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Title Section15 2007-03-31 1 weekendTODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 March 31 -April 1, 2007 todayonline.com /A=DJJ\CORP we set you thinking15 words
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Article, Illustration1616 2007-03-31 1 JASMINE YIN; GRACIA CHIANG - JASMINE YIN GRACIA CHIANG Some say the allowances given to those on public assistance are too small. Others say charities should step in. So, who's right? AND jasmine@mediacorp.com.sg THE Central Business District skyline was glittering under the mid-day sun. But from the void deckWEETECK HIAN; PHOTOS BYWEETECK HIAN - 1,616 words
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553 2007-03-31 1 lAN DE COTTA - lAN DE COTTA ian@media corp.com.sg IT LOOKS as if Singapore will be a pit-stop in the 2008 Formula 1 calendar. Speaking to reporters during a visit to a precision engineering company on Friday, Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran553 words
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727 2007-03-31 2 Call him what you like the Minister Mentor is 'a rose by any other name' DOWJONES UNIVERSITIES in India and China are producing scientists by the millions. And whatever new growth sectors Singapore has identified, the Chinese and Indians will catch up in no time. Given these trends, how canDOWJONES - 727 words
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Article, Illustration555 2007-03-31 4 SHERALYN TAY - SHERALYN TAY Government plans to ease the squeeze by releasing more white sites: Minister sheralyn@media corp. com. sg THE squeeze in the Central Business District (CBD) area may have sent office rents sky-high, but the Government looks set to release more land to easeERNEST CHUA - 555 words
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319 2007-03-31 4 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg SINGTEL'S new chief executive officer Chua Sock Koong, who takes over the hot seat from Sunday, will earn about $5 million a year more than twice the $2.2 million received last year by outgoing chief Lee Hsien Yang. Ms319 words
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446 2007-03-31 4 GRACIA CHIANG - GRACIA CHIANG gracia@media corp. com. sg RESIDENTS living less than 150 metres from construction sites can look forward to more restful weekday nights, Sundays and public holidays when revised noise limits kick in this October. The National Environment Agency (NEA) is tightening446 words
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Article, Illustration489 2007-03-31 6 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN Car owners to fork out more as insurers count losses u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg EXPECT to fork out more for your motor insurance premiums when you renew your policies later this year. After a three-year decline in premiums, from a high of $980 per vehicle inTODAY FILE PHOTO - 489 words
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Article111 2007-03-31 6 -938LIVE A bumper crop of nearly 11,000 principals, teachers and other education officers have been promoted due to the introduction of an enhanced career structure. This is more than double the figure last year, which was just over 4,200. The structure is part of the Grow package-938LIVE - 111 words
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Article122 2007-03-31 6 Nestle Singapore is recalling voluntarily all supplies of Kit Kat Chunky Caramel (65g) and Kit Kat Chunky Cookie Dough (65g) with Best Before dates up to and including Feb 14,2008. Calling it a "precautionary measure". Nestle Singapore said this follows a similar recall by its Australian122 words
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Article75 2007-03-31 6 -938LIVE The National Wages Council is inviting you for your views on wage guidelines. Among the feedback it is looking for is how to encourage companies to adopt flex ble wage systems and how companies can help low-wage workers benefit from the Workfare Income Supplement-938LIVE - 75 words
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259 2007-03-31 6 JASMINE YIN - JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp.com.sg A COMMITTEE set up 10 years ago to advise the authorities on new media, like the Internet, will be no more. The National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC), a 25-member people-private sector body set up in 1996 will fall under the259 words
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Article, Illustration664 2007-03-31 8 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN S'pore behind Taipei and Hong Kong in social enterprise sector u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE may be the world's fifth most competitive economy according to the World Economic Forum, but it still lags behind in nurturing businesses that provide jobs or training for the marginalisedTODAY FILE PHOTC - 664 words
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375 2007-03-31 8 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg NOT necessary. Not interested. No time. These were the reasons cited by many couples for not attending marriage preparation programmes even though a study has proven that these courses can indeed help them navigate through the minefields of married life.375 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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Article61 2007-03-31 10 -AFP SMS text messaging has been banned in Cambodia over the weekend amid fears of political unrest as the country votes for local government administrators on Sunday. Poll officials explained on Friday that, according to the law, the "environment must be quiet" during elections. Hundreds of-AFP - 61 words
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93 2007-03-31 10 -DPA Classmates, friends and colleagues are among the most disliked people in Hong Kong, according to a survey published on Friday. Around one in five people interviewed said these three groups were the ones they disliked most, when asked to choose-DPA - 93 words
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173 2007-03-31 10 -AFP MANILA Philippine police on Friday charged a gunman who took a busload of children hostage even as their parents rallied round in support of him, saying he has helped their impoverished district Prosecutors said they had filed charges of abduction and illegal possession of-AFP - 173 words
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Article, Illustration722 2007-03-31 10 AFP AP Bangkok rally one of the largest since lastyear's coup BANGKOK- Thousands of people protested on Friday against Thailand's military junta, despite the government's announcement that it would hold elections in December to restore democracy. Police estimated the crowd at 2,000, although organisers saidAFP; AP - 722 words
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Article, Illustration355 2007-03-31 10 AFP TEHRAN Iran aired television footage on Friday of a British sailor "confessing" to trespassing in Iranian waters, further escalating the diplomatic furore over Tehran's capture of 15 navy personnel. Firing off new volleys in the propaganda war, Iran also releasedAFP; – AP - 355 words
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254 2007-03-31 12 AP BOSTON Hackers have stolen data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards of shoppers at off-price retailers including TJ Maxx and Marshalls in a case believed to be the largest such breach of consumer information. It is the firstAP - 254 words
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Article, Illustration400 2007-03-31 12 -AFP Water shortages, floods, hunger and disease loom PARIS Countries across Asia face heightened risk of flooding, severe water shortages, infectious disease and hunger from global warming, the United Nations' top climate experts say in a massive report to be-AFP; AFP - 400 words
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65 2007-03-31 12 -AFP Indian police have arrested a gang leader implicated in more than 250 cases of murder and robbery since 2004 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Mohammed Salim Qureshi, the alleged boss of the 31-member gang, was arrested in Meerut city-AFP - 65 words
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47 2007-03-31 12 AFP Six Islamic militant leaders accused of masterminding a string of deadly bomb attacks across Bangladesh were hanged early on Friday, two weeks ahead of schedule. Following the executions, security was stepped up in the country, which is under emergency rule.AFP - 47 words
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48 2007-03-31 12 -AFP A university researcher in New Zealand has won a government grant to study the lifestyle habits of head-banging heavy metal fans, including their dance styles, tattoos and body piercings. Mr Dave Snell's US$6B,OOO ($103,200) grant comes from the Tertiary Education Commission.-AFP - 48 words
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Article, Illustration257 2007-03-31 12 AFP WASHINGTON Fresh battle lines were drawn on Friday as the Democratic-led Congress and the Republican White House faced off again over Iraq, after both chambers of Congress approved a timetable for withdrawing United States troops. With the Pentagon saying its money to continue theAFP; BLOOMBERG - 257 words
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Article162 2007-03-31 14 HARRY CHI A - HARRY CHI A: The incident experienced by Mdm Sandra Tan's family ("B-word causes airport scene", March 30) shows how critical training is for the security personnel. From what the Tan family had gone through, it seems like the officers of Aetos Security Management acted like robots who are162 words
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Article77 2007-03-31 14 BENJAMIN YEO - BENJAMIN YEO: It has been a long wait for the Government to give the go ahead for F1 to showcase Singapore as a cosmopolitan and vibrant city. I have travelled to Monaco and experienced the excitement of walking along the racetrack. It amazed me that a country smaller77 words
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Article, Illustration776 2007-03-31 14 DOWN UNDER; NEIL HUMPHREYS - DOWN UNDER NEIL HUMPHREYS Before getting our vehicle serviced, we need to check the mechanic's IC WITH THERE was a family bereavement this week. Our car died. We never owned a car in Singapore,' so we treat the little motor like our firstborn.' My wife even bought the776 words
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92 2007-03-31 14 DAVID MILLER - DAVID MILLER Letter from YES, the anti-smoking advertisements recently are quite disgusting. But hopefully this will put off children from even thinking of picking up the terrible habit But if people do not want such ads, then perhaps we should solve the problem by92 words
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Article, Illustration519 2007-03-31 15 HO KONG LOON - HO KONG LOON THE chasm between Mr Philip Yeo's views and those of some of his detractors is wide. There are basic differences in their stance and approach to various issues under contention, the most recent of which touched on the value system. The value system519 words
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Article343 2007-03-31 18 JOSEPH YADAO - JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg MORE than US$6O billion ($9l billion) worth of investment dollars went into the AsiaPacific real estate market last year and some 10 per cent or a whopping US$6 billion came into Singapore. And this is excluding inflows into the residential market343 words
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83 2007-03-31 18 BLOOMBERG VOLKSWAGEN, Europe's largest car maker, said that it was still considering a partnership with Malaysian automaker Proton Holdings, responding to newspaper report that said negotiations had collapsed. "We are still in talks," Volkswagen spokesman Andreas Meurer said on Friday. "There will be a high-levelBLOOMBERG - 83 words
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Article111 2007-03-31 18 -DOW JONES BLOOMBERG Stats ChipPac's independent directors have recommended that shareholders accept a $2.8 billion takeover offer from Temasek Holdings. Temasek, which owns 35.6 per cent of Singapore- and Nasdaq-listed Stats ChipPac, has offered $1.88-a- share in cash if it gets 90 per cent or more acceptances. Oversea-Chinase Banking-DOW JONES; BLOOMBERG - 111 words
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Article, Illustration806 2007-03-31 18 NAZRYBAHRAWI - NAZRYBAHRAWI Lender waiting for final regulatory nod to operate Singapore's first such bank nazry@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move to attract the lucrative Middle East money, DBS Group Holdings said that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) "is prepared" to grant it a licence to form theWEETECK HIAN - 806 words
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243 2007-03-31 19 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), set to be the first carrier to fly the A3BO superjumbo by Airbus, said that a dispute with pilots needed to fly the world's largest passenger aircraft would not delay the start of its services. SIA, which is still trying-BLOOMBERG - 243 words
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198 2007-03-31 19 -AFP TOKYO Japan has reported its first fall in consumer prices for 10 months as the world's second-largest economy struggles to defeat its decade-old deflation scourge. Core consumer prices, which exclude volatile prices of fresh food, fell by 0.1 per cent last month from a-AFP - 198 words
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Article, Illustration303 2007-03-31 19 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Power and Babcock Brown have defeated a rival bid by Macquarie Bank to take home Alinta, Australia's biggest owner of gas pipelines and electricity networks in a A57.4-billion ($9-billion) deal. The cash and stock offer amounts to Asls a share, Perth-based-BLOOMBERG; BLOOMBERG - 303 words
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242 2007-03-31 19 ASHRAFSAFDAR - ASHRAFSAFDAR ashraf@media corp.com.sg HSBC has launched an investment fund aimed at retail investors looking for returns above those from regular time deposits. Called the Global Reach Fund, it promises cash returns with low annual volatility through investments in three underlying funds:242 words
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Article29 2007-03-31 19 Unionmet BanJoo LifeBrandz Chemoil US$ Delong 0.680 +0.075 +12.4 63.834 0.080 -0.005 -5.9 49.044 0.145 +0.020 +16.0 44.652 0.700 +0.090 +14.8 43.102 0.245 +0.005 +2.1 42.97029 words
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Article94 2007-03-31 19 -DOW JONES SHARE prices ended flat on Friday amid strong gains in major property trusts and scattered weakness in other blue chips. The benchmark ST Index rose 2.4 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3,231.2. In the broader market, advancers beat decliners by 411 to 300 as 1.78 billion-DOW JONES - 94 words
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Article20 2007-03-31 19 Gold US$/oz 667.60 Silver US$/oz 13.34 Platinum US$/oz 1,247.60 Rubber cents/kg 353.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,070.00 Brant USS/barrel 68.4020 words
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Article28 2007-03-31 19 USS 0.6593 UK£ 0.3359 Yen 77.716 HKS 5.1523 RM 2.2782 Euro 0.4944 Rupiah 6020.8 Baht 21.460 Peso 31.831 AS 0.8165 Indian Rs 28.706 Yuan 5.097228 words
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Article58 2007-03-31 19 SGX Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.65 +23.71 +0.14 HK Hang Seng *****.93 -20.85 -0.11 Australia ASX200 5995.00 +34.10 +0.57 Korea Camp 1452.55 +1.60 +0.11 Thailand SET 673.71 +2.09 +0.31 Jakarta Camp 1830.92 +13.20 +0.73 Phils Comp 3203.55 +51.83 +1.64 Shenzhen B 523.97 +0.28 +0.05 Mumbai SensexSGX; , Bloomberg - 58 words
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Miscellaneous10 2007-03-31 19 AN EN-BLOC SALE IS NO WALK IN THE PARK 2810 words
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Article, Illustration673 2007-03-31 20 Pearlyn Tham - Pearlyn Tham lllllllllllliailJ ia i'lllilflrst^timers take heed! THE first time I attended a fashion show, I was 16. There was no Daniel Boey producing the show, no Clarence Lee working the make-up magic and definitely no free-flow Moet and canapes on silver platters. The show was aAFP - 673 words
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Article, Illustration209 2007-03-31 20 - PEARLYNTHAM - -PEARLYNTHAM GOOD things come in pairs so, on Friday, Beijing 101 announced two pieces of good news. The leading hair consultancy is pledging $10,000 to Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre, and will be placing Ren Ci donation boxes in all its outlets.209 words
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Article, Illustration482 2007-03-31 21 PEARLYN THAM - PEARLYN THAM SINGAPOREFASHIONFESTIVAL Triumph's lingerie event showcased some assets really worth owning pea rlyn@media corp.com.sg A FRIEND was griping to me about how her meagre salary increment couldn't even buy her a $60 bra. I think she may feel more bitter if she had seen the $60,000482 words
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Article, Illustration363 2007-03-31 21 PEARLYNTHAM - All that glitters is not just gold PEARLYNTHAM AT ANY Singapore Fashion Festival (SFF) show, beautiful people are a given. But Thursday night's Glitter show a collaboration between homegrown couturier Francis Cheong and Lee Hwa Jewellery was a Utopia of the beautiful ones. After all, veteran designer Francis has madeALL PHOTOS JASON HO - 363 words
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Article, Illustration721 2007-03-31 22 Eveline Gan - Eveline Gan FORMERLY, if you were craving for fancy finedining fare, you'd probably have to pay a bomb for beautifully-plated dishes that won't even fill half your stomach. But these days, posh nosh is no longer just reserved for the very rich. If you knew where to look,721 words
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Article, Illustration205 2007-03-31 22 LYNETTE KOH Tasty and good forYo YoCrunch yoghurt, $3.60 each for Oreo cookies and cream vanilla yoghurt; $3.80 each for strawberry yoghurt flavours. WHERETO GET IT: Jasons Market Place I'm not a fan of self-delusion when it comes to food.To me, passing icy slush off as ice-cream anc– LYNETTE KOH - 205 words
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Article, Illustration318 2007-03-31 23 LET'S go Sling! It's an invitation to hit the True Heritage Brew (THB) Singapore Sling Boutique at Clarke Quay. The near-cen-tury-old Singapore Sling cocktail takes on fresh incarnations at its new ultra-chic home. The boutique offers Sling on Orchard (Singapore Sling with fresh fruit juices, $15), Sling onJASON HO - 318 words
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Article, Illustration197 2007-03-31 23 SHERMAINEWONG Cafe Swiss at Swissotel The Stamford is throwing a Swiss Bliss party to celebrate its first anniversary and you're invited. From April 2 to April 6, the cafe offers a full lunch buffet, priced at $35+++ per person. After the promotion, it will revert toSHERMAINEWONG - 197 words
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Article, Illustration468 2007-03-31 24 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Apple TV puts iTunes seamlessly onto your big TV screen hedirman@media corp. com. sg ANYTHING you can play on your iPod, you can play on Apple TV. So there, that's all there is to Apple's latest contraption. But here's the beauty of the468 words
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Article, Illustration363 2007-03-31 24 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - Psst you can pfingo your friends for free HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp. com. sg MARKING a leap into big-picture thinking, StarHub is launching a suite of mobile Internet services that will be available to any consumer worldwide, regardless of which operator is being subscribed to. Called pfingo (short for "phone,363 words
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Article, Illustration141 2007-03-31 24 The InFocus Play Big IN7B ($4,999) looks out of this world with its black, high-gloss finish it's easily the best-looking projector out there. And it's probably one of the few projectors that could dissuade you from getting a high-definition LCD or plasma TV screen. The IN7B141 words
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Article, Illustration121 2007-03-31 24 The new Nokia N95 ($1,288) is the mobile phone of the moment, with its compact size and smorgasbord of features. For starters, the 3.5G HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) smartphone runs on the third edition of the Symbian 60 operating system. YougetWLAN, a five-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens with121 words
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Article, Illustration174 2007-03-31 24 You already own a swanky high-definition LCD or plasma television set. If you've ever toyed with the idea of making your own high-definition home movies, check out the new Sony HDR-HC7 handycam ($2,499), which lets you do exactly that. The HDR-HC7 captures high-definition video at 1080i on174 words
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Article, Illustration639 2007-03-31 25 TREVOR TAN - TREVOR TAN The Burning Crusade is much like the original, only with new, exciting player races trevor@media corp.com.sg TWO years after the phenomenal success of the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game World of Warcraft (WOW), Blizzard Entertainment has finally succumbed to gamers' cries for an expansion pack.639 words
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Article, Illustration766 2007-03-31 26 NICKSYN - NICKSYN The all-new Vios is a major step up from its predecessor news@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do you have to do to improve on one of the biggest-selling compact sedans around? Most likely, to start by changing pretty much everything wouldn't be an approach that springs766 words
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Article, Illustration305 2007-03-31 26 NICKSYN - NICKSYN IF YOU'RE thinking about getting a new BMW 7 Series, now's a pretty good time. BMW has just stuffed the 7 Series model range with a tonne of extra kit, possibly in response to the terrifically well-equipped Lexus LS 460.305 words
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Article, Illustration491 2007-03-31 27 SHELDON TROLLOPE - SHELDON TROLLOPE With its refined features, the Lotus Europa is a marriage of comfort and speed news@newstoday.com.sg IN RECENT years, GTs have made a comeback in a big way with cars such as the Aston Martin Vanquish, Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 599 GTB and Mercedes-Benz491 words
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Article, Illustration146 2007-03-31 27 Details for the next generation BMW M3 have just been released, pretty much confirming industry observer speculation, the latest M division powerplant will be a 4.0-litre VB, and it will develop an Audi RS4matching 420bhp. The V8 shares much in common with BMW's award-winning146 words
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Article, Illustration129 2007-03-31 27 NICKSYN - NICKSYN Chevrolet officially added a new product to its current local line-up this week, the long-awaited Captiva SUV. Chevy sales in Singapore, already very strong with what is essentially just a three-car range, should get a boost from the arrival of this big seven-seater SUV.129 words
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Article, Illustration322 2007-03-31 27 -JULIAN LOW - -JULIAN LOW STRANGE as it might sound, BMW's motorcycles are the Volvos of the two-wheeled world. They're fast and comfortable, but also extremely user-friendly, safe and socially conscious. Just like its cars, BMW's bikes come with features like anti-lock brakes and catalytic converters. It's322 words
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Article, Illustration952 2007-03-31 28 CLEMENT MESENAS - CLEMENT MESENAS Most residents of Clementi Park are not willing to trade their idyllic homes for less than the ideal price EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg TENSION is brewing in the sprawling Clementi Park housing estate as en-bloc fever threatens to pit aERNESTCHUA - 952 words
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Article, Illustration188 2007-03-31 28 SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA - SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA shobha@media corp.com.sg NICHE residential property developer Hiap Hoe is soft-launching its latest freehold project, the Oxford Suites at Owen Road, this weekend. This is its second residential property launch this year. The first was Cuscaden Royale in February. The 18,308-sq-ft siteHOTOS COURTESY OF HIAP HOE - 188 words
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Article, Illustration1874 2007-03-31 30 Juliana June Rasul - Juliana June Rasul DAVID CHEW brush up on your iftwgii pacuor: bhe nippon culture craze could be bacit... •ika&a What do people want from a Japanese cultural centre? Today speaks to J-mad fans and academics to get their views. DR LIZ MACLACHLAN, JAPANESE STUDIES DEPARTMENT, NUS: People whoDAVID CHEW - 1,874 words
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Article, Illustration434 2007-03-31 32 Clement Mesenas - Clement Mesenas The iconic musical contirj^es to be a treat for the senses THEATREREVIEW by The Phantom of the Opera IT'S A GOOD, old-fashioned beauty-and-the-beastlove story, laced with all the complications of intrigue, tragedy and comedy. Because it is the story of an impossible love, something which all434 words
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Article56 2007-03-31 32 Pianist Nicholas Angelich has withdrawn from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's concert on Sat due to health reasons. Performing in his place is Yevgeny Sudbin, one of the world's most interesting and exciting young pianists. Sudbin will be the soloist in the performance of Mozart's Piano56 words
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Article, Illustration204 2007-03-31 40 JOSE RAYMOND - JOSE RAYMOND AFTER 15 years, John Koh (picture) will serve his last day as Football Association of Singapore (FAS) general secretary on Saturday. While his tenure ends on March 31, Koh will continue to contribute to Singapore football as one of four vicepresidents in the new FAS204 words
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Article, Illustration459 2007-03-31 40 DARREN LAI - DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 SAFFC v Liaoning Guangyuan Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm darren@mediacorp.com.sg AS SOON as their participation in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2007 was confirmed, Liaoning Guangyuan made it clear they had nothing to do with Sinchi FC. SinchiTODAY FILE PHOTO - 459 words
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