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    20 1 TODAY Thursday July 24, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday July 24, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    No shocks this time ...
    611 1  - No shocks this time NEO CHAI CHIN ONG DAI LIN POWER BILLS SP Services vows "seamless transition'to new billing system and ON chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time it tweaked its billing system eight years ago, SP Services found itself facing the wrath of 12 per cent of its 1.2 million customers
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    Jurong MPs to rotate responsibilities
    693 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg EVERY six months, constituents of the late Dr Ong Chit Chung's Bukit Batok ward will see a different Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jurong GRC, of which it is a part, taking care of their zone's affairs. Today has learnt the four
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      275 1 >w EXOTIC KASHGAR WmBIIIb^ Get a feel of this anc'ent c'*y by visiting w If rS^l 'ts Sunday Bazaar. I |tf TRAVELLER 46 COLUMN LEONARD THOMAS Sports School's report card is impressive, since it opened four years ago. Now we need to see more world-class talent, culminating in a rich
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      Lock icon Kampung days ...
      467 2  - Kampung days TEOXUANWEI TAPS RUN DRY Water restored to 32 units in Jurong West after 3 days xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg FOR three days, Kamaruzzaman Mahat, 14, has been packing dinner home not because his mother does not cook, but because the taps at home have run dry. Water supply to his block
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      24 hours after US watches 24 ...
      627 3  - 24 hours after US watches 24 HEDIRMANSUPIAN PAYTELEVISION S #poreans to get latest hits on mioTV price yet to be set hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS will be the first in Asia to watch the latest episodes of top television shows from the United States, although the premium they will have to pay
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      Lock icon He wants hungry leaders, not boring drones
      535 4  -  TAN HUI LENG INTERVIEWWITH A RULE BREAKER PhilipYeo scoffs at bookworms, saying scholars need to be hungry and tenacious huileng@mediacorp.com.sg "HAVE you been to a bar? A redlight district?" these are some of the questions that top civil servant Philip Yeo once posed
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      Lock icon The things they did ... and did not do
      996 6 The things they did and did not do AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT Several ministries and stat boards taken to task, but AGO says not a reflection of state of governance UNDER-UTILISATION of land and buildings, resulting in losses from possible rental revenues; "generous" interpretation of government instruction manuals by the various
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      Lock icon SILVER LINING FOR BUDGET CARRIERS?
      785 8  -  LIANG DINGZI NEWS COMMENT SOARING fuel prices are threatening to send many airlines into a tail spin. While aviation experts predict that a number of them will be forced to fold their wings if they do not react, some are upbeat about a silver lining
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      THE JOI OF BEING SINGAPOREAN
      354 9  -  LYNETTE KOH Over the past eight years, homegrown singer Joi Chua (left) has chalked up quite a few career highs: She performed at a CCTV (China Central Television) Mid-autumn Festival show in China last year, recorded the Singapore Tourism Board's Chinese theme song for a
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        GPS HELPS NABTAXI ROBBER
        171 10 A 35-year-old robber who assaulted a taxi driver and drove off with his cab has been nabbed. At about lam yesterday, the cabbie, 52, picked up the suspect at Kampong Bahru. While on the Ayer Rajah Expressway, the cabbie tried to stop the passenger from fiddling
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        AUSSIE JOURNALIST POSTS BAIL
        51 10 Australian Broadcasting Corporation reporter Peter Lloyd has been released after posting bail. Lloyd, 41, who is charged with trafficking and possessing Ice, had found a local resident to provide $60,000 to secure his release, his lawyer Tan Jee Ming said. His case will be heard again
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        MAN ATTACKS POLICE OFFICER
        106 10 Police are looking for a fair-complexioned man in his early 30s who assaulted a police officer at Geylang Serai Neighbourhood Police Post (NPP) on Tuesday evening. The man, wearing a grey T-shirt with brown sleeves, had entered on the pretext of lodging a report. The officer
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        COE PRICES DOWN
        78 10 Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices fell across the board in the second tender exercise for July. The biggest fall was for cars above i,6oocc. The COE fell by more than $1,200 to $14,235. The next biggest was in the open category, dropping some $800 to $14,858. COEs
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      Accuracy of news report questioned
      411 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MASSAGE PARLOUR MURDER The Straits Times account of what judge said not backed by records weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg HAS the High Court judge presiding over the Ang Mo Kio massage parlour murder trial pre-judged the accused? Defence lawyer Subhas Anandan raised this concern at the start
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      25 5 J Date 26 September 2008 2 Keppel Bay Vista Email corporate@kboasia.com v www.worldjazzsingapore.com O i^ E3 n a event: a division of the www.onelifestylegroup.com onelifestylegroup
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      430 7 CIBAOVISION Jade's Secret P^'R^ S Cjt Aqua Comfort Plus To All-Day Comfort Model television hOSt and Upcoming Yet, despite her hectic schedule, Jade shows no get quite uncomfortable from wearing them. sign of fatigue and her sparkly personality is always Occasionally, I would be forced to wear my glasses actress
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      Lock icon War imminent, UN warned
      350 12 AGENCIES THAILAND-CAMBODIA DISPUTE PHNOM PENH Thailand yesterday accused Cambodia of eyeing even more of its land, while the Thai Premier said his Cambodian counterpart was using the dispute to win in national elections this weekend. As the military standoff over disputed land near the ancient temple
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      Lock icon RIFT DOES NOT REFLECT WELL ON ASEAN: SURIN
      133 12 AFP The military standoff between Thailand and Cambodia nearthe Preah Viheartemple could affect the image and confidence of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), the group's chief said yesterday. Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said the 10-nation group wants the two countries
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      Anwar ropes in ex-Umno leader
      249 12 KUALA LUMPUR Making good on his promise to bring members of the ruling coalition over to the opposition, Mr Anwar Ibrahim yesterday announced that a senior leader of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) has joined the opposition coalition. Mr Anwar, who is waiting to
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        COURT REJECTS BID TO CALL DPM NAJIBAS WITNESS
        108 14 The High Court rejected a petition by lawyer Karpal Singh to obtain testimony from Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, dealing a blow to the opposition's efforts to link Mr Najib to the 2006 killing of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu. Political analyst Abdul
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        PAS URGES BAN ON DANGDUT SHOW
        121 14 After her concert in Johor Bahru last week was cancelled by a district officer, Indonesian dangdut star Inul Daratista is facing another obstacle: Malaysia's Islamic opposition party is seeking a ban on her planned concert in Kuala LumpurthisSunday. Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) made a
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      Lock icon Project 'threatens heritage park'
      336 14 AFP MALAYSIAN DAM Activists warn flood damage would jeopardise park's Unesco status KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's plan to build a series of hydroelectric dams on Borneo island threatens the World Heritage status of a key national park, environmentalists warned. Parts of Mulu National Park in Sarawak state
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      Lock icon Don't panic, it's just superglue
      179 14 LONDON A man superglued himself to the British Prime Minister in an unusual form of protest, CNN reported. The incident took place as Prime Minister Gordon Brown was about to present Mr Dan Glass with a charity's award for his work on transportation issues. Just
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      Lock icon US Congress approves Bill to bar Myanmar gems
      272 16 AFP WASHINGTON In a move to deprive Myanmar's ruling junta of hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue, the United States Congress has approved legislation that seeks to block import of gems from Myanmar. The Bill, which was unanimously approved, has
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      Lock icon Frustrated man runs rampage
      295 16 AP TOKYO STABBING Bookshop woman worker killed, colleague injured TOKYO Police arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a woman to death and wounding another at a Tokyo bookstore in an attack the suspect described as random and fuelled by frustration, police said yesterday. The 22-year-old victim
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      Lock icon Asean meet host S'pore urges media restraint
      288 18 AGENCIES SINGAPORE yesterday accused the press pack of unruly behaviour while covering this week's Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) ministerial meetings. It has urged the media to "exercise restraint". An official statement said: "In one instance, a senior member of a visiting
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      388 18 Condi's first meeting AFP SIX-PARTY NUCLEAR TALKS Good spirit, tough message as Rice meets N Korean Foreign Minister UNITED States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday pressed her North Korean counterpart to move rapidly on new nuclear disarmament steps, but hailed the "good spirit" at unprecedented six-party talks. Dr Rice
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      246 19 AP ETIQUETTE GUIDELINES BEIJING Eight versions of posters have been put up in Dongcheng district in a central Beijing spelling out conversational etiquette guidelines to residents who meet foreigners or disabled athletes during next month's Olympics. Dongcheng includes Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
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      Lock icon Here's to a joyous Olympics: Protest zones for demonstrators
      287 19 AP BEIJING Specially-designated zones for protesters will be set up during next month's Olympics in Beijing, a security official said yesterday, in a sign that China's authoritarian government may allow some demonstrations during the games. At least three public parks near
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      Lock icon $2.2m for brain injury after detox diet
      311 20 THE GUARDIAN WOMAN'S DIETING WOES THE family of a British woman who suffered brain damage following a "detox" diet warned on Tuesday of the dangers of such regimes. Ms Dawn Page received more than £800,000 ($2.2 million) in an out-of-court settlement after a
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      Lock icon LONESOME NO MORE
      115 20 AP An Ecuadorean tortoise known as 'Lonesome George'-the last of his kind has mated with a female of a related Galapagos Islands species, the archipelago's national park service said. Three intact eggs out of a clutch of nine were found in the tortoises' enclosure on Tuesday. "It
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      Lock icon PM: It'will help millions'
      310 21 AFP INDIA-US NUCLEAR DEAL But opposition seeks to unseal Congress-led govt NEW DELHI India's government yesterday celebrated a victory it said would help bring millions out of poverty, after winning a vote that clears the way for a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. This
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      Lock icon Dhaka cleans up voter list
      258 21 AFP DHAKA Bangladesh's emergency government announced yesterday that it had finished work on a "revolutionary" digital voters' list that will pave the way for the restoration of democracy in the graft-hit nation. The list contains 80.5 million names and has eliminated 12.7 million "fake, fictitious,
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      Lock icon Tobacco plants hold key to cheap cancer vaccine
      412 22 AGENCIES MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH The plant that causes cancer may now offer a cure for some lymphomas CHICAGO The tobacco plant, which is responsible for millions of cancer cases, may actually offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study
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      Lock icon HELLO DOLLY, GLAD TO SEE YOU GO
      90 22 EPA Hurricane Dolly yesterday churned over the Gulf of Mexico towards the United States-Mexican border, forcing over 23,000 people in Mexico to evacuate as US oil rigs put staff ashore and the US Navy sheltered aircraft. Packing sustained winds of i3okmh, the second
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        Lock icon TAIWAN'S FORMER-PRESIDENT TO SUE ALLEGED ATTACKER
        141 28 AFP Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian plans to sue a man who allegedly kicked him as he entered a courthouse to defend himself in a defamation case, his office said on Tuesday. Mr Chen "can put up with verbal insults and abuses to protect
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        Lock icon LOS ANGELES BANS PLASTIC BAGS
        84 28 AFP The second largest United States city Los Angeles will ban all plastic bags from retail stores, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco, said the Los Angeles City Council. After July 1, 2010, all store customers must provide their own bags or
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      Lock icon COMMEMORATING HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
      52 28 EPA United States Democratic presidential candidate BarackObama (left) observing some of the 600 photographs of the Holocaust victims at the Hall Of Names with MrAvnerShalez,YadVashem chairman, during a visit to the YadVashem Holocaust Museum in Israel yesterday. Six million Jews were killed by the Nazis during World
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      Lock icon Forced labour
      340 28 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WELFARE SHAKE-UP Jobless to be made to pick up litter under UK govt plans THE jobless could be made to pick up litter and clean graffiti under the United Kingdom government's plans to get hundreds of thousands of people off benefits and into work. The Green Paper
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      Quality vs quantity
      330 30  -  Heng Liling CHILDCARE What regulations exist to ensure children are well taken care of? Letter from RECENT discussions regarding fertility rates and changing mindsets seem to revolve around financial support and benefits, but do not seem to answer the question of how to match parents' high expectations
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      Lock icon Stadium re-opened
      235 31  -  Goh Eng Tat A SPECIAL MATCH Many fans would want to watch Brazil's Olympic team in action Letter from Director, Sports and Recreation Centres, Sports Facilities Group Singapore Sports Council WE REFER to "When will it really be game over at the National Stadium?" (July 22) and "Let
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      1749 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH THE MUSIC BUSINESS it so it may spell the end for some noteworthy local music christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT BEGAN, as so many things often do these days, on the Internet. I was chatting with a friend on MSN one night, deep in
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      755 44  -  JaneXie SPOTS OF PEACE Even during the excitement of Euro 2008, the stunning Swiss scenery holds its own traveller@newstoday.com.sg I HAD barely started on my career and already I was thinking of retiring. The Swiss landscape does that to you. The scenery before me was of
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      133 45 GET your holiday bargain at the biggest travel fair in Singapore. The Natas Holidays 2008 has more than 150 exhibitors this year. Together, they have taken a recordbreaking 1,025 booths. There will be a grand draw where the prizes are a pair of
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      188 50  -  CHARISSATAN THIS Sunday, pink is the colour dv jour at the SA Mega Fair. Wear anything pink, the corporate colour for SA Tours, on that day and you can double your chance at winning the lucky dip and be eligible for a host
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      199 50  - And the travel Oscars this year go to CHARISSATAN WHAT are the best travel services and facilities that Asia has to offer? Travel agents have cast their votes and the winners were revealed at the annual World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony last month in Shanghai. Dubbed the Oscars of the
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      457 53  -  KENNETH GOH football correspondent kenneth@mediacorp.com. sg THE first to step out was Dunga. Once Brazil's midfield anchor, his lack of flamboyance ensured he was never loved as a player. But as a team leader he was crucial to the cause in the 1994 World Cup
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      454 54  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg OVER the next few days, some Singaporeans could well bump into American swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps, or Australia's pride Grant Hackett. Samba king Ronaldinho and his Brazilian heir Pato may well do a little dance here as well,
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      658 55  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL SAFFC looking for eighth straight win to set up titanic derby with their great rivals NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Young Lions vSAFFC Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com. sg IT COULD all be over on Aug 1. That's when NTUC Income-Yeo's
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      297 55  -  MILTON TAN HE TURNS 20 in November, but the Young Lions' newest acquisition, Fairoz Hasan, can already boast of having opened his S-League goal account. "I was playing for Sengkang (Punggol) last month and I remember it was a 'live' telecast game at Jalan
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      458 56 AGENCIES DRUG CHEATS Ricco caught after planted molecule gives him away as anti-doping czar promises Olympics will be cleanest ever SYDNEY Ricardo Ricco was caught doping at the Tour de France because the banned stamina-building substance he had taken was made more easily
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      188 57 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH In a rare admission of failure, Ferguson said yesterday that he had been guilty of sacrificing Rooney's goal-scoring edge by asking him to play for the greater good of the team. "We need to define his role better, and I
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      437 59  -  ESTHER FUNG LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS No-frills establishments offering high-tech amenities aimed at business travellers esther@mediacorp.com.sg MILLENIUM and Copthorne Hotels (M&C) may build up to five more "limited service" hotels in Singapore, if the one currently under construction along Mohammed Sultan Road takes off. The London-listed hotel
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        OCBC TIES UP WITH EZ-LINK
        103 59 You can start using your mobile phone to top up ez-link cards, if you have an account with OCBC Bank. The "Top &Tap" service, which is the first such tie-up between a bank and EZLink, involves two steps. First, log in to OCBC Mobile Banking
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        OKP HOLDINGSTO UPGRADE LISTINGTO MAINBOARD
        46 59 OKP Holdings, a homegrown civil engineering firm, has won approval to upgrade from Catalist to the mainboard from July 25. The builder of airport runways and oil storage terminals was listed in 2002 on the junior board known then as Sesdaq.
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      Chua Hak Bin back to Citi
      145 61  -  CHEOWXINYI BARELY four months into his stint at Deutsche Bank, economist Chua Hak Bin (picture) will soon return to former employer Citigroup as its Singapore research head. Dr Chua will start work on Aug 28 and report to Mr Adrian Faure, head of Citi
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      Lock icon CCT benefits from surging office rents
      228 61 BLOOMBERG CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust, the office landlord run by Capita Land, will pay investors 23 per cent more in dividends for the second quarter, as it earned more rental income. Shareholders will receive $36.1 million, or 2.6 cents a share, for the three months ended
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      Reit s dividends up
      345 61  -  ESTHER FUNG ASCOTT RESIDENCETRUST But CEO warns of impact from global slowdown esther@mediacorp.com. sg SERVICED apartments owner Ascott Residence Trust is offering a 9-per-cent higher dividend payout to unitholders for the second quarter after room rates increased. It yesterday announced a total distributable income of $13.3
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        SAVE ON SHIPPING FEES WHEN YOU SHOP ONLINE
        182 64 OCBC cardmembers can now save up to 23 per cent on shipping fees when they make online purchases from retailers and merchants in the United States. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), together with com Gateway, recently launched Shop Online [shoponline.comgateway.com) an online portal
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        GAIN CITY'S TRADE IN PROMOTION
        126 64 Gain City, Singapore's largest air-condi-tioner retailer, is offering consumers the opportunity to trade in their old systems for new and energy efficient Mitsubishi Heavy Industries inverter air-conditioners This Saturday, Class 95 DJs Glenn Ong and Jean Dankerwill be at Gain City Marina Square, from 3pm
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      89 62 MIDNIGHT LAUNCH I Come down to the Launch of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS toys I I venue: Toysftc/s I Forum The Shopping Mall Atrium (Basement 1) I DATE/TIME: 26 July 2008 (Sat) at 12:01 am I H» w SftPSH Iji I Obl-WanKanobf General Griavious™ R2-D2™ Clone Trooper™ Ytada™ Anakin
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      603 64 Unhealthy foods, pollution, physical and mental stress and the environment, all play a role in creating Free Radicals. Free Radicals are highly reactive substances which cause damage to the body's cellular structure, accelerating premature ageing. Combating free radicals requires a long-term, highly nutritious diet that can provide a well-balanced combination
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      797 66  -  CONRAD RAJ CENTURION PROPERTIES Stockbroking partners bank on property projects editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg DESPITE its ups and downs, property appears to be the main investment path for those with surplus cash who want to diversify from their existing businesses. So it was with stockbrokers Han Seng Juan
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      Lock icon OVERSUPPLY WORSE THAN EXPECTED?
      721 68  -  COLIN TAN BUSINESS COMMENT There is a distinct possibility of lower prices with so many developments set to be completed at the same time RECENT arguments against earlier predictions of a private housing oversupply are overblown, and cannot be further from the truth. In fact, those
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      173 70 lore dark circles and tired-looking eyes! Why do we get dark circles? The skin around your eyes is thinner than the rest of your skin, causing it to darken more easily. Dark circles can also be caused by hormonal changes, ageing, skin dehydration, lack of sleep, smoking and alcohol, and
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      52 71 53% of women have dark eye circles. Are you one of them? "Source: Research International Survey of 126 Singaporean women aged between 25-34. 1^ solution for brighter and fresher-looking eyes? Find out how to get rid of dark eye circles now! Because you're worth it A L'OREAL Michele Reis PARiS
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      499 72 THE HEALTH CLUB Holistic Health Weight Management Centre www.thehealthclub.com.sg For all who failed in slimming attempts B l^^^r 1 M Do you have a TYPE 1 Weight Problem? Your big tummy and "love-handles" refuse to disappear even after you have slimmed down. X M Do you have a TYPE 2
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