Today, 7 February 2009

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    10 1 weekendTODAY February 7 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    HONGBAO DRAW: 14 BIG WINNERS
    75 1 Who said 14 is an unlucky number? Not the 14 punters who shared the $10.2 million jackpot in this year's Toto Hongbao Draw, the largest number of Group 1 winners since the annual Hongbao Draw was launched in 2000. And yes, the number 14 was
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    Lock icon Ho Ching to step down
    863 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH TEMASEK HOLDINGS American to take over as CEO in October; strategy may change, say analysts deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg IN A dramatic move that may transform sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings' overseas image as an agent of the Government and signal a change
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    IS IT POLITICS NEXT?
    432 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH NEWS COMMENT deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg ABOUT a month ago, certain circles were abuzz with talk that Ms Ho Ching was planning to leave Temasek Holdings to join politics. Strong scepticism greeted those murmurs at the time. The talk is now back. In her
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    Lock icon Hello, my name is Chip
    531 1 WHEN he was chief executive of the world's largest mining company, Mr Charles W Goodyear would not only cycle to his company's headquarters in Melbourne, he would be seen wearing his biking shorts as he shared the elevator with his employees. A health fanatic, who
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  • NEWS
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      Help for homeowners
      605 2  -  ESTHER NG FINANCIALCRISIS Deferred payments, help to downgrade, more small flats to be built esinerngtgmeaiucorp.com.sg HOMEOWNERS facing financial difficulties and have problems servicing their housing board loans can take heart the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has in place both short- and long-term measures to help them
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      Rental flats for those who really need them
      292 2 A RETIREE sold his five-room flat for $325,000 and had enough money to buy a four-room one, but decided to join the queue for rental housing. Another elderly couple living with their child in a private property, and who could have continued
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      A cash, annuity option for elderly
      246 2  -  ESTHERNG FROM March 1, the Housing Development Board (HDB) will roll out the Lease Buyback scheme, two years after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mooted it in his National Day Rally speech. Targeted at lessees aged 62 and above, the scheme allows them to
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      Lock icon The 9-month wait
      562 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG ONGOING RECESSION By then the world will know if things will get better: MM cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg NINE months that is how long it will take for the world to know if American President Barack Obama's fiscal stimulus programmes will be successful. And that will give the
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      4,000 JOBS IN RETAIL SECTOR
      181 3  -  LINYANQIN Despite the recession, about 4,000 vacancies in the retail sector, from frontline operations to management, will be available this year when new shopping centres like lON Orchard and 3i3@Somerset. And to help professionals, managers, executives and technicians to capitalise on this, a Professional Conversion
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    • HEALTH AND THE FEAR FACTOR
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      Staying nimble
      610 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG FOREIGN AFFAIRS Despite the vdramatic times, openings aplenty for S #pore Asean says Yeo cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg THE growing number of jobless around the world would prove a double whammy for Singapore's external trade: Not only would political instability disrupt businesses in the region but major countries, including
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      Lock icon MAN HIT
      75 8  -  MRTTRAIN BY A 59-year-old man died after he was hit by an MRT train at the Bukit Batok MRT Station on Friday morning. It is believed Mr Chua Leong Hua, whose body landed near the edge of the train platform, was on the platform when the accident happened
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      The lighter touch will stay
      333 8  -  ALICIAWONG CLARIFYING his stance, Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts) Lvi Tuck Yew stressed in Parliament on Friday that he is not advocating more online regulation. Mr Lvi had said on Wednesday that online reaction to the fiery attack on Member of
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      Lock icon It's yesterday once more
      298 8  -  ALICIAWONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg MICROPHONE and video camera in hand, Ms Kimberly Shen (picture) and Mr David Miller of the National Heritage Board (NHB) have been making theirway across Singapore to visit little remembered historical spots. While Mr Miller, NHB's assistant director, holds up the video camera and
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    Lock icon I HO CHING: A WOMAN WHO WEARS MANY HATS
    56 4 1 Served by a child with autism at Pathlight Cafe, 2006. Ms Ho is advisor to the Pathlight School. 2 Being presented with her own jersey at the Care United S-League charity galadinner2oo4^^^^ 3 Officially launching the Singapore Zoo's Rainforest Kidzworld
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      132 5 "We saw real hair results!"^^] 1 II H CASE 1 PROBLEM: [PROBLEM: I I I 1 Premature r Lam Wei Chuan I9 y rs old Student Greying Oles v a Dandruff I J Glukhova 3l^rs old Manager H With professional herba! ,rea, m en, S confining h e shou^~ a,
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      260 8 jgmm^ IT3B system is featured as a top passive income earner I I system in the book "Sleep Get Rich". More more. IC- r I people are using the T3B stock tradin9 system to' I replace their day job income. If you're looking for a' g recession-proof income stream, this
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      114 9 Expert Help Gave Us Perfect Skin Results! I<f f i JCASE 1 Pro blem: 1 TeASE 2 I I I a». 1 Severe Pimples 1 1 Problem^ 25^0^1 Programmer iMaureenChan aayrsoid Homemaker Skin "Ct*&da*e. vifvhcet wHh fated stW" p*? yow^er A, 6 ■bre*hwh? I tired skm and plump up her
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indonesia backtracks on Myanmar migrants
      222 10 .AFP JAKARTA Indonesia said yesterday that it would consider granting refugee status to hundreds of Muslim migrants from Myanmar. In an about-turn from the government's previous line that the Rohingya men were economic migrants, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said they could have claims to refugee
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      Lock icon Impasse in Perak
      320 10 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS IPOH Perak faced a political impasse as the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) took power yesterday, triggering claims of a coup from the opposition whose leader there was physically removed from his office by police. Opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) insisted it still controls Perak,
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      Lock icon Pakistan's spy agency behind attacks, says India
      232 10 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India for the first time directly accused Pakistan's military intelligence agency of involvement in the Mumbai attacks, amid reports Islamabad's own probe will suggest the assault was planned in Bangladesh. "The perpetrators planned, trained and launched their attacks from Pakistan,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU OUTBREAK WIDENS: REPORTS
        106 10 AFP Vietnam The HSNI strain of bird flu has been reported in more localities across Vietnam, raising fears of a possible epidemic, said officials on Friday. The latest outbreak occurred on a farm in Mekong delta where 300 unvaccinated ducklings died of the virus. Thousands
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        Lock icon COURT DECLARES A Q KHAN A FREE MAN
        96 10 AFP Pakistan A Pakistani court on Friday ruled that nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of the country's atomic bomb, was a free man, five years after he was effectively put under house arrest. Mr Khan has been under house arrest since
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        Lock icon PRESIDENT SEEKS HALTTO NEW PROVINCES
        111 10 AFP Indonesia Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono called fora moratorium on the creation of new provinces on Friday after the death of a politician beaten by protesters. Mr Azis Angkat died of a heart attack on Tuesday after being set upon by protesters demanding a new
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      Lock icon NO SAINT, JUST A HERO
      1073 12  -  ROGER MITTON COUNTERPOINT Suu Kyi stubborn? Recalcitrant? Hogwash, says a long-time observer xtra@mediacorp.com.sg else we shall get into dangerous Orwellian doublespeak where two and two equals five and resistance equals cowardice. Of course, she has made mistakes. She is a human being. God knows, I
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      Lock icon Fears rise over CCTV in Britain
      237 14 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Britain has the world's most pervasive surveillance systems and this could undermine basic liberties, according to a House of Lords report published on Friday. With an estimated 4 million CCTV cameras, Britain has constructed one of the most extensive and technologically
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      Kyrgyzstan closes US supply route
      418 14 WAR IN AFGHANISTAN BISHKEK The Kyrgyzstan government's decision to close a US base that serves as a vital route for supplies to Afghanistan is "final", a government spokesman said on Friday. "The government of Kyrgyzstan has taken its final decision about the closure of the
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon PUTIN'S PRIVATE CONCERT
        144 14 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a secret Abba fan, summoning the tribute band Bjorn Again to Russia for a very private concert, with a mystery companion. Jennifer Robb, who performs as AnniFrid, said: "The room had a stage with three sofas. Two of the sofas
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        Lock icon OSAMA BIN LADEN APPLIES FOR 'BEST JOB IN THE WORLD'
        94 14 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH It has been billed as a dream job in paradise, so it is not surprising that the wellpaid role of caretaker of Hamilton island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has attracted interest form far and wide. However, one
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        Lock icon Last Guantanamo detainee's trial halted
        249 14 THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON The last terror trial at Guantanamo Bay had been stopped after the senior military judge dropped charges against a suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, the Pentagon has said. The military charges against suspected Al Qaeda bomber Abd Al Rahim Al
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      Lock icon THEY VOTE IN ANGER, THEY VOTE IN HOPE
      1127 15  -  GERALD M STEINBERG ELECTIONS Decades of frustration and violence have cast a shadow of pessimism on upcoming polls xtra@mediacorp.com.sg AS ISRAELIS prepare to elect a new government on Tuesday, there is growing anger and pessimism among many voters. The defensive war in
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      Lock icon INDONESIA FACES MASS LAY-OFFS
      828 16  -  DRSRIADININGSIH SEPUTAR INDONESIA COMMENT sindo@mediacorp.com.sg IN LIFE, there are a few things we wish to avoid sickness, poverty and losing our jobs. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), we are now facing an economic crisis. It is predicted that more than 200 million people in
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      273 11 1 Bi^l^i^jPln k f\\ i* v Sensuous Treat BpNB Romance your Valentine with a complimentary f Nautica Blue EDT 100 ml (worth $41) with purchase of any Nautica NST Yachtimer box sets M^Sl^H from now to 28 Feb 09 or while stocks last. I PROMOTION IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING
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      99 12 Hair Care Ready for a No-hassle j virtual makeover? i Mvalentine's day Promotion i W PAII/OFF Stay young as alwaysl Is it possible? 111/ A ffl Ji^V Yeslll With AMAZES, you canl I I I tt I \llf We will resolve your problems Now! M■■ \M I* j Make an
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      Its basic supply and demand
      447 17  -  Lionel De Souza PROSTITUTION Go after the clients and supply chain will dry up Letter from I REFER to the report, "Go after the prostitutes' clients: MP" (Feb 6). The arguments put forth by both MP Christopher de Souza and Senior Minister of State Assoc
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      Lock icon BARING THEIR SOLES
      768 17  -  HAKIKATRAI POLITICAL PROTESTS J Shoes are the new weapons of choice as dissidents get footloose hakikat@mediacorp.com.sg THESE days, if you want to get even with someone you dislike, the preferred "weapon of choice" seems to be the humble shoe, trainer or loafer. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao had
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  • business
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      Lock icon US job losses highest in 34 years
      234 18 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States economy lost the most number of jobs in 34 years last month, a Labor Department report showed on Friday, bringing total job losses since the recession started in December 2007 to 3.6 million. Half of those losses occurred
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      The ETF boom
      502 18  -  TAN HUI LENG EXCHANGETRADED FUNDS Trading volumes surge for funds that track asset classes huileng@mediacorp.com.sg EXCHANGE Traded Funds (ETF) are bucking the recent trend of thinner trading volumes on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as investor interest in these products rises amid an uncertain economic climate. The total
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      Lock icon SWINGING TO THE WRONG EXTREMES
      1067 19  -  QUAKHIANGWHAI ECONOMICCRISIS Regulating the economy should be most rigorous on the way up^notdown xtra@mediacorp.com.sg THREE weeks into office, US President Barack Obama is wasting no time in getting things fixed. Clearly, tackling the biggest global economic crisis since the Great Depression has now become the
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      Lock icon Dealt the 'final brick'
      342 20  -  CHEOWXINYI MADOFF SCANDAL VICTIM cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg HIS investments had taken a battering like many others last year, but the US$5O billion ($75 billion) Madoff scandal uncovered last December was the "final brick that fell through the roof and landed on my head", said voice-artist Joseph Murray (picture).
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    • Article
      Weigh FI Notes offer carefully, says Sias
      250 20 INVESTORS in the failed Lehman Minibond Notes, DBS High Notes 5 and Merrill Lynch Jubilee Series 3 Link Earner Notes who have been offered settlement by the financial institutions (FI) that sold them the products, should weigh the offer carefully before referring their
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      BUSINESSMEN IN COURT FOR TAX EVASION
      143 20  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Businessman Teo Kiok Seng, 45, was charged on Friday with 128 counts of tax evasion after he allegedly evaded more than $1 million in Goods and Services Tax between Nov 1996 and May 2007 when he was a director and later the accountant
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      309 18 SEMINAR ROOM: 1 SEMINAR ROOM: 2 SEMINAR ROOM: 3 11:00 am Behind Project Runway The Tourism and Hospitality Industry By Brian Forst (Fashion Design) By Wiliiam Hoe (Tourism and Hospitality) 11:30 am Ride on the New Global IT Wave! By Chan Meng Fai (InfoComm Security) 12:00 pm Design and Media:
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      363 20 Secrets to Beautiful Ageless Skin A Dermatological Society of Singapore Galderma Seminar on Health Beauty Aging is a process that cannot be stopped, but (if 8 i v we can certainly slow down the damaging Iw 1 effects with early detection and prevention. I Learn more about the secrets to
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  • weekend Living
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      Lock icon CUPID ON A PLATE
      771 21  -  DON MENDOZA STIRRING UP LOVE If romance were the food of love, indulge donm@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S often said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This would help explain why the most important woman in a man's life is usually his mother. It
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      LOVE AT FIRST BITE
      787 21  -  SAM LEONG NASI GORENG The first dish some of our favourite culinary talents made for the other love of their lives. BAKED CODFISH WITH HONEY SAUCE As corporate chef/director of kitchens for Tung Lok Restaurants, Sam is the maestro behind the unique and tantalising dishes at
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  • MAKAN
    • TABLEFORTWO
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        CULINA ENOTECA
        44 22 A menu that caters individually to "beauty" and her prince ($5O per person). Highlights include beef tenderloin rossini with old port sauce (for him) and slow-cooked ocean trout with baby fennel and black olive oil (for her). For reservations, call 6474 7338.
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        SWISSOTEL THE STAMFORD
        54 22 An aphrodisiac dinner at Equinox comes with a view that's hard to beat. The set menu (s46o++ per couple, includes two glasses of Moet Chandon Rose champagne) features Oysters Rockefeller with Russian Tarragon, Australian Black Angus fillet with pan-fried foie gras de Canard and provocative desserts. For
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        FAIRMONT SINGAPORE
        43 22 Have an enticing Peranakan spread, or perhaps early celebrations, at the Plaza Market Cafe. A three-course set dinner at $60++ per person (includes a glass of wine or champagne) is available on Feb 13 and 14. For reservations, call 6431 6146.
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        MY HUMBLE HOUSE
        47 22 Its Celebration of Love set menu (sl2B++ per person, includes a glass of champagne and a glass of red wine) features a pan-fried mao tai marinated chicken roulade served with sauteed kai lan and the chef's blended sauce. For reservations, call 6423 1 881.
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        PRIVE RESTAURANT
        36 22 Its four-course Valentine's Day dinner menu (sl2o++ per person) starts with an oyster pana cotta and ends with a choice of three desserts, including the ginger vanilla creme bailee. For reservations, call 6776 0777.
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        THE JEWEL BOX
        64 22 Be spoilt for choice. Its SkyDining (dinner while taking in the sights in a cable car) is sure to impress. Or, opt for any of its fourto eight-course Romance Menus offered at its five restaurants. Prices range from $98++ per person at Emerald Lodge to $268++ per
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        CASSIS
        40 22 Be greeted with a specially-prepared elixir of creme de cassis, before indulging in scallops infused with lemongrass, served with eggplant caviar and a main course of prime beef tenderloin, gently pan-seared (sBB++ per person). For reservations, call 6872 9366.
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        BISTRO DELIFRANCE
        49 22 For a relaxed meal in the spirit of the occasion, the Mon Amour meal ($43.50) is a tantalising four-course set for two. Includes an appetiser, soup, choice of main, dessert, choice of beverage and petit fours. Available from Feb 10 to 15 at all Bistro Delifrance outlets.
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      TANTALISING TEOCHEW
      606 23  -  SHERMAINE WONG CHAOZHOU CHOW Down-to-earth, satisfying fare that hits all the right notes shermainewong@mediacorp.com. sg I MIGHT have been looking in the wrong places, but unlike tasty, affordable Cantonese cuisine that can easily be had in eateries around Singapore, finding the Teochew equivalent is quite a challenge. So,
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      49 23 #Un the most romantic evening \,—4^ of the year, let our culinary /C^ cupids seduce your senses with u( the most passion-inducing dishes f-x^>- j\ and romantic dining choices <M ,4\ J that suit couples, disillusioned lovers and platonic friends alike, /^^w-—^J*\ Love Bites &Ji^~~"^^ Fairmont Singapore's Valentine's Specials
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  • STYLE
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      Lock icon SURVIVAL OF THE MODEST
      1087 24  -  CELIA WALDEN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DOWNTURN DRAMA This recession inspires Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld to take fashion from bling to 'New Modesty' style@newstoday.com .sg NOT since bustles and smelling salts has modesty been considered a virtue. But last week, Karl Lagerfeld breathed new life into a long
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      ALL YOU NEED THIS VALENTINE'S DAY IS LOVE ... AND THESE GIFT IDEAS
      343 25  - ALL YOU NEED THIS VALENTINE'S DAY IS LOVE AND THESE GIFT IDEAS PEARLYN THAM TWISTER LOVE The course of true love never did run smooth and on the Swatch Valentine's Day Loving Twister watch 1 1 9), it is all twisted up. From the scattered hearts on the watch strap
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      TRUE TO ITS PROMISE
      396 25  -  PEARLYN THAM MASSAGE TREATMENT The True Spa Asian Reviver Massage will make you forget all your worries pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg NURSING a cold beer or polishing off an oyster platter isn't the only way to chill out at Cuppage Terrace these days. For relaxation of a different variety,
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  • SPEED
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      SEOUL STYLISH
      617 26  -  COLIN YONG KIA CERATO FORTE Who can resist the charms of Kia's suave Cerato Forte? colin@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S a bit early to be talking about the Car of the Year awards in February, but the Kia Cerato Forte has already zoomed into contention for the 2009 title. Going by
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      PERODUA MYVI BUDGET DEBATE
      236 26 IT'S been a long time coming but the Perodua Myvi has finally arrived on our shores. It's been the best-selling car in its native Malaysia for the last three years. So, have Singaporeans been missing out on something good? The Myvi is based on the Daihatsu
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    • NEWSTRACKS
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        THE A3 OPENS UP
        104 26 Audi has started taking orders for the drop-top version of its A3. There's just one version available in Singapore the 1 60bhp 1.8 T with a twin-clutch automatic gearbox. The car costs $157,300 with COE, $1,500 less than the marginally less powerful BMW 120 i Convertible.
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      394 32  -  SHAMIR OSMAN LAST year, Joey Poh followed current world No 3 Paula Creamer's flight at the inaugural HSBC Women's Champions tournament at the Tanah Merah Country Club, as a fan. Come March 5, the 15--year-old Singapore Sports School student could very well tee-off
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      567 32  -  RAJ KUMAR DHGDFGH Fandi tips champions SAFFC for a unique feat in the 2009 S-Leaque season rajkumar@mediacorp.com.sg LAST year, it had to fight with Lions for attention, but this season, the S-League has a clear run. The local football calendar this year is all but
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      376 34  -  DAVID NGIAU OFFSIDE deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER the high of Beijing, Michael Phelps has been brought low. The outcry began last Sunday when British tabloid The News of the World printed that now famous photo of the American swim star using a bong. What started as
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