Today, 10 February 2007

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    15 1 weekendTODAY //\=DJj\LORP February 10-11, 2007 mica(p)3ii/io/2006 share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Flat-buyers will see less red, more green, says Mah
    538 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is re-examining its Walk-In Selection (WIS) scheme in light of the long queues that formed recently for such exercises. While this will hearten flat-buyers, residents at older estates will also
    ARTIST'S IMPRESSION COURTESY OF HDB  -  538 words
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    Lock icon STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS
    1028 1  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT Some First Ladies are seeking their own place in the sun. Is Asia ready for this? fawziah@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a man who best described the traditional role of a Prime Minister's spouse. "Always present, never there" was how Mr Denis Thatcher summed up
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      45 1 Even when I got married, I never thought __E_^__ _pw* NEIL HUMPHREYS MEETS 'GOD' And he's a middle-aged man who looks like a science professor lUJ WH?CH PLAYS CUPID Wantto make your partner happy? Here's whatto buy this Valentine's WIA NINETYMINUTES-CLOCK'S TICKING FOR MCCLAREN m%
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      Lock icon EACH HER OWN WOMAN
      286 2 WU SHU-CHEN Taiwan's most controversial First Lady to date is also the first to be indicted on criminal charges. Once admired for campaigning for her husband despite being wheelchairbound. President Chen Shui-bian's wife now stands accused of forging documents and embezzling funds from her husband's expense
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      Lock icon Use less sand for a more solid ground
      436 3  -  LEE U-WEN LEONGWEEKEAT Builders use construction methods minimising sand use _i-wen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE is enjoying a steady stream of sand supplies from overseas, and while prices may be higher due to the ongoing Indonesian ban on sand exports, costs are at a "manageable
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      Lock icon Israeli works near Islamic site spark riot
      359 3 -AFP JERUSALEM Palestinians stoned Israeli police who retaliated with stun grenades and rubber bullets in Jerusalem on Friday, leaving at least 35 people wounded in clashes over public repair works near the most hotly-contested religious site in the Holy Land. At least 15
      -AFP; AFP  -  359 words
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      Lock icon She lived and died like Marilyn Monroe
      786 3 -AGENCIES HOLLYWOOD, Florida As a former Playboy playmate, jeans model, widow of an octogenarian oil tycoon and reality TV star, Ms Anna Nicole Smith's life played out like an extraordinary tabloid tale. And it appears her death will, too. An emergency hearing was
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      Heat on who is liable for NKF claims and damages
      380 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD a bad day in court on Thursday, when former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong was saddled with the main responsibility for settling the organisation's claims. Now, he enters the next phase of the
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      Lock icon Charities in line for chop
      668 4  -  JASMINE YIN Two groups may lose their status once Commissioner's new powers kick in on March 1 jasmine@media corp.com.sg AT LEAST three charitable groups may get the chop after the Commissioner of Charities office gets more teeth on March 1, when the recently passed Charities
      ERNESTCHUA  -  668 words
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      A House of sand, speculation and security issues
      281 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg A LIVELY debate on the Indonesian ban on sand exports is expected to kick off the second Parliament sitting of the new year, when the House meets again on Monday. Other key issues tabled by 28 Members of
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      Lock icon Back in the reckoning
      455 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG Two schools claim top honours after years in the shadows cheekong@media corp. com. sg SEEN as one of the more established neighbourhood schools, Anderson Secondary was expected to star on the honours roll last year, after the top schools started their integrated programmes
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      Lock icon COMEBACK KIDS
      284 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG Once mired in lives of drugs and crime, former delinquents Mr Prem Muniandy (picture, on right), 21, and Ms Dawn Lam (picture), 19, capped a remarkable turnaround when they clinched four distinctions each in their O-level examinations. The pair, both private candidates, are the latest
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        GIVE YOUR BUDGET FEEDBACK ONLINE NEXT FRIDAY
        78 6 Let the Government know what you think of its Budget 2007, one day after it is unveiled. Feedback body Reach will hold its first e-Townhall meet next Friday, from spm to 6pm. Members of the public can engage Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister
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        STUDENT BOMB-MAKERS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS'PROBATION
        130 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Even as their classmates were collecting their O-level results on Friday, two 17-year-olds were in court being sentenced to 18 months probation for setting off a bomb made with sparklers. As one of the conditions for probation, Muhammad Firdaus Mahat and
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        Lock icon WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OFFICE DOUBLES CHECKS ON VENDORS
        80 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA To ensure Lunar New Year shoppers get their moneys worth for that kilogramme of meat or vegetables, officers from Spring Singapore's Weights and Measures Office are doubling the number of spot-checks on stall holders to ensure that weighing scales are
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        PROGRESS MADE IN SINGAPOREINDONESIA ECONOMIC COOPERATION
        59 6 Ministers from Singapore and Indonesia held their fourth Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting on economic cooperation in Batam, Bintan and Karimun on Friday. The JSC noted the progress made and the need to continue focusing on the action plans in areas such as capability
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        RETAILERS MEET NETS EXECUTIVES OVER TRANSACTION FEE HIKE
        100 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH Retailers unhappy with an impending hike in Nets transaction fees met with the company's executives on Friday, with both sides agreeing to seek an "amicable solution". In a statement after its meeting with the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
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      A closer look at health, literally, gets A * Star grant
      246 8  - A closer look at health, literally, gets A Star grant TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp. com. sg THE eyes are not just the window to one's soul, but also the microscope to the heart's well-being. A Singapore-Australia research collaboration is compiling a database of retinal and other eye images so
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      What Fire Pig year has in store
      733 8  -  TOR CHING Ll Fire and water elements will influence main events chingli@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE may have to host a Tiger Woods golf tournament to safeguard its water supply hogwash for many, but for those who believe in the ways of geomancy,
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      Tiger to go domestic in Oz by year-end
      243 8  -  —TORCHING Ll TIGER Airways will be prowling the skies across the Australian Outback by the year's end, if all goes according to plan. The budget airline announced Friday that it has lodged applications with the Foreign Investment Review Board and the Civil
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      154 5 THEY'LL TELL YOU TO KNOW YOUR LIMITS. WE SAY LIMITS ARE THERE TO BE BROKEN. THAT'S THEWFERENCE BETWEEN THEM N'US. Designed and built by NUS engineering students, Centennial It's All nationalities with either a Diploma from a Polytechnic ranking of No.l in Asia at the 2006 Formula Society of Automotive
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      37 8 LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "But the gOOCI man walks along in the ever-brightening; light at God's favor the dawn gives way to morning SplendOr." The Bible- Proverbs4:lB Speaker Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim Come <& be blessed! I
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      Lock icon Jakarta gets a spraying
      371 10 —AGENCIES Authorities to disinfect capital, as floods recede and disease fears grow JAKARTA Indonesian authorities have said they would spray the flood-hit capital, Jakarta, with disinfectant to prevent the spread of disease, as tens of thousands of people remained camped out in shelters or under bridges
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      Lock icon Another blow for Thaksin's party
      210 10 —AFP BANGKOK The once-powerful party of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suffered another blow on Friday after 30 former-lawmakers resigned. The lawmakers represented the impoverished Issan region of northeastern Thailand, a key base of support for the deposed billionaire premier, who styled himself as
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        Lock icon ANOTHER CONVERSION CONTROVERSY
        84 10 -AFP Two ethnic Indian siblings in Malaysia, who claim they are Hindus, are battling to change the religion on their birth certificates. Mr S Jeevanathan, 22, and his sister S Maneemegalay, 21, were certified as Muslims after their father converted from Hinduism to Islam before they were
        -AFP  -  84 words
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        CHEONG MOVED CLOSER TO HOME
        86 10 Veteran Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong -who used to write for Singapore newspaper The Straits Times and was jailed in China for spying for Taiwan has been transferred to a prison closer to home to serve his fiveyear sentence, said his wife Ms Mary Lav.
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        Lock icon HIGH-PROFILE PRISONERS PARDONED
        90 10 -AGENCIES South Korea announced an amnesty on Friday for 434 politicians and businessmen. Among those to be pardoned are Park Yong Sung, a suspended member of the International Olympic Committee and former chairman of the Doosan Group, who was convicted last year of embezzling millions of dollars,
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      Lock icon China's pharmaceutical trade under fire
      194 10 -AFP BEIJING China on Friday pledged to clamp down on its pharmaceutical industry after deaths due to shoddy medicines and a string of scandals, including the sacking of the country's top drug safety official for alleged corruption. The State Food and Drug Administration vowed to
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      Lock icon Airlines seek explanation on move
      326 10 BANGKOK An association of airlines in Thailand wants government officials to explain how they plan to simultaneously run Bangkok's two international airports before it recommends that its members use the older Don Muang airport, The Nation reported on Friday. Suvarnabhumi Airport has been beset with
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      Lock icon N Korea ready to compromise?
      443 12 -AFP Pyongyang would freeze nuclear activities says draft accord, but envoys cautious BEIJING North Korea said on Friday it was ready to compromise as envoys from six nations worked on a draft accord that could see the regime taking the first key steps to ending
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      Lock icon Branson, Gore team up to fight global warming
      190 12 -AFP LONDON British billionaire and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson on Friday launched what he called the world's biggest prize to inspire innovators to develop ways to cut greenhouse gases. Mr Branson announced the £10 million ($3O million) Earth Challenge prize at a
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      Lock icon Britain charges suspects in plot to kidnap soldier
      283 14 AFP LONDON British prosecutors on Friday charged a Muslim suspect over an alleged terrorist plot to kidnap and kill a member of the armed forces, while accusing four others of helping equip and fund the plan. The charges, the first official confirmation
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      Lock icon Palestinians clinch deal
      303 14 -AFP Hamas, Fatah unity government agreement aims to end bloody rivalry and win Western aid GAZA CITY Radical Palestinian faction Hamas on Friday said it will not recognise Israel despite a powersharing agreement brokered with President Mahmud Abbas in Saudi Arabia. "The position of Hamas is well-known:
      -AFP; EPA  -  303 words
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      Lock icon Man claiming to be UK letter bomber arrested
      228 14 AGENCIES LONDON A British man who phoned a radio station to say he was responsible for planting a letter bomb was detained as mentally ill, police said. Seven letter bombs have been received at companies in the United Kingdom in the last
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      Whale on your plate? Tell AVA
      237 16  -  GOHSHIHYONG Letter from Assistant Director, Corporate Communications, for Chief Executive Officer, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), Ministry of National Development I REFER to the letter, "Whale on our plates how?" (Feb 7) by Ms Wee Leng Leng. We thank Ms Wee for her feedback.
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      MEETING A GOD
      799 16  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS DOWN UNDER WITH MY WIFE has no time for famous people. She laughs at the cult of modern celebrity and believes that anyone who slathers over a superstar is a deeply sad individual who needs to get out more. If Brad Pitt were to strip
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      New Year thoughts for little old ladies and those less fortunate
      175 16  -  LIMWEETECK Letter from I WAS walking along Amoy Street today when I saw a frail-looking old woman pushing a cart, which she used to collect paper cartons, along the road. What was shocking was that she was walking against
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      Lock icon isay SINGAPORE GIRL, A WOMAN OUT OF TIME
      666 18 CONSTANCE SINGAM THE rongeng was a local dance form, especially popular around 50 to 60 years ago. In this dance, couples indulge in swinging in a back and forth movement without ever making physical contact It is a very stylised and elegant
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        DOUBLE THE GOODNESS
        73 20 The Chinese believe that all good things come in pairs and this is especially so with the Double Prosperity Lexus twin pack from Munchy's. Receive two packs of Heinz Chicken broth when you purchase the twin packs, available in cheese and chocolate flavours.You also stand a chance
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        SWEET TREATS
        88 20 I End your Chinese New Year feast on a sweet note with King's Mini Mochi CNY pack.These yummy glutinous rice cakes are filled with ice cream available in chocolate, strawberry and mint and a soft chocolate centre. Each festive pack comes with a free pack of red packets
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        CHEERS TO GOOD HEALTH
        118 20 I Share the joys of good health this festive season with these special offers from Eu Van Sang.You can enjoy al5 per cent discount on Eu Van Sang's range of raw ginseng, raw bird's nest, bottled bird's nest and herbal jelly range.VlP members are entitled to
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        BACK BUDDY
        55 20 Get your posture right and keep back aches at bay with the range of Korean Dualstar chairs from v.Hive.The chairs are specially designed to adapt to the contour of the back, providing relief from stress and offering support for the back muscles. The Dualstar Chairs, priced from $355,
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      Going green makes dollars and sense
      322 20  -  HARVINDER SINGH Would tourists visit Spore if our skies were always grey? Letter from I WOULD like to thank Amina Majeed Santos Lucas for her excellent suggestion, asking the government to encourage taxi and bus companies to turn to hybrid or compressed natural gas
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      Fighting climate change begins at home
      267 20  -  MARYANNE MAES Letter from WITH most Singaporeans oblivious to environmental concerns, I was especially heartened by Ms Chia Ye Hui's letter on her school's campaign against styrofoam boxes ("Green teens do their bit", Feb 8). It has also been very encouraging to see more
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      77 17 ™s PUB thanks the following for their support _^^^^_k Alexandra Hospital Building and Construction Authority Capita Land Far East Organization Housing and Development Board Mm m k JTC Corporation Land Transport Authority Ministry of Education National Environment Agency National Parks Board **\s3 I __F People's Association Singapore Environment Council Singapore
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      Govt agencies need to change...
      555 22  -  GRACIA CHIANG Ace official suggests, after a fall in start-up activity here lastyear gracia@mediacorp.com.sg AGENCIES such as the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring) Singapore, the Economic Development Board (EDB) and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore need to re-look their roles if Singapore wants to address
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      What will local banks do with the surplus capital?
      408 22 SHAREHOLDERS of local banks might receive higher regular dividends from the lenders, said some analysts, after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Singapore-incorporated banks could reduce the amount of capital they keep to protect against defaults. On Thursday, the
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      143 22 DOW JONES BLOOMBERG Conglomerate Fraser and Neave said that its first-quarter net profit rose 14 per cent year-on-year to $77.5 million, from $67.7 million a year earlier, on improved performances in the group's three core businesses of food and beverage, property, and publishing and printing. Revenue in the quarter
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        107 22 DOW JONES SHARE prices finished almost unchanged on Friday as more flexible rules for banks boosted financial stocks. The benchmark ST Index (STI) rose 3.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3,220.9. In the broad market, losers led gainers 438 to 293 while 2.37 billion shares worth $2.45 billion
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        Lock icon World markets
        58 22 SGX...................... Bloomberg Nikkei 225 *****.33 +211.85 +1.23 HK Hang Seng *****.00 -57.30 -0.28 Australia ASX2OO 5027.20 +27.70 +0.47 Korea Camp 1427.08 +4.10 +0.20 Thailand SET 005.27 +3.00 +0.58 Jakarta Cnmp 1740.31 -11.00 -0.03 Phils Cnmp 3245.81 +40.73 +1.50 Shenzhen B 408.57 -2.53 -0.51 Mumbai Sensex *****.00 -113.10 -0.77
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        Commodities
        20 22 Gold US$/oz 662.80 Silver US$/oz 13.77 Platinum US$/oz 1,198.30 Rubbat cents/kg 362.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,891.00 Btant USS/barrel 58.25
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        Your S$1 buys
        28 22 USS 0.6525 Rupiah 5905.2 UK£ 0.3347 Baht 22.177 Yen 79.092 Peso 31.515 HKS 5.0989 AS 0.8376 RM 2.2797 Indian Rs 28.759 Euro 0.5017 Yuan 5.0586
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        Lock icon SIA posts record profit on higher traffic
        459 24 BLOOMBERG The airline's net income rose 48 per cent in third quarter SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), the world's largest carrier by market value, reported record third-quarter profit after it carried more passengers and gained from the sale of its stake in a leasing unit
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        Gaming gets serious with DigiPen campus coming up here
        348 24  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedi.man@media corp. com. sg WANT to earn up to US$5O,OOO ($76,000) developing games? That is how much graduates in the United States from the DigiPen Institute of Technology earn after being recruited by major gaming studios such as Electronic
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        OCBC offers more transparency with new home loan
        166 24 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) is the latest bank here to introduce a home loan that is tied to the Singapore dollar Swap Offer Rate (SOR). With this loan, property buyers can opt to peg their interest rates to any one of three
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        591 26  - Plan for your retirement now CHOW PENN NEE Insurance body wants young adults to think about money for their old age pennnee@media corp. com. sg THE Life Insurance Association (LIA), which in recent times has articulated that Singaporeans are not planning adequately for retirement, will make a strong effort next
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      753 27  -  Pearlyn Tham Choose carefully —your Valentines Day gift could makeor breakyour relationship CITYSTYLE with I pearlyn®meaiacor h Worffign LOOKING back at past experiences may not always be a good thing but since my horoscope for the week says that I should, here's one: I once received
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      210 27 "ADVENTUROUS" and "international" are two words fashion-lovers should remember this season, according to Fox. The fashion label's Fox Men SpringSummer 2007 collection is inspired by the lifestyle of an East Village man seeking adventure around the world. This season, Fox Men plays with minimalist
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        474 28 TO HAVE TO HOLD ■Bra S-M-J-Bi-i HiiHai mAmJk\WkW,^k\\WltMammlsM fSim MUSIC TO THE EARS And you thought Raoul only did shirts. For that special someone who's mad about music, one of these Raoul leather iPod cases ($69 each) will certainly become the Apple of his or her eye. I INNER BEAUTIES
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        246 28  -  -SHERMAINEWONG STRESSED because you haven't found time to do your Lunar New Year shopping? Fret no more Tampines Mall is coming to the rescue with a one-off late night shopping session on Saturday, from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. And, not
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        295 29  -  Eveline Gan If you haven't made a reservation for that all-important Valentine's Day dinner, here are three places to consider, depending on how much you're willing to spend. By.............. (eveline@mediacorp.com.sg) Who doesn't like a little pampering on Valentine's Day? If you have the cash
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        123 29 PRESTAT CHOCOLATE-COVERED FRUIT JELLIES $58 for a box of 15, from Prestat, Raffles City Shopping Centre, #01-39A So she tells you Valentine's Day is overrated, and that it's silly to spend a bomb on overpriced flowers, gifts and dinner. Our advice: Don't! Believe! It! Even if it's just
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        301 29 YHINGTHAI PLACE 36 Purvis Street #01-01 (Tel: 6339 2520) Opens from 11.30 am to 2pm; 6pm to 10pm, daily (except on the first day of Chinese New Year, and lunchtime on the second day) You are not loaded, but neither are you a cheapskate who'd take your date
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        256 30  - mOSGS 11 IT! tOdflVwith moseslim _iewstoday.com.sg THE NEPTUNE The Neptune, which was at once a theatre, restaurant and nightclub, spoke volumes about the founderambition, not to mention the societal and culinary trends of its time. However, its magnificence and glory notwithstanding, The Neptune has after 34 years in business and
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        328 30 EAST COAST LAGOON FOOD VILLAGE 1220 East Coast Parkway A Gucci-loving colleague recoiled when I told her I was going to feature a hawker centre for this story. "Who would take a date there on Valentine's Day?" she said, horrified at the thought But surely, it's worse to
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        103 30  -  EVELINE GAN SAY IT WITH PIZZA HEART Express your love with Pizza Hut's latest offering a cute heartshaped Loveberry pizza. Baked on a tangy lime-infused mayonnaise sauce base, the Loveberry pan pizza is topped with pieces of succulent chicken ham and roasted chicken. Juicy pineapple bits, diced tomatoes and
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        196 31  -  -SHERMAINEWONG LOUNGEING by the beach without a care in the world is bliss especially with a huge scoop of Movenpick ice cream in hand. Like an oasis in a desert, the five-month-old standalone Movenpick of Switzerland ice cream kiosk
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      1137 32 IT'S good old Valentine's Day on Wednesday. Contrary to what some believe, girls don't only like flowers and diamonds. In addition to flowers and diamonds, some of us fancy gifts of the electronic kind. No, no, we're not talking about toasters and irons. ARIEL JAM (ariel@mediacorp.com.sg)
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          77 33 LG's L 53 Series is a line of LCD monitors that boasts a high contrast ratio of 2,000:1 and a native resolution of 1,280x1,024. The L1753S (17-inch, $299) and L1953S (19-inch, $349) share the same features a normal aspect ratio and response times ot oms. The
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          129 33 The 02 Graphite ($798) is a souped-up 3G candybar smartphone. It is powered by an Intel Xscale processor running at 416MHz and runs on Windows Mobile 5.0. For built-in memory, it has 128MB of Flash ROM and 64MB of RAM. Storage expansion comes in the form
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        386 33 Small wonder, anyone Dopod'sU 1000, the world's first 3.5G mini notebook, packs a lot of punch in its tiny body DOPOD has unveiled the world's first 3.5G mini notebook the UlOOO, which combines wireless Internet, mobile phone, a 3megapixel camera (with auto-focus and flash) and global positioning system (GPS) navigation
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        340 33 Chinese New Year is the perfect time to toss out the old stuff to make room for brand new things. We showyou a list of luxe items you can buy with $800 Light up ntroduce the older folks to the wonders of aromatherapy with this chic, Asianinspired tea-scented
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        965 34  -  COLIN YONG IN LAS VEGAS colin@media corp. com. sg I MUST admit I was a bit apprehensive when the hulking, bearded American pulled up alongside in his pick-up and signalled that he wanted to have a word. What if he was toting a gun? Scenes from CSI: Las
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        412 36 A conventional six-speed auto transforms Maserati's latest luxury saloon KEVIN CHENG news@newstoday.com.sg DRIVING a BMW 7 Series or MercedesBenz S-Class is just the thing to announce to the world that you happen to be a "Somebody". Trouble is, it also says that you're "Somebody" not very interesting. Enter
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        353 36  -  COLIN YONG CARS that run on hydrogen and emit nothing but water vapour from their exhaust pipes are still a couple of decades away from mass production. This is according to Dr Michael Ganal (picture), member of BMW's board of management. BMW last year
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        249 36  -  NICKSYN THE European Commission (EC) has dropped a bombshell on the automobile industry by proposing major cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars. The proposal aims to reduce the CO2 emissions of all cars sold within the European Union from the 2005 average of about 160
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          93 36 Yet another family-friendly Sports Utility Vehicle has hit town, this time courtesy of Mercedes-Benz. The American-made GL-Class is slightly shorter than an S-Class saloon but it has seven seats in three rows. Only one model, the GL 450 with a 340bhp 4.7-litre engine, will be sold here.
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          113 36 Volvo's new V7O estate, which makes its world premiere at next month's Geneva Motor Show, will arrive in Singapore by the end of this year. The Swedish automaker promises that the car will be better to drive and even safer than its highlyregarded predecessor. It's
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          92 36  -  -COLIN YONG Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and off-roaders are twice as likely to turn turtle in crashes compared to cars, a study conducted by the Transport Research Laboratory in the UK has found. "The increases in rollover incidence, and in injury severity, are found to affect SUVs
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        167 37  -  JOSEPH YADAO ANOTHER prime development is set to go under the hammer. Savills Singapore has announced that Hillcourt Apartments is available for collective sale through an "Expression of Interest". The 35-year-old freehold development at 38 Cairnhill Road has a plot area of 76,059 sq
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        297 37  - 85 booked in first two days JOSEPH YADAO Early birds snap up high-end property Cuscaden Royale joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg THE early birds continue to snap up high-end properties Hiap Hoe Limited announced that over 85 per cent of the apartments in its luxury development Cuscaden Royale (picture) have been booked following Thursday's
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        453 37 Living Innovations By Philips The Philips Prestigo makes controlling your home entertainment system a simple, stylish affair OU'VE just finished watching American 10l on TV, and you want to watch that 'piderman DVD you just bought. Instinctively, you reach for the remote control.
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      162 29 Celebrate Valentines 'Z^aif at Swissotel Merchant Court Veiled in the glamour of sweet romance, Swissotel Merchant Court seduces with a variety of 7_7,_ wine and dine options on 13 14 Feb. Discover a state of culinary lust over 5-course candlelit dinners m complete with champagne and wine at Blue Potato
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      351 31 TOSS UP YOUR PROSPERITY ATTHE RIVER VIEW 'Yu Sheng' Set Men^^ 'Celebration' Buffet lFeb-4 Mar '07 lFeb-3 Mar '07 'Lot Hel' for good luck the whole Celebrate the joys of spring with family year round. All set menus include and friends. Feast on a spread of a dish of 'Yu
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      892 38  -  Jeanine Tan Pop icon and married singer Sally Yeh, who performs in a Valentine's Day-themed concert on Saturday, puts those gigolo rumours to rest jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg IRONICALLY enough for someone whose celebrity marriage has been sullied by gossip in the press, Sally Yeh isn't averse to
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      519 40  - LIFE DEATH ON THE FIELD David Fuhrmann-Lim +hink+w_ce davidfl-3mediacorp.com.sg Football should never be about death, but try explaining that to the crazy fans ALL Italian football came to a halt last week when it was revealed that Real Madrid's Ronaldo was declared fit enough to join AC Milan on a
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      478 40 -AFP Mary J Blige could be big Grammy winner with softer, more upbeat album LOS ANGELES Hip-hop diva Mary J Blige is expected to dominate when pop music's most prestigious awards show, the Grammys, is held on Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time) in Los Angeles. The 38-year-old
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      360 40  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana. rasul@mediaco.p. com. sg THE veterans made a valiant attempt, but in the end they were trumped by ballroom dancers four decades younger. Vasily Chuply, 17, and Priscilla Kwa, 18, outperformed seniors Fascination who also did a
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      185 41 RECORD OF THE YEAR Be Without You, Mary J Blige You're Beautiful, James Blunt Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks Crazy, Gnarls Barkley Put Your Records On, Corinne Bailey Rae ALBUM OF THE YEAR Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks St Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley Continuum, John
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      351 41  -  WINSONTEO winson@media corp. com. sg WHEN Taiwanese singer Alan Luo Chi Hsiang was in Singapore in 2004 to promote his debut album, hardly anyone knew who he was. "I shopped at the malls near my hotel for a good half-day,"
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        111 41 -AGENCIES Don't look for Kazakhstan's best-known reporter to return anytime soon. Reports that a follow-up to the comedy hit Borat'is in the pipeline are premature, according to a spokesman from 20th Century Fox, which released the hit film. "We're eager to work
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        102 41 -AFP Christie's of London on Friday auctioned a Francis Bacon painting that belonged to Sophia Loren for the record price of 14.2 million pounds ($42.9 million). Study for a Portrait II (picture), painted in 1956 by the Anglo-Irish artist and part of the series inspired
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        90 41 To help mark the anniversary celebrations of two World War II museums Reflections at Bukit Chandu and Memories at Old Ford Factory the Asian Film Archive will hold a free outdoor screening of the classic war film Sarjan Hassan (Sergeant Hassan) on Saturday
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          81 42 This year's Pesta Perdana awards gives a nod to the golden era of Malay films in the 50s and 60s by honouring comedian Wahid Satay with its inaugural Perdana Emas lifetime achievement award. Wahid who starred in films such as Pontianak with screen siren Maria Menado,
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          155 42 With Phua Chu Kang poised to wave goodbye on Sunday Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd was the subject of the Weekend Today cover story "Is there laugh after PCX?" last weekend his creators are also owed credit for coming up with this iconic character.
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        358 42  -  AMELYNN LIONG Bandmates' bundle of joy won't slow Serenaide Plus@newstoday.com.sg BAND rehearsals may have taken a backseat to childcare recently for two members of indie pop outfit Serenaide, but that hasn't kept the Singaporean sextet from continuing to indulge their passion for music. Made up of vocalist
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          234 43  -  Jeanine Tan DVDREVIEW by................. FILM: Highly acclaimed hor-ror-comedy The Host is a smart monster movie, but for audience members unfamiliar with Korean culture, there are going to be injokes that go right over their heads. For example, there's a scene where a family goes hysterical with grief at
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          272 43  -  Zul Othman DVDREVIEW by................. FILM: It must be frustrating being a fan of The Cure, the iconic English outfit that conjured some stellar harmonies in their 30-year career and helped popularise the Goth movement among angst-ridden teenagers. However, innovations in the video department aren't exactly their strong
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        659 47 MCT Persistently negative about work? You could be suffering from burnout WASHINGTON —Your job is a drag and your coworkers are baboons. Ever considered that you might be the one with the problem? Work burnout that persistent, nagging feeling that you loathe the hours between 9am
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        212 47 MCT I Prevention is key Tend to your spirit, stay i physically fit, nave a life outside of work, get plenty of rest and avoid alcohol and drugs. Exercise also helps ease tension and keeps the body and mind happier. Relax daily Dr Shelton starts
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      594 48 -DPA MADRID The fans of troubled Spanish giants Real Madrid are desperate for a new coach and the man at the top of their "wish list" is Bernd Schuster. That is the indication after an online opinion poll conducted by the digital version of
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      215 48 BEIJING China has sent home seven members of its Olympic football team after a mass brawl with Queens Park Rangers players forced a friendly match in London to be abandoned, officials said on Friday. The Chinese Football Association said the seven under-23 players would travel
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        100 48 The European football governing body said Friday that referees have been instructed to clamp down on player protests and cheating in the forthcoming rounds of the Champions League and Uefa Cup. Players who mob the referee, and not only the initial offender, will be sanctioned, as well
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        66 48 Prosecutors in Rome asked judges Friday to indict former Juventus director Luciano Moggi (picture) and the son of former Italy coach Marcello Lippi, in connection with an investigation into irregularities in the Italian football transfer market. Moggi, Davide Lippi and six others are accused of running
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        104 48 New Uefa chief Michel Platini (picture) is against playing football matches behind closed doors. The Italian interior ministry on Thursday ordered five Serie A weekend games to be played behind closed doors because they did not meet security norms. The move followed the death of a policeman
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        87 48 Former Test star turned television commentator lan Healy was forced to apologise Friday for making an insensitive gesture as Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds spoke about breast cancer. Healy, who earned 119 Test caps as Australian wicketkeeper, pretended he was playing a violin as Symonds explained in the
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      594 49 —AP Title could be at stake, as Irish favourites are dealt O'Driscoll hammer blow SIX NATIONS RUGBY Ireland v France DUBLIN More than two months of hype finally ends Sunday when Ireland and France kick off in the historic setting of Croke Park in
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      355 49 —AFP NEW DELHI The alleged bookmaker with links to West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels said on Friday he was ready to be investigated because he had done nothing wrong. Mukesh Kochar, speaking by phone to several Indian television stations, denied he was
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      177 49 —AFP KARACHI Pakistan's decision to drugtest their entire World Cup squad could end in life bans for Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, who recently won doping reprieves, an expert warned on Friday. Danish Zaheer, vice president of the Asian Federation of Sports Medicine, said the two bowlers could
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      627 50  -  CUBBYLEONG Sports School's pioneer batch does the institution proud in 0 levels cubby@mediacorp.com.sg AT LAST December's Asian Games in Doha, Singapore bagged a record haul of 8 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze medals. Among the gold medallists were two students sailor Sherman Cheng and
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      235 50  -  CUBBYLEONG BASED on her PSLE trial score in 2002, Cheryl Lim (picture) was not expected to qualify for admission into a junior college. The long jump and triple jump specialist at the Singapore Sports School, however, surpassed expectations when she amassed an aggregate score of 15,
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      349 50  -  DARREN LAI darren@media corp.com.sg THEY have already secured eighth place and the final playoff spot, so the Singapore Slingers could be forgiven for taking things a little easy in their final 2006/07 Philips NBL Championship regular season game on Sunday against the
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      500 52 —AFP Ferdinand and Vidic spearheading Devils'title challenge at the back ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United v Charlton MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson has billed defensive duo Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic as the rock on which Manchester United's title challenge is being built, ahead of Saturday's Old Trafford
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      167 52 -AFP LONDON—Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze (picture) insists he is still happy at Manchester United despite struggling to fight his way back into the team. The 28-year-old missed virtually all of last season after rupturing cruciate ligaments in a Champions League tie against Villarreal. Although
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      402 52 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Middlesbrough LONDON They are determined to at the very least maintain the current gap to leaders Manchester United at six points, but there will be extra incentive for Chelsea to beat Middlesbrough on Saturday. Revenge will
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      529 53 -AFP Magpies in firing line as visitors are psyched up after successful takeover ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle v Liverpool NEWCASTLE No team would have wanted to draw Liverpool this week. Days after "feel-good" winds blew in from America to soothe Anfield, as US businessmen George
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      176 53 MADRID Tenerife's rising star Iriome Gonzalez is refusing to let his head be turned by talk of interest from Liverpool. Reports in both Spain and England claim Liverpool boss Rata Benitez has been alerted to the talents of the teenage winger. It is believed that Benitez sent
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      256 53 DPA LAUSANNE Feyenoord Rotterdam's expulsion from this season's Uefa Cup was confirmed Friday, after the Dutch club lost their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Feyenoord, who were due to play Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 32 over two legs
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      549 54 LONDON AC Milan are set to beat Chelsea to sign Ronaldinho this summer. According to The Sun on Friday, the Italian giants are lining up a world record bid for the Barcelona ace. And it is understood that the Brazilian,
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      834 54 —THE GUARDIAN A loss in the Tel Aviv cauldron next month would surely spell the end for England's coach LONDON After just seven fixtures in charge Steve McClaren faces a game in Israel on March 24 that could do grave harm to both England's hopes of reaching Euro
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      429 54 -AFP MANCHESTER Steven Gerrard has acknowledged that England face an uphill battle to get the country back behind the team in the wake of the 1-0 friendly defeat by Spain that extended the winless streak of Steve McClaren's
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