Today, 20 January 2007

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    15 1 weekendToday share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com January 20-21, 2007 mica(p)3h/io/2006 /A=diaCorp
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    Lock icon Washington next on Thaksin world tour?
    458 1 TOKYO He's keeping his cards close to his chest, but one thing is certain: Former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra seems determined to maintain a high international profile despite the Thai military government's call on foreign governments not to accord him a cordial welcome when he
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    WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
    826 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT It's two days of footballing heaven for the legions of English Premiership fans here weekeat@media corp.com.sg seismic stirrings in the football world, this weekend represents one of those great moments in the EPL calendar when fans are in for a double
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  • hot news
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      THIS BEAUTIFUL BATTLE
      418 2 Britain's north and south set to duke it out this weekend as the stakes in the English Premiership hit new heights KENNETH GOH kenneth@media corp.com.sg THERE was a time in the early 20th century when Liverpool, a thriving port, and industrialised Manchester shared much of the spotlight
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      Lock icon Reality show tormentors make up with Indian actress
      369 3 —AGENCIES LONDON The celebrities involved in a reality show marred by racial slurs appear to have made their peace, even as they remain unaware that they have become the centre of a major international incident Indian actress Shilpa Shetty has accepted apologies
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      Lock icon Tamiflu-resistant strain appears again
      417 3 —AGENCIES First Vietnam in 2005, now Egypt has reported cases of mutated form of bird flu GENEVA A strain of the bird flu virus that is moderately resistant to Tamiflu has been detected in Egypt, amid growing alarm over outbreaks in Asia. Tamiflu is the drug
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      Johor wades into Operation Clean-up
      281 3 MALAYSIA After a month of heavy rain and severe flooding, Johor Baru is facing a massive three-month cleanup, a review of the state's defences against flooding and a tourism crisis. The New Straits Times reported that occupancy rates in most major hotels plummeted by as
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Durai a 'third party', but should stay out of court spotlight
      283 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG TODAY FILE PHOTC cheekong@media corp.com.sg LAWYERS for the former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) directors Richard Yong and Loo Say San have succeeded in naming former NKF chief T T Durai (picture) as a "third party" to the civil
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon CNY SHORTAGE OF FRESH VEGGIES
        101 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA An acute shortage of fresh produce in Johor has sent prices of some vegetables and fruits soaring, after thousands of hectares of crops were wiped out by the recent floods. A kilogram of kangkong, for example, now costs $1 instead of $3. With
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        TIGER AIRWAYS' $1 BONANZA
        93 4 Tiger Airways carried an unprecedented 1.2 million passengers last year, or 75 per cent more than in 2005. To celebrate, the airline is offering 9,000 seats at $1 (excluding taxes and fees) this weekend, for travel between Jan 23 and 31. Routes on offer include Singapore
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        Lock icon NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARD
        76 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SPRING Singapore has launched a revised standard on Energy Efficiency for Building Services and Equipment. The Singapore Standard or SS530 will specify minimum energy efficiency standards for air-conditioning equipment and electric motors, which can help building owners, developers and tenants save up to 30
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      S'pore magnet for Asia's in-house lawyers
      200 4  -  DERRICKA PAULO IT WANTS in-house lawyers from Asia to come to Singapore for their career development. And to achieve this, the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) hopes to enlist the help of the two local law schools. It has started talks with the National
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      Charity in the House
      550 4  -  NMP DrKalyani Mehta DERRICK A PAULO Changes to Charities Act among 12 Bills to be tabled; new NMPs to debut at first sitting of Parliament in 2007 derrick@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the National Kidney Foundation lawsuit continues to proceed in the High Court next week, the most important
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      30 months' jail for granny poisoner
      308 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A SCffIZOPHRENIC man who poisoned his paternal grandmother with mercury and stole her money has been jailed for 30 months. In passing sentence on Friday, District Judge Siva Shanmugam noted that while Er Choon Sian was in need of medical and psychiatric
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      Health Ministry plans to budget for more much-needed medical social workers
      318 6  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp. com. sg WITH an ageing population and an expanding role for medical social workers (MSWs), more of them will soon be needed here. Local MSWs are occupied with helping patients resolve problems with hospital
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      A higher degree of earning
      342 6  -  TORCHING LI chingli@media corp.com.sg EACH extra year invested in education enhanced workers' earnings by 13.7 per cent on average in 2004, and those who pursued a Master's degree earned 23.1 per cent more than those who did not further their first university degree. On the
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      Disaster? That's our line
      536 6  -  LEE U-WEN UNSW Asia's research centre will respond to health threats and disasters u-wen@media corp.com.sg A DEADLY bird flu pandemic strikes the city of Guangzhou, causing panic throughout the region. A state of emergency is declared. Meanwhile, over in Singapore at a quiet facility near Tanglin
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      SDA much saddened by NSP's breakaway: Chiam
      221 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE National Solidarity Party's (NSP) decision on Thursday night to break away has "caused widespread sadness" in the five-year-old alliance, said Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) founder and chairman Chiam See Tong. In a statement issued on Friday, he
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  • world news
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      Lock icon China's satellite killer
      572 8 —AGENCIES International concerns as missile destroys satellite BEIJING China gave notice of its increasing power in space and provoked widespread international concern after it successfully used a ballistic missile to shoot down a satellite in space on Jan 11. In the first such test since the cold
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      Lock icon Jordan wants nuclear power
      291 8 —AP JERUSALEM Jordan's King Abdullah II told an Israeli newspaper on Friday that his country wants its own nuclear programme. In an interview with the daily Haaretz, King Abdullah said his desert kingdom, which has a peace agreement with immediate neighbour Israel, wanted nuclear power "for
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      Lock icon US unaware of 'agreement' with N Korea
      254 8 —AP SEOUL North Korea said it reached an unspecified agreement with the United States this week on its nuclear weapons programme, but America's top nuclear envoy said on Friday he was unaware of any such deal. North Korea's Foreign Ministry said the talks
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        NO BAIL FOR ALLEGED MURDERER OF MONGOLIAN MODEL
        55 8 irmueniiai iviaiaysian poimcai anaiysi Abdul Razak Baginda, who has been charged with the murder of a Mongolian model, was refused bail yesterday and ordered to stay behind bars until his trial in March next year, AFP reported. Looking tired and pale, he
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        FAKE MONEY, FAKE BRIBES?
        69 8 Malaysian police are investigating at least 10 reports of fake RMSO notes being sent with a letter purportedly written by the country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), to residents due to vote in a by-election in Batu Talam. Umno has denied sending the
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        CLOSER TO HOME FOR CHING CHEONG
        64 8 Hong Kong-based journalist and The Straits Times correspondent Ching Cheong, who was jailed for spying in China last year, will serve the rest of his sentence closer to home, Deutsche Presse Agentur cited his family as saying yesterday. He will be moved on an
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        MINISTER WAS 'MISINTERPRETED'
        67 8 The Dutch foreign ministry denied yesterday that Foreign Minister Bernard Bot had accused Muslims of lacking a tolerance gene in an interview with a Brazilian daily about Muslim extremists in his country, reported AFP. Mr Bot said he had been misinterpreted and clarified that the majority of
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      Lock icon Monaco goes for China's rich gamblers
      296 10 —AFP MONACO Monaco's gaming monopoly, the Societe des Bains de Mer (SBM), has launched complimentary all-inclusive travel and accommodation packages to attract China's wealthiest punters to its famed casino. This is the latest move by the European mini-state looking to tap into China's burgeoning
      —AFP; AFP  -  296 words
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      Lock icon Europe battered by devastating storm
      381 10 —AFP Worst storm in 17 years kills dozens, disrupts transport systems and power supplies across continent BERLIN Countries across Europe counted the cost on Friday of a devastating storm that killed at least 44 people, brought transport systems to a standstill and disrupted crucial energy
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      Lock icon Farmers, riot police clash in southern China
      212 11 —AP HONG KONG Hundreds of riot police clashed with villagers protesting against an alleged land grab by officials in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, a lawyer and Hong Kong newspapers reported on Friday. "Scores of villagers, even elderly ones, were taken away
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      America's growing pains
      484 11  -  —THE GUARDIAN Fed chief warns ageing population will have serious effect on economy WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has given America's politicians a stark warning to tackle the the budgetary pressures from the country's ageing population or face serious consequences. Speaking to the senate budget committee
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      480 9 Does your health regime include the most essential supplement? La JES.; J iss^wy 3- i i I *-*>ia i -v. s*~ __^^"_3SLsa M yZ^Vtyt^/ 0 I Numerous studies have proven that sleep can affect your body's Hypo-allergenic and inherently anti-microbial, j^^M) immunity and even your mental abilities. That's why Dunlopillo
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      73 10 'vB >3vV S hew. A Tamil Film Music Extravaganza The heart-throbs coming together for the first time live in Singapore! Supported by Accompanied by KALYANI SHYAM ORCHESTRA Esplanade, Theatre, Singapore Sunday 4 February, 2007 at Bpm Tickets $112, $92, $82, $72, $52, $37 (Inclusive of SISTIC Fee) Sistic Hotline 6348
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      161 11 August 2007 Admission Now Open for Applications I I (Closing Date: 1 April 2007) Information technology (IT) extends into all sectors of the economy, and is evolving rapidly; today's research is establishing tomorrow's standards. IT professionals need a strong understanding of fundamental principles to be ready for these develop1/ ments.
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      AMK taxi stand will be moved
      174 12  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Robin Chua Choon Howe's letter, "Jam in heart of AMK hub" (Jan 5). Mr Chua shared his observation on the traffic situation on Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, near the
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      S'pore's 'fine', Australia's 'banned'
      746 12  -  Down Under with Neil Humphreys news@newstoday.com.sg It all started one hot and hazy Tuesday afternoon SINGAPORE is a fine city. That's what the tourist T-shirt says. Drop litter. Fine. Spit on the floor. Fine. Stick chewing gum on the MRT doors. Fine. Act like a tech
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      Barrier-free access routes planned in a comprehensive manner
      281 12  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority (LTA) I REFER to Mr Phillip Ang Keng Hong's letter, "A spoke in this scheme's wheel" (Dec 27). Mr Ang commented that LTA did not take the opportunity to reconstruct the kerb
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      Lock icon Are JB crooks not afraid of the police?
      323 13  -  DERRICKAPAULO So disquieting-these attacks on Singaporeans Letter from ROGERPOH FOR years, I have been highlighting in letters to the press the blatant attacks on Singaporeans in Johor Baru, so it was with great interest that I read your front-page report, "Battle to
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      JB authorities' blaming the victims is the easv wav out
      152 13  -  RICKY TAN Letter from THE cases your report highlighted do not give an impression that Singaporean victims of crime in JB "were dressed up like decorated Christmas trees", to quote retired Singaporean police officer Lionel de Souza. In Singapore, like
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      Unstamped passports will be looked into
      109 13  -  RAZINAHDATO'GHAZALI Letter from Deputy High Commissioner Malaysian High Commission in Singapore THE Malaysian High Commission refers to letters from Mr G Jagathisan ("No Malaysian stamp on passport, Jan 12") and Mr Bernard Ng H J ("Trouble over unstamped passport in Malaysia", Jan 17). The
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      'Because cats scare me' is not a good reason
      320 13  -  FAN CHEKWEE Letter from I REFER to Ms Goh Boon Choo's letter, "A mayor's pet lesson for us" (Jan 16). About 13,000 cats are killed every year at the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) at public expense of more
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    • Letter
      NTU has scholarships for research and coursework graduate degree programmes
      342 13  -  PROF TONY WOO Letter from Dean of Graduate Studies Nanyang Technological University (NTU) WE REFER to the letter by Ong Lip Hua: "S'porean friendly graduate study" (Jan 12). Graduate degree programmes offered by NTU include those by research, besides those
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon More transparency in your housing loan
      498 14  -  CHOW PENN NEE DBS introduces mortgage fixed to interbank rate pennnee@media corp.com.sg FRUSTRATED with the way your mortgage rate seems to fluctuate indiscriminately? Banks here may soon start addressing this consumer bugbear, as DBS Bank has set a benchmark that its peers may feel
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      297 14 United Overseas Bank expects to close a deal for an investment stake in Vietnam's Southern Commercial Joint Stock Bank as early as end of this month. UOB's senior executive vice-president Francis Chin Yong Lee told reporters in Jakarta on Friday that the purchase would be completed in the "next
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      TPV shares fall 8% in Singapore trade
      126 14  -  BLOOMBERG SHARES of TPV Technology, the world's largest maker of computer monitors, had their biggest decline in almost three years after a substantial shareholder sold a justover 10-per-cent stake in the company. The stock fell 11 per cent to HK$5.ll ($1) at the
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      Lock icon Lenovo leads in PC sales in Asia: IDC
      207 14  -  BLOOMBERG SOURCE IDC HEWLETT-Packard Co, the world's largest maker of personal computers, and Lenovo Group widened their market share lead over Dell in Asia, excluding Japan, during the fourth quarter, said market researcher IDC. HP's market share rose to 13.2 per cent
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        153 15 DOW JONES bHAHb prices ended at a record high on hriday tor a second straight session, led by property shares. The ST Index rose 11.2 points, or 0.4 per cent to close at 3,072.9. In the broad market, gainers led losers 395 to 348 as 2.78 billion shares worth
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        ST Index – 3,072.9 +11.2
        4 15 ST Index 3,072.9 +11.2
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        SGX most active
        20 15 FHTK BanJoo Sapphire ChinaEnergy Gen Int 0.010+0.005+100.0150.831 0.165+0.030 +22.2103.113 0.035 95.252 1.210 +0.050 +4.3 83.297 1.090 76.532
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        SGX top rises
        19 15 BukitSem 10.200 +0.800 OCBCCap3.93%PreflO 98.800 +0.800 HSM6800BNP*****0 2.290 +0.770 BukitSem W*****3 6.050 +0.750 CMBRB *****0 2.680+0.580
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        Commodities
        19 15 ■old US$/oz 628.10 !ilverUS$/oz 12.69 'latinum US$/oz 1,168.50 lubber cents/kg 324.00 'aim oil RM/tonne 1,905.00 Irent US$/barrel 51.82
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        SGX top falls
        21 15 OmegaNav 50 23.500 -0.600 GLD10USS 62.500 -0.500 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 21.100 -0.500 KepCorp 17.100 -0.400 CITYDEV 14.500 -0.300
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        Yours S$1 buys
        24 15 JSS JK£ 'en JK$ 1M 0.6512 0.3296 78.946 5.0860 2.2802 Rupiah 5912.1 Baht 23.4K Peso 31.84' AS 0.826* Indian Rs 28.84!
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        World markets
        58 15 Nikkei 225 *****.44 -60.49 -0.35 HK Hang Seng *****.72 +50.21 +0.25 Australia ASX200 5673.10 +0.70 +0.01 Korea Camp 1360.56 -22.65 -1.64 Thailand SET 658.17 +3.28 +0.50 Jakarta Camp 1795.55 +17.85 +1.00 Phils Comp 3085.18 +3.45 +0.11 Shenzhen B 511.92 +16.32 +3.29 Mumbai Sensex *****.71 -35.04 -0.25 Malaysia KLCI
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      Lock icon China reins in provinces' misreporting
      339 15 —AFP BEIJING China's central government has moved to stop its wayward provinces from rigging economic growth numbers, a widespread problem that has embarrassed Beijing, state press reported on Friday. Survey teams will report directly to the National Bureau of Statistics, rather than provincial governments, which
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        Lock icon CHINA'S NEXT HEADACHE
        726 16  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG An increasingly cashless society poses new challenges for China news@newstoday.com.sg CHINA'S households are stashing fewer yuan under their pillows. And they aren't carrying as many of them in their wallets as they did in the *****. According to a study by World Bank researchers in
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    • impact media and advertising
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        Lock icon Advertising's new frontier: Cyberspace
        1049 17  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Zenith Optimedia's new CEO thinks Singapore's advertising industry needs new business model shobha@media corp.com.sg HE MAY be the newest and arguably the youngest head of a major media agency, having been appointed chief executive of Zenith Optimedia just two months ago. Mr Harpreet Singh
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    • wealth personal finance & investment
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        Lock icon China's property sector looks good
        433 18  -  CA-MIEDESOUZA CHANNEL NEWSASIA Analysts, investors optimistic over the market camie@mediacorp.com.sg PROPERTY analysts and industry players are optimistic about the prospects of the China property market in the year ahead as the Chinese government takes new moves to stabilise the property market and curb speculative buying.
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        Lock icon Investments in luxury
        382 18  -  CHOW PENN NEE Pennnee® mediacorp.com.sg LUXURY branded goods have long been a staple of the moneyed folk, but it is only recently with China's meteoric rise that banks have started getting Asians to cash in on those expensive habits. Over the past week, HSBC and SG Asset
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      • STOCKCALLS
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          Lock icon SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING
          76 18 -DOW JONES ($3.22) —BUY DBS Group Research raises Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering's price target to 553.62 from 553.40. The research organisation keeps a "Buy" rating after the company's aerospace unit clinched a US$47O-million ($722-million) contract from FedEx for conversion of 87 planes over seven years. The deal
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          Lock icon GUANGZHAO INDUSTRIAL FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGY
          100 18 DOW JONES GROUP (18 CENTS) —BUY CIMB suggests buying Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology in the 16- to 17.5-cents band as the stock is likely to test 22 cents in the near term after breaching the 200-day moving average on Thursday on strong volume. Longer term, the
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          Lock icon VENTURE CORP ($13.70)
          112 18 BLOOMBERG BUY Venture Corp had its stock rating raised to "Buy" by DBS Vickers Research, which cited earlier-than-expected earnings contributions from an acquisition. Venture, which makes printers for Hewlett-Packard Co and medical equipment for Royal Philips Electronics, bought GES International for $980 million last year to add
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      207 16 MediaCorp Press Limited, the publisher of TODAY, the second most read newspaper, invites tenders for: The Provision Of Newspaper Distribution Services From Printer To Designated Droppoints Locations COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Tender documents can be obtained from 10 January 2007 onwards during office hours between 9.30am to 5.00pm (Mondays to
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      594 19 With Europe still an emerging Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market, Henderson believes the region will grow rapidly over the wk next few years. January 2007 saw the launch of the first UK REITs and we are expecting over 90% of the market capitalisation :M (Euro 60 billion approx.) to
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  • wh?ch
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      THE PRICE OF BEAUTY
      835 20  -  with Pearlyn Tham Jumping on the beauty bandwagon? You'd better do your research and find a niche before facing off in this industry ■VITH three new beauty stores seting up shop in the past two weeks done and these are just the ones 'm aware of
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      A BUD-DING BUSINESS
      92 22 for a snop iw^u^, While Eric Chew e >"« mall ca lled Square 2. The area for customers mI Sydney, where he would ha^ake soaps a I moment, I'm also sefcg the, are si y -is about $65. convinced. And he .s m the sho mo^ I
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      BEAUTY INDEPENDENTS
      17 22 Pearlyn Tham (pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg) speaks to three new beauty retailers who opened their doors this month
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      NATURAL BY MATURE
      189 22 1 Although she wa gether with three busing VaSt P°tential- ToNature (below, StXTLodeT"' N From ment of Dhoby GhaTS f Sh° P at b^ecare and p^J °ffe^ Korean skin s JpreatT re Kr e n wii cr? he is confid- fro- the ,and cf«S£ to co Sme
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      r SCIENCE LESSONS IN BEAUTY
      343 22 H Mums know best and in the case of Yap Eng Kian M (above) and his business partner, their mothers m helped them test some of the anti-ageing skin care H products stocked at Sccube the Apothecary. Sccube (read: S-Cube) combines the theories of science,
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        188 23 EVEN before you start putting up the Chinese New Year decorations and buying the mandarin oranges, good luck and prosperity have arrived at The Heeren Shops. Until March 4, you'll get the chance to win prizes including a Chery QQ car in
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        Sending self-worth soaring
        350 23  -  SERENE HUANG Dove's new campaign aims to help teenage girls accept their physical appearance, deal with weight issues serene@media corp.com.sg IF BEAUTY brand Dove could have its way, no teenage girl would suffer from low self-esteem because of a poor body image. An astounding 84 per cent
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        170 23 -PEARLYNTHAM NEXT month, get to the heart of beauty with Elizabeth Arden's limited edition Color Intrigue Eye Shadow Quad compact ($54). The brand will donate 100 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of each compact to the Singapore Heart Foundation's (SHF)
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        Lock icon FOCUSONFIVE... FACE BLOTTERS
        98 23 PEARLYN THAM It's good to shine in your career but never so on your face. Unless your skin is shining with rosy radiance, an oily sheen on it is a turn-off and a bane to your make-up halfway through the day. To blot off excess oil and
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        ETTUSAIS OIL OFF PAPER ($9)
        89 23 You get a generous 100 sheets in one compact pack. Although these are made of paper, one tester was amazed at how it didn't produce a "crinkly" sound when used so she could blot her face without attracting the attention of fellow bus passengers or
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        FASIO OIL BLOTTER ($3.80)
        75 23 This must be one of the largest facial blotters we've seen in a while each sheet is so big, it is folded into halves in lack. So, this may be the blotter you if you have a wide face or eractive sebaceous glands. The price will
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        PAUL & JOE BLOTING PAPER($19)
        71 23 PAUL JOE BLOTING PAPER($19) Once again, you'll probably need more than one sheet at a go as each is small and thin. But that will only give you more reason to flaunt the pretty packaging. After all, most facial blotters are packaged in simplistic use-and-throw paper cases. This one, however,
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        THE BODY SHOP LAVENDER & CAMOMILE FACIAL BLOTTING TISSUES($4.50)
        53 23 THE BODY SHOP LAVENDER CAMOMILE FACIAL BLOTTING TISSUES($4.50) If you have sensitive skin, you'll like using free tissues as it is infused with camomile and lavender essential oils to soothe and calm your skin. Who said blotting your face can't be therapeutic? But we could do with more gener-ously-sized pieces
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        TESTERS' FAVOURITE!
        63 23 MAC. BLOT FILM ($22) The only film blotter among the ones we tested, M.A.C.'s Blot Film was undisputedly the favourite. Two testers loved the "just nice" size -forthose interested in specifics, each sheet measures about 10cm by 6cm-so one at a time was sufficient. Its almost-watemroc^extui^lsovvhiske^f^a Hflflflflflflflflflflflflflflfl The
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      246 24 iitlJs±*±-fe«l¥e<i«3RJßf!lipAlan Sim^jf^ 3K«Wia*, 3-lHl!jf3SlS»l»£fi£Ji*, M# a#a^ga«)#ti, MffißTM«gß»sJssi «»*iitl3RiJi. ffiJS»3gMiBSSII7, f£» es^,S#lPE^lEsi7 o HSAS^A^aiJf So i»S*MSf, fflg'^iSit^)S#, -la] todaywith mosesl i m Zen Cafe-Shindo Art If not for the words shi dao- which means the art of eating the oriental-sounding name may lead one to mistake the place as a
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        921 24 Astons Specialties impresses our writer with quality, quantity, and afford ability THERE aren't many places you can go to for good, juicy steak without burning a big, fat hole in your wallet Naturally, I was elated when I chanced upon Astons Specialties at Katong last weekend.
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        FOODNOTES
        104 24  -  EVELINE GAN PROSPERITY IN ABUNDANCE There's plenty to celebrate this Chinese New Year. McDonald's Prosperity burgers are back by popular demand, and they're as delicious as before. The burger sandwiches a juicy chicken or beef patty, topped with a savoury, robust black pepper sauce between toasted sesame-sprinkled submarine buns.
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        152 24 BJTffllffßrfliT^B BNiHffIiHHH I 1 The original Uzumakl green tea ice cream BflJ ($4) was inspired by BflJ operations director of BflJ Oishi International, BflJ Jacquelyn Ng, who put together soft serve ice I cream with greentea I her favourite beverage. I She also introduced 1 other flavours such
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        MOTOROLA MOTORAZA V3XX MOBILE PHONE
        130 26 Mobile broadband rocks and it's great to see more and more mobile phones sporting High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). Motorola's Motorazr V3xx ($628) gives you HSDPA speeds of up to 3.6Mbps twice as fast as the first few handsets that started to support HSDPA. It
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        CREATIVE XDOCK WIRELESS IPOD DOCK
        116 26 Who would have thought that Creative would one day make accessories for the iPod? Creative's Xdock Wireless ($299) is an iPod dock that "upconverts" your music with its Xtreme Fidelity technology so that it sounds better than CD-quality audio. The dock includes line and optical
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        FUJITSU LIFEBOOK P7230 NOTEBOOK |
        152 26 FUJITSU LIFEBOOK P7230 NOTEBOOK The Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 is an ultra-mobile notebook that's targeted at the jetset minimalist. It's not hard to see why, with features such as a compact 10.6-inch widescreen display and a weight of just 1.33kg. i Despite its size, it manages to pack in a Dual
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        SONY BWU-100A BLU-RAY DISC DRIVE BURNER
        97 26 Sony will release the BWU-100A, its first internal rewritable drive for Blu-ray discs, in September for $1,199. The drive supports up to 50GB for BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs. One 50GB BD-RE disc can store four hours worth of high-definition video in
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      HOW TO GET A HID
      568 26  -  ARIEL TAM TV is so much better when it's high-definition ariel@mediacorp.com.sg HDTV (high-definition television) is finally here and Singapore can now claim bragging rights to being the first country in South-east Asia to offer a commercial HDTV service. Bravo. But before you kiasu patriots storm
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      TWO HDTVS YOU CAN CONSIDER
      127 26 SAMSUNG MOSELF7 The Samsung Mosel series supports 1080p and I sits on the higher end of Samsung's liquid crystal display sets. The F7 series I has a dynamic contrast ratio of 6,000:1 and a brightness setting of 500 cd/m 2. It shines where connectivity is
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      Nokia's new phones: Big on functions ...
      190 26 Nokia's new phones: Big on functions NOKIA'S newest slate of N series phones, the N76 and N93i, makes it easier for you to share content With just a few clicks on these mobile multimedia computers, you can upload your pictures to photo-sharing site Flickr or your videos to blogging service
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        Your memory serves you well
        569 27  -  NAZHARADNAN You can now save high-res video onto memory cards inf otech@newstoday.com.sg SANDISK'S V-Mate is a unique Digital Video Recorder (DVR) that is designed to record high-quality video on portable memory cards. The advantage of this over a hard-disk based DVR is that you can
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        ... and with red-hot looks
        161 27  - and with red-hot looks THIN DIFFERENT: The N76. exterior, Nokia claims the N93i is no minor revamp. It is now equipped with a 2.4-inch main display that's capable of up to 16 million colours (up from its predecessor's 262,000 colours). It has a 3.2-megapixel camera augmented with Carl Zeiss optics
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          NUTRITIOUS FAMILY BREAD
          69 27 Packed with 40 per cent California raisins and rolled oats, the Sunshine Fruit Grain Bread is the newest addition to the Sunshine Bakery range. Made with Sunshine's signature bread recipe, the Sunshine Fruit Grain Bread is a delicious and nutritious loaf the whole family can enjoy. The
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          FINDING NEMO WITH VITAGEN
          108 27 Buy a pack of Vitagen Less Sugar from now till March 18 and enjoy alO per cent discount off tickets to the Disney On Ice performance Finding Nemo (from March 9to 18). Just present your Vitagen Less Sugar on-pack sticker with the packaging at any Sistic
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          PINK GUAVA QUENCHER
          81 27 Juice lovers will enjoy the latest addition to the Marigold Peel Fresh range pink guava juice. Retaining the special sweetness and unique texture of pink guava, the Marigold Peel Fresh Pink Guava Juice is a good source of vitamins A,C and E. The new Marigold Peel Fresh
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          MUSICAL MATTRESS
          81 27 Rest easy while listening to your favourite songs with the new Dunlopillo i-Rock mattress. Just plug your favourite audio device into the mattress's built-in sound system and lie back and relax to the music. The Dunlopillo i-Rock mattress also comes with Dunlopillo's signature Spring System and a layer
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        BEAUTY SALON
        618 28  -  COLIN YONG IN TOKYO —COLIN YONG colin@mediacorp.com.sg IMAGINE rounding up all the brightly painted, highly tuned cars you can find along Orchard Road on a Saturday night and putting them in one place. Multiply the lights, colours and noise by a few thousand, then throw in a plethora
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        2006 CAR SALES BY MANUFACTURER
        66 30 POS MAKE UNIT MARKET SALES SHARE 1 Toyota 22,651 22.9% (-1.5%) 2 Nissan 14,754 14.9% (-1.8%) 3 Honda 10,823 11.0% (+1.1%) 4 Hyundai 10,011 10.1% (-2.6%) 5 Mitsubishi 8,658 8.8% (+2.6%) 6 Kia 5,055 5.1% (-0.3%) 7 Mazda 4,500 4.6% (-0.3%) 8 BMW 3,680 3.7%
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        Toyota holds off rivals
        275 30 Japanese car maker remains most popular brand here despite a drop in market share THE detailed car sales figures from last year are in and they aren't good news for anyone in the automotive industry who doesn't work for Toyota. Despite fielding a range of cars
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        2006 CAR SALES BY CLASS
        382 30 COMPACT CARS 1 Toyota Vios 6,442 2 Hyundai Getz 2,972 3 Hyundai Verna 2,330 The Vios continues to do sterling service for Toyota. Other strong performers in this price-sensitive segment include the Kia Picanto (2,116), Honda Jazz (1,746) and Chevrolet Aveo (1,459). MEDIUM CARS 1
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          CHEVY CHASES SUV MARKET
          88 30 Chevrolet will enter the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) segment in Singapore for the first time come April with this South Koreanbuilt model, the Captiva. A major selling point is the car's ability to accommodate seven. Although prices haven't been confirmed, the Captiva is likelv to under-
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          SWIFT RESPONSE
          121 30 An automatic version of Suzuki's popular Swift Sport will be officially available here by the middle of this year. This model is currently sold only by parallel importers but Suzuki's official distributor Champion Motors plans to launch it by June. The car has a 125bhp 1.6-litre engine and
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          Lock icon PRESSURE WASH DANGER FOR TYRES
          189 30 COLIN YONG Many motorists here prefer their cars to be cleaned by hand wash crews rather than a machine. However, recent tests have shown that there is a potential safety risk involving the equipment used during car washing. High-pressure washers are usually used to rinse
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        New homes easier to buy than resale units
        600 31  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Buyer has to make only a small down payment shobha@media corp.com.sg EVEN as developers gloat all the way to the bank with their new projects continuing to fetch stratospheric prices, a little remarked fact is that it has led to
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        Billion-dollar en bloc sale on East Coast possible, say experts
        580 31  -  JOSEPH YADAO Joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg MORE than 85 per cent of the en bloc transactions for 2005 and 2006 were located in district 1 (Marina Bay), the prime districts of 9,10 and 11, as well as district 15 (Katong), according to
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      833 32 WE KNOW that South Korean pop star Rain is cool but too cool to even smile properly? Well, that's the Rain the media met at Friday's press conference at Mount Faber's Jewel Box. Here in Singapore for his firstever concert, which will be held at the
      PHOTOS WEETECK HIAN; Jeanine Tan jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg  -  833 words
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      519 34 +hink+wice $600 Rain ticket? Buying a castle in Scotland? What makes you truly happy? LAST month, investment bank Goldman Sachs also known as golden sacks made headlines when it revealed that each of its high-fliers will pocket between £3 million ($9.1 million) and £10 million in
      Lionel Seah lioneLseah@mediacorp.com.sg  -  519 words
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      Lock icon BAD BOY VS TOMBOY
      284 34 GRACE YAP MANDO-POP devotees should be prepared to welcome a new addition to the industry. After all, ir just two weeks, the ultimate champion of reality singing competition Project Superstar will be crowned. Witness Lydia Chen Diya and Daren Tan winners of the female anc male
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      Lock icon In the mood for love
      462 34  -  WINSONTEO Actress Rene Liu may be ready for romance, but where the hell is Mr Right? winson@media corp.com.sg LOVE that's simple and pure that's the kind of romance Taiwanese actress Rene Liu hopes to convey through her latest movie, Happy Birthday. It is a piece
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      Lock icon No dancing, no fireworks? No problem!
      400 35 Fans of II Divo were happy to just hear pitch-perfect quartet sing CONCERTREVIEW by Justin Cheong I llDivoUve TO THE 8,000 fans of II Divo at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening, the quartet could do no wrong. Frenchman Sebastian Izambard forgot his
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        JUDGES SAY
        98 36 The Dance Floor panel consists of dance instructor Gladys Tay, choreographer Bill Calhoun, MediaCorp Radio DJ Li-Lin, and stage performer George Chan. Here's a hint of what to expect on the show that debuts this Sunday. If s designed so that it doesn't become a popularity contest. Li-Lin,
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        Get ready to be FLOORED
        511 36  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Dance contest pits old waltzers against teen hip hoppers. Guess who'll come out tops? Julia na.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN The Dance Floor debuts on Sunday night, the question on most people's minds will be: Is dancing as addictive to watch or as fun to
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        Lock icon Season premiere of US TV show 24 raises ire of Muslim group
        240 37 -AFP LOS ANGELES Hit American television show 24 now in its sixth season came under fire from a Muslim group on Thursday, which accused the programme's producers of fuelling anti-Muslim prejudice with its latest storyline. The Council on
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        249 37 Shyamalan explains his take on fluffy film DVDREVIEW by Jeanme Tan FILM: The M Night Shyamalan name has become a brand, but it's not going to be so for much longer if the director continues to make films that don't live up to the hype. To
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        Time
        183 37 DVDREVIEW by Jeanine Tan FILM: Kim Kiduk's Time is less obscure than his previous works, which may render its cautionary message about plastic surgery more powerful. The film does bear Kim's trademarks of bizarre scenarios though: Seh-hee (Park Ji-yeon) is a woman paranoid that her boyfriend Ji-woo (Ha Jung-woo)
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      589 33 want to be fit and look good k like my favourite sports star J- Have paiil in my Knee tnat Have you tried every method you know of to lose weight and is stopping me from running W 1 stillcan' tfitintoyourfavouritedothes? Are your past injuries preventing you from living life
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      98 35 SUDOKU Our tough-level weekend treat for the die-hard Sudoku junkie 1816 I 13 121 6_ 3_ 5_ A_ _5_ ±B_3__ 7_ _2_9_jl 6__ 5_ 4_ 9_ 2^ hi I BT~2]y FRIDAY'S SOLUTION: 1 *****19 ***** 6| HOW TO PLAY: 9741 ***** The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so
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      1278 38 M=ouxcorp SATURDAY CHANNEL JJ 1030 L at; s rdo7ZS ouse CHANNEL I HIGHLIGHTS (TVPremiere) ***** LAWS OF ATTRACTION 6.00AM The Ellen DeGeneres 12.30AM When Hidden Cameras 6.00AM The Explorer 1624 I /TV Pre>mie>re^ Show 111 Attack *****06 6.30 Famous Chinese p V riei I neie; Dolly Parton/Dancing 1.00 Saturday Late
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      1266 39 SUNDAY m=du\corp I CHANNEL JJ 10° —;r CHANNEL 2.00 Manhunt:The Search Arts Central 9pm I 6.00AM The Ellen DeGeneres For America's Most 6.00AM Secret China II 1624 Show 111 Gorgeous Male Model 6.30 In Search of Medical Marcia Cross/Rosie Bent But Not Broken Breakthrough 6315 PerezB36B6 *****38 7.00 Springs of
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      493 40 YOUR KAHEAD by Wanda Perry ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 23) H Friends hold the key to pleasant encounters Be prepared for whatever comes under the or positive interactions. Let your guard down 9 guise of the unexpected. Take a chance on and allow yourself to
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      152 40 EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444 Society for The
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      519 41 Constant fiddling with your PDA or iPod could be stressful on your fingers STEP away from your Blackßerry. Your thumbs could be in danger. Hours of typing on tiny keyboards are not what evolution had in mind for your thumbs, even if the
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      183 42 WEATHERTODAY I Amsterdam 10/12C rainy Los Angeles 6/18C fair c Auckland 16/23C fair Manila 23/31C partly cloudy OlflgapOre Bali 25/30C rainy Melbourne 23/34C thunderstorm 24/33C BSBegawan 25/31C thunderstorm New Delhi 8/22C partly cloudy Bangkok 21/35C partly cloudy New York 0/4C snow artlyuouay Bangalore 17/31C partly cloudy Paris 12/15C rainy showers
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      Lock icon Murchison comes back for NZ race
      196 43 lAN DE COTTA AFTER missing the Indonesia leg of the Al Grand Prix more than a month ago because of a back injury, Singapore's Christian Murchison returns for the New Zealand leg in Tapau this weekend. Murchison had been out for two months his
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      Lock icon Remaining S'poreans ousted
      112 43 —TANYOHINN SINGAPOREANS Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia are out of the US$2OO,OOO ($307,431) Proton Malaysia Open 2007 badminton championships (Jan 16-21). At the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium on Friday night, the Singaporean pair, ranked No 11 in the world, went down 21-18, 21-17 to Indonesia's Gresya Polii
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      Lock icon Man on a mission
      689 43  -  JOSE RAYMOND SAFFC defender Hafiz Osman is living a dream as he awaits KLdate jose@mediacorp.com.sg FIVE years ago, an 18-year-old teenager sat on the wooden stands of the National Stadium, almost in tears. Just another face among the 45,000 crowd, Hafiz Osman had just witnessed his
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