Today, 26 July 2008

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    18 1 weekendTODAY July 26-27, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking weekendTODAY July 26-27, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    BUSINESS
    41 1 IT'S NOTTRUE A small Long Beach website created a stir in the financial markets here, and as far away as London, with its report that Temasek had sold half its stake in Merrill Lynch a claim Temasek denied. Page 30
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    SINGAPORE
    48 1 POWER SAVINGS By using the fan more than the air-conditioner in his home office, show host Samson Zee found his energy bill of $120 a month fell to between $80 and $90 a savings of $500 a year. Find out how you can save, too. Page 10
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    WORLD
    35 1 HOLE IN PLANE A mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in a Qantas plane en route to Melbourne was forced to land in Manila. Passengers said the plane plunged 6,000 m. Page 17
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    XTRA
    45 1 PAY-AND-PAYTV Thanks or rather, no thanks to competition in the payTV market, football junkies must sign up with Star Hub and Sing Tel to watch the English Premier League and the Champions League and pay more. Is there another solution for viewers? Page 34
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    SPORTS
    46 1 QUEEN DAVID Malaysia's world squash champion Nicol David, the youngest Malaysian at 24 to become a Datuk, is heading to Singapore to defend her Squash Masters title and also take on Singapore's top male player, Udai Singh, in a battle of the sexes. Page 55
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    Lock icon Keeping his hand in
    416 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH CKTANGAGM Tang Wee Sung still plays strategic role; board has discussed succession christie@mediacorp.com. sg FACING criminal charges and possible jail time for trying to buy a kidney, ailing CX Tang executive chairman Tang Wee Sung has not taken his eye off the famous family-owned
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    PSD, A*Star: It's merit that counts
    724 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg TWO days after top civil servant Philip Yeo said he prefers scholars from poorer background, two of Singapore's most prestigious public sector scholarship givers have revealed their breakdown of awards given this year by recipients' housing type. According to the Public Service
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Slowdown in tourism sector but STB chief remains upbeat
      264 2 TEOXUANWEI THE tourism sector saw a slowdown in the first half of this year, according to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). While the 5.1 million visitors in the first six months a record for the same period of any year represented
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      Lock icon TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
      914 2  -  RAVI VELOO FAIZAL, DESIGN:TRICIACHAN XTRA SPORTS SAFETY How many more deaths will it take for the Spore Sports Council to finally get their act together? news@newstoday.com .sg SIX superfit sportsmen have drowned in two incidents in two sports, dragon boating and sailing. In eight months. In
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      Lock icon DELAYED PROJECTS
      114 3 TODAY FILE PHOTO I Frankly, yes that's a risk we have to take. The cost of materials may be even higher. Certainly if demand comes down, competitive bids may ease the pressure a bit. But I won't be able to tell what the price of steel or cement
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      CK TANG STUDYING OPTIONS TO PARE DEBT
      287 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH Leaving aside the hefty interest CX Tang has been paying for its $140 million of bank loans, the listed retailer has been making money despite the set-up costs of two new stores, said chief executive FooTiang Sooi. "The operations are profitable.
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      Less cash upfront but...
      485 4  -  TAN HUI LENG HDB RESALE PRICES More choice for home-buyers huileng@mediacorp.com.sg HAD you $20,000 in cash to pay for the Cash-Over-Valuation (COY) component of a resale 4-room Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, you would have better bargaining power now than in the last quarter of
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      Yishun folk first to enjoy HIP movement
      349 4  -  TAN HUI LENG RESIDENTS of blocks 227 to 235 at Yishun Street 21 yesterday became the first to cast their votes under the new Home Improvement Programme (HIP), which will see the interiors of their ageing flats upgraded according to homeowners' choices. The
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SENTOSA TUNNEL
        68 6 NEWSASIA To allow motorists to circumvent the busy traffic in the Harbour Front area on their way to town, a Sentosa Gateway Tunnel will be built. The Land Transport Authority said the tunnel will connect outbound traffic from Sentosa island directly to Kampong Bahru Road and Keppel Road.
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        MEDIACORP TO LAUNCH 3-MONTH MOBILE TV TRIALS
        114 6 Action from the Barclays Premier League. Quality documentaries. The latest international news. These are among the programmes that some 300 telco customers will have access to during a mobile TV trial using Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) technology, which offers mobile users superior
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        Lock icon KEIO, NUS SET UP MEDIA RESEARCH CENTRE
        116 6 938 LIVE Singapore's Interactive Digital Media (IDM) sector has gotten a boost with one of Japan's top institutions Keio University setting up a research centre with the National University of Singapore (NUS). This is Keio University's first full-scale research centre outside of Japan.
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        COMCHEST HITS TARGET
        95 6 The Community Chest has successfully hit its $52-million fund-raising target for the last financial year a record amount The fundraising arm of the National Council of Social Service channelled the money mainly to support 147 social service programmes, which served over 310,000 beneficiaries, NCSS president Rear-Admiral (Retired)
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      Lock icon Three new charges
      424 6  -  ZULOTHMAN JOURNALIST IN DRUG BUST zul@mediacorp.com.sg AS A correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Peter Gerard Lloyd profiled the country's most notorious criminals. On Friday morning, his turn in the dock turned the grounds of the Subordinate Court into a venue for a media frenzy as his
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      Students: S'pores future is in your hands
      361 6  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THEY belong to a generation that has benefited much from the country's prosperity; so yesterday, some 340 pre-tertiary students were given a challenge by two men of a different era: Take the lead and help write the next chapter of the
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      Lock icon INSIDE PHILIP YEO'S MAVERICK MAGIC
      1161 8  -  PETER H L LIM XTRA PROFILE Some say it's Leeway, some say it's the Goh-getter in him; he says it's just results. It's really sweet confluence news@newstoday.com .sg STRATEGIC Maverick. That was the moniker that his higher-education alma mater, the University of Toronto, coined for
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      ENERGY SAVING TIPS
      126 10 A fan uses less than one-tenth the electricity used by an air-conditioner, and saves about $50 a month (about $650 a year) if it were used in place of the latter. Switch off appliances at the power socket-standby power can account for up to 10 per cent
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      Lock icon Save $500 a year on bills
      502 10  -  ESTHER NG POWER SAVINGS estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SHOWHOST Samson Zee used to leave his computer switched on overnight. His air-conditioner used to be left running the whole day when he went out. Being energyefficient was the last thing on his mind. All this changed when he
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      Lock icon IF MUSIC BE THE INSTRUMENT OF HEALING, PLAY ON
      91 10 TREVOR TAN Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) staff, patients and members of the public were treated to a performance of theTTSH song The True Song of Healing by theT'ang Quartet and Ms KatrynaTan. For its 164 th Birthday, TTSH is launching
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      Lock icon SEE YOURSELF AS STAKEHOLDER
      888 12  -  MARK GOH AIK LENG XTRA CHARITY REFORM Adopting a charity should not just be donating cash news@newstoday.com .sg AFTER its former chief was charged with financial irregularities last week, one of the first things that Ren Ci did was to put in place stricter governance and
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      Lock icon HOW TO READ THIS DEBATE
      1244 16  -  LOH CHEE KONG XTRA ANALYSIS Does the very public back-and-forth Ween two top intellectuals herald a new era? cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IN A country where debate, especially by eminent people, is normally done behind closed doors, a recent exchange between Ambassadors Tommy Koh and Barry Desker on
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      171 6 Win an all-expenses paid trip to the Malaysian MotoGP! San Disk is giving away two pairs of tickets to the ultimate motorcycle racing event in the world, the Malaysian MotoGP on 17-19 October 2008. The winning prizes include transport to and from Sepang, plus two nights accommodation in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Boom, then a gaping hole
      375 17 AGENCIES QANTASCHAOS Plane plunges 6 ooo metres, terrifying passengers on board MANILA A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a gaping hole in its fuselage, officials and passengers said. Stunned
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      'No change on Pedra Branca'
      308 17 Singapore did not take up a new position on Pedra Branca, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman. This comes after Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said this week that Singapore would pursue its territorial claims over the waters surrounding the
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      Lock icon Italy's illegal immigration emergency
      138 17 AGENCIES ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on Friday declared a national state of emergency in an attempt to stem illegal immigration from outside the European Union. The government invoked its crisis powers on the suggestion of Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, because of the "persistent
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      Lock icon Stop interfering, Abdullah tells US
      221 17 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reiterated Malaysia's right to its sovereignty in apparent reference to an investigation into sodomy allegations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. "We are a sovereign country and we have our own set of laws. Whatever we do
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      Lock icon the fabric of fine living
      593 19  -  LYNETTE KOH MediaCorp Radio DJ Lim Pei Fen introduces vibrant colour into her home WHEN Y.E.S. 93.3FM DJ Lim Pei Fen had the chance to do overthe living room of her home a Hillview condominium she shares with her parents and her Shih Tzu, Yuanyuan
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      Lock icon THIS quirky WORLD
      360 20 AFP COUPLEGIVES PET POODLE DRIVING LESSONS ON EXPRESSWAY A Chinese couple in Guangxi province received a police caution for trying to teach their dog to drive, Ananova. com reported. Traffic police at Liunan district spotted a car moving too slowly on a local expressway, the website said,
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      Lock icon String of blasts rocks Bangalore
      309 20 AGENCIES MILITANT ATTACKS At least 1 person killed and 6 wounded BANGALORE India's high-technology capital Bangalore was hit by a string of seven coordinated bomb blasts Friday with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said. Police said the southern city
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      Lock icon HK reporter detained after Olympics ticket scrum
      143 20 AFP BEIJING Police detained a Hong Kong journalist on Friday as he covered chaotic scenes at the final sale of Olympic tickets. The incident could be a public relations nightmare for China's communist rulers, who had pledged that foreign reporters would enjoy freedom
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      Lock icon WHEN A STRONGMAN LEAVES ...
      971 21  - WHEN A STRONGMAN LEAVES 001 KEE BENG XTRA MALAYSIAN POLITICS news@newstoday.com .sg IT IS not uncommon for countries that appeared after the fall of colonialism, and which started out with democratic ideals embedded in their Constitutions, to nevertheless evolve successively towards an authoritarian style of government and nation-building. In Malaysia's
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      Lock icon Fayeds lucky strike
      302 22 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH COURT ACTION Owner of Harrod #s wins stake in backyard oilfield MR MOHAMED Fayed, British multi-mil-lionaire and owner of Harrod's departmental store, was awarded a share in the proceeds of three wells, which produce oil 244 m below his land. Mr Fayed, whose family business
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      Lock icon Labour Party suffers humiliating defeat
      251 22 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a summer of turmoil after the Scottish National Party overturned a huge 13,507 majority to clinch the seat of Glasgow East, formerly one of Labour's safest in the country. Mr Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, fulfilled
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      Lock icon Drug cocktail boost for Aids patients
      201 22 AFP PARIS Anti-HIV drugs have slashed death rates among people with the AIDS virus by nearly 40 per cent since combination therapy was introduced in 1996, boosting their life expectancy by some 13 years, a study says. It is the biggest-ever assessment into the
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      Lock icon CAN OBAMA WIN THIS LONG WAR?
      1004 24  -  lAIN MARTIN THE DAILYTELEGRAPH To achieve that, a great foreign policy President is needed not an attractive but essentially empty vessel EVEN if it is not quite the second coming this is at least his third visit to Britain Mr Barack Obama's arrival will
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      Lock icon A ROCK STAR? NO, IT'S OBAMA
      79 24 AP United States Presidential hopeful Barack Obama facing a crowd of more than 200,000 people in Berlin on Thursday. He delivered 'a tone poem to American and European ideals and shared history', according to The NewYorkTimes. But critics said he was vague on crucial
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      Passing the power supply buck?
      582 26 ELECTRICITY WOES Rule on work hours seen as burden being passed on to businesses, people THE joint ministerial decree involving five ministries to manage power efficiency has come into effect. But is it the right solution to Indonesia's energy crisis? During this past month, scheduled
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      Lock icon EU flight ban 'politically motivated'?
      293 26 AFP JAKARTA The European Union's decision to extend a flight ban on all Indonesian airlines for safety reasons could be politically motivated, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday. The European Commission and the EU's Air Safety Committee on Thursday unanimously rejected a request by
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      Lock icon Google launches rival to Wikipedia
      255 26 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world. The Internet search powerhouse went live late on Wednesday with a free service dubbed "Knol", to indicate a unit
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      PAYING LIP SERVICE TO RETIREES
      442 28  -  Peter Tay I SAY Valuing and retaining retirees is one thing; cutting their benefits and pay is another I REFER to "Older frontline staff give better service, says this reader"( July 25). Yesterday, my father's employer informed him that he would be converted to a
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      Lock icon Reader: You should not cull strays as you please, AVA
      287 28  -  Jill Hum Letter from I REFER to "The stray dilemma for animal groups" (July 25). The response and attitude of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is very disappointing. The AVA said that it does not "condone the release of
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      6 28 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com. sg
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      466 30  -  CONRAD RAJ MARKET RUMOUR Market abuzz after report of Merrill Lynch stake sale editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg A SMALL Long Beach website created quite a stir in the financial markets on Friday, not only here but as far away as London and Tokyo, with its report that Singapore's Temasek
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      387 30  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg LOW-COST carriers powered Changi Airport's growth in passenger traffic from January to June, contributing nearly half of its net growth and accounting for about 11.5 per cent of total traffic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at Friday's official opening of Terminal 3
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      238 30 AGENCIES ÜBS is being sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on allegations that the bank's promotion of auction-rate securities as safe investments was fraudulent. ÜBS' shares fell as much as 6.4 per cent in early Swiss trading yesterday and are now down 53 per
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      218 30 AGENCIES PRIVATE home prices rose a slender 0.2 per cent over the second quarter. That's half the Urban Redevelopment Authority's earlier flash estimate of 0.4 per cent growth. This was the third consecutive quarter in which prices rose more slowly, after rocketing 31.2 per cent last
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      Lock icon Back in the black
      485 32 CORPORATE EARNINGS But not for long, warns Chartered Semiconductor CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the Singapore maker of chips that run the Xbox 360 game console, has returned to profitability in the second quarter but unexpectedly forecast a net loss for the next three months. It is blaming
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      461 32 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S industrial production rose for the first time in three months last month, as electronics and pharmaceutical companies increased output. Manufacturing, which accounts for a quarter of Singapore's economy, climbed 2.5 per cent from a year earlier, following a revised 13.3 per cent decline
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        MEDIACORP MAKES KEY SALESAND MARKETING APPOINTMENT
        161 32 MediaCorp is reinforcing its sales and marketing organisation with the appointment of Ms May Tham as a senior vice-president for agency partnership development and strategic business. She will join on Monday from Singapore Telecom, where she spent the past 12 years. Her focus will
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        68 32 DOW JONES Osim International, the Singapore-based maker of massage chairs and slimming belts, said that its second-quarter net loss widened on lower revenue. The company reported a net loss of $6 million for the three months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $3.1 million
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        59 32 DOW JONES SMRT's first-quarter net profit has risen 6.2 percent on year thanks to increased rail travel and higher rental revenue. Net profit forthe three months ended June 30 was $40.3 million, up from $37.9 million in the year-ago period, the company said. Revenue was up
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        NEW CHAIRMAN FOR YELLOW PAGES
        90 32 Stanley Tan Poh Leng has been appointed chairman of Yellow Pages (Singapore) following Victor Ang's retirement. His appointment was confirmed at the phone directory publisher's annual general meeting yesterday. MrTan is a major shareholder in Yellow Pages. Last year, he made the headlines by seeking
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        KENCANA ENJOYS STRONG MARKET DEBUT
        83 32 Forthe first time in months, an IPO has enjoyed a strong market debut. Shares in Indonesian palm oil firm KencanaAgri closed 16 percent above their offer price yesterday at 35.5 cents. It was also one of the most actively traded counters of the day, with
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      1365 34  -  LOH CHEE KONG XTRA EXCLUSIVITY TUSSLE Market looking out for creative regulation cheekong@mediacorp. com.sg AND so it has come to pass: Far from bringing down prices, competition in the pay-TV market has caused consumers to pay more and more. It's been exactly a year since Sing Tel got
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      441 35  -  ESTHER FUNG SINGTEL SHAREHOLDERS On disputes, CEO confident company has vstrong case' esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGTEL shareholders had questions on three Ds at yesterday's annual general meeting: Disputes, debt and dividends. The telco's chief executive Chua Sock Koong assured the shareholders Sing Tel had a "strong case" in
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      Lock icon SOMEWHERE INSIDE MY VERY OWN BIRD'S NEST
      65 35 AP A boy peeking into a replica of China's National Stadium outside of the fenced security perimeter that surrounds the actual stadium in Beijing on Friday. The stadium, known as the Bird's Nest for its elaborate network of steel girders, will host the
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      169 35 MOBILEONE hopes to be able to offer Apple's iPhone in its retail outlets by the end of this year. "Before the end of the year we will be" carrying the phones in our stores, chief executive Neil Montefiore told Bloomberg Television. "I think it
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      Lock icon EAT, DRINK, PARTY
      1007 36  -  AUDREY PHOON^ UNDER ONE ROOF A forkful of food, a drop of drink and a pinch of partying is the recipe for newcomers to the culinary scene I'M SURE many of us are familiar with "a man walks into a bar"-type jokes. You know, the sort that
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      507 37 What you'll find at the new restaurant-bars PATIO THUMPER 22 Scotts Road, Goodwood Park Hotel This dining space within a nightclub will allow diners to have dinner, and then relax in the lounge area, after which they can bust their booty on the dance floor. To
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      537 46  -  MAYO MARTIN PLUS POINT In this day and age of digital ease, have we lost our ability to enjoy things as they are? mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN was the last time you went: "Oh my god, that is sooo amazing!" and just stood there gawking? Wait,
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      THE MISSING X FACTOR
      459 47  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW The plot is too down-to-earth and straightforward genevieveloh@mediacorp. com.sg AS THE first strains of the all-too-familiar theme music chime in the opening sequence of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, X-Philes everywhere will be holding their already bated breath in expectation while
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      307 47 THE GUARDIAN THE resurrection of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is moving on briskly after it was announced that a scriptwriter has been hired to work on the project. Hollywood studio New Line Cinema announced earlier this year that it would bring Freddy Krueger
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      486 48 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH INSTANT ICON The naked baby on that Nirvana album is all grown up SPENCER Elden was just four months old when his parents took him along to a photo-shoot to help out a photographer friend in 1991. Little did they realise their son's naked body
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      396 48 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH FORBES' ALL STARS Cameron Diaz, Will Smith and Johnny Depp among the richest actors in Hollywood SHE may take orders from a man over a speaker phone in Charlie's Angels, but Cameron Diaz is boss in real life. The 35-year-old blonde topped Forbes' list of the
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        Lock icon FOXY AND KIM CAN'T WRITE
        63 48 AP A New York publisher is suing rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kirn, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered. Simon and Schuster says Brown was paid U5575,000 ($102,000) in 2005 to deliver an autobiography called Broken Silence by February 2006; and
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        90 48 AFP A pair of jeans signed by pop star Sting and the Police has sold for A 522,000 ($29,000) at a charity auction in Australia, organisers said on Thursday. Jeans from stars such as Cameron Diaz and Jackie Chan went under the hammer at the auction
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        66 48 AFP A court on Thursday ordered musician Pete Doherty to pay damages to a photographer, after he smashed her camera as she tried to snap him before he returned to a clinic for drug treatment. Magistrates in Yeovil, southwest England, said the 29-year-old Babyshambles lead singer
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          MORE VARIETY, MORE VALUE
          119 38 Looking for a large spread on a tiny budget? Try KFC's new Variety Value Meal, which will satisfy your stomach and taste buds without eating into your wallet. The $5.95 meal comprises one piece of the Colonel's original recipe chicken, one Shrooms burger, a regular whipped
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          TERRIBLY TEMPTING
          121 38  -  AUDREY PHOON If you couldn't get enough of smooth Magnum ice creams coated in luscious chocolate before, it's going to be even tougher to wean yourself off them now. The brand has introduced its European Temptation line that comprises rich, unadulterated ice cream in decadent flavours such as
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        Lock icon PRETTY DELICIOUS
        626 38  -  ANNETTE TAN Classic zhi cha dishes get a shot of style at this sleek Tanjong Katong restaurant food@newstoday.com.sg IT'S hard not to notice the new Hong Kong Street Chun Kee restaurant which recently opened along Tanjong Katong Road. With its swish white furniture and faux wood walls, it
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        CLUB GRUB FOR THUMPER GUESTS
        671 39  -  CHEN FEN f ood@ n c wstod ay. com.sg EVEN those who prefer a liquid diet need some solid sustenance every now and then. So, when thirst and hunger collide, the übercool will head for a gastro-pub, one that serves proper food, not just pub
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        861 40  -  CELIAWALDEN SCARF APPEAL It's a matter of protection better to have a headscarf than a baseball cap when in an open-topped car style@newstoday.com.sg I'VE embraced some dubious trends in my time, but peering at my own babushka-like reflection, I can't help but wonder if this might be the
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        123 41  -  PEARLYN THAM BELT UP Fold the scarf diagonally into half and fold the triangle many times over into a thinner strip. Voila! A fabric belt that is easier (and lighter) to pack for a vacation. IDENTIFIED OBJECT Accessorise your bag with your scarf and use
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        ALL BOTTLED UP
        535 42  -  PEARLYN THAM Limited edition Evian facial spray gets a trendier, more feminine boost, thanks to a French illustrator pea rlyn@mediacorp.com.sg IN FRENCH, the names of inanimate objects are marked by gender differences. Looking at the limited edition Evian Facial Spray Brumisateur Cosmopolitan Series bottles, there's no doubt
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        SAVE THE EARTH WITH A FREE SPA
        218 42  -  CHARISSA TAN WHEN people talk about pampering themselves with a spa treatment, they're usually willing to part with a sum that's worth the service. But at Clarin's Garden of Love, it's free. Visitors to the Singapore Garden Festival at the Suntec Convention Centre
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          GOING THE EXTRA LENGTH
          91 42 You may not have her legendary long legs. But at least you can share the same relaxation methods that model and Red Cliff actress Lin Chiling Practises on her y using Osim's uSqueez calves-ankles-feet massager. The leggy one has autographed three of these also embellished with
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          AN EGG-CITING HUNT
          91 42 Excuse me, are you a mother-to-be? Auckland-based maternitywear brand EGG is running its third model search and including Singapore contestants for the first time. The yummy mummy who wins this will get clothing worth $1,000 and the chance to appear in EGG's advertisements. The search ends on
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          MAGIC TRICK-LE
          81 42 Here's a way to indulge in FallWinter style without donning the fur coats. Swatch Bijoux's Fall-Winter 2008 collection is made up of six categories of accessories. We like the "Face the Magic" collection, in which you'll find the Trickle Light range (picture). This rainbow-like bracelet is a kaleidoscope
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          JAILHOUSE ROCKS
          69 42 Paris Hilton's time in jail has inspired a lingerie collection Miss Triumph's controversially named The Bonnie Clyde collection Priced from $19.90 and available from Aug 29 the collection features Eieces in grey or with lack and grey stripes. They are adorned with charms in the shape of pistols,
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        FANCY PUTTING DURIAN ON YOUR FACE?
        379 43  -  PEARLYN THAM HERE'S a thorny issue to mull over: What if durians had a role to play in your skin health? But don't go making a DIV facial mask out of durian pulp or scrubbing it with a durian husk. Leave it to the
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        IN-STORE PARTY
        415 43  -  CHARISSA TAN COOL SHOE SHOP When the service you get at this shoe shop includes drinks on the house, it's no wonder it's called Red Carpet charissa@mediacorp.com.sg BARELY a while back, "style over comfort" was the fashion mantra of almost every woman. But I'd like to think that
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        A KEY TO UNLOCKING MALE BEAUTY
        229 43  -  PEARLYN THAM THE key to good skin lies in, well, a "key" from Crabtree Evelyn, which has launched the new Natural Solutions for Men range. In this range, the Naturals Daily Face Scrub ($43) comes with a complimentary Vintage Tube Key. The latter was
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        IT JUST WORKS
        763 44  -  COLIN YONG MAXED-OUT MINI IN MALLORCA, SPAIN colin@mediacorp.com.sg MANY automakers make a big deal about their cars' quietness and refinement, how doing lOOkmh in them feels like 50 and the way they make long journeys pass in no time. Not Mini. Right from the start the new
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        JOHN COOPER: THE ACCIDENTAL (MINI) HERO
        201 44  -  COLIN YONG TODAY'S Mini JCW may not have existed if not forthe perseverance of the man whose name the car borrows. A former race driver, John Cooper was a close friend of Alec Issigonis, the creator of the original Mini (picture below, right). Soon
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          SUPER SAAB IN TOWN
          106 45 One of Saab's fastest cars will be launched here next week. The 9-3 Turbo X sports an uprated version of the 2.8-litre V 6 in the current Aero model, with power going up from 255 to 280bhp. It also has Saab's new XWD all-wheel drive system,
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          ONCE MORE, WITH SOUL
          103 45 Korean automaker Kia has released more photos and details of the new Soul, ahead of the car's world Eremiere in October. The five-door atchback is a compact 4.1 m in length and, despite its rugged looks, will only be available witn two-wheel drive. Power comes from
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          SHH, IT'S A TOYOTA
          99 45  -  COLIN YONG An active noise control system developed by Toyota could be used to make car cabins almost silent in the future. It was recently introduced in the Japan-only Crown Hybrid (picture) but may be employed in upcoming Lexus models. The system works using the same
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        WALKING THE TORQUE
        631 45  -  DERRYN WONG MONSTER MACHINE VW's diesel-powered Touareg R5O is a monster of an SUV ne ws@ n c wstod ay. com.sg IT'S hard to ignore the Volkswagen Touareg R5O. Not just because it's as big as a house but also because it's the first diesel passenger car
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      120 49 WHO EARNED WHAT ACTOR EARNINGS (US$) ACTRESS EARNINGS (US$) 1 Will Smith 80 million Cameron Diaz 50 million 2 Johnny Depp 72 million Keira Knightley 32 million 3 Eddie Murphy (tied) 55 million Jennifer Aniston 27 million 4 Mike Myers (tied) 55 million Reese Witherspoon (tied) 25 million 5 Leonardo
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      102 49 Our tough-level weekend treat forthe die-hard Sudoku junkie 171 I 181 I I 6__s_ _3__6_J 2_ 7 8 6 6_ 3__J _5_ 9 8 5 3 4 8 FRIDAY'S SOLUTION: ■HH 7 1 615 298 4 3| howtoplay: ___Rfi72lQ The rules are easy. Fill in the grid *> a _T^T^^^
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      1315 50 TV LISTINGS weekendwatch i^i^i^i^i^iß SATURDAY \Gk amataa* \ajO \WAW*M,m *aV+Af* HIGHLIGHTS W\~^mVS*Ki Af Zjm^L WmkW m I H^^^ BOLLYWOOD masti Deriving it's name from the famous magical expression of B^^^^LJB i y^V *********^W\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a "Hat Trick", deals four from different Hfl^ffl^^MP VVHATTO DO THIS WEEKEND of life, in different parts
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      736 51 TV LISTINGS SUNDAY g. HIGHLIGHTS FILMART _m_-_____\ Six Degrees Could Change the World p^ jv^fmt' Six Degrees is an extraordinary journey into our planet's fA\ future, to explore the potential impacts of global warming degree by degree-through six degrees Celsius over the --j__k_^__i_f next 100 years. As the mercury rises,
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      373 51 arts xplosion I 1 YOURWEEKLYGUIDETOTHEARTS(JULY26TOAUG 1)1 SHAPES OF SLEEP and two movements from Britten's Created by Australian artist and Simple Symphony. director Deborah Pollard, this Date: July 28 multi-disciplinary performance Time: 6.30pm combines installation art with "live" Venue: Lee Foundation Theatre, performance. For eight hours, five Nafa Campus 3 performers
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      Lock icon A COOL WAY TO LEARN
      791 52  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SPIKES AND BOOKS Sports and studies hit it off down at Champions Way I in.hoong@mediacorp. com.sg MANY youngsters cannot wait for school to be over to get back to their Slam Dunk comics or listen to their favourite R&B artist, Taiwanese star
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      366 52 In last year's GCE '0' level examinations, 82.5 per cent of the school's students passed at least five subjects. This was two per cent higher than the national average. Their top student was swimmer Sheena Soh, who aced her '0' levels with eight distinctions. The school's biggest star is
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      708 53  -  SHAMIR OSMAN DADS AND MUMS shamir@mediacorp.com.sg Parents knew the risks, but their sons and daughters are doing just fine THEY are a unique bunch, still a small group in Singapore, parents who thought long and hard before agreeing to enrol their children in the Singapore
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      Lock icon SPEEDING UP THE RECOVERY PROCESS
      671 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG LOW LIN FHOONG ROAD TO BEIJING Spores athletes will get hot-and-cold hydrotherapy treatment for the first time at next month's Olympics linfhoong@mediacorp. com.sg AT THE 2004 Olympics, the Australian swim team booked an entire gymnasium and filled it with 20 inflatable hot
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      338 55  -  MILTON TAN A BRAZILIAN proved the difference in Friday night's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 match at the Jalan Besar Stadium. A 49th minute strike from man-of-the-match Rivaldo Costa (picture) was enough for Geylang United to beat Dalian Shidel-0. With football fans here distracted by
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      569 56 -AFP A HOT SEAT United chief executive Gill says the Scot will be consulted about his successor JOHANNESBURG David Gill, Manchester United's chief executive, has admitted the club will seek the opinion of Alex Ferguson before naming his successor when the Old Trafford manager finally retires. Ferguson,
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      329 56 -AFP LONDON England coach Fabio Capello on Friday urged Frank Lampard to snub Inter Milan and stay at Chelsea. Lampard is a transfer target for Inter boss Jose Mourinho, who worked with the England star during his spell in charge at Stamford
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      179 56 -AFP LAGOS (Nigeria) Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins (picture) will return to Nigeria on Friday following the tragic death of his mother. Monsurat Martins died here on Wednesday in the aftermath of a petrol tanker accident that killed at least 12 people. She will be buried
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      245 57 -AFP New Chelsea playmaker Deco (picture) brushed off Alex Ferguson's jibes about the team's age as he insisted he still had room to develop at the age of 30. The midfielder, who looked at ease in his team debut on Wednesday, said Chelsea represented a
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