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  • 46 1 Weekend TODAY October 31 November i, 2009 MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF /A=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Weekend TODAY MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF fiA=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 October 31 November i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 709 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN Resident unemployment rises to 5%, but not a concern, say analysts chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Not only did total employment grow for the first time this year, the 15,400 jobs created the bulk of them in services between July and September more than made up for the losses
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  • 485 1 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PM affirms commitment to cut carbon emissions SINGAPORE The Republic may not be under any international obligations to make "absolute cuts" in carbon emissions, but it must and is prepared to do its part in tackling the global problem of climate change,
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    • 33 1 IRSIM^ why you cant take it back stuck in traffic I I jfc^. m Meet the men (and women) who keep I I MQbbb^* Sentosa's beaches safe pages 2& 3 I J^>- WEETECKHIAN
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  • THE BIG STORY
    • 201 2  -  VENESSALEE PHOTO COURTESY SENTOSA It may look like the manly lovechild of a tractor and a digger, but it has a decidedly dainty function. Sentosa's beach cleaning machine costs $150,000 and it is used to make the sand softer and fluffier, according to representatives of
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      1011 2  -  VENESSALEE Sun, sea, sand and drunk people such is the life of a Sentosa lifeguard people doubt whether you can actually do it or not. FEMALE LIFEGUARD CHEN SHUWEN, RIGHT, WITH COLLEAGUE MOHD GASZNNE ISMAIL [correspondent] venessa@mediacorp.com.sg THE man had a catfish stuck in his chest, recalled Ms Aryati
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  • NEWS
    • 38 4 Students from St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School displaying a Lego motif, which shows I a heart and an abstract of their school shortly after participating in MediaCorp'sWe Are One Charity Drive on FridayH DON WONG
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    • 143 6  -  SINGAPORE He allegedly ran a food stall without a licence and forged one when he needed to apply for an employment pass for a stall helper. On Friday, Chye Siew Kok, 59, a former Ministry of Manpower (MOM) corporate service officer, was charged in court with
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    • 145 6 938LIVE A new national initiative will get companies to set energy efficiency goals and put in place energy productivity improvement projects. The Energy Efficiency National Partnership, launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday, is a voluntary scheme facilitated by the National Environment Agency. It
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    • 198 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE SINGAPORE-The 1,200 Build-to-Order(BTO) flats offered in Sengkang and Jurong West drew nearly four times the number of applicants at the close of applications on Thursday night. The project in Sengkang, Fernvale Palms, was the more k popular, with the 495 housing board flats
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    • 345 8 AFP, 938LIVE WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama lauded Singapore's "legendary" founding father Lee Kuan Yew, as he sought advice ahead of his first trip to Asia since taking office. Mr Obama told reporters before a meeting with Minister Mentor Lee the first between the two
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    • 207 10 SINGAPORE The first 200,000 doses of the HINI vaccine have arrived and for one man, at least, it means no more restless nights of anxious waiting. Writing on Friday on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) blog, Mr Chua Soy Tee, its deputy director of
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    • 468 10  -  ONGDAILIN SINGAPORE The financial crisis has hastened the move to a multi-centric world with a growing focus on Asia and the National University of Singapore (NUS) is shifting gear in tandem, with an eye to becoming the region's pre-eminent knowledge centre. Putting
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    • 337 12  -  ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE The zoo cleaner's behaviour both before he entered the white tiger enclosure and during his mauling by two of the big cats meant only one thing: Suicide State Coroner Victor Yeo recorded this verdict on Friday for the death of Nordin Montong, 32, who
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    • 364 12  -  ZULOTHMAN Judge dismisses prosecution's appeal fora tougher sentence SINGAPORE A High Court judge has dismissed an appeal made by the prosecution to slap a longer jail time on a police National Serviceman who altered the date stamp on his passport. In July, a district court jailed Mohamad Hamzah
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    • 311 14 SINGAPORE Managing cyber-bullying. Moderating how much time teens spend gaming or on the Internet. Teaching them to be careful of strangers they meet online. These are some of the issues an interministry panel wants the public to give their ideas on, and it is willing to
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    • 196 16 "938 LIVE SHANGHAI Eleven Singaporeans travelling in a tour bus were injured on Thursday afternoon when their coach was involved in an accident in Danyang city, in Jiangsu province. Four were seriously injured; seven suffered mild injuries. It is believed that a car was overtaking
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    • 504 16  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SINGAPORE The subject of international law did not set Ambassador-At-Large Tommy Koh's pulse racing when he was an undergraduate in the early *****. "It was taught in a very didactic manner there was no attempt to relate the law in the book
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    • 226 16 There are two ways to make the upcoming school holidays a blast. You could take your precious ones on a tour around the world or you could let the world come to you, at the One World Hotel. Within
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  • WORLD
    • 247 18 AP SHERWANGAI Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 911 suspects. The military on Thursday took journalists for a first look inside territory since it launched a ground
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    • 413 18 NEWYORKTIMES, AGENCIES US Secretary of State chides Pakistan over inaction on Al Qaeda ISLAMABAD United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided Pakistani officials on Thursday for failing to press the hunt for Al Qaeda inside their borders, suggesting they know where the
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    • 261 20 AGENCIES BRUSSELS European Union leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need €100 billion ($203 billion) a year by 2020 to tackle global warming, but failed to set levels for Europe's contribution, a draft text said
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    • 318 20 AFP Visiting Chinese Vice-Premier also pushes trade pact SYDNEY China on Friday called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia, including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year. Visiting Vice-Premier Li Keqiang vowed to
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    • 144 22 .AFP JAKARTA Indonesia on Friday gave an Australian Customs boat another week to end a standoff with 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seek-ers who are refusing to disembark on Bintan island. A deadline for the Oceanic Viking ship to leave Indonesian waters was due to expire on
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    • 405 22 "AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed on Friday to defend the country's anti-graft agency after the arrest of two senior investigators, amid growing doubts about his war on corruption. The President, re-elected in July on the back of promises to stamp out
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    • 178 22 AP KUALA LUMPUR Prosecutors charged a Malaysian man on Friday with allegedly killing his Indonesian maid, who died after being found beaten and locked in a bathroom. A Murugan, a sugarcanejuice seller, was charged in a magistrate's court on Friday with the murder of
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    • 726 23  -  SIMON TISDALL Across the Middle East, the US is building fortified embassies which cut off diplomats and create hostility POINTOFVIEW After the United States Congress agreed to a US$7.5-billion ($10.5-billion) aid package for Pakistan this autumn, the Obama administration was taken aback by the seemingly ungrateful
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    • 239 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH KABUL The United States military is cutting back on recreational activities including salsa and karaoke nights at major Afghan bases to toughen resolve and free up space on supply flights. This comes after the austere new commander of
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    • 419 24 AGENCIES KABUL The Taliban's brazen attack on United Nations election workers undermines the UN's ability to help steer Afghanistan through a runoff election in only a few days. Although the UN insists it will not be deterred by the assault, another big attack could derail its
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    • 156 28 AP BEIJING Apple's 3G iPhone finally made its debut in the world's most populous market on Friday, but without a key feature. China Unicorn's iPhones lack WiFi, a technology that allows users to tap wireless networks. Unicorn's iPhones lack WiFi because it was banned
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 98 28 AP Cyber attacks 'traced to North Korea' The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages on prominent gov-ernment-run sites in South Korea and the United States, news reports said on Friday. The IP address that triggered the Web attacks
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      • 103 28 AP France's Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his tenure as Paris mayor, a judicial official said on Friday. Mr Chirac is to stand trial on charges of embezzlement.
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      • 103 28 i AFP Pakistan court acquits man over 2002 attack A Pakistan court on Friday acquitted a man sentenced to death over a 2002 bombing that killed 11 French engineers, the highest number of Westerners to have died in a single attack in the country. Mohammad Sohail Habib, who
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      • 105 28 AGENCIES Two wounded in Los Angeles synagogue shooting Los Angeles police were on Friday searching for a gunman who shot two men at a synagogue as they arrived for a morning service on Thursday. Officials said they could not confirm if the attack was
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      • 100 28 AFP Taiwan's Ma urges China to remove missiles Taiwan's President MaYing-jeou on Friday called on China to withdraw missiles targeting the island to ensure peace between the two former bitter rivals. China now has nearly 1,500 missiles pointed at Taiwan. The island's total missile capability is not known.
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      • 95 29 AP Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod The non-profit body that oversees Internet addresses on Friday approved the use of Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and other scripts in domain names, a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. The board of the Internet Corporation
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      • 97 29 .AFP Rivals reach deal Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti and ousted President ManuelZelaya have reached a deal aimed at ending the political crisisthat has paralysed the country for four months. The accord reinstates Mr Zelaya as President, following the June 28 coup that polarised Honduras and subjected
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      • Article, Illustration
        123 29 THE GUARDIAN Somali man aged 112 marries 17-year-old girl He is old enough to be her great-great-grandfather. But Mr Ahmed Muhamed Dhore, a Somalian who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realised a "dream" by marrying a 17-year-old bride. Mr Dhore already has 114 children
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    • 172 29 AFP MANILA Ferries were cancelled, schools closed and the military put on standby on Friday as a typhoon was set to hit the nation's capital and nearby areas still reeling from storms that claimed more than 1,100 lives. Typhoon Mirinae, packing gusts of up to
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    • 376 30 AP Cutting class could cost child stars dearly MUMBAI The child stars of Slumdog Millionaire want a lot of things in life new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris but they are not too interested in school. Ten-year-old Rubina Ali has missed
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      43 31 This fire at a major oil depot in Jaipur, in India's Rajasthan state, on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 60. It is not known what caused the blaze but huge explosions were heard before it broke out.B EPA
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    • 468 31 AGENCIES,THE GUARDIAN Pact will improve decision-making, boost bloc's role BRUSSELS The European Union's stalled reform treaty overcame a crucial hurdle on Thursday after EU leaders agreed to last-minute demands from the Czech Republic in return for the country's ratification of the ambitious deal. The
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    • 159 31 AGENCIES MOGADISHU The British couple who went missing in the Indian Ocean last week have confirmed that they are being held hostage by Somali pirates. Mr Paul Chandler, 59, said he and his wife Rachel, 55, were attacked as they sailed from the Seychelles to
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    • 160 32 AP WASHINGTON After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions of Americans who lack it and create a new option of govern-ment-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan patterned
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    • 531 32 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has been accused of betraying his campaign promise to change the culture of Washington by "selling" access to the White House to prominent donors. Leaked Democratic National Committee documents showed the party had offered up to four briefings
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    • 275 33 AP LOS ANGELES -America's Funniest Home Videos has been going to the dogs for years, even if cats make it a game from time to time. Dogs are a clear winner as the funniest animal especially wiener dogs, chihuahuas and pugs judging by
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    • 146 33 AFP LOS ANGELES A gang of burglars who targeted homes belonging to celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, had compiled a database of more than 50 luxury mansions, it was reported on Thursday. TMZ.com reported that the robbers dubbed "The Burglar Bunch" had
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    • 212 33 New 2010 Honda Stream RSZ. Simply Amazing. The Honda Stream has everything you want and more. The new Honda Stream has gone through even more changes and has taken its sporty styling one step further with slicker lines, sexier curves and aerodynamic cuts. It combines style and performance with a
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  • BUSINESS
    • 434 34 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) said its third quarter net earnings rose 5.3 per cent on-year to $500 million, thanks to higher interest and feebased income. The headline figure was largely in line with analysts' expectations and UOB's management itself had reasons to be upbeat. "Three months
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    • 286 34  -  CHEOWXINYI COMPANIES have expressed their interest in building a General Aviation Centre that houses hangars on a 2.6-hec-tare plot of land in the coming Seletar Aerospace Park (SAP), said JTC Corporation chief executive Manohar Khiatani. He said that the project would start sometime next year when the industrial
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 2 SINGAPORE
        • 163 35 AGENCIES Business sentiment among manufacturers in Singapore has improved, according to an Economic Development Board (EDB) survey. Data from its latest Business Expectations Survey showed a weighted 22 per cent of firms predict an improvement in business conditions in the next six months, compared with
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        • 130 35 AGENCIES Transport operator SMRT said its second quarter net profit rose 24.1 per cent from a year ago to $52.8 million on lower energy costs and other operating expenses. Revenue for the three months ended September edged up 1.1 per cent to $229.4 million.
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        • 189 35 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Shareholders ot property developer CapitaLand have approved the listing of its integrated shopping mall business CapitaMalls Asia. The new unit will have a portfolio of 86 retail properties valued at more than $20 billion spread across Asia. During the extraordinary general meeting
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      • 3 UNITED STATES
        • 117 35 .AGENCIES Las Vegas Sands posted its seventh straight quarterly loss after gamblers in the United States punted less and businesses there cancelled conferences in the recession. The third-quarter net loss of US$l23 million ($172 million) was much widerthan the loss of U5532.2 million in
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      • 1 INDIA
        • 148 35 AGENCIES Bharti Airtel, India's largest wireless operator in which SingTel has a stake of about 30 per cent, reported on Friday that profit growth slowed for the ninth straight quarter as competition intensified. Net income rose a lower-than-expected 13 percentto 23.2 billion rupees
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    • 401 36 AGENCIES BoJ to end some crisis steps despite deflation risk, while job situation improves TOKYO —Japan's central bank said on Friday that it would wind down some of the emergency stimulus measures put in place to fight the financial crisis but warned that Asia's biggest
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  • PROPERTY
    • 291 37  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For many in a busy city, the office may be their second home but feels nothing like one. To reinvent your perception of working space, apbcOffices recently launched its latest project, 75 High Street, which it has refurbished to the tune
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    • 92 37 Officially launched on Saturday, Lincoln Suites is a 175-unit condominium jointly developed by Koh Brothers, Heeton Holdings, KSH Holdings and Lian Beng Group. The freehold 30-storey project is less than two minutes'walk from the Novena MRT station. To be developed on a land area of 59,986 square
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    • 113 38 AP GRAND Slam champion Martina Navratilova said Andre Agassi (picture) should have owned up to a positive drug test when it happened 12 years ago. "Shocking," she said. "Not as much shock that he did it, as shock he lied about it and didn't own up
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    • 832 38  -  DAVID NGIAU offside On the touchline at Emirates will be two veteran managers out to fulfil their own dreams The smart ones think ahead. Way, way ahead. Chess grandmasters plot not just their next move but their next six, at the very least. The simpleton
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    • 105 39 IN A bid to improve the race experience for participants, organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon will launch a week long e-balloting exercise that will decide the first 8,000 runners to collect their race entry packs. Interested runners should log on
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    • 558 40  -  STEVEMCMAHON Liverpool face another must-win game as Man United display worrying weaknesses STRAIGHTTALK sports@newstoday.com.sg I have said it many times before in this column but it's worth repeating; Sir Alex Ferguson tends to blame everyone but his team, and himself, if things go wrong for Manchester
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    • 230 42 AFP NEW YORK Pedro Martinez was taunted and jeered by New York Yankee fans as he has been for years in a World Series loss on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), but the 38-year-old Dominican right-hand-er figures it's all because they love him. The Philadelphia Phillies
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    • Article, Illustration
      630 42  -  TANYO-HINN Another rainy day at Sentosa, but Els takes it all in his stride SINGAPORE The waiting game wreaks havoc on the nerves of most golfers. But not Ernie Els. Nicknamed the "Big Easy" for his effortless game, the three-time Major winner showed his poise to remain
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    • 170 43 AFP BURLY Thai star Chapchai Nirat (picture) was all smiles on Friday after sinking a hole-in-one at the Barclays Singapore Open, rocketing him up the leaderboard. The Thai, who won this year's Sail Open in India with a world record 32-under-par, pulled out
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    • 393 43  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE For a brief moment on Friday, Padraig Harrington's bushy brows furrowed, the prospect of catching an early flight out loomed large as his wayward ball found the water at the turn. But the consummate professional quickly put the distraction behind him, and
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    • 282 44  -  lAN DECOTTA The contest is over, but Formula i #s new end-of-season race still promises much ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2009 f 1 senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg ABU DHABI Even under the night sky, the huge swathes of sand that guard the fringes of
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      318 45 The world-class musical acts are part of the strategy to woo the fans, with many remembering the empty grandstands at the second Malaysian Grand Prix when Michael Schumacher arrived at Sepang for the last race of the 2000 season as the newly crowned champion. All 50,000 tickets have
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      98 45 TAN TENG LIP, SMSA PRESIDENT 1 L HAMILTON 2 R BARRICHELLO 3 G FISICHELLA Hamilton has been on the charge since winning in Singapore, stepping on the podium with two third-place finishes in Japan and Brazil. Despite Red Bull's wins in the last two races, Hamilton and McLaren-Mercedes are
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    • 604 46  -  LEONARDTHOMAS FAS plan for new S-League season is due as the country waits for next year's major blueprint sports matters Sometime early next year, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will unveil a plan they believe will help improve the S-League, and turn the Lions into
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    • 548 47  -  SHAMIROSMAN Young Lions show good form as national coach plans SEA Games squad GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions vSengkang Punggol Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm, live on Ch 5 shamir@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE If they beat Sengkang Punggol in their final match of the Great EasternYeo's
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  • Weekend VOICES
    • 671 48  -  SIMON TAY global citizen The Association for South-east Asian Nations Summit held in Thailand last weekend should have been applauded but instead attracted negative headlines. The difference relates to a mismatch of expectations and managing an overcrowded agenda. The summit brought key Asian players together.
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    • 802 49  -  MARIASIOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg POINTOFVIEW October is at a close and having spent most parts of it in Beijing, I will remember it most vividly for the spirited display of patriotic fervour and unabashed nationalistic pride. Having monitored China for several years now, I share with
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    • 690 50  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH point of view It became a problem when my son caught a glimpse of my South Park poster... Call me Fanny. That's what my eldest has been calling me. He's also been calling my wife Mr Whatshisname,
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    • 679 50  -  PHINWONG maladjusted Do the right thing and get out of my way Jams and I don't mean preserves always seem to get you when you're in a hurry, don't they? It's infuriating. My theory is that the gods of traffic flow probably sadistic HR managers "reassigned" a
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    • 38 51 FOOD GASTRO ITALIANO GREAT MEDITERRANEAN EATS ON OUR SHORES CAR SO M-POWERING BMW M-CAR OWNERS LEARN TO TAME THEIR BEASTS TWIN CITIES MALACCA KL SAMPLE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS IN A SINGLE DRIVE
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    • 760 52  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL point of view: silver Aunties are confident, self-aware, the finished product: Let it be me! A defining moment in a woman's life must be when she moseys up to a cosmetics counter intending nothing more strenuous than a look-see of lipstick colours. When
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    • 713 52  -  RICHARD HARTUNG point of view Simple: Just focus on what matters Only 59 per cent of morning commuters used public transport last year, down from 67 per cent in 1997 and 63 per cent in 2004. At the same time, according to
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    • 778 53  -  EUGENE KBTAN Why age-based wage, CPF cuts are discriminatory voices@mediacorp.com.sg POINTOFVIEW Can we age gracefully and purposefully in Singapore? Perhaps not at the workplace, where an employee will almost always take a mandatory wage cut at age 60 years. Subject to "reasonable factors" like the employee's
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  • LIVING
    • FOOD
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        310 56  -  Don Mendoza New eats that are decidedly Italian for all the right reasons donm@mediacorp.com.sg NEXT to ramen and sushi, Singaporeans can't seem to get enough of pasta and pizzas. Or anything prepared with ragu and Parmesan.As long as it's vaguely Italian, really. Which might explain why new F&B
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        579 56 Osvaldo Ristorante Italiano 32 Maxwell Rd #01-03 Maxwell Chambers,Tel: 6224 0978 Osvaldo Forlino (previously the head chef at Forlino on One Fullerton) has decided to leave the fine dining realm to get back to his roots, returning after a short hiatus with a concept he had always felt
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        76 57  -  DON MENDOZA A wet glossary Jerez (noun) A fortified sweet wine (sherry) produced in the region of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain.This area is also known as the Sherry Triangle which consists of the towns of Jerez, Puerto de Santa Maria and Sanlucar de Barrameda where
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      • 517 58  -  ANNETTE TAN foodrevie^^ Shabu Shabu Gen marks the Les Amis Group's complete occupation of the Shaw Centre stretch IT MAY seem a little chilly when you first walk into Shabu Shabu Gen. But like all the thoughtful little details that have gone into this chic
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      • 349 59 a matter of taste. Dy oon msnoozci donm@mediacorp.com.sg Rest in peace, my magazine friend LIKE many in this wild, wild world of wining and dining, I, too, am mourning the unexpected demise of American Gourmet magazine. After 60 long years, it recently succumbed, I'm guessing, to
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        147 59  -  SHERMAINEWONG HE SAID I have lost a dear friend. We never spoke much, I admit. But she always had something smart to say about my salacious culinary affairs. Join the club The Coffee Club chain now has two separate outlets both called O'Coffee Club in Wheelock Place. And
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        80 60  -  SHERMAINEWONG No more trans fat For the health-conscious, there's now reason to have your garlic bread and eat it, too without guilt. Sunshine's range of frozen garlic bread is now trans fat-free Made from freshly-baked soft bread and a blend of fresh garlic and herbs, Sunshine's new garlic
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        306 60 Should you drink Chivas with green tea? We've got the answer Ansley Ng in Keith, Scotland ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ATTHE home of Chivas Regal, the Strathisla Distillery in Keith, Moray, master blender Colin Scott is about to answer one of the most burning questions in Singapore inebriation: Should we be
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    • STYLE
      • 744 61  -  Lynette Koh Make hairy problems a thing of the past lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg TRYING to get a handle on one's hair can lead to a desire to tear it all out. A casual survey of my kith and kin certainly provides anecdotal evidence to support this. Tired
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      • 502 62  -  LYNETTE KOH FIRST, there was the Bliss spa and beauty product business, which was sold in multimillion-dollar deals.Then came the "masstige" bath, body, and beauty product line, Soap Glory. Even with these successful ventures under her belt, however, the real eureka moment for London-based beauty entrepreneur Marcia
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      • 367 63  -  LYNETTE KOH EVERYBODY seems to have a different view on where the global economy is going. For the movers and shakers at Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo, it is headed north. Last Friday, Fulvia and Giovanna Ferragamo (daughters of Salvatore), as well as Asia Pacific chief executive officer
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      • 390 64 ROBOTS, outer space, dinosaurs what do these entities have in common besides being topics right out of a kid's scrapbook? AnswerThey are just three of the whimsical themes which have inspired the work of designer Jo Soh, who was named Elle magazine's Singapore Designer of the
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      • 420 65  -  Arthur Chua It adds that rock-n-roll insouciance to a sharp suit, but is it right for you? BEFORE we tackle the issue of width, here's a brief history of the tie. Invented for the sole purpose of concealing the buttons on the
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    • SHOP
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        428 66  -  Lynette Koh Tired of cookie-cutter spas? Here's one that puts a fresh spin on pampering lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg I LOVE spas and all the pampering that comes with them, but after awhile, they give me this sense of deja vu. Is it just me, or do too many spas
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      • 353 67  -  LYNETTE KOH IN HIS younger days, he spent "all (his) money on luxury goods". Now, he is a selfproclaimed bargain hunter. Manila-born, Singapore-based Channel NewsAsia presenter/ producer Timothy Go talked to Today about what catches his eye. What are your biggest weaknesses? Sales and variety.
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    • AT HOME
      • 336 68  -  Lucy Mangan THE GUARDIAN The übiquitous, unassuming Ikea bookshelf turns 30 this month news@newstoday.com.sg I AM actively thankful for few things yielded by the modern world. Medical advances, sure.The internet, sort of. Tunnock's caramel wafers, naturally. But I reserve my deepest gratitude for the
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    • CAR
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        176 69 A5/S5 cabrios have landed Audi has announced the launch of its A5 and S5 cabriolets.They feature folding fabric tops that deploy in 15 seconds and close in 17. Both models share a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox and quattro four wheel-drive. TheAs cabriolet (shown here) has a 2.0-litre turbocharged
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      • 398 69  -  DerrynWong To help owners harness the power of their high-performance cars, BMW sets them on track literally in Salzburg, Austria news@newstodaycom.sg AS BMW's official motorsport and tuning arm,"BMW M GmbH" is a byword for the fastest, most powerful BMW cars, equipped with iconic engines. Take the current M3
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        385 70  -  DERRYNWONG [cARREVIE^^^ A walk on the wild side could involve a pet tiger or a Jaguar XFR THE XFR eliminates any residual notions that Jaguar is a staid marque. Why? Because it is, in fact, a mobile disco. There are lights (hazard blinkers), music (courtesy of the Bowers
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        392 71  -  DERRYNWONG Volkswagen Group Singapore's new head honcho tells us why the company has its eye on Asian, not Continental, competition WITH his imposing stature and intense gaze, Dr Zeno Kerschbaumer might seem like the personification of the stoic German. However, a chat with the affable 47-year-old was enough
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    • KIDS
      • 576 72  -  LuoWenli It pays for parents to suss out a suitable long-term savings plan for their kids kids@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN her baby boy was born four years ago, convenience led Mrs Minnie Tan to open a children savings account with her long-time local bank. She reckoned she
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      • 268 72 Data based on bank's website and replies to Today queries, Subject to conditions. Savings Plan Interest Rate 0. IS per cent for under $30,000 Citibanks Junior n^ c .t.™^™ c a f °-2 P er cent for $30,000 to $50,000 savings Account Q
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