Today, 2 May 2007

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    27 1 TODAY //\=DJA.CORP we set you thinking MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Wednesday May 2, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DIA.CORP we set you thinking Wednesday May 2, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    Lock icon What's right, not what's popular
    1053 1  -  JASMINE YIN Buoyant economy, record job creation the result of hard work, sound policies: PM jasmine@media corp.com.sg VISITING government officials from an Asian country had lamented to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) that they wished their unions could be as constructive as their Singapore
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    Lock icon Not fair form to ask these questions?
    828 1  -  LEE U-WEN -CHANNEL NEWSASIA u-wen@media corp.com.sg THE next time you pick up a job application form, it could look different Certain fields such as those asking for your gender, religion or marital status, even the space where you attach your photograph could be
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon MAYDAY
      593 2 AFP SECURITY was beefed up across Asian capitals yesterday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to mark Labour Day. But the May Day rallies, marking workers' solidarity, were generally muted in cities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila, despite huge turnouts
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  • singapore news
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      Boss hits streets in search of missing maid
      553 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Employer's extensive search turns up no clues, family in Indon has not heard from her weekeat@media corp.com.sg A WEEK after his Indonesian maid disappeared, IT executive Maran Chakrapani was at City Plaza one of her hangouts for two hours
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        SIA TURNS 60, OFFERS FARE DEALS
        73 6 To celebrate its 60th birthday, Singapore Airlines is offering $60 return fares to Amritsar, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Penang and Perth. Tickets are on sale at singaporeair.com.sg until Saturday, or whenever seats are sold out, for travel between May 7 and 24. Conditions apply. The
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        Lock icon BETTER SHOPS AT BUS STOPS
        39 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Land Transport Authority is upgrading 45 decade-old bus-shelter kiosks for a better buying experience. The new kiosks will have integrated display shelves and cascading displays, and should ready by year's end.
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      School's out, play ... online
      532 6  - School's out, play online LEE U-WEN Primary school is first to develop students' mental skills with gaming sessions u-wen@media corp.com.sg THRICE a week after the school dismissal bell sounds, 12-year-old Kevin Chang travels to faraway countries such as Brazil and Egypt, goes rock-climbing and takes part in exciting steeplechase races.
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      Embracing Passion,
      666 7 Re-defining Success among the contestants vying for the approbation of Donald Trump, Christabel, who graduated with firstclass honours from the NUS Business School in 2005, remains grounded. "I know many people who are more successful than I am," she said. Not that the 25-year-old has not earned her
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      SCIENCE OF SUCCESS
      476 7 AS the project leader behind several projects at Hyflux Ltd, Neo Yew Chin, 34, provides creative solutions to fundamental, real-life problems daily. Yew Chin, who graduated with a Master of Science in Chemistry in 2002, said: "Designing a project requires a lot of thinking, and it's definitely
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      Now, your ashes won't burn a hole in your pocket
      533 8  -  LINYANQIN Monthly-payment plans available at columbarium yanqin@media corp.com.sg WHILE monthly-payment schemes are readily available for homes for the living, the same is now being offered for resting places for the dead. Spiritual Grace Memorial Garden columbarium has introduced an interest-free
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      Lock icon A dose to stave off stroke, heart disease
      514 8  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg YOUR blood pressure is a little on the high side and so is your weight A lifestyle change may be all you need to manage some of these ailments, but are you also on preventive therapy? Quite possibly, like
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      isay IT COULD BE A MANNA OF PAYING...
      876 10  -  THOMAS KOSHY CREATIVE ideas are called for to alleviate the plight of the poor and unemployed without causing too much of a dent to the notion of self-sufficiency. One possibility worth considering is the introduction of an alternative currency in Singapore. A
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Aussies in Tamil Tiger tsunami funds scam
      537 11 —AP Two allegedly raised funds for the rebel group MELBOURNE Two Australian men were arrested yesterday and charged with raising money for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, allegedly telling donors that they were collecting funds for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, police
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      Lock icon He slipped through the Crevice
      420 14 —THE GUARDIAN Not enough evidence to convict'ringleader' of UK terror plot LONDON A man accused of being one of Al Qaeda's leaders in Britain is living freely in the country, despite being accused of being the ringleader of a fertiliser bomb plot whose planners have
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      Lock icon 30 ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ANIMAL-RIGHTS EXTREMISM
      118 14 —AGENCIES Thirty animal rights activists suspected of extremism were arrested yesterday in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, British police said. Three were released. A source from the National Extremist Crime Unit said the people detained were suspected of crimes such as firebombing,
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      Lock icon China biggest spy threat to Canada
      153 14 —AFP OTTAWA Almost half of count-er-espionage efforts in Canada target Chinese spies, the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has told a senate committee. China ranked at the top of its list of more than 12 countries believed to be spying on
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      Lock icon THE THREAT OF FLYING TIGERS
      736 16  -  AMALJAYASINGHE —AFP Sri Lankan military caught off guard by Tamil Tigers' new air-attack capability The new capability of the Tamil Tigers to carry out airborne attacks has not only made them a rarity among the world's guerrilla outfits but has also badly shaken an entire
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TAIWAN RESTORES TIES WITH ST LUCIA
        82 18 AFP Taiwan announced yesterday it had reestablished relations with the Caribbean state of St Lucia in a diplomatic victory that drew anger from Beijing. China expressed "indignation and opposition" yesterday. Taipei and St Lucia established ties in 1984, when current Prime Minister John Compton
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        Lock icon AL QAEDA KINGPIN BELIEVED KILLED
        85 18 AFP Iraqi officials believe the alleged leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub Al Masri, has been killed in an internal struggle within the militant group. "The clashes took place among themselves. There were clashes within the groups of Al Qaeda. He was liquidated
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        Lock icon BLAIR TO SAY 'WHEN' NEXT WEEK
        105 18 Mr Tony Blair will make a statement next week to say when he will stand down as British Prime Minister, he said yesterday, the AFP 10th anniversary of his party's landslide 1997 election victory. "I will make my position clear next week," he said
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        Lock icon ISRAELI MINISTER QUITS OVER REPORT
        111 19 —AP A member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet resigned yesterday to protest Israel's handling of the Lebanon war, in the first sign of cracks in the governing coalition's support for Mr Olmert. On Monday, a government probe accused Mr Olmert and his government of
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        Lock icon NOT A GOOD YEAR FOR PRESS FREEDOM
        118 19 AGENCIES Press freedom around the world deteriorated last year due to coups, attempts to stifle political opposition and regulate use of the Internet, a leading watchdog said in a report yesterday. United States-based Freedom House outlined "particularly troubling" trends in Asia, the former
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        Lock icon VENEZUELA IS OUT OF IMF, WORLD BANK
        115 19 —AP President Hugo Chavez announced on Monday that Venezuela would formally pull out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a symbolic move since the nation has already cancelled its debts to the United States-backed lending institutions. The leftist leader, who
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      Lock icon WHO assurance still missing
      275 18 Indonesia withholds bird flu samples, unsure they won't be used commercially JAKARTA Indonesia's health minister has accused the World Health Organization of breaking its promise to assure that the country's bird flu samples would not be used commercially, dragging out a dispute about equal access to
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      117 18 CYBER STAR Knutthe cejebrhy polar bear cub being handraised in a German zoo, is launching his own website and book to be used in the campaign against global warming, Reuters reported. New York-based Turtle Pond Publications and the Berlin Zoo said they signed a deal for the publishing rights to
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      Lock icon Indonesia confiscates school books
      196 18 —AFP JAKARTA Officials have seized schoolbooks in Indonesia that fail to explicitly blame a bloody 1965 coup on the outlawed Communist party, an official said yesterday. The authorities insist the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party was behind the botched coup, during which six military generals were executed.
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      Lock icon Thai coup leaders hire American PR firm
      194 19 BANGKOK Thailand's ruling junta is to hire a public relations firm to improve its image, the BBC reported. Premier Surayud Chulanont (picture) said Thailand will pay the unnamed American firm US$6OO,OOO ($912,000) over three months. "The company will explain (Thailand's political situation) to
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      Lock icon Abdullah orders a probe of all state buildings
      206 19 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister is furious over the collapse of ceilings in two government offices and the flooding of another by a leaking water pipe, and has ordered an immediate inspection of all government buildings for defects. The three incidents
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      3 Thai government bodies sued for negligence over ShinSat
      332 19 BANGKOK Thailand's Central Administrative Court has agreed to proceed with a petition against three government bodies that alleges negligence in failing to safeguard national interests in the ownership of Shin Satellite (Shin Sat), whose parent company is Shin Corp. The petition
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      Lock icon Civil servant, bush fighter, statesman
      787 20  -  CLEMENT MESENAS >DAYEXCLUSIVE Uganda's Museveni shows how a broken nation can rise from the ashes of misrule EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg THE last Ugandan president to visit Singapore got into a jam he could not return home. President Milton Obote, who was here in 1971 for
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      Lock icon China's military seeks the best and brightest
      210 22 —AFP BEIJING Recruiting "high-cali-bre" people is key to a new tech-nology-heavy training plan adopted by China's military as it seeks to cope with the challenges of the future, state media said yesterday. The plan would ensure that the men and women commanding tomorrow's
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      Lock icon 'Unjustly treated'
      430 22 —AGENCIES Wolfowitz's girlfriend not satisfied with deal WASHINGTON The girlfriend of World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has said she has been "unjustly treated", in her first formal comments on the scandal surrounding the bank chief. Mr Wolfowitz has decried what he called a "smear campaign" against him, and
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      257 15 I OCBC Monthly Savings Account I You can fulfil your desires simply by saving every month. Now you can go on your dream holiday with the OCBC Monthly Savings Account! It helps you achieve your savings goals and gives you higher interest rates. It also lets you save a fixed
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      70 18 "The Canon imagePROGRAF M is fast, economical to run and delivers great quality. Most importantly, I can create great posters without any training!" Annie Kaeser, fashion chain-store retailer H EP9I ™HjH^^" Special Trade-in Promotion If you own an existing large-format printer, you are entitled to a special trade-in price. So
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      148 22 10BRING I YOUR OWN BAG 2 May 2007 lIP Plastic bags are made from oil, a finite resource. Many are thrown away without being reused. This is a waste of resources. LvlsLsL} To help conserve resources for our future generations, let's /1 jA <A switch to reusable bags. I_/ l_,
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    • Finding a good fit
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        Career growth should be available to deserving staff
        291 24  -  CAROLINE TAN Letter from THE letter, "What are HR people really like?" (April 30) reminded me of my experience when I went for job interviews recently. I am working as an executive secretary for the top management in a large multinational corporation
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      • Letter
        Photographs on CVs are the norm in at least one country
        217 24  -  JEAN HAONG Letter from I AM writing in response to Sushma Jyothi's letter, "But double standards exist" (April 30). She wrote that recruiters in the United States and Europe do not ask for a "recent colour photograph" on the
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        Psychometric testing helps in hiring the right people
        271 24  -  CHNG POH HWA Letter from Vice-President, Sales Marketing Asia-Pacific Region, SHL IT IS interesting to follow the debate concerning HR practices in Asia ("The masks we all wear," April 27 and "What are HR people really like?", April 30). One of the
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      Have a mum-friendly economy
      360 25  -  YVONNE WONG A govt committee could put in place childcare, Sohos and flexi-time options Letter from' IT'S interesting to note the contrast between the report, "Don't let them drop out" (April 30) in Today, in which Minister Lim Boon Heng called on employers to help young
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      Lock icon Raising the ERP rates may not be the solution
      208 25  -  JASON CHIAM CHIAH SERN Letter from I REFER to the announcement that Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will go up on the CTE (picture) with effect from next Monday. It seems to be that Land Transport Authority lacks a viable solution.
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      Alternatives to the Downtown line
      88 25  -  TAN KIN LI AN Letter from THE Government plans to spend $12 billion to build three new MRT lines, called the Downtown Line. I wish to suggest alternatives to avoid this heavy investment: Run more trains on the current lines, say, twice the capacity; or
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      266 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY BARBIE AND HER PALS Many years ago, I commented in one of my books that I didn't like what Barbie dolls do to the little girls who play with them. Parents still write to me today asking why. There are two main
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      Lock icon He went to Yale and Harvard but chose to be a monk
      1203 26 Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim believes that Buddhism can help answer his questions coffee with VENERABLE HYON GAK SUNIM 43, Head Teacher of the Seoul International Zen Centre at Hwa Gye Sah Temple "THE most important thing in life
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    • Letter, Illustration
      School's warrant card strategy may put pupils at risk
      240 29  -  BENNYTAN Letter from I READ with great concern a move by Telok Kurau Secondary School to issue "warrant cards" to grassroots leaders "to pull up or praise students outside school", as reported in "A lookout for who's naughty or nice" (April
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    • Letter
      Less spam through registration
      162 29  -  TAN KIN LI AN Letter from THE Government has introduced legislation to control unsolicited advertising mail, also called "spam" mail. It requires the advertisers to indicate "ADV" in the mail and an option to "unsubscribe". Some people are sceptical whether this will work. It may encourage
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      Lock icon Where's that much-touted friendliness?
      349 29  -  JENOM JAMES NYAM Letter from I AGREE with Ms Frances Ong's unbiased opinion in "Keep the Door Wide Open" (April 24), which solemnly urged Singaporeans to be more receptive and accommodating of foreigners. In doing research about Singapore before applying to study here, I found the
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  • Businesstoday
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      77th Street to take more steps down China road
      250 30  -  TORCHING LI chingli@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE-based street-fashion retailer 77th Street has made its mark in Beijing literally. Four years after stamping its first footprint in the heart of China's capital in the Xidan shopping district, 77th Street Plaza has been
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      Lock icon Drilling for oil and more
      501 30 —AFP Japan PM visits Gulf to build energy, business partnerships JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe started a visit to the Qatari capital of Doha yesterday, the final leg of a Gulf tour aimed at establishing energy and business tie-ups. He was set to hold separate
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      Koon deal still iffy
      318 30  -  JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg VOCIFEROUS attempts by Koon Holdings' minority shareholders to address a possible conflict of interest between one of the construction company's independent director and a proposed merger proved futile at Monday's annual general meeting (AGM). The independent director, Mr Christopher Chong, interrupted attempts
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      Lock icon China's manufacturing growth at two-year peak
      304 31 BLOOMBERG MANUFACTURING activity in China expanded at the fastest pace in more than two years in April, according to a survey of purchasing managers released yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 58.6 from 56.1 in March, the statistics bureau said in a statement
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      155 31 BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG The Shanghai Stock Exchange is in talks with overseas-based companies including HSBC Holdings to list their shares in China, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The exchange has held talks with United-Kingdom-based HSBC, the world's fourth-biggest bank by market value, the newspaper reported, citing an interview with exchange
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      Lock icon US must cut domestic agriculture subsidies to below $29 billion: WTO
      260 31 —AFP THE United States must cut domestic agricultural support and trade distorting measures to below US$l9 billion ($29 billion), the World Trade Organization's (WTO) chief negotiator on agriculture said on Monday. Mr Crawford Falconer, the chairman of the WTO's
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        World markets
        32 31 Nikkei 225 *****.98 -125.43 -0.72 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX2D0 6145.80 -20.20 -0.33 Korea Comp Thailand SET Jakarta Camp 2001.17 +2.01 +0.10 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex Malaysia KLCI
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      743 32 Dover Park Hospice patients can count on staff and volunteers to do more than their job "I DO N'T feel stressed out by my job and it isn't a burden to look after my patients. I have passion and love for what I do," said Halijah
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        610 33 Thinking ahead is the key to managing capital expenditure TWO of the greatest challenges facing growing businesses are capacity management and capital budgeting. Capital investments are long-term investments that use future income to repay bank borrowings taken to finance them. A wrong decision can
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      1810 36  -  Karman Tse Her talent agency Fly celebrates eight years in business tonight Hard work has played a large role in her success, Irene Ang tells Today. But there has been time for serious fun, too, such as skinny-dipping in the Mediterranean, for example, and rubbernecking Madonna in Rome.
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      531 38  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL The second season of The Dance Floor could make its way back to TV juhana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg DON'T hang up those dancing shoes yet— reality dance programme The Dance Floor might just tango its way back to your small screens next year.
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      214 40 —AFP Thousands queue for up to eight hours to get their hands on supermodel's Topshop line LONDON More than a thousand people flocked to clothing store Topshop's flagship Oxford Street branch in London on Monday for the launch of the Kate Moss collection. Supermodel Moss drank champagne inside
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      134 40 —AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand actress Keisha CastleHughes (picture) has given birth to a baby girl. The 17-year-old Oscar-nom-inee and star of Whale Rider gave birth on Wednesday last week and named the baby Fe-licity-Amore, her manager Gail Cowan said. The baby girl weighed
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      207 40 —AFP SYDNEY Obese British teenagers will be dropped into Australia's harsh outback, where they will have to hunt with Aborigines for food in a new reality television show. The makers of Fat Teens Can't Hunt are talking to Aboriginal groups who will teach the youngsters
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      506 42  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL even if Dolores O'Riordan insists her solo tracks sound nothing like those* made by former band, The Cranberries Juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER four years and a new daughter, it seems Dolores O'Riordan still can't get The Cranberries out of her mind. The former lead singer
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      344 45 mm BBSS S3 travel frequently, but they enjoyed their time together, indulging a shared love for extreme sports like scuba diving and rock climbing. Things changed when the kids entered the picture three years later. The 37-year-old mum reflected: "I was ready to slow down, but he
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      #2-SUPER STAY-HOME MUM
      426 46  -  EVELINE GAN STAY home to look after five kids and do the household chores without a maid. Most modern mums would probably deem this a superhuman feat, but for Serene Lim, it is all part and parcel of being a stay-home mother. The 38-year-old mother of five
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      #3-SUPER GRANDMA
      385 46  -  NEO CHAI CHIN WHEN she found out that she was going to become a young grandmother, Mdm Choong L P's reaction was fear instead of joy. The single mother of three who sells cakes at a supermarket was ready to savour the freedom of having more time and
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        SHE'S THE BOSS
        329 48  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SHE'S the spirited maternal figure to the youth at Singapore Children's Society's Youth Development Centre in Toa Payoh, but you'll hardly hear anyone there calling Dr Carol Balhetchet "mum". They call her "boss" instead. "(My staff) call me'boss'. So, the kids at the drop-in-centre
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        HELPING THE HEALING
        316 48  -  NEOCHAICHIN TO MS Sylvia Mak, working with children with illnesses means putting their needs first. She steps in to fill the role of a "significant other" missing in their lives be it a nurturer, an elder sister or, simply, a friend. "The older kids want an older
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        FOSTER MOTHER
        300 48  -  LYNETTE KOH EVEN the mostdevoted mothers would be relieved to see the end of chronically interrupted nights, courtesy of their bawling newborns. Overthe past 10years, however, Mdm Vasugi Perumal, 47 (picture), has taken several infants into her home on a purely voluntary basis. The homemaker, who has two
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        150 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: She listens to Scissor Sisters, understands just what you find so arresting about Wentworth Miller and fights with you for that last pair of limited edition Ed Hardy trainers. You know you can gush to her about your latest crush and your friends love
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        141 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: She does your laundry and tidies up your alwaysmessy bedroom without a complaint. Even the most expensive restaurant in town can't live up to her culinary standards. And you know that after a 12-hour workday, you'll go back to a neat, cosy and loving
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        3 TAI TAI MAMA
        129 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: She lends you her Chanel handbags and her Tiffany jewels, goes shopping with you and has your friends wishing that their mothers were as glamorous and worldly as yours. WHAT SHE DESERVES: La Mer, no less. Make it a limited edition La Mer
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        200 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: She's a highflier at work and you grew up idolising her and wanting to be a trailblazer like she is. What's more amazing is the way in which she strikes a clever balance between a successful career and a rewarding family life. WHAT SHE
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        5 GREEN MAMA
        97 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: You can call her Mother Earth. She loves the earth, hates furs and believes in the goodness of all things organic. WHAT SHE DESERVES: A basket of organic beauty goodies ($B9) by 100% Pure. For good measure, chip in another $10 and you'll get
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        6 YOUTHFUL MAMA
        107 50 WHY SHE'S SUPER: She is young at heart, thinks young and sigh, she's always been mistaken for your older sister, thanks to her youthful and luminous complexion. WHAT SHE DESERVES: If you don't mind Mum looking your age, have her looking 25 forever with a gift of
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        IDEAS FOR THE SUPER BUNG MUM
        199 52  -  JOANNE YAP HAND IT TO HER Her hands have washed, cleaned and cooked for you. So, it's time to pamper them with a manicure with Swarovski crystal nail art that will make her the envy of friends. Manicure with nail art from $100 at
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        IDEAS FOR THE SUPER LUXE MUM
        259 52  -  SHERMAINEWONB I IMAGINE MY CHILDREN ARE GOINGTO SAVE ME FROM MYVANITYAND BE MY PASSION. GWEN STEFAN I By IN HER SHOES Let Mum step out in style with this pair of Manolo Blahniks. Handmade with Cinderella-like satin, these Swarovski crystal-studded heels will make any
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        IDEAS FOR THE SUPER CHIC MUM
        275 53  -  SERENE HUANGE By A CUP OF PURE LOVE Surely Mum wouldn't mind making do with less counter space in her kitchen with this sexy empire red espresso maker. Making coffee in the morning would be a delight, not to mention it's pure visual pleasure
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        282 54  -  SERENE HUANG REVIEWS PHOTOGRAPHS BRING a little Australian charm to Mother's Daywith a riverside breakfast at this chic bistro and Grandma —who is likely to wake up early is bound to be delighted. The crispy scallop and crab cake ($l6) is scrumptiously meaty, yet delicate enough should
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        LUNCH WITH WORKING MUM
        349 54 MAMA, I JUSTWANTYOUTO KNOW, LOVIN'YOU IS LIKE FOODTO MY SOUL. BOYZ II MEN, A SONG FOR MAMA WHAT hasn't the powersuited Mum seen when it comes to fine dining in überexpensive restaurants? Surely she doesn't need another of these on Mother's Day. That is why lunch
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        DINNER WITH STAY-HOME MUM
        274 56 PRIMP up dinner for your stayhome Mum with nouveau Japanese cuisine at this restaurant beside Singapore River. When nightfalls, and designer lamps light up the al fresco area, she would be transported far away from the kitchen she cooks in daily the desired effect exactly. Start
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        224 58 THIS Mother's Day, durian lovers will have reason to rejoice. Goodwood Park is bringing back its legendary durian delicacies such as the durian mousse cake ($45 per I.3kg cake), durian puff ($10.50 for six), the all-new durian dardar{s4.bO per piece) and durian crepe ($4.80 per piece), and
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        234 58 IFYOU CANT FEED A HUNDRED PEOPLE, THEN FEED JUST ONE. MOTHERTHERESA FOR all the times that Mum has been cooking and serving up mealsforthe family, here's your chance to let her sit back and enjoy the feeling of being served instead. Treat Mum to a scrumptious Peranakan buffet
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        RIVER VIEW HOTEL
        235 59 IF YOUR Mum loves trying out all kinds of food, then look no further than River Palace Chinese Restaurant this Mother's Day. Take Mum to the restaurant's ever-popular "unlimited a la carte" promotion, which features wellloved Chinese food that will make her smile in approval. Choose from
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        RAFFLES THE PLAZA
        277 59 MUM will be spoilt for choice at the Plaza Market Cafe's high tea buffet. With delectable appetisers such asthe deep-fried crispy tofu with seafood salad, Taiwanese sausage and century egg and roasted duck, one can only imagine how good the mains will be. And it certainly does
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      396 58 MOTHER'S DAY Hi i3May2oo7, Celebrate the occasion with our ever-popular "Unlimited A-La-Carte' promotion which includes a buffet spread of lovely desserts. Select from a menu of over 40 dishes while we whet your appetite with a one-time serving of Chef's Specialties! $29.80 (adult) $16.80 (child) Chef's Specialties tone serving each)
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      195 62 BLOOMBERG BARBADOS Cricket's World Cup, which ended in farcical conditions after seven weeks, could be upstaged bythe inaugural championship of the sport's shortest version, officials and players said. The Twenty2o World Championship in South Africa in September is likely to succeed where
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      551 62 AGENCIES Australia begin rebuilding side three days after third straight World Cup win SYDNEY Australia completed their record hat-trick of World Cup titles on Saturday by beating Sri Lanka in Barbados, extending their formidable unbeaten streak in the tournament to 28 matches. But
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      263 63 LONDON Renault boss Flavio Briatore believes changes brought in to make Formula 1 more of a spectacle have not worked. "Normally it's boring," said the head of the current constructors' champions. "(The changes) have done nothing for the show." Briatore, speaking to BBC
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      586 63 —AP NBA PLAYOFFS Washington 90 Cleveland 97 WASHINGTON A year ago, winning a playoff series by any means was cause for major celebration by the Cleveland Cavaliers. This year's 4-0 sweep of the Washington Wizards? That's simply what the Cavaliers were supposed to do. Cleveland
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      503 64  -  DARREN LAI Skipper Pipob and his Chonburi team-mates are looking to go all the way this time RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2007 Balestier Khalsa v Chonburi FC Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm darren@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS heartbreaking, cruel almost Two goals up with just 13 minutes remaining in
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      336 64  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@media corp.com.sg ESTRANGED national throwers Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui will meet the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) on May 17. The shot put stars were originally scheduled to return from China and meet SAA officials on Monday to sort
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