Today, 23 August 2008

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    10 1 weekendTODAY August 23 24, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    OLYMPICS
    40 1 Li Jiawei bows out 'This is probably my last Olympics. By the time the 2012 Olympics comes, I will be 31.' Singapore's top female paddler makes shock announcement after she misses out on a singles medal again. Page 62
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    SINGAPORE
    42 1 Can I go, boss? Wondering if you can take infant care leave or 16 weeks' maternity leave before legislation kicks in? Employers give mixed reactions —SMEs in particular say it will be tough for them to spare their staff. Page 3
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    WORLD
    42 1 Pump prices slashed Malaysia is reducing petrol prices by 5.6 per cent as inflation soared to 8.5 per cent last month. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said he will cut petrol prices if he gets voted back into Parliament. Page 18
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    SPORTS
    26 1 Bolt strikes thrice Another sprint gold, another world record for Usain Bolt as the Jamaican men's 4xloom relay team smash 16-year-old world record. Page 60
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    Test-tubes in demand?
    621 1  -  TAN HUI LENG IVFCO-FUNDING XXH NUH gear up to handle up to 600 extra patients a yea huileng@mediacorp.com.sg JUST two days after the Government announced it would co-fund In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatments, public hospitals have been getting an increased number of calls from interested couples, and are
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      24 1 ,^Mmmmm\\W __JbW* N YOUR WEEKEND XTRA NEVER, THEY SAID INSPIRING STORY OF WONDER BOY MICHAEL PHELPS. HIS MUM TALKS. PAGE 26 MICHAEL MULLER/GETTY IMAGES
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      Baby policies 'ambitious': Expert
      292 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg MONETARY incentives and other profamily policies have not seen "wholesale success" in Japan and Europe, but Singapore can still try to beat the odds, said a future trends expert. Governments face a near-impos-sible task of upping birth rates due to factors like materialism and
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      Lock icon Boss, can I take my leave now?
      798 2  -  TEOXUANWEI EMPLOYER REACTIONS Some firms say yes but not all willingly, ahead of October's changes to law xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg WHAT are your chances if, in the next two months, you ask your boss for infant-care leave or that extra four weeks of maternity time-off?
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      Lock icon Tang likely to plead guilty
      345 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE KIDNEY SALE CASE CX TANG executive chairman Tang Wee Sung (picture) is likely to plead guilty to allegedly agreeing to buy a kidney, when Singapore's first kidney-for-sale case resumes in an open court hearing on Wednesday. Channel News Asia understands that
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      Lock icon WHERE IS THE THINK IN OUR TANK?
      741 4  -  RAVI VELOO XTRA NATION BUILDING Where are the thoughtful books, the big ideas and the challenging thoughts? WHEN the great Russian oak of a novelist, writer and philosopher Alexander Solzhenitsyn fell this month in a thundering crash heard around the world, his passing
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS
      70 6 001 BOON KEONG Spectacular fireworks choreographed by award-winning French team Feerie lit up the Marina Bay sky as part of this year's Singapore Fireworks Celebrations. Entitled French Romance, the show attracted a huge turnout on Friday night. A second display by another award-winning team from Korea, Woojin,
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      Matchmaker, find me a date
      858 6  -  SEAN REZEL A SINGLE'S SEARCH CAN you imagine sitting in a plush little restaurant with a hint of jazz in the background, enjoying the atmosphere, candlelights and all but feeling a wee bit nervous as you wait for your blind date, chosen by your dating
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      Lock icon THE NIGHT IT FIRST WENT LIVE...
      931 8  -  PETER H L LIM XTRA NATIONAL DAY RALLY and the night, 37 years later, when telecast of the main speech had to wait THE National Theatre in the city, now demolished, was much less comfortable a place to listen to long speeches than the
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      What IRs have to do with our food sources
      388 10  -  ONG DAI LIN FOOD SAFETY dailin@mediacorp.com.sg NOW even when an outbreak of, say, food and mouth disease happens in Brazil, the Agri-Food Veterinary of Singapore (AVA) can identify other areas within the country from which it is safe to import pork.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        STBTOGETNEWCHIEF
        107 10 MsAw Kah Peng will take overfrom Mr Lim Neo Chian as the chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) from Jan 1. Ms Aw, 41, is currently an assistant managing director of Industry Development at the Economic Development Board. Her experience in attracting and developing large projects and
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        Lock icon CHANNELUGETS NEW NETWORK PROGRAMMING AND PROMOTIONS CHIEF
        112 10 MediaCorp has appointed Ms Pang SiewMoi (picture) as executive vicepresident for network programming and promotions for its Mandarin language Channel U with effect from Sept 1. Ms Pang was previously a producer/presenter at the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, before becoming group editor of
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        POPPY STRAWS ILLEGAL
        74 10 Bought this (top) from a florist? The Central Narcotics Bureau wants you to turn them over. That is because these colourful poppy straws contain opium, a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and unauthorised possession is an offence. Any shops, florists or their
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      Lock icon WHY THEY SWITCH LOYALTIES
      909 12  -  SUMANA RAJARETHNAM XTRA OLYMPIC GAMES Politics, economics and overcrowding factors that come into play REPORTS about the success of Singapore's Olympians seem to have a common thread: They make claims as to how well the athletes have settled into their adopted nation, how much they have
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      Lock icon FATHER NO ENOUGH (LEAVE)!
      685 14  -  STEVEN CHIA XTRA DADS AND BABIES Why compare us to Scandinavian men when we are so different in work, life and culture news@newstoday.com.sg YES, it's happened once again the Singapore Government has decided that women have a larger role to play in parenting than men do.
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      Lock icon OLYMPICS SHOT OF THE DAY
      28 15 Tatiana Lebedeva with the leap that won her the silver medal at Friday's women's long jump final at the 'Bird's Nest' stadium. AFP
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      Why 3in 10 teachers want to quit
      649 15  -  LINYANQIN PRESCHOOL Low pay is the main gripe, but professionalising sector may turn things around yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE grand plans to upgrade the childcare profession are heartening, but a more immediate problem is dogging the industry: Low wages, which could see three in 10
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      Planting the seeds of growth in Vietnam
      716 16  -  ZULOTHMAN EDUCATIONTIE-UPS SP HoChiMinh partner to transform the country's education system IN HO CHI MINH CITY zul@mediacorp.com. sg IT IS Singapore Polytechnic's first collaboration of this sort and of this size: Advising an overseas government on how to enhance teaching, developing course curricula,
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      MHA clarifies its stance on Myanmar work permit rejections
      580 16  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THE message has been made clear: Foreign nationals who want to work or live here are expected to respect the law and local sensitivities, just as Singaporeans do. And with eight of their fellow countrymen failing to get
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      72 8 HH OLYMPICS SHOT OF THE DAY Nikon Best Caption Contest is to 24 August2ooB] Look out for the Olympics moments on page 15. 1 I |h| ggw A Nikon COOLPIX PBO worth $699 Send us your Captions now! The best 10 captions will be showcased and the top 3 entries
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Petrol prices slashed
      418 18 MALAYSIAN OIL PRICES Move comes after Anwar promises to cut petrol prices if he wins KUALA LUMPUR In the wake of Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's promise to "substantially cut" fuel prices if he wins Tuesday's by-elec-tion in Penang, Malaysia's government on Friday said it will cut retail
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      Anwar 'inconsistent': Minister
      321 18 BUTTERWORTH (Penang) Main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has not been consistent in his struggle as the people's leader, the New Straits Times (NST) quoted Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as saying. To prove his point, Mr Hishammuddin held up a photocopy of a newspaper clipping dated April 28,
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      Lock icon BN accused of bribing voters
      661 20  -  ANSLEYNGINPENANG CAMPAIGN DRAMA But ruling coalition candidate denies making 'confession' ansley@mediacorp.com.sg MR ANWAR Ibrahim's party has seized upon remarks reportedly made by the rival Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate to accuse him of bribing voters. At a press conference held at Mr Anwar's Parti Keadilan Rakyat
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      Lock icon Police block 'unknown' candidate
      238 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER SEBERANG JAVA (Penang) Hanafi Mamat. That name will be on the ballot paper for the Permatang Pauh by-election on Tuesday. His is among the three names in a landmark by-election where opposition icon Mr Anwar Ibrahim is expected to win easily and enter
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      THE FIVE HUNGRY GHOSTS OF PENANG
      1045 22  -  BRIDGET WELSH NEWS COMMENT During the Ghost month, by-elections in Permatang Pauh are being plagued by spirits of another kind PEOPLE are gathering in Permatang Pauh as the gates open for the fight for Mr Anwar Ibrahim's political comeback. However, this "mother of all
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        MODERN TOUCH TO TRADITIONAL GOODNESS
        95 24 Cordyceps have long been regarded as a valuable Chinese herb that is said to boost the immune system. Busy urbanites who might be too busy to prepare the herb the traditional way can turn to Eu Van Sang's Cordyceps Mycelia capsules. It is made from
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        TOAST TO CLEANER WATER
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        QUICK RELIEF FROM PAIN
        98 24 Keep body aches at bay with Borsch Med's range of pain relief plasters. Available in three variants warm, cool and 2-in-1 dual action the plasters help relax tired muscles and ease the pain by generating a warm or cool effect when it is applied on the
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        GREAT BARGAINS
        70 24 Time for a system upgrade? From now till Aug 27, shoppers can checkout some of the offers on Toshiba laptops, such as the Satellite Notebook PC which comes in the new Horizon Line design. Shoppers who purchase selected models of the Portege MBOO Notebook PC are entitled to
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      Lock icon I won t ask UK to extradite Thaksin: PM
      318 24 AGENCIES THAI POLITICS BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said on Friday that he has no plans to ask Britain to extradite fugitive and former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra or to revoke his diplomatic passport. Mr Thaksin, who was toppled in a
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PAEDOPHILE GLITTER BACK IN UK
        203 24 AFP Gary Glitter arrived in his native Britain on Friday, ending a farcical merry-go-round of Asian airports after the convicted paedophile was kicked out of Vietnam. Glitter, 64, landed at Heathrow Airport three days after he was released from a Vietnamese prison and then denied
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        Lock icon MUSHARRAF SUCCESSOR TO BE ELECTED ON SEPT 6
        103 24 AFP Pakistan will hold a presidential election on Sept 6 to pick a successor to Mr Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week to avoid impeachment charges, the election commission said on Friday. Under Pakistan's Constitution, the new President must be elected by
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      Lock icon THE LITTLE BOY WHO COULDN'T
      1304 26 -THE NEW YORK TIMES XTRA OLYMPIC HEROES What was the Olympics' eight-gold wonder like as a boy? His mum tells of the fight against those who said he couldn't MICHAEL WINERIP news@newstoday.com .sg DEBORAH Phelps' third baby and only son was larger than life from
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      Lock icon Details on all prisoners lost
      237 28 AP ANOTHER HUMILIATING BLUNDER Data includes personal details of more than 30,000 repeat offenders LONDON Personal information on every prisoner in England and Wales has been lost, the British government said on Thursday. The information includes the names, dates of birth, and addresses of more
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      Lock icon Lottery formula?
      183 28 AP MADISON (Wisconsin) A woman and her accountant husband who claims he's developed a formula for lottery picks have each claimed U*****,000 ($485,000) jackpots twice. Verlyn and Judith Adamson claimed two $350,000 jackpots on Monday because each held a winning ticket in the state Super Cash drawing last
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      Lock icon SARKOZY SENDS HIS WIFE
      89 28 AFP The Dalai Lama (left) and France's First LadyCarla Bruni-Sarkozy at the inauguration of the Buddhist Lerab Ling temple in Roqueredonde, southern France on Friday. Planned more than two years ago, the Dalai Lama's 12-day French visit turned political following the Chinese crackdown on unrest in
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    • Article
      Lock icon How many houses does McCain own?
      319 28 AGENCIES VIRGINIA Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to portray rival John McCain as out of touch with the economic concerns of average Americans, ridiculing the Arizona Republican's ignorance of the number of houses he owns. "I guess if you think being rich means
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon PENGUIN GETS NORWEGIAN KNIGHTHOOD
        168 28 AP Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard in 2005. And on Friday, he was knighted. Not bad for a 90-centimetre tall penguin actually, three of them. A resident of Edinburgh Zoo
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        NAKED HIKER'S JAIL STRIP
        66 28 A hiker jailed for walking across Germany naked has been allowed to go nude because prison clothes depress him, reported Ananova. Siegfried Grawert was sentenced to 10 weeks in Nuremberg prison for failing to pay fines for walking around natural beauty spots in the buff. Now
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      Popular faces can win votes, but...
      841 30  -  DR MASWADI RAUF MA CELEBRITIES IN POLITICS Political parties should not recruit celebrities at the expense of capable cadres PROF OVER the past weeks, there have been some polemics in the media regarding involvement of celebrities in the world of politics. Some of these
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      Let us stop asking for more
      217 31  -  Lee Poh Wei Letter from I REFER to "Give grandparents recognition in this "shared responsibility" (Aug 20). The writer says that he and his wife help to take care of their grandchildren daily and that he did not see any recognition or support for
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      We want to be involved, too
      432 31  -  Edmund Ho PATERNAL BENEFITS Disparity in incentives for dads and mums does not jibe with the idea that parenting is a shared duty Letter from I REFER to "Paying the price with no regrets" (Aug22). I have this to say to Mr lan Tan,
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      Lock icon Time for a 'singles' neighbourhood?
      134 31  -  MohdYazid Sallim Letter from I REFER to "The return of the matchmaker?" (Aug 18) and "Still no singles solution" (Aug 19). Most of my married friends met their spouses when they were living in university dormitories. Perhaps the Government through the Housing and Development Board
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      Don't be old and alone
      336 31  -  Sophie Chung Letter from I REFER to the report "Still no singles solution" (Aug 19) by Mr Ansley Ng. I wonder what the older generation thinks about all the Government measures to promote marriage and have babies? I am sure they are wondering "Isn't it
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      Why SIA will soon be 'a great way to fly' again
      283 32  -  Kenneth Cheng Jing Wen Letter from I REFER to "Plane inconvenience" (Aug 18) by Mr Conrad Raj. It is, indeed, a great inconvenience to Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers and their loved ones or friends waiting to pick them up,
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      STORE NEEDS THAT PARENT
      845 32  -  CRISPINA ROBERT XTRA OLYMPIC GAMES All it takes is one parent to be brave, swim against the tide and make the sacrifice I KNOW I've been bitten by the Olympic bug when I start to read closely the only section in the newspaper I hardly look
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      306 34  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg TRADE officials from the region and beyond will be busy haggling over the weekend as Singapore prepares to play host to the 40th Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) and Related Meetings next week, where several landmark free trade agreements are
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      515 34  -  ESTHER FUNG SOLAR ENERGY BUSINESS Norway firm, set to hire 1,500 staff, will train most recruits from scratch esther@mediacorp.com.sg WANTED: 1,500 people to work in a new sunshine industry. Training may include social fishing and hiking trips in Scandinavia. As Singapore diversifies and
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      227 34 THE Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) will suspend the license of a major trader for tampering with a sample of bunker fuel used by ships. Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services will have to stop trading for two weeks as it tampered with samples during
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        NOL STAYS IN RACE
        56 34 Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and City of Hamburg consortium are the only remaining bidders in the race to acquire container shipper Hapag-Lloyd from Germany'sTUl Group. NOL is willing to offer up to US$6 billion ($8.5 billion). The merged entity will become the world's third largest
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        Lock icon NOBLE GROUP'S FINANCE COO TO LEAVE ATTHE END OF YEAR
        62 34 DOW JONES Singapore-listed commodities firm Noble Group said its chief operating officer for finance Jeremy Amias will be leaving the firm at the end of the year. Mr Amias was appointed to the position in December last year. The company
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        GUOCOLAND PROFITS DOWN
        57 34 Property developer GuocoLand has posted a 43-per-cent drop in full year profits to $161.8 million forthe 12 months to end-June It has blamed lower profit contributions from sales of property projects in Singapore, along with a lower revaluation gain on its investment properties and higher income tax
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        TYPHOON DISRUPTS FOREIGN BANKOPERATIONS
        51 34 Not only were many flights to Hong Kong and other Southern Chinese cities cancelled or delayed by a typhoon on Friday, several foreign banks serving as designated market makers for the warrants of various listed companies had to suspend operations, some from as early as 9.45
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      702 36  -  LOHCHEEKONG BUSINESSOF FITNESS cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IF IT had occurred in a higher profile industry, True Group's acquisition of Planet Fitness would have certainly dominated the headlines. Instead, the all-cash deal last week, which saw an upstart taking over a household name in the fitness industry, barely
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      356 37 BLOOMBERG US SECURITIES PROBE Merrill, Goldman, Deutsche will also pay $*****1 in fines MERRILL Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have agreed to pay US$l6O million ($225 million) in fines and buy back as much as US$l5 billion in failed auction-rate securities,
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      752 37  -  S KUMAR XTRA THE PRICE OF OIL Hold your horses, the market correction we are witnessing is just an interlude OIL prices are on a deathwatch, if many analysts and commentators are to be believed. Falling United States demand coupled with fears of a global slowdown
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      1028 39  -  PEARLYN THAM From pocket watch beauty cases to eyeshadows hidden in golden eggs, this season's make-up is simply enchanting T N ALICE'S Adventures in Wonderland, I The White Rabbit whips out M. his pocket watch and goes: "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"
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        527 40  -  PEARLYN THAM FAMILY JEWELS Two heads are better than one for husband-and-wife team, Loang Noi pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg FRANCIS Foo's lucky number is eight. The 47-year-old co-found-er of homegrown luxury jewellery brand Loang Noi has two cars with 8 and 888 on their number plates. Earlier this month,
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        A SLICE OF VICTORY WITH PUMA
        259 40  -  PEARLYN THAM SINCE the exhilarating Beijing Olympics kicked off, even the most sedentary colleagues in my newsroom have been gushing about world records and medal tallies. But here's the brutal truth: Us armP? chair sportsmen will probably never m. have the chance to take
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        PUT A SPARKLE IN YOUR WEEKEND
        342 40  -  PEARLYN THAM GOLDEN shoes seem to be making the headlines this week. Besides Olympic champion Usain Bolt's gold Puma Theseus II running shoes (see "A slice of victory with Puma", below), a pair of gold sneakers by Kirn T Fine Jewellers has arrived in
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          BUCKLING THE TREND
          92 41 Belt up, not in safety, but in style with the new B.Fendi Milanese :ollection of watches, which have their predecessors in Vi the B.Fendi models launched I in 2006. This time, the |p B.Fendi Milanese watches ill still retain their iconic buckleJJ| shaped cases, inspired by Fendi's
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          BE A SHINING EXAMPLE
          86 41 White tea and rice protein may be ingredients usually found in skincare products but they can do wonders for your crowning glory, too. The Salon Shine Results J range by Charles Worthington is formulated with these ingredients to protect hair from ageing and damage. Salon Shine
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          KHAKI MEETS DENIM
          93 41 E1 me the comfort of s with the style of im jeans and you'll the new jeans range m the Dockers San ancisco Fall-Holiday 008 collection. Vlthough Dockers is ;nown for its khakis, it now has a line of ueans in three finishes and three fits for
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          SOFTLY DOES IT
          89 41 The recipe for soft, sensual skin goes like this: Juicy strawberries, succulent peaches, nutty macadamia oil and decadent whipped cream. But things don't have to get messy. Just use the ready-made Lux Soft Skin Body Wash range of shower creams that are made with these mouthwatering ingredients.
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        JUST FOR THE BOYS
        428 41  -  PEARLYN THAM MALE GROOMING Guys, don't feel shy about discussing your hair woes at Capelb Loft For Men pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg YOUR friendly neighbourhood barber is in for some serious competition. Capello Loft For Men wants to get a cut of the men's hairstyling market here. It caters
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        TEE AND ARTISTRY AT GIORDANO
        250 41  -  PEARLYN THAM GIORDANO'S tagline may be a "World Without Strangers". But with its latest Tshirt campaign, it also believes in a world with artists. In the Giordano Tee Project, the clothing chain collaborates with 12 multi-disci-plinary artists to promote art and develop a creative culture.
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        Lock icon A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
        1338 42  -  SHERMAINE WONG VINTAGE EATS Where meals are served with a side order of nostalgia WHEN it was reported that the New 7th Storey Hotel at Rochor Road will be pulled down at the end of the year, my editor was aghast that she only had
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        FIT FOR A MUGHAL
        646 44  -  ANNETTE TAN HUNGRY NO MORE The new Indian Times offers a sumptuous spread that will sate even the heartiest appetite food@newstoday.com.sg Way back when in India, when the country was at war and its people were forced to flee their homes, they took with them all
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        673 45  -  SHERMAINE WONG FRESH AND VERSATILE Blue Basil reveals the secret to good food: Cooking with fresh produce and herbs shermainew@mediacorp.com.sg IF I COULD describe Blue Basil in a single word, it would probably be "wow". For starters, I was pleasantly surprised that despite being located in
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          LOBSTER DELIGHT
          106 45  -  SHERMAINE WONG Calling all lobster fans: Your favourite crustacean just got more affordable with Delifrance introducing a new array of lobster dishes. Expect yummy lobster dishes such as the simple but satisfying Homard Grille (grilled lobster) served with baked potatoes and greens at $24.90 and lobster baked rice
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          ROLL CALL
          123 45  -  DON MENDOZA Treat yourself to another snack without the guilt. Those who have already developed a predilection for Sunshine Bakeries' Cream Rolls can now revel in the fact that the Health Promotion Board has awarded their range of flavoured cream rolls the Healthier Choice Symbol. They're baked with
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        VW GETS CROSS
        602 46  -  LIONEL KONG SMOOTH SUV Volkswagen's new Tiguan is more car-like than it looks news@newstoday.com.sg VOLKSWAGEN has been on something of a roll lately, launching a bewildering array of new models and variants in Singapore over the last few months. The latest in line for a local launch
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          A3 IS THE LADIES' CHOICE
          111 46 A car buying website for women has named the new Audi A3 Cabriolet as its Car of The Year. The compact fabric-roofed car topped a shortlist of 17 models to win the evecars.com award. Apart from ease of driving, the contenders were judged on how
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          DAIMLER'S SMART MOVE
          96 46 Ten environmentally-friendly Smart Fortwo cars have nit Singapore's roads as part of an alternative fuels testing programme organised by the brand's parent company Daimler. The all-white fleet includes hybrids and versions powered by plantbased biodiesel. Over the next two years, they will be compared to Fortwos running
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          STREAM VARIANTS REVEALED
          91 46  -  COLIN YONG Official Honda distributor Kah Motor has opened the order books for new versions of the Stream MPV. For 2009, the entry-level Trend edition gets xenon headlamps, chrome door handles and a front armrest as standard. At $76,500 with COE, it costs $2,600 more than the
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        NO LONGER AN AUTOMATIC CHOICE
        413 47  -  COLIN YONG HIGH petrol prices may be driving more motorists to doing-it-themselves, at least when it comes to changing gears. Statistics from the Motor Traders Association of Singapore show that a larger proportion of buyers opted for the manual versions of several popular budget-priced cars
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        IN SHARPER FOCUS
        520 47  -  DERRYN WONG KINETIC ENERGY Ford's mid-sized hatchback looks smarter than ever news@newstoday.com.sg CAR manufacturers like to do things in sets. It could be engineering, aesthetic or even cost-saving measures that cause them to want all their products to have a certain unifying appearance. Ford's new buzzword is
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      BIG IN JAPAN
      224 48  -  GENEVIEVE LOH AS ANY movie buff worth his salt knows, much of a nation's culture, politics and history can be learned through film. Running the gamut from anime to yakuza films, B-grade Godzilla flicks to the incomparable Akira Kurosawa, the history of Japanese Cinema is as varied
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      DELAYED BROADCAST
      360 49  -  MAYO MARTIN THEATRE REVIEW Apocalypse: LIVE! rages against the dying of the camera Tight mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN you're witnessing the world collapsing right in front of you, the last thing you'd want to hear is a heavy-handed lecture. Which was what watching Wild Rice's Apocalypse: LIVE! felt like, for
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      602 52  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Young Lions go into second leg with cool heads as Woodlands continue to seethe over poor refereeing RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2008, SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG Young Lions v Woodlands (Young Lions lead 2-1) Jalan Besar, Sunday/.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg IF THE first leg was anything
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      194 52  -  MILTON TAN RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2008, SEMI-FINAL IST LEG SAFFC 2 Tampines Rovers 0 SAFFC beat Tampines Rovers 2-0 on Friday night in the first leg of their RHB Singapore Cup 2008 tie at Choa Chu Rang Stadium. After a tight first half hour with
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      1056 53 THE SMART MONEYS ON Don't laugh, there's really a lot of sense in following the 'heavy boat' theory DAVID NGIAU Deputy Sports Editor david@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are some punters out there whose entire football betting strategy is to go against the crowd because they
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      445 54 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Unsettled Bulgarian striker still bent on moving to Old Trafford LONDON Dimitar Berbatov, Tottenham's disgruntled striker, might have been pictured in one English tabloid signing what is said to be a Manchester United shirt, but he still has the full backing of
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      Lock icon THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
      511 55 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wenger breaks policy of nurturing youth in going for experienced Silvestre LONDON Arsene Wenger has always maintained his commitment to blooding young talent at Arsenal is non-negotiable, but there are times when even the dearest principles have to be sacrificed. The Gunners manager
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      379 55 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Real Madrid have told Robinho (picture) that he can leave the Bernabeu after all, though only if Chelsea offer what would amount to a British record sum of £32 million ($B4 million) for the Brazil international as negotiations between the
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      223 55 -AFP LIVERPOOL Jamie Carragher believes the current Liverpool team have a tougher task than any in the club's history as they chase the Premier League title. Reds defender Carragher is convinced the financial power of Manchester United and Chelsea has made it far harder
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      757 56  -  I STEVE MCMAHON I ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea's midfield quartet look unbeatable; not so sure about Capello's team THEY said it was like watching Brazil, I think Chelsea are not too far off, after watching the Blues purr against Porstmouth last Sunday in the opening weekend
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      628 57  -  LAN DE COTTA IN THE PITS IT'S been a frustrating season for Fernando Alonso. After steering his Renault to the 2005 and 2006 drivers'titles, the Spaniard finished third last season in a McLaren-Mercedes. This year, he has yet to do better than fifth
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      909 58  -  t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Y LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS COMMENT Table tennis women deserved to be feted, but their attitude in the final was puzzling UNLIKE the imposing Bird's Nest Stadium and the bub-ble-wrapped Water Cube, the home for table tennis here at the 2008 Olympic Games is an
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      917 59  -  JERE LONGMAN NEW YORK TIMES ATHLETICS The spectre of doping looms over the track, tainting even Bolt's feat sports@newstoday.com.sg BEIJING Several sprint experts referred to Usain Bolt as a "freak" after he set the world record of 19.305 ec in the 200 m on Wednesday.
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      1299 60 AGENCIES ATHLETICS Jamaican men set 4xloom record as Bolt claims third gold BEIJING Usain Bolt won a third gold medal and made it a world record triple on Friday as Jamaica capped its overwhelming dominance in the Olympic sprint events with the title in the 4xloom relay.
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      458 61  -  TAN YO-HINN SAILING POST-MORTEM After a 'not good enough' Games, sailing association set sights on London 2012 yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg INEXPERIENCE and the elements conspired to blow Singapore sailors off course at the Beijing Olympics. The Republic's six sailors, five of whom made their Games debut, competed
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      NO PLANS TO REWARD TAN'S FEAT
      308 61  -  TAN YO-HINN LAST Sunday, the national women's table tennis team became $750,000 richer under Singapore sports' Multi-million dollar Award Programme (MAP) after they clinched a silver at the Beijing Games to end the Republic's 48-year wait for its second Olympic medal. Since then, there
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        41 61 Swimming's serial champion Michael Phelps, winner of an historic eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, will receive one of US sport's traditional accolades when his picture appears on boxes of cornflakes in supermarkets across the country in September.
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        124 61 A sports-loving princess from the United Arab Emirates was kicked in the head by a two-time world taekwondo champion at the Beijing Games on Friday. "I'm pretty hard headed. It doesn't bother me at all. I'm pretty used to it. I'm a tough girl.
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        112 61 Brazil overcame their deep frustration at not making the men's Olympic football final by putting away Belgium 3-0 to take the bronze medal consolation prize at the Shanghai Stadium on Friday. Goals by Diego and Jo in the first half, and a second from Jo
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        95 61 Argentine women's field hockey captain Magdalena Aicega was thrilled on Friday as she celebrated the team's bronze medal in her bra, wrapped only in an Argentine flag. Where was her jersey? "I gave my shirt to Diego, because he asked
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        98 61 The US Olympic men's basketball team advanced to their first major gold-medal game in eight years after a 101-81 victory over defending champion Argentina in Beijing on Friday night. They will play Spain, who edged out Lithuania 91-86, in Sunday's finals. Carmelo Anthony
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      858 62  -  K\\\\\\\\\\\W&gt; JNVSSSWmi I LEONARD THOMAS I BEIJNG BUZZ She misses a medal in the women's singles yet again, and says 201 2 may be too far away LAST SUNDAY, when China's women's table tennis team glittered with gold, at least she was together with her
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      207 54 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am MLB Yankees v Orioles, Ch 23 12.30pm AFL Richmond v Fremantle, Ch 170 5.30pm J-League Urawa Red Diamonds vJubilo Iwata, Ch 27 6pm AFL Brisbane vCarlton, Ch 170 7.30pm SPL Aberdeen v Rangers, Ch 115 7.55pm Fi European Grand Prix qualifying, Ch 24 Bpm Golf
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