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  • 10 1 WeekendTODAY August 29 30, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 594 1 AGENCIES TOKYO Unemployment is at an all-time high. Deflation has intensified. Families have cut spending. If Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso was banking on some good-looking economic figures to save his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from an electoral drubbing this Sunday, he may be disappointed. The
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  • 424 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WARNINGS have been sounded over growing religiosity and the problems this could mean for the common, secular space in multiracial Singapore but consider, also, a positive flipside to the trend. New research by the National University of Singapore (NUS) shows that those
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  • THE BIG STORY
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      1491 2  -  LOHCHEE KONG We deal with patients who are facing death... they share with you a lot of their feelings and what they are going through. It can be quite emotionally draining. DR DO SU ERN ON THE EMOTIONAL DEMANDS OF HIS JOB AS A HOMECARE DOCTOR WITH HCA
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 99 4 ALICIA WONG There's a new pub at Clarke Quay The Ministry of Safer Sex. To mark the start of a month-long campaign to spur at-risk individuals to go for regular HIV testing, the Health Promotion Board has set up a "pub" booth for two nights at the
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  • NEWS
    • 213 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MIANYANG (Sichuan) The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Temasek Foundation are collaborating on a programme to construct safe buildings in earthquake-prone areas, by transferring know-how to various regions in China. Some Singaporean visitors got a look at the $1.7-million project,
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    • 441 6  -  ZULOTHMAN HE IS now denying media reports that quoted him as saying he was "not remorseful" on the day he was fined $1,200 for putting superglue in the keyholes of the padlock and gate of his Laguna Park neighbours' apartments. But the three reporters being called
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    • 121 8  -  LINYANQIN WITH Government targets to raise the overall qualifications of childcare professionals by 2013, come January, SIM University will offer a new degree programme in early childhood education a first by a Singapore university. Programmes will have a stronger focus on curriculum relevant to Singapore,
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    • 133 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA "CINDERELLA on Ice" did not get a fairy tale opening here on Friday night. Audiences were told the gala premiere at the Esplanade Theatre had been cancelled. The Imperial Ice Stars, producers of "Cinderella on Ice", said a contaminated batch of the freezing agent
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    • 370 8  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SOME may find it unconventional, but Genome Institute of Singaporean researcher Le Thi Nguyet Minh plans to use part of her fellowship award to hire a nanny to care for her four-month-old baby girl. She is one of the three
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    • 169 10 Sing Tel aims to raise $2m SingTel's drive to raise more than $2 million this year for its Sing Tel Touching Lives Fund kicked off on Friday, with $650,000 raised from a charity golf event. The campaign, now into its eighth year, will, apart from
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 107 10 Scientists get $27,501 for sustainable development Local scientists have been awarded $27.5 million in research funding to develop solutions to manage environment deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change. In all, 28 projects will be funded by A*Star's Science and Engineering Research Council. Seven projects will
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      • 132 10 They queued for eight hours 2am on Friday morning that's when the first visitors to the Natas Travel Fair at the Singapore Expo showed up. Counsellor Jasmine Wong, along with five family members and friends, wanted to make sure they were at the front of the queue
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      • 103 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT In the dark about safety Nocturnal checks at 11 worksites, around the Marina Centre financial district, the two Integrated Resorts and the Formula 1 racetrack and grandstand, uncovered 29 safety violations last week. With one in four workplace fatalities occurring at night, Manpower Ministry (MOM) inspectors
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      • 101 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Stamford opens its doors Another international school opened here on Friday: Stamford American International School, whose temporary campus is at Lorong Chuan. It is run by education group Cognita, which notes that improvement in the economy has led to an increase in expatriates moving here.
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    • 56 10 DON WONG The 'Bos were back in vogue at Thursday night's Big Hair Ball '09 at Shangri-la Hotel. It was the theme for this year's Rice Ball, theatre company Wild Rice's annual charity gala directed by Ivan Heng (picture, in drag). President S R Nathan and
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    • 156 12  -  ZULOTHMAN IT IS a case the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) calls the first of its kind. In a district court on Friday, former conveyancing secretary Irene Koh Lay Hong was charged with 11 counts of counterfeiting stamp certificates used in the sale and purchase of
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    • 263 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SALES of NTUC Income's life insurance products dropped in the first half of the year but the local insurance provider still managed to boost its market share. And now, it has rebranded itself with a new logo and tagline "Made Different" to shore up
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  • WORLD
    • 411 13 AGENCIES BANGKOK A Thai court on Friday convicted and sentenced a female "Red Shirt" protester to 18 years in prison for insulting the country's revered monarchy during anti-government rallies, a court official said. Daranee Charncherngsilapakul (picture), 46, a hardcore supporter of ousted former
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    • 153 13 AFP The Thai government said on Friday that it will mobilise a 5,000-strong force this weekend as it invokes a harsh internal security law to prevent a mass rally of "Red Shirts" escalating into riots. Thousands of demonstrators loyal to former Prime Minister
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    • 301 14 RIYADH A suicide bomber lightly wounded Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (picture), a Saudi royal family member who heads the kingdom's anti-terror fight, when he blew himself up in Jeddah. It was the first known assassination attempt against a member of the royal family
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    • 172 14 AGENCIES SHAH ALAM About 50 people held a protest in Shah Alam on Friday, against the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple to a predominantly Malay-Muslim neighbourhood. They said that the construction of a Hindu temple there would disrupt their lives. The group also left the
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    • 210 14 AGENCIES SEOUL North and South Korea agreed on Friday to hold a new round of reunions for families long separated by the Korean War, in the latest sign of easing tensions on the divided peninsula. The planned reunions are the first to be held in nearly
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    • 299 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that Malaysia must undertake bold economic reforms and integrate with China and India in order to recover from an economic slump. "Economically, Malaysia is under pressure on all fronts. Our rules remain overly cumbersome and, in
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    • 427 16 THE NEWYORKTIMES ANTIOCH (California) A woman who was kidnapped as an 11-year-old (picture) in 1991 was reunited with her family in the United States on Thursday after the police arrested two suspects in the case and discovered a hidden compound where she had apparently
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    • 144 16 AP LOS ANGELES Wildfires chewed through tinder-dry brush in California on Friday, forcing thousands to flee ritzy seaside neighbourhoods, comfortable foothill suburbs and tiny farming communities. At least 2,000 people were ordered to evacuate from the wealthy seaside community of Rancho Palos Verdes late on
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 100 18 |T UNITED STATES Welcome to the Great California Garage Sale THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding an online "garage sale" in his latest attempt to balance California's budget. Mr Schwarzenegger is offering 6,000 items for auction on the eßay and Craigslist websites in a bid to reduce California's budget deficit
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      • 121 18 Dutch court blocks 13-year-old girl's solo round-the-world voyage AFP A Dutch court ruled on Friday that 13-year-old Laura Dekker cannot set sail on a solo round-the-world voyage next month and ordered her to be taken into the temporary care of social services. "This means that Laura (Dekker)
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      • 103 18 Noriko Sakai indicted on drug charges: Reports .AFP Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai was indicted on Friday on drug charges in a scandal that has shattered the singer-actor's wholesome image, local media reported. Sakai, 38, was charged with keeping a small amount of amphetamines at her apartment in
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      • 120 18 AFP Fast food booming in North Korea Business is booming at North Korea's first fast food restaurant, which specialises in burgers, chips and other fried delights, official media reported on Friday. The Samtaesong restaurant in the capital Pyongyang, which also serves waffles and crispy fried chicken, "is
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      • 99 18 Britain's population tops 61 million AP Official figures showthat rising fertility rates and immigration have pushed Britain's population to a record high of more than 61 million. The Office for National Statistics says the country's population is now growing by more than 0.7 per cent every year
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    • 162 20 AFP WASHINGTON Afghan President Hamid Karzai and United States envoy Richard Holbrooke engaged in a testy exchange over the recent elections, a source said, underscoring potentially cooler US ties if Mr Karzai wins another term. Mr Holbrooke pressed the Afghan leader on last week's
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    • 270 20 AGENCIES BOSTON United States Senator Edward Kennedy's body lay in state at his beloved hometown of Boston for the second day on Friday, as huge crowds continued to pour in to bid him goodbye. Within an hour of being open to the public on the first of
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  • BUSINESS
    • 492 22  -  TANHUILENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SHE is more than just a rose among the thorns. She has scored several career firsts and, in doing so, Jill Lee (picture) has proven that women can juggle family and career. A veteran in the male-dominated world of engineering, she was the
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
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        128 23  -  ESTHER FUNG China Milk shares surge China Milk Products Group shares rose to an 11-month high on the Singapore Exchange on Friday, triggering a query from the bourse operator. China Milk produces and sells pedigree bull semen, dairy cow embryos and raw milk. The shares closed up 11
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      • 122 23 The offer by Chinese oil giant PetroChina to acquire all the shares of Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) has been extended to Sept 4, with no further extensions. The offer was due to have closed by the end of Friday. As of Thursday, PetroChina had received
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      • 90 23 BLOOMBERG Biggest casino opens Philippine billionaire Andrew Tan and Singapore-listed Star Cruises launched on Friday their US$7OO million ($1 billion) Resorts World Manila casino in a former air force base near the capital city. The venture, Travellers International Hotel Group, opened the first floor of a threelevel
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      • 71 23 The Singapore Exchange's Bull Charge event this year has raised $700,000 and it wants more. Co-organised by SGX and commodities trading firm Noble Group, the charity fun run will be flagged off at The Float Marina Bay on Nov 20. As part of the event, staff
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      • 126 23 AFP Tehran has big role in Islamic banking Assets held by the world's 100 biggest Islamic banks rose 66 per cent to more than US$5BO billion ($835 billion) last year despite the financial crisis that crippled mainstream Western lenders, according to financial magazine Asian Banker. Iranian banks were
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  • PROPERTY
    • 565 24  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg JUDGING from the brisk sales at launches, it appears many Singaporeans have jumped on the runaway property bandwagon. But before you get caught up in the sales pitches and showroom euphoria of property agents cheering as each unit is sold,
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    • 270 25 While last weekend might have seen a dearth of property launches as Singapore ushered in the seventh lunar month, the fast-moving property market has started to pick up pace again this weekend, hungry ghost month or not. «f TREVISTA AT TOA PAYOH LORONG 3 I
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  • SPORTS
    • 837 26  -  LEONARDTHOMAS sports matters They have duelled for years, yet it never gets dull when Fergie and Wenger lock horns THE hair's thinner, the lines on each face are grooved deeper. They are the oldest rivals in the English Premier League, having locked horns since 1996 when
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    • 231 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG A DAY after Darren Choy and Najwa Jumali clinched the men's and women's titles at the Byte CII World Sailing Championships, Team Singapore made a clean sweep of all medals in both categories on Friday. With the final day of racing at Portsmouth Olympic
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    • 619 27  -  STEVEMCMAHON Benitez needs a striker, Everton must get over Lescott if they want to get on track sports@newstoday.com.sg STRAIGHTTALK IT'S not exactly good times on Merseyside at the moment. Both Liverpool and Everton would surely have expected a much better start to their Premiership season. Instead,
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    • 280 28 AFP PETALING JAVA Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing, chasing their fourth World Cup appearance, showed their class with a nine-under-par 62 at the Seri Selangor Golf Club to propel Singapore to the top of the leaderboard after Friday's fourball. Lam, winner of the
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    • 551 28  -  DAVID NGIAU ottside He bloomed at Old Trafford, now he is about to embark on a Real trial IT TAKES an exceptional footballer to rise to the occasion when he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. Confidence is key, as always. The Primera Liga
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    • 140 30 FROM Saturday till Oct 31, Star Hub customers will enjoy free access to two sports channels Goal TV 1 and Goal TV 2. The service will be available on TV, Mobile and Online. Goal TV 1 and Goal TV 2 are two 24-hour channels featuring comprehensive coverage
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    • 284 30  -  SHAMIR OSMAN team-mate Aly Camara were the star men for the Thai club, who almost certainly closed the door on DPMM's chances of reaching the semi-finals. Bekombo's two goals took the former Balestier Khalsa striker's tally to four in the Singapore Cup, making
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    • 484 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Singapore ready to host world's best with opening of Xtreme Skate Park linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg BMX Freestyle biker Tim Wood has dished out barspins, tyre grinds and backflips at worldclass skate parks in Europe, the United States and all over Asia, and this professional athlete
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    • 435 32  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Brothers give Eagles wings as they team up to terrorise rivals RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2009 QUARTER-FINAL IST LEG Geylang United v Home United Bedok Stadium, Sunday, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg BY HIS own admission, Masrezwan Masturi has made some silly mistakes in his footballing career. But
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    • 465 33  -  lANDECOTTA Brawn GP #s championship leader must let it all hang out if he is to realise his dream fi correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg JENSON Button has a lot to think about as he straps down for the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend. The Briton's
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      66 33 STEVE SLATER, STARSPORTS Fi COMMENTATOR 1 S VETTEL 2 X RAIKKONEN 3 L HAMILTON Best track of the season for Kers cars, but I expect Vettel to deliver for thousands of German fans who will cross the nearby border. DERRYNWONG, WEEKEND SPEED WRITER 1 X RAIKKONEN 2 L HAMILTON
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    • 695 34  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH point of view What kind of legacy should you leave your kids? A dear family member recently passed away, and in the car on the way home from the funeral, my mum suddenly turned to me and said: "Have you made a will?" "No,"
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    • 686 36  -  SIMON TAY global citizen There is no melting pot for writers, even if their works are sold and read in different countries I WAS in Edinburgh, chilly despite the summer, and wondering why much of the world was congregated in this Scottish city. With globalisation,
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    • 672 37  -  MARIASIOW Despite his best intentions, visit to island should be scrapped GLOBALCITIZEN The first time I saw the Dalai Lama was after I had completed my post-graduate studies in the United States in 2007. Standing on the West Lawn of Capitol Hill in
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    • 685 38  -  MAYO MARTIN pov what kind of legacy should you leave your kids? 34 pov us economist dr paul romer says 35 postscript Luke you can't hide forever... it's time to go shopping LAST weekend, I was awakened at dusk by the sound of a
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  • LIVING
    • FOOD
      • 276 42  -  ShermaineWong From zi char to Japanese and more you get a slice of .everything at BukitTimah. In part three of our culinary trek, we head to foodie hotspot BukitTimah for quaint eateries and great eats shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it comes to food, you can call the Western
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        539 42 Greenwood Fish Market 34 38 Greenwood Ave,Tel: 6467 4950 Theirs is a unique concept: Besides a restaurant, Greenwood Fish Market j also houses a retail space hawking fresh seafood shipped every other day from countries such as New Zealand and Japan.You're guaranteed the freshest catch. Go for the
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      • 393 43  -  Gon msnoozcL a matter of taste. by D donm@mediacorp.com.sg Has our need to eat for pleasure outgrown our common sense? HOLY mother of all mischief. What were we thinking when we decided that eating unnaturally fattened goose liver and severed shark's fin was in some strange way
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      • 508 43 It may have taken a decade to reach our shores, but timing isn't everything j IF THERE is one thing many of us love as much as good Thai food, it is good beer.Just take a moment to recall the numerous trips you've made to Golden Mile Complex
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      • 181 44  -  DON MENDOZA Cork (noun): Cork (noun): A cylindrical stopper traditionally used to seal a bottle of wine.The word also refers to the springy bark of the cork oak tree from which,yes, cork is made. What's more, its widespread reputation as an effective plug has opened the
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      • 412 44  - Glass act Scene I DON MENDOZA It's not just the prized vino what it's served in is just as important DRINKING wine especially good wine is easy. Having them the way they are meant to be enjoyed requires, well, more than just a discerning palate. Given the innate complexities of
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    • STYLE
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        740 45  -  Lynette Koh With a little know-how, formal wear does not have to be frustrating lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg THIS being a country without a strong suitwearing culture (unlike, say, Japan), many Singaporean guys, I find, get into a tizzy when they are suddenly confronted with an event requiring them to put
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        242 45 I.Clothesmith Clothesmith is the diffusion made-to-measure line by Leslie Chia, who is better known for his bespoke label PIMABS. While PIMABS is for the guy with more flamboyant tastes, Clothesmith features more subdued prints and colours, but still of top quality. Prices for suits start from $650. Clothesmith
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        682 46  -  MAY YIP May Yip is a certified beltaholic, but can she really suck it in and tackle the challenge of a corset belt? HAVING spent a good part of my 29 years in a slouchy 1.7m-tall frame, an hourglass figure has been as elusive as a shot
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        364 48  -  HE PEIWEN Opening of the first standalone DVF store in Singapore grants women access to the full collection IT ALL started with a wrap dress. Designed by Belgium-born Diane yon Furstenberg in 1973, the dress' streamlined silhouette, figure-flattering fit and bold prints were a hit. By 1976, five
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    • SHOP
      • 317 49  -  ShermaineWong Release your inner cyber satorialist and give in to the blogshop shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg NO ONE can say for sure which was the first in Singapore to go online.What is certain, however, is that this simple concept in cyberspace has now blossomed into a flourishing industry. Blogshops so called
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        343 49 Runway Bandits www.runway bandits.com Owned by Eileen Ng, 21, and Quek Swee Ying, 20, the blogshop stocks three different labels: Runway Bandits consists of items sou reed and flown in from countries such as Taiwan and Thailand; Ann Ata features vintage apparel; and Sartorial By Runway Bandits
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        66 50  -  SHERMAINEWONG Nothing screams "Look at me!" louder than this vibrant, fuchsia-coloured hair piece, which costs $35.90 and is available at FuncDeko, Far East Plaza, #03-90B.This hair band is perfect for days when you feel dramatic or when you t want to jazz up an otherwise plain outfit.We
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      • 398 50 Knowing that most blogshop owners dream of owning an actual retail space someday, Hanice Tsai and her god-broth-er-cum-business-partner,Ang ChuangYang, both aged 19, hit upon a gem of a business idea: They devised a retail concept where they would rent shop space
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    • AT HOME
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        610 51 Interior designer SelinaTay shows us her home and reveals why black and grey are the best colours for yours AS THE founder and principal designer of renowned interior firm Collective Designs, SelinaTay has worked on more than 1,000 projects over the last two decades. You can imagine how
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      • 138 52 1. Work with your personality. If you like entertaining, make sure you have ample seating. 2. Cool colours like black and grey work better with our warm tropical climate than more overpowering colours like red and orange. 3. Install a ceiling fan in
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    • CAR
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        472 53  -  Derryn Wong news@newstoday.com.sg THE new Chevrolet Cruze is just like Tom Cruise in reverse. Yes, I know it's a horrible pun, but it'll make sense in a moment.At least there's no Penelope Cruz gaffe as well. People get all surprised that Tom Cruise is just 1.73 m tall
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      • 139 53  -  DERRYNWONG THE new Skoda Octavia made its debut in Singapore at dealer Harvest Automobiles' showroom on Friday morning. Greeting the public (other than the welcome breakfast) were Class 95FM Morning Express deejays Glenn Ong, Vernetta Lopez and the Flying Dutchman. They hosted a special
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      • 306 54  -  DARYL LEE The perennially popular Toyota Camry gets a minor makeover NO SURPRISES here:Toyota's überpopular large sedan gets a new X-shaped front bumper, new alloy wheels and more chrome accents on the outside. The interior, thankfully, is almost the same as before: Excellent ergonomics, acres of wood
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        174 54  -  DERRYNWONG New Tucson previewed This is the face of the new Hyundai Tucson compact sport-utility vehicle (SUV), which was recently launched in Korea. It will be making its way here as early as next month, according to dealer Komoco Motors.The sharper styling sees aggressive angles on the car,
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      • 608 55  -  -DERRYNWONG ntroducing the new Skoda Dctavia 1.4151 and Dctavia VRS 2.0 IS I f you haven't heard about Skoda, now's the time to listen. Hot on the heels of the successful debut of the Skoda Superb comes the brand newOctavia. It follows the same premise as its
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      • 479 56  -  DERRYNWONG SEPANG, MALAYSIA DIDYOU KNOW? TheLP 550-2 Valentino Balboni is named after the legendary test driver who has been with the carmaker since 1967. in: THE latest Lamborghini to emerge from the brand's hometown of Sant'Agata Bolognese is a special limited edition of the Gallardo coupe there
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    • kids
      • 623 57  - Brainy kids born or made? Eveline Gan Experts say that parents and caregivers play an important role in developing a child's intelligence eveline@mediacorp.com.sg AT AN age when most of her peers were figuring out how to use the potty, 18-month-old Janelle Kuah underwent private enrichment classes that involved memory-train ing
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      • 136 58 Cognitive psychologist Dr Joanne Staunton suggests a list of five things parents and caregivers can do to develop their child's IQ. 1. Teach your child to approach things in a step-by-step manner. 2. Help your child to categorise items by discussing their similarities and differences. 3. Teach your
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      • 26 59 A weekend edition When: Aug 28-30 Hours: 10am to 9.30pm Where: Singapore Expo, Halls 4 5 Admission: $3 for adult, free for child under 12
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        83 60 WHERE: Greece CURRENCY: $1 is 0.49 euros BIG MAC, cost: 3.31 euros ($5.65)* GETTING THERE: Athens is 10 hours from Singapore. There are few direct flights, though Singapore Airlines does offer an undiscounted fare of $1,900, before taxes. Mainland centres like Nafplio or Thessaloniki can be reached from Athens,
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      • 676 60 MARK MALBY embarks on a self-drive Odyssey through the land of Antiquity ACCORDING to legend, it took Odysseus 10 years to wind his way back home to Greece after the Trojan war. Modern vacations, alas, offer us no such luxury of time. With a limited hoard of
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        165 60 WEEKLONG GETAWAY Greece is no mere weekend trip. Even a week or two won't let you coverall of it. Choose your region: A leisurely amble through picturesque island chains, the green hills of Peloponnese, or else the rugged north coast. Spring and autumn "off seasons" make for the best, unhampered
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        31 62 GO. WHERE: Norway and Germany CURRENCY: $1 is 4.2 kroner and 0.48 euros BIG MAC, cost: 40 kroner ($9.65) and 3.31 euros (6.65)* GETTING THERE: See article Source: McDonald's, The Economisl
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      • Into the cold
        • 180 62 Most tourists look at Norway's breathtaking fjords from the bottom up, as they slide along the country's narrow inlets on cruise ships. For a really intimate experience, you can choose to see a fjord, a channel long gouged out by a glacier, from a cliff
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        • 235 62 Christmas may be months away but to embark on the ultimate Christmas shopping trip, now'sthe time to plan, especially when the destination is Germany and euros need to be stocked up. Every year, more than 130 places in the country are lit up by multitudinous lights, showing
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          103 62 Preikestolen is an easy day trip from Stavanger, an oil centre on the west coast. The city is a one-hour flight or eight-hour train ride from Oslo. Thai Airways recently launched affordable flights from Bangkok to Olso, so you can warm yourself up with some torn yum soup
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        • 19 62 For details on Germany's Christmas markets, visit tinyurl.com/sc9n9d. Lufthansa flies to Munich and other cities in Germany.
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        51 64 GO- WHERE: Beijing, China CURRENCY: $1 is 4.75 yuan BIG MAC, cost: 12 5 yuan ($2.65)* GETTING THERE: Air China, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific fly to Beijing. Flight time is about 6 hours. Source: McDonald's, The Economisl (Above) Dumplings at Jingdingxuan Restaurant. (Right) A 2m-high statue at 798 Art
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      • 799 64 TIFFANY TAN Shows how you can have a terrific 12 hours in Beijing 10AM: BEIJING ZOO JULONG FOREIGN TRADE CLOTHING STORE Xizhimen Avenue, Xicheng District Open daily 6.30am-4.30pm It is wholesale markets like this that make the Chinese shopping experience distinct: Goods at rock-bottom prices, a
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        49 66 GO. WHERE: Cebu City, Philippines CURRENCY: $1 is 33.80 pesos BIG MAC, cost: 99.39 pesos ($2.95)* GETTING THERE: Silk Air and Philippines Airlines fly to Cebu City. Flight time is about 3 hours and 30 minutes. Source: McDonald's, The Economist The Magellan Cross (top) and the tarsier monkey (above).
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      • 422 66  -  NAZJR KESHVANI Visitors to Cebu won't ever have a dull day, says FLYING into Cebu, depending on which side of the aircraft you're seated, you will swoop over the brilliant azure seas of the Philippines. There's a beautiful mountain spine running the north-south length
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      • 133 66 Cebu is the gateway to the Philippines, Asia and the Pacific. It lies in the heart of the Philippine archipelago; in the crossroads of domestic and international air and sea travel, and it is a good jumping-off point for island-hopping to the tropical islets of the
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      • 582 67  -  JENNIFER CHEN A heads up on top destinations, shopping havens and fairytale temptations WHAT can top Bangkok as the world's best city? Udaipur, India, that's what.The city where James Bond seduces the eponymous heroine in the 1983 film Octopussy is the world's top this year according
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        46 68  -  HE PEIWEN Need a break? Pick up these travel packages at the Natas fair and get away. At Phillip Island in Melbourne, delight in the famous penguin parade, where you'll see hordes of fairy penguins waddle up from the ocean to their sand dunes.
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      • 107 68 I Take atrip to the wild side with this 10D/7N tour that takes you to Cape Town and Johannesburg. Highlights include a visit to Hermanus, a world-famous whale-watching spot; a tour of Cape Peninsula, where you get to see the Twelve Apostles mountain range, colonies of Cape
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        70 68 A For a family holiday close to home but with plenty to offer, check out the A'Famosa Resort 3D2N Family Paradise Package 178 per adult and $141 per child). Located in Alor Gajah (a 45--minute drive from Kuala Lumpur International Airport), the resort offers an international championship 27-hole
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      • 99 68 Here's your chance to see those sights shown in Korean drama serials such as Daejanggeum. The 8D tour is available during both autumn and winter. Visit the Daejanggeum Theme Park;Yongduam Rock (Dragon Head Rock),the famous landmark of Jeju lsland;theTeddy Bear Museum; and you even get
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      • 180 68 Choose a 6D Melbourne or 8D Melbourne and Sydney package for the best of nature and city holidaying. At Phillip Island in Melbourne, delight in the famous penguin parade, where you'll see hordes of fairy penguins waddle up from the ocean to their sand dunes. Take
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      • 37 68 UOB Travel is offering exclusive deals to Japan on All Nippon Airways (ANA). Return all-in airfare to Tokyo is $488 plus 500 UOB incentive points; to Sapporo, it is $788 plus 500 UOB incentive points.
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      • 68 68 Until Aug 3 I, book a Club Mcd holiday in Bali, Bintan Island, Cherating Beach, Kani (Maldives) or Phuket, and a second person stays for free. Included in the package are activities such as horse riding, archery and water sports. The promotion starts from $944 per couple,
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    • TWODAYS IN TOWN
      • 10 things to do this weekend
        • 302 72 lAimee Mann The singer-songwriter known for albums like I'm With Stupid and The Forgotten Arm performs in a one-night-only concert. Date: Saturday Time:: 7.30pm Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall Ticket: $68 to $1 18 from Sistic 2Pro-Musica 2009 Catch an evening of opera arias from the Baroque to
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        • 483 73 Plus 5 others 6 Foodie alert Satiate your appetite for tasty and healthy food choices at Asian Food Delights 2009.This fair brings together more than 100 exhibitors, who will be offering an extensive spread of cuisines and beverages that will tickle the taste buds of the young and old. Date:
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    • TWODAYS AWAY
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        866 74  -  JENNIFER CHEN GIVEN the hordes of tourists trooping up the winding roads to Malaysia's most wellknown hill station, you would expect Cameron Highlands to be positively mobbed. Surprisingly, the first thing that hits you when you arrive is the pervading calm. Overdeveloped? Yes, to some extent. But,
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      • 829 76  -  Ivana Goh Don't sweat it. Dive into the weekend with an underwater adventure traveller@newstoday.com.sg IF IT'S getting too smoggy for you in Singapore, perhaps it's time to head out of town, down to the beach and into the water for a refreshing dive weekend. Imagine this: Wave
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