Today, 5 August 2006

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    IT'S SINKING IN
    1363 1  -  TAN HUI LENG Traditional Chinese Medicine is gaining acceptance, but on Western medicine's terms huileng@newstoday.com.sg IN A one-storey basement laboratory in Science Park 1, researchers are recreating a bit of Tibet and Nepal. Here, cells of top-grade cordyceps a fungus grown in caterpillars is being cultivated entirely
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      49 2 "With men it Is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible." The Bible-Mark 10:27 Speaker: Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim indayßreakthroughSer^ I Receive a Daily Power Bible Verse FREE via SMS. Just SMS your name to 9783 8676* I Applicable to Singapore-registered handphones only.
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      Early curtains for provocative play
      592 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG ASHRAF SAFDAR A day before its opening, MDA says it portrayed Muslims negatively AND cheekong@newstoday.com. sg LESS than 30 hours before it was to open on Saturday evening, the Media Development Authority (MDA) pulled the plug on controversial playwright P Elangovan's latest
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      Cambodian appeals for asylum
      286 3 THE Cambodian former municipal police chief who is wanted by his country for assassinating a judge has been turned away by the Australian high commission in Singapore, said his Australian lawyers. According to The Australian newspaper, Heng Pov who fled to Singapore on July 23 had
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      MFA 'utterly appalled' by Iranian President's remark
      172 3 SINGAPORE'S Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has said that it is "utterly appalled" by the "irresponsible and provocative" comments made by the Iranian President on Israel. On Thursday, at the emergency meeting convened by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia,
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        Lock icon 2 EX-NKF BOARD MEMBERS FILE THEIR DEFENCE
        85 4 938UVE Two out of four former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) board members named as third parties in a suit by the new NKF board have filed their defence: Chow Kok Fong, managing director of Equitas Corporation, and lawyer Kweh Soon Han. Two others
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        Lock icon PASSPORT APPLICATIONS INTERRUPTED NEXT WEEK
        65 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is giving a reminder that its passport services will be disrupted between Aug 10 and Aug 14. ICA is installing and testing new systems for the Aug 15 launch of the biometric passport. Over those days, ICA will
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        Lock icon FINED $4,000 FOR BAD CONDUCT, BAD LANGUAGE
        57 4 938 LIVE A Singaporean was fined $4,000 for disorderly behaviour and using abusive language on a public servant last Saturday morning at Woodlands Checkpoint. The 54-year-old man, described as "reeking" of alcohol, shouted vulgarities at two officers conducting checks, and threw packets of
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        Lock icon SBY VISITS SINGAPORE
        40 4 -938UVE Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit Singapore for two days from Sunday. Accompanied by his wife, ministers and officials, Mr Yudhoyono will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.
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      Lock icon Stricter safeguards on national treasures
      461 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE Proposal for stiffer penalties if you damage one THERE may soon be tougher laws to protect Singapore's national monuments, if changes to the law are passed. These amendments, said the Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), will allow it to deal more
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      315 4  -  TOR CHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg IT WILL cost more to drive to work starting from Monday, as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) raises Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges by 50 cents at six gantries. Motorists using the Central Expressway (CTE) will be most affected as charges are increased during
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      Free colon test draws hundreds in need
      307 6  -  —JOYCE CHEN AT 54 years old, Ms Ong Kah Choo has been unemployed for nearly 10 months and has to dig into her savings in order to foot the $1,000 monthly bill for her mother's nursing home fees and to make ends meet.
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      Lock icon Tougher clean money laws
      330 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE CHANNELNEWSASIA MAS refines rules to keep out terrorist cash pennnee@newstoday.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is raising the bar to prevent Singapore from being used as a conduit for money laundering and financing of terrorism. It has added changes to its consultation
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      Genting will reveal Sentosa IR plans only if it wins
      203 6 DON'T count on Genting International, considered a frontrunner to operate the Sentosa casino, to reveal its cards anytime soon. After it unveiled its Universal Studios theme park trump card a week ago, the other aspects of its bid will stay
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      NUS opens new research centre with US think-tank
      257 6  -  -SHERALYNTAY WHAT is the most pressing question on the minds of healthcare professionals in Singapore? A high-level collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the renowned United States-based think-tank Rand Health will find out what this is by the year's
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      172 5 ■pmPßk Crisis Simulation Theatre B What happens when a bomb explodes at Raffles Place MRT station? Could this B> f happen in Singapore? Would you let this happen in Singapore? And could you do L^^Xj^ jrT~-TP--L^ a "hands on, minds on" KJ place where you can explore what keeps Singapore
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      Lock icon The race for the world's top job
      1039 8  -  ASIFANSAR It's Asia's turn, but it's anyone's guess who the next UN chief will be asif@newstoday.com.sg THE RACE to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan is on as his second five-year term as United Nations chief draws to a close in December. Though the contest
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      Lock icon THE CONTENDERS
      318 8 THE NUCLEAR CRISIS POINTMAN Mr Ban Ki-Moon, the Foreign Minister of South Korea, placed first in the UN Security Council's straw poll of the four candidates. The US-educated Mr Ban, 62, has served his country as a diplomat, including in Washington, where he headed South Korea's American Affairs
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      Lock icon Hezbollah chief threatens tit-for-tat raids on Tel Aviv
      529 9 -AGENCIES UN'close'to ending conflict in Lebanon: US BEIRUT The United States said on Friday a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at ending the conflict in Lebanon was almost ready. Meanwhile, as Israel launched fresh raids on southern Beirut on Friday, Washington
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        Lock icon ABE'S SECRET SHRINE VISIT
        72 9 AFP Mr Shinzo Abe, the frontrunner to be Japan's next Prime Minister, secretly went in April to a war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, Japanese media reports said on Friday. He reportedly paid a quiet visit to the Yasukuni
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        Lock icon M'SIA HANGS ISLAMIC SECT LEADER
        86 9 AFP Malaysia on Friday hanged the leader of an Islamic sect found guilty of trying to overthrow the country's king and the government under former Premier Mahathir Mohamad, Bernama reported. The executed man, Mohamed Amin Mohamed Razali, headed the Al'Maunah group, which stole about 100
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        Lock icon HK RESIDENTS HAVE THE LEAST SEX
        83 9 AFP Hong Kong residents have the least sex in the world, managing it less than once a week, a survey has found. According to the study by pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, which makes the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, that may be because Hong Kong residents
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      Lock icon Indonesian police to probe jihadis claim
      158 9 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian police said on Friday they would look into a claim by a Jakar-ta-based radical group that hundreds of Southeast Asian suicide bombers had been dispatched to attack Jewish interests in proIsrael nations like the United States. The claim was made by
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        GARDENS' PARKING FEES TOO HIGH FOR RETIREES
        125 10  -  LEE KIP LEE: It is sad to note that, with the imposition of parking fees, the Botanic Gardens is no longer the friendly place it once was for its regular visitors, including retirees who spend two hours every morning there. The National Parks
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        KIND CABBY AND WIFE RETURNED MY WALLET
        111 10  -  DARCY LI: I've met the worst taxi drivers, including those who have scolded me for a $5 ride and the "help yourself with your own luggage" type. But there was one driver who went the extra mile. When I alighted from Mr Freddie
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      Learn English from Cuckoo Bird
      808 10  -  Neil Humphreys and you'll learn that the standard English speaker is a rare breed indeed news@newstoday.com.sg I'D LIKE to think I was a popular speech and drama teacher in Singapore The students passed their oral exams, the parents were generally pleased and the kindergarten kids
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      Make room at cremators for bigger coffins
      229 10  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to the report, "The surgery of last resort" (August 3). It was a tragedy that the 176 kg Mr Ross Tay died from gastric band surgery in an attempt to reduce weight. It was a second
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      Lock icon At what age do you become a senior?
      305 11  -  HARRY CHIA Set a standard for concessions at clinics, shops and public transport Letter from I CAME across the webpage for Government Concessions for Seniors (seniors.gov.sg) and was somewhat puzzled and amused by the inconsistent cut-off age for the concession. For health
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      Subutex should have been controlled earlier on
      164 11  -  DAVY YOUNGPAKNANG Letter from I REFER to the article, "The cure that got out of hand" (Aug 4) on the Government's decision to declare Subutex a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Subutex was introduced in 2002 to help wean drug
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      Present facts on Venice Biennale project accurately
      690 11  -  X BHAVANI ERWINVIRAY Letter from Director of Corporate Communications Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) WE REFER to the report on "New team, new vision" ouly 22-23). It quoted Dr Erwin Viray, who led the Venice Biennale curatorial team that resigned,
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      Soon, automated clearance for bikers
      152 11  -  CHI A WEI KIANG Letter from Senior Public Internal Communications Executive for Commissioner, Immigration Checkpoints Authority I REFER to the letter "Fast pass for Biopass holders" (July 31) by Mr Lim Thiam Poh. We would like to thank Mr Lim for his feedback on the
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      90 11 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES He was the world's best linguist He had studied societies far-flung 7 have command of all languages,' he said 'Except, alas, my wife's tongue!' MUSES A dozen hungry refugees Under one tattered quilt Could be fed ten years on this Lexus Oh, the arithmetic of guilt! One
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      Lock icon Boosted by acquisitions
      339 12 —AGENCIES They help ST Engineering to increase second-quarter profit to $110 million SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering, South-east Asia's biggest defence contractor, said that its second-quarter net profit rose 8.6 per cent after acquiring companies at home and in the United States. ST Engineering's net income climbed to
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      262 12 -DOW JONES -DOW JONES CHANNEL NEWSASIA Aluminium alloy maker Midas Holdings has secured a contract worth 200.5 million yuan ($39.5 million) to be the main supplier of profiles for the Beijing-to-Tianjin high-speed train. The contract will have a positive impact on financial performance for fiscal years 2006 and 2007,
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      NEC expands semiconductor operations here
      224 12  -  CHOW PENN NEE NEC Semiconductors Singapore, a unit of Japan's third-largest chip-maker, NEC Electronics Corp, will be ramping up its test and assembly operations in Singapore next month. The move will raise the company's number of employees here by 200, bringing the total to 1,000
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      Lock icon Venture earns $53m in Q2
      236 12 BLOOMBERG VENTURE Corp, Singapore's biggest maker of customised electronics, said that sec-ond-quarter profit rose 5 per cent on demand for its equipment testing and measurement services. Its net income rose to $52.6 million, or 37.7 cents per share, in the quarter ended June 30, from
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        ST Index — 2,462.92 +5.83
        4 12 ST Index 2,462.92 +5.83
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        59 12 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed slightly higher in thin trading on Friday and are likely to trade in a narrow range next week ahead of the National Day holiday and Tuesday's US Federal Reserve rate decision. The ST Index closed up 5.83 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,462.92
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        World markets
        55 12 Nikkei 225 *****.18 +28.81 +0.19 Hang Seng ASX *****.80 4956.10 -160.62 -0.94 -41.40 -0.83 Taiwan Wtd 6442.61 -19.71 -0.30 Korea Comp 1304.51 +12.46 +0.96 KLCI 937.99 +2.70 +0.29 SET Index 703.28 +0.18 +0.03 Jakarta Comp 1389.35 +9.63 +0.70 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2362.60 281.43 +5.05 +0.21 -1.78 -0.63
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 657.00 Silver US$/oz 12.09 Platinum US$/oz 1,246.50 Rubber cents/kg 373.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,618.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 76.56 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Your S $1 buys
        37 12 USS 0.6338 UK£ 0.3358 Yen 72.895 HK$ 4.9265 RM 2.3337 Euro 0.4951 Rupiah 5772.5 Baht 24.015 Peso 32.739 AS 0.8329 Indian Rs 29.513 Won 612.11 C$ 0.7133 Yuan 5.0558 NZ$ 1.0244 NT$ 20.829
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      DENTSU SINGAPORE SET TO GROW
      1070 13  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA It's planning a subsidiary that will handle new clients shobha@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore advertising industry may soon wake up to see a Godzilla looming in the horizon. Even as dwindling margins and fierce competition are forcing many struggling advertising agencies in Singapore to their
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  • wealth personal finance & investment
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      Lock icon Tech stocks make a comeback
      867 14  -  VALERIE LAW Fund managers focus on firms that can commercialise intellectual property va lerie@newstoday.com.sg TODAY, technology stocks no longer have "demanding" valuations compared to during the dotcom fever of the late 1990s and early 2000, when most tech firms were trading at price-to-earnings ratios in
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      STOCKCALLS
      307 14 ALLCO COMMERCIAL REIT (84.5 CENTS)— BUY DBS Vickers has a "Buy" recommendation as the property trust's 50-per-cent owned Central Park (Perth) has secured a new lease with its largest tenant, Hamersley Iron, that commenced on July 1. Through the new lease, Hamersley Iron has also raised its space to
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      FINANCIAL ADVISER
      400 14 Q: What is a warrant, and what are the pros and cons of buying warrants? A: A warrant is a security that gives the holder the right to buy or sell a given quantity of the underlying asset at a pre-determined price, known as the exercise or strike
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      Boom time for Fabchem
      730 15  -  VALERIE LAW China's strong explosives sector to give Spore listed company strong boost valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE-listed Chinese explosives manufacturer Fabchem China sits in an enviable position, as it awaits foreign suitors to propose suitable joint ventures or an acquisition. The manufacturer of commercial explosives used in the
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      482 15  -  —VALERIE LAW MARK OF A CHAMPION LAST month, MrLeong Wei Ping won the options trading championship organised by Freely Business School with a 198-per-cent return on his portfolio over three nights of trading. The former auditor turned trader shares with Today how he beat 149 other contestants who came
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      WHEN KITSCH IS GOOD ...
      638 16  - WHEN KITSCH IS GOOD with Pearlyn Tham CITYSTYLE pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg Homegrown jewellers pay homage to the nation SINCE I'm as kitschy as a Russian matrioshka doll, I am always gleeful when something whimsical comes my way in a media kit. Toy poodles, gigantic playing cards, miniature champagne carriers and even
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        Lock icon Brands made in Singapore
        1194 17 Pearlyn Tham speaks with three homegrown retailers on the upsand downs of doing business in Singapore GET INTIMATE, SINGAPOREANS IT MAY be the name of her boutique but a fling is not what Goh Ling Ling is having with the local market Fling Lingerie located at
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        There's no place like home
        932 18 because that's where the best deals are and the people behind these homegrown stores know it, as Pearlyn Tham (pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg) discovers CHANGING WITH THE TIMES EIGHT stores in close to 20 years may not be a lot by some standards. But this gradual, level-headed expansion
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        WINNING
        1172 19 WHAT ARE SOME OF SINGAPORE'S BESTSELLING BEAUTY BUYS? PEARLYN THAM (pearlyn@newstodqy.com.sg) KNOWS THE SCORE MEET YOUR MATCH What: L'Oreal Paris' True Match Foundation ($29.90) Why: As if the nine shades available for this best-selling liquid foundation weren't enough to make us happily part with our cash. True Match Foundation
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        Shine on me, SINGAPORE
        869 20 THE COLOUR OF PRIDE comes in red and white, going by SK Jewellery's specially designed Pride pendant It combines red coral stone with freshwater pearl and diamonds so that you can wear it any time, other than National Day. Advertising and promotions manager Hor Su-ann says:
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        Lock icon COMFORT ZONES
        1104 21  -  BERNADETTECHONG TEXT AND PHOTOS BY LYNETTE KOH AND BERNADETTE CHONG These shopping enclaves have sprung up and survived on their own HOLLAND VILLAGE JUST AUS-SOME! STARTED by sisters Tricia Lum and Lum Wei Ling two years ago. Antipodean (27A Lorong Mambong) stocks clothes by Australian designers such as
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        Lock icon COMING & GOING
        776 22  - COMING GOING PEARLYN THAM Whatyou'll be missing at Scotts Shopping Centre and what not to miss out on at the new Vivo City pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg A WOMAN walked into the Jolie store at Scotts Shopping Centre recently and left without buying anything. But 10 minutes later, she returned to purchase some
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        GREAT SCOTTS!
        251 22 You have until the end of December to check these Scotts shops out: KIEHL'S,#OI-12 This apothecary-styled store is a popular haunt for the best-selling Abyssine Series and Ultimate Men range. Also worth stocking up on is its new Dermatologist Solutions line. Be sure to say hi to Mr
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        615 23  - Health beauty gems PEARLYN THAM Watsons recognises bestsellers in each field in lavish award ceremony pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS an evening of winners at the seventh Watsons' Health Beauty Awards 2006 held on Thursday at Andana Spa. The annual awards ceremony saw a variety of top health and beauty brands distributors
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        FLAVOURS SINGAPORE
        1824 24 Many food businesses have come and gone over the years, but there are a select few that have stood the test of time. As we enduring local food brands that have been satisfying the taste buds of Singaporeans long before we gained independence. celebrate our 41st National Day,
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        278 26 ;jfo "±na*" attfcttiE imHAtfjfc*i£7jiifeHj£tt!H*j6*Rriea todaywithmoseslim I moseslim@newstoday.com.sg A NATIONAL DAY FEAST Celebratory activities abound as National Day is just around the corner. Banquets especially those held at community clubs or community centres are de rigueur. These banquets, however, serve only traditional courses, with the only exception of dishes prepared for
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        CELEBRATE FOOD,
        735 26 Celebrate the nation's 41st birthday by indulging in our national pastime-food! Bernadette Chong (bernadette@newstoday.com.sg) susses out great makan deals for you GRAND MERCURE ROXY HOTEL To commemorate National Day, Feast@East restaurant is offering a Singaporean food buffet until Aug 31. Featured dishes include local delights such as chilli
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        48 26 FRIED CHICKEN SNACK $1.60 per box from SOL Mart, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard basement Fancy crispy fried chicken in a unusual-looking I the Korean supermarket I the CathayH Cineleisure Orchard. like I these taste chicken- I may be the real McCoy, but are fun to JASON HO
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        663 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN A promising Toshiba PC that falls just short of being the perfect workhorse hedirma n@newstoday.com.sg WHENEVER I get a ride in a Volvo, I feel safe. Always. Whether it's just a mindset associated with the brand or its genuine commitment to safety, you
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        213 28 FANCY having a TV that "conceals" itself when it's turned off? Audio visual retailer and distributor Atlas Sound Vision has unveiled a premium range of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs that blend seamlessly into the decor as mirrors. The
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          109 28 If you're looking for a liquid crystal display (LCD) that's unique, there's nothing on the market that has the features of Philips Ambilight full-sur-round screens. Its ambient lighting system aims to immerse you in visual entertainment by emitting light from all four sides. The ambient
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          119 28 If you're looking for an affordable projector foryour small office set-up, factor the Epson EMP-S4 projector in during your next budget meeting. The 2.6 kg SVGA projector has a brightness of 1,800 Ansi Lumens and an impressive four-second start-up time. And, as you pause in your presentations
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          145 28 Listen to your favourite music and never miss a call again with the Jabra 8T620s Bluetooth stereo headset. It offers up to 14 hours of music streaming and 16 hours of talktime, and is compatible with mobile phones and audio players that support Advanced Audio
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        453 29  -  ARIELTAM Samsung's latest is world's flattest phone a riel@newstoday.com.sg SEXY that's how a colleague described Samsung's latest slim phone, the Ultra Edition 6.9 (SGH-X820). With a profile of 6.9 mm, we're talking about the world's flattest phone. Heck, even the battery packs of some phones don't
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        247 29 ARE you tired of fumbling with separate remote controls for your LCD television set, DVD player and sound system just to watch a DVD? Well, why not use one universal remote control to rule them all? Logitech's Harmony 885 and 525 remote
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        1018 30  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Coupes de grace COMING soon: two cool European coupes that turn the style dial up to 11. AUDITT Price: $192,000 with COE (2.0), $225,000 with COE (3.2) Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo/200bhp, 3.2-litre V6/250bhp Performance: 240kmh/0-100kmh 6.45, 250kmh/ 0-100kmh5.7s Available: End October The new
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        497 31  -  NICKSYN BMW's brilliant 343bhp six-cylinder engine finds a happy home in the Z4 news@newstoday.com.sg DRIVING around in a two-seater roadster the colour of a brand new fire engine is like making love on a bench in Orchard Road. People will stare. And interestingly enough, things get
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          145 31 It was originally scheduled for a June launch but the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Wagon has only just gone on sale at Cycle Carriage Automotive's showrooms at $125,988 with COE. Mitsubishi designed the car as a Japan-only limited edition model and built only 2,500 units
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          160 31 Jeep's first seven-seater vehicle, the Commander (picture, above), has just gone on sale here for $220,000 with COE. Power comes from a 4.7-litre engine with 235bhp, which is mated to a fivespeed automatic gearbox. The three rows of seats are arranged "theatre style" with those at
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          124 31  -  COLIN YONG The facelifted Hyundai Coupe, which was unveiled lastweek at the Guangzhou Motor Show, will go on sale in Singapore by the end of this year. Local Hyundai distributor Komoco Motors hasn't yet committed to an exact launch date but it plans to display the
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        214 31  -  COLIN YONG IF YOU'RE going to walk out onto a road and into the path of an oncoming Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), at least try and make sure it's either a Honda CR-V or Toyota RAV4. SUVs, with their bluff shapes and
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        844 32  - Building defects the dos and don'ts JANECHIAPOCO How to determine if the problem falls within legal definition of defect janec@newstoday.com.sg WHEN building defects are uncovered, accusatory words often fly between the developer, the contractor, and the residents. As a result, a key step before a claim can be filed is
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        273 32  -  -JANECHIAPOCO FAR EAST Organization expects almost all the space over 90 per cent to be taken up in its upcoming lifestyle retail malls, Central and Square 2, when these open at the end of the year. Already 60 per cent of Central's 200,000
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      216 34  -  David Chew by THEATREREVIEW I Homesick THE opening show of the inaugural Singapore Theatre Festival Alfian Sa'at's Homesick is aptly about stayers and quitters and just about every other Singapore-related issue you could think of. Homesick revolves around a family whose members are scattered across
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      51 34 INADDITION SUPERBAND: THE FACE-OFF The four remaining groups of Superßand Soul, Lucify, Mi Lv Bing and J3 —will face off at the grand finals at Singapore Expo on Saturday. A lucrative recording contract with Warner Music awaits the winning team. Catch the live telecast at 7.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel
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      478 35  -  Neil Humphreys by DVDREVIEW FILM: The grainy images are over 40 years old now and are replayed endlessly around this time of the year, but they still shock. It's 1965 and the perspiring reporters are huddled in a room to watch their
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        740 39  -  JANICE GOH A crisis management team is crucial to the success of any firm ja nice@newstoday.com.sg IF A raging fire broke out in your office building, who would ensure that all staff are accounted for during the roll call at the assembly point?
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      147 42  -  —TANYOHINN SINGAPORE finished the 2006 International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) Asian Sailing Championships (July 27-Aug 5) with two golds and one silver. Held at the Fulung Sailing Club in Taipei County, Taiwan, the Republic's two golds were won by 2006 lODA North American Championship winner and 2005 SEA
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