Today, 7 March 2009

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    20 1 weekendTODAY March 7 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking weekendTODAY March 7 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Needed, but not foolproof
    745 1  -  ZULOTHMAN EARLY-RELEASE SCHEME Prisons Service could refine process, say MPs lawyers zul@mediacorp.com. sg WITHIN 41 days of being let out, having served just two-thirds of his jail term for rape and robbery, Bala Kuppusamy terrorised seven more women. How this could happen has baffled and outraged
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  • Article
    Q2 power tariffs lowest since 2005
    295 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg HOUSEHOLDS will enjoy a 21 -per-cent drop in electricity tariffs from next month to June, the lowest rate in four years and a 40-per-cent tumble from an all-time high just six months ago. But don't expect such drastic revisions in future, with
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      33 1 Mm 4 M Am V A AW CELEBRATING 1 INTERNATIONAL 11 WOMEN'S DAY W THE EVERESTGIRITJ^J WOMEN MPS__^| MOTHERS INACRISIS^J BLAME THEMEN!_^J GIRLS IN GREEN__^| WHO'S THEBOSS?_^^| ii i itn J m mmmm
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      Lock icon Body of infant found, woman arrested
      276 2  -  ONGDAILIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg A TECHNICIAN, on an assignment to take the utilities meter reading for a Housing Development Board flat, came across the decomposing body of an infant when he opened the riser that housed the meters. Neither the baby's gender nor age could be
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      GM sues member for defamation
      686 3  -  KELVIN CHOW SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB Member wrote to PM alleging forced contribution to non-existent vLee Hsien Loong Charity' kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THE general manager of the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC) is suing a member for defamation over a letter that was sent to the Prime Ministers' Office
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    • INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
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        Lock icon WOMEN ON TOP
        1246 4  -  TANYO-HINN Six women battle the odds to be the first local female team to conquer Everest yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN my editor told me that I would be spending a few days with six attractive women, that's right six, to write a feature, I thought to myself: "Finally, no
        NATAS SINGAPOREWOMEN'S EVERESTTEAM  -  1,246 words
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        Lock icon WHAT MALE MPS THINK OF THEIR FEMALE COUNTERPARTS
        1309 6  -  DERRICK PAULO deputy news editor derrick@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS the kind of question that tends to get the guys in trouble, no matter how it's answered: What do men think of women? Which may explain the ever-so-slightly nervous laughter that tended to follow
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        Lock icon MUMS IN A TIME OF CRISIS
        1143 8  -  THERESATAN What lengths mothers will go to to shield their families from the recession xtra@mediacorp.com.sg IN AN ordinary year, International Women's Day is a day when vvomen's successes are celebrated, and the plight of women in Third World countries gets its annual 15 minutes
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        IT'S ALLTHE MEN'S FAULT
        846 9  -  CHRISTIE LOH J-ehm£njrothers should have been run as Lehman Brothers and Sisters deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE age-old practice of finger-pointing when things go wrong, it is common to hear gender stereotypes, such as "damn woman driver". With the global banking mess-up, one thesis in
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        WOMEN IN GREEN
        703 10  -  ANSLEYNG One woman tells of her experiences doing NS in Israel ansley@mediacorp.com.sg BOYS griping about how long their National Service is would not get any sympathy from Israeli director Hen Lasker. For the 28-year-old who served as an infantry instructor in the Israeli military during her two
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        Lock icon BRINGING IN THE NSWOMEN
        250 10 RACHEL LIM, ONG DAI LIN, ESTHERNG.ANSLEYNG The issue of getting Singaporean girls to do National Service never fails to generate interest. Weekend Xtra recently conducted a street poll involving 201 Singaporeans aged between 17 to 58. They were asked about their views on whether women should
        RACHEL LIM, ONG DAI LIN, ESTHERNG.ANSLEYNG; ) PHOTOS AP, KOH MUI FONG  -  250 words
    • Article
      F1 levy cut to 4 nights, but hotels are unhappy
      320 12  -  TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE will reduce by one night a levy on hotels during the Formula 1 race this year, amid the global recession, reported Bloomberg. Hotels will pay a fee for revenue earned for the four days between Sept 24 and
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      Lock icon Sun given a chance to shine
      380 12  -  LINYANQIN A-LEVEL RESULTS yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN he failed his O-level English for the third time, Mr Sun Wei Yang thought it meant the end of his hope of taking the A-levels. "I shut myself in my room for one day and didn't talk to anyone.
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      HWA CHONG LOOKS TO EXTEND DIPLOMA PROGRAMME TO ALL
      164 12  -  LINYANQIN Nearly a third of Hwa Chong Institution's (HCI) students who sat for the A-levels received the Hwa Chong Diploma with distinction for the first time this year. But hopefully in two years, its entire cohort will be awarded a diploma
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      Modern women prefer more 'me time'
      439 13  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE nature of her work is "very public", so when Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim gets time for herself, she prefers to do "things with no consequences" like travel and cook for herself. "Even if the food is bad, it doesn't
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      Lock icon Lawyers want trial moved
      403 13  -  LEONGWEEKEAT FORMER REN Cl HEAD IN COURT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg LAWYERS of Buddhist monk Shi Ming Vi on Friday sought to move his criminal trial and that of coaccused Raymond Yeung from the Subordinate Courts to the High Court. Their reason? That Senior District Judge Tan Siong Thye,
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    • S'PORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NO-FILING SERVICE FOR 493,000 THIS YEAR
        57 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Some 493,000 taxpayers need not file income tax returns this year under the No-Filing Service. They will receive Notices of Assessment from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore directly The No-Filing Service was introduced in 2007 to about 45,000 taxpayers. It was
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        Lock icon NESTE OIL'S NEW $1.2B PLANT
        49 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Finnish energy firm NesteOil has begun constructing the world's largest renewable diesel plant in Tuas. The $i.2-billion plant will produce NexBTL biodiesel, which can be used in existing vehicle engines. Neste Oil will hire 100 Singaporean staff over the next two years.
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      Lock icon Lift access — right from your living room
      315 13  - Lift access right from your living room ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg FOR 20 years, Madam Lim Ah Cheo had to walk up four flights of stairs to her flat. Her legs would ache and she would often be tired. The 20-minute walk put her off venturing outside. But since a lift
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      193 5 SMU Open House 7-8 March 2009,10am-6pm SMU Admin Building, 81 Victoria Street Admissions Information Sessions Scholarships Financial Assistance Learn about our admissions criteria. Counsellors and students explain the selection and interview processes, with various scholarships and financial tips from current students and access assistance schemes designed to ensure to an
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      461 7 THE NEW FAVOURITE OF SINGAPORE'S MOTORING MEDIATHE CERATO FORTE PROOF THAT IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOUR HEAD AND HEART TO SHARE J& THE DRIVER'S SEAT: fh liifli "All Cerato Fortes come with a very attractive dashboard, which looks as sophisticated as the best f of the European offerings... on the whole,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Items go back to India
      226 14 AP GREAT GANDHI SALE NEW YORK An Indian conglomerate paid US$l.B million ($2.8 million) at an auction on Thursday for a trove of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's personal belongings (picture) including his eyeglasses, pocket watch and the bowl from which he ate his final meal. The
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      Lock icon Foreign hand in cricket attack 'possible'
      279 14 AGENCIES LAHORE Pakistan's Interior Minister said on Friday that he could not rule out foreign involvement in the Sri Lankan cricket attack, as press speculation mounted that homegrown militants were to blame. Six Pakistani police and two civilians were killed on Tuesday when gunmen
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      Lock icon Iran to free US journalist soon: Report
      109 14 AFP TEHRAN Iran will soon release freelance journalist Roxana Saberi, Tehran's deputy prosecutor for security matters Hassan Haddad told a news agency on Friday. The 31 -year-old, who previously reported for Channel News Asia from Iran, has spent more than a month in
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      Lock icon Airlines avoid North Korean airspace
      226 15 AFP SEOUL South Korea told North Korea on Friday to retract its "inhumane" threats against civilian air traffic, after Pyongyang said it could not guarantee security for Seoul's flights near its territory. The North issued its warning on Thursday, saying an upcoming major military exercise
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      Lock icon ALL EYES ON KIM
      456 15 AP NEWS ANALYSIS North Korean election could hint at country's next leader WHEN North Korea elects a new legislature on Sunday, observers of the secretive nation will be watching for one name: Kirn Jong Un, the 26-year-old some believe will be tapped to lead after his
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      Lock icon STILL SUFFERING FROM GROWING PAINS
      904 16  -  OOIKEEBENG [MALAYSIA: ONE YEAR ON The ones who've come through with the most dignity: The voters xtra@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are basically two related ways of understanding the year that has been since March 8, 2008. One is to recognise the many dramatic events of the past
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      Lock icon US and Iran, under a big tent
      384 17 AGENCIES TALKS ON AFGHANISTAN BRUSSELS Setting up the prospect of its first face-to-face encounter with Iran, the Barack Obama administration has proposed a major conference on Afghanistan this month that would include Iran among the invited countries, United States Secretary of State Hillary
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      Lock icon KYRGYZSTAN WANTS US ALLIES OUT
      207 17 AGENCIES The Kyrgyzstan Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to evict the remaining United States allies from a base on its territory that serves as a key supply route for coalition forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. The Parliament voted 80-1 in favour of the Bill. Last month,
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      Lock icon Escape route for trapped Sri Lankans
      117 17 AP COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government appealed on Friday for tens of thousands of civilians to flee the northern war zone and said it would open two safe passages in the area for the exodus. Defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said on Friday the military
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      Lock icon Millionaire couple's assisted suicide pact
      338 18 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH SWISS CLINIC LONDON A millionaire couple from Bath have become the second British man and wife to commit suicide together at the controversial Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. Retired businessman Peter Duff, 80, and wife Penelope, 70, were both suffering from terminal cancer when they
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      Lock icon NOT FLUSTERED BY CUSTARD
      83 18 A protester threw green custard in the face of British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson on Friday, in a stunt to highlight opposition to a new runway at London's Heathrow airport. Mr Mandelson was arriving for a summit on carbon strategy when Ms Leila Deen approached him
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      Lock icon UN to examine Sudan's aid group ban
      187 18 AGENCIES GENEVA The United Nations human rights office will examine whether Sudan's decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights and possibly a war crime, a spokesman said on Friday. Mr Rupert Colville said the Sudanese decision to expel
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      Lock icon 'He got away with murder'
      159 18 AP WINNIPEG (Canada) -A Canadian judge ruled on Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalising a fellow Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The decision means Chinese immigrant Vince Li will be treated in a mental institution instead
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      Lock icon New asthma drug could help thousands
      274 18 THE GUARDIAN LONDON—A monthly injection of a new drug could help some of those with one of the severest forms of asthma to control their symptoms and cut their use of steroid drugs, according to research published on Friday. The drug is still in
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      101 19 p^p^® m. Una muwww*w* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST ACTRESS jrn^r W can wor' < n a man's world 'I^PK l|h? At but she must not complain. m\ A m^ can be sexually harassed by -■"7^ B1 men and she must not complain. Bill <m^^r This woman Al did not complain.
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  • voices
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      Dialects interfere with learning of Mandarin and English
      361 20  -  Chee Hong Tat Letter from Principal Private Secretary to the Minister Mentor I REFER to the March 6, Straits Times article by Jalelah Abu Baker ("One generation that's all it takes for a language to die"). The article mentioned a quote from
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      WHO'S THE BOSS IN YOUR FAMILY?
      861 20  -  HO REN CHUN xtra@mediacorp.com. sg MY father is a man on a quest. He's visited all the countries many times over. Perhaps he strives to find that perfect ending, or perhaps, he strives to never end. A businessman, a hotelier and more, my dad
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      222 21 Seeing things? Nope, you're not. Yes, our annual hair deal is back this month! for a professional hair treatment AND FREE Ginseng Shampoo! 1 J i Our customised herbal hair treatments A -I^°^ "*»«"w£ (D,Sj5 target: .T'j p^j w^-'--* %pi Yun Nam Herbaloyy Ginseny Shampoo r^P Specially formulated with exquisite
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  • business
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      TTL sues former chief executive
      270 22  -  CHEOWXINYI PLASTIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURER cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED TTL Holdings is suing its former chief executive officer Ho Rang Peng for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and duty of fidelity. The plastics components maker filed a writ of summons with the High Court on Thursday, seeking damages
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    • Article
      3 directors quit Guangzhao
      185 22 THREE independent directors of Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group have quit due to disagreements related to the Singapore-listed forestry firm's suspension of the stock. Regulatory filings on Friday revealed that Member of Parliament Ong Kian Mm, former-MP Lew Syn Pau and university professor Jean Yong all
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      Lock icon US jobless rate highest since '83
      193 22 AGENCIES AMERICA'S jobless rate bolted to 8.1 per cent in February the highest since late-1983 as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs. Both figures were worse than analysts expected. However, United States stock index futures advanced on Friday morning, as the rate of job losses
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    • Article
      Firm disputes reports on layoffs
      534 24  -  ESTHER FUNG ESTHER FUNG FULLERTON INDIA esther@mediacorp.com.sg SOME 3,000 employees left Fullerton India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, last year but whether their departure was due to retrenchments or natural attrition is in dispute. According to a report in The Economic Times of India
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    • Article
      Press hail British move to create money
      239 24 THE Bank of England's (BoE) extraordinary dedsion to create £75 billion ($165 billion) to fight the credit crisis has won praise among the British press as a bold, if risky move. "The UK central bank is acting in proportion to the severity of
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      S'pore endorses OECD principles
      89 24 SINGAPORE has endorsed the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Standard for the exchange of information for investigations linked to tax offences. To implement the standard, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) will introduce draft legislative amendments mid-this year. The information exchange will be provided via Avoidance
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      'Beauty China sale won't affect firm'
      309 24  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com. sg THE decision by Beauty China chairman Wong Hon Wai to explore the sale of his shares is a "personal move" and will have no direct impact on the operations of the Mainboard-listed company. Management of the cosmetics manufacturer, whose
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      280 22 The City's Better Deal Personal Service with a Smile adds distinction to our 3Cs: Courtesy, Convenience and Centrality. Conveniences: In-room Wi-Fi Internet access Multi-cultural restaurants, fast foods and shopping at the hotel doorstep Centrality: 10 minutes to city and airport 5-minute walk to MRT station J^#® s^sfe, for convenient links
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      134 22 TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT FOR TRIBOB SINGAPORE SPRINT SERIESSPRINT DUATHLON The Tribob Singapore Sprint Series Sprint Duathlon will be held on Sunday, 15 March 2009 from 7am to 11am. It is a duathlon consisting of 2 disciplines running and cycling. The following roads listed in the table will be closed to the
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      92 24 J! can happen Ml* ••to you this' April GOOD NEWS n- -3fe >i- r MTHWORLDtt 1 CTMrfIPfIRF X? 3' #1^ H^V 4 10-12 April 2009 •J:3opm Singapore Indoor Stadium. Jf tjlliUlil UXILi Jiv' V L£ i Interpretation: Bahasa Indonesia, Cantones^Hokkien, Mandarin, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Sign language fjl ;Don't miss
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  • weekend Living
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      A WOMAN'S WORTH
      1644 25  -  DON MENDOZA BEAUTY AND BRAINS Young, inspiring and absolutely delisn winning women in F&B donm@mediacorp.com.sg HER impressive Filipino stewed vinegar pork dish (adobong baboy), alongside a hotchpotch of fine home-style delicacies, has cemented her reputation as a formidable cook, in my opinion, at least. Yes, I am
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    • MAKAN
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        FOODNOTE
        186 26  -  DON MENDOZA A NOBLE FEAST Ever wondered which Shanghainese dishes Chairman Mao Ze Dong loved and Premier Zhou En Lai just can't get enough of? Or perhaps you have a secret yearning for the delicacies China's heads of state often feast on. Whatever your reason may be, this is
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        IT'S PERSONAL
        412 27  -  CHIA EE KHIM OTTO ORIGINAL The restaurant's new chef puts a spin on Italian fine dining but doesn't stray far from his roots eekhim@mediacorp.com.sg TO 41-YEAR-OLD chef Michele Pavanello, adopting our particular way of speaking (Singlish) and adapting the popular crispy suckling pig are his ways of getting
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      • shoptalk
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          FRESH LOAVES
          113 27 Bread lovers can now sink their teeth into two new offerings from Gardenia. Fans of thick-cut white bread will be delighted by the fine texture of the Japanese-style Royal White Bread. It is made using the yudane baking process, where hot water is added to the flour, which
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          MORE WITH EVERY CUPPA
          88 27 Wake up to the delightful aroma of the new Nescafe Body Partner three-in-one instant coffee. Available in two variants, Hi-calcium milk and Soya, the beverage offers more than just a coffee rush. It is said that three cups of the Nescafe Body Partner Hi-calcium milk coffee
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          JUST FOR LADIES
          72 27 As the world celebrates Internati Women's Day on Sunday, Eu Van Sang is offering a special promotion for ladies. This weekend, female shoppers will be entitled to a 20 per cent discount when they purchase Eu Van Sang's Gold Label Bak Foong Pill. Eu Van Sang's Gold
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          HAIL THE MASTER
          102 27 Here's one way to wind down after a long day at work: Enjoy a relaxing massage and a low-impact workout with OTO Bodycare's Master Relax MR-1398 massage chair. Massage rollers embedded in the plush seat will soothe tired muscles through a series of tapping, kneading and rolling
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    • STYLE
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        Lock icon IT'S A BARBIE WORLD
        990 28  -  LYNETTE KOH FASHION ICON It isn't just little girls who are fascinated; designers, too, draw inspiration from the world's best-loved doll lynette@mediacorp.com.sg LOVE her or hate her, there is one thing we can probably all agree on when it comes to Barbie: She does not do
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        CAPITAL CHIC
        628 29  -  PEARLYN THAM MILAN FASHION WEEK While some collections reflect a generally gloomy climate, others aren't putting a stop to the party IN MILAN pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a city where the fashion is more high-end than High Street. In Milan, it's also easier to locate a Prada store than
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        A BODY-LIFTING EXPERIENCE
        419 29  -  SHERMAINE WONG shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg UNLIKE most people I know, the mere mention of a massage does not excite nor relax me. In fact, it has the opposite effect, no thanks to painful experiences I've had with some therapists who leave me feeling like I got battered by a
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    • SPEED
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        Lock icon ON THE FAST TRACK
        744 30  -  COLIN YONG LIGHTNING LASSES Their idea of fun is a high speed blast around a race circuit colin@mediacorp.com.sg SIX seconds is about how long you'll take to read this sentence, but to track-day enthusiast Daphne Tan, it's an eternity. While her current record time for lapping
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  • PLUS
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      The best show in Singapore
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        114 33 If the Mosaic Music Festival isn't enough, head to Kuala Lumpur and join Singapore band Sixx, the first local band to perform at Malaysia's Sunburst XL International Festival. The six-piece hip-hop group will share the stage with the likes of Erykah Badu, N*E*R*D
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      376 33  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH I-WEEKLY REVAMP Popular Chinese magazine ups the ante christoph ertoh@mediacorp. com.sg FOR2B years, the Singapore public has been treated to a weekly update of the latest in entertainment news. We're talking, of course, about i-weekly, the No 1 Chinese weekly entertainment magazine,
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      462 37  -  STEVE MCMAHON STRAIGHTTALK If Fifa chiefs plan for local quotas goes through, the Premier League is in trouble sports@newstoday.com. sg THE world game is "a-changin" once again. If anyone's going to roll their eyes at my use of Bob Dylan's ageless words, just
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      506 38  -  DAVID NGIAU OFFSIDE deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com.sg YES, Cristiano Ronaldo is a target for rough tackles and cards both yellow and red. But he only has himself to blame. The Manchester United winger needs to stop resorting to histrionics every time he's touched by
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      481 39  -  LAN DE COTTA Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 DPMM FC v Woodlands Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Sunday, 8.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington goalkeeper Rezal Hassan knows the Rams have a lot to do if they are to improve
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