999 22,045 20,470
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      • 36 22 US$ 0.5886 UK£ 0.3334 Yen 69.255 HK$ 4.5645 RM 2.2229 Euro 0.4931 Rupiah 5,922.3 Baht 24.138 Peso 32.408 A$ 0.7984 Indian Rs 26.804 Won 616.57 CS 0.6962 Yuan 4.7651 NZ$ 0.8552 NT$ 19.812
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      • 20 22 Gold US$/oz 462.20 Silver US$/oz 7.59 Platinum US$/oz 935.00 Rubber cents/kg 282.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,440 Brent USS/barrel 60.26
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    • business news
      • 536 24  -  CHRISTIE LOH It proposes to pays3sm plus interest, secured against assets, to its creditors christie@newstoday.com.sg DEBT-laden Citiraya Industries is offering to repay $35 million more than what creditors would get if the electronic waste recycler were wound up, but much less than what it proposed in
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      • 314 24 CHOW PENN NEE SINGAPORE Power has proposed an initial public offering (IPO) worth as much as Asl.6 billion ($2 billion) of stapled securities in its Australian assets, SP AusNet It lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
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      • 60 24 BLOOMBERG VENTURE Corp said that thirdquarter profit rose 22 per cent from a year earlier on a rise in demand for communications devices such as mobile phones. Its net income rose to $51.5 million in the quarter, from a restated $42.3 million in the year
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      • 123 24 -DOW JONES CANBERRA An Australian government review of aviation policy and a related decision regarding Singapore Airlines' quest to start flying the Syd-ney-Los Angeles route has been pushed back by several weeks. A spokeswoman for Transport Minister Warren Truss told Dow Jones on Friday that the
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      • 131 24 dpa CARRIERS serving Changi Airport have reached a record 83 with the addition of Indonesia's Adam Air, China's Yangtze River Express and LOT Polish, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Friday. "We are encouraged by the strong growth in flight movements
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      • 186 24 Singapore Airlines signed a contract with Boeing covering the maintenance of the carrier's Boeing 747-400 and 777 planes. "With this agreement, Singapore Airlines expects to correct potential technical problems before they cause service disruptions while ensuring efficient inventory support and reduced inventory costs," the carrier said in a statement.
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      • 299 24 -BLOOMBERG SEMBCORP Logistics, which stores and distributes products for customers, had its third quarterly profit fall in the absence of earnings from a Swiss company that it sold last year. Net income fell 50 per cent to $13.2 million, or 1.8 cents per share, for
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      • 490 25  -  DERRICK A PAULO BP group chief says Opec members have cited US$4O a barrel as whatthey need to sustain their economies derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE head of one of the world's largest petroleum companies believes that oil prices are "unsustainably high" and are likely to fall in the
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      • 203 25 SPECULATION is mounting as to whether BP is about to buy a big equity stake in China Petroleum Chemical Corp (Sinopec) or set up a joint venture with the company, China's largest oil refiner and marketer. But BP chief executive
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      544 26  -  Pearlyn Tham Christmas is a time to get all bright-eyed and beautiful with these pretty baubles ONCJi upon a time, 1 would know when Christmas was around the corner when decorations were hung along Orchard Road, carols played at shopping malls and gift wrapping counters were set up
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    • style
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        312 27  -  PEARLYN THAM Swarovski shows what's hot with its Fall-Winter collection pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg I ONCE attended a talk by researcher Dr Masaru Emoto whose breathtaking photographs of star-shaped water crystals wowed me so much that they made me want to string the water crystals together and wear them. While that
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      • 159 27  -  -PEARLYNTHAM FANS of skincare brand H2o+ can now head to its third store at City Link Mall when it opens on Wednesday. The 208 sq ft store will offer the full range of H2O+ products, including skincare, hand and feet care, body care, hair care,
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      • ATAGLANCE
        • 90 27 Its sexy lingerie is a favourite of celebs such as Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham. Now you can wear Agent Provocateur in anothe way, thanks to its fragrance. Available exclusively at the Nuance-Watson Perfumes and Cosmetics Mega Store at Changi Airport Terminal 2, the fragrance is
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          100 27 Call it the spa with the skyline view. The newly open The Ultimate is housed on the 27th storey penthouse of Shaw Centre and allows you to enjoy face and body treatments away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Two of the popular signature treatments include
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          70 27 Even the most time-weary fashionistas will want to tell the time with Marc Ecko's new The Keyhole watch. This tog-gle-closure time piece ($539) sits on a bracelet made of geomet ric, crystalencrusted links and has two mini keys for a dra- matic effect. Marc Ecko watches are available
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          73 27 In support of World Aids Day, Kiehl's Singapore has launched a "remake" of its best-selling Grapefruit Hand and Body Cleanser. All proceeds from its sale will benefit local charity Action for Aids. Priced at $28, the cleanser has a refreshing grapefruit scent and moisturises your hands
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      • ATAGLANCE
        • 71 28 The best-selling Moms in Mind sarong baby carriers are now made in a new super-smooth and thin cotton twill for more comfort and durability. These sarong baby carriers are ideal for breastfeeding, as well as for carrying Baby in while you are out. To purchase and
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        • 106 28 Go cashless the next time you step into a Fox store. All you need for your shopping spree is the new Fox Fashion Pass. Available in sizzling red or cool white, this limited edition gift card comes with a complimentary stored value of $10, which you
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        • 106 28 With the party season here soon, there isn't a better time than now to transform your hair colour. But what if you're not prepared to colour your hair for good? Gen-Y 3-ln-1 Temporary Hair Colouring Styling Gel with Highlights is an ammonia and alcohol-free
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        • 92 28 Make yours the most wanted gift under the Christmas tree. The Imedeen Expression Line Control range designed as a complement to Imedeen's popular oral tablets is now available as a special Christmas Pack consisting of a Day Care, Night Care, Serum and Eye Care.
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      • 339 28  -  PEARLYN THAM Watson's new Papaya and Mango range is as delightful as it sounds pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg I CANT say it enough: Beauty brands are raiding the larder and being inspired by all things edible, from coffee grains to oatmeal, from chocolate to fruits. After introducing its Olive Personal
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      • 189 28  -  -PEARLYNTHAM THE cheekily named Ringdividuell collection hints of creativity on hand, and indeed, it is for the couple that wants to be as creative as they can be when choosing their wedding bands. Exclusively available at Aspial Jewellery and selected Lee Hwa Jewellery stores, the Furrer-
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      • 659 30  -  FLORENCE EE Old Shanghai in Chinatown serves up authentic, homely Shanghainese favourites f ood@newstoday.com.sg ONE yardstick by which I measure how good the food is in an ethnic restaurant is the number of natives patronising the place. At Old Shanghai, which is located in the heart of busy
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      • 599 31  -  LOW SHI PING Where it's cool to do Russian, complete with fur hat, at minus 15 degrees f ood@newstoday.com.sg RUSSIA has always fascinated me. So you can imagine my delight at having the opportunity to dine at Kalinka-Malinka, a restaurant that serves Russian cuisine. Owned by
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      • 103 31 THE SQUARE ©FURAMA Telephone: 6739 6468, 6733 2081 Offer: Enjoy 20% off food bill. Offer valid until March 31 next year. AKVAVIT Telephone: 6532 6468 Offer: Enjoy 20% off food bill for a la carte menu. Offer valid until March 31 next year. TANG COURT RESTAURANT Telephone: 6738 9929
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      • 131 31 This restaurant offers nostalgic Nonya food which is cooked to perfection. Be sure to try the ikan achar, fish deep-fried until crispy and drizzled with sambal, and the ay am buah keluak. OCBC Cardmembers can enjoy the pucuk paku lemak (wild forest fern tips), Nyonya mcc with
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      • 120 31 If you're a chilli lover, you'll love the restaurant's homemade sambal 6e/ac/?an, which is made the traditional way using a pestle and mortar. OCBC Cardmembers will be treated to ikan bakar (whole fish coated in sambal, wrapped in banana leaves and baked to perfection), sambal satay ayam (chicken
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        138 32 FISHY FLAVOUR AT KFC You know that KFC's chicken is finger lickin' good. Now, get ready to be wowed by the fast food chain's take on fish with its new Fish Ole burger. Sandwiched between a hearty oat bran bun is a heap of lightly breaded Alaska Pollack fish
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        144 33  -  -BRENDACHEW ACROBATICS, ITALIAN STYLE Toss and turn not in bed, but at Prego, where award-winning acrobatic pizzamaker, Pasqualino Barbasso, will put on a pizza tossing display from Nov 10 to 19. Both gourmet and traditional pizzas will be served. The Arrotolata pizza is seldom served in local pizza restaurants
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      • 806 34  -  KARMANTSE The transformation allows diners to enjoy gourmet meals in a relaxed setting ka rman@newstoday.com.sg BISTRO Delifrance a "fast casual" eatery where you can take your time to scan the full menu of entree, soups, pastas, main courses and desserts before scribbling your choices on an order
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      • 629 36  -  FLORENCE EE For authentic Indonesian food, check out Le'zaat which promises jaded palates a lift f ood@newstoday.com.sg The sop buntut ($11.90) was another favourite of mine. The oxtail beef was served in a light, refreshing and tasty soup, garnished with shallots, tomatoes, slivers of
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      • SHOPPINGGUIDE
        • 81 38 The small and chic SGH-E760 from Samsung is the first GSM phone in the world to include motion recognition technology that lets you control features with the flick of a wrist. The embedded motion technology recognises your hand movements and activates features like the MP3 player
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        • 160 38 Integrating a 1.3-megapixel camera, full Internet browsing capability and a game console in a swivel phone design, the Sony Ericsson W5501 Walkman phone hopes to appeal to fun-seekers who want music on the go. It features a digital music player with sound delivered through two
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        • 124 38 V One Multimedia's high-definition networked DVD player, the SnaZio Net DVD Cinema HD 5Z1350, is said to be the first fully-integrated player for Macs. It allows users to access digital content stored on their Mac machines and play it remotely on their television, high-definition
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        • 75 38 Combining stereo speaker and charger functions, you can now bring out the best from your Playstation Portable (PSP) experience with Replay Interactive's two-in-one desktop charger and speaker stand. It comes with Play Mode and allows you to choose the viewing height that is right for
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      • 418 38  -  TERRY LAU HANDHELDREVIEW PalmTX Hardy PalmTX offers a raft of functions, including 802.11b technology infotech@newstoday.com.sg THE Palm TX handheld is an affordable Bluetooth and WiFi-enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) that brings mobility and ease of use together in a 148g robust package. With
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      • 334 38  -  -TREVOR TAN DIGITAL CAMCORDERREVIEW I Canon MVXI Si Photo DV WANT to record both moving and still images for your long-awaited vacation but unwilling to lug an extra device to do so? Well, the latest Canon camcorder gives you the best of both worlds. The sleek
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      • 321 39  -  ELAINE NG THE Panasonic VS3 helps you to gain attention in a crowd in two ways. First, allow the flip phone to spring open with its one-push auto open button. Next, when the heads of the people are turned
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      • 643 39  -  TREVOR TAN Football Manager 2006 gives more power to that person in charge of the team trevor@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the colossal success of its last football management simulation game Football Manager (FM) 2005, game developer Sports Interactive (SI) could be forgiven for not meddling with
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      • 211 39 DOPOD International launched two devices on the latest Windows Mobile 5.0 platform the Dopod 900 and the Dopod 838. The tri-band Dopod 900 super mini notebook has a range of connectivity options 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPRS and is powered by an Intel 520 MHz processor.
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      • 225 39 APPLE has announced a trio of products for business and creative users. Aperture ($988) is an all-in-one post-pro-duction tool for photographers that lets you work directly with images in RAW format RAW images are maintained natively throughout Aperture without
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      • 533 40  -  COLIN YONG Toyota will revamp its image with a new range of snazzy, high-performance cars colin@newstoday.com.sg THINK of Toyota and more likely than not, images of top-quality, well-engineered cars come to mind before any thoughts about spottiness. Not that sticking to conservatism has hurt the Japanese company it
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      • 293 40  -  COLIN YONG IT WILL take more than sheer determination to win a car at the MediaCorp Radio Subaru Team Challenge 2005, which starts today at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. Teamwork will play a major role too. The endurance event is being held for
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      • 148 40  -  Jason Chua I normally drive straight into the nearest petrol station when I need to fill my car's fuel tank. But some of my friends say it's bad to mix different brands of petrol. Is there any truth to this? Your car will run fine as long as
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        525 42  -  COLIN YONG Stricter rules are being enforced for test drives after a deadly mishap colin@newstoday.com.sg AT LEAST five years of owning a car without a serious accident this is what you need before you are allowed to test drive a Subaru Impreza WRX or STi. Car dealers have
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      • 332 42 A car sales executive shares her experiences in the passenger seat She knew she was in for a wild ride once the young driver started treating the Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 like a rally car straight out of the showroom. "Right from the start of the test drive, he accelerated
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      • NEWSTRACKS
        • 134 42 Local Honda distributor Kah Motor has started showcasing the new Civic (picture) in its showrooms. This comes weeks after its Japanese premiere and some two months ahead of its official Singapore launch in January next year. The preview cars have been specially imported from Japan
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        • 132 42 Hyundai Verna (picture) is the South Korean car maker's latest entrant into the highly competitive compact sedan class. Its first units have already arrived in Singapore and the car is being sold alongside the older Accent for the time being. Although it shares many
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        • 132 42 Starting Monday, motoring enthusiasts will be able to get their fix of automotive news and reviews on a daily basis for two weeks when Discovery Real Time (Star Hub Digital Cable channel 72) begins screening British car programme Fifth Gear. The episodes will run at
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    • property
      • 376 44  -  SHOBATSERINGBHALLA Capita Land launches its third condo, River Edge, this year shoba@newstoday.com.sg ASIA'S largest property developer Capita Land is launching its third residential project this weekend on the back of a strengthening property market and confidence in buyer sentiment Capita Land will release 77 units at
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      • 279 44  -  -JANECHIAPOCO A RISING economy and healthy foreign investment levels have seen Singapore's secondary office leasing market continue its strong second and third quarter uptrend with average rentals in the Central Business District (CBD) breaching the psychologically significant $5 psf barrier for the first time
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      • 182 44  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA THREE awards at one go would be a feat by any measure. But CB Richard Ellis has won a whopping 18 accolades at one of the industry's most prestigious annual awards the Euromoney Awards for Excellence in Real Estate 2005. The awards
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      • 128 44 INTERNATIONAL property consultant, Colliers International, will be exhibiting The Guti Kiri Resort Spa in Thailand here at the Singapore Marriott Hotel on Nov 12 and 13. The Guti Kiri Resort Spa is a luxury monastery-style retreat that comes with a health spa, restaurants and a 35-m
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    • 193 44 Advertisement Spacious 3 4 Bedrooms Grosvenor View I SB Development Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of I I Soilbuild Group, is releasing the final phase of I I Grosvenor View. Intimately situated in I Singapore's most coveted east-side residential I area, the freehold condominium development is I a first-class buy, giving
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      1019 46  -  Zul Othman n,i.i.u..u,i.Hiiiii EMyj i y l iy,| mm an nrag mjr Sultan has potential but needs an upgrade desperately. "It's been around for some time now and needs a little more life injected into the streets," he said. "Maybe what the location needs is a makeover by
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    • 410 46 With Mohamed Sultan struggling, DAVID CHEW finds out where the clubbers are heading IF THE clubbing crowds are no longer flocking to the main stretch of Mohamed Sultan Road, other establishments are clearly benefiting. Club Momo, which opened in July in Central Mall, is certainly making its presence
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    • 135 47 BAR NONE Live music by resident band Jive Talkin'with Douglas 0, Aby and Nana Open: 7pm to 3am (Monto Sun) Basement Marriot Hotel 320 Orchard Road BALACLAVA Live bands from 9pm Open: 3pm to lam (Mon to Sat) Suntec City Convention Centre 1 Raffles Boulevard #01-018
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    • INADDITION
      • 53 47 Catch Boba Fett, Darth Vader,the Storm Troopers and a horde of other Star Wars characters on the pathways of Singapore's prime shopping and entertainment district. Orchard Road, for a parade that comes from a galaxy far far away. The parade starts at 1.30pm on Sunday
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      • 54 47 The new Drama Centre opens this weekend with a week's worth of family activities. Odyssey Dance Theatre will perform Instinct about human instinct and desire —this weekend at Ipm and 2pm at the foyer. Be sure to be a part of the festivities. Log on to
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      • 39 47 Japan's most celebrated bossa nova singer Lisa Ono (above) will be in town for a one night only concert at the Singapore Expo Hall 1 on Sunday, Bpm. Tickets are available from Sistic.
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      • 47 47 Ten Brothers, Toy Factory's latest Mandarin comedy, runs at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, until Nov 12. The play features 10 brothers, all gifted with superpowers, uniting to save their parents from the clutches of the Two Faced Demon. Tickets are available from Sistic.
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      • 57 47 A cappella group. Key Elements, presents a movie-themed concert on Saturday, 7.30pm, at Victoria Concert Hall. They will perform hits from movies such as Pretty Woman {Fallen) to more obscure comedies such as Earth Girls are Easy {Route 66) all in jazzinflected vocal arrangements. Tickets
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      • 38 47 No Borders, a new documentary series on National Geographic Channel (StarHub Channel 11), premieres on Sunday at 10pm. The shows feature communities in transition and their reactions to the pressures of modernisation and globalisation.
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      • 60 47 Grab your children and let them sample a little dance in Doctor in a Teapot, a children's dance wayang based on an old Taiwanese tale incorporating puppetry and music. Staged by Arts Fission's Young Dancers' Theatre, it will run this weekend at the Esplanade Theatre
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    • 525 48 Ocean Ou's not bothered by criticism and mean jibes over his appearance MERVIN TAY plus@newstoday.com.sg OCEAN Ou has been worried about his physical appearance for some time. From the moment he was told he'd need to perform in Singapore to promote his second album, the Taiwanese
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    • 257 48  -  MERVINTAY SINGAPOREAN singers J J Lin and Stefanie Sun swept top honours at Friday night's Singapore Hit Awards, taking home four awards each out of 26 handed out. Organised by MediaCorp Radio's Y.E.S 93.3FM, the three-hour award ceremony, now into its 12th
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    • 347 48 Geldof kicks ass, Madonna shakes hers hey, it's MTV —AFP LISBON American punk rock trio Green Day and British act Coldplay shared top honours at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday night, picking up two prizes each, but Madonna stole the show. Green Day walked away with the awards
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    • READERS WRIT+E
      • 173 49  -  JACK SIM WRI+ES I READ your PLUS cover on Kuo Pao Kun (The house that Pao Kun built, Nov 3). It's perhaps not well known to the public, but aside from his artistic achievements, Kuo also designed furniture. Our company bought a bungalow No
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      • 201 49  -  PATRICK TAYWRI+ES: I WAS interested in Zul Othman's music piece (Bye, bye boybands?, Nov 1). Boybands such as Westlife, Take That and Boyzone are often considered a fad. And I believe that they will stay a fad. Taken individually, a boyband's popularity will fade,
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      • 185 49  -  KHOOUH-HANWRI+ES DAVID Chew's story {Tears for Billy, Oct 31) caught my attention. Dongfang Billy's return to Singapore has indeed excited many loyal fans. Although I do not follow his work closely, I am inspired by his determination to live and the meaning he finds in
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    • 285 49 -AFP FORMER Beatle John Lennon was murdered 25 years ago on the streets of Manhattan. Considered to be too sensitive a subject, the killing has never been reenacted on the silver screen before. But that is about to change. Hollywood stars Lindsay Lohan and Jared
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    • 216 49 Prepare for The Da Vinci Code on your computer AGENCIES LONDON When the international bestseller The Da Vinci Code was released, various religious leaders criticised Dan Brown's 2003 novel. Filled with various conspiracy theories and two-dimensional characters, the entertaining potboiler predictably infuriated the Catholic Church. Then, the film was announced,
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      • 218 50  -  Justine Cheong DVDREVIEW by. FILM: Poetic and wrought with unexpected twists, it's disappointing that this film, which thrills with its quiet eccentricity received only a limited release at cinemas around the world. Winner of the International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, among other
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      • 301 50  -  Neil Humphreys Snow and cute penguins, the perfect mix DVDREVIEW by...... March of the Penguins FILM: March of the Penguins was a supposedly innocuous documentary about the trials of life suffered by the emperor penguin in Antarctica. But the movie became a cinematic event and one of
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        • 25 51  -  -EUSACHIA The bloodshed and mayhem in this gritty Hong Kong triad thriller, about ordinary people consumed by greed, unfolds in a strangely serene way.-
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        • 36 51  -  -JEANINETAN Jodie Foster is so good at channelling the panic, desperation and near-hysteria of a mother in search of her missing child on an airplane that she single-handedly rescues this mystery-thriller from a crash landing.
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        • 16 51 -JT Title of this indie film says it all it's a study in Chinese-ness.-
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        • 18 51  -  DAVID CHEW Beautiful and poetic British film, but you're not quite sure what it has to say.
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        • 20 51 -JT Powerful and dramatic based-on-a-true-story World War II film is bogged down by an unnecessary romance subplot.
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        • 17 51 JT A family-friendly superhero spoof with zero delusions of grandeur and plenty of cheeky energy.-
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        • 23 51  -  ZUL OTHMAN The swordplay, wit and romance aren't enough to set this sequel apart from the action movie pack.
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          31 51 -EC The context of this love lost-love regained melodrama is preposterous. HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME: Eye candy Keira Knightley is pretty unconvincing as a bounty hunter.
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        • 19 51  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Sexy, pouty but Keira Knightley's upperclass accent makes her the least convinc- ing bounty hunter ever.
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        • 18 51 -DC A German comedy that is dominated by crass and camp humour, with shamelessly recycled jokes.
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        • 26 51 -JT Like it or not, the best and worst thing about this South Korean comedy caper is its use of physical comedy.
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        • 22 51 -JT Unintended laughs thanks to campy elements, but Tony Jaa is an amazing fighter with nifty muay thai moves.
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        • 23 51 -zo Yet another big, dumb action movie with ludicrous action sequences that should please those with the IQ of a muppet.
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    • 220 62 -AFP LONDON Arsene Wenger (right) rejected Jose Mourinho's terms for a peace deal to end the war of words between the Arsenal and Chelsea managers. Mourinho announced on Thursday he was ready to apologise for calling Wenger a "voyeur", on condition that the Arsenal manager
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    • 916 62 -AFP Confidence shot, embattled Red Devils face one of their most important games of the season ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United v Chelsea MANCHESTER When Sir Alex Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United 19 years ago this weekend, he famously discovered an institution that
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    • 466 62  -  Chelsea captain John Terry -AFP LONDON Jose Mourinho has moved to gee up his thoroughbred squad by claiming they have been cantering through recent matches, relying on the luxury of a comfortable lead at the top of the Premiership. The
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      • 166 57  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE'S interest in the Double A International Open is all but over. After a first round 77, Poh Eng Wah exited the tournament with a dismal 6-over 79. Lam Chih Bing fared better, but his even-par 73 means he surely will miss
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      • 549 57 —AP GOLF Tour Championship ATLANTA What was shaping up as a record round Thursday at East Lake suddenly was in peril, as Bart Bryant planted his feet on the grassy mound of a bunker and chipped awkwardly to the hole. He would have
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      • 684 58 iWEEKENDintKW WITH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND GENERAL SECRETARY WORAWI MAKUDI KNOWN as the "Godfather of Thai football", Worawi Makudi has been instrumental in making Thailand one of Asia's giants. He established BEC Tero Sasana in 1992 and the Thai club went on to win
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      • 253 58 —AFP SAN FRANCISCO The steroid scandal leapt back to life in the United States on Thursday with the indictment of an organic chemist identified as "Clearman", who allegedly tailored illegal drugs for athletes. Court documents linked chemist Patrick Arnold, Greek track coach Andreas Linardatos, bodybuilder Milos
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      • 125 60 IT WAS a slightly unusual sight Busy executives in the heart of Singapore's financial hub at Caltex House, Raffles Place were surprised when they were greeted by Singapore's 2004 Tiger Cupwinning heroes S Subramani and Goh Tat Chuan last week. The two captains,
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      • 529 60  -  JOSE RAYMOND Striker will be on one of his favourite grounds in his final game for Home jose@newstoday.com.sg OVER the years, he has been one of Singapore's most prolific strikers. In 2004, the International Federation of Football History Statistics ranked Indra Sahdan 12th in the world list,
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      • 482 60  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg IF THE feisty exchanges between Home United head coach Steve Darby and Woodlands Wellington's deputy chairman Francis Gomez on Friday are anything to go by, fans could well be in for a treat in the 2005 RHB Singapore Cup
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      • 228 61  -  SAFFC'sKim Poulsen Albirex Niigata's Itchiro Otsuka Balestier Khalsa's Abdul Karim Razzak P N Sivaji It is hard to predict in football but Home have the experience of being in this situation before, much more than any other club in the S-League. Some of the players
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