Today, 18 January 2007

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    13 1 TODAY /A=DIACORP MICA(P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspaper Thursday January 18, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Now that the cost of oil is down, why are other prices still up?
    696 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg CAN consumers stop worrying and learn to love oil? Since the price of this raw material started sputtering through the roof in 2004, the average Joe has had to pay more for a
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    Battle to blunt the JB parang
    957 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO Why Singaporeans fall victim to crime, and what the M'sian police are doing IN JOHORBARU derrick@media corp.com.sg JAN 3, 4am: Singaporean Teo Guan Kah, 29, is returning from a nightclub when he is attacked by a gang of parang-wielding men in
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      34 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 14 voices 20 business 26 plus 32 citystyle 40 traveller 42 tv radio listings 48 classed 49 sports 50 we set you thinking H ImmSjjS II
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Who's to blame?
      553 2 -AGENCIES Junta's diplomatic freeze with Singapore is only a temporary blip, say experts A DAY after Thailand's testy reaction to its former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to Singapore, the post-mortem has begun in Bangkok. Some sections of the Thai media are pointing the finger at their own
      -AGENCIES  -  553 words
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      Chiam faces NSP breakaway
      554 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Decision on split with alliance due today cheekong@media corp. com. sg AFTER months of murmurings in Opposition circles, this could be the moment of truth. The National Solidarity Party (NSP) will decide today whether to break away from the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). If it
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      Durai's call-back to court looms ever closer
      442 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG NKFTRIAL cheekong@media corp. com. sg LESS than a week after he threw in the towel, former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive T T Durai could find himself dragged back into the civil lawsuit sooner than he thought At the end of
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      Lock icon GST and elections: Let me be honest
      449 4  -  UNYANQIN Tax hike wasn't conceived during hustings, says SM yanqin@media corp.com.sg WHEN the ruling party fought the last General Election, it knew that it would push for the Workfare Bonus. But the thought of funding it by raising the Goods and Services Tax
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      Feel secure with sharp eyes in sharp suits
      252 4  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg DRESSED in trendy suits, these men are friendly, articulate and will look out for your safety without drawing attention to themselves. They are the new breed of security officers. Launched yesterday by Cisco Security, the new Suits
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      Teens on marriage, homosexuality and pre-marital sex
      456 6  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com THEY'RE not particularly interested in politics, are divided right down the middle about premarital sex, and at least half feel that life is not complete without marriage and children. About 800 young people, aged between 15 and 19, gave their views
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      S'pore public travel on track with best
      541 6  -  TORCHING LI It's right up there with Vienna and Helsinki, lauds global transport survey chingli@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S public transport system has been identified as one of the most efficient and enjoyable in the world, on par with Vienna's and Helsinki's. This is according
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      Lock icon Citizen Thio goes to Parliament
      615 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg SHE describes herself as a person with strong views, and in the 45 minutes she spends with Today, she dishes out quite a few. But at one point, newly announced Nominated Member of Parliament Thio Li-ann catches her words midstream
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      Lock icon BOWLING FOR CHANGE
      219 8 -DERRICKA PAULO IT IS rare to find Singapore legislators with O-levels as their highest educational qualifications. Mrs Jessie Phua (picture) will be one, though, and she will receive her appointment as Nominated MP today in the belief that she must follow her heart It is telling her
      -DERRICKA PAULO; TODAY FILE PHOTO  -  219 words
    • Article
      Missed the news on TV? No worries – you can get it online with MobTV
      196 8 Missed the news on TV? No worries you can get it online with MobTV IF YOU have missed your favourite news bulletins on television, fret not Now, a new service by MediaCorp Online Broadband TV (MOBTV) is giving viewers the chance to catch the entire news programme over the Internet
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        $160M FOR DUKE-NUS SCHOOL
        159 10  -  TAN HUI LENG The Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School (GMS) has gotten an $80-million gift from the estate of late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, which will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Government-making a total of $160 million. The GMS, which enrols its first
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        MID-EAST'S ASIA GATEWAY
        172 10 Fostering ties with Asia will feature high on Iran's foreign policy in light of the region's robust growth, the country's Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel told visiting Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi this week. Mr Abdullah said Singapore was well positioned to be the Middle
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      Lock icon Schools of the future not elitist: MOE
      438 10  -  LEE U-WEN Equal treatment in selection, assistance for needy promised u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THE Ministry of Education (MOE) has downplayed suggestions from parents that its new "schools of the future" concept is an elitist one. Rather, the aim is to roll out the initiative starting
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      IS AIRASIA OVEREXTENDING ITS WINGS?
      707 12  -  LIANG DINGZI Time will tell if M'sian budget carrier's bold attempt to break into big boys'club succeeds YOU have to applaud Mr Tony Fernandes, chief executive of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, for his ambition. But the applause for the airline's success as it takes on
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  • world news
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      Lock icon M'sians battle waterborne diseases after floods
      256 14 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian authorities are battling outbreaks of waterborne diseases in Johor, which has been hit by devastating floods since last week. Health officials said there was already one fatality among the seven reported cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by animal
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      Lock icon Asia on alert for bird flu
      331 14 AGENCIES Japan calls for weekly updates of fowl, while Indonesia investigates alleged human case TOKYO Countries across Asia are stepping up their surveillance of bird flu outbreaks amid signs that the deadly disease is resurfacing in Asia. The HSNI avian influenza strain could spark
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      Non-Muslims shouldn't have to testify in Sharia court
      284 14 KUALA LUMPUR Non-Muslims in Malaysia will not be forced to attend Sharia courts to testify in cases involving differences between Muslims and non-Muslims, said a leading Sharia judge at a conference on family law recently. However, Chief Sharia Judge of the Sharia
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      Lock icon Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Bangladesh's politicians
      303 15 -AFP DHAKA Politicians in crisis-wracked Bangladesh are in politics only for the money, said Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, but he refused to reveal if he intended to seek the helm of the embattled democracy one day. In an interview, Mr Yunus
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      Lock icon 'Grave prognosis' for Cuba's Castro
      441 15 -AGENCIES Expert says it's a 90% mortality rate for the 80-year-old communist leader MADRID Cuban leader Fidel Castro has had at least three failed operations and is suffering complications from an intestinal infection, leaving him with a "grave prognosis", reported Spanish newspaper El Pais. Experts
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BULLET TRAIN PROPOSAL TO LINK STORE AND M'SIA
        93 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore is open to proposals for a US$2.3 billion ($3.5 billion) plan to build a bullet train rail that will link it to Kuala Lumpur as long as both countries benefit, said Singapore's Transport Minister Raymond Lim on Tuesday. His
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        Lock icon NO BOOST FOR HOTEL BILL
        76 16 AFP An official who accompanied Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the Association of South-east Asian Nations' summit in the Philippines allegedly tried to get hotel managers to mark up their expenses and split the profits, a report said yesterday. The state secretariat staffer allegedly
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        Lock icon EMERGENCIES FORCE TWO PLANES TO LAND
        76 16 -AFP Two Boeing jets operated by private Indonesian carriers yesterday made emergency returns, shortly after take-off, to airports in Jakarta and Manado, citing technical problems, officials said. ElShinta radio reported that malfunctioning front wheels had forced one of the planes to return. The latest
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        Lock icon SERIAL RAPIST GETS 40 YEARS
        93 16 -AP A Malaysian serial rapist who lured his victims by pretending to sell Islamic prayer mats was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane after he admitted to raping two teenagers and a young woman, reports said yesterday. Ismail Shah
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      Lock icon Failure of war claims one more
      316 16 —AGENCIES Israel's army chief is the most senior person so far to quit JERUSALEM Israel's military chief yesterday quit over the failures of the war on Hezbollah in what was a second blow to the unpopular government after a graft probe was launched against
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      Lock icon On a wing and a prayer...
      523 17 IE GUARDIAN British troops stage heroic attempt to rescue comrade from Afghan Taliban LONDON It was an extraordinary end to a tragic operation. When Lance Corporal Matthew Ford was shot during an assault on a Taliban fortress on Monday, his comrades mounted a dramatic
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      Lock icon London court shown 'failed suicide bomb' moment
      241 17 -AFP LONDON Dramatic CCTV footage of the moment an alleged would-be suicide bomber tried to blow up a London Underground train was shown at the trial of six Muslims accused of a failed terrorist attack. Ramzi Mohammed, 25, was shown boarding the train
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon LEGISLATION TO STOP BUSH'S PLAN FOR MORE TROOPS
        66 18 -AFP Atop Senate Democrat has introduced legislation that would require United States President George W Bush to get congressional approval before sending additional troops to Iraq. Mr Chris Dodd, a 2008 presidential candidate, proposed the Bill after Mr Bush unveiled plans lastweekto
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        CHINA UPGRADES NUKE SECURITY
        79 18 North Korea's atom bomb test last year has emphasised the need for China to step up its nuclear and radioactive security regime, the China Daily said yesterday, citing the nation's environmental watchdog. The Chinese government has allocated 40 million yuan ($7.9 million) to better monitor nuclear
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        Lock icon HINDUS UNITE AGAINST SWASTIKA BAN
        82 18 -AFP -AFP Hindus across Europe are joining forces to fight a German-led attempt to ban in the EU the use of swastikas, the Hindu symbol that became the insignia of the Nazi Party, according to one campaign group. "The Nazi Party started using a Hindu
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      Lock icon From phone to TV
      361 18 -AFP Skype unveils free online TV SAN FRANCISCO The founders of revolutionary Internet telephony firm Skype this week unveiled a test version of an online television service that will be free to users. Mr Niklas Zennstroem and Mr Janus Friis said they "combined the best of
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      Lock icon A hitman in your Inbox
      219 18 -AFP WASHINGTON A new spam campaign claiming to come from a hitman is cropping up in email boxes across the United States, with recipients being told to fork out thousands of dollars or face death. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging people not
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  • Voices
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      isay LEVEL THE SCHOLARSHIP FIELD FOR POLY GRADS
      666 20  -  CLARENCE CHIANG IT'S here again: The great Polytechnic vs Junior College (JC) debate. The prevailing impression -justifiable to some extent is that the polytechnics are the poorer cousins of JCs, with most poly students having failed to qualify for the latter. A
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    • Letter
      Just as important to sharpen Singaporeans' tastes in media consumption
      328 21  -  HARMINDER SINGH Letter from I REFER to Howard Lee's comments on online and offline media in Singapore ("Some like it hot but... "Jan 17) and the article on schools vying to join the Ministry of Education's "schools of the future"
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    • Dragged into a Thai game?
      • Letter
        Not for a neighbour to decide who visits our house
        105 21  -  LAI SEOW HIANG Letter from I READ that our fellow Asean member and long-time friend, Thailand, has summoned our ambassador to express displeasure for allowing Mr Thaksin Shinawatra to meet up with his friend, our Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar.
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      • Letter
        Take urgent steps to cool tempers
        212 21  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from IN MY opinion, it was a mistake to have had dealings with the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's family. Now that he has been ousted and gone into exile, we have become a pawn in Thailand's power play. Mr
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      • Letter
        Why single out Singapore?
        103 21  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from I WOULD like to be enlightened by the Thai government as to why, when Mr Thaksin visited China or Western countries, no protest was made? Is it because Thailand is afraid of offending them? Mr Thaksin has the right to visit
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    • Letter
      Nothing wrong with number
      127 22  -  SEBASTIAN KOH Letter from Company Secretary/Manager (Corporate Affairs) Changi International Airport Services I REFER to the letter from Mr Terence Teo on "Changi Airport lost baggage? No, it's the lost calls department" (Jan 13-14). I wish to clarify there is no mistake in our telephone directory
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    • Drawing the lane markers
    • Letter
      Add 'optional' tours into cost
      168 22  -  HARRY CHI A Letter from IT WAS probably the letterwriter's first trip to China as the so-called "optional tours" actually mandatory are standard practice for most China tours ("Forced to take 'optional' trips on package tour", Jan 16). Travel agencies should advise customers of this
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      260 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I A LETTER TO PARENTS OF ANOREXICS Anorexia, the eating disorder that troubles so many young women, places severe stresses on theirfamilies as well. I'd like to pass along a letterfromthe mother of an anorexic daughter in the hopes that it will
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    • Letter, Illustration
      F1 won't work on Singapore roads
      192 24  -  JERRYTANWEEHOON Letter from I REFER to your front-page report, "And Alonso's first past the Merlion!" (Jan 15) on Formula One coming to Singapore. I have been a motor sports fan for more than 20 years. I have attended four Fl races in Malaysia and
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    • Letter
      Give him a chance
      311 24  -  TANCHEKTEE LetNTU undergradgeta degree, serve the nation and pay his debt to society Letter from I AM perturbed by Mr Lim Boon Hee's remarks in "NTU too lenient with Web pervert" (Jan 17). Granted that what the undergraduate did was wrong and he should be punished
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    • Letter
      Great concert, but poor toilet facilities
      128 24  -  SAMANTHALAKE Letter from I ATTENDED the Muse concert at Fort Canning on Tuesday night and once again, what should have been a fantastic night was marred by the ridiculous toilet facilities. Over the years I've been to several events at Fort Canning and it
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      924 25 Advertising Feature beauty report Susanah's Secret Skin Cuisine I am going to be upfront and admit that I too have swallowed... and digested. n susanah cheok is a locally Just like local TV darling Zoe Tay, Ido not hang my head in shame. Not only do Ri-«. M renownedmagazineeditor& have
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Dec non-oil exports fall sharply
      654 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE CHOW PENN NEE Despite 14.2% drop, S'pore still on track for 4% to 6% growth this year: Analysts pennnee@media corp.com.sg A DECLINE in shipments of electronics and Pharmaceuticals caused Singapore's nonoil domestic exports (Nodx) to fall by a sharp 14.2 per cent
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      156 27 Channel News Asia Dow Jones Dow Jones Mainboard-listed Pacific Healthcare Holdings has clinched a contract to design and build a medical facility in Hanoi. The project is a joint venture between the healthcare provider and Vietnam-based Khanh Hoa Trading Investment Co. The US$25 million ($39 million) medical centre, including
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pro-family initiative gets $2m boost
      189 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Government launched an initiative yesterday to help more businesses in Singapore attain the Pro-Family Business Mark. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth Sports is setting aside $2 million for grants to help firms implement pro-family projects. The grant will fund up to
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      Banks join hands to fight child porn
      199 27  -  -JOSEPH YADAO MAJOR banks including DBS, UOB and OCBC are using their clout to hit child pornography purveyors where it hurts most their pockets. Nine banks are banding together to cut off the flow of funds to these commercial websites, said the Association
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      164 27 CHINA Wheel Holdings said yesterday it would build a new production plant in Tianjin that will have an annual production capacity of five million aluminium wheels by 2010. The new facility will be built in three phases, reaching a capacity of two million
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        732 28 -BLOOMBERG S'pore bank, property stocks offer 'defensive value': ABN SINGAPOREAN banking and real estate stocks offer a haven from a possible firstquarter decline in Asian markets, according to ABN Amro's strategists. United Overseas Bank (UOB), the sec-ond-largest lender in Singapore, and CapitaLand, South-east Asia's
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          224 28  -  SHERMAINEWONG WHEN the principal of the Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA) School, Mrs Annie Tan received a call from Sara Lee Singapore (SLS) offering its voluntary services, she was taken aback. "I was surprised because I usually have to approach companies for help. Now, it's the
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          90 28 SHARES ended flat yesterday with real estate investment trusts gaining ground on expectations of higher returns and technology stocks falling after Intel reported lower fourth-quarter earnings. The ST Index (STI) closed down 0.55 point, or 0.02 per cent, at 3,037.66. On the broader market, decliners outnumbered advancers 398 to
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          58 28 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.35 +58.89 +0.34 HK Hang Seng *****.57 +36.62 +0.18 Australia ASX200 5646.10 -27.30 -0.48 Korea Camp 1379.48 -10.23 -0.74 Thailand SET 651.47 -4.43 -0.68 Jakarta Camp 1758.48 +4.18 +0.24 Phils Comp 3041.56 -28.73 -0.94 Shenzhen B 506.97 -13.86 -2.66 Mumbai Sensex
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        836 30  -  WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG news@newstoday.com.sg "WHAT was she thinking?" It's a question investors have been asking of Thailand's centralbank head ever since her move last month to impose capital controls. Ms Tarisa Watanagase took that debatable step to deter currency speculation that drove the baht to
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        98 34 -AFP US pop star Pink has sheepishly backed away from a campaign to boycott Australian wool due to charges that Australian farmers are cruel to sheep. Last year. Pink branded the practice of sheep "mulesing" as "sadistic". Mulesing involves the slicing of flesh from the
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        93 34 ■AP Singer Diana Ross says she is so busy that she has not had time to see the hit film, Dreamgirls which is loosely based on her life as a Motown starlet. The film won two Golden Globes on Monday. "Yes, I've heard a lot about it.
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        213 36  -  David Chew EXHIBITIONREVIEW by..... Athlete CAN art and sports meet? The latest video installation at Sculpture Square not only showcases this juxtaposition, it celebrates the union. Inspired by the late British painter Francis Bacon's work which almost always features a solitary figure in a state of convulsion
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        494 38 -AFP Modern art institution Pompidou Centre turns 30 with plans to take art to up-and-coming city PARIS Paris' Pompidou Centre, the mammoth glass-and-steel arthouse wrapped in coloured pipes, turns 30 this month and it's looking to take its contemporary vision beyond France's borders to as
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        513 40  -  PEARLYN THAM STYLESUBJECT Japanese designer's first boutique brings her childhood dreams to life pea rlyn@media corp.com.sg WHAT is a young girl's English-style boudoir doing in sunny Singapore and in a bustling Orchard Road shopping mall at that? Fashion designer Hiroko Ueno decided on this concept for her new
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        189 40  -  —SHERMAINEWONG VICHY Laboratoires has taken the old adage, "beauty comes from within" and bottled it up in two new offerings that will reinforce its anti-ageing range. The two newest products are Liftactivopro Essence ($74) and Liftactivopro Night ($69). Liftactivopro contains fibrocyclamide, which helps
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          107 40 Love hurts, doesn't it? Maybe that's why this Valentine's Day, Swatch has cheekily launched its Valentine's Day Special 2007 Feel My Love watch ($119), which comes with shivers its own voodoo doll and five plastic needles with heart-shaped heads. Calling this "telepathic acupuncture". Swatch recommends that you
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          85 40 Who would have thought that the'Bos would come back in such a big way? EDC by Esprit takes its cue from the eighties for its SpringSummer 2007 collection, bringing back oversized tops, narrow trousers and hooded sweatshirts. There's also a range of tops with beading and crochet trims,
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          96 40 You've heard about the seven wonders of the world. Now, imagine wearing a 7 Wonders pendant ($79) from Taka Jewellery. This special edition heart-within-a-heart diamond pendant will make a unique gift for a loved one on Valentine's Day or for yourself during Chinese New Year. There
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      428 41  -  AMY VAN Toss your favourite seafood into a tomato-based broth, and you'll have a hearty bouillabaisse food@newstoday.com.sg BOUILLABAISSE was once considered a "fisherman's dish", which consisted offish and shellfish that were usually left unsold in the market. The soup, believed to have Provencal origins, is cooked with different
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        756 42  -  JUSTIN CHEONG Live life to the fullest in a city where everything is upsized justin@media corp.com.sg "WHILE stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; when falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; and when Rome falls the World," so the Victorian poet and satirist Lord Byron once wrote.
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        669 44 For women, travelling alone can be an enriching experience, but let NADYA NG give you a few tips on how to do it safely DRINK lots of water when you are on the plane. Air at high altitude dries the skin and makes oily parts of the face
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        420 46 -DPA Want to go somewhere really new and different? Pakistan maybe it. AS it strives to shed the mantle of negative associations, from militant extremism to natural disasters, Pakistan may well emerge this year as one of the world's best-kept tourism secrets. With its "Destination Pakistan
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          189 46 EMIRATES is offering special packages for the 2007 Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament. As the official airline and co-sponsor of the tournament. Emirates will fly the elite golfers of the world to Dubai to tee off at the Emirates Golf Club on Feb 1. Its special packages to
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      345 51 —AGENCIES SUNDAY CRUNCH Hijjmu MANCHESTER On Saturday, he became Manchester United's 14th different goalscorer in the English Premiership this season. After scoring in the 3-1 win over Aston Villa, Michael Carrick is now gunning to storm the Emirates citadel
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      598 52  -  TANYO-HINN Tough as it is, coach Nesbit says Sweetenham's churning a swim revolution in Britain yohinn@media corp.com.sg Nesbit was speaking at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex yesterday, as he watched a 10--strong United Kingdom team go through their paces. The team, part of the British
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