Today, 25 February 2006

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    17 1 //\S£J]J-\CORP February 25 26, 2006 mica(p> 114/07/2005 weekendTODAY share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon HIS OWN MAN
    1028 1  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg We, the citizens of Singapore IF FORMER Second Deputy Prime Minister S Rajaratnam had his way, there may have been no need for a Singapore Pledge penned by him. After all, the Sri Lankan-born, Serem-ban-raised statesman had fervently believed in a Malaysia that embraced
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    FAS to review its foreign talent plan
    499 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg THE strange saga of Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson has prompted the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) to plan an overhaul of its controversial Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. This was the scheme under which the two Nigeria-born footballers were offered
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  • hot news
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      A LEGACY SPOKEN SOFT RINGS LOUD – AND FINDS A NEW AUDIENCE
      426 2  - A LEGACY SPOKEN SOFT RINGS LOUD AND FINDS A NEW AUDIENCE LOH CHEE KONG JASMINE YIN FOR almost 18 years, Mr S Rajaratnam had been out of the public eye. But in a sign of how much his life and what it stood for had touched those who live in
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      Lock icon WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE ... IT WAS FOREVER
      794 3  - WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE IT WAS FOREVER TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg LIKE one of his favourite songs by Nat King Cole, when former Cabinet minister S Rajaratnam fell in love, it was for forever. Mr Rajaratnam met his Hungarian wife Piroska Feher at a left-wing book club in London in
      : MUN CHOR SENG; SINGAPORE  -  794 words
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      Errant employment agencies to get demerit points
      351 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING the many calls from employers for greater transparency in maid agencies' track records, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has implemented a new Demerit Points System effective this month. The ministry will issue three, six or 12 demerit points depending
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      Lock icon Thaksin calls snap poll on April 2
      484 4 Thai PM launches counterattack amid growing calls to step down BANGKOK Embattled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra launched a sensational counterattack on Friday. Faced with mounting protests to step down, he met King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who approved the dissolution of Parliament Dr Thaksin
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        S'PORE, ACEH HOSPITALS INK MOU
        49 4  -  Lin Yanqin Singapore and Aceh hospitals yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding as part of rehabilitation efforts after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Trainees from 14 Aceh hospitals are currently training in Singapore. There are also plans to build training centres in Bandar Aceh.
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        Lock icon BUDGET DEBATE ON MONDAY
        57 4 Channel News Asia Parliament will meet on Monday to discuss the Budget for the next financial year. The debate is expected to take two weeks, ending on March 9. Three members have tabled questions for oral answers, including Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Steve Chia's query on
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        Lock icon GCE A-LEVEL RESULTS ON WED
        53 4 Channel News Asia Results of the 2005 GCE A-level examinations will be out on Wednesday. School candidates will get their result slips from their schools from 2pm. Private candidates can log on to the examinations board website at www.seab.gov.sg after 2pm. They will also be
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        Lock icon FASTEST LUNCH-HOUR BURGLARY
        73 4 938 Live It took just an hour for burglars to break into and escape from —the Epiphany Church with their loot on Friday afternoon. The theft took place at the Jalan Kayu church while the pastors were out for lunch. On their return, they discovered that one
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      Aerospace boost for service sector
      367 4  -  SERENECHUA serene@newstoday.com.sg AVIATION players may be beaming from the billion-dollar deals inked during the Asian Aerospace (AA) show, but the money and smiles are trickling down to the service sector, too from hotels and restaurants to taxis. Operators contacted by Today reported a spike in
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      82 2 \f"'--^^| How spontaneous Al I <'° wan* yO1"" v) H 9uy *°be? baclietcfflanf, Star Hub Visit www.starhub.com/hubvillage for more juicy details. LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "ButtheQOOCl man walks along in the ever-brightening; I light of God's favor I the dawn gives way to morning SplendOr." The Bible-Proverbs4:lB Singapore Marketplace Christian
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      26 3 ~'2'=fjS^^il Would you take him home IPmNj x Ml to meet your H""* v I Parents? r baclMcmxn Star Hub Visit www.Etarhub.com/hubvillage for more juicy details.
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      423 5 Thank you for supporting our award-winning investment funds. For the year 2005, Standard Poor's 2006 Singapore Fund Awards we won 11 prestigious investment awards. We couldn't have done this without you, Winner of the Fixed Income Global (Other) (3 year) Category: Shenton Income Fund our clients and partners. Winner of
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  • singapore news
    • Article
      NOL sets up $10m endowment fund
      216 6  -  —VINITARAMANI IT USED to be considered "unglamorous" and not at all "sexy" in the words of National University of Singapore's Professor Bernard Tan. But in a globalising world, shipping logistics and maritime research has become a "hot" topic in academia and the job market
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      Lock icon Career in full bloom
      462 6  -  LEE U-WEN Gardeners get image upgrade, wider job scope and higher salary u-wen@newstoday.com.sg GONE are the days of pushing dirty wheelbarrows, meagre $600 salaries, the lack of proper skills upgrading opportunities and even the name they are known by. Today, thanks to a facelift under the
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      Woh Hup, two men fined for safety lapses
      208 6  -  —TEOXUANWEI LOCAL construction giant Woh Hup was fined $20,000 on Thursday for safety lapses which led to the death of a painter working at its worksite on July 3, 2004. Painter Ong Chee Soon, 27, was painting the external wall of a
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      MediShield takes away worry with large hospital bills
      887 7  -  TAN HUI LENG Mr Joseph Phua's Hospital Bill I Medical Condition: Brain Tumour •Total Charges:s7B,s9o Patient bill (after Govt Subsidy for Class B2 ward): $22,331 Length of stay: 116 days (including 11 days in ICU) huileng@newstoday.com.sg Joseph Phua never thought he would
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      37 6 SHOULD YOU ACT ON THAT J^^ HUNCH YOU'VE HAD ALL WEEK? Find out in your horoscope I a mklrl^^i^ ISc^ X today on I f q page 37 \^M tZi^"-?"** '""1 >w > '«Ss<tf/J WF*Vt ">*- ;JSe9°Q>4 s .^°^>l
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Coup bid, emergency declared in the Philippines
      476 8 AGENCIES General sacked, Aquino asks Arroyo to step down MANILA Exactly 20 years after a popular revolution ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Friday proclaimed a state of emergency and ordered the arrest of military officers and civilians allegedly involved
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      Lock icon No more action as M'sian daily issues unreserved apology
      159 8 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR No action will be taken against Malaysia's oldest newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST), since it has apologised unreservedly for publishing a cartoon about the controversy over Prophet Mohammed's caricatures, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said on Friday. The
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      Lock icon US ambassador urges Shia, Sunni leaders to save Iraq together
      386 8 AGENCIES BAGHDAD The United States ambassador to Iraq said on Friday that sectarian violence had endangered the future of the country, the New York Times reported. The ambassador, Mr Zalmay Khalilzad, said Iraqi leaders "must come together, they must compromise
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon DANISH NEWSPAPER WINS JOURNALISM PRIZE FOR CARTOONS
        49 8 AFP Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which angered the Muslim world by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed last year, has won a Danish critical journalism award. The Victor Prize was reportedly awarded to the daily for exercising the right of freedom of expression.
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        Lock icon POLICE ARREST THREE SUSPECTS IN BRITAIN'S BIGGEST ROBBERY
        61 8 AFP In their hunt for a gang of armed robbers who stole up to £50 million ($142 million) from a security depot, British police have arrested three suspects. A man and two women have been nabbed in connection with the raid in
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        Lock icon MAYOR OF LONDON SUSPENDED
        54 8 AFP London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been suspended for four weeks by a government panel that said he violated the rules of office by comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. The mayor made the comments in February last year. The suspension will
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      Lock icon Dubai to postpone takeover of US ports
      361 10 BLOOMBERG However, DP World's acquisition of P&O to go ahead NEW YORK Dubai's DP World agreed to postpone taking management control of US port facilities part of a US$6.B-bil-lion (sll-billion) takeover of P&O, as it tries to overcome opposition from American politicians. DP
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      Lock icon They made millions stealing corpses
      182 10 —AFP NEW YORK A dentist and three other men were charged in New York on Friday with harvesting bones and organs illegally from 1,077 corpses, in a case likened by prosecutors to "a cheap horror movie". The four allegedly made millions selling unscreened body tissue
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      Lock icon 2 Malaysians cleared of bird flu
      175 10 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The remaining two Malaysians suspected of having bird flu have been cleared of the deadly disease and there have been no new suspected cases, officials said on Friday. "Both test results were negative for bird flu and they have been discharged
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  • Voices
    • Enough of handshakes – it's time the FAS took a firm hand
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        Jettison the mercenaries
        187 12  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from THE report "A $50,000 handshake but still they ran" (Feb 24) serves as a timely eye-opener in our pursuit of foreign sports talent. Apparently, both Nigerian-born soccer players Agu Casmir and Itimi Jackson seem to have taken their Singapore citizenship for
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        Who's paying for it?
        239 12  -  TOH HAIJOO Letter from I AM very disappointed that time and time again, such scandals keep hitting our national soccer team. Are the Young Lions an S-League club or a national youth team? If it is the former, I have no qualms about the Football Association
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      Lock icon Bloggers and the f-word
      792 12  -  Neil Humphreys Posting that sex video gives geeks what they want: Fame MY WIFE wanted a new handphone last weekend. That meant I was going to spend precious quality time with deeply boring people. No matter where we went, the techno babble was always incomprehensible. Some
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      Keeping teens and streets safe
      192 15  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from I REFER to your article "No curfew, just letters for some" (Feb 23). The recent police initiative is a good move to try and reduce the more than proportionate share of increase in crimes by teenagers. Not every teenager is a trouble-maker.
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      Adapting to polymer notes
      126 15  -  ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Letter from Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore I REFER to the letter, "New $2 polymer notes not accepted at certain machines" (Feb 20). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) worked closely with banks, transport companies and major machine operators to have cash deposit
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    • Wild animals aren't pets
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        Lock icon Why no action, AVA?
        202 15  -  AARTI SRIVASTAVA Letter from I READ the article, "OK to keep pet shark without a licence?" (Feb 23), with much horror and frustration. Despite the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) pointing out to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) that keeping dogs require a
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        Illegal pet purchase?
        195 15  -  TEO LI LIAN Letter from THIS issue is disturbing on three counts. One, the nonchalance with which Pare Palais obtained and kept the nurse shark without consideration for its well-being and growth over the past five years. One shudders to think about the many other exotic animal
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon The flying business tools
      955 16  -  LEECHINGWERN Sales of private jets are taking off in the Asia-Pacific chingwern@newstoday.com. sg YOU could hold an important meeting, have a sumptuous dinner at a proper dining table and sleep in the privacy of your own bedroom all while in the air. This is what flying
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        122 16 Dow Jones SHARE prices ended higher on Friday as investors ignored a weaker Wall Street overnight and focused instead on better-than-expected earnings from local companies and signs of further strengthening in the property market. The ST Index ended up 18.09 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 2,453.67. Advancers led
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        ST Index — 2,453.67 +18.09
        4 16 ST Index 2,453.67 +18.09
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        Lock icon World markets
        60 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.91 +5.81 +0.04 Hang Seng ASX *****.05 +43.52 4893.40 -19.80 +0.28 -0.40 Taiwan Wtd 6538.22 +63.53 +0.98 Korea Comp 1365.82 +4.59 +0.34 KLCI 924.91 -2.60 -0.28 SET Index 741.80 +9.12 +1.24 Jakarta Comp 1216.14 -8.02 -0.66 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2069.93
        ' SGX,; Bloomberg  -  60 words
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        SGX most active
        51 16 jjzhou SKY Petrol :elestial ;hina Sun ;hinaEssBn lelong :errochina UlultiVis UlediaRing Hongguo 0.425 0.505 1.060 0.645 0.530 0.120 0.600 0.175 0.330 0.320 +0.035 +0.000 +0.015 +0.010 -0.010 +0.025 -0.005 +0.020 +7.4 +0.2 +2.4 +1.9 -7.7 +4.3 -1.5 +6.7 90.630 35,012 34,300 30,097 20,907 25,446 21,952 19,165 10,996
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.6155 UK£ 0.3515 Yen 72.101 HK$ 4.7759 RM 2.2867 Euro 0.5165 Rupiah 5702.9 Baht 24.197 Peso 31.854 AS 0.8333 Indian Rs 27.358 Won 596.52 C$ 0.7096 Yuan 4.9538 NZS 0.9306 NT$ 20.044
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        Commodities
        20 16 Gold US$/oz 550.90 Silver US$/oz 9.47 Platinum US$/oz 1,023.00 Rubber cents/kg 331.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/492.00 Brent US$/barrel 60.53
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
        70 16 DBS 16.100 -0.200 Sp Land 6.250 HSCEI5900SGA***** 0.075 -0.150 -0.115 Creative 50 12.600 -0.100 OCBC Bk4.5 D/oNCPS1OO 102.400 -0.100 OUE 11.000 -0.100 Venture 13.100 -0.100 HartfordEdu 0.635 -0.005 LinkReitBNP*****0 0.065 -0.055 LinkReitCA*****6 0.305 -0.055 SPC SGA eCW*****6 0.010 KepCoipBNP ePW0G0324 0.030 SPCMBL8CW*****1 0.020 -50.0 45.5 -42.9 CapitalaidDB8PW*****
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    • business news
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        Insurer earns less
        319 18 Great Eastern's profit falls 7 per cent to $373 million in 2005 GREAT Eastern Holdings, the largest life insurer in Singapore and Malaysia, reported on Friday, an 11-per-centfall in fourth quarter net profit due to a sharp drop in earnings from its life insurance operations. Great Eastern,
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      • marketbuzz
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          FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BABY CARE AND PARENTING AT THIS EVENT
          153 18 THE inaugural Baby Care Festival will be held from March 10 to 12 when visitors to the event at Singapore Expo Hall 5B can enjoy great bargains, fun-filled shows, games and activities, as well as take home fabulous gifts
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          MCDONALD'S MILKSHAKES ARE BACK
          150 18 THE thick, creamy McDonald's milkshakes in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours return this month. The iconic milkshakes are indelibly linked with McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, a former distributor of milkshake makers. He was so intrigued by the McDonald's hamburger stand in California that ran eight of
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          BETTER CONNECTIONS AND DAILY FLIGHTS FROM SINGAPORE ON QATAR AIRWAYS
          157 18 QATAR Airways will provide travellers from Singapore with improved connections to Europe, the Middle East and Africa via its hub in Doha from May 2. The revised flight timings lets the airline offer daily services to the Middle East and
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        Lock icon Li Ka-shing had no desire to buy P&O
        216 18  -  CHOW PENN NEE HONG Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing was not interested in bidding for British port operator Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation (P&O) because he already controls the world's biggest port operator. Mr Li is the chairman of Hong Konglisted Hutchison Whampoa, which
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      • Article
        Sats makes entry into the Middle East
        170 18  -  —JANECHIAPOCO SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) took its first decisive step into the Middle East after signing an agreement with Qatar Aviation Services Company (QAS) on Friday after almost a year of discussions. QAS, a subsidiary of Qatar Airways, is the main ground-handling
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        309 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Parkway Holdings had a net profit of $62 million, or 8.55 cents per share, for the year ended Dec 31,2005, up from $50.5 million, or 7 cents a share, in the previous year. Revenue rose to $549 million from $407.8 million. Singapore Land's net profit rose to
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      172 19 West Side Stoiy is one of the most stunning and captivating Musical ever to be staged. I A definite "Must-watcK"! 1 I¥l ■■UjdKrTTTTTI *f\ 1 Sii^iflKucwi M i A, 1 1 At the Esplanade Theatre Wj ff***^* VI I from 7-30 April 2006 ViV L k< I Tickets on sale
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  • wh?ch
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      chic AHOY!
      448 20  -  Pearlyn Tham CITYSTYLE withl p e a r lyrWnewstoaa^onR^^n THE last time I wore nautical fashion, it was in primary school when my mum put me in a navy blue sailor-ish dress with a square bib-like collar that slapped my face every time the wind blew Thank goodness
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    • style
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        The La Mer way to a fairer complexion
        227 21  -  LEE HUI SHAN ACHIEVE the utmost in clarity, luminosity and radiance with La Mer's new addition to its Blanc de la Mer range The Infusion Primer and The Whitening Mask. This deep whitening treatment, said to help diminish and disperse the appearance
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        Lock icon Not ordinary at all
        696 21  -  PEARLYN THAM Despite being inspired by cabbages and shoes, these creations win fashion award pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg CABBAGES and school sneakers are probably mundane things to you and I, but Sekino Keisuke and Aloysius Liew saw beauty in their banality. Sekino's cabbage-inspired creations and Aloysius' shoestring pieces
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      • Article, Illustration
        A delicious bath
        595 22  -  AMANDA KOH That is what Biotherm's products are like -they nourish and give pleasure a ma nda@newstoday.com.sg TAKING out a test tube filled halfway with murky-looking liquid, Dr Lucien Aubert wore an expression of delight on his face. "I've got a surprise for you today," he said
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      • ATAGLANCE
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          EARN YOUR STRIPES
          74 22 This season, CYC The Custom Shop goes gaga over stripes men's shirts are jazzed up with stripes that run diagonally, horizontally and vertically. For an even dressier touch, check out the tuxedo shirt with its black stitching and rounded collar. Other interesting details in the men's collection
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          LUX PAMPERING TREATS
          119 22 This is a soap with a difference and perhaps why it is called the Lux Firming Massage Bar, and not soap. Enriched with grape seed oil and collagen, this unique-looking soap bar is moulded with knobs that help to massage your body for a firming effect. if
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          FIGHT AGEING AND BLEMISHES
          119 22 Do you have split personality skin? This is a term coined by Olay, referring to women who have ageing problems such as wrinkles and fine lines and who also have blemishes. To counter these two conditions at once, Olay has launched Olay Total Effects+ for blemish
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        Miss Selfridge is all grown up
        287 22  -  LEE HUI SHAN THE SIGNATURE pink heart logo is probably what comes to mind when we think Miss Selfridge. However, step into the new store and you will not see any of them. This is because the brand has matured. "There is a Barbie
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    • makan
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        Lock icon Who says canteen food is mediocre?
        786 23  -  LOW SHI PING Delicious delights at Changi Airport's staff canteen make it an epicurean gem f ood@newstoday.com.sg I AM a frequent diner at the Changi Airport's Terminal 2 staff canteen. No, I'm not an employee there. And no, I have not been trespassing. Although
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    • SHOPPINGGUIDE
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        KODAK EASYSHARE V570 CAMERA
        123 24 Said to be the world's first dual-lens digital camera, the Kodak Easyshare V 570 zoom digital camera wraps an ultra-wide angle lens (23mm) and an optical zoom lens (39 to 117 mm) into a small package less than an inch thin. Allowing you to extend your
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        113 24 I Combining a 2-megapixel camera and an MP3 player, the Philips 960 phone gives you a multimedia experience while on the go. In addition to taking photos at 1,200x1,600 pixels, the integrated camera allows you to record video clips at 30 frames per second. Images and
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        120 24 The 5-megapixel Canon Digital Ixus Wireless camera comes with 802.11 b wireless connectivity, allowing you to connect directly to any Pictßridge-compatible printer. Communication range is up to 30 metres (100 feet) without obstacles, the camera has an auto transfer feature that lets you upload captured
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        110 24 Carry and share high-capacity presentations, graphics, photos, music or e-mails with the 4GB Imation Micro Hard Drive. With a unique padlock design, the durable drive features a flexible USB connector that locks directly into the drive and can be easily used to clip the storage
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      524 24  -  NAZHARADNAN Two CPU cores allow the newAsus to handle two tasks simultaneously infotech@newstoday.com.sg THE A6J from Asus heralds a new era of on-the-go computing with two processor cores. At the heart of the A6J is an Intel Core Duo T2OOO series processor supported by the new Centrino Duo
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      290 24 SAMSUNG has launched three handphones for audiophiles. Leading the pack is a bar-shaped smartphone the SGH-i3OOX that is equipped with a digital power amplifier, SRS-WOW-enhanced stereo sound from dual speakers, stereo earphones and optional Bluetooth stereo headset support. A 1.3--megapixel camera with flash has also
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        739 25  -  TREVOR TAN SOFTWAREREVIEW I Adobe Lightroom Public Beta 2 Do magic on your digital images in a jiffy trevor@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING closely on the heels of Apple's RAW picture processing software Aperture, Adobe has unveiled Lightroom Public Beta 2 for the public to try out first Windows
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      188 26 lam thinking about buying a new car but am not sure if I can sell my existing four-year-old Hyundai for a good price. Where can I find out how much it's worth now and how can I check how much I still owe the bank on the loan
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      1072 26 Compact hatchbacks are becoming increasingly popular among Singaporeans and two brands are launching new models this weekend. Sheldon Trollope and Colin Yong test drive both of them Don't worry, be Savvy PROTON SAVVY Even before I could see the car, the Proton Savvy was making me smile. It
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      57 26 PROTON SAVVY 1.2 Ups Fun to drive Very affordable "Tuned by Lotus" cache Downs Controversial styling Poor interior finish Agent: Proton Singapore Price: $38,988 with CO E Specifications Engine Type: 1,149 cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 74bhp at 5,500rpm Maximum torque: 105Nm at 3,750rpm Gearbox: 5-speed semi-automatic Performance
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      59 26 TOYOTA YARIS 1.5 E Ups Lively performance Spacious interior Excellent ride quality Downs One-piece folding rear seat Some cheap cabin plastics Agent: Borneo Motors Price: $54,988 with COE Specifications Engine Type: 1,497 cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 107bhp at 6,ooorpm Maximum torque: 141 Nm at 4,200rpm Gearbox: 4-speed
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        816 27  -  COLIN YONG These ladies will not sell you a car but they'll take you on a tour to remember colin@newstoday.com.sg DON'T be surprised if, during a visit to the newly-opened Mercedes-Benz Center, someone walks up to you, takes you around the building and sits down with you for
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          126 27 American brand Jeep will enter the fastgrowing seven-seat Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) market here in July with the new Commander. Expected to cost just over $200,000, the Austrian-built car will go head-to-head with the Volvo XC9O, and will be sold as a more affordable alternative to the
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          READY TO B LAUNCHED
          121 27 Mercedes-Benz's product offensive continues next weekend when the B-Class makes its debut in Singapore. The car is based on the same platform as the latest A-Class so it also has a twolevel floor that enhances both safety and cabin room. Although still a five-seater, the B-Class
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          131 27 This is the first official photograph of the new Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet, which makes its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday. I Like most of its class rivals such as the Peugeot 307 CC and Renault Megane CC, the car has a metal roof
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        589 28  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA It's the 45th bungalow to go on auction block for past 14 months shobha@newstoday.com.sg THE Payar Lebar Crescent bungalow of former Citiraya chief Ng Teck Lee, which will be up for auction on Tuesday, is the 45 th bungalow to be put up
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        340 28  -  DENYSEYEO news@newstoday.com.sg A FATHER'S success often inspires similar achievements in his son. Among Singapore's property agents, nowhere is this fact more evident than in the case of successful realtor Paul Yeap. He may be working for his father in the eponymously named firm Louis Yeap Realty
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        151 28  -  -SHOBHATSERING BHALLA LAST year was a "growth year" for retailers and retail landlords in Singapore, with the occupancy rates in prime shopping malls in premier shopping districts and suburban centres reaching 100 per cent, or close to it, by the end of the year. Retail sales and
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      1434 29  -  DAVID CHEW I Today takes an exclusive look at a man who gave life all he had: Truman Capote david.chew@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Gerald Clarke approached famed American writer Truman Capote in the early 70s with the idea of writing the author's biography, he was told: "I will not
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      631 31  -  Neil Humphreys But big brother Noel looked like he was killing time on stage CONCERTREVIEW byl a\ Oasis Don t Believe the Truth Tour THE longstanding success of Oasis gigs has always depended on three elements: The "mad for it" crowd, the anthemic songs and
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      475 31  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS plus@newstoday.com.sg THOSE who attended the Oasis rock concert on Thursday night were in serious danger. Midway through the gig at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the fans' safety was clearly compromised. Coming to the rescue, a brave, burly member of security waded into the audience
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      300 31  -  —AMELYNN LIONG MAKE way Latino bonbons and Jazz crooners, the "Italian lover" Patrizio Buanne (picture) has arrived. Pardon the cliche, but this 26-year-old Naples-born artist is the archetypal tall, dark and handsome man. Asked to describe an Italian lover
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          201 32  -  NUR LIYANA BT MD AKBAR WRI+ES: I REFER to your article "Cowboy crush" (Feb 17) on the hype surrounding the release of Brokeback Mountain here. To quote Brokeback star Jake Gyllenhaal: "This film says, if the outside world wasn't there and no judgment or outside
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          129 32  -  CORINNE DAVIES WRI+ES: I REFER to your well-written article, "The story so far" (Feb 15), on Catherine Lim. It is so typically modest of her not to mention this but I feel I must honour her. Recently, when I told Catherine casually over lunch
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          101 32  -  KIMBERLYAERIA WRI+ES: I REFER to your article "Good as gold" (Feb 20). I think it's great that Carrie Underwood is finally getting the recognition she deserves. She has definitely earned all the success she is enjoying. With many artistes focusing mainly on the hip hop
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        314 32  -  DAVID CHEW Two activities kick off for visual artists and photographers IN AN exciting move for the visual arts scene here, the past month has seen two residency programmes being launched for visual artists and photographers by prestigious institutions. Visual artists interested in print-making can
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          224 33  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by FILM: Japanese anime maestro Hayao Miyazaki's latest work is as weird and wonderful as his previous productions, but somehow there is something lacking. As with Miyazaki's other films, a young girl is the lead in Howl's Moving Castle. Sophie ages from 19 to
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          175 33  -  Zul Othman DVDREVIEW by FILM: TIM BURTON has pulled off the unimaginable: He made necrophilia fun for the family. Based loosely on an old Jewish folk tale, Corpse Bride is charming in a macabre way. Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is to wed his beloved Victoria
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          93 33 First it was Shawn Lee, now it's Joshua Ang. The other good-looking teenager from Not Stupid Too is doing what Lee did last month: Celebrating his birthday with fans. Ang, who turns 17 this year, will host a karaoke birthday party for about
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          95 33 Design Singapore Council is calling for the commissioning of a curatorial team for this year's Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition (VBIAE), a prestigious platform to showcase the latest architectural works worldwide. The organisers are making a public call for proposals for content
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        149 34 —AFP LOS ANGELES Warner Bros studios is preparing to make sequels to its remakes of the hit superhero franchises, Batman and Superman, the industry press reported on Friday. The studio is planning the next big-budget instalments of last year's Batman Begins and of Superman Returns, the
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          48 34 FC Jet Li's final role in a wushu film as Qing Dynasty folk hero Huo Yuan Jia marks the action star's return to his Chinese roots but there is not much story to link the action sequences. Leave your brains at home and enjoy the ringside view.
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          30 34 JT The multi-layered narrative of this gripping film explores the inner workings of the international oil trade and exposes the links between American corruption. Middle East politics and terrorism.
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          41 34 JT Two stories, one about the misdeeds of a pharmaceutical giant in Africa and the other about the love between an introverted British diplomat and his fiery social activist wife, come together beautifully in this skilfully directed film.
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          40 34 FC A peppy pace salvages this South Korean film, which is made up of four stories about love that take place in different seasons, although it does occasionally ditch quirk and spunk for tears and mush.
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          32 34 JT BrokebackMountain's Heath Ledger plays the legendary lover in this period flick that is filled with boisterous fun and general merriment, even if it is almost wholly fictitious and rather frivolous.
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          58 34 JT Lacking in satirical elements this time, Neo's latest effort to make a socially conscious film about the lack of communication between family may leave audiences wondering if they are being entertained or lectured to. WERE YOU IN WE GRADUATE?-. Jennifer Aniston wonders if Kevin Costner
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          37 34 ZulOthman Thank goodness it's Jennifer Aniston who plays a woman who suspects her grandmother's life inspired the classic film. The Graduate, because she's the only reason this silly mush of a film passes muster.
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          36 34 —zo This biopic about country music legend Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash is engaging and features powerhouse performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, even if it whitewashes their infidelity.
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      606 39 —AFP Arakawa wins country's first ever gold in figure skating WINTER OLYMPICS Figure skating women's free skate TURIN It was a long and tense wait for Japan. First the snowboarders crashed out as one ended up in the hospital. The speedskaters bombed. The curlers and
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      585 40  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE EAST-WEST CHALLENGE 2006 SUNDAY, FEB 26,7PM, JALAN BESAR STADIUM Goncalves and Duric determined to taste first East-West win da rren@newstoday.com.sg THEY have been deadly in front of goal ever since they joined the S-League. Put their two records together and
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      329 40  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg IF PAST results are anything to go by, then Karim Bencherifa and his All-Star team should win the East-West Challenge. All four previous editions of the clash have seen the West come out on top, but coach Bencherifa insisted on
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      109 40 001 BOON KEONG COLOURFUL East team manager R Vengadasalam, could not help himself and fired the first salvo by issuing his own challenge to West team counterpart Lawrence Lav. "I have a 100 per cent record in these East-West Challenges but
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      521 41  -  CUBBYLEONG S-League website snags an award, FAS determined to improve it even further cubby@newstoday.com.sg IT AVERAGES 39.8 million hits per month and has 95,822 visitors every month. Last September, when the website hit a peak, it mustered 118,000 page views. So successful is sleague.com that it
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      120 41 001 BOON KEONG BABE ALERT: The number 11 is especially significant for the S League this year. The 2006 season will be the 11th year of the league. The competition will feature 11 participating clubs. And of course, each team will start
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      721 43 iwEEKENDinterview WITH IRAN'S STAR STRIKER ALI DAEI HE IS one of Asia's most celebrated strikers, surely a player who will go down as a legend in his own country. Iran's Ali Daei hit the big time when he moved from Tehran giants Pirouzi to Bayern
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      347 43 —AFP GOLF Match Play Championship CARLSBAD, California-Tiger Woods earned a hard-fought victory over Australian Robert Allenby on Thursday to advance to the final 16 in the US$7.5 million ($12.2 million) WGC Accenture Match Play Championship. Top-seeded Woods sank a seven-foot
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      234 44 —AFP BARCELONA New Japanese Formula 1 constructors Super Aguri struggled to keep pace with the rest of the field as they finished their first test session on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. Although ex-Honda BAR star Takuma Sato got the deficit to the
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