Today, 1 November 2008

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  • 22 1 weekend TODAY November 1-2, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking A PUBLICATION OF Mica (p) 132/10/2007 hotline 6822 2268 ADVeRtiSe 6333 9888
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 33 1 Mr Khoo Hong Piew’s income has dropped by half as the global financial crisis exacts its toll. But he isn’t a laid-off Lehman banker he is a karung guni man.
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  • XTRA
    • 32 1 Singapore has one of the highest migrant outflows, just like Scotland. But why can’t Singapore be more like the Scots, and celebrate our diaspora, instead of mourning their departure?
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  • COMMENT
    • 39 1 Friday’s acquittal of Abdul Razak Baginda of abetting the murder of his former lover leaves more unanswered questions and will almost certainly give rise to more allegations against Malaysia’s DPM Najib Razak, says The Malaysian Insider.
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  • LIVING
    • 28 1 Frozen foods have come a long way. Our makan man Don Mendoza comes up with four dishy ideas on how to eat well.
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  • 15 1 AFP
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  • 708 1  -  Prompt move aimed at helping sentiment in sagging market LAND SALES MARISSA CHEW AND ESTHER FUNG marissa@mediacorp.com. sg THE Government has put the brakes on its land sales programme, as the outlook for the local economy and the property market takes a turn for the worse. The
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  • 722 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg THE uproar began over a month ago, when SP Services announced that electricity tariffs would increase 21.5 per cent in the last quarter of this year. Consumers already burdened by record inflation saw red, pointing to profits of $1.08~~
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  • NEWS
    • 185 2 XTRA AMERICA VOTES BARACK OBAMA THE ECONOMY Tax cuts for individuals and businesses. 90-day ban on most home foreclosures. Deregulation to blame for the crisis. FOREIGN POLICY Stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, even if it means war. Shift defence resources
      PHOTOS: AFP  -  185 words
    • 979 2  -  SIMON TAY The writer is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Next year, he will be in the US as a Schwartz fellow at the Asia Society and a Visiting Professor at Yale University. THERE is a great
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    • 902 3  -  GQJUYE The writer is an Asian commentator based in North America. IF REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Senator John McCain does not win on Tuesday, what does the region stand to lose? Would Singaporeans find Mr Barack Obama a better President than Mr McCain would
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    • 211 4  -  QUAK HIANG WHAI During the last Asian crisis, most affected countries recovered swiftly. The weaker currencies and the sharp falls in operating costs and asset prices helped them regain competitiveness quickly. They exported themselves out of the crisis. It was
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    • 463 4  -  As junk fetch lower prices, they struggle to stay in business KARUNG GUNIMEN TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg AS A karung guni man, he used to easily rake in around $4,000 every month. But for the past two months, Mr Khoo Hong Piew’s income has been slashed by
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    • 140 6  -  QUAK HIANGWHAI First, we are looking at a sharp slowdown on a global scale from America to countries like Singapore, Iceland, Brazil and Ukraine. Unlike previous slowdowns where there seemed to be different business cycles in different regions and countries and companies which are
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    • 208 6 MR WALTER Fernandez (picture) has been appointed the editor of Today, overseeing all editorial matters of the second-most-read newspaper in Singapore. Mr Fernandez, who joined Today as its managing editor in Nov 2006, was formerly the Executive Editor of Channel NewsAsia (International). Prior to that he
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    • 587 6  -  CHANGESATTODAY LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg HE ADMITS he has “a dubious reputation” and that his “independent mind” has probably unsettled a few. So, when former MediaCorp editorial director P N Balji (picture) was approached to head a new Asia Journalism Fellowship programme to be launched by
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    • 1156 8  -  What can small investors do when legalese favours financial institutions? XTRA LEHMAN FALLOUT DAVID GERALD David Gerald, SIAS’ president and CEO, is writing in his personal capacity. His commentary should not be taken as legal advice. SMALL investors who have lost all or part of their
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    • 245 10 SOME months after motorists’ gripes about faulty CashCards were first reported by this newspaper, the Land Transport Authority and Nets have identified the problem: About 2,900 CashCards that were the cause of “compatibility problems” when used in the In-Vehicle Unit (IU). This is
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    • 469 10  -  Support groups now in nearly all schools EDUCATION LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg AT ELIAS Park Primary School, some play parents to other than their own children. Once or twice a week, volunteers of the school’s Parent Support Group (PSG) take turns to supervise troubled children, helping
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 128 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Illegal sex drugs have claimed the lives of another six Singaporean men, bringing the death toll to 10 this year. The oldest victim was 84. Illegal products such as Power 1 Walnut, fake Cialis, Santi Niubian and Zhonghua Niubian contain dangerous
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      • 116 12 The Attorney-General has launched contempt proceedings against MrGopalan Nairfor having stated, during his trial before District Judge James Leong KuiYiu between July 24 and Sept 5 at the Subordinate Courts, and in two posts in his blog, that the courts were being abused for political ends. On
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    • 301 12  -  hedged by $15b order backlog all the way to 2015 UPBEAT INTUAS ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THE economic outlook is far from sunny but that hasn’t stopped a Norwegian company’s plans to build the world’s largest solar manufacturing plant in Singapore. Work on the $6.3-billion
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    • 182 14  - SPENDING YOUR WAY THROUGH A RECESSION TO WHAT EXTENT CAN PUMP PRIMING HELP? QUAK HIANG WHAI Singapore is relatively small and huge public projects such as the subway and airport developments or private initiatives like petrochemical plants can make a difference during cyclical downturns. The casino development also triggered the
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    • 1019 14  -  The Scots welcome the exodus of their people. so why can’t we? XTRA THE SCOTTISH WAY NAZRY BAHRAWI in EDINBURGH nazry@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Comparative and General Literature at the University of Edinburgh under the British Chevening scholarship. WE frown on
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    • 479 16  -  INVESTORWOES LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE retiree who lost more than $350,000 in investment products claimed he was Chineseeducated and had a conservative risk profile. While he dabbled in the stock market, Mr Go Sua Kui said his single-share investment never exceeded $100,000. United
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    • 379 16  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp. com.sg AT first glance, you might not have thought an economic slowdown was in the wind, with 1,000 visitors thronging the sale launch of the Housing and Development Board’s latest project at Bishan on Day One. Natura Loft, a Design,
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    • 100 18 Singapore celebrated the opening of its 15th reservoir with the completion of the Marina Barrage. In his speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said ensuring that Singapore has a secure supply of water has been a massive national effort and it has managed to
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    • 616 18  -  Latest guidelines released after taking into account feedback from doctors AESTHETIC MEDICINE ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp. com.sg IF YOUR doctor has no certification but continues to practice certain aesthetic procedures, he may not necessarily be flouting the requirements. All he needs is a good track record
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    • 109 6 in monday’s paper JOURNALISM REVISITED, REVISED CONFIRMED OR NOT Remaining confirmed list sites: 1. Transitional office site at Mountbatten Road WAS: Up for tender, closing Nov 18. NOW: Reserve List 2. White site at Ophir Road Rochor Road WAS: Up for tender, closing Dec 3. NOW: Reserve List 3. Executive
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  • WORLD
    • 358 20 MURDEROF MONGOLIAN MODEL AFP KUALA LUMPUR A prominent political analyst was acquitted yesterday in the murder of a Mongolian woman, in a sensational case that has gripped Malaysia. Mr Abdul Razak Baginda (picture), a close associate of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, was accused of abetting in
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    • 239 20 Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was back in court for his sodomy trial on Friday. He is charged with sodomising a former male aide in his second such trial in a decade. Mr Anwar is objecting to having his case transferred to the High
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    • 396 20  -  NEWS ANALYSIS LESLIE LAU THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER IT DOES not matter what the grounds are for the acquittal of political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda. It does not matter that he is now a free man and should enjoy the benefits of being a free man discharged
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 88 22 A food vendor who had been playing the lottery for a decade has won Malaysia’s biggest-ever jackpot of RM20 million ($8.34 million). The vendor and his wife were so astonished by their big win on the Toto lottery that they slapped each other
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      • 136 22 In a dramatic operation, Malaysian Police have rescued two kidnap victims some 700km away from where they were abducted in Penang earlierthis month. A 42-year-old housewife had picked up her 6-year-old son from a nursery here when three men, two armed with pistols, broke
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      • 110 22 AFP. The Supreme Court in the Philippines has upheld an earlier decision by a lower court to terminate a 217-pound air steward from national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) in 1989. Mr Armanda Yrasuegi was dismissed after he failed to lose weight as specified
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    • 93 22 A Japanese dog waits for his treat dressed up in his halloween outift on the streets of downtown Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Halloween is a popular commercial tradition in Japan. Besides the pumpkin parades and western-style treat-or-treat house visits, the popular Japanese activity Cosplay (costume play) rides
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    • 301 22 MURDEROUS MOTHER AGENCIES BEIJING A Chinese mother who admitted poisoning and then suffocating her severely disabled daughter to death has been spared jail, state media reported yesterday. Mrs Li Daohong fed her 20-year-old daughter more than 200 sleeping pills before smothering her with towels
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    • 200 22 AFP BEIJING Authorities in southwestern China failed for more than a month to raise an alarm over an epidemic of maggots in mandarin oranges. The problem came to national attention in recent days via text messages warning of the affected fruits, but authorities in Sichuan
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    • 137 22 BEIJING China, accused in Japan of producing tainted frozen beans and dodgy dumplings, now says it has found toxic chemicals used in paint in Japanese mustard and soy sauce, reported Reuters. Tests conducted by quarantine officials found Japan-produced soy sauce and mustard sauce had
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    • 111 24  -  QUAK HIANGWHAI A prolonged slowdown will further widen the income disparity. We need to preserve social cohesion even as we develop our economy. So, help should be given to the lower-income group on two fronts expanding the social safety net
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    • 977 24  -  No choice but to depend on governments to act XTRA GLOBAL CITIZEN SIMON TAY The writer is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. THIS is the fourth week of this column. In its first weeks, I surveyed a world of mess and then followed
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    • 237 26 AFP LEXINGTON (Kentucky) Two men faced criminal charges on Thursday for hanging an effigy of Democratic White House contender Barack Obama from a tree with a noose, the latest in a string of racially-tinged incidents targeting the man who hopes to be
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    • 69 26 GPS LINGERIE ‘FIND ME IF YOU CAN’ Brazilian lingerie maker lucia iorio’s new GPS-equipped ‘Find me if you Can’ line targets the modern, technosavvy woman, but it has also stoked the ire of feminists who call it a 21st-century chastity belt. The GPS device nestles visibly in the seethrough part
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    • 286 26 US-ASEAN RELATIONS AFP WASHINGTON United States ties with South-east Asia could see significant expansion if Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama wins the White House race, as his advisors favour his participation in the key East Asian Summit and expansion of US alliances in the region.
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    • 1230 28  -  A decade since the end of the New Order regime, are its soldiers better off? iNdoNeSia’S military ATMADJI SUMARKIDJO sindo@newstoday.com. sg The writer is an Indonesian military observer. THE Indonesia Military Forces (TNI) celebrated its anniversary on Oct 14 in grand style
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    • 1225 28 (2nd edition)  -  A decade since the end of the New Order regime, are its soldiers better off? iNdoNeSia’S military ATMADJI SUMARKIDJO sindo@newstoday.com. sg The writer is an Indonesian military observer. THE Indonesia Military Forces (TNI) celebrated its anniversary on Oct 14 in grand style
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  • voices
    • 79 29 There seems to be an underlying assumption that ‘if we build it, they will come’. I am referring to the Marina and Sentosa IRs... Everybody, except the poor, have become substantially poorer. I hope we do not end up with white elephants again, the last of which
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    • 413 29  -  Adequate care of a person nearing death can quell his desire to hasten death HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE Letter from Dr Tan Kee Wee Chairman, Singapore Hospice Council IN RECENT days, there has been a lively debate among Singaporeans on the pros and cons of euthanasia.
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    • 254 29  -  Letter from Peter Khoo Vice-President (English and Malay Newspapers Division) Singapore Press Holdings I REFER to the MediaCorp advertisement “It only took us 8 years Today, Singapore’s 2nd most read newspaper” (Oct 28). The advertisement cited
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    • 277 29 With~ all~ due~ respect,~ it~ is~ facile~ to~ argue~ that~ free~ newspapers~ “may~ choose~ to~ put~ out~ a~ million~ copies~ daily~ if~ it~ pleases”. Making~ a~ free~ newspaper~ succeed~ as~ a~ business~ is~ not~ as~ straightforward~ as~ is~ implied.~ Readers~ are~ discerning~ and~ sophisticated.~ They~ do~ not~ read~
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    • 718 30  -  What Daniel Craig has done to the role with a touch of Chemical X XTRA 007 FLUFF PHIN WONG phin@mediacorp.com.sg DANIEL Craig’s James Bond is a Powerpuff Girl. A very manly Powerpuff Girl, but a Powerpuff Girl all the same. Allow me to explain. The Powerpuff Girls,
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  • business
    • 460 31  -  Bank expects loan growth to slow in stormy times CORpORATE REsuLT CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) expects to be hit by a double whammy of slower growth in loans and higher deposit costs, as global economic conditions worsen. Already, the turmoil is
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    • 327 31 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) said it is prepared to help investors of Lehman-linked financial products sue banks, after its Hong Kong counterpart signalled its intention to do so yesterday. Case executive director Seah Seng Choon said 20 investors have already approached
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    • 365 31  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg COSTS are still going up for SMRT even though it looks like oil prices are well past their peak, the transport operator says. It is not just higher electricity and diesel costs, SMRT says staff costs are also going
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    • 290 31 BLOOMBERG SOUTH-EAST Asia’s largest property developer, CapitaLand, saw its third-quarter profit fall by 26 per cent as slowing economic growth continues to hurt demand for homes in Singapore, China and Australia. Net income fell to $419.4 million, from $563.9 million a year earlier,
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    • 158 32  -  QUAK HIANG WHAI Deflation and humility. If you are a businessman who has been conserving capital and investing in real innovation and business, you are looking at the prospect of falling rents, wages, interest costs, oil and
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    • 661 32  -  Who says return on investment of branding can’t be measured? XTRA BRAND MANAGEMENT JACKY TAI The writer is a Principal Consultant of StrategiCom The B2B Branding Specialist and author of two highly-acclaimed books, Transforming Your Business Into A Brand and Killer Differentiators. MANY CEOs
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    • 292 34 Investors had been hoping for an even bigger cut TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE THE markets did not think much of Japan’s interest-rate cut yesterday the first for seven years. The Tokyo Nikkei stock index closed 5 per cent down at 8576, indicating that investors had
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    • 374 34  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE unemployment rates held steady in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, business sentiment has taken a turn for the worse. According to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday, for the three
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    • 284 34  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg WHAT was intended to be one of Singapore’s largest-ever investments in the electronics industry might not be dead just delayed. Today reported on Friday that IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) a joint-venture between technology-heavy-weights Micron and Intel would be
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    • 268 34 BLOOMBERG BARCLAYS, Britain’s secondbiggest bank, will raise £7.3 billion ($17.7 billion) in a share sale to an investor group including the royal families of Abu Dhabi and Qatar, as it seeks to strengthen its cash reserves with help from the British government’s
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  • weekend Living
    • MAKAN
      • 9 35 PHOTOGRAPHY JASON HO STYLING DON MENDOZA
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      • 817 36  -  When time is short, frozen food gets a lot more enticing CHILL FACTOR DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg AS AN advocate of seasonal fare and cooking with market-fresh ingredients, it is hard for me to warm up to the idea of frozen food. Taking into consideration the differences in
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      • 351 36 OUR MAKAN MAN GETS INSPIRED BY THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES AND COMES UP WITH FOUR DISHY IDEAS 1 GRILLED BREADED BUTTERFLY SHRIMP ($6.50, NTUC FAIRPRICE) WITH HONEY MUSTARD it’s amazing how plum and juicy these prawns are. Moreover, CP (Charoen Pokphand Foods), the company that manufactures them, practises
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      • 663 37  -  This newly-opened Mexican restaurant adds a savoury authenticity to dining in the heart of Orchard Road REAL DEAL CHEN FEN food@newstoday.com. sg CUPPAGE Terrace used to be like a blind spot for me. I sort of knew it was there each time I walked past on my
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      • 125 37 Wilbur Scoville developed the industry standard for measuring a pepper’s heat level. Under this index, green bell peppers rate zero Scoville heat units while habaneros measure between 200,000 and 300,000. The poblano is a mild heartshaped pepper originally grown in the state of Puebla in
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        304 37  -  DON MENDOZA THAI STICKY RICE CAMPAIGN This is a great time to sample the versatility of this starchy grain. Throughout the month of November, the Thai Trade Center (in Singapore) will be continuing its campaign to increase awareness of this alternative to white rice. More commonly known as
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        825 38  -  Here’s a place where the good meat is hard to beat BURLY REFINEMENT SHERMAINE WONG shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg I DID a double take the first time I glanced at the meat menu at the new 10 at Claymore restaurant. It read more like a technical fact sheet of
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      • 1382 39  -  From the paris and Milan runways to high street brands such as Miss Selfridge and topshop, rock chic is in the jukebox, with a vengeance. Slip another back dime baby SHaRon LiM ELLE Singapore SHaRon ELLE Singapore sharon_lim@mediacorp.com.sg editor-in-chief, opened the WHEN the sharon_lim@mediacorp.com.sg editor-in-chief,
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      • AT A GLANCE
        • 63 41 You could say that David Gan is cut out to be Asience’s new Asian Beauty Hair Maestro. The celebrity hairstylist has been recommending Asience’s hair care products to his showbusiness clients even before the brand was launched in Singapore two years ago. He likes how Asience caters
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          62 41 How do you get your cheeks to look rosier? Use Benefit’s Posietint ($65) the poppy pink alternative to Benefit’s bestseller Benetint. Launched in 1977, the latter is a rose-tinted lip and cheek stain. Posietint’s kissproof, liquid-gel formula gives your cheeks a natural, see-through tinge of colour
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        • 83 41 In need of a quick fix and an affordable one at that? Chill out with Skinvitals’ value packs of facial sheet masks, which come in sets of threes. You can even buy just a single sachet of your favourite mask, your priced at $4.95 each. There are 1
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          76 41 Think of it as a vitamin capsule for your eyes. Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Gold Ultra Lift and Strengthening Eye Capsules ($90 for 60 capsules) help to ward off fine lines, sagging skin, puffiness and skin dullness. They contain ingredients such as ceramide, linolinic and linoleic acids, cucumber and
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      • 336 41  -  Pearlyn Tham SINGAPORE women must be a confused lot, going by a beauty survey conducted by The Sloane Clinic in September. The clinic uses cosmetic dermatology technologies and techniques to address skin, facial and body concerns. Its survey involved about 250 women
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      • 542 41  -  Celebrity hairstylist Kim Robinson picks Singapore for new flagship outlet LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg SETTING up a 465 sq m hair salon at the cost of more than $2.5m may not seem like the most fiscally-prudent move to make right now, but Kim Robinson has ridden
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      • 493 42  -  Students have a go at creating skincare products GETTING HANDS-ON PEARLYN THAM pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg ONE can never be too young to get started on using skincare. And neither can one be too young to learn how to create skincare products, as the 240 students who took part in Ngee
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      • 309 42  -  LYNETTE KOH BREAKOUTS happen to everyone even Fann Wong. Recently at Jurong Point to open the newly relocated Bella Skin Care centre the outlet shifted from its original premises on the sixth floor to a 1,400sq m boudoir-inspired space at the basement
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        346 42 The word “rock” must be a very popular term along Orchard Road this week. First, there’s the ongoing singapore JewelFest at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, which is hosting up to $100 million worth of sparkling rocks. Across the road at Paragon Shopping Centre, the biennial Cortina
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    • SPEED
      • 759 43  -  The nimble S4 is Audi’s most impressive sports saloon to date IRRESISTIBLE AUDI COLIN YONG in MALLORCA, SPAIN colin@mediacorp.com.sg AUDI says its new S4 “takes every corner as if on rails” but I would like to categorically state now that this is far from the
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      • 223 43  -  COLIN YONG Downsizing is a word much bandied about these days and it’s no surprise how Audi has taken to it wholeheartedly. While the old S4 and the current S5 coupe rely on a 4.2-litre V8 for forward propulsion, the new S4 uses a much smaller
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      • 573 44  -  nissan’s new Murano takes a leap forward in desirability SPORTY SUV JUSTIN LEE news@newstoday.com.sg AFTER lying dormant for almost three years with no new products to show for, Nissan has been on a roll recently, introducing a slew of new cars. The latest one to land in
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        316 44  -  COLIN YONG NEW LEXUS HYBRID COMING Lexus is gearing up to launch a hybrid version of the GS saloon here this month. The GS 450h will be the third Lexus hybrid to go on sale in Singapore and the first petrol-electric car in its class. It combines a
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        1275 47 It’s hard to believe you once didn’t like the idea of Daniel Craig playing 007 AT THE MOVIES THE DAILY TELEGRAPH JAMES Bond, it seems, is not only a fictional hero but also a state of mind. Portraying Ian Fleming’s secret agent has imbued Daniel Craig with a
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      • 348 48 ON “WHEN HYPE ART” (OCT 28) I was disgusted by Mayo Martin’s article Art has its history and its value is not just determined by how simple the artwork appears to be. Let me give you an example: No. 5. It is not just paint splattered
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      • 146 50 GUARDIAN SAM Mendes’ next project will see him re-enter the world of the graphic novel, with an adaptation of DC Comics’ Preacher, Variety reports. The director of renowned 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret and Oscar-winning American Beauty will take on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s cult
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      • 433 50  -  New production from tnS has bite despite its teething problems THEATRE REVIEW GEMUK GIRLS MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IN ONE singular, 90-minute swoop, Gemuk Girls covers four “prickly” subjects known to the local theatregoer: Race, gender, human rights and politics. Quick, hide the children! In this brave, thought-provoking
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      • 402 50  -  MAYO MARTIN WITH Sing to the Dawn already out in cinemas, you can almost hear Ho Minfong (picture) sighing in relief. “I’m glad that the kids will be able to see another aspect of Dawan,” the 57-year-old author of the original novel told Today.
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      • PLUS ROUNDUP
        • 78 51 The government of the Republic of Korea and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea will host a K-POP extravaganza called Korean Pop Night as part of the Korean Festival 2008, which runs until Nov 18. The concert will feature nine eminent pop-stars and budding talent from South
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        • 65 51 The production Bikhre Bimb, part of this year’s Kalaa Utsavan Indian Festival of Arts at the Esplanade, has been cancelled. Solo actress Arundhati Nag has cited health reasons for the cancellation. Patrons who purchased tickets for the shows on Nov 15 and 16 will receive a refund.
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    • 806 48 Yangtze Cineplex Level 4, Pearls Centre Tel: 6223 7529 In English u ilh Cliincsc S’ K?a Fi 4£ Tdy: 11.00am, 5.00, 11.00pm Tom: 11.00am, 5.00pm NAKED POISON Chinese with Eng Subtitles R21 Tdy: 11.00, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00, 11.00pm Tom: 11.00, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00pm SCORPION lliiHA Japanese
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    • 30 49 America Decides From change to national security, From economy to foreign policy. From immigration to healthcare., What will stir the leartsonfflOTlfans? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates.
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    • 97 50 LOVE IN TRANSLATION. A CARIBBEAN JAZZ VOCAL FEST! Experience Move to the rhythm of the French Caribbean music ’Zouk’. Travel with Andayoma as she shares her soul and world of giving, warmth and sensuality with her‘Love in Translation‘Jazz and Caribbean repertoire, 6 Nov, 8pm, Esplanade Recital Studio, I Esplanade Drive,
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    • 457 50 JIGSAW'S DEAD. BUT HIS GAME CONTINUES. Are you ready? |piGt!ir twisted l IS [NYSE: IGF] LIONSGATE ©2008 LIONS GATE FILMS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WWW.OfficialsaW.com WWW.saw5.COm OW SHOWIN sjiav; R21 VIOLENCE AND GORE ORGANISATION 85 Years Of Entertaining The World LIDO SHAW HOUSE LEVEL B SAW V 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00,
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    • 58 51 SUPerSUdokU plus Our tough-level weeken treat f r the die-hard Sudok j nkie FrIday’s soLutIoN: dIFFIcuLty ratING: hoW to pLay: The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. What are your views on Super
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  • TV LISTINGS
    • 168 52 BOLLYWOOD MASTI Cheeni~ Kum Vasantham,~ 4.00pm In~ a~ nutshell,~ a~ film~ like~ CHEENI~ KUM~ signifies~ the~ winds~ of~ change~ in~ Bollywood.~ An~ effort~ like~ this~ is~ sure~ to~ find~ its~ share~ of~ bouquets~ and~ brickbats.~ The~ elite~ wouldn’t~ mind~ the~ film,~ the~ commoners~ might.~ The~ boy~ is~
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    • 239 52 COMBO NINOS (ASIA PREMIERE) Jetix~ On~ Demand~ (mio~ TV),~ anytime~ On~ Demand Using~ their~ magical~ skills~ and~ shouts~ of~ “BIG~ BLASTICO!”,~ the~ Combos~ Niños~ use~ their~ special~ powers~ to~ confront~ a~ range~ of~ crazy~ Divinos,~ immortal~ beings~ who~ love~ creating~ havoc,~ to~ protect~ their~ beautiful~ city~
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    • 278 52 RECOUNT HBO~ (Ch~ 60),~ 9pm~ Recount~ examines~ the~ torturous~ process~ that~ culminated~ in~ the~ Supreme~ Court~ decision~ in~ Bush~ versus~ Gore.~ The~ Republicans,~ led~ by~ Texan~ James~ Baker,~ seize~ the~ initiative~ as~ the~ case~ is~ tried~ in~ the~ judicial~ system~ and~ the~ court~ of~ public~ opinion.~
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    • 122 53 FILMART Brave~ Story~ okto,~ 10.00pm~ Wataru~ is~ an~ ordinary~ 11-year-old~ whose~ world~ has~ just~ collapsed~ around~ him.~ His~ father~ walked~ out~ on~ the~ family~ and~ his~ mother~ is~ in~ the~ hospital~ after~ attempting~ suicide.~ All~ Wataru~ wants~ now~ is~ his~ previous~ secure~ and~ comfortable~ life~ back.~ When~
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    • 173 53 THE EX LIST Momma’s~ Boy Season~ Pass~ (mio~ TV),~ anytime~ On~ Demand Bella~ runs~ into~ her~ ex-boyfriend~ Josh.~ She~ broke~ up~ with~ him~ because~ he~ was~ a~ mummy’s~ boy~ and~ wouldn’t~ move~ out~ of~ her~ house.~ When~ Bella~ finds~ out~ that~ Mum~ is~ no~ longer~ an~
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    • 326 53 WILD SCANDINAVIA Blue~ Harvest:~ The~ Coast~ of~ Life Nat~ Geo~ Wild~ (Ch~ 77),~ 9pm You~ cannot~ drive~ any~ further~ north~ in~ Europe.~ The~ northern~ coast~ of~ Norway~ lies~ at~ the~ same~ latitude~ as~ Alaska.~ Yet~ the~ waters~ that~ face~ you~ are~ among~ the~ richest~ in~ the~
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    • 692 52 CHANNEL 6.00AM~ Loving~ Spoonfuls 6.30~ The~ Martha~ Stewart~ Show~ II 7.30~ The~ Oprah~ Winfrey~ Show Oprah Come to My Hometown 8.30~ The~ Rachael~ Ray~ Show~ II 9.30~ Food~ 911~ 10.00~ New~ Adventures~ of~ Robin~ Hood~ II Heros 11.00~ Ex-Wives~ Club NOON~ Life’s~ Funniest~ Moments 12.30PM~ GP~ Racing On Track 1.00~
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    • 31 53 Share the Passion on Singapore’s Only Sports TalkShow on Radio Saturdays 11am Noon (live) and 4pm 5pm (encore) Call us on 66 911 938 or email your views to sportszone@938LIVE.sg www.938LIVE.sg
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    • 739 53 CHANNEL 6.00AM~ Loving~ Spoonfuls~ 6.30~ The~ Martha~ Stewart~ Show~ II 7.30~ The~ Oprah~ Winfrey~ Show 8.30~ The~ Rachael~ Ray~ Show~ II~ 9.30~ Food~ 911~ 10.00~ Rachael~ Ray’s~ Tasty~ Travels 10.30~ Small~ Space,~ Big~ Style~ 11.00~ Life’s~ Funniest~ Moments 11.30~ Grand~ Prix~ Story~ (Finale)~ NOON~ Football~ Asia~ Show~ 2008 12.30PM~ Whacked~
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  • sports
    • 349 54  -  TODAY EXCLUSIVE TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg RUGBY fans who have missed top-level international competitions here since the last Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore in 2006 will have something to look forward to. According to sources, Today understands that an announcement is imminent about the launch
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    • 597 54  -  Swimmer Kirk still irked from missing out on Olympics, as she plans the final laps of her pool career SWIMMING TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S been three months, but Tara Kirk is still heartbroken, and angry. At the US Olympic swim trials in June, Stanford University swimmer
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    • 749 55  -  Singapore athletics chief Loh is banking on a new generation of track stars SINGAPORE SPORTS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE last financial year, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) received funding of $1.46 million from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), a figure that
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    • 289 55 NtUc income-yeo’s S-League 2008 Sengkang 0 Super Reds 3 THE Super Reds bounced back from last week’s defeat to Albirex Niigata with a hard-fought 3-0 win over Sengkang Punggol in Friday night’s NTUC IncomeYeo’s S-League 2008 match at the Jalan Besar
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    • 240 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON David Beckham is set to join AC Milan on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy early in the New Year after a deal was sealed with the former England captain’s lawyers. Beckham will arrive at the Serie A club on
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    • 511 56 the ‘Church of maradona’ got just what they prayed for with his appointment as national coach INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) Diego Maradona’s most devoted followers gathered here on Wednesday night for a mock religious procession for the football great’s 48th birthday
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    • 523 57  -  OFFSIDE DAVID NGIAU deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com.sg I CAME late to this game of love for, and loyalty to, a football club based more than 10,000km away. When I started following the English Premier League, I was a nominal Newcastle United fan.
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    • 505 57 United appear poised to repeat their run of last season ENGLISH FOOTBALL AFP English Premiership Manchester United v Hull City MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson’s angry reaction to his side’s failure to score more than two goals against West Ham this week was probably the last thing
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    • 572 58  -  New Tottenham boss redknapp’s the signing of the season so far, while Liverpool look unbeatable STRAIGHTTALK STEVE MCMAHON sports@newstoday.com.sg Former Liverpool and England international midfielder Steve McMahon is a resident football analyst on eSPN’s Football Focus and Football Forecast. I HAVE to
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    • 233 58 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy says the club will sell naming rights to their proposed new 60,000-seater stadium. Announcing the club’s annual financial results to the stock market, Levy revealed that the “White Hart Lane” name will be lost
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    • 331 58 THE GUARDIAN English Premiership Portsmouth v Wigan LONDON Tony Adams says Jermain Defoe is fully behind his appointment as Portsmouth’s manager despite being left on the bench at Anfield on Wednesday. Defoe was not called upon until the final
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    • 614 59 Liverpool cautious ahead of visit to redknapp’s rejuvenated Tottenham ENGLISH FOOTBALL AFP English Premiership Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool LONDON Seldom does a side at the foot of the Premiership inflict defeat on one at its summit, but that is exactly what Tottenham Hotspur
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    • 384 59 AFP English Premiership Chelsea v Sunderland LONDON Frank Lampard (picture) has told Liverpool they must carry their impressive early season form through a tough winter schedule if they want to end their near 20-year wait for an English title. Rafael Benitez’ unbeaten
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    • 176 59 P W d L F a Pts Liverpool~ 10~ 8~ 2~ 0~ 15~ 6~ 26 Chelsea~ 10~ 7~ 2~ 1~ 22~ 4~ 23 Arsenal~ 10~ 6~ 2~ 2~ 22~ 10~ 20 Aston~ Villa~ 10~ 6~ 2~ 2~ 19~ 12~ 20 Hull~ City~ 10~ 6~ 2~ 2~ 14~ 14~
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    • 910 60 ‘It’s just another race Hamilton’s calm and collected ahead of F1 climax in brazil on Sunday Formula 1 AFP SAO PAULO (Brazil) Lewis Hamilton admitted on Thursday that he is going into Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos more confident and assured than he was before the same race last
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    • 659 61 Those who know Massa best talk about what makes him so good Formula 1 THE GUARDIAN SAO PAULO (Brazil) —When Felipe Massa rolls out of bed on Sunday morning and starts preparing for the biggest race of his life, he will slip into the lucky white
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    • 647 61 THE GUARDIAN MEXICAN GRAND PRIX, 1964 After 10 races, the 1964 championship was decided on the very last lap of the season. Three men went into the Mexico City finale with a chance to win the title: The favourite was points leader Graham Hill (BRM), ahead
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    • 1029 62  -  Massa eyes legend’s legacy, but hamilton’s destined to pay homage to him INTHE PITS IAN DE COTTA formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg SAO PAULO is awash in the memory of its most famous son, Ayrton Senna, as the Brazilian Grand Prix gets under way
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    • 329 63 SPORTS ON TV SATURDAY 8am~ NBA~ Bulls~ v~ Celtics,~ Ch~ 23 Noon~ Golf~ Iskandar~ Johor~ Open,~ Ch~ 24 2.30pm~ Rugby~ Fiji~ v~ France,~ Ch~ 22 5pm~ Rugby~ New~ Zealand~ v~ Papua~ New~ Guinea,~ Ch~ 22 5.30pm~ Hockey~ East~ Grinstead~ v~ Waterloo~ Ducks,~ Ch~ 113 7.30pm~ Hockey~ Three~ Rock~ Rovers~ v~
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