Today, 24 December 2005

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    16 1 weekendTODAY December 24 25, 2005 mica(p) 114/07/2005 we set you thinking todayonline.com /A=DIACORP incorporating \JL Ic^lTS
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    Lock icon STRANGE JOURNEY
    1098 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg FOR a man who was until recently a 24/7 workaholic, driving the affairs of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) with messianic zeal, Mr T T Durai has spent the past few months just catching up with his reading. He has stopped watching TV and
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      Tightening the charity regime, in the name of 'ethical integrity'
      459 2  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg THE Ministry of Health (MOH) will be appointing a public accounting firm "in due course" to assess the level of corporate governance in its 14 largest Institutions of Public Character (IPC), it said on Friday.
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      Lock icon Can Singapore forgive Durai?
      742 3  -  LEE U-WEN No. Look, I earn only $1,400 a month, sometimes less, yet for years I've donated $5 monthly to the NKF. Why? Because I want to help the needy. But do you know how painful it was to read that so little went to patients?
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      67 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "I will prOteCt and 01 OSS him constantly and surround him with My IOV0; he will be great because of IVI e." The Bible. Psalm 89:24 i VenueiWisdom Centre [KretaAyer People's Theatre] I I Oam, 25 Dec 2005 Buffet lunch will be served. I Marketplace Christian
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  • singapore news
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      If I step down ...
      341 4  - If I step down LEE U-WEN 'I will still be involved/ promises long-serving Ayer Rajah MPTan Cheng Bock, as SM Goh pays him tribute u-wen@newstoday.com.sg RUMOUR has it that Singapore's long-serv-ing Member of Parliament, Dr Tan Cheng Bock, will be stepping down come the next General Election. But the 65-year-old,
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    • Article
      Lock icon 6 S'poreans injured in collision in India
      230 4 ANSLEYNG SIX Singaporeans were injured on Thursday when their mini-van collided head-on with a truck in the Indian city of Jaipur in Rajasthan state. One of them, known only as Diana, 19, is in "critical condition" at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in
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      It isn't feedback fatigue
      458 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Lower participation in Govtunitasign people are communicating with ministries directly cheekong@newstoday.com.sg INPUT to the Government's Feedback Unit has shrunk in the past two years. After registering a 40 per cent increase between 2001 and 2002, feedback from Singaporeans via email, telephone and fax fell from
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      Too much English for Oscars
      304 6  -  —JEANINETAN THERE is barely any dialogue in Eric Khoo's critically acclaimed film Be With Me, but it was nonetheless disqualified from next year's Oscar race for Best Foreign Language Film because the dialogue is mainly in English. Be With Me is about the loneliness and
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      Lock icon Casinos could mean 30,000 jobs in all: Economists
      338 6 —AFP SINGAPORE'S two proposed integrated resorts could boost the country's economic growth by nearly 2 percentage points and indirectly create about 20,000 jobs, a study predicts. Professors Tilak Abeysinghe and Choy Keen Meng of the National University of Singapore said their findings,
      —AFP  -  338 words
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      42 6 SHOULD YOU ACT ON THAT I J^^ HUNCH YOU'VE HAD ALL WEEK? M Find out in your horoscope m mm} ftc»*j 'Sp^' today on tf p^4o WV^^ .5 r^ Mmdl /Sjv- ft/f ?j. m '?31 >^ *5# 'f ^'40J!s'^aM «r*l ::;--1- T V"-^*
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      167 7 JICCUC d m* Resounding a"™r?% omers a 1 j 0 'TJ^JJ blessed Christmas. We ore open for bus/ness on Boxing Day. J 'yj J 3 24 Dec we close at 16.30 hrs. 4 -J a ■■li I S^\ m?; 3-2-/™GSs// i 4 s^if- *_j W. DVD Home Entertainment System 11
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  • world news
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      THE POST-TSUNAMI BABY BOOM
      985 8 Children bring new life, hope to grieving mothers who lost their offspring in the disaster JANTHO (Aceh) Giggling women swarm outside a little grey tent in a sprawling refugee camp here. The attraction is one tiny miracle 2-month-old Asmaul Tzuchina, swaying peacefully in a cloth hammock.
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      Lock icon The fall of an icon
      364 10 —AP Scandal-hit Korean cloning pioneer gives up professorship SEOUL South Korea's disgraced cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk gave up his professorship on Friday after it was revealed that the one-time national hero had fabricated his breakthrough research in stem-cell technology and cloning. Dr Hwang's university, Seoul
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      Lock icon Akihito's signal on Japan's military past
      181 10 —AGENCIES TOKYO Emperor Akihito has called on Japan to "accurately understand" its history at the end of the year marked by criticism abroad that the country fails to atone for its militarist past. In an interview marking his 72nd birthday on Friday, the emperor
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NEW YORK TRANSPORT STRIKE ENDS
        76 10 —AFP New York City subways and buses rolled again on Friday as the system's 34,000 employees ended a three-day strike that inflicted winter misery on millions of commuters and cost an estimated US$l billion ($1.67 billion). On Thursday, the transit union leaders voted to end
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        Lock icon CHINA ROCKED BY GAS EXPLOSION
        66 10 —AFP A gas explosion inside a highway tunnel under construction killed at least 42 people and injured 11 others in south-west China's Sichuan province, the government said on Friday. The explosion is the latest in a series of deadly industrial mishaps that critics blame on
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        Lock icon WAS SADDAM BEATEN OR NOT?
        68 10 —AP Iraqi officials repeatedly asked Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants if they had ever been beaten and they answered "no" every time, according to investigative judge Raid Juhi. Contradicting the ousted leader's claim that he was abused by American guards. Judge Juhi said that a
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon The truth about Father Xmas
      774 12  -  Neil Humphreys He's not my uncle obsessing over his North Pole WEEKEND WITH FOR those good boys and girls out there who believe in Father Christmas, please take note. As you read this column, he's making a list, he's checking it twice, he's dressing up
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    • Letter
      Excellent defence play can be poetic
      246 12  -  STEVE 001 Letter from THANK you for your article, "What about the keepers and defenders?" (Dec 21). I agree that defensive players deserve recognition. The foundation of every successful football team in the modern game is its defence. Even Brazil has learnt that, and
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      Allowing Q-jumping is just plain wimpy
      147 12  -  MICHAEL CHUAKHENGHWEE Letter from I REFER to Jeremy Lim's commentary, "Don't let Q-jumpers off so easily" (Dec 22). People who jump the queue are just plain being barbaric. Since there is no one to stop them, they get away with it This is akin
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      NKF case saw need to check absolute power
      216 15  -  LAI YEW CHAN Problem wasn't that of lack of information access Letter from I REFER to the article "Let govt-held info be an open book" (Dec 22). The deeper lesson to learn from the National Kidney Foundation scandal is not so much
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    • Letter
      Patients are best advertisement
      130 15  -  HARRY CHIA Letter from I REFER to Siew Kum Hong's news comment, "Fix image before knocking on doors" (Dec 23). I do not believe the people who cancelled their donations are directing their anger, disappointment and disgust at NKF per se, as at Mr T T
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      Lock icon Myanmar people for an active Asean
      174 15  -  NAINGMOEAUNG Letter from I AGREE with the recent remark by the current Asean chair that engagement is the right way ahead with regard to facilitating positive change in Myanmar. Most Myanmar people welcome the news that the Association of South-east Asian Nations is sending
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    • Letter
      Free income tax online service soon
      148 15  -  LEELENGKIONG Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Unit Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Jaafar Mohamad's letter "Can Iras review $12 search fee?" (Dec 22). We are pleased to inform readers that we are in the process of enhancing myTax Portal (www.mytax.iras.gov.sg) to
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    • OFFICIALREPLIES
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        FREE RIDES SHOULD BE GIVEN
        89 16  -  TAMMY TAN Director, corporate communications SBS Transit Ltd I refer to the letter "Give free bus-ride tickets on the spot" by Mr Chin Koon Seng (Nov 26). We would like to apologise to Mr Chin and the affected passengers on board the bus. All our
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        LTA REVIEWING ROAD BARRICADES
        91 16  -  HAN LIANG YUAN AUDREY ANG Director, corporate communications. Land Transport Authority Assistant Director, media relations, Singapore Police Force We refer to Mr Raymund Koh's letter, "Open up lane near American Club to ease traffic" (Dec 12). The barricades were put in place to enhance security measures
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    • Letter
      Throwing the book at library abusers
      372 16  -  JASNADHANSUKHLAL Efforts made to cater to all, onus now on users to cooperate: NLB Letter from Manager, corporate communications National Library Board WE THANK Mr Colin Ong Tau Shien for his feedback ("Library's changing role needs defining", Dec 14). We would like to remind
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      39 12 we set you thinking todayonline.com Opinions. Thoughts. Concerns. What moves you? j What irks you? Tell us. Write, email or fax us a letter E^ with your full name, contact I i^ number and address. we want your voice
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Kyoto Protocol boost for local firms
      734 18  -  VALERIE LAW With Singapore poised to sign agreement, companies eye a slice of the $396b global market for carbon emission credits valeri e@newstoday.com.sg WITH Singapore closer to signing the Kyoto Protocol, private enterprises on the island are getting ready to capture a slice of
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        141 18 -DOW JONES SHARES closed slightly higher on Friday, helped by bargain-hunting in technology issues following a strong performance on Wall Street overnight. The ST Index rose 4.63 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,328.29. In the broader market, advancers led decliners 294 to 157, while traded volume totalled 562.8
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        ST Index — 2,328.29 +4.63
        4 18 ST Index 2,328.29 +4.63
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        Lock icon World markets
        62 18 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Mikkei 225 Closed tang Seng 15,183.58 +1.85 +8.81 Australia ASX 4,727.78 +13.38 +8.42 [aiwan Wtd 6,512.63 +35.43 +1.43 (orea Comp 1,353.53 +8.66 +8.64 (tCI 832.13 -3.72 -8.42 >ET Index 638.35 +2.54 +8.36 Jakarta Comp 1,158.33 -5.67 -8.43 Jhils Comp Shenzhen
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        SGX most active
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Commodities
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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      Ezyhealth in $1.3b reverse takeover, enters palm oil business
      407 19  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg MAINBOARD-listed Ezyhealth Asia Pacific is getting out of healthcare and into the palm oil business through a reverse takeover of Wilmar Holdings, one of the world's largest edible oil refiners. Ezyhealth, which manages medical diagnostic laboratories in
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      189 19 Capital-starved Informatics Holdings is borrowing $1.5 million from Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan, who owns 26.6 per cent of the education firm through the Berjaya Group, in which he is the chairman. The loan, which comes through one of Mr Tan's companies, Berjaya Land, carries an interest rate of 6
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      Lock icon SIA close to signing $16.7b deal with Boeing: Report
      129 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is reported to be close to sealing a deal with Boeing for aircraft worth at least US$lO billion ($16.7 billion). SIA is said to have picked the US plane maker over Airbus for the long-range planes,
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      THE WINNING HAND
      581 20  -  Pearlyn Tham They have it a11... or do they? Pearlyn Tham places her bets on these gift ideas CITYSTYLE with pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg IT'S probably a question that has been plaguing you the whole week as you frantically shop for Christmas gifts: What do you get for someone
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      Lock icon Surprising Stamford
      777 22  -  LAUREEN TOH laureent@newstoday.com.sg WHILE the shopping heart still pulses along the Orchard belt, there's been a flutter of activity along Stamford Road in recent months. Gone are anchor tenants like furniture company Picket Rail or the gone-bust Pennsylvania House. Today, the beautifully-re-furbished Stamford House has been housing young
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      Lock icon FABULOUSFINDS
      292 22 Small Room, #01-12, Capitol Building: Not even the fussiest of shoppers can quibble with the array of choices at Small Room. A gamut of styles from local labels Abyzz, Ueno, Regina, Comma, RabbitHabit and Giraffe are offered and the last two are in-house labels designed by Small Room's Creative
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    • style
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        TIME TO CRAM
        384 23  -  i —PEARLYNTHAM Do these bags pass the test? g PARTY season is here and for the women, finding the perfect evening purse to match their outfits and shoes can be a joy or a pain. And since evening purses are traditionally small and sleek, this means that
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        Lock icon BAG ESSENTIALS
        110 23 BAG ESSENTIALS u •Grease on your face and smudged lip- it stick are not glamorous. And which woman can resist touching up in the powder room? Yeah, you'll definitely need your make-up, especially J^ your lipstick and your compact powder. And slip in a tiny vial of <
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        A weighty promotion
        132 23 LONDON Weight Management is now in town, thanks to a partnership with Sensualite Slimming, and promises to help you to reduce your measurements by 4 cm to 16 cm or more in just one session. At London Weight Management, treatments include tummy firming and full body contouring.
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      Lock icon IT'S ALMOST ORGANIC
      785 24  -  LOW SHI PING OrganiCafeXperience offers 100% fruit juices food@newstoday.com.sg HEALTH-CONSCIOUS heartlanders in the east can now go organic right at their doorstep. Well, almost. With outlets at Century Square and Parkway Centre, OrganiCafeXperience is out to prove that organic food is far from bland. Adopting a cafe-style
      KOH MUI FONG; PHOTOS DON WONG  -  785 words
    • SHOPPING GUIDE
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        BELKIN TUNESTAGE FOR IPOD
        107 26 THE Belkin Tune Stage allows you to connect your iPod to your home entertainment system via Bluetooth v 1.2 wireless technology. With a transmitter connected to your iPod and a receiver hooked up via 3.5 mm audio or RCA stereo outputs to your system, Tune Stage
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        SONY PLAYSTATION PORTABLE WHITE
        119 26 SONY'S Play Station Portable (PSP) is now available in a limited-edition ceramic white. The system software on the PSP White has also been updated to Version 2.60. With the update, you can enjoy additional features such as viewing Chinese Web pages and an enhanced Internet browser.
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        SENNHEISER PC20/30 HEADSETS
        139 26 SENNHEISER Communications has created two headsets PC 20 and PC 30 (picture) targeted at those who use Internet telephony. The headband models are identical apart from one aspect: While the PC 30 delivers the call to both ears, the PC 20 is a one-sided headset. Both models
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        DELL PHOTO 964 ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER
        113 26 GOOD for economical document and photo printing, as well as copying and faxing, the Dell Photo 964 all-in-one (AIO) printer incorporates a 2.4-inch liquid crystal display, a media card reader and a Pictßridge port. Capable of print resolutions of 4,800x1,200 dots per inch (dpi) and
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      Super-sharp Vision
      715 26  -  ARIEL TAM PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PLAYERREVIEW Creative Zen Vision:M With a killer screen and wide codec support, Creative's Zen Vision:M is a real rival to the iPod a nel@newstoday.com.sg WATCH your back, Apple. Just when everyone thought that the lord of portable audio players has silenced all competition with
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      Fancy a router with leopard print, anyone?
      193 26 IT S the festive season. Dress up your networking devices to go with your Christmas decorations. For the first time, Netgear is allowing customers who buy their routers to personalise their devices with designer skins. Teaming up with graphic membrane specialist GadWrap!, Netgear
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    • gadget
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        Royal rumble with a prince
        574 27  -  TORCHING LI Fine conclusion to the Sands of lime trilogy chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE Prince of Persia: Sands of Time trilogy has come a long way since the prince was a twodimensional figure with a non-ex-istent personality. Over the years and many generations of graphics cards later,
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        HOT BUYS !
        125 27 HOT BUYS CASIO has added a new model to its ultra-slim cardsized range of digital cameras. The 6-megapixel Exilim Card Movie EX-S6OO I reduces camera shake instantaneously when recording MPEG-4 movies with its Anti Shake DSP technology. The Auto Macro and Quick Shutter func- I tions also help to ensure
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        Out of the ordinary
        687 28  -  COLIN YONG The Mitsubishi Outlander has a party trick in its boot colin@newstoday.com.sg TAKE a good look at these photographs of the new Mitsubishi Outlander. For the next time you'll get to see the car is when it is officially introduced in late February or early
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        Lock icon THE SUV SHOWDOWN
        471 28 COLIN YONG The Outlander is one of three new SUVs set to hit Singapore over the next few months. It will have to do battle with rivals from Hyundai and Toyota... HYUNDAI SANTA FE Toss everything you know about the current Santa Fe out the window. This
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        i is for impact, image
        360 30  -  COLIN YONG This small wonder from Mitsubishi is set to go on sale in Singapore nextyear colin@newstoday.com.sg THE local small car market will welcome a fresh-faced competitor early next year in the form of the Mitsubishi i. The diminutive five-door hatchback was launched at the
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          KIA FINDS SOME SOUL
          111 30 South Korean car manufacturer Kia will give the public a glimpse into the future when it unveils the Soul concept car at next month's Detroit Auto Show. A crossover utility vehicle that's said to be geared for an active lifestyle, the Soul has a big interior
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          DRIVERS AT RISK OF BLOOD CLOTS TOO
          160 30 A study done in the United Kingdom has shown that deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can affect motorists as much as it affects air passengers. DVT is a condition where blood clots develop in the deep veins of the legs. About one per cent
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        Like a great Italian suit, the Alfa 166's style quotient will stand the test of time
        410 30  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE FOR a majority of people, buying a car is a lot like how men most of us, anyway go shopping for a pair of shoes or a suit We buy one and
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        Not just any retirement home
        910 31  -  JANECHIAPOCO janec@newstoday.com.sg WITH an eye on Singapore's ageing population, Malaysian developer Mulpha International is currently marketing its 1,756-acre Leisure Farm Resort in south-west Johor for retirees. The company plans to develop the cluster-housing resort into a retirement village in the next two years. According to
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        Lock icon Hongkong Land Holdings to proceed with acquisition of Singapore's MCL Land
        244 31 BLOOMBERG ONE of Hong Kong's biggest downtown landlords said it would proceed with the purchase of MCL Land Ltd in a transaction that values the Singapore developer at $647.5 million. Hongkong Land Holdings will pay $1.75 a share for
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    • NEW YEAR WISHES
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        MOVIES
        414 32  -  Jeanine Tan Oh, Hollywood, what are you doing to us? We've had yet another year of bats and lovesick apes and it's been one long, collective yawn. We've had enough of the countless remakes and superhero movies. Herald the New Year with some new movies literally. Judging by the
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        TV
        324 32  -  Elisa Chia In 2005, Singapore TV often resembled a mass karaoke session, dominated by heavily-made-up aspiring singers crooning away on Project SuperStar, Anugerah and Rock Star:INXS. It's not so much that we need fewer talent contests but we could definitely do with a lot more talent Whether we'll actually
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        THE ARTS
        237 33  -  David Chew After the secondary school production values of Peter Pan and the technical problems that beset Rent, is it too much to ask that the next imported musical be of sufficient quality? Musicals in the pipeline include Broadway's West Side Story and, on the local front, Forbidden
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        MUSIC
        327 33  -  Zul Othman Snatch the mike away from K-Fed! Could the minute-■ long clip Y'All Ain 't Ready by Britney's hubby Kevin Federline, the one where he plays hip-hopper K-Fed, really be destined for the dustbins before it is even completed? Just like the pair's trashy TV show, the song
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        Lock icon CELEBRITIES
        353 33  -  Ross Wallace PHOTOS AFP, ARTWORK ENG KONG In 2006, the governing powers must create a "Til next week do us part" wedding vow. Tempting as it may be to blame Britney Spears for both the decline of marriage and the dire state of American popular music, she's really only
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      A hopeful diagnosis
      480 34  -  EUSACHIA Patrick Dempsey vows that Grey's Anatomy\n\\\ distinguish itself from other medical dramas IN LOS ANGELES elisa@newstoday.com.sg DOES TV-Land need another new doctor? As it is, viewers have plenty to choose from. There's the cranky Hugh Laurie of House, the comical Zach Braff (Scrubs) and the oh-so-charming
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      Visiting the source of the tsunami
      427 34  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR THE first scientists to reach the epicentre of the earthquake that caused last year's Asian tsunami speculate that other such giant waves will strike, this time along an identical fault off North America. Originating in the Indian Ocean, the Asian tsunami on Dec
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      Suria unveils its first tele-movie
      296 34  -  -ZULOTHMAN ARE delinquents the product of their peers or the result of years of parental neglect? That is the question the producers behind MediaCorp TV 12 Suria's first ever tele-movie, Hanyut Menagih Dakapan {Adrift Yearning for Love), will pose when the show airs on Sunday
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    • INADDITION...
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        MEET THE NEW SUGABABE
        100 35 Following a week of intense media speculation, the management of the British band Sugababes have confirmed that Muty a Buena has left the group. Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range will continue to perform as the Sugababes, after being joined by Amelle Berrabah, 21. Sugababes have established
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        MOSS COKE VID GIVEN TO COPS
        81 35 The tabloid that printed images allegedly showing Kate Moss snorting cocaine has turned over the videotape to police, a source at the newspaper said on Thursday. Moss lost contracts with H&M, Burberry and Chanel after Britain's Daily Mirror published the pictures in September. The
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        FESTIVE CONCOURSE CONCERTS
        73 35 The Christmas spirit fills the night at the Esplanade as festive music and songs are performed daily by some of Singapore's favourite choirs, a cappella groups and bands. The season of cheer culminates in a New Year's Eve spectacular marked by great music and fireworks. The performances,
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        HAVE YOURSELF A ROCKIN' LITTLE CHRISTMAS
        70 35 This festive season. Esplanade's Lunchbox brings you classic Christmas carols with a rock 'n' roll twist. The Mistle Rock concert features the powerful vocals and sweet guitar riffs of Randolf Arriola and the lightning fingerwork of Danny Loong on guitar, keyboards, bass and drums.
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        ESPLANADE'S NYE COUNTDOWN
        75 35 This year's inaugural event begins a new and meaningful ritual for Singaporeans and visitors at Marina Bay. The Marina Bay Countdown 2005, which will beheld at the Esplanade -Theatres on the Bay, features contemplative New Year's Eve programmes with an arts focus and themes reflecting the spirit
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      Lock icon JOIN IN MY GREAT BIG SING A LONG!
      101 35  -  JEAN INE TAN At a press call on Friday, Stefanie Sun promised that her Jan 14 concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium will be a grand, interactive affair. Lyrics for the songs she performs will be projected onto a screen so fans
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    • in cinemas
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        For family-friendly fun this Christmas, give Herbie a spin
        267 36  -  lan De Cotta DVDREVIEW I Herbie: Fully Loaded FILM: This is the perfect DVD for the family to watch over the Christmas weekend. There's no complicated plot line, violence or adult scenes to worry grandpa and grandma, should the young ones
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        READERS WRI+E
        33 36 WHAT do you think of comparisons between Project SuperStar winner Tan Wei Lian and Stevie Wonder? And is size an issue for Superman? PLUS wants to know. Email us at plus@newstoday.com.sg
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        Wei Lian's no Wonder
        182 36  -  CRESENTEAVELLANOSAN WRI+ES: SINGAPOREANS and the media here should stop calling Project SuperStar winner Tan Wei Lian "Asia's Stevie Wonder" or saying that he's on the road to earning this distinction. Saying such a thing is too presumptuous. Such statements overlook how immensely talented Stevie Wonder is
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        Well, it's not like a banana
        68 36  -  BENBROWDERWRI+ES: GOING by your report "Superman, super bulge" (Dec 16), size is definitely not an issue for Superman. For Superman Returns viewers, the question of whether the bulge is too large is a small matter. It's not as if he is hiding a banana
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        For shame!
        103 36  -  PTSINWRI+ES: I WAS amazed to read your report on Superman's super jewel. Surely this is a promotional gimmick for the film. I'm surprised you were fooled. Most of the fans of Superman are children. I doubt they even notice Superman's "super bulge". Moreover, the movie is an adaptation
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    • INCINEMASROUND-UP
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        A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
        55 37  -  Felix Cheong A meditation on violence and its self-destruc-tive trail in a world gone mad with rage, Canadian film-maker David Cronenberg's latest offering is one of the best films of the year. Viggo Mortensen stars, but look for William Hurt to be the one with the
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        Lock icon KING KONG
        24 37 -FC Peter Jackson brings the old Hollywood feel of an epic to his remake of what is essentially a cheesy B-grade flick.
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        PERHAPS LOVE
        30 37  -  -JeanineTan Never mind the much-touted musical element, it's the nuanced love story brought to life by Takeshi Kaneshiro and 7hou Xun that provides the core of this film.
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        HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
        27 37  -  David Chaw The fourth instalment covers much ground, moving at breakneck speed, but somethinn gets lost in the abrupt editing.
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        LILYA 4-EVER
        27 37  -  A heartbreaking film about a young Russian girl trapped in the world of child prostitution, marked by excellent Derformances from the teenaged cast.- Justin Cheong
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        Lock icon MERRY CHRISTMAS
        34 37 ■JT A dramatic and touching war movie that borders on melodrama. Based on true events that occured on Dec 25,1914, when enemies laid down their arms for a night to celebrate Christmas.-
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        Lock icon PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
        32 37 -FC This big screen adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel muses about how genteel manners often hide beastly behaviour, with the talented Keira Kniahtlev leadina a cast of veterans.
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        Lock icon THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
        38 37 -FC Two-dimensional characters and an overarching and overwhelming Christian framework makes this adaptation of the CS Lewis novel a little contrived, althouah it's still aooc popcorn entertainment.-
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        CHICKEN LITTLE
        36 37  -  Neil Humphreys Disney's first solo 3D animation movie without Pixar lacks the irreverence and visual magic of Finding Nemo or ToyStoryand looks like a movie cobbled together from a "Dummies Guide to 3D Animation".-
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        THE ICE HARVEST
        33 37  -  Ross Wallace Perhaps too obviously influenced by Tarantino, this crime caper with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton is a little too cliched and pointless to be any real good,
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        Lock icon THE PROMISE
        37 37 -JT The most expensive Asian film ever made, anc China's official entry to the Oscars, is a bloated fantasy epic with cheesy special effects and a ridiculous plot. What an embarrassment for Chinese people everywhere.
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      25 34 WHAT: GREY'S ANATOMY WHEN: MONDAY, 11PM WHERE: MEDIACORP TV CHANNEL 5 WHAT: HANYUT— MENAGIH DAKAPAN (ADRIFT— YEARNING FOR LOVE] WHEN: SUNDAY, 8.30PM WHERE: MEDIACORP TVI2SURIA
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      Managing an international workforce
      597 41  -  JANICE GOH When posting employees overseas, bosses must define expectations clearly ja nice@newstoday.com.sg ASTHE pace of globalisation and merger and acquisition activities intensify, more companies are sending their staff on international assignments to manage overseas operations. An international assignment typically costs two to three times an
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      412 41 PRESUME AND ASSUME T^f^^X'T WT A TT* A reader asked: "I think very often people T s,'know t^e i ss"a pdrt Take charge of your career today with ference when I check it in the dictionary gf± before using it, but most people do not I AMAAMAf AfIAII know when
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      Lock icon SOS from Zimbabwe
      505 42 -AFP Striking cricketers plead for international rescue LONDON Fed-up Zimbabwe cricketers, who went out on strike on Thursday, desperately need help from the International Cricket Council (ICC) if they are to keep on playing. Their representative Clive Field insisted that many players will be forced to turn
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      Lock icon British Olympic champs to get Lomu up to speed
      291 42 —AFP LONDON British Olympic sprint champion Darren Campbell insists he can help Jonah Lomu (picture) rediscover the form that made him the world's outstanding rugby union wing a decade ago. Lomu is training with Campbell and his coach Linford Christie, the
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      Lock icon Jones' 3-pointers lift Cavaliers
      374 42 —AP AP NBA Cleveland 108 Chicago 100 CHICAGO Leßron James burst up the right side late in the third quarter, went up for a dunk and Clang! It hit off the rim. It was the lone blemish for James as he scored 37 points to lead
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      Lock icon Did fat fingers cost Madrid?
      834 44 -AFP -AGENCIES Vietnam to detain SEA Games players HANOI Two Vietnamese footballers, under arrest for alleged match-fixing, will be detained for four months, police said on Friday as a senior official came under attack in the Vietnamese media for failing to stem fraud. The national
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      Lock icon Sacchi unveils Real reason for leaving
      394 44 —AP MADRID Arrigo Sacchi ended his oneyear connection with ailing Real Madrid on Friday, saying his decision to quit as director of soccer had cost him "prestige and a lot of money". Sacchi said his resignation, which was announced on Dec 5, was because
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      Lock icon DESIGNMATTERS
      779 45 thewEEKENDinten WITH BEIJING OLYMPIC STADIUM DESIGNER AIWEIWEI lie is one of China's most eclectic personalities. A freelance curator, artist and architect, he has been working with his Swiss counterparts, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, to design the 80,000-seat Beijing's Olympic Stadium the centrepiece of 11 new competition venues
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