Today, 12 May 2007

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    13 1 TODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A=DJJ\CORP we set you thinking May 12-13, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon THE BENG SENG, BERNIE SHOW
    1129 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg JUST a week ago, property tycoon Ong Beng Seng was wondering if his dream of bringing the glitzy Formula 1 race to Singapore would come crashing down yet again. His 18-year-old friendship with Fl supremo Bernie Ecclestone notwithstanding, differences over "the money
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      44 1 RELATED REPORTS PAGES 2 and 3 MILITARY JET CRASH KILLS TWO STOREANS IN TAIWAN 4 TEMPORARY HALT Lifting operations at Jurong Port resume after almost 24-hour ban 6 FINAL DAY NAIL-BITER Expect no favours from Man U, Hammers told as they face relegation 36
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      DON'T FORGET THE COMMON MAN
      582 2  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS EDITOR leonard@media corp.com.sg ON THE roads are million-dollar machines roaring along at mind-boggling speed, challenging each other; talent, skill and strategy tapped to the extreme to overtake and get ahead. Off them is the glitz and glamour, rich and beautiful people who
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      Lock icon A Formula 1 tax surprise for hotels
      230 2  -  JOSE RAYMOND WITH local hotels expected to rake in big bucks during the Fl season, a special tax will be imposed during the period to help the Government defray the cost of staging the race here. Minister of State for Trade and Industry
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      A small price to pay as they race away
      193 3  -  —JOSE RAYMOND EXPECT road closures, disruption to traffic and access restrictions in the run-up to the first Fl race in September or early October next year. With thousands expected to be affected by the event, Minister of State for Trade and
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      HOW SAFE IS NIGHT RACING?
      464 3  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@media corp.com.sg IN ABOUT 15 months' time, more than 500 million pairs of eyes from around the world will be on Singapore as it plays host to what could be the world's first-ever Formula 1 night race. On Friday, during a press conference
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon 2 S'poreans killed, 9 hurt in Taiwan military jet crash
      427 4  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg TWO Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers were killed in Taiwan on Friday after a Taiwanese fighter jet plunged into a storeroom in an army camp. The crash, which also claimed the lives of the F-5F Tiger jet's
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      Lock icon PMs' Langkawi talks: Iskandar on agenda
      307 4 —AGENCIES PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will meet his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Monday in Langkawi, in a retreat that may accelerate economic cooperation and jumpstart a massive development plan. Mr Badawi, who will host the first retreat between the two leaders,
      —AGENCIES  -  307 words
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      Lock icon SIA staff get record bonuses
      582 4  -  LEE U-WEN Bonus of 6.07 months is nearly twice last year's u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THEY arrived with high expectations, and judging by the cheers that followed, it's safe to say not many left disappointed. Singapore Airlines' (SIA) employees will pocket a record 6.07 months' basic bonus this
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      Lock icon 1st stop-work order in 40 years
      456 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Accident triggers ban on Jurong Port's lifting operations for almost 24 hours nazry@media corp.com.sg IT WAS voted Asia's best emerging cargo terminal operator for five years running. But this week saw Jurong Port's award-winning streak tainted by its first stopwork order since it
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      Lock icon SAFETY COURSE FOR NEW FOREIGN WORKERS IN SHIPPING SECTOR
      161 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NEW foreign workers in the ship construction, building and repair industries will be required to attend safety training and certification courses. According to a proposal by the Workplace Safety and Health Advisory Committee that was accepted by the Manpower
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  161 words
    • Article
      A child born every week at Microsoft S'pore last year, thanks to pro-family plans
      560 6  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are 51 more reasons to celebrate this Mother's Day at Microsoft Singapore, which saw one baby born every 7.2 days on average to its staff last year. The IT firm rolled out
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon JBJ DISCHARGED FROM BANKRUPTCY
        130 6 —AFP Veteran Singapore opposition figure J B Jeyaretnam was discharged from bankruptcy after paying damages he owed after losing a defamation suit, officials confirmed on Friday. The official assignee's office said it received a cashier's order from the 81-year-old Jeyaretnam totalling $233,255 on Thursday. "The money
        —AFP  -  130 words
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        Lock icon ENGINEER'S DEATH WAS SUICIDE
        144 6 938 LIVE A former MediaCorp engineer found dead on the ground floor of his block of flats was judged to have committed suicide. Mr Raymond Leong, 33, died of multiple injuries that resulted from a fall from a height at Ang Mo Kio last November. Toxicology
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        Lock icon NTUC AIMS FOR 500,000 MEMBERS
        63 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The NTUC aims to raise its membership by 20,000 in the next three months, ultimately hitting the 500,000 mark. Those who sign up with NTUC can look forward to shopping subsidies, subsidy for training courses and free group insurance. The membership drive is
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  • world news
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      Lock icon The warm tones of Brown
      540 8 —AGENCIES PM frontrunner will 'listen and learn', promises more modest style of govt LONDON After a long-awaited endorsement from Britain's outgoing leader Tony Blair on Friday, Mr Gordon Brown launched his bid to become the country's next Prime Minister by admitting errors over the unpopular
      . —AGENCIES; AFP  -  540 words
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      Lock icon Germany threatens to put G8 opponents in custody
      221 8 DPA BERLIN Germany has warned that extremists planning to disrupt next month's Group of Eight summit of the world's richest nations could be placed in preventive custody ahead of the meeting. Potential troublemakers could be detained for up to two weeks if
      — DPA  -  221 words
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      Lock icon 'Elephant tramples bicycle' in key Indian election
      275 8 —AFP NEW DELHI A party championing the cause of oppressed Indians has wrested control of India's most populous state and its low-caste female leader is poised to become the state's chief minister for the fourth time. Voting closed on Friday for the seven-round
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      Lock icon Thailand may charge royal YouTube pains
      255 8 —AFP BANGKOK Thailand has reached an agreement with You Tube over the removal of video clips deemed insulting to the Thai king, but threatened to prosecute those responsible for the images. If the videos are removed, Thailand would stop blocking the popularvideo-sharing site owned
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      Lock icon Najib's got M'sian PM's vote
      279 8 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has delivered full backing to his besieged deputy, Mr Najib Razak with all indicators pointing to an early general election. Malaysia must hold elections by early 2009, but Mr Abdullah is widely expected to hold it
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      Lock icon Untitled
      78 10 INDIA'S LEANING TOWER: A four-storey building in the Indian state of Gujarat has apparently keeled over and landed on its side. No one was injured as the occupants had been evacuated from the premises earlier, after the building in the city of Surat visibly started tilting on Wednesday night Some
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      Lock icon Osama's former driver charged
      206 10 -AFP WASHINGTON Osama bin Laden's former driver and bodyguard is to be tried by a special military commission at Guantanamo Bay on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism, according to the Pentagon. A charge sheet has alleged that Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni national, provided support
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      Lock icon Paying for Iraq by instalments
      594 10 —AFP Bush threatens to veto lawmakers' move to release war funds every few months WASHINGTON The showdown between United States President George W Bush and lawmakers over Iraq was headed to the Senate on Friday, after the House of Representatives voted to fund the war
      —AFP  -  594 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon POLICE FOR VIOLENCE-HIT HOSPITALS IN CHINA?
        135 10 AFP China's government has suggested that police be posted in hospitals to stem growing violence sparked by public anger over shoddy care and rising costs. "The police should be more involved in safeguarding hospital staff and the facility itself," Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an
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        Lock icon CHINESE-AMERICAN ENGINEER FOUND GUILTY OF EXPORTING MILITARY DATA TO CHINA
        118 10 -AFP A China-born American engineer has been found guilty of conspiracy to smuggle sensitive technology regarding United States Navy submarines to China, following a six-week trial in California. Chi Mak, who worked for a US company with several Navy contracts,
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        Lock icon HIT BY GAY SCANDAL, HE QUITS 2ND TOP JOB
        131 10 BLOOMBERG boldman bachs broup,the world's biggest securities firm by market value, has announced that Mr John Browne (picture) has left its board of directors, a week after resigning as chief executive officer of BP. Last week. Lord Browne quit BP -the
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        Lock icon VIAGRA FROM INDIA SEIZED IN BOSNIA
        84 10 AFP Bosnian authorities have seized more than 17,000 Viagra pills destined for the country's black market. The tablets were discovered at Sarajevo airport in a shipment from India, said customs officials. The estimated black-market value of the seized tablets was 500,000 euros ($1.03 million),
        — AFP  -  84 words
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      Call sign's no bluff
      124 12  -  RAYMOND LO WAN MOU Letter from I REFER to the letter "Call the taxi driver's bluff" (May 11). I was a cabby for SMRT and now a relief driver for Comfort Delgro. Accusations that those cabs which displace "on call" signs are actually not on call
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      Lock icon TAXING TIME
      778 12  -  Neil Humphreys Singapore commuters have still got it easy TAXI rides are always going to be like a pot luck dinner. You'll reach your destination (a toilet, in the case of the dinner), but you're never entirely sure how you're going to get there. In Singapore, I had
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      Planning must ensure land transport here sustainable, can cater to growing population
      377 12  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM, Letter From Deputy Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Tan Kin Lian's letter, "Alternatives to the Downtown Line" (May 2) where he shared that more should be done to expand the existing bus
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      Lock icon THE TOUCH THAT HEALS
      1243 14 coffee with I MARY STEVENS Recipient of the Good Samaritan Award 2007 WHEN their families shunned them, this woman opened her arms and heart to them. This caused her to be rejected by her own family for years. How many of us could give to that
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Uncle Sam in need of foreign investors
      546 15 —AFP US treasury secretary on a charm offensive to draw FDI THE world's biggest and freest economy is now feeling the heat in the worldwide jostle for investment capital. United States President George W Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson have embarked on
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      Lock icon STT may not bid for Hanaro
      136 15 .—DOW JONES SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (STT) is unlikely to bid for a stake in South Korea's Hanarotelecom, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. "They have their hands fu11... It's unlikely they'll bid for anything in Korea at this point," the source
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    • CORPORATEBRIEFS
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        AEM CEO UNDER CPIB PROBE
        91 15 AEM Holdings said its CEO Tok Kian You and a number of its employees are under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), in a probe that was first unveiled on Wednesday. These employees are currently on leave, it added. The firm has also
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        Lock icon PSB ACADEMY EXPANDING
        161 15  -  DAPHNECHUAH BLOOMBERG Ayear after it was acquired by German firm TUV SUD, former government unit PSB Academy is going on an expansion spree. The private education institution academy aims to inject over $40 million to increase the number of overseas schools and colleges from eight to 22,
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    • marketwatch
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        SGX most active
        26 15 Digiland ChinaEntSp Anma Armstrong Jasper 0.040 +0.005 +14.3 220.110 0.015 -105.500 0.145 +0.010 +7.4 105.403 0.330 +0.035 +11.0 70.044 0.025 -0.005 -10.7 74.080
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        80 15 —AFP Share prices closed 0.64 per cent lower on Friday following Wall Street's slump overnight, driven by weak US economic data, dealers said. The ST Index fell 22.34 points to 3,446.92 on volume of 2.63 billion snares worth 1.87 billion Singapore dollars (1.24 billion US). Losers led gainers 459
        —AFP  -  80 words
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        World markets
        48 15 Nikkei 225 *****.72 -183.24 -1.03 HK Hang Seng *****.21 -278.00 -1.34 Australia ASX200 0207.40 -58.10 -0.01 Korea Camp 1003.50 +3.88 +0.24 Thailand SET 700.00 -0.20 -0.04 Jakarta Camp 2022.20 -24.73 -1.21 Shenzhen B 723.03 -5.80 -0.81 Mumbai Sensex *****.10 +24.03 +0.18 Malaysia KLCI 1351.45 -4.17 -0.31
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        SGX top rises
        22 15 SembMar DB 0.180 +80.5 SembMar RB 0.405 +80.0 SembMar SGA SembMar MBL HSI*****SGA 0.230 +70.0 0.100 +08.4 0.040 +00.0
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        SGX top falls
        18 15 ICBCSGA 0.005 -00.7 TopGlobal HSCEI0000DB HSI*****BNP 0.125 0.000 0.050 -00.2 -58.1 -50.5 DBSDB 0.025 -50.0
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        Commodities
        20 15 Sold US$/oz iilvar US$/oz 'lalinum US$/oz 667.00 13.14 1,324.20 lubber cents/kg 352.75 'aim oil RM/tonne Irent US$/barrel 2480.00 65.43
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        Your S$1 buys
        33 15 uss UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro 0.6578 Rupiah 5828.1 0.3325 Baht 21.806 78.831 Peso 31.028 5.1448 AS 0.7942 2.2428 Indian Rs 27.156 0.4881 Yuan 5.0535 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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        Lock icon One-third chance of US recession: Greenspan
        606 16 AFP -AGENCIES Year-end outlook if housing overcapacity stays a drag FORMER Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said he still sees a one-third chance of a recession in the United States economy this year. Mr Greenspan, who attended a Merrill Lynch Co conference in Singapore
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        Lock icon Australia's Alinta backs $10-billion bid by Babcock & Brown, Singapore Power
        219 16 Australia's Alinta backs $10-billion bid by Babcock Brown, Singapore Power —AP SYDNEY The board of Australian energy company Alinta has recommended shareholders accept an AsB billion ($lO billion) takeover offer by investment bank Babcock Brown and Singapore Power, ending a bidding war between the suitor and Macquarie Bank. Babcock Brown's
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      • wealth personal finance & investment
        • Article
          Reality gap slows retirement plans
          357 16  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg DESPITE being positive about retirement and hoping to retire early, almost half of Singaporeans have not started preparing for it In fact, more than 60 per cent do not even know their future retirement income. This is despite having the
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      232 16 Join the world's fastest growing profession. According to career world I "Hot Jobs in Teaching", ESL is one of the 3 areas with the most demand for teachers. This is an Exciting Time For Certified Master English Teachers as jobs I advancement are many varied. There is a shortage of
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  • wh?ch
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      Baggers can be choosers
      695 17  -  EHEJUJE These hip options mean even fashionistas can shop the eco-friendly way IT MAY be hip and politically correct no' to say you like your fashion green. And I don't mean dressing up as a four-leaf clover mascot on St Patrick's Day. I've been environmentally conscious
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      THEY BAG TO DIFFER
      273 17 Inspired by the collaboration between Sainsbury's and Anya Hindmarch, we got some local designers to imagine how their reusable bag design would look like, if they were to work with a supermarket chain here. LOVE SHOPPING, LOVE THE EARTH It's the language of love for Nic
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    • style
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        Make Mum happy with MTM
        219 18  -  -PEARLYNTHAM GIVE Mum an MTM QlO Treatment+ this Mother's Day and say with conviction: "This is just for you, Mum," and you won't be lying. After all, MTM's skincare products are custom-blended to suit each individual's skin type, gender, age and even lifestyle perfectly so
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        Intern with Calvin Klein in NY
        197 18  -  PEARLYNTHAM AN INTERNSHIP programme with Calvin Klein in New York doesn't materialise any other day. But if you are a budding fashion designer, here's a chance to add this illustrious feather to your cap. The condition? You have to be the winner of this
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        Lock icon IWAN MY WATCH
        675 18  -  PEARLYN THAM One man's journey from M'sian kampongto luxury Spore boutique pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg I DAVID Gan, step aside. Iwan Hew could be the new I I poster boy for the "Malaysian kampong boy made good" I I movement But if you aren't a watch connoisseur, you I I
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    • makan
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        Lock icon A MEXICAN MASTERPIECE
        675 19  -  SERENE HUANG Two decades on, Margarita's continues to impress diners serene@media corp.com.sg IT'S never easy to change mindsets, but it helps to have good food to do it with. When Andy Yap set up Margarita's nearly two decades ago, that was exactly how he did it. He
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        United IT flavours of Italy
        640 20 GARIBALDI, a four-year-old Italian restaurant along Purvis Street, is a familiar venue on the local fine dining scene. Interestingly, the restaurant was originally named after a legendary Italian patriot who had nothing to do with culinary finesse Giuseppe Garibaldi, the general who, in thel 9th
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    • gadget
      • GET WHAT'S BEST FOR MUM
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          SONY CYBERSHOT G1 DIGITAL CAMERA
          71 22 $999 Look Ma, no wires! The G1 has WiFi so she can share or transfer pictures to compatible computers or cameras wirelessly without hooking up cumbersome cables. She won't need to worry about running out of space for pictures or movies with the camera's roomy
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          NINTENDO Wll
          76 22 $647 Mahjong might be her cup of tea but she can start video gaming now, thanks to the Wii's motion sensing controls. It's as simple as holding the remote and swinging it around —there's no need to learn the art of well-timed and -sequenced button-mashing. And don't cry
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          SAMSUNG ULTRA EDITION 10.9 (U600)
          63 22 $698 Slim and simple to use, that's what this 10.9 mm thin phone is all about. If Mum's still working, she'll appreciate the fact that she can scan business cards with the phone's 3.2 megapixel camera. It's a handy companion for her holidays or business
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          SAMSUNG IDTV M8 40-INCH LCD TV
          75 22 $7,399 Let Mum watch her favourite dramas and soap operas in high-defi-nition and let her see how her favourite South Korean actor looks with pores, warts and all. She won't have to move an inch to get a better view too because the M
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          APPLE MACBOOK
          71 22 From $1,899 Don't let the digital divide come between mum and you. With a Mac, you can introduce her to the Internet without worrying about viruses and spyware. Its user-friendly software will also get her editing and making her own movies or music in no time. Let her
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          OSIM UPILOT
          56 22 $8,800 Make herthetalkof town (among her friends, at the very least) with the Osim uPilot the Ferrari of massage chairs. It'll soothe her frazzled nerves in all the right places with its inflating airbags, back rollers and foot reflexology massage. If your pockets aren't that deep, get herthe
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    • car
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        AN EVEN HIGHER 5
        667 24  -  COLIN YONG Detail changes have kept BMW's 5 Series atthetopof its game colin@mediacorp.com.sg THIS is one car you'll get a buzz out of driving. But only if you are being inconsiderate on the roads. That's because the new BMW 5 Series is the first car in
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      • Article
        BMW sweeps 'Engine Oscars'
        346 24  -  COLIN YONG BMW cemented its position as the leading engine manufacturer in the world when it won seven out of 12 International Engine of the Year Awards earlier this week. These were given out at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany. Now in its eighth year,
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        PICKING UP A NEW ACCENT
        433 26  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE A familiar name from Hyundai makes a comeback news@newstoday.com.sg ONE sure way to turn heads on the road is to drive a coupe. Such cars don't come cheap though, with entry to the club starting with the $78,399 Hyundai Tuscani. If you're looking
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      • Article
        New legislation for safer cars
        222 26  -  COLIN YONG ELECTRONIC stability control (ESC) could soon be a standard feature on all new cars sold in Europe and the United States. A recent European study showed that such systems can cut the accident rate by up to 32 per cent, especially in wet
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      • NEWSTRACKS
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          PERODUA'S NEW BABY
          112 26 Malaysian automaker Perodua on Thursday officially launched a brand new city car that will replace the current Kelisa model. The Viva is based on a Daihatsu design and has a newly-developed 61 bhp 1.0-litre engine with variable valve timing. Both five-speed manual and four-speed auto gearboxes are
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          THE SPEED OF LIGHT
          135 26 A pared-down, quicker version of Lamborghini's Gallardo supercar has hit town. The limited production Gallardo Superleggera Italian for "superlight" weighs 100 kg less than a normal Gallardo, thanks to the extensive use of materials like carbon fibre and titanium. It costs $918,000, a whopping $120,000 more
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          911 TURBO LOSES ITS TOP
          147 26  -  *J I I t_f U I Vs 111 Wll lUU COLIN YONG Porsche has released the first official photographs of its new 911 Turbo Cabriolet, which is due to enter production in the third quarter of this year. It's one of the fastest soft-top cars
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    • property
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        CDL turns green and wins
        402 28  -  Developer bags 16 BCA awards for its environmentally-friendly efforts JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg CITY Developments (CDL) has received more than one-third of all the Green Mark Awards that were handed out to private developers by the Building and Construction Authority recently. CDL's 16 awards account for
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        Pavilion Park's second phase launches
        256 28  -  JOSEPH YADAO ALLGREEN Properties is launching the second phase of Pavilion Park, a development comprising landed terrace and semi-detached houses off Bukit Batok Road on Saturday. The terrace houses will be priced from about $1.4 million each, while the semi-detached houses will be priced from
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        Lock icon Foreign investment in Shanghai property market down 30%
        248 28 -AFP SHANGHAI Foreign investment in Shanghai's robust real estate sector fell by more than 30 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, a state press report said on Friday. Contracted investment in properties totalled USs6l2 million ($930 million) in
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      • Article
        Sentosa Cove invites offers for 4 bungalow land parcels
        219 28  -  ■JOSEPH YADAO IF YOU fancy seafront living on Sentosa, time is running out for you to snare a prized plot of land there. Sentosa Cove has started inviting offers for one of the final batches of seafront bungalow parcels available in
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