Today, 2 December 2006

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    16 1 //\SDIJ\CORP December 2 3, 2006 mica(p)3h/io/2006 weekendTODAY share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Abdullah or Anthony – and why it matters
    406 1 Abdullah or Anthony and why it matters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's messy season of religious tensions approached another delicate juncture on Friday. The Sharia court decided to hand over the body of a 71-year-old man to the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais), even though his family claims he was a Christian.
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    DOHA AND THE DRAGON
    1066 1  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH There is a Chinese masterplan unfolding and the Asian Games are just part of the jigsaw news@newstoday.com.sg AN ARMY of 647 Chinese athletes is travelling to Doha. Chinese stars have been instructed commercial endorsements are a distraction. The Chinese table-tennis team hasn't sent its
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon THEY SHOULD GUTTER
      275 2 REZAZADEH 'HERCULES' HOSSEIN (IRAN) WEIGHTLIFTING Olympic champion and world record holder in the clean and jerk and snatch, his countrymen call him the world's strongest man LIU XIANG (CHINA) ATHLETICS 2004 Olympics gold medallist for the 110 m hurdles, defending champion, world champion and world record-holder, the
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      Lock icon STORE'S YOUNG DARK HORSES GET READY TO SAIL
      609 3  -  JOSE RAYMOND IN DOHA, QATAR jose@media corp.com.sg TWO years back, the "man" who is expected to carry Singapore's sailing hopes in Doha had a crisis of confidence. He went to his coach in tears, asking why his teammates were bagging all the
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      147 3 Korea's Corolla-beater I "Hyundai means business..." "It may not (yet) have the cachet of established brands like Toyota, but its careful blend of features from design to packaging and dynamics makes the Avante a car you can't ignore when shopping in this market segment." Lee Nian Tjoe, The Straits Times,
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  • Singapore news
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      S'pore Govt should help poor Aids patients: UN expert
      412 4  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE has done well in the awareness campaign against HIV/Aids, said a United Nations expert, but there are three critical areas that must still be addressed. Speaking to some 40 CEOs here on Friday, Dr Swarup Sarkar,
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      Wireless@SG: First-day jitters
      574 4  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Teething problems, slow network mar launch hedirman@media corp. com. sg IT WAS supposed to open a brand new chapter on Web surfing in public, but Day 1 of Wireless@SG service on Friday was marred by teething problems and a slow network at times. A check
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      Lock icon Red is all the rage
      181 4  -  NG HUN WEI hunwei@mediacorp.com.sg THE red revolution that took the United States and United Kingdom by storm has officially begun in Singapore. (Product) Red, a business initiative in which companies contribute parts of their revenue to a United Nations global Aids fund, took off here
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      Private grip on R&D patents
      605 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Meanwhile, public sector keeps grabbing PhD-holders cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE employment boom in Singapore's burgeoning research and development (R&D) sector is showing no signs of abating with the public sector's demand for PhD holders, in particular, outstripping that of the private sector. Yet,
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon SUBTITLING FOR MALAY, CHINESE NEWS BULLETINS
        49 6 -938UVE MediaCorp's Chinese and Malay TV news bulletins will get real-time subtitling from Sunday. This will be introduced on key Chinese bulletins on Channel 8 at 10pm and Suria's Bpm news bulletins. The move follows requests from the public and the deaf community.
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        Lock icon GP GETS 5-MONTH SUSPENSION
        63 6 938 LIVE A general practitioner has been suspended for five months after pleading guilty to forging a payment voucher to the Defence Ministry. Dr Randolf Lim Kean Chin was also censured by the Singapore Medical Council's disciplinary committee. Lim was referred to the Council after being
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        Lock icon S'PORE, M'SIA WORK AND PLAY
        78 6 -983UVE.CNA The naval forces of Singapore and Malaysia are conducting an exercise in the Straits of Malacca. The two-week Exercise Malapura, which runs until next Saturday, is being hosted bythe Singapore navy this year. Six ships from the two navies are involved. Meanwhile, officers from
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        Lock icon ITE DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
        61 6 -CNA The director and CEO of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Dr Law Song Seng, will retire from February next year after a 39-year career in education. He will be succeeded by Mr Bruce Poh, currently Deputy Principal of Development at Nanyang Polytechnic. Dr Law,
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      What's keeping HDB neighbours apart?
      143 6  -  BOOSTING HDB heartware could start with the hardware. At the Government's first of five focus group session on how to forge closer communities in HDB estates, four MPs and 22 grassroots leaders discussed how to building a stronger sense of neighbourliness. Some participants of the
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      Lock icon There's talent on a wheelchair
      521 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Govt pushing for firms to hire the disabled weekeat@media corp.com.sg FOUR years ago, wheel-chair bound Bay Meng Chien feared for his job prospects. Hiring was sluggish for most graduates, let alone someone with a physical disability, he figured. But Mr Bay was
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      Blasts in Geylang market, none hurt
      211 8 POLICE are investigating a series of small explosions that went off at a Geylang market on Thursday evening. There were no damages or injuries, but stall operators and customers panicked, with many running for safety, Berita Harian reported on Friday. Police have taken over
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      6 6 Venue Sljnfoc u/i^^^^fcSk Convention Centre www.seletarbroadway.com.sg
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      246 7 I Sing Tel TOUCHING XLIVESFUND Vc>y I Show how much you care and make a difference to the lives of f less privileged children and I I I young people. V J J It takes so little to bring so much hope J J X n and joy to their
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  • world news
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      Lock icon POISON PLOTS
      1141 10 THE poison that killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko left a radioactive trail so strong that investigators have been able to follow it across London. Amid conspiracy theories linking his death with the mystery illness that felled a former Russian Prime Minister, British authorities increasingly suspect that "rogue
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      Lock icon Thorny blow for Philippines
      334 12 —AGENCIES Typhoon Durian triggers mudslides, leaving 388 dead and others homeless LEGASPI (Philippines) Heavy rain from Super Typhoon Durian caused mudslides that smothered dozens of villages in the eastern Philippines on Friday, killing 388 people. The rain, mixed with volcanic ash on the slopes of the
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      Lock icon THAILAND, US DEPLOY TSUNAMI WARNING BUOY TO INDIAN OCEAN
      233 12 -AGENCIES PHUKET Thai and United States officials sent off a ship carrying a tsunami warning buoy designed to protect millions of people around the Indian Ocean from a repeat of the catastrophe two years ago. The buoy launched on Friday is
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      Lock icon Indonesian lawmaker to be investigated as sex video surfaces
      290 14 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian lawmaker allegedly depicted in a sex video romping with a singer in a hotel room is being investigated by his party, Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said on Friday. A local TV station played a blurred version of
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      Lock icon Forbes' richest now a jailbird
      304 14 —AFP 32-year-old China businessman convicted for fraud BEIJING A tycoon, who was the youngest person on Forbes magazine's list of China's 400 richest people last year, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for fraud, state media said. Zhou Yiming, 32, was convicted of
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      Lock icon HOW CHINA'S MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
      183 14 Zhou Yiming's conviction is just one of many convictions involving the rich and powerful in China. The following list includes some of the other cases. ZHANG RONGKUN: No 16 on Forbes' list last year. He has been implicated in Shanghai's snowballing pension fund scandal. That
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan President's brother escapes deadly suicide blast
      257 14 -AFP COLOMBO A suspected Tamil suicide bomber on Friday attacked a defence ministry convoy carrying the President's brother in the Sri Lankan capital, killing at least one soldier, police said. Mr Gotabaye Rajapakse, secretary to the defence ministry and brother of President
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      Lock icon NYT researcher jailed for three years after appeal rejected
      340 14 —AFP BEIJING A Chinese researcher for The New York Times (NYT) who was jailed for three years on fraud charges lost his appeal on Friday, his lawyer said, in a verdict that his family described as unjust The Beijing High Court
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      549 12 Advertising feature M Tk 1 A m 1 A -J Realm or Tranquihty j? Launching of First Aid Training on Wheels with TCM Services X for Punggol North Constituency Have you ever seen a first aid training on wheels with TCM services? L^ntf^^fl Come join us this Sunday (3rd December
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      32 14 GO GREEN WITH ENVY It's that time of the year again A time to covet and a time to demand the latest shiny tech toys from your indulgent loved ones. PAGE 44
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  • Voices
    • TOUGH
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        SPARING ROD IS NO USE
        169 16  -  JESSIE LEE CHOOI FOONG: As a mother of two, I agree with Ms Frances Ong Hock Lin, "Let the child off, and damn him" (Nov 30). I have been to numerous parenting workshops and most times was told to not use the cane or physical
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        PUNISH, BUT WITH CARE
        84 16  -  LEONGWAITHOE: As the father of a three-year-old, I could not agree more with Ms Ong. Today's parents are too protective of their children, to the extent that they are doing a disservice to their children, knowingly or not. On the other hand, as parents, we must
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      ISLANDS OF PLENTY
      768 16  -  Neil Humphreys I LOVE the public toilets on Kusu Island. In the last two years, I must have used their services more often than I used an ATM. I had popped over to the sacred island in a desperate attempt to calm my nerves and save my
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    • Letter
      The price of quicker HIV test results
      539 18  -  MS KAREN TAN Shortening waiting period could drive up cost, affect accuracy Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Health IN "WHY 2-week wait for HIV test results?" (Nov 29), Mr Lim Boon Hee commented that the new National HIV/AIDS Policy Committee should
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    • GST ups and downs
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        Instead of freezing fees, look at other ways to keep them in check
        215 18  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from I REFER to media reports that there will be no Government fee increases for one year after the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike kicks in. The Government will also continue
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        Make hike gradual
        165 18  -  CHIAHERNKENG Letter from I REFER to the report, "GST hike: Bit by bit, or all at once?" (Dec 1). Can the Government not raise the GST by just one percentage point, to avoid the unwanted effects of abrupt change? One such side effect is that some businesses
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        HARD TO LEARN DIALECTS
        122 18  -  MELISALEONGMEILING: I refer to Wong Hoon Hooi's letter, "Not in lingo limbo" (Dec 1). To acquire proficiency in a language/dialect, there needs to be a suitable environment. The Speak Mandarin campaign actively discouraged the use of dialects and hence it is very hard for me to
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        COMPENSATION FOR 3G FAILURE?
        70 18  -  NAZURAH OMAR: I refer to the report "Sing Tel users see red over 3G hitch" (Dec 1). I was one of the 3G subscribers affected by this seven-hour glitch. Both calls and messages could not be received. As a result, friends and customers could not reach
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    • Letter
      No reason for SLA to publicise dispute
      127 18  -  SUSAN KOH Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Communications Singapore Land Authority I REFER to Mr Steve Ngo's letter, "Why wasn't map dispute publicised earlier?" (Nov 25-26). In relation to the recent press report, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) was responding to a Today
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      Why can't all taxis carry a copy of the street directory?
      187 18  -  TAN GUAN RONG Letter from I REFER to the Land Transport Authority's letter "Refresher course for taxi drivers to be reviewed" (Nov 30) and Michael Loh Yik Ming's enlightening observations ("Cabbies with no street savvy", Nov 20). I lived
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      232 17 4fc to be Snowing... El It's snow time at Tanglin Mall! You'll have so much fun a t enjoying the avalanche of ''snow". Plus fabulous Via shopping and great photo opportunities. 8 t~- SflOMf Time/. jt I y^ jk Avalanche*: 7-7:lspm &8 8.15pm J| Snow*: 7.15 7.30pm 8.15 8.30pm mk
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  • Businesstoday
    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 2,836.04 -2.49
        4 20 ST Index 2,836.04 -2.49
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        Lock icon Singapore
        65 20 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended flat on Friday as investors chose to play it safe ahead of the weekend, but traders said that the market uptrend was likely to continue over the next few weeks. The benchmark ST Index finished down 2.49 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,836.04.
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        World markets
        55 20 Nikkei 225 *****.78 +47.45 +0.29 Hang Seng ASX *****.82 -269.66 5427.90 -54.20 -1.42 -0.99 Taiwan Wtd 7613.57 +45.85 +0.61 Korea Comp 1434.36 +2.15 +0.15 KLCI 1080.11 -0.55 -0.05 SET Index 741.38 +2.32 +0.31 Jakarta Comp 1734.75 +15.78 +0.92 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2788.46 +42.90 379.58 +6.41 +1.56 +1.72
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        Lock icon Commodities
        25 20 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 652.90 SilvarUSS/oz 14.12 Platinum US$/oz 1,176.70 Rubber cents/kg 245.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1373.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 59.46 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
        53 20 Pac Cent HsuFuChi Yongnam GsmsTV SingTel BBR Adroit Hongguo MAE Engg TechQilSGas 0.380 1.060 0.100 1.500 2.910 0.000 0.065 0.090 0.115 0.010 -0.010 +0.015 +0.180 +0.030 +0.010 +0.010 +0.125 -0.015 +0.045 -2.6 +17.6 +13.6 +1.0 +14.3 +18.2 +16.3 -11.5 +5.9 81,663 69,179 60,696 44,097 38,694 27,820 26,495
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        SGX top rises
        72 20 GLD 10US$ CITYDEV 64.200 +0.900 12.400 +0.300 APB 15.500 +0.200 Fortune Reit HK$ JSH 500US$ 5.900 +0.200 11.000 +0.200 GsmsTV 1.500 +0.100 CMB DB*****6B 500 4.120 +0.160 HSI*****SGA*****0 FTASEAN401D0US$ 0.750 +0.160 7.500 +0.150 Isetan(S) 4.900 +0.140 SGXBNP8CW*****2 0.310 +67.6 Informatics W*****0 0.015 +50.0 HSI*****SGA*****0 0.245 +40.0 SGXSGA8CW*****0
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        SGX top falls
        65 20 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 18.900 -0.800 SIA 15.400 -0.300 SIA200 15.400 -0.300 HSI*****DB*****1 1.520 -0.250 UOB 10.400 -0.200 HSI*****SGA*****0 0.790 -0.190 HSI*****MBL*****9 1.100 -0.180 HSI*****BNP*****8 1.710 -0.140 HSI*****SGA*****0 0.545 -0.115 HSI*****SGA*****0 0.350 -0.115 Nikkei225DBePW*****1 0.010 -50.0 1HT 0.055 -45.0 ChinaSunBNPeCW***** 0.055 -30.9 CapltalanDBSePW***** 0.050 Digland 0.010 Sappliie 0.010
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6468 UK£ 0.3286 Yen 75.083 HK$ 5.0291 RM 2.3242 Euro 0.4883 Rupiah 5924.4 Baht 23.235 Peso 32.028 A$ 0.8192 Indian Rs 28.885 Won 600.59 C$ 0.7392 Yuan 5.0681 NZ$ 0.9461 NT$ 20.932
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      Lock icon Market displeasure
      374 20 -BLOOMBERG PCCW shares fall in HK after Li says he will stay chairman SHARES of PCCW, Hong Kong's biggest phone company, fell the most in more than four months on concern that a dispute between the two largest shareholders will hamper an expansion into China. On Friday, PCCW
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      Lock icon Khazanah, 3i form $959m reinsurance firm in Singapore
      130 20 -DOW JONES KHAZANAH Nasional, the Malaysian government's investment arm, and United King-dom-based private equity firm 3i Group said on Friday that they had raised US$62O million ($958.6 million) with other investors to start a new reinsurance company in Singapore. The companies said
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      83 20 Millennium Copthorne Hotels, that operates luxury properties of City Developments (CDL) agreed to settle its legal dispute with its insurance adviser linked to the Sept 11 terrorist attack. CDL will get a cash amount of US$l7.5 million ($27.1 million) by Dec 13. Raffles Education Corp agreed to buy 20.16
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      Lock icon 2 top M'sian papers halt share trading prior to likely merger
      138 20 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Two of Malaysia's largest newspaper companies announced a suspension of trading in their shares on Friday, ahead of a potential merger. The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) and Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) announced the suspension until Monday
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      Discover nature and adventure in Hong Kong
      1027 22 Beyond the hustle and bustle and the bright lights of its city life, Hong Kong has a lesser-known asset that is no less alluring its hidden gems of natural beauty.These sanctuaries of nature are hidden in and around the city and spread among
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  • business news
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      Vantage Corp's last crucial mile
      204 24  -  CHRISTIE LOH THESE six months will be "do or die" for shell company Vantage Corp, which may now consider acquiring Pacific Internet more seriously than before. Suspended from trading since September 2004, Vantage mustfind a new business by May 31, 2007 or it will be
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      Lock icon A 6th is on the way
      576 24 BLOOMBERG [moreroom II SI A Engineering goes big II The three hangars-which will boost I airframe maintenance capacity by 40 I per cent-cost $160 million II The sixth hangar will be equipped to I handle the 555-seater Airbus A3BO II Last year, Singapore accounted
      — BLOOMBERG; TODAY FILE PHOTC  -  576 words
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      Beer man joins SingTel
      212 24  -  —CHRISTIE LOH AFTER a nine-month search, Sing Tel has found a veteran from the beer industry to head the telco's local consumer division. Mr Quek Peck Leng, 51, is currently regional director of Asia Pacific Breweries' (APB) South-east Asia and Oceania businesses. From Dec 8, he
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      Lock icon Asia can weather a US slowdown
      436 26 —AFP Strong global investment cycle raises independence from the US: Merrill Lynch ASIA is capable of weathering the fallout from a United States slowdown as the region's export dependence on the world's biggest economy has waned, said US investment bank Merrill Lynch. With the
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      Lock icon Qantas says profit may rise by 30 per cent this year
      278 26 BLOOMBERG QANTAS Airways, the target of a takeover from Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific Group, said profit growth for next year will be the fastest in three years on a decline in fuel costs and rising demand for travel.
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        Why zig when you can zag ?
        1257 27  - Why zig when you can zag JOSEPH YADAO For ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, going against the grain has been the key to success Joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg NIGEL Bogle, chief executive and cofounder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) was once in the middle of a conversation with an eminent leader of
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        987 28  -  MIRAKASHINATH Seeks to introduce proper and professional delivery of service and ethical conduct mira@mediacorp.com.sg SOME 10,000 financial planners in Singapore may have to undergo more stringent training and tests to improve their service and even ethical conduct when they dispense investment advice in the
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        584 28  -  VALERIE LAW expemalks news@newstoday.com.sg INDIA'S sheer size and its ability to be an effective counterweight to China are two of the major reasons why it has suddenly attracted so much attention. The Rise of India will be on par with the rise of two other
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      147 26 SINGAPORE WOMEN ARE JbP Express yourself with VAIO Pure Simple for the Insightful Composed SONY Balanced. Fulfilled. Inspirational. The VAIO N. It's the essence of who you are the naturally beautiful Singapore woman. Stylishly simple, the VAIO N was designed to complement the interior of your home and be a
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      546 29 With Europe still an emerging Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market, Henderson believes the region will grow rapidly over the next few years. In the UK we are expecting over 90% of the market capitalisation (Euro 60 billion approx.) to convert to REIT S Take advantage of the accelerating rental
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      678 30  -  Pearlyn Tham CHARITY may begin at home but this Christmas, it could begin at the cash register, too. It may have once been difficult to imagine the commercial world of retail therapy and the non-profit one of charity working hand in hand. But retailers and brands these days
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      978 32  -  PEARLYN THAM TOY STORY WITH A HEART Buy a Winnie The Pooh Friends Charity Plush toy from Watsons as a Christmas present and you'll be making more than one child happy. Watsons will donate $2 from every plush sold at $12.90 each to the Milk that's
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        357 33  -  PEARLYN THAM Famed for its diamond fetish, Swiss marque Sarcar is going places pearlyn@media corp.com.sg MAJA Koenig has a job that is the stuff of dreams especially if you love the combination of clockwork and carats. So it makes sense that "creator of dreams" is the
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        284 33  -  -PEARLYNTHAM tf 7 MAYBELLINE New York must love us Asians very your mascara can last your much. work day and even through Its previous mascara Lash Discovery Mini your after-dusk soirees. Brush was formulated for Asian lashes, which tend The Unstoppable formuto be
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          91 33 You'll make your man very happy this festive season if you surprise him with something from Louis Vuitton's Damier Geant collection. Featuring the hard-to-miss Damier chequerboard pattern, the Damier Geant collection is made from lightweight yet hardy hi-tech fibres, similar to those used in producing
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          117 33 Charm your little ones into learning to tell the time with the very adorable collection of kids' clocks from Flik Flak. Priced at $49 each, the clocks are designed in the brand's signature bold and cheerful colours and motifs and you can choose from well-loved
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          116 33 You've had your fill (and full wardrobe) of the biggest fashion brands from Spain, London and America, so this Christmas, do a little something different for your dress sense with Betty Barclay, one of the Germany's most famous fashion labels. The brand first set up store in Singapore
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          112 33 For Spring-Summer 2007, Lacoste is dressing up its bags and leather goods collection in a gamut of interesting new fabrics including Lurex in its Pique Star range, terry fabric in its Summer Terry range and nylon with leather trim in its Urban range. Sun-seek-ers and beachgoers
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        500 34  -  Low Shi Ping Soak in the nostalgic atmosphere as you enjoy a meal at Beaulieu House be F By (food@newstoday.com .sg] A HIGH CEILING, commodious rooms and a trellised rooftop. It's a quaint and nostalgic atmosphere at Beaulieu House Restaurant. Built in the early part of the 20th century,
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        501 36  -  Florence Ec He By (food@newstoday.com.sg] SIMPLICITY AND FRESHNESS have always been a hallmark of Japanese cuisine. This is most evident in the elegant, stylised kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese degustation meal), or in an unfettered, neat bento. Hoshi manages to straddle the taut tightrope between being true to Japanese
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        293 38  - EJBPg t*MK ¥-fe#RS"ffll^Hfl<l "EPS" St^fclil MmM "Lima Kaki", BP E JSX tt £S, /fittlS Jciciifm "Five Foot Way" o flg^S;ipif i £s, WtSM^g "Kaki" «jigWo KIjKJS, iPfiiSJlluM«SE^XW^*^-aA **««iffl«, ffl^itiftjß*. BPJIH*^^ st ji^ usjfi sa^ffi iij as #i$ c spa aS'hJß«t^ffftEßPSßPsk, today ti moseslim moseslim@newstoday.com.sg I FIVE FOOT WAY The older
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        665 38  -  Amy Van Rustic Ulu Ulu is worth the journey for great local food I'M USUALLY sceptical of restaurants located in public attractions like zoos and theme parks. But a recent meal at Ulu Ulu, a newly-re-vamped restaurant at Night Safari, changed my perceptions. To breathe in new
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        237 38  -  -NEOCHAI CHIN HOT POTS OF HOKKAIDO Tuck into the best that wintry Hokkaido has to offer this month, without having to brave the bitter cold of northern Japan. Inagiku, the Japanese restaurant on the third level of Raffles the Plaza, is offering a Hokkaido set lunch and dinner promotion,
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        87 39  -  EVELINE GAN Wall's Moo Sandwich $5.90 per multi-pack Now you can have your cookie and ice cream all at one go. Wall's latest ice cream creation. Moo Sandwich, contains velvety vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two soft chocolate cookies. Fortified with calcium, these addictive ice-cream cookies make for
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        1305 42 THE REGENT SINGAPORE During this festive period, The Regent will present impressive meals at Capers, Summer Palace and Tea Lounge. For lunch on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, enjoy an international brunch spread at Capers pay $98 for unlimited servings of champagne,
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        668 44 iPod nano price from $248 Why this iPod? Because nothing else out there beats its simplicity. It looks fantabulous and provides just the right mix of essential functions making it a good gift for techies and non-techies alike. It has quintessential music playback to make rushhour train
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          155 44 Finally, a Blackßerry with an integrated digital camera. Sing Tel and Research In Motion (RIM) have launched the Blackßerry Pearl smartphone in Singapore. Weighing 89g and measuring 107x50x14.5mm, the Pearl boasts a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and a multimedia player that supports MP3 and AAC music files,
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          LG DPIBI PORTABLE DVD PLAYER
          144 44 If you d like to watch DVDs in an affordable and portable way, the LG DPIBI might just be for you. The device weighs about 850g and sports a seven-inch widescreen liquid crystal display that can be swivelled. LG claims the device has 3/2 hours
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          LOGITECH CHILLSTREAM CONTROLLER FOR PS3
          138 44 hor some strange, pre-emptive reason, Logitech has released its own brand of Playstation 3 controllers here before the console is even out on local shores. What's hot, or cool rather, about Logitech's Chill Stream controller is it employs the company's Chill Stream technology to keep
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          FUJIFILM FINEPIX F31FD CAMERA
          152 44 The Fujifilm FinePix F3lfd digital camera has face-detection technology to make sure the faces you capture come out sharp. And it manages to do its digital magic on faces in only 0.05 seconds. The 16-megapixel camera has a low-light performance of ISO 3200 at full resolution
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        GO GREEN WITN ENVY
        904 46 MICROSOFT ZUNE Launched with a bang in the United States last month, the 30GB Zune multimedia player boasts a king-sized three-inch display with a resolution of 320x240 pixels. It's larger, boxier and heavier than the Apple iPod but early reviewers have lauded its robust, scratch-resistant chassis.
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        All the right Vibes from Packard Bell
        254 46 PACKARD Bell has launched two lightweight MP3 players targeted at hip and trendy music lovers Vibe 360 and Pulse. Thinner than a pack of chewing gum, the IGB Vibe 360 ($228) has an aluminium casing with a mirror-like back and a high-reso-lution 1.8-inch
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        URBAN WARRIOR
        636 48  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Honda's new CR-V looks like an SUV but doesn't behave like one news@newstoday.com.sg COMFORTABLE Runabout Vehicle probably wouldn't be anyone's first choice of name for a car. It's acronym, CR-V, sounds a whole lot better. Most car-makers like to christen their Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) with
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          TURBOCHARGED MITSUBISHI HIT TOWN
          152 48 A multi-story car park in the heart of town isn't your everyday car launch venue but Mitsubishi would argue that its three new models are far from ordinary. The brand's local distributor Cycle Carriage Automotive is showcasing the Colt Ralliart Version-R, Colt Plus Ralliart and Lancer
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          VW PREVIEWS BABY SUV
          146 48 Volkswagen has signalled its intent to do battle in the compact SUV class by unveiling the Tiguan concept car at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opened yesterday. Other than the funky black and orange tyres, this concept is virtually identical to the production Tiguan that
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          DATES TO REMEMBER
          152 48  -  COLIN YONG If there is something even more highly anticipated than the launch of a new Pirelli tyre, it is one of the Italian tyre manufacturer's new calendars. The 2007 Pirelli Calendar was recently launched at the Battersea Evolution parkin London. While it has no direct bearing
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        GO TOPLESS!
        856 50 MAZDA MX-5 ROADSTER COUPE The most amazing thing about this new version of the MX-5 is not that its electrical-ly-operated metal roof is the fastest in the world, fully retracting in just 12 seconds. Neither is it the fact that the roof doesn't take up any space in
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        376 50  -  COLIN YONG TOYOTA will end 2006 as the number one brand in passenger car sales for the fifth year running, going by registration figures from January through to October. Official distributor Borneo Motors put 19,172
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        Lock icon MOVING ON UP THE HILL
        1067 51  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@media corp.com.sg IT WAS at the forefront of the "gold rush" in Sentosa Cove three years ago with its market moving acquisition of large plots there, well before much bigger competitors had woken up to the island's potential. Now, flush from another recent
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        244 51  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA 48-UNIT condominum Finland Gardens has become the latest addition to the record number of en bloc sales this year. Together with the 65 other collective sales so far this year brings the total en bloc sales turnover for the
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      184 31 j^^. f^ M J f TM T^^^V HR«I iffi^Jjjp^" 85 ,i%f^' '77S the Season tO be Flawless!" Exclusively for all with skin problems! Pigmentation, acne, sagging skin, wrinkles and the list goes on! All these skin >^^^^ problems can make your face look drab and unpleasant; negligence can also m.
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      226 34 I A J> FESTIVE BUFFET* JL V (1 Dec '06 -Uan 107) Enjoy a selection of international fare with festive favourites. Our sumptuous spread includes Seafood on Ice, Smoked Salmon, Ai|& Roast Turkey, Honey Baked Ham, Black Pepper Steak, Tiger Prawns *SJ" with Oats, Roast Pork Belly, Thai Curry Fish,
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      14 35 i—d festal 20Utf- We serve top grade Wagyu Beef... so lip-smacking tasty nutritious too!
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      66 35 r_ It's time to get Hot Spicy this December v^Ki |M| KiK*^ W A fsW^S^ Premier Thai Traditions Restaurant Pte Ltd 54 Sembawang Rd #01-01 Singapore *****5 Call for reservation:6ss4 2688 Wedding Solemnization Birthday Party MrndfatSffifis Company Retreat WESTERN SET LUNCH J^ ..^Sfe (Managed by Sembawang Seafood Paradise Pte Ltd)
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      64 36 f—d feS^il 201ffi*- m m TEOCHEW GARDEN RESTAURANT PKOTKf*T I 40%0ff flillFlj\i M. Any Australian MAT^II j^~*■ niteWinewit'l IwM#%l \jJtl. r Teochew Cold Crab Order Teochew Cold ,"JSL j (Dine in onl^ Teochew Cold BL -Sa Crab from Jl ■f«l *l y onwards Super Value £9Aft" Set Menus 10 Persons
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      72 37 forrunote restaurant LggJfr y j E XA/^ serve BI3M8IS! D',m Sum OK J Come taste our wide variety of traditional '^Sk LL push cart Dim Sum reminiscence of the 60's, local delights Chinese cuisines. We also welcome events and provide outdoor buffet A catering. Spacious venue. W 3pm s:3opmJ^^^diSCOUnf J^-
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      114 39 Roast Peking Duck by popular demand '4 firsf Dine-In Only. Sen/ing While Stocks Last. f£ S18.00++(Whole) Slo.oo++(Half) > ife&*s£ Wit fMg L^-i^^j Harbour City 'Restaurant &i W #03-01 pss' A' Building, Tel; *****946 r #02-12 Tiongßahru Plaza. Tel; *****273 keal Good Ram^j Have you pamen yet? Bk OM6A The Atrium
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      203 40 P^^| Get up to Sssoo rebate* with your OCBC Credit Cards this Christmas. Christmas is going to be extra rewarding and extra special with OCBC this season. Just Sl spend with your OCBC Credit Cards and get a rebate of up to Sssoo! Pay with your mVii OCBC Credit Card
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      1253 41 GET S$ 100 CASH REBATE EACH WEEK WITH SHOP AND REDEEM GET UP-CLOSE AND OCBC 0% INSTALMENT PAYMENT PLAN* A HAMILTON WATCH (WORTH Sssso) PERSONAL WITH RAIN A A Just shop wHh OCBC O*IPP Come out and play with Instalment Payment Plan at K|H 111 I MT daimi v a.
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      223 42 Enjoy sweet tidings this Christmas with scrumptious festive goodies. If BREADTALK THE ORIENTAL, SINGAPORE MY DINING ROOM MB 25%offlogcakes 15% off Christmas goodies 10% off festive goodies takeaway g/fS DOME CAFE SWENSEN'S FOSTERS CAFE RESTAURANT 15% off Christmas goodies including 15% off icecream logcakes 20% off roast turkey, honey-glazed logcakes,
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      8 43 Brought to you by fe J OCBC Bank
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      317 43 Celebrate with the most flavourful dining privileges this Christmas. CAFE SWISS Platinum and Titanium Exclusive: 20% off food bill on a la carte menu CHERRY GARDEN Dinner Special: Complimentary housepour per person with a mm. of 4 diners DIN TAI FUNG FREE logcake (worth 5513.90) with a mm. spend of
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      924 45 Lenovo recommends Windows® XP Professional. HOOK UP WITH EXCITING CHRISTMAS OFFERS AT SITEX 2006 T Centrino I Together, Lenovo and Intel achieve the amazing. I rj u0 I SITEX SHOW 2006 (Singapore Expo Hall 4), 30 Nov 3 Dec. Lenovo is the No. IPC Vendor in Unit Shipments for the
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      896 47 A" A" m Ik IV aI v _J| k* V V I II 11 l__^_ ai=d/acc«p Official Card: j7#_| iTiI EYSTSI#TTI3TS f• __M»__ il l€| d |Til_ d r^ZlTlT*! /^/jk4h Standard Chartered J? SHOP TO WIN TODAY! gjsa. A MINIMUM PURCHASE OF $30 ENTITLES m YOU TO ONE WINNING CHANCE!
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      103 49 CITROEN The greatest Enjoyment derived from Man driving his intelligent Citroen C4 &j mm mt lW^^ Ib^eeeeee^E vL^/j^^t^ r^^^^^^M i The all new Citroen C4. Redefining driving pleasure. Experience its intelligence at our new showroom. Double-optic halogen headlamps 4 airbags Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) Emergency Braking Assistance (EBA) Electronic Brake-force
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      699 52  -  Ross Wallace p\*-**-,ii+ii ninn r*-ji4-*-*»- GO AHEAD and call me Scrooge (Ebenezer, not McDuck) but I have to admit that I've never been all that big on the Christmas season. The endless shopping, the garish decorations, the pressure to get into the spirit of things
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      677 53 Not many people need a reason to feel good. For most it comes naturally. But with the holiday season now underway, the PLUS team reckoned this was the ideal time for a celebration. Hence, our designation of Saturday and Sunday as FEELGOOD WEEKEND. On these two pages and
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      123 53 GETTING THERE: Singapore Airlines offers five flights per day to Hong Kong. From Hong Kong International Airport, visitors can take a blue cab to Disneyland for just over HK$lOO ($2O). The resort is also accessible by MTR via Disneyland Resort station. TICKET PRICES: Peak/Special Day-adults: HK$35O, Children (aged 3-11):
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      375 54  -  JEANINETAN jeanine@mediacorp.com TAMIL actor Mathialagan M or Mathi, as he's known has more than personal glory at stake after winning the Best Actor award at Thursday's 11th Asian Television Awards (ATA). The 42-year-old actor was clearly elated at the recognition for his work, and
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      500 54  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Author Mitch Albom gets defensive when asked about the alleged discrepancies in Tuesdays with Morrie ashraf@media corp.com.sg MITCH Albom is the master of sugary popcorn writing and even the queen of Feel Good Land, Oprah Winfrey, has bowed at his throne. Soon
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      424 55  -  GRACE YAP Singer Wakin Chau goes upscale with a'karaoke marathon'in Singapore grace@media corp. com. sg CONCERT encores are risky affairs that can even cause singers to run afoul of the authorities. Just ask Taiwanese singer Wakin Chau. Turns out that Chau is often so engrossed in
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      160 55 -AP LOS ANGELES Her marriage didn't work out on Desperate Housewives, but things are looking rosy in real life for Eva Longoria: She's engaged to her beau, basketball star Tony Parker. "Tony flew into Los Angeles last night after his game and surprised Eva at
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      220 55  -  ELI SA CHI A elisa@media corp.com.sg CHRISTMAS came early for Stefanie Sun this year. The Singapore pop star pocketed a six-figure endorsement fee for being the poster girl for New Moon Premium Fragrant Rice. The windfall will come in handy when she goes
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        247 56  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by FILM: So, maybe the multi-million-dollar grossing sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean does try to cram too many plot developments into a movie with some helter-skelter pacing, but so what? It's still a whole load of fun if you don't nitpick
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        306 56  -  Zul Othman DVDREVIEW by FILM: After five albums and 11 years in the business, the Foo Fighters celebrate their legacy with this 15-track acoustic set that was taped last August at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Featuring an expanded eight-piece line-up featuring violinist Petra
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        597 57  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Actors go all out to portray Geylang Serai characters in new five-part Suria series plus@newstoday IT HAS been a little less than a year since the iconic Geylang Serai market and surrounding blocks were torn down, but already people miss it, none more so,
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      15 55 II C 0% X *<^J COMBINING CHIC WITH COMFORT I *-V, -555, "^h^ Email: sundra@singnet.com.sg
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      91 55 GREATEST OrTHEYEAR A bmytUfv tee QV.BAT to uuts! Cushion Cover Rugs (Various colours) (75x45cm) ($4.10 w/GST) ($7.25 w/GST) Mug Wine Decanter IffiP \7* each Imitation Orchid ($19.95 w/gstj ($0.55 w/gst) J —aJ Rattan Vase &&f (H-62cm) 1.2 m Teak Aft 4hL Step Planter up:s7 4fi^ J* upiis?^ A Now: .'■^F
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      867 56 |./l (©l9OO 912 1234 ©www.gv.com.sg *"'ye 'nteract've Cinema Show 4 Kids m EB^iJL'' Show Debuts Today! ■T I J i "T^jjy l^\X/rf' 11am 4pm (Daily Except Mondays) ■118 HAPPYFEET"- 110.50 am 11.50 HAPPY FEET" 10.10ara 12.40 HAPPY FEEF 10.40 am 1.10 HAPPY FEET" 10.40 am 1.10 I HAPPY FEET" 11.00
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      112 56 SUDOKU Our tough-level weekend treat for the die-hard Sudoku junkie 91 I I I I 131 _A_ 2_ _1_ \_7_ 8_ 6_ 3__B__s_ 3__6__2. s__9__J J 7_ A_ 2^ 9^ s__ i 6 i n~~Tg" FRIDAY'S SOLUTION: 18 s|4J6^_|9 371 HOW TO PLAY: 742 391 856 The rules are easy.
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      278 57 Tdy: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3J30, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00,11.00pm Tom: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00pm FINAL JUDGEMENT 4t£iss& English with Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 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 MY SUMMER OF LOVE English with Chin Subtitles -R2l
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      222 64 -AFP STOCKHOLM Former Barcelona and Celtic star Henrik Larsson, who now plays at Helsingborg in Sweden, said on Friday he is to be loaned out to Manchester United from Jan 1 until March 12. Larsson told a press conference he had discussed the terms of
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      236 67 —AFP DOHA Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Qatar Friday to attend the Asian Games opening ceremony, and promptly stole the thunder of the Japanese delegation chief. Ahmadinejad toured the Athletes Village amid tight security just as Tsutomu Hayashi, vicepresident of the Japanese Olympic Committee,
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      266 67 —AFP DOHA Hapless Jordan, Thailand and Vietnam conceded 25 goals between them in their Asian Games women's football openers and now face a three-way battle to avoid the unwanted title of top of the flops. Jordan, the reigning West Asian champions, are favourites to take
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      386 68 —AFP DOHA Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has launched an extraordinary attack on China's world No 1 Lin Dan, calling him arrogant and widely disliked by other players. Indonesia's Taufik, the defending Asian Games champion, also announced that Doha would be his last Asiad. "I don't
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      566 69  -  TANYO-HINN TODAY FILE PHOTOS, PHOTO COURTESY OF TABLE TENNIS, SEMI-FINAL Singapore v North Korea yohinn@media corp.com.sg EARLIER this year, North Korea dumped Singapore out of the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Bremen, winning 3-2 in the round of 16. On Saturday, the two sides meet
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      259 69 -AFP DOHA Olympic hammer champion Koji Murofushi of Japan pulled out of the Asian Games Friday with a calf muscle injury, dealing another blow to the track and field competition. "Murofushi has suffered a partial tear of a calf muscle and will not defend the Asian
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