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    17 1 TODAY June 24 25, 2006 mica(p> 114/07/2005 we set you thinking todayonline.com /A=DIACORP share your free newspaper
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    THE BETS ARE IN, GAME ON
    1099 1  -  DARREN LAI AND ANSLEYNG But the odds are stacked against Singapore Pools in World Cup battle with illegal bookies da rren@newstoday.com.sg CAR salesman Alvin likes to put his money where his mouth is so this is a momentous month for him. Like thousands of
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      52 1 5.00 AM SWITZERLAND 2 SOUTH KOREA 0 TOGOO FRANCE 2 55 Ev. r'™J ETbtli I fl hmml w RnflflßF^ m UTTI£ DREAM V W^*C MediaCorpßaintree *fy Pictures CEO Daniel j Yun hopes to secure an Oscar in the next J f k fcyj'i'ijfci Ifl [tf'l .Jil ;1 Jtj akl ;1
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      Lock icon Forget notebooks, faxes, bookies are now high-tech
      770 2  -  ANSLEYNG AND DARREN LAI Advent of the Internet sees illegal gambling syndicates taking the online route to scalping the punters a nsley@newstoday.com.sg CALL it insurance. Some illegal bookies, it is said, are learning how to destroy their computers' hard disks. They are examining
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      Lock icon Dengue cases down, but Aedes mosquito breeding sites on the rise
      413 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE fight against dengue in Singapore has taken a worrying turn, with a significant increase in the number of Aedes mosquito breeding sites uncovered in homes over the past months. According to the National Environmental Agency (NEA)
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      Lock icon Talking in the rain? It might be a close call
      346 3 -AFP PARIS Lightning poses a threat to people who use mobile phones outdoors during a thunderstorm, according to a case study reported in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ). In the report, a trio of senior London doctors recounted the
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      It's Nurul in the Singapore Idol Top 12 as results get revised
      372 3  -  EUSACHIA elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE second season of Singapore Idol has been hit by its first glitch. After announcing on Thursday's results show that Mathilda D'Silva was through to the Top 12 along with Emilee Kang, MediaCorp TV Channel 5
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      Lock icon Dr Mvs Abdullah -15 rounds
      693 4  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Round one may have gone to former PM, but he could lose out in the end: Experts EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg EXPECT more jabs. The recent tirade by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad against his appointed successor Abdullah Badawi is but round one of
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      Lock icon A kit with a nose to fight terror
      214 4 -938 LIVE SINGAPORE'S Defence Science Organisation National Laboratories (DSO), has created two portable devices to fight terrorist threats. The first prototype is a diagnostic kit called Scentmate, which detects whether individuals have been contaminated by nerve agents. Scentmate was developed following the
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      Lock icon They feared the ceiling would 'sink in' on them ...
      383 4  - They feared the ceiling would 'sink in' on them JASMINE YIN 001 BOON KEONG AND jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg COMMUTERS waded through anklehigh water and some carried umbrellas to ward off the cascading water in the unlikeliest of places an underground train station. At about 7am on Friday, water started to flow into
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      50 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "I will CJO before thee and ITiake the I crooked places I Straight. I The Bible Isaiah 45:2 Singapore Marketplace Conference Hall Christian Fellowship Level 3, Main Concert Hall DBS Auditorium Time: I Oam Time: 7.30pm I Speaker Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim Come be blessed!
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      49 5 waterproof digital camera: $700 aviator sunglasses: $250 designer swimsuit: $150 having a year of escapes whenever: priceless it a •agg -.V-;- ■i, W^Bm «5v4 ?-M "'"7 f --4| T jlfl a vm there are some things money can't buy. for everything else there's MasterCard™ H OWJ to jFJ nrSBrS
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  • Singapore news
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        Lock icon MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT DIES AFTER A FIGHT
        119 6 -938UVE A patient from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) has died after being involved in a fight with another patient. Mr Chow Wai Mun, 41, was sent to Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday after sustaining head injuries. He succumbed to his injuries early
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        Lock icon 4-MONTH EXTENSION FOR M'SIAN RESTRICTED PASSPORT
        121 6 938 LIVE Singapore will accept the use of the Malaysian Restricted Passport (MRP) until Oct 31. The four-month extension follows a request from Malaysia. The move will allow Malaysians who use the MRP to visit Singapore regularly more time to obtain their international passports.
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      Lock icon China paper in photo mix-up
      255 6  -  -TORCHING LI IN A bizarre case of mistaken identity, Fujian-based daily newspaper Hai Xia Dv Shi Bao used, in its Thursday report on the murder of an Ang Mo Kio masseuse, a picture of Workers' Party member Glenda Han (picture) as the victim. Both Madam
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      No more world's top millionaire-maker, but...
      463 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE Spores reputation as wealth management hub for region is intact pennnee@newstoday.com.sg BOASTING the world's fastest-grow-ing number of millionaires just two years ago, Singapore has slipped from global top dog to eighth place. The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) here
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      NTUC Club launches safety campaign for its parks
      360 6  -  -TANHUILENG IN A move to bolster safety at its theme parks, the management behind Downtown East, which houses the popular Wild Wild Wet and Escape Theme Park, has launched a safety campaign. The campaign comes six months after an incident at the
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      A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE
      1075 8  -  VINITA RAMANI Islam Hadhari, Malaysian PM's moderate vision, may be backfiring vinita@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS meant to be a forum to promote racial harmony. But the recent gathering in Penang generated strong reactions from several Muslim organisations. The forum, organised by non-governmental groups (NGOs) Aliran and
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      Lock icon Alleged plot to attack Sears Tower thwarted
      193 8 -AGENCIES MIAMI Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have arrested at least seven people in Miami who were reportedly plotting to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago, the world's third tallest building. The arrests on Thursday were "part of an ongoing investigation into
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    • this quirkq world
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        Lock icon WANT A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP? ASK YOUR PILLOW
        111 8 AFP Japanese researchers have developed a new type of pillow that offers pointers on how to get a good night's sleep. The pillow, called Sleep Doctor, analyses slumber patterns and subsequently provides 40 different kinds of advice on a miniature screen. It
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        ONE BRIDE'S TOO-BIG DAY
        66 8 A British bride's dress was so big it got stuck in the church door, Ananova.com reported. It took 20 people more than one hour to push the 2.4-metre-wide dress through the door, so the bride could walk up the aisle followed by her 18.3-metre-long train. The
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      Lock icon Iran 'surrogates' behind Iraq violence, says US
      292 10 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday accused Iran of being a major force behind the deadly unrest in Iraq, saying Tehran trains and arms violent Shias groups and uses "surrogates" to carry out terrorist strikes. "Since January, we have seen an upsurge
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      Lock icon Gusmao may stay, after all
      417 10 -AFP After calls by supporters, UN chief, Timor Leste leader hints he won't step down DILI Timor Leste's President Xanana Gusmao on Friday hinted to a crowd of about 2,000 cheering supporters outside the government palace that he would not carry out his threat to
      -AFP; EPA  -  417 words
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      Lock icon Friday: The year's happiest day
      178 10 -AFP LONDON Feeling more happy than usual this particular Friday? You should be, according to a scholar in seasonal disorders at a British university. Mr Cliff Arnall has analysed such factors as outdoor activities, the impact of nature, social interaction, childhood memories, temperature and holidays
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      Singapore's IRs will have positive impact on Malaysia
      152 10 JOHOR BARU Malaysia is confident that Singapore's integrated resorts (IRs) will have a positive impact on its country, Malaysia's Sin Chew Jit Poh reported. In fact some officials are already proposing ideas on how Johor can cash in on the spillover effect
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      Lock icon Fraud charges against Thaksin's party considered
      191 10 —AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra faced a new threat to his rule on Friday, as prosecutors considered filing vote fraud charges against his party that could lead to its dissolution. The Election Commission ruled on Thursday that Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak
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      Lock icon isay A RTTE TYPE OF LOVE
      571 12  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN MY HUSBAND and I have been married for 18 years as of last Saturday. I remember that when we were preparing for the wedding, there were many rites and rituals we chose not to follow. Of course, there were a
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      Recognise these interviewers from hell?
      342 12  -  FAITH TAN Letter from THERE are some types of interviewers that I have encountered which I believe many of us job seekers would not want to meet. One such type intrudes on your personal life. They ask personal and irrelevant questions, such as "Are you
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    • Letter
      Establish a regulatory body to inspect private schools
      304 14  -  SIMON NG YAP PENG Letter from I READ with concern the report, "Private school denied Spring certification" (June 23) Such reports of the closures of private schools do not bode well about our image as an education hub. There are assessment schemes
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      Tapping local talent
      521 14  -  JENNIFER CHAN Editor's note: There were errors in the reply published in yesterday's edition, introduced during the sub-editing process. Here is the correct version. Primary school teachers meet MOE's criteria for English Language teaching Letter from Press Secretary to Minister for Education Ministry of Education But all
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        RUN REGULAR CHECKS ON MASSAGE PARLOURS
        100 14  -  KHOO LIH-HAN: I REFER to the article, "Sleaze comes to the heartlands" (June 23). Having massage parlours that provide sex services in our neighbourhoods is very disturbing for residents and especially parents, who do not want to expose their children to scantily-clad women touting
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        SLEAZE ADDS EXCITEMENT TO LAID-BACK HDB HEARTLANDS
        126 14  -  UM BOON HEE: IT IS a case of "qua yang tou maigou rou"-the shop hangs the goat's head, but sells dog meat instead. Even the name of the licence for such establishments is an euphemism: "Health and beauty treatment" and no mention of
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      Lock icon isay SCIENTIFIC STUDY, MY FISH!
      797 15  -  GOHBOONCHOO JAPAN, Norway, Iceland kill whales actively, despite a 20-year moratorium. The failure of Japan's latest attempt to reverse the moratorium at the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting will be scant comfort to the 260 Minke whales and sperm whales (classified as endangered) that Japan
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      NDP ticket phone notification inefficient
      291 15  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I WISH to express my unhappiness over the notification procedure for the National Day Parade (NDP) ticket balloting results. I was aware that successful applicants would be informed by phone from June 16 to 23.1 called the NDP hotline, 1800-NDP-2006,
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      There is good service in Singapore after all
      213 15  -  SANGEETHABYSHEIM Letter from I AM writing to acknowledge the wonderful service my family received from Carrefour in Suntec City and John Little in Woodlands. I bought a wardrobe for my sister from Carrefour. It was supposed to be delivered the next morning
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      127 12 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES A mother of four who was awfully plump Wore minis that raised cries of' Hum!' Her husband, most blunt Said, with a frown and grunt 'A mini is not for a maxi mum!' MUSES The suicide note told her story: 1 was brought up with loving care
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      9 12 NEIL HUMPHREYS: CANT SLEEP? WATCH THE WORLD CUP 45
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      Lock icon S'pore gets ready to wow the world
      1159 16  -  CHRISTIE LOH IMF-World Bank meetings a major PR opportunity to showcase country's strength in Mice events christie@newstoday.com.sg FOR all the economic gains to be made this September, Singapore will also have to face what is possibly its biggest public relations test ever as
      :THE IMF; DON WONG, COURTESY OF SUNTEC CITY, COURTESY OF SMILES2OO6  -  1,159 words
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      Lock icon TPG wants to work with China Netcom over PCCW assets
      281 17 -DOW JONES UNITED States private equity company TPG-Newbridge said on Friday that it wanted to work with PCCW's key shareholder China Network Communications Group (China Netcom) to facilitate its bid for PCCW's telecommunications and media assets. TPG-Newbridge previously tried to
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        ST Index— 2,343.03 -16.52
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        Lock icon Singapore
        89 17 Dow Jones SHARES fell on Friday in light trading following an overnight decline on Wall Street where investors remained concerned about slowing growth and rising inflation. The ST Index ended down 0.7 per cent, or 16.52 points, at 2,343.03. In the broad market, losers beat gainers 278 to 218,
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        Lock icon World markets
        66 17 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Nikkei 225 15,124.04 -11.65 -0.08 HK Hang Seng 15,808.81 -17.89 -0.11 Australia ASX200 4,964.90 -45.90 -0.92 Korea Comp 1,228.62 -10.21 -0.82 Thailand SET 659.52 +0.20 +0.03 Jakarta Comp 1,290.16 -13.28 -1.02 Phils Comp 2,113.17 +15.78 +0.75 Shenzhen B 280.61 +1.82
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        SGX most active
        49 17 Wee Poh Federal Pac Cent Xpress GlobalVoice MediaRing Biosensors THBEV SingTel RafflesH 0.005 0.520 0.360 0.175 0.150 0.380 0.830 0.255 2.510 0.685 +0.035 -0.005 +0.005 +0.015 -0.010 -0.005 -0.040 +7.2 -1.4 +3.4 +4.1 -1.2 -1.9 -1.6 54,777 35,170 31,846 28,156 26,569 20,888 20,466 15,594 15,586 15,525
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        SGX top rises
        66 17 Fortune ReitHKS 5.900 +0.200 HoNegara 5.350 +0.200 China Hong 1.390 +0.100 OCBCBk4.5%NCPS100 100.700 +0.100 STI2600BBePW*****8 1.380 +0.090 STI2450SGAePW*****9 0.540 +0.085 HSI*****SGAePW*****0 1.250 +0.080 HSI*****SGAePW*****9 0.250 +0.075 TechOilSGas 0.665 +0.070 HSI*****SGAePW*****0 0.930 +0.065 3iosensorOBeCW*****1 0.045 +50JJ JannHuat 0.015 1SI*****MBLePW*****9 0.095 +50JJ +46.2 1SI*****SGAePW*****9 0.250 +425 3io-TreatBNPeCW***** 0.040 +33.3
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        SGX top falls
        64 17 JMH400US$ 16.900 -0.400 Creative 50 8.150 -0.150 KepLand 3.900 SZSI100SGAeCW*****4 1.380 -0.120 -0.120 STIETF100 24.450 -0.110 CITYDEV 8.950 -0.100 F8N 17.400 -0.100 JSH500US$ 10.300 -0.100 KepCorp 13.600 0CBCCap353%Pref10 96.500 -0.100 -0.100 HSCEI5800SGAePW***** 0.005 -50.0 JKTechW*****4 0.025 -50.0 SingTelSGAeCW*****7 0.005 -50.0 CoscoCorpMBLeCW***** 0.020 CreativeBNPeCW*****6 0.010 -33.3 -33.3 Bigiland
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 17 US$ 0.6253 UK£ 0.3433 Yen 72.809 HK$ 4.8588 RM 2.3038 Euro 0.4991 Rupiah 5,886.2 Baht 24.066 Peso 33.314 A$ 0.8548 Indian Rs 28.912 Won 598.08 C$ 0.7013 Yuan 5.0048 NZ$ 1.0315 NT$ 20.461
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        Commodities
        20 17 Gold US$/oz 586.10 Silver US$/oz 10.14 Platinum US$/oz 1,169.00 Rubber cents/kg 437.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,395.00 Brent US$/barrel 69.85
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        A TOUCH OF ANCIENT SOUTH AMERICA
        72 17 Barang Barang has three new ranges of furniture the Nazca, Melo and Azul. Inspired by the ancient civilisations of South America, these ranges showcase the creative use of textures and motifs.They are made of mahogany which is recognised for its rich dark colour and
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        PLAY SAFE
        69 17 Every twin pack of Similac Follow-On now comes with a free "safety kit" worth $12 so that you can child-proof your home.The kit includes a door guard, table corner protectors and a socket cover, so that you can turn your home into a safe play area for your
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        RETURN OF THE KING
        68 17 Celebrate the return of the king with this new edition of Puma's King Pele. Based on the original design worn by the soccer legend, this edition is fitted with a reshaped Roma outsole so that you can hit the streets in style and comfort. Available in
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        FOR IDEAL SKIN
        65 17 Pamper your skin with the Idealist Refinish Set from Estee Lauder. Consisting of the Idealist Skin Refinisher, Micro-D Deep Thermal Refinisher and Day Wear Plus Multi Protection AntiOxidant Moisturizer SPF 15, this set helps minimise pores, smooth away flakiness and protect your skin from the elements. The
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Goldman raises AB Ports bid to $8.1 billion
        247 18 —AFP LONDON A consortium led by United States investment banking giant Goldman Sachs on Friday upped its recommended offer for Associated British Ports, the biggest port operator in Britain, to £2.79 billion ($B.l billion). The management of AB Ports and the Goldman
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      • Article
        CDL Hospitality Trusts replace IPO manager
        210 18 MILLENNIUM and Copthorne (M&C) said on Friday that Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) had withdrawn as one of the lead managers of the planned initial public offering (IPO) of its CDL Hospitality Trusts on the Singapore Exchange. M&C, the London-listed hotel arm of
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        marketbuzz
        251 18 FUN SUN ON THE HAPPIEST BEACH All shopped out? Why not ditch the usual indoor activities this weekend and hit the beach? Put a smile on the children's faces by taking them to Sentosa this Saturday for Family Fun in the Sun, a theme day organised by Family magazine.
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        Lock icon Singapore opens first tin refinery
        456 18  -  VALERIE LAW Plant has capacity to produce 10% of world's requirement valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE will become a major exporter of highly refined tin following the opening of the country's first tin refinery on Friday. Despite the high land costs, Singapore Tin Industries (STI) chose to locate
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        Lock icon SGX woos firms from Liaoning
        115 18 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's Liaoning province to identify companies with the potential to list on the bourse. Under the MOU, Liaoning's Financial Affairs Office will work hand-in-hand with Chinese government agencies to identify larger
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      A make-up kit called desire
      714 19  -  Pearlyn Tham Wonder what makes women go wild? It's limited edition packaging, of course IN THE midst of dinner one evening, my two female friends suddenly let out a gasp in unison and no, contrary to what I had thought, it wasn't the spicy fish
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        YOU CAN'T HELP BUT Look
        769 20 bongs yow objtcfs o-f dts'iCfc 41^4 Aft good 4o IASe An^> even/ Better to flauis/t Lashing out There are false eyelashes and then there are false eyelashes like Shu Uemura's limited edition ones, poetically named Dewdrops On Lashes ($29). Picture yourself as a flower nymph
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        Ageless skin food
        270 21  -  PEARLYN THAM Fight the signs of ageing with oral supplements pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg WASTE not what can be used that was possibly the mantra of Japanese rice farmers who traditionally bathed in or cleansed their faces with the water left over from washing rice. Besides maximising resources, these farmers
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        She's got the winning uZap factor
        291 21  -  LYNETTEKOH CURRENT uZap spokesmodel Fiona Xie will soon have company in extolling the virtues of the OSIM uZap. On June 17, Samantha Wong, a Singapore Institute of Management second-year student belted the competition at the Suntec City Atrium to become the first uZap Superstar.
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        It's the season to go for gold
        218 21  -  THE storewide price reductions of up to 50 per cent would have been enough to make lovers of all things sparkly do a quick march to the nearest Goldheart Jewelry store this Great Singapore Sale. For those still dithering, the latest collections unveiled
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      • AT A GLANCE
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          BROW-WOW-WOW
          82 21 Since your eyebrows are the important "frames" of your eyes, make sure that you enhance them well. Be sure to check out Browcake from I Nuovi Cosmetics ($3O). This duo palette contains both a brow setting wax and a high intensity pressed colour. The brow wax forms a water
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          WALKING ON AIR
          86 21 Pamper your feet with Rockport's patented DMX Dynamic Suspension technology- a soft cushion of air protects your feet and moves even as you walk, thanks to a unique foam chamber in the foot bed. Find this technology in Rockport footwear, such as the women's City Traveller Sandals
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          88 21 Make your booty shine, literally, in the new Guess? Crystal Triangle Jeans, which will be out in stores come August It is the latest style in the brand's denim range. Priced at $215.90, this five-pocket ladies' design with a sexy feminine fit comes in a rich, deep
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          79 21 Celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee has opened his seventh hair salon Twister, which joins his other salons with similarly themed names such as Storm and Heatwave. This salon is a collaboration between Addy and MediaCorp artistes Mark Lee and Michelle Chia and will be the first
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        576 22  -  AMYVAN Sticky Rice gives classic decor a miss, opts for a contemporary concept food@newstoday.com.sg WHEN I went to Serangoon Gardens to check out Friends, a semi-fine dining restaurant which you read about here early this month, I came across another new eatery. I made my way back
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          259 23  -  BERNADETTE CHONG Unearth a treasure trove at all Pizza Hut restaurants! Until July 18, the "Hidden Treasures of the West" promotion offers not just the usual favourites of BBQ Chicken Suprem Pizza, Honey Roasted Wings and Hut's Chef Salad, but also a selection of
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          146 23  -  BERNADETTE CHONG Add colour, excitement and everyone's favourite purple dinosaur to all your special moments! Home-grown bakery franchise, PrimaDeli, has introduced a range of Barney Friends cakes. There are 15 eye-catching designs to choose from, featuring Barney and his playmates, PJ and Baby
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        323 24  -  ARIELTAM Samsung's handphone workshop: Where less is more, and everyone's on a diet a riel@newstoday.com.sg IT'S no longer enough for phones to be slim; they have to be heart-wrenchingly skinny. Samsung is one of many phone-makers on a fat-culling mission to shave millimetres off its devices. At CommunicAsia
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        504 24  -  ARIEL TAM TAKING a different tack from its Korean rivals LG and Samsung, Motorola has made affordability and choice the key themes for its CommunicAsia showcase this year. Aiming to "connect the next billion wireless subscribers", it announced five entry-level GSM and CDMA
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        218 25 -AP TOKYO Toshiba has announced that it will start selling the world's first recorders for the HD DVD (high-definition video disc) next month. The new recorder the RD-A1 combines a HD DVD burner with a one-terabyte hard disk and can record
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          124 25 Said to be the world's first compact digital camera to offer ISO 3200 sensitivity at its full resolution of 6.1-megapixels, the Fujifilm FinePix F3O features a sixthgeneration Super CCD that transforms light to digital signals efficiently for better imaging performance. With Fujifilm's Intelligent Flash technology, skin
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          112 25 Lenovo's first ultra-portable widescreen notebook PC -the 3000 VlOO-weighs a portable I.Bkg and sports a 12.1-inch display. Powered by Intel Core Duo processors, the VlOO features an integrated combo or DVDrecordable drive. Video conferencing is convenient with the dual integrated microphones, forward-facing stereo speakers and built-in
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          81 25 Despite being equipped with a 1.82-inch, 262,144-colour TFT liquid crystal display screen, the slim Samsung YP-ZSF boasts an impressive 35-hour battery life. With Samsung's proprietary DSNe technology, the YP-ZSF reportedly produces more natural effects and true-to-life surround sound. Featuring voice recording and photo slideshow capabilities, it
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          91 25 Designed for the iPod nano and the iPod mini, the Altec Lansing inMotion iM3OO mobile stereo speaker system uses Maxxßass technology to produce deep bass without the need for a subwoofer. Running on four AA batteries (not included), the 340g mobile speaker promises to give
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        1103 26  -  COUNYONG IN SALZBURG One drive in the new Audi TT and you'll be hooked colin@newstoday.com.sg THE first-generation Audi TT was nothing short of a sensation when it burst onto the two-door coupe scene back in 1998. Bearing compass-drawn curves and minimalist, Bauhaus-inspired looks, the car was a runaway
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        676 28  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Fiat's Grande Punto will give fans of Italian cars plenty to cheer about news@newstoday.com.sg JUST as the Italian soccer team can be relied on to do well in the Fifa World Cup 2006, the same can be said about Fiat and its track record of building
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          218 28 Porsche and Ferrari, two of the bestknown supercar-makers in the world, will launch their latest top-end products in Singapore within days of each other. On Friday night, Porsche took the wraps off its latest 911 Turbo at Victoria Theatre and proceeded to deliver the first units to
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          132 28 This is the first official photograph of BMW's new M 6 Convertible -the third car to use the German auto maker's multi-award winning 5.0-litre VlO engine. Like the other 6 Series Convertible models already on sale, the M 6 comes with a triple-layered fabric roof to
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        680 29  -  JANECHIAPOCO Orchard Scotts serviced apartments set a new standard in 'graceful living' janec@newstoday.com.sg PROPERTY developer Far East Organization equates luxury with space in its latest offering of high-end residences Orchard Scotts. Orchard Scotts sprawls over 2.5 hectares of land, 75 per cent of which
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        230 29  -  -JANECHIAPOCO FREEHOLD residential development Emerald Mansion is now on sale by tender. The 29,810 sq ft development lies within the Emerald Hill Conservation area near Orchard Road. The 40 residential units measure 1,625 sq ft each and two penthouses are 3,121 sq ft each. Another four commercial
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        199 29  -  -JANECHIAPOCO UOL Group will officially launch its waterfront development Southbank this weekend. The 99-year leasehold development consists of a 40-storey residential tower and "small office home office" (SOHO) units in a 20-storey block. Its location at the junction of Crawford and North Bridge Road
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      316 31 THE HOME SONG STORIES In this US$4.2 million ($6.7 million) Australian co-production that is still in production, Joan Chen plays a sultry Shanghainese nightclub singerwho begins an affair with a handsome young immigrant cook played by Qi Yuwu. FEBRUARY 29 Based on a Catherine Lim novella, this US$2 million
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      540 32  -  EUSACHIA Pregnancy might hamper Diana Ser's movements, but not her dynamism as the host of Real Talk elisa@newstoday.com.sg WITH a baby on the way, Diana Ser knows there are some sacrifices she will have to make. "Yes, I have to stop doing things like sleeping on the
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        157 33  -  THOW CHUN MENG WRI+ES MY NAME is Meng, which means "brightness" in Chinese. Ah Meng really has "brightened" the Singapore Zoo's reputation worldwide, as the two are now synonymous. I feel that the Singapore Zoo is her "Prince Charming", in that the people
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        243 34  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by, FILM: Some things should be left alone. And Shinobi, which had its roots in manga, should have been allowed to stay that way. The Japanese blockbuster film is a fantasy epic about the Shinobi, a race of super-skilled ninja that occupy two remote villages isolated
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        309 34  -  Jeanine Tan Krrish makes Singapore look uninteresting FILMREVIEW ////by Krrish THERE is a good reason why so many Singaporean film-makers choose to set their films in Singapore's grittier spaces: There is little that is interesting about Singapore's snazzy side. And that is one of the problems with
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        337 35  -  Zul Othman DVDREVIEW ////by FILM: Unashamedly dark and moody, Steven Spielberg's latest space romp takes a U-turn from his previously fluffy sci-fi outings such as 1977's Close Encounters of The Third Kind <m& 1982'sE.T. The aliens from last year's mega blockbuster War of The Worlds are
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      108 34 R2l #3c H»ftJ:t»t*BHMSlWl- «=:I--^ Japanese Dialogue with Eng/Chin Subfiles (Saul Content) I ray: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00,11.00pm Tom: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00pm A BOLD AFFAIR ±l*jlti[l£fß English dialogue with CNn Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11.00 am, 3.00, 7.00,11.00pm Tom: 11.00 am, 3.00, 7.00pm TEMPTRESS m.jit^.Sa
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      469 51  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT APPEARS Shamsul Maidin's stock at the World Cup finals has risen again. The 40-year-old Singaporean referee has been named the fourth official for the round of 16 match between hosts Germany and Sweden in Munich on Saturday by
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      824 52  -  LEONARD THOMAS MAKING HISTORY I Oz fans display passion, as Hiddink's Socceroos send them to heaven GROUPF Croatia 2 Australia 2 AFTER two trying days negotiating Cologne, its booked-out hotels and the reported 100,000 English who had descended on the city for their Sweden game, I
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      270 52 -AFP [MAKING HISTORYII WURZBURG World champions? Bring them on. World Cup debutants Ghana enter Tuesday's knockout match against Brazil with confidence, vowing to go on the attack early and perhaps produce a shocker for the ages. "We'll try to stop
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      847 53  -  ROHITBRIJNATH Led by their PM, Aussies rise as one to salute the Socceroos GROUPF Croatia 2 Australia 2 IN AUSTRALIA, for weeks, everyone's been talking only about Harry. About Harry's groin, his style, his form. Harry is the best player that Australia's had, yet is never quite
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      464 54 —AFP Shevchenko's dubious penalty earns his country a place in the last 16 GROUPH Ukraine 1 Tunisia 0 BERLIN A dubious penalty won and taken by Andriy Shevchenko was enough to see Ukraine through to the next round of the World Cup at their first attempt as
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      307 54 —AFP GROUPH Saudi Arabia 0 Spain 1 KAISERSLAUTERN World Cup hopefuls Spain secured their objective of finishing top of Group H with a stuttering 1-0 win over whipping boys Saudi Arabia here on Friday. Real Betis defender Juanito's header in the 37th minute was enough
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      823 55 BLOOMBERG 5.00 AM LATES Asia's best hope pipped at the post as France and Switzerland go through GROUPF Togo 0 France 2 Switzerland 2 South Korea 0 COLOGNE Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry got the goals as France notched their first World Cup victory since winning the 1998
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