Today, 12 November 2005

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    15 1 /y\=ryjj\COßP November 12 13, 2005 mica<p» 114/07/2005 weekendTODAY incorporating iJirCttlS we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Walking down the fairway with a Bollywood star
    983 1  -  RAHUL PATHAK NIGHT EDITOR rahul.patha k@newstoday.com. sg SHANGHAI On a day when a thousandstrong gallery is waiting to follow a lone Pied Piper who answers to the name of Tiger Woods, an unremarkable flight tees off at the HSBC Champions Tournament in
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    Lock icon PUBLIC DEFENDER NO 1
    1355 1  -  ANSLEY NG THESUBHAS ANANDAN STORY a nsley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Subhas Anandan's Grange Road apartment was burgled 11 years ago, nothing was missing. Expensive items like crystals and antique swords in his living room were left untouched. The only sign of a break-in was a windowpane that the
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      Govt detains JI member under ISA
      260 3  -  —ANSLEYNG It also releases rehabilitated JI member after more than 3 years THE Government has detained a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Mohammad Sharif Rahmat, a 35-year-old Singaporean, had been a member of the JI since 1990,
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      Lock icon The hunt is on for Azahari ally
      490 3 JAKARTA Indonesian police have stepped up their search for Malaysian fugitive Noordin Mohamad Top, believed to be a key member of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah 01). Thousands of troops were deployed to Central Java province on Friday. They went door-to-door, checking cars
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  • singapore news
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      Westcomb under SGX review
      539 4  -  VALERIE LAW Share-listings manager will not be able to submit IPOs until end of exercise valeri e@newstoday.com.sg A LEADING manager of share listings here has been barred by the Singapore Exchange from undertaking new listings pending a review of its "internal processes and due diligence standards".
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      S'pore living: What's hot, what's not
      310 4  -  —JASMINE YIN NINE in 10 people prefer to own homes rather than to rent, according to the first-ever Lifestyle Survey by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). And 51 per cent of respondents who range from young adults to the elderly chose public housing as
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      Cyclist accident leads to LTA poll
      394 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG THE 40-year-old cyclist who was paralysed from the neck down after crashing into a metal barrier at a pedestrian bridge in Tampines is "slowly coming to grips with his condition", his relative told Today. His brother-in-law, who wished to be known
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        TAMPINES-FIRE SUSPECTS NABBED
        62 4 Three boys, aged 8 to 12, believed to be responsible for the Tampines blaze on Monday, were nabbed by the police yesterday. In a statement last night, the police said that it had followed up on the lead from a resident, who said three boys had been
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        Lock icon CABBY EATS SCREWS
        80 4 938 LIVE Krishnasamy Naidu, the taxi driver accused of chopping his wife to death, ate screws while he was in Changi Prison Complex Medical Centre, consultant psychiatrist Stephen Phang told the court yesterday. Krishnasamy was rushed to Changi General Hospital after he was found to have swallowed
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        LAWYER STRUCK OFF ROLLS
        86 4 Lawyer Stephen Lim was struck off the rolls yesterday for misappropriating $118,000 from a motor workshop he represented. Lim, who is serving a three-and-a-half year jail term for criminal breach of trust, did not appear before Chief Justice Yong Pung How, who struck him off the
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      Lock icon S'pore's speedy bird flu tests
      459 6  -  TAN HUI LENG A world's first, the handy on-site test takes just 10 minutes huileng@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE'S Rockeby biomed has become the first in the world to launch a rapid test kit for bird flu in birds that takes only 10 minutes for diagnosis. It
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      Lock icon New 'satisfaction' index for service
      209 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A BENCHMARK to evaluate service standards in the retail and F&B sectors will be established by the end of next year. The Workforce Development Agency says it will call for proposals on the National Service Indicator by next month. It has reviewed existing
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      Singapore doctors find the 'Holy Grail' in transplant
      467 6  -  VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg ONE is a pre-leukaemic disease, which affects 230 Singaporeans a year. The other is renal failure, which is the seventh biggest killer Singapore, accounting for 1.6 per cent of all deaths in 2002. But a team of specialists from The
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      Lock icon Buangkok finally joins NEL
      401 8  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg AFTER two-and-a-half years of population surveys, appeals and a recent placard protest, the gates to the $80-million Buangkok MRT station will be opened by mid-January. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong made this announcement after an event at Changi Airport Friday. Said Mr
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      Lock icon Hail the double-decker Airbus
      402 8  -  TORCHING LI CAMERAS flashed and many a passenger stopped to gawk at Gate F3l in Changi Airport on Friday not at the arrival of any superstar, but at the sight of the super jumbo double-decker A3BO. The world's largest passenger jet with a 555-seater capacity made
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      New guidelines set for housing agents
      310 8  -  -DERRICKA PAULO THE next time you buy or sell your flat, you just might get better service from your housing agent. That is the aim of the new Singapore Accreditation Estate Agency Scheme (SAEA), which was launched on Friday to raise professional standards in
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      First Indian law firm sets up in S'pore
      218 8  -  VINITARAMANI A LEADING Indian law firm specialising in legal and tax counselling, Nishith Desai Associates, has opened its office in Singapore, making it the first of its kind to set up an office here. While the idea had been in the works
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      Project SuperStar, Malaysia style
      421 10  -  JEANINETAN in KUALA LUMPUR Broadcaster Btv has bought franchise rights from MediaCorp jea nine@newstoday.com.sg LIKE Singapore's Tan Wei Lian and Kelly Poon, Malaysia will crown their own Project SuperStar next year. On Friday, Malaysian broadcaster Btv bought the franchise rights of Project Superstar from MediaCorp Studios.
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      Touching Lives Fund exceeds target
      276 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE a "challenging fund-raising environment", the Sing Tel Touching Lives Fund has exceeded its target for the fourth consecutive year. The campaign was first launched in 2002, and this year, it raised a total of $2.25 million, beating the initial target of $2
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      EUROPE'S RAGING UNDERCLASS
      1132 12  -  VENESSALEE The riots in France stem from problems linked to immigration —which also apply to the whole continent I venessa@newstoday.com.sg AS THE violence in France entered its third week, President Jacques Chirac, who has been criticised for taking a back seat during the riots, made his second
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      Lock icon US sees Iraq link in Jordan attacks
      285 14 AFP WASHINGTON The claim by an Al Qaeda "suicide martyr unit" active in Iraq that it was behind suicide attacks on three hotels in Amman on Wednesday makes it likely that the bombers came from Iraq, a US intelligence official said. The Al
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      Lock icon The rise of the Iron Lady
      627 14  -  THE GUARDIAN 66-year-old is set to become Africa's first female head-of-state MONROVIA Africa looks set to get its first elected female president, with Ms Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Harvard-ed-ucated economist, pulling ahead of the former soccer star George Weah in Liberia's presidential runoff. The National
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      Lock icon Bali suicide bombers made videotape before their attack
      286 14 JAKARTA Indonesian police have uncovered a videotape of suicide bombers who blew up three restaurants in Bali last month, leaving 23 dead. The authorities found the video in a hideout of the mostwanted Malaysian fugitive Noordin Mohammad Top in Semarang, Central Java,
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    • this quirky world
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        MAN USES PET CROC AS PILLOW
        80 14 A Thai man says his pet crocodile is so tame that he uses it as a pillow in bed, reported the Phuket Gazette. Coffee vendor Prayoon Thongjorn, 43, bought the reptile from a crocodile farm six years ago. He says Ai Khang makes the
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        Lock icon CELL PHONE CHATTING BANK ROBBER
        80 14 -AP Police in northern Virginia are looking for a woman who's been robbing banks while chatting on her phone. In three of the four bank jobs, she was talking on a cell phone, while showing the teller a box with a holdup note attached to
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      Lock icon Israel's Shimon Peres in shock defeat
      181 16 THE GUARDIAN JERUSALEM Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likely to be forced into an early general election after Mr Shimon Peres, a key political ally, was unexpectedly toppled as leader of the Labour party, his main coalition partner. The new Labour leader, Mr
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      Lock icon Fighting terror with prosperity
      538 16  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL Create conditions for growth in terrorist hot spots, says US tycoon Steve Forbes shibu@newstoday.com.sg CONDITIONS for robust economic growth have to be fostered in countries where terrorist forces are taking root, billionaire magazine publisher Steve Forbes said. Mr Forbes said that Al Qaeda's "misreading" of
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      TODAY'S strength is 'we are one' spirit
      235 18  -  NARAYANANARAYANA Letter from I AM happy to add my congratulations to Today on its reaching its fifth birthday. In its "infancy", I found difficulty in obtaining copies, and am not ashamed to admit that I had to take discarded copies from litter bins
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      Broaden perspectives of youth
      283 18  -  WAYNE SOON Allow them to attend meet-the-people sessions of different political parties Letter from I REFER to Tor Ching Li's report, "Meet the people, earn CCA points" (Nov 11). I commend the Youth Executive Committee's efforts to increase youth awareness in grassroots activities as well as
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      Repeated button-pushing shows an ill society
      251 18  -  DRTANCHEKWEE Letter from WHEN waiting to cross a road, have you noticed that some people press the "Walk" button rapidly for the green man to light up? Some even make a fist to hammer the button. When waiting at a lift lobby, have you
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      Lock icon National adoption centre will do away with unwanted babies
      339 18  -  NELSON QUAH Unwanted pregnancies need not be terminated and innocent lives could be saved and given a chance to develop into useful citizens. Letter from I REFER to the report, "Sexless in the city" (Nov 9). One worrying trend that struck
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      Lock icon Happy 5th Birthday, TODAY!
      784 20  -  Neil Humphreys WEEKEND WITH neil@newstoday.com.sg On the 10th anniversary, my lightsaber is coming out THERE'S only one way to celebrate being five years old: Drop your trousers and wave whatever you've got at everyone else in the room. I should know. I've done it Not long
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      Standardise HDB conservancy charges
      149 22  -  CHIAM MOI LENG Letter from OWNERS of 3,4,5-room and executive Housing Development Board (HDB) flat units currently pay different conservancy charges. Owners of bigger flats pay higher conservancy charges. The type of conservancy services provided by town councils include estate cleaning, removal of bulky refuse, landscaping
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      PSLE results remain relevant
      326 22  -  UMHUAYCHIH(MS) Meritocracy will always remain the key principle in Singapore's education system Letter from Director, Corporate Services, Ministry of Education (MOE) MS CHARIS Mun's letter, "How relevant is the PSLE to school entry?" (Oct 31) expressed concern on the relevance of the Primary School Leaving Examinations
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      What's the use of an escalator if it's always 'under service'?
      215 22  -  CAI MINGYU Letter from THE escalator at the bottom of Springleaf Tower at Anson Road, connecting to the underground passage leading to Tanjong Pagar MRT, has been under service for a long time. Though the escalator might not be
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      41 18 we set you thinking todayonline.com 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? I What irks you? Tell us. 1 Write, email or fax us a letter with your full name, contact j^knumber and address. I x we want your voice
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Indulgence in the Land of the Rising Sun
      902 24  -  LEE CHINGWERN IN TOKYO Singapore spa operators are helping to shape and grow the industry in Japan chingwern@newstoday.com. sg FROM television dramas to consumer electronics, architecture to fashion, and food to the latest hairdos, Singapore has always looked to Japan as the
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        130 24 AFP SHARES rose on Friday, supported by gains in market heavyweight Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel). The ST Index gained 7.78 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 2,266.03. In the broad market, gainers narrowly beat losers 252 to 237, with traded volume totalling 801 million shares worth $767 million. Sing
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        ST Index —2,266.03 +7.78
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        Lock icon World markets
        64 24 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Mikkei 225 14,155.06 +74.18 +0.53 tang Seng Australia ASX 14,740.60 +107.27 +0.73 4,574.30 +30.60 +0.67 faiwan Wtd 6,075.26 +86.89 +1.45 (orea Comp 1,256.12 +21.69 +1.76 (tCI 898.35 -2.74 -0.30 >ET Index 690.45 -3.99 -0.57 Jakarta Comp 1,028.98 -14.71 -1.41 Jhils
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        SGX most active
        55 24 Jolile Gip Sing Tel .andwind Pacific HC JTATSChP Sky China UlemoryD JTAC Sapitaland HLAsia 1.400 2.420 0.400 0.305 1.050 0.300 0.240 0.640 3.300 1.630 -0.100 +0.070 +0.015 +0.050 -0.020 +0.005 +0.010 -0.020 +0.140 -6.7 +3.0 +3.9 +5.0 -6.3 +2.1 +1.6 -0.6 +9.4 32,004 31,047 26,070 21,372 19,033
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 24 US$ 0.5876 UK£ 0.3376 Yen 69.355 HK$ 4.5566 RM 2.2222 Euro 0.5021 Rupiah 5,875.1 Baht 24.172 Peso 31.971 AS 0.8038 Indian Rs 26.868 Won 611.95 CS 0.6992 Yuan 4.7505 NZS 0.8565 NT$ 19.663
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        Commodities
        20 24 Gold US$/oz 466.20 Silver US$/oz 7.725 Platinum US$/c 964.50 Rubber cents/kg 272.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/32 Brent US$/barrel 54.93
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        SGX top rises
        72 24 Creative 50 12.800 +0.200 HLAsia 1.630 +0.140 Nikkei225DBeCW*****9 2.300 +0.120 DBS 16.000 +0.100 KepCorp 11.500 +0.100 SIA 11.500 +0.100 UOB 14.300 +0.100 HSI*****DBeCW*****0 0.665 +0.085 Del Monte 0.625 +0.075 CHT 0.585 +0.070 STATS SGAeCW*****5 0.015 +200.0 Noble MBLePW*****5 0.020 +100.0 STATS MBLeCW*****0 0.020 +100.0 SeeHS 0.065 +62.5
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        SGX top falls
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        Lock icon IN CELEBRATION OF GOOD SERVICE
        575 25  -  JANECHIAPOCO Spring Singapore awards 9 for good customer service ja nec@newstoday.com.sg PHOTOS BY NINE individuals in the customer service sector were honoured on Friday at Spring Singapore's Excellent Service Award 2005. They hail from various disciplines from professor to counter supervisor and retail supervisor to
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          CHOCOLATE INDULGENCE
          73 26 Tantalise your tastebuds with the new Lindt Excellence chocolates thins.This premium line of chocolates uses choice ingredients to give it that exquisite taste. Choose from a variety of flavours including intense orange, coconut, 70 per cent cocoa and 85 per cent cocoa. The Lindt Excellence range of chocolates
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          FOR A COMPLETE DIET
          90 26 Parents of fussy eaters can now supplement their kids' diet with PediaSure Complete.This is a balanced milk formula containing fructo-oligosaccharides,or FOS,and probiotics to help maintain a healthy digestive 1 system and aid absorption of nutrients. It also contains 28 vitamins and minerals, taurine, choline and omega
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          VEGETABLE CALCIUM
          78 26 Kordel has launched the new Organic Vegetarian Calcium that is ideal for all in the family.The supplement is made from the calcium-rich sea vegetable, Lithothamnium, instead of usual calcium sources, such as oyster shell, bone meal or coral. It does not contain dairy products, gluten, animal by-products and
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          AVALANCHE OF FUN
          68 26 Treat your family to a game of Avalanche and look forward to hours of fun.The game, designed by Wolfgang Kinzel,is an innovative strategy game for players aged six and up. Outplay your opponents by creating the longest avalanche while preventing them from doing so. Avalanche is sold
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        Lock icon Ex-ACCS top execs face more charges
        333 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE These relate to falsifying statements to SGX, invoices, delivery notes pennnee@newstoday.com.sg THREE former top executives of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS), including its former chief executive, Victor Tan Hor Peow, were slapped with additional charges in court on Friday. Tan faces
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        Lock icon Four plead guilty to rigging ITE share price
        156 26 CHOW PENN NEE FOUR people pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of manipulating the share price of Sesdaq-listed ITE Electric in 2001. They were charged in July this year. ITE founder and chief executive Sia Teck Mong, company directors Foo Jong Kan
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        Lock icon Linear opens 2nd chip-testing facility in S'pore
        194 26 -DOWJONES UNITED States-based Linear Technology Corp on Friday opened its second semiconductor testing facility in Singapore in a move to more than double its production capacity in the city-state. The new 124,000-square-foot operation in Yishun, which will also serve as a warehouse and
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        436 27 Dow Jones, Bloomberg Conglomerate Fraser Neave said on Friday its net profit rose 2.6 per cent to $299.5 million, or $1,287 per share, for the financial year ended Sept 30, from $291.9 million, or $1,262 per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 23.9 per cent to $4.27 billion during
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        292 27 DOW JONES Gain largely derives from sale of hotel business CAPITALAND on Friday reported a six-fold rise in thirdquarter net profit on gains from the sale of its hotel business. South-east Asia's biggest developer by market capitalisation said it earned $444 million in the three
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        168 27 COMFORTDELGRO Corp, which operates the world's sec-ond-largest fleet of buses and taxis, reported on Friday a marginal quarterly profit gain, helped by cost-cutting measures and higher transport fares. The company's income climbed 1.2 per cent to $49.9 million, or 2.41
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      485 28  -  Pearlyn Tham CITYSTYLE pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg An instant manicure to pep up your hands ...so what if the nails aren't real? QUEUES turn me into a grouch. Traffic jams make me fidgety. Instant gratification pleases me, so fast food, fast service and fast results score with
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        WHEN TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE
        44 30 Double-ended makeup products are handy for those with limited space in their make-up pouches. Fasio's Christmas collections feature a two-in-one eyeliner and eye colour, and a two-in-one lip liner and coloured gloss. Both are priced at $15 each.
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        69 30 Go free-spirited and coquettish with the new French-inspired Love La Senza lingerie collection of frilly bras, lacy garters, feather boas, chiffon rhine-stone-embellished panties and mesh lace-up bustiers. Designed with cheeky fun in mind, the collection is said to be La Senza's laciest and sexiest lingerie collection
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        104 30 Coffret sets make thoughtful but easy-to-buy stocking fillers and Cosmopolitan Cosmetics introduces four limited edition coffret sets from designer brands Montblanc, Dunhill and Gucci. Forthe elegant woman, there is the Montblanc Presence Dune Femme coffret consisting of a 50ml eau de toilette and a 100 ml
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        PUMA SPRINTS IN FOR CHRISTMAS
        88 30 For the festive season. Puma has launched a collection of footwear, bags and even purses. These are available in party colours of bronze, pearl white and brown and are available only in limited quantities. There are three ranges: Holiday Spirit, Holiday Corduroy and Holiday Asian.
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      Another Fox for the family
      223 30  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU'LL now find 14 Foxes in the urban jungle, for Fox set up its flagship store at Marina Square on Friday. The 2,379-sq-ft store is the second Fox outlet in Singapore to house the Fox Women, Fox Men, Fox Kids and Fox Baby collections
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      'Tis the season for romance and power
      170 30  -  PEARLYNTHAM ROMANCE and power may be as different as day and night but they are both highly desirable qualities. And they are the inspirations for two of Carven's new watch collections this season. The first is the Carven D'amour 233, which is designed
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        Flowing locks, instantly
        521 31  -  PEARLYN THAM Forget the wig, now you can transform yourself with natural-looking hair extensions pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg INSTANT gratification, a byword for our fast-paced culture, can now be had in the follicular department While wigs used to be the only way out for those who want to change their
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        Oriental Christmas
        79 31  -  PEARLYNTHAM MAC cosmetics is putting an Oriental spin on the Christmas season this year. Oriental touches such as exotic patterns, sensual tassels, incense and peonies are the inspirations for the brand's winter collection, aptly named Ornamentalism. MAC favourites such as its lipglass (picture), sheer shimmer powder and cremestick
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        Party proof your hairstyle
        157 31  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU start the party with perfectlystyled hair but by the night of the night, it is flat and limp thanks to the hours of boogieing and perspiring on the dancefloor. Now, you don't have to look like your hair has been through a tornado while
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        Giordano helps you put on the glitz
        185 31  -  -PEARLYNTHAM CELEBRATE the season by going glitzy with Giordano's latest collection, which features sequin-decorated tops and glittery corduroy pants. For a look that is glamorous and down-to-earth, try the Uneck tops which come with rhinestones and basic V-neck knit tops, which are available
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        656 32  -  MICHAEL SEAH f ood@newstoday.com.sg JAPAN HOUR is one of my favourite TV programmes. The show takes you off the beaten track in search of great food and beautiful (but not necessarily posh) accommodation. Without fail, the programme leaves me craving for a slice (or more) of
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        811 33  -  AMY VAN Enthrall your senses in Marina Mandarin hotel's Peach Blossom restaurant f ood@newstoday.com.sg AFTER its three-month-long, $25 million complete makeover, Marina Mandarin Singapore now sports a sleeker, shinier and a more contemporary look. Its elegant Peach Blossoms restaurant also went through a minor revamp.
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        610 34  -  AMYVAN Beaulieu House Restaurant has been discovered... soon residents will forget the area was peaceful food@newstoday.com.sg UNTIL a few weeks ago, I had no idea that there is a restaurant at the end Sembawang Road, right at the edge of our island. Flanked by a lush park,
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        544 36 =>HOTOS BYW Chew on yakiniku, or Japanese barbecue, in smoke-free comfort LOW SHI PING food@newstoday.com.sg A MEAL at Yakiniku Daidomon can be regarded as a mini culinary adventure. The restaurant has been in operation for 23 years. According to marketing and operations manager Stanley Yeoh, Yakiniku was
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          DELL INSPIRON 630M NOTEBOOK
          144 38 AS DELL'S first 14.1-inch widescreen notebook, the Inspiron 630 m features Dell Media Direct technolog\ for quick access to digital photos, music and videos without having to start the operating system. From the Media Direct menu, you can also manage content from devices such as flash
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          SHARP LC-65G5M AQUOS 65V-INCH LCD
          101 38 SAID to be the world's largest liquid crystal display (LCD) television. Sharp's LC-65G5M Aquos 65V-inch digital high-definition LCD features a resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels and a lowreflection panel with a 800:1 contrast ratio and viewing angles of 170 degrees vertically and horizontally. Audio-wise, the LCD
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          PANASONIC VS7 MOBILE PHONE
          99 38 PART of the Visual Slims Series, the Panasonic VS7 mobile phone has an integrated 2-megapixel camera that allows you to take close-up pictures with its macro mode. The camera supports video recording and playback as well. Measuring 102x51x18.8mm and weighing 113g, the tri-band phone packs a
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          FUJI XEROX PRINTERS DOCUPRINT 203 A, 204 A
          117 38 IDEAL for personal printing or small workgroup and personal network printing, the DocuPrint 203 A and 204 A monochrome laser machines from Fuji Xerox Printers are capable of printing 20 pages per minute and boast a first-page-out time of less than 10
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        Towards an enriching VoIP experience
        804 38  -  ARIEL TAM Here area number of products to sweeten your move to VoIP ariel@newstoday.com.sg BEING the close-fisted bargain hunters we human beings are (well, most of us anyway), we tend to want things at the lowest possible cost. Sometimes, we even want things at no
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        Phone to make traditional, VoIP calls
        306 38  -  TERRY LAU infotech@newstoday.com.sg THANKS to the popularity of Skype and other Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) applications, there has been a rising trend in using the Internet to place audio calls instead of over the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN). However, the game
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        Razr V3 gets an upgrade
        197 39 MOTOROLA Razr fans would soon have three more options to choose from a new and improved version plus two new colours for the original model. The Razr V3i is modelled after the Razr V 3 and sports an updated design and improved capabilities. Weighing less
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        A budget statement
        641 40  -  COLIN YONG Upmarket style meets affordability in the new Hyundai Verna colin@newstoday.com.sg THERE are plenty of four-door cars available for around $50,000 these days. But finding one that doesn't look like it costs less proves to be more of a challenge. By and large, budget sedans here
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        Hazy about the fog lamp ruling? Allow us to shed some light on it
        393 40  -  COLIN YONG ALTHOUGH the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced a month ago that vehicle fog lamps should only be used in adverse weather conditions, Today found out many motorists are still flouting the law. Between 10pm
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        MX-5 wins top Japanese award
        351 40  -  COLIN YONG MAZDA'S latest MX-5 roadster (picture) has won Japan's Car of the Year award for 2005-2006 by garnering 447 votes a hefty 138 more than the second-placed Lexus GS. Close on its heels were the BMW 3 Series, Honda Civic and Suzuki Swift The
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        Fast, but not furious
        536 41  -  COLIN YONG Not only is the Mazda 6 MPS quick, it is also surprisingly cultured colin@newstoday.com.sg THINK turbocharged four-wheel drive Japanese car with manual transmission and your brain will undoubtedly conjure up images of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza WRX. It's time to free
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        Rolling into action: BMW to accelerate hybrid development
        471 41  -  COLIN YONG BMW is synonymous with sporty and luxurious cars and this will not change even though the company will introduce multifunctional vehicles and hybrid models in the next few years. This is the opinion of Dr Michael Ganal, the member of
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        Diesel will do nicely
        344 41  -  COLIN YONG FANCY driving a luxury car that has a 5.0-litre VlO engine and accelerates from 0-100kmh in under seven seconds, yet covers nearly 9km on a single litre of fuel? You can if it's a diesel Volkswagen Phaeton. The Phaeton VlO TDI which was till
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        Lock icon More first-time buyers choose condos
        822 42  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Smaller units, attractive prices and lower downpayments fuelling buying pattern: Experts shobha@newstoday.com.sg THERE are no hard statistics and the trickle may not have solidified into a trend yet. But anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that an increasing number of young or newly-married couples
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        Meyer Rd site on sale
        161 42  -  -JANECHIAPOCO ONE of the last sites for high rises in Meyer Road is now up for grabs. Al6, 967 sq ft freehold site at No 10 Margate Road has been put up for sale by tender by Cushman Wakefield. The site has a plot ratio
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        Boutique project launch
        223 42 A BOUTIQUE freehold development on Rangoon Road, R66, is the latest in a spate of new launches that have been energising the property scene since the economy started picking up last year. The project by Fong Tat Holdings is located conveniently opposite Fairer Park MRT, which is
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      1219 44  -  David Chew david.chew@newstoday.com.sg Multi-million dollar Discovery documentary aims to objectively tell complete Singapore story TWO years ago, at the 80th birthday celebrations of then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced a bold plan. He wanted a three-part documentary on Singapore's
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      Lock icon Putting the B back in BBC
      856 46 WHEN BBC Prime was launched on Sept 1, there was a cause for optimism. Arguably the world's most respected TV broadcaster, BBC could offer Singaporeans racy comedies, award-winning documentaries and Jane Austen-like dramas. But reaction to the Star Hub Cable Channel has been mixed
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      BITSONTHEBBC
      115 46 STARTING IN JANUARY, BBC PRIME'S NEW SCHEDULE WILL INCLUDE: Eastenders Now into its 20th year, the east London soap opera is famous for its gritty plots, murders and shady characters, all of which happens in one fictitious street called Albert Square. When they were together, Jennifer Aniston and Brad
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        PUPPETRY ROCKS
        69 46 Over 19 weeks, students from 29 primary schools and kindergartens submitted 200 handcrafted puppets and masks for the 2005 National Arts Council Thumbs Up Art Competition "Let's Do Drama". Asian folklore was the theme for this year's competition and the exhibition, which will run from Nov 13 to
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        PHOTOGRAPHY, SINGAPORE STYLE
        53 46 Award-winning fashion and advertising photographer Geoff Ang has been creating thought-provoking and edgy pictures for many years. He will share his sources of inspirations and discuss his photographic process in his talk. Fashion in our Own Backyard, at the Glass Hall at the Singapore Art Museum on
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        HER GLASS IS CLASS
        60 46 Catch the last weekend of Obedience, a solo exhibition by glass blower B. Jane Cowie at Artyfakt Gallery at Geylang Lorong 24A, Shophouse No. 5. Cowie's work revolves around the theme of obedience and features mainly glass sculptures and objects the artist incorporates into her work.
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        LAO JIU, THE MUSICAL
        63 46 Catch the musical adaptation of Kuo Pao Kun's classic play Lao Jiu at the new Drama Centre from this weekend to Nov 20. A story about a boy torn between his dreams and reality, forced to make a decision between his family and his ambition to
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        INDIAN FUSION MUSIC
        48 46 Four of India's most interesting classical musicians are in town for a one night only concert at the Esplanade Theatre on Sunday at Bpm. They will fuse Indian classical music with jazz, progressive and techno. Tickets for Kalaa Utsavam: Eastern Rhapsody are available from Sistic.
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        I WATCH, I THEATRE
        52 46 I Theatre presents Asian folksongs and folktales performed on authentic Asian instruments all cleverly woven into a narrative filled with Asian tales and legends. A great introduction to the musical landscape of Asia, catch this performance at the Alliance Francaise from Saturday until Nov 15. Tickets
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        IT'S STORY TIME, KIDS
        69 46 Take your kids to a Hans Christian Andersen storytelling session at the DBS Arts Centre Home of SRT this weekend. Some of the most acclaimed storytellers around will also make Asian tales come to life. The sessions will run from 7.30pm to 9.30pm every night from
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      Lock icon Playing happy family
      559 48  -  JEANINETAN Gagher insists that there were no family arguments on their Amazing Race run jeanine@newstoday.com.sg BILL Gagher, the father of the Gagher family in the Amazing Race, thinks people from every continent should be given the chance to take part in the reality TV show at least
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      Smart art, beyond a shadow of a doubt
      232 48  -  RAHUL VENKIT THE undisputed King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan has one of his paintings in his study room. Evergreen actress Juhi Chawla and bigshot industrial families in India such as the Ambanis and the Goenkas are also part of his unofficial
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        179 49  -  PATRICKTAY WRI+ES: I READ with interest Jeanine Tan's article "SMS Power" (Nov 7). SMS voting has its advantages one can even vote from overseas. But the system has its flaws, too. Because of its convenience, voters are now able to vote more times than ever.
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        164 49  -  SOH HUMAN SOPHIA WRI+ES: I REFER to the PLUS story "Relight my fire, Harry" (Nov 8). The global popularity of Harry Potter is amazing and mind- boggling, but it can be explained. The setting of the story plays a very important part Hogwarts
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        80 49  -  MICHAEL LEONG WRI+ES: I REALLY enjoy spending time each day solving the sudoku puzzle since it was launched in the PLUS section of the Today newspaper. I now solve the puzzles online, too, at various websites. It certainly helps me, being a retiree, to
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        147 49  -  FRANCES TAY WRI+ES: I AM writing with regard to the ongoing Icons series in PLUS. I would like to recommend our queen and king of Caldecott Hill, Zoe Tay and Li Nanxing respectively. Firstly, they have been among the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes
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      304 50 -AP Kathy Cash says her mother is shown as a 'mad psycho' NASHVILLE Kathy Cash, one of Johnny Cash's five children, was so upset about how her mother is portrayed in the upcoming movie Walk the Line that she walked out of a family-only screening
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      159 50 -AP LOS ANGELES Scan Connery (picture) will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) Life Achievement Award, its highest honour for a career in film, the institute announced on Friday. The award will be presented to the Scottish actor next June in Los Angeles. Howard Stringer,
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      241 50  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory FILM: TIM Burton has made a bizarre spectacle out of that wonderful children's story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Not that Roald Dahl's book wasn't bizarre on its own, but Burton just made it... disturbing. Fans of
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        FLIGHTPLAN
        34 51  -  Jeanine Tan Jodie Foster is so good at channelling the near-hysteria of a mother in search of her missing child on an airplane that she sin-gle-handedly rescues this mystery-thriller from a crash landing.
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        ASYLUM
        18 51  -  David Chew Beautiful and poetic British film, but you're not quite sure what it has to say.
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        24 51 o -JT Great sex scenes, but the tale of a class struggle in modern France gets lost among all that bedroom antics-
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        33 51 -JT Scary in places, Emily Rose has more to say about the dichotomy between faith and rationality. Not a very pretty Rose, but her exorcism poses intriguing questions.
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        OLIVER TWIST
        19 51  -  -Justin Cheong Ben Kingsley is a great Fagin, but Roman Polanski's remake leaves you asking for more.
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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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        Lock icon THE GREAT RAID
        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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        THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
        28 51  -  Zul Othman The swordplay, wit and romance and stars Banderas and Zeta-Jones are enough to set this sequel apart from the action movie pack.
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        Lock icon SAVING FACE
        16 51 -JT Title of this indie film says it all it's a study in Chinese-ness.
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        14 51 -EC The context of this love lost-love regained melodrama is preposterous.
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        DOMINO
        19 51  -  Neil Humphreys Sexy, pouty but Keira Knightley s upperclass accent makes her the least convincing bounty hunter ever.
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        24 51 -JT The Dragonsquad are five good looking lads, but the only thing more daft than the plot are the women in this movie.
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        21 51 JT Reese Witherspoon is always likeable, even as a ghost, but this romantic comedy is just too formulaic
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        24 51 -JT Unintended laughs thanks to campy elements, but Tony Jaa [Ong Bak) 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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      454 62 FOOTBALL World Cup playoffs PARIS Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes is confident Spain have enough class to see off their playoff rivals Slovakia and make it to their eighth consecutive World Cup finals. Spain, who came off second best to
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        494 56 -AFP Aussies aim to avoid record losing run, English desperate to find World Cup form RUGBY England v Australia LONDON Australia head into Saturday's Cook Cup clash against England at Twickenham knowing they are just one more defeat away from equalling their worst run of seven
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        349 57 -AFP TEST CRICKET Pakistan v England MULTAN, Pakistan Marcus Trescothick said he asked his wife before accepting the England captaincy for the first Test against Pakistan here on Saturday. The opener was named for the job after Michael Vaughan, who took England to their first
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        178 57 —AFP BEIJING The foreign press will be able to report without restrictions at the 2008 Olympic Games in the Chinese capital, the Beijing organisers said on Friday. "Foreign journalists do not have any reason to worry," Jiang Xiaoyu, the vice-pres-ident of the Beijing Organising Committee
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        340 58 IN THEIR first appearance at their adopted home the Singapore Indoor Stadium in January, the Perth Wildcats lost to the Sydney Kings 94-88. While the loss was a setback, the Wildcats were bowled over by the boisterous support from around 7,500 fans. On Saturday, they
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        307 60 IT WAS closed at the end of 2004 to lay a brand-new Fifa-approved astro-turf pitch. Now, the Jalan Besar Stadium is ready to host top class football action once again. On Sunday, fans will be able to catch a glimpse of the new
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        190 60  -  -DARREN LAI THEY could be semi-final rivals in the SEA Games, but that has not stopped the Singapore under-23 team and their Malaysian counterparts from meeting in a final tuneup on Nov 15 at the National Stadium. The Young Lions returned home unbeaten from
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        71 60 S-LEAGUE champions Tampines Rovers will be playing Vietnamese league and national cup champions Dong Tarn LongAn in the semi-finals of the Binh Dong Province Cup tournament on Saturday. Singapore Pools' Score is offering betting for this game. Sales open at Bam on Saturday morning and close at
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        471 61 Mikasa offer footballs to schools for every win Singapore record in SEA Games LEADING sports equipment giants Mikasa have pledged their support for the Young Lions in a generous DARE campaign. The official ball sponsors of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and the S-League have
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        428 61 THEY were disappointed that their team was not selected to represent Singapore in the Manila SEA Games. But for Singapore national women's team players Faraliyana Rabu and Erlinawaty Dewi Jaffar, that setback did not stop them from backing their male counterparts, the Young
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