Today, 3 January 2009

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    9 1 weekendTODAY January 3-4, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    SINGAPORE
    49 1 Mi chief quits After 12 years at the helm of telecommunications company Mobile One, Neil Montefiore calls it a day. It may have come as a shock to many, but some analysts say a change is exactly what the firm and its flagging stock price needs. Page 4
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    WORLD
    38 1 Two more missing Mr Leslie Yeo, who had been at the Santika nightclub with CAAS colleagues Teo Sze Siong and Donald Loh, is still missing. According to the MFA, two Singaporeans have been reported missing. Page 6
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    SPORTS
    41 1 A Real fantasy bid The Spanish champions are set to return with a $57-million offer to lure manager Arsene Wenger to Real Madrid, in a move that will test Arsenal's resolve to hold on to captain Cesc Fabregas. Page 38
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    LIVING
    26 1 Getting sorted Make tidying up one of your New Year's resolutions. Weekend Living shows you the best way to get organised in 2009. Page 23
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    A sharp squeeze in Q4
    908 1  -  ESTHER FUNG ECONOMIC DOWNTURN MTI cuts 2009 GDP forecast to between -2% and 1% esther@mediacorp.com.sg THE clouds are fast darkening over Singapore's economy and it looks like the financial sector, cultivated in recent years to be a key leg of the services industry here, is
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    Dismal home sales stats not seen since '98
    770 1  -  TAN HUI LENG ZULOTHMAN huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE comparison rings with foreboding the last time private home prices took a bigger dive than this, it was exactly a decade ago, in the midst of the Asian financial crisis. In the last three months of
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  • NEWS
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      AGENEROUS BUDGET?
      238 2  -  ESTHER FUNG With the worsening economy come predictions of a generous Budget to help boost the system and stimulate growth. The most widely expected booster is for construction projects, with some of those which had earlier to be delayed being brought forward again. Citigroup economist Kit Wei Zheng
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      Lock icon I WOULDN'T BET AGAINST HISTORY
      1143 3  -  LEOWAIKKHENG YEAROFTHEOX The last three Ox years were not good for the stock markets aikkheng@mediacorp.com.sg PERHAPS it is just a coincidence. Then again, it may have something to do with the ox being a domesticated bull that has lost its vigour. Whatever the case, the
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      The face of M1 quits
      612 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH NEIL MONTEFIORE deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg MOBILEONE (Ml) hit the telecommunication industry with a surprise on Friday when it said that chief executive officer Neil Montefiore was calling it a day after 12 years at the helm. While the news brings some uncertainty
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    • Article
      Lock icon HDB resale price index up 1.5% in Q4
      490 4  -  TAN HUI LENG ZULOTHMAN huileng@mediacorp.com.sg PUBLIC housing resale prices have stubbornly continued to climb even as private home prices are accelerating downhill and pundits are betting on flat prices still holding firm this year if not seeing a modest single-digit growth, then
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    • Article
      Lock icon Nightclub did not have police permit
      361 6 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul has said that the fire that killed 61 New Year's Eve partygoers at a wildly popular Bangkok nightclub could further damage the country's image. Thailand's reputation as an attractive tourist destination had recently been battered by months
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      Lock icon 'I don't want to remember'
      682 6  -  ANSLEYNG BANGKOK NIGHTCLUB FIRE ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THE high-spirited and noisy countdown in the final seconds of 2008 was one of the last things Mr Donald Loh remembered, before the popular Santika club went up in a blaze that claimed about 60 lives. Mr Loh, who
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      A*Star chairman makes international who's who list
      269 8 A*STAR chairman Lim Chuan Poh has been named one of the eight people to watch this year by the prestigious Science journal, a leading international magazine focused on research. Others on the list include British biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Nurse, the
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      Lock icon They're making back-up plans
      501 8  -  TEOXUANWEI FINANCE PROFESSIONALS xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the past three months, Andy (not his real name) has been poring over the job listings in newspapers and online job portals every day eventhough he still has a job. The senior banker at a local bank has even gone for
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    • Article
      Autistic teen charged with setting off pen-bomb
      223 8  -  LEONGWEE KEAT Al7-YEAR-OLD autistic student, who allegedly set off an improvised marker pen-bomb on board a SBS Transit bus, was charged in the Subordinate Courts on Friday. Christopher Ko Zi Jie is alleged to have committed the act on board service 154 on
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      34 2 UP OR DOWN? Resale prices for HDB flats continue to show strength HDB RESALE PRICE INDEX Q4 +1.5% Q3 +4.2% Whole of 2008 +13.9% I 7f==± '.cr* ii. r ij___ 1' ;j" r '<r'-'
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      107 6 Heart Attack: Can you prevent it? by Dr Alfred Cheng, Cardiologist What you should know about Lung Cancer by Dr Lim Hong Liang, Medical Oncologist Issues facing the Mature Man by Dr Michael Wong, Medical Director Urologist Battling the Bulge by Dr. Ravintharan T, General Surgeon What's new in Hair
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      205 9 i m PROBLEM: V J Hereditary Weight Gain W feMo^ Before: 68kg Aldee Teo 20 y rs old Technician CE Io9J act Lohdoh, \jJdoM- MahMewt&iH" I was in the Trim and Fit club throughout my school life and it made me feel like an outcast. I could neither pull off
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  • WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Hamas orders 'day of wrath'
      363 12 AGENCIES GAZA CITY Israeli warplanes pounded militant targets including a mosque in Gaza on Friday as angry protests unfurled on Hamas' "day of wrath" against the blistering assault that has killed more than 430 people. Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Ramallah in
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      Lock icon US prepares for Afghan surge
      274 12 AP KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) Afghanistan's southern rim, the Taliban's spiritual birthplace and the country's most violent region, has for the last two years been the domain of British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers. That's about to change. In what amounts to an Afghan version of the surge
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      Lock icon Tigers' lair captured
      404 12 AGENCIES SRI LANKAN CONFLICT President Rajapakse calls capture of Kilinochchi an "unparalleled victory' COLOMBO Sri Lanka said on Friday its troops had finally captured the unofficial capital of the Tamil Tigers and urged the rebels to lay down their arms and end their decades-old struggle for a
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      Lock icon Obama a 'no-frills guy', says wife
      251 12 AFP WASHINGTON Michelle Obama, who will become the United States' next first lady on Jan 20, opened up about how she first met her husband, a "no-frills guy," in a television interview broadcast on Thursday. "He didn't care about what other people thought and
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      Lock icon SWEDEN THROWS DOORS WIDE OPEN
      1060 13  -  TOM SULLIVAN IMMIGRATION Will its bold move to lift cap on influx of foreign talent reap dividends? news@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE rising unemployment, Sweden relaxed its immigration rules last month, giving companies a free hand to recruit foreign workers without quotas. Sweden has a liberal approach to
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      Lock icon Monks force nations first rock opera off air
      316 16 AFP RELIGION IN CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH Cambodian monks have persuaded the authorities to ban the country's first rock opera, which features actors dressed as clergy who break into song and dance, saying it insults Buddhism. In a letter sent to the Ministry
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    • Article
      Lock icon Umno welcomes PKR's Indian lawmakers
      229 16 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The leaders of Malaysia's ruling party has declared that Barisan Nasional's (BN) door is open to disgruntled members of opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Selangor Umno liaison chief Muhammad Muhammad Taib said there is nothing wrong with admitting anyone who
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon FAST-TRACKING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS' DEPORTATION
        101 16 AFP Malaysia is fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants under a pilot project that will see offenders handed a fine and a one-way ticket home bypassing court and jail. "We have got more than 1 million people who are illegals in this country so I don't
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        PAS NAMES SURPRISE BY-ELECTION CANDIDATE
        91 16 Malaysia's opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (Pas) has named a surprise candidate for the Jan 17 Kuala Terengganu by-election. The selection of Mr Abdul Wahid Endut a four-term assemblyman, Kuala Terengganu Pas chief and state Pas treasurer is seen as a compromise decision as rival factions
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        Lock icon OPPOSITION TESTS NEW ANTI-GRAFT BODY
        75 16 AFP Malaysia's opposition has lodged a bundle of graft allegations with the AntiCorruption Commission, saying it would be a test of the body's mettle. The body, created on Jan 1, replaces the much-criticised AntiCorruption Agency, and is being promoted as having more independence and greater
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      Lock icon Rubbish made into legs in Thailand
      358 17 AFP NAKHON PATHOM (Thailand) Twelve-year-old Matoha Dosare was born with no right leg, but thanks to recycled soft drink cans and some old stockings, he now has a new limb and new-found independence. He is one of thousands of people given artificial limbs by
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      Lock icon A NEW YEAR, A NEW HOME
      855 17  -  SIMON TAY GLOBAL CITIZEN My address may now be in New York f but my home is stillinSingapore news@newstoday.com.sg THIS is not the first column I am writing in an airplane or airport, and it will not be the last. So many travel so
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  • voices
    • Letter
      One good turn deserves another
      280 18  -  Sonal Merchant Letter from IT WAS supposed to be a gruelling 14-hour flight from Chicago to Hong Kong in a cramped economy-class seat onboard United Airlines. Still, the thought of getting back home offered some comfort from the ordeal that awaited me. The family seated
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      Lock icon A football museum, maybe?
      207 18  -  Silverster Phua Letter from! I HAVE been reading about the dearth of national football museums worldwide. Even England only opened its museum in 2001, and Brazil a mere three months ago. I've had a look at the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) website, and while it
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    • Article
      I SAY NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S HOME
      731 18  -  Gilbert Goh KeowWah S #pore has changed a lot but much remains familiar I RETURNED to Singapore last week from Sydney. I was away for a few months and was shocked at the drastic transformation here. The first thing that struck me was
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      Lock icon RETURN YOUR TRAY... WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
      902 19  -  RICHARD HARTUNG SOCIAL CHANGE To turn people green or gracious, companies should share the savings news@newstoday.com. sg "PLEASE clear the table and return the tray after your meal". While this might be something you'd expect to hear in school, it's actually one
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  • business
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      Lock icon Malaysia eyes tourists from Singapore
      586 20  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg WITH Singaporeans making up half of all holidaymakers to Malaysia, its Tourism Minister has set her sights firmly on the island even as she tries to buffer against the global tourism slump by boosting domestic travel. In fact, to Ms Azalina Othman Said
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      Lock icon Creative slashes half its workforce
      467 20 AGENCIES FINANCIALCRISIS Singapore staff unaffected but challenges remain CREATIVE Technology, which makes Zen MP3 players as well as accessories for Apple's iPod, eliminated 2,700 jobs, or almost half its global workforce, in the last fiscal year after demand for its own music players tumbled. The
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    • Article
      25-day retirement for SPC chief
      225 20 IT WILL be a short retirement for Koh Ban Hengas chief executive officer and executive director of Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC), the country's only mainboard-listed oil refiner. Mr Koh, 60, will retire on Feb 5, the company announced yesterday. Just 25 days later, on March
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      Lock icon CREATIVITY, FROM THE ASHES OF CRISIS
      893 21  -  PROF 001 GIOK LING FINANCIAL MELTDOWN Businesses, and banks in particular, should take the opportunitytcnjelook^ news@newstoday.com.sg WITH everyone today worrying in one way or another about the fallout from the global financial crisis with the credit crunch, recession, retrenchment, wage cuts and other related
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
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        EMERGING-MARKET BONDS BACK IN FASHION
        117 21 International investors are buying Brazilian, Indian and Indonesian bonds, driving the biggest monthly gain in emerging-market debt in at least three years, as central banks cut interest rates to support their economies. Merrill Lynch's LDM Plus Index of localcurrency sovereign notes in 18 developing nations
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        WEE HUR WINS $83M CONTRACT
        52 21 Singapore-listed Wee Hur Holdings has won a contract worth $83.2 million to carry out building and contingency works in Sengkang. Work is expected to begin next month and be completed by May 2011, the company said on Friday. Wee Hur's stock finished Friday unchanged at
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        Lock icon EUROPE RECESSION WORSENS
        107 21 BLOOMBERG European manufacturing contracted in December by more than initially estimated and at its fastest pace on record, signalling the recession is deepening. Citing an index compiled for it by Markit Economics and based on a survey of purchasing managers, Reuters reported that a measure of manufacturing
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      MediaCorp sets up interactive media division
      321 22 NEW MEDIA Telecommunications veteran beefs up new division aimed at capitalising on growing user and advertiser interest TO SHARPEN its efforts in the new media space, MediaCorp has formed an Interactive Media Division (IMD) to consolidate its online and mobile properties. "Harnessing the online
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      Lock icon China manufacturing close to recession': Survey
      488 22 BLOOMBERG MANUFACTURING in China contracted for a fifth month in December, as recessions in the United States, Europe and Japan sapped demand for exports, a survey shows. The CLSA China Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at a seasonally adjusted 41.2, compared with a record
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    • Article
      Lock icon Stock plunge 'doesn't make any difference', says Mr Buffet
      572 22 BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett says he is not worried about last year's 32-per-cent slump in the value of shares in his investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, the worst performance in more than three decades. Most of the stock decline happened in the
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  • weekend living
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      GET TIDY SORT
      747 23  -  PEARLYN THAM dsfsdfsdfsdf 4° yy r y <■■••••"' sdfsdfsdfdsfds Now, if only she had been introduced to the Diamond DrawerOrganiser(sl4.9s) from Howards Storage World. Contrary to what its name suggests, this isn't a safe for your diamonds. It's a gem of a wardrobe keeper which transforms your
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    • STYLE
      • AT GLANCE
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          LAVENDER LUXURY
          65 25 Start the year off on a relaxing note with the affordable Watsons Lavender Bath and Body range, priced from $5.95. The range includes a shower cream, a body scrub, a body lotion and a hand and foot cream. These are infused with the oil of the herb, which
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          FAIR PLAY
          63 25 The times may be bad but you can still have a good time at the Fun Fair next Saturday from 12pm to 6pm. Held at The Faculty at 168 Telok Ayer Street, this carnival-like fashion and lifestyle bazaar features quirky food vendors, indie bands and discounts of up
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          GENTLEMEN FIRST
          64 25 The Gucci guy finally gets his first fragrance designed wholly by the brand's creative director Frida Giannini. Priced from $92 for a 50ml eau de toilette, Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme carries notes of cypress, violet, bergamot, warm incense, black pepper and amber in a sleek grey flacon
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          FAMOUS FIVE
          62 25 It's shea indulgence at L'Occitane with the launch of its Shea Butter 20th Anniversary limited edition collection. This comprises the Ultra Rich Body Cream in five limited edition fragrances frangipani flower, acacia flower, rosebud, vanilla flower and ylang ylang flower priced at $42 each. These African flowers were
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        DEFYING AGE 50 GOING ON 30
        436 25  -  PEARLYN THAM Two affordable skincare brands join the fight to fend off the ravages of time pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg AGE may be just a number for some. But I bet you won't be saying that when it starts showing on your face in the form of
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        WATCH LINES BY FASHION BIGGIES
        261 25  -  PEARLYN THAM IT MAY have been a long time coming but Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo and Valentino are finally releasing their first watch collections for devotees who already have amassed the usual shirts, jeans, handbags and shoes. For Ralph Lauren, a joint venture with luxury
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    • MAKAN
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        LORE OF THE LAND
        884 26  -  DON MENDOZA SAVE IT OR LOSE IT The truth about organic consumerism today donm@mediacorp.com.sg GIVEN our insatiable appetite for discovering places to wine and dine, I'm actually more than a little dismayed at how little we know about the foods we eat, and the effects our
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        CENTRAL PERKS
        550 27  -  JENNIFER CHEN COFFEE SHOP Enjoy premium Vietnamese coffee from one of the biggest brands in the business, right here in Spore jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg THE elegant and rather plush cafe opened by Vietnam's leading coffee company is called Trung Nguyen Cafe, leaving no doubt as to the establishment's Vietnamese origins.
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      • FOODNOTES
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          CLEARLY GREEN
          131 27 To further its ongoing mission of caring for the environment, FIJI Water is now carbon negative. A natural artesian water bottled at the source in Viti Levu (Fiji islands), it is a product of one of the last virgin ecosystems on the planet. The new package features a
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          EASY DOES IT
          129 27  -  DON MENDOZA Established in 1 902, Prestat is one of the world's oldest chocolate companies, specialising in hand-made and hand- packed chocolates. With prized recipes that date back to the mid-1 9th Century, it produces some of the highest quality English chocolates. And to make its fine
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    • SPEED
      • HOT WHEELS FOR 2009
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          MEDIUM CARS
          81 28 MAZDA 3 What is if? Built on a revised version of the current car's platform, the new 3 has edgier styling, with a front end resembling Mazda's RX-8 sports car. Refinement is said to have been improved, despite Mazda cutting the car's weight in several key areas to
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          SMALL CARS
          326 28 HYUNDAI 120 What is if? The replacement for the current Getz. Styled by Hyundai's European design centre in Germany, the i2O is bigger all-round than its predecessor and has a higher quality cabin. Like the larger i3O, the car was developed with European markets in mind, with particular
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          LARGE CARS
          172 28 BMW 7 SERIES What is it? Probably the most sophisticated car on the planet. The new 7 Series is packed to the roof with technology but the key thing is that it doesn't overwhelm the driver. At its core, this is still a true BMW. So, invigorating performance
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          SUVs
          179 28 AUDI Q5 What is if? Audi's belated answer to the BMW X 3, but a very convincing one nonetheless. The sharply styled Q5 will be offered with a choice of two engines, a 21 1 bhp turbocharged 2.0-litre and a 265bhp 3.2 V 6, both with a seven-speed twin-clutch
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          MPVs
          155 28 HONDA FREED What is if? The first Honda mini-MPV to be officially sold in Singapore. The Freed is already available through parallel importers but the official export model is significantly different in some aspects, such as its use of a five-speed automatic gearbox instead of a continuously variable transmission.
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          COUPES
          172 28 FERRARI CALIFORNIA What is if? The California is all about Ferrari's firsts first front-mounted VB, first directinjection engine, first twin-clutch gearbox and first retractable hardtop. Although less overtly sporty than the brand's other models, the California is still a brilliant drive and there's already a lengthy waiting list. Join
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