Today, 16 April 2007

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    27 1 TODAY /A-diaCorp MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Monday April 16, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A~diaCorp Monday April 16, 2007 todayonline.com we set you thinking MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    Lock icon Casino competition hots up, can S'pore IRs take the heat?
    639 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg WITH roulette wheels spinning and jackpot machines already whirring in casinos throughout a dozen Asian countries, the inevitable question that springs to mind is: Will there be enough well-heeled customers to feed the industry as
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    Rents soar, expats groan
    893 1  -  ANSLEYNG Foreigners hit as landlords cash in on economy upswing ansley@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month, when German Peter Hartmann's two-year lease on his One Chatsworth apartment expired, the landlord told him his new rent would be $13,500 a spike of 80 per cent The sales director, who had
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    ARTS EXPLOSION
    29 1 Getyour FREE 16-page arts event guide at selected Starbucks and Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf outlets, hotels, the airport, ticketing centres, Singapore visitor centres and selected programme venues
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  • hot news
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      It's not about the money
      486 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Look at what kind of Government Spore has, says Yaacob huileng@media corp. com. sg THINK not of the ministerial pay hike in terms of dollars and cents, but about the kind of Singapore that you want, said Environment and Water Resources Minister
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      WILL WE SEE A NEW DEAL BETWEEN THE RULER AND THE RULED?
      755 3  -  P N BALJI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR EXPECT a good lawyer to cut out the verbiage, zoom in on the heartbeat of an issue and articulate it in language that is clear and emotionless. X Shanmugam didn't disappoint "I cannot
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      346 3 Broaden your global business perspective jo^^ and learn about real success. Mr^S t Southern Cross University, Australia I X Southern Cross Respected Australian Government University recognised by governments and professional bodies jfl C-— H UNIVERSITY throughout the world 1 |i ,4 »eic way to think International reputation for excellence in
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  • Singapore news
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      'Minimal disruption'
      449 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Restart of Kekek Quarry operations won't ruin Pulau Übin's charm, say ministers huileng@media corp.com.sg THE Government's initiative to restart the granite quarry on Pulau Übin will have little impact on residents and the environment Two ministers gave this assurance yesterday to allay fears that excavation
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      WITH MIND MAPS, success is
      791 5 IF MIND Mapping mega guru Tony Buzan has his way, working adults the world over would be whipping out plain paper and coloured pencils, and Mind Mapping their way to vastly improved professional and personal lives. Mr Buzan, 64, is the author and coauthor of
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      Make immigrants feel welcome: DPM
      340 6  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg HELPING immigrants integrate into society should be a two-way process, and Singaporeans can do their part in making them feel at home, said Professor S Jayakumar, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law. "As Singapore has more immigrants and we need
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      Lock icon A flying start for Indian pre-schoolers
      799 6  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Sinda will help them get that winning edge in education, says association's new chief EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg ONE of Mr S Manogaran's key objectives as Sinda's new chief will be to prime all preschoolers in the Indian community so that like top
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        POLICEMAN, 4 OTHERS HURT IN ACCIDENT
        122 7 FIVE people, including a police officer, were hurt in an accident near Woodlands Checkpoint last night. The accident, which happened just before Bpm, involved a police vehicle, a motorcycle, a Nissan Sunny and a pedestrian. According to a police spokesman, three men the motorcycle
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        TUAS POWER GAS TURBINE COMPONENT DAMAGED
        108 7 A rotor of a gas turbine weighing several tonnes fell from a height while it was being moved by a crane at Tuas Power Station yesterday, but nobody was hurt, even though some 30 to 40 people were atthe scene. The incident happened during
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      188 7 SEARCH ON FOR 2 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: Police Patrol Officers are still on the lookout for two illegal immigrants whose attempts to enter Singapore on Friday night ended in tragedy. Two Police Coast Guard officers were killed when their boat collided with a speedboat that was carrying six illegal immigrants, and
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      To come: 1 more option for dialysis
      363 7  -  GRACIA CHIANG Prototype device promises patients convenience gracia@mediacorp.com.sg THE need to undergo dialysis may, for the first time, no longer hamper kidney patients' freedom of mobility. An automated wearable device, a prototype, is being developed by an international team of doctors, lecturers and
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      355 6 UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOT THE END TRUE wealth starts with you firing your- and Kenny Yap from Qian Hu. Their pool self from your current employment. The of expertise and experience contribute to wealthiest individuals to the likes of Bill the training and development programmes Gates, Li Ka Shing and Sim
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      85 7 1 GREAT EXCHANGE J Collect any 4 wrappers of Gardenia Enriched White Bread 400g, Gardenia High Fibre White 3«s ii^ff Bread 400g or Gardenia Fine Grain Wholemeal 1 IMSmggm Bread 420g (inclusive of overbands) to M^ get a Gardenia California Raisin Loaf or Corn Loaf worth $2.60 FREE! B|^B^LJ^^-^^ The
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 37 die in Thai flash floods
      321 8 -AGENCIES TRANG (Thailand) Rescue workers searched for survivors yesterday after a flash flood killed at least 37 tourists who were cooling off at two waterfalls in southern Thailand, The Nation reported. The authorities resumed the hunt at dawn after a torrent of water poured
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      Lock icon Growing calls for shake-up
      389 8 -AGENCIES Thai opposition groups up pressure on Premier Surayud to reshuffle Cabinet BANGKOK Thai Premier Surayud Chulanot faces increasing pressure to reshuffle his Cabinet, as leading politicians and activists called on him to be more decisive, after he vowed to see his term out amid mounting
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      SBY tries to silence calls for Cabinet reshuffle
      225 8 JAKARTA Over the recent weeks, various political parties in Indonesia have been pushing for a Cabinet reshuffle but yesterday President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tried to put an end to the debate by asking all parties to stop their political lobbying. His comments
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      Lock icon N Korean nuclear reactor shutdown deadline extended
      451 9 —AGENCIES Washington gives Pyongyang a few more days in bid to make progress PYONGYANG North Korea won a few more days to start shutting down its nuclear programme yesterday after missing a first key deadline, even as the United States and Japan piled
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      Lock icon Iran to build two more nuclear power stations
      232 9 -AFP TEHRAN Iran yesterday asked for bids to build two new nuclear power stations alongside a still unfinished facility in the south of the country, despite increasing Western pressure over its atomic drive. "Iran is launching two tenders for the construction of
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      Opposition turn on heat
      455 10 Police reports filed against Sarawak Chief Minister following "bribery" allegations KUALA LUMPUR A group of Malaysian opposition party leaders have lodged police reports against Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud over an alleged RM32 million corruption ($l4 million) scandal yesterday. The reports were made at the
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      Lock icon M'sia gets tough on smoking
      214 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is to take a tough stance against smoking after data revealed that the percentage of women smokers has doubled in recent years, a report said yesterday. Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Lee Kah Choon said 8 per cent of the estimated six
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      Lock icon Quakes rattle central Japan, six hurt
      280 12 —AFP TOKYO TWO earthquakes rattled central Japan yesterday, injuring six people and disrupting traffic and some factory production lines, officials said. A 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 12.19pm (0319 GMT) some 16km below ground and about 300 km west of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said,
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      Lock icon Outrage over 'Bronx' video
      405 12 -AP German military video upsets Americans BERLIN Germany's Defence Ministry is investigating a video which showed a German army instructor ordering a soldier to envision himself in the Bronx facing hostile blacks while firing his machine gun. The video, which aired over the weekend on national
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      241 10 BBSB Share your dreams and you could win Ssso,ooo*! Whether you dream of owning a beachfront home or giving your kids the best in life. Come see HSBC'sWall of Dreams and we would like you to share what your dream is for the future. It might just win you enjoy
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  • Voices
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      ISP's job to stop spam?
      501 13  -  CHIA HERN KENG Onus of evading unsolicited mail shouldn't be on recipient Letter from A FRIEND once told me that he attended a talk on how to prevent spam, during which it was "revealed" that spammers harvest email addresses by physically scanning them from business
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      Bank's assessment criteria objective
      122 13  -  QUAKHIANGWHAI Letter from Head, Group Communications and Investor Relations, United Overseas Bank Ltd WE REFER to the letter, "Conflict of in- terest for UOB chief?" by Jason Chiam Chiah Sern (April 12). We wish to reiterate that the UOB Group is committed to maintaining the highest
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      238 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY STRONG-WILLED VS COMPLIANT KIDS We've talked before about the inborn temperaments of children, which range from compliant to very strong-willed, from the sweetheart to the spitfire but what else do we know about these very different kids? How do they fare as
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    • The argument is in the bag
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        Don't wait for Government to act-do it yourself!
        237 14  -  Letter from PREETIATHAVLE I HEARTILY applaud Ikea for deciding to charge for plastic bags, and hope that more retailers will follow in its footsteps. Mr Patrick Lee's letter ("Put up posters at wet markets", April 13) reiterates what a shopkeeper at Little
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        Carry your own plastic bag
        207 14  -  CHAN KENG MIN Letter from I READ with interest the subject of plastic bag usage and ways to cut down the usage. Carrying a reusable cloth or jute bag may be a hassle, as most of the time we make some small purchases on the
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      • Letter
        But what about garbage?
        169 14  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from MANY of the plastic bags collected at supermarkets end up being used to pack household refuse thrown into dustbins in landed property estates. Each morning the collectors run alongside the refuse trucks pulling out these bags from the bins, which line the
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    • Letter
      Foreigners must not speak on our behalf
      167 14  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I REFER to the news report, "No SDP forum today" (April 13). I am disquieted by the Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP's) invitation to some foreigners to speak at a public forum in Singapore. Foreigners should not be
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    • Letter
      NTUC Link respects members' privacy
      262 14  -  JERRY GOH Letter from Link Points Ambassador, NIUU Link I REFER to the letter by Ms Amanda Tan, "You've got (unwanted) mail" (April 13). We take a serious view of safeguarding the privacy information of our members in the Link Points Rewards Programme. We would
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      Lock icon Pets not allowed in public eateries
      339 15  -  S SATISH APPOO Lotter from Director, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "No pets, please" (April 10). We thank Mr Cheng Shoong Tat for his feedback. The Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations prohibit live animals or birds in
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    • Letter
      Stop tissue paper 'reservations'
      151 15  -  MAKOTO KAWAGUCHI Letter from I HAVE just about had it with some Singaporeans usually well-dressed, young working professionals who persist on using tissue paper packets to "reserve" places at food courts and other eating establishments despite the prolonged public outcry over such inconsiderate behaviour. There is,
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      Now, do we really want a pet owners' corner?
      396 15  -  DANIEL HENG Letter from I REFER to the letter, "No pets, please" by Mr Cheng Shoong Tat (April 10). While Mr Cheng has a point in saying that dog owners should be more mindful of the needs of other diners at
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      129 14 enriching families 6:«6 i44A FocusontheFamily 33 t*t*t Singapore Limited www.family.org.sg Founden Dr James DO b S on OH Unravel the mysteries of the mind M •Students with exemptions mrajjnig Bachelor of Arts/Science in Psychology *1 rK Accredited and/or recognized by: ■w\ I H Australia Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) Australian Psychological
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon World growth now more even
      376 16 -BLOOMBERG Global imbalances are starting to diminish: G-7 Ministers FINANCE Ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven (G-7) nations said they are confident disparities in global trade and growth are starting to narrow, a trend that will extend the strongest expansion since the
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        93 16 wurui AFP SHARE prices here are expected to trade within a tight range in the week ahead given the record rally last week. Investors have priced in the economy's strong 6-per-cent growth in the first quarter from a year ago and with few catalysts expected, further upside appears limited,
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        Your S$1 buys
        28 16 USS 0.6595 UK£ 0.332 Yen 78.645 HKS 5.153 RM 2.2697 Euro 0.4874 Rupiah 5997.8 Baht 21.483 Peso 31.557 AS 0.7913 Indian Rs 28.056 Yuan 5.0928
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 Gold US$/oz 689.9 Silvar US$/oz 14.09 Platinum US$/oz 1,286.4 Rubber cents/kg 361.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,270.00 Brant cruda USS/barrel 63.63 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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      Lock icon GuocoLand investment in China may exceed $8 billion this year
      338 16 BLOOMBERG GUOCOLAND, a Singapore-based developer controlled by Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, may double its investment in China this year to US$5.4 billion ($8.2 billion) to tap growing demand for new homes. Unit GuocoLand China is in talks, which may
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      Reeling in creative bucks
      519 17  -  CHRISTIE LOH Spore targets $76m of deals at world TV trade show: MDA head christie@media corp.com.sg THE most powerful man in Singapore's media scene doesn't buy the view that local content producers lack spark and spunk. This might have seemed true some five years ago "people
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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        BRAINFOOD
        181 18  -  LEE U-WEN I www.mom.gov.sg Ministry of Manpower CURIOUS about how much certain jobs pay? Want to know how many days of annual leave you are entitled to? Keen to improve your work-life balance? You'll find the answers at the newly revamped Ministry of Manpower (MOM) website. Packed with useful
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        HARMFUL WORDS AT WORK
        648 18  -  JOHN BITTLESTOIM To address backstabbing in the organisation, managers should listen patiently SUCCESSFUL business is achieved by vigorous and competitive activity. Profits go to those who make good judgments and back them without fearing possible failure. There is luck involved, of course, but it is common
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          SKILLS FOR ADMIN PROFESSIONALS
          107 18 National Secretaries Day is just around the corner, and to mark the occasion on April 25, a one-day conference has been organised specially for administrative professionals. Join experienced secretary Shirley Taylor who will take you through topics such as the most common business communication blunders, how
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          BRIDGING EAST AND WEST TODAY
          125 18 The National University of Singapore's business school is organising a breakfast seminar next month, where participants can hear from its vice-dean for executive education, Dr Prem Shamdasani. He will speak on Brand Leadership, a key topic that will be extensively covered in the 25th intake
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          HELPING DYSLEXICS LEARN BETTER
          98 18 The Orton-Gillingham Training Certification Programme is coming to Singapore. This intensive hands-on course is for those seeking a career in educational therapy, as well as parents and educators who want to learn how to teach dyslexic students from kindergarten to college levels. Master trainer Ron Yoshimoto
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        Lock icon LIVING FOR HER ART
        665 19  -  GRACIA CHIANG onthego gracia@mediacorp.com.sg IMAGINE carving a career out of charcoal and paper. Ms Tang Ling Nah's parents did, and they tried to persuade her to stay in pharmacy. But, between charcoal drawings and dispensing medication, Ms Tang chose her first love over her field of
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      Lock icon fashionistars
      1067 20 Red carpet regulars they may be, but are clotheshorses like Moss and Madge cut out to be fashion designers? JULIANA JUNE RASUL investigates KATE MOSS wannabes, hold your breath: The collection that the willowy supermodel designed for London High Street label Topshop is headed for Singapore. The good news
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      they've got style
      190 21 they 've got style X them lome them are actuaUy right JUL.ANA JUNE RASUL picks five of the most buzz-worthy collections. I R&B's most successful white boy.Timberlake teamed with long-time frienclTrace Ayala I on a line described as "sort I of country, with a little edge and a little chic
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      The Race ends for Uchenna and Joyce
      381 22  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL THEY'RE already millionaires, but Uchenna and Joyce Agu couldn't mask their disappointment at being eliminated from The Amazing Race All-Stars. "My heart is hurting right now," Uchenna told Today during a phone interview with he and his wife from their
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      Talking terrorism
      484 22  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS in MELBOURNE Veteran director Philip Noyce draws parallels between his apartheid movie, Catch A Fire, and the war on terror plus@newstoday.com.sg NO STRANGER to political film-making, director Philip Noyce is now tackling terrorism. His latest movie, Catch A Fire, now out on DVD, examines the makings
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      Lock icon Tiananmen survivor finds antidote to violence in art
      324 23  -  DAVID CHEW david.chew@mediacorp.com.sg AS A child of China's Cultural Revolution and a protester at Tiananmen Square in 1989, where he survived a gunshot wound, Feng Zhongyung might be expected to create art with a political slant. But unlike many of his peers,
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    • Secretary's week
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        Marina Mandarin
        279 24  -  CHIAHUIJUN What would you do without your secretary? Today tells you where to bring her for a mouth-watering treat WRITTEN BY huijun.chia@mediacorp.com.sg Surprise your secretary with a divine spread of culinary delights at Marina Mandarin from April 23 to 27. Eat your fill with AquaMarine's buffet lunch promotion
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        River View Hotel
        198 25 Reward your secretary with a scrumptious executive set lunch (s2B+++ per person) at River Garden Coffee House from April 23t0 27. It is available from noon to 2.30pm on weekdays. Besides mouth-watering food, the set lunch also comes with door gifts including a notebook journal and beauty
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        Raffles the Plaza
        246 26 Delight your assistant with a variety of delectable treats at Raffles the Plaza during Secretaries' Week. At Prego, satisfy her taste buds with the three-course set lunch (s4s+++ per person), available from 11.30 am to 2.30pm daily. It begins with homemade saffron, beetroot and spinach ravioli, followed
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        Swissotel Merchant Court
        183 26 Treat your secretary to a delectable, power-packed lunch at Swissotel Merchant Court. The Secretaries' Week Luncheon, on April 27 from noon to 3pm at the hotel's Grand Ballroom, will feature a luxurious buffet spread of local and international favourites. On top of that, she'll be entertained by
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        Phoenix Garden Caie
        173 26 Secretaries are in for an unforgettable and o/s/»7(delicious in Japanese) experience at Hotel Phoenix. Phoenix Garden Cafe will be offering a Secretaries' Week buffet promotion (s29.Bo+++ per adult; $19.80+++ per child). Available from April 23 to 29, the buffet starts from noonto 2.30pm (for lunch) and 6.30pm
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    • eatout
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        Eat without reservations
        703 27  -  SHERMAINEWONG Grains proves healthy Chinese food can also taste good shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg MANY people seem to think that good-tasting Chinese food is never healthy and healthy Chinese food rarely tastes good. But two-month-old Grains at Central is determined to prove that this is a misconception. Truth be told,
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