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    29 1 TODAY Friday January 8, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Friday January 8, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      58 1 <r V if'* T < vTi Ef*' *V V fc I 9 GARNieR 16 SKIN TONE SEARCH WINNERS They've joined the search in the quest for fairer, more radiant skin. And they've been convinced by so much more that they have now made Gamier Light their one and only choice.
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      350 2 WE'VE 'A □p^ Nur Ateeqah binte Mazlan s n^" e Student Because of her dark and dull skin, Nur was once a wallflower. She's tried many products but nothing worked. "After Gamier Light cream, my skin looks fairer! Now, I get noticed by everyone!" For added radiance? "Gamier Light Eye
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    Sezairi got 61% of votes
    119 3 IT IS official Singapore Idol winner Sezairi Sezali (picture) received 61 per cent of the total votes cast in the recently concluded season of the popular singing contest. The 22-year-old had clinched the crown against hot favourite Sylvia Ratonel, who made history as the first
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    Lock icon Gateway to a smoother entry
    705 3  -  GETTING TO SENTOSA LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Water taxis to Sentosa. The return of ferry services. The first public bus services allowed on the island. Every transport option is being explored to cater to a leisure destination whose crown jewel will be opening soon
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    Lock icon The terrorist who wasn’t
    447 3 AP DUBLIN A failed airport security test in Slovakia ended up with a passenger unwittingly carrying hidden explosive in his backpack on a flight to the Irish city a mistake that enraged the Irish authorities and shocked aviation experts worldwide. The incredible chain of events included
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      Romania ready to cooperate fully
      263 5 SINGAPORE The case of a hit-and-run accident involving an embassy car which left one man dead last month was the focus of a meeting between Romanian Ambassador to Singapore, Mr Aurelian Neagu, and senior officials from the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Yemen: Bomber met radical Muslim cleric
      284 5 CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK AGENCIES SANAA A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas Day did meet a radical Muslim cleric linked to Al Qaeda, Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister confirmed yesterday. The latest details of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s links to
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      Police chief warns against protests
      489 7 'ALLAH' CONTROVERSY KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s police chief yesterday warned groups planning to stage protest rallies over the “Allah” issue to cancel their plans or face action. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan’s warning came even as Prime Minister Najib Razak said that Muslim groups are
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      THINKING OUT OF THE LETTERBOX
      638 9  -  POINT OF VIEW ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg TO SOME in the marketing industry, any publicity good or bad is still publicity. It’s an adage the brains behind the botched SingPost “Express Yourself” campaign may want to seek some comfort in following the public furore over the
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      Lock icon A boost for the spa industry
      323 9 ALICIA WONG SINGAPORE Efforts to boost the spa industry tainted by two abrupt closures late last year are gathering pace. The Spa Association Singapore (SAS) is becoming more pro-active in helping its members, and is also offering consumers more safeguards. Executive committee member Wee
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      CULINARY CHALLENGE
      94 11  -  KOH Mui FOnG Here’s food for thought: an army of 2,700 workers will operate at resorts World Sentosa (rWS) when it opens, to ensure that guests don’t go hungry. Vicepresident of culinary operations at rWS John Sloane said that, on a daily basis, the integrated resort ‘will move
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      Will service improve?
      344 11  -  JETSTAR-AIRASIA ALLIANCE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —JetStar and AirAsia have called their alliance a “world first” that will eventually bring about lower fares but will it address the biggest grouse that passengers have about budget carriers in general service standards? One complaint that can be mitigated
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      Lock icon Sunk tugboat: Two more bodies recovered
      156 11 IMELDASAAD SINGAPORE Two more bodies have been recovered from the waters off Pedra Branca after a Singapore-registered tugboat sank early on Wednesday morning. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the bodies were recovered at about 5.30pm yesterday. This brings the death
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      Untimely death of a CEO
      551 13  -  LIPOSUCTION IN SINGAPORE Clinic ordered to stop liposuction procedures NEO CHAI CHIN AND ALICIA WONG chaichin@mediacorp.com,sg SINGAPORE The Orchard Road clinic that performed liposuction on Mr Franklin Heng, the late chief executive of property management firm YTL Pacific Star, has been ordered to stop all
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      REMEMBERING FRANKLIN HENG
      201 13 Mr Franklin Heng died on Dec 30 after he underwent liposuction. His case has been referred to the coroner, and the Health Ministry is also conducting investigations. The chief executive ofYTL Pacific Star Reit Management, Mr Heng, 44, is credited with the growth of the company’s Reit
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      Lock icon French company launches scales that tweet your weight
      201 15 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Twitter users can share their weight-loss battle on the microblogging site after a French company created a set of bathroom scales that send a tweet every time a person steps on the scales. The Wi-Fi Body Scales automatically
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      Lock icon OPENING MINDS TO JOURNALISM
      76 15 some 150 students attended an Open House organised by ngee ann polytechnic’s school of Film and media studies yesterday. present at the Open House were mediaCorp journalists ansley ng of today, steven Chia and Zhang tingjun of Channel newsasia, as well as lin Jiamei and pamela
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      Lock icon Mobile phones, medical tools?
      284 15 study On alZHeimer’s AFP WASHINGTON Long suspected of causing brain tumours, mobile phones are now being eyed as key allies in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, United States researchers said on Wednesday in a study. Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) found, to their
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      Lock icon Freelance consultant successfully sues employer for wrongful termination
      288 17 TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE Following a three-year trial, a freelance insurance consultant has successfully sued his former employers ARF Singapore for wrongfully dismissing him and for not paying him part of his salary and commission that he was entitled to for deals he
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      Why man was shot: Officer
      506 17  -  in CourT Staff sergeant gives blow-by-blow account of incident TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE—When he was dispatched to hunt down a murder suspect who allegedly stabbed someone minutes earlier, the plan, in Staff Sergeant Azli Othman’s mind, was to calmly apprehend the man. But he
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      Lock icon Tigers get stamp of approval for new year
      136 19 SINGAPORE Usher in Chinese New Year with SingPost’s Tiger stamps in 1st local, 65-cent and $1.10 denominations. For stamp enthusiasts, there is a special Collector’s Sheet for sale at $16.80. There is also a limited edition Zodiac Tiger Gift Set consisting of
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      TRAPPED ...
      72 19 TRAPPED This car rammed into a tree along Holland road at 1.12am yesterday near a bus stop before the Botanic Gardens. according to the Singapore Civil defence Force, the car had skidded. SCdF officers used a hydraulic ram and a cutter to free the driver a woman in her early
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      Lock icon Poly students turn inventors
      215 19 Move over, ediSon! They come up with devices to make life easier and safer SINGAPORE Some Singapore Polytechnic students have come up with inventions that can make life easier and safer for consumers. In their dishwashing machine, ultrasonic micro-bub-bles reach the smallest crevice in utensils to
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      160 5 Set the ta a roaring Set your Chinese New Year to a roaring start with many These affordable yet surely presentable tableware will or visit www.IKEA.com.sg for more Chinese New Year *49 /set FARGRIK 18-piece service Stoneware. Plate 27cm, side plate 21cm and bowl 016cm. 6 of each. White. KALAS
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      188 7 ble for reunion ideas and inspirations from IKEA which you can serve up at your reunion dinner, attract prosperity even from a mile away. So come over today to the IKEA stores ideas and inspiration. VANLIG series Clear glass, Jug $2.90 H19cm. Glass $6.90/6-pk H12cm. /6 P *-.•*81 v 1
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      247 9 Singapore MediaCorp Artiste, Joanne Peh Preferred Card: CI C/ P Cltl Cltl V V/SA V/SA VISA VISA JETSTAR'S FRIDAY FARE FRENZY EXCLUSIVE DEAL FOR CITIBANK CARD HOLDERS/JETMAIL SUBSCRIBERS! FLY JETSTAR TO PHUKET FROM 4 OTHER DESTINATIONS Starting from this Friday, Jetstar offers Citibank card holders/Jetmail subscribers advance booking from 11am
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      221 10 4JWS Waterfront k ey U. 't er i r w !lu '0 T „.M uUks I: !f r :®!gS ffi i-^.r iSUl „< fgjgfi 5 aWMtgijjl m iirSfiJ^ uSoaB! PgSE |§3 BP-Ssi iiir! IP' 1 llflr »iH!!!1ii "■■■IK SR iffjii'llS!! aiiiii n JSm m <; v.. ;v Sv' I T\
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      290 11 GEAR UP FOR SPORTING ACTION WITHTIMEX Indiglo of trademark registered a is INDIGLO countries. other Corporation. and U.S. Triathlon the in Inc. World T5K279 T5K278 USA, Group of trademarks Timex of registered trademarks are MEN’S $45 registered M-DOT and are IRONMAN TRIATHLON countries. and TIMEX other Inc. and USA, U.S.
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      98 12 CITIGEMS THE BRILLIANT SOLITAIRE SALE let above D-G From $6,898 INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED DIAMONDS GIA HRD IGI WISMA ATRIA B1 PLAZA SINGAPURA CITYLINK MALL BUGIS JUNCTION VIVOCITY B2 CAUSEWAY POINT TAMPINES MALL VELOCITY JUNCTION 8 L2 JURONG POINT JP2 WEST MALL BUKIT PANJANG PLAZA LOT ONE COMPASS POINT PARKWAY PARADE IMM
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      139 14 Fu)sella THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF LOVE 5-' Inspired by the emblem of a rose and crafted to true perfection, the brilliant 89 facated diamond is the ultimate symbol of love. Exclusive to Rosella®, come savour the full Roseate splendour via the Top and Bottom view under the Rosella® scope Top
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      240 15 TODAY is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Colour Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality and this color patch is part of the entry requirements 'Thinking rf0] Electrolux h I j VIM 90 YEARS J OF INNOVATION DESIGN AMAZING GIVEAWAYS! Promotion Valid From Now Till February 28, 2010 GET
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      40 16 iPhone 3G The fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. w m m m V Trim a> >■?- Cancel I V Q Now on the smartest, most friendly mobile network ever The Perfect Match. Join the smarter network for smart smartphone users SbarHub
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      266 18 w <;X m •m* fflSMSSP^ I You can StarHub -■S^ssg^iSiaesi National Museum of Singapore QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY THE WORLD OF ANCIENT EGYPT Tues 22 Dec 2009 Sun 4 Apr 2010 To ancient Egyptians, life is transient and death is just a passage to an eternal afterlife. The 'Quest for Immortality
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      434 19 'VS~' >s ✓V3 7Keya 0 ?oxtu*te Jtacktf Uttuu1 January 13 February 2010 Every $80 spent entitles you to 1 lucky draw coupon and a chance to WIN attractive jewellery vouchers. m Grand Prize $3,888 worth of jewellery vouchers 2nd Prize 3rd Prize 5 Special Prizes $1,888 worth of jewellery vouchers
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      1081 20 SINGAPORE ♦OUTH AWARD THE HIGHEST YOUTH ACCOLADE IN SINGAPORE We profile Dr Tong Joo Chuan, recipient of the Singapore Youth Award 2009 in the Science and Technology category. Advertorial f The Singapore Youth Award (SYA) aims to recognise, commend and encourage contributions made by youths in Singapore to the progress
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      Lock icon FREAK ACCIDENT
      74 21 a 14-month-old boy in China is recovering after doctors removed a chopstick from his brain that accidentally poked up through his nose. The boy, Li Jingchao, from Shandong, was playing with chopsticks when he fell and the chopstick got lodged in his nose and brain. neurosurgeons had feared
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      Lock icon Bombs greet Thai PM in south
      202 21 AFP YALA Suspected separatist militants detonated two bombs in Thailand’s troubled south yesterday, killing one person, as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the Muslim-majority region. The first blast was just 100m from where Mr Abhisit was later due to open a road in the
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      Lock icon New Finance Minister spooks forex market
      452 21 Japan pOLiTiCS AFP TOKYO Japan’s new Finance Minister rattled financial markets yesterday with a call for a weaker yen, sending the currency sharply lower on speculation that he might order official intervention. Mr Naoto Kan (picture), a former Health Minister with little experience in
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      Lock icon China tainted milk problem kept secret
      251 21 AGENCIES BEIJING The Chinese authorities kept food safety concerns about a Shanghai dairy a secret for nearly a year before announcing last week that the company had been shut for producing tainted milk, an official said yesterday. Food safety authorities in Shanghai found contamination
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      Lock icon KFC chickens out over ‘racist’ cricket advertisement
      185 23 AFP SYDNEY United States fast-food giant KFC said yesterday it would remove a cricket-themed TV advertisement in Australia, after furious online debate that it was racist. The ad, which features a white Australian cricket fan appeasing West Indies supporters with fried chicken, sparked
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      Lock icon Farewell to arms
      316 23 nepalese civil war Thousands of former child soldiers leave un camps and return to civilian life AFP SINDHULI Thousands of former child soldiers who fought for the Maoists in Nepal’s decade-long civil war yesterday began leaving the United Nations-monitored camps where they have spent the past three
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        Lock icon CHINA COULD EVICT SPITTING TENANTS
        65 23 AFP Residents in state-subsidised housing in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou could be penalised 3 points for offences such as spitting, parking illegally and urinating in public, under a draft proposal unveiled this week. More serious offences would carry higher penalties. Residents who accumulate
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        Lock icon FOOT-AND-MOUTH OUTBREAK IN S KOREA
        57 23 AP South Korea reported its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in eight years, an official said yesterday. Quarantine workers will slaughter 1,500 pigs, 346 dairy cows and several dozens of deer and goats within a 500-m radius of the site of the outbreak to stem
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      Lock icon More return to the fight after Guantanamo: Pentagon
      195 25 AFP WASHINGTON An increasing number of former detainees from the United States prison in Guantanamo have forged links to militant groups after their release, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The precise number remained classified but was in keeping with a previous Defence
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda chief praises bombing
      334 25 attack on cia oFFicials AFP KABUL Al Qaeda has hailed the suicide bombing that killed seven Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials in Afghanistan as “revenge” for the deaths of top militants in United States drone strikes in Pakistan, Islamist websites said yesterday. A Jordanian doctor
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      Lock icon What happened to global warming?
      413 28 cliMate change scientists explain why the cold snap does not disprove global warming AP LONDON Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and the most snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the
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      Lock icon MARRIED BUT LOOKING FOR WARMTH AMID THE COLD, LONELY DAYS
      200 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Thousands of married men and women around Britain are turning to adultery to relieve the boredom of being snowed in. Spouses forced to work from home in swathes of the country where snow has brought transport to
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      Lock icon Canadian police hunt for ‘Chinese Warren Buffett’
      226 29 AFP MONTREAL Toronto police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a man of Chinese origin who is accused of swindling millions of dollars from investors in a multi-national pyramid scheme. Weizhen Tang (picture), 51, the self-portrayed “Chinese Warren Buffett”, is accused of
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      Lock icon Seven killed at church
      321 29 attack in egypt AP CAIRO Three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of churchgoers in southern Egypt as they left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas, killing at least seven people in a drive-by shooting, the church bishop and security officials said.
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        Lock icon N IRELAND LEADER’S WIFE ‘ATTEMPTED SUICIDE’
        107 31 AFP Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson has admitted, in an emotional confession on television, that his wife tried to commit suicide after she had an affair. Fighting back tears, Mr Robinson revealed he discovered that his wife and fellow lawmaker Iris Robinson had
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        Lock icon SWEDE BEHIND THEFT OF AUSCHWITZ SIGN
        98 31 AP A Polish prosecutor says that a Swedish citizen ordered the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the Auschwitz memorial last month. Krakow prosecutor ArturWrona said on Wednesday that it is likely that a Swedish man visited the site with two Poles
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      Lock icon ‘Amateurish’ coup fails
      491 31 uk poliTics THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced fresh demands for an imme~ diate general election yesterday after he survived a backbench coup but received only lukewarm support from Cabinet ministers. In a surprise move on Wednesday, former Cabinet ministers Patricia
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      227 33 AGENCIES WASHINGTON President Barack Obama and the First Lady have a common beef today both have showed up in prominent advertisements without their permission. Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) is using Mrs Michelle Obama’s image to spread its anti-fur message,
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      Lock icon Democrats in danger?
      324 33 untimely retirements AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies were off to a rocky electionyear start on Wednesday, with high-profile retirements endangering their fragile Senate majority and his agenda. Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced he would not seek re-election
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      441 35 Game oF seduction 42-year-old mum accused of soliciting teen online AP HOUSTON A Houston mother remained jailed on Wednesday after the authorities said she flew to Canada and lured a 16-year-old boy, whom she allegedly had an online sexual relationship with for more than a
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        Lock icon FUNERAL HOME SUED AFTER BRAIN SENT TO FAMILY WITH PERSONAL EFFECTS
        127 35 AGENCIES A family in New ~exico is suing a funeral home, claiming their mother’s brain was sent home in a bag of personal effects given to them after her death, The Albuquerque Journal reported. The lawsuit filed on behalf
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        93 35 AFP Angry with his strict mother, a Texas teenager hired a school friend to kill her, Houston police said on Wednesday. Tabassum Khan, 43, was found at her home with multiple stab wounds on Nov 25. Police said her son, ~anish~oa~~am~inhas, 17, had
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        112 35 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Police are looking for two American girls, believed to be aged 12 and 14, for their involvement in a bank robbery. The two walked into a branch of 1st National Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio, and handed a note
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      356 22 Canon Delighting You Always Celebrate your favourite moments with amazing print quality this season. Discover Canon's full range of exciting products and promotions when you visit www.canon.com.sg or your nearest authorized Canon dealers today! fi PIXMA $149 MP258 (Print/Scan/Copy) ISO Standard Print Speed: 7.0/4.8 ipm (BW/Col] Auto Scan Mode Self-Opening
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      71 23 Registered with Ministry of Education, Singapore Your Pathway to Educational Success GCE ‘O’ ‘A’ Level Preparatory Programmes Day Evening Classes Enrolment is ongoing for classes starting in 2010 Dedicated, qualified and experienced teachers Full-fledged campus with science laboratories, library and sports facilities Conducive and caring learning environment Contact us today!
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      606 25 A D E LTA% ENJOY NEW YEAR SPECIALS TO JAPAN AND NORTH AMERICA FROM Ready to celebrate the new year with a holiday to your favorite city in Japan, U.S. or Canada? Then take advantage of these special fares from Delta Air Lines? Depart Singapore from January 13 through March
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      168 25 KitchenLanguage Kitchen Language, the food and beverage arm of Far East Organization, was formed in 2008 to bring the best food concepts and brands to our local shores. The latest additions to the family comprise a Japanese restaurant, an Argentine restaurant and an Italian restaurant. Committed to maintaining the quality
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      186 28 IV DON'T MISS THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION. The symptoms of depression are not always obvious. The loss of interest in a hobby or pastime, for example, can be easily ignored or mistaken for normal changes in the elderly. If depression is left untreated, it can lead to serious consequences like
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      105 30 ®TOYOTA The best ever Chinese New Year offer from Singapore's No.1 brand. $6,000 discount on The world's best-selling car. Corolla Altis LX $62,988 r,* Best-selling Compact 1,5L Sedan $5,000 discount Best-selling Executive Sedan $5,000 discount Best-selling MPV $3 P 000 discount 9 m I m Vios1.5JAuto $52,4-88 Camry 2.0 $93,4-88
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      347 37  -  overseas sINGaPoreaNs LeTTer FroM sIM aNN Director, Overseas Singaporean Unit I REFER to “The Overseas ‘New Opposition’” (Jan 5). Mr Wilson Ang suggested that the Government has not given attention to the engagement of overseas Singaporeans. This is not so. The Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU)
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      211 41  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON STRONG-WILLED CHILDREN How do you discipline and train a strongwilled child without damaging and destroying the spontaneity inside? To answer it, you really have to come to an understanding of the difference between breaking the spirit and shaping the will of the
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      180 41  -  Letter from Theresa Tan Leng Leng I REFER to “My son deserves a second chance” (Jan 6) and “Blame the ‘slacking’, not the system” (Jan 7). One can detect the lack of compassion and the arrogance (or competitiveness) of the younger generation in
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      324 41  -  EduCaTiOn diLEMMa Letter from Hock Lin Frances Ong I REFER to “My son deserves a second chance” (Jan 6). My two children were home schooled up to their O-levels. They did well enough to qualify for a polytechnic. In 2008, while my son was
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      1095 45 INVICTUS To honour nelson Mandela, Morgan Freeman held his hand for years while Matt damon grew an extra six inches INVICTUS in Latin means invincible, unconquerable, undefeated. It is also the title of a 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley, the very poem which inspired post-apart-heid South
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      498 49  -  THE FOURTH KIND Milla Jovovich swaps zombies for aliens GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg FOR a girl whose movie career has been built around aliens, zombies, vampires and various other extra-terrestrial folk, Ukraine-born Milla Jovovich is surprisingly not a believer. “Do I believe that aliens came
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      154 51 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHARON Stone has described Hollywood legend Meryl Streep (picture) as looking “like an unmade bed”. In what could be mistaken for a backhanded compliment, the Basic Instinct star has said that women can relate to Streep because she looks
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      618 51  -  ThEaTrE SpECTaClE The first Bollywood musical is authentic right down to the moustaches MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com. sg IN THE theatre spectacle The Merchants Of Bollywood, Carol Furtado plays a woman who aspires to reach her dreams of hitting the jackpot in the world’s biggest film industry. Oddly enough,
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      404 53 PEOPLE’S CHOiCE aWardS Twilight wins big, while Johnny depp goes home as movie actor of the decade AP THE Twilight saga, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries all sucked up trophies Wednesday at the 36th annual People’s Choice Awards. Twilight won four trophies, including favourite movie,
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      226 55 celeBrity Meltdown THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MARIAH Carey delivered a bizarre and rambling acceptance speech as she received an award for her role in Precious at a film festival in California. The 39-year-old singer had spent the evening enjoying the hospitality on offer at the Palm Springs International
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      707 59  -  after a stunning win in Brazil and big splash down under, world champ gets the nod LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE I wonder if it is tough being Elizabeth Yin. She’s 18, awaiting her A-level results right now, although everyone who knows her expects her
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      98 59 Elizabeth Yin is on the threshold of sailing greatness, having won three world titles so far in her fledging career. And she did that while being a full-time student! She’s really put Singapore on the sailing map. reader henry Lim I would like to vote for Quah
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      729 60  -  singaPOre sPOrTs Momentum builds for his bid to be athletics chief TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE If Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) president Loh Lin Kok dominated headlines in sport towards the end of 2009, then the new year has kicked off with the name Cheah
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      317 60 AGENCIES LONDON Patrick Vieira was due to undergo a medical examination at Manchester City yesterday before completing his move from Inter Milan, in a bid to improve his World Cup chances. The 33-year-old had made just 16 appearances in all competitions for Inter
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      598 62  -  aSian Cup QuaLiFier Singapore Lions’ midfield inspiration in pain after costly error in qualifier against iran SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standing alone with his head in his hands at the top of the Singapore penalty box on Wednesday night, Mustafic Fahrudin’s (picture) anguish was clear for
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      404 62 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE—Their name means “star” in French, and Etoile FC promise to bring that kind of quality to the local football scene if their bid to join the S-League this season is accepted. The 2010 S-League season is scheduled to kick-off
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      638 73  -  2010 InternatIonaL CeS ARIEL TAM IN LAS VEGAS online and technology editor ariel@mediacorp.com.sg LENOVO showed off a bucket load of shiny, happy computers at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Highlights include its first multi-touch AIO (all-in-one) desktop, a wallet-friendly ultraportable ThinkPad and a convertible multi-touch
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      141 73 ARIEL TAM Local tech firm Xmi launched its portable speaker-cum-music player, the X-mini Happy Capsule Speaker, at the CES in Las Vegas, touting it as the world’s smallest boombox. A petite 60×49.1mm and weighing 88g, the X-mini Happy plays MP3 and WMA formats, and features a
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      392 75 2010 inTernaTiOnal CeS LAS VEGAS Wireless game console controllers were state-of-the-art when they replaced their tethered brethren last decade. Next-generation user interfaces for consoles go one step further by sensing movement (think Nintendo Wii). Soon, high-precision motion-sensing gaming will be introduced on the personal
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      470 75 ARIELTAM LAS VEGAS 3D FEVER is sweeping the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and Samsung and Sony are just two of the many manufacturers that are hoping to strike gold with this added dimension. Content will make or
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      144 75 AP SEATTLE Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer (picture) has shown off a new touchscreen, tablet-style computer from HewlettPackard (HP), the first of several such devices expected to be unveiled this month. The tablet also known as a slate, a one-piece portable computer without a physical keyboard
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        65 64 26.5 cents Buy Phillip Securities upgrades from Hold and raises the price target to 34 cents from 18 cents, pegged at 7.5X FY10 P/E vs the previous valuation based on P/B basis. It expects the maker of rubber chemicals to benefit from China’s automobile boom, saying the company
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      516 64  -  mercuriAL ecOnOmY MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The cold snap in the United States and the rest of the northern hemisphere may have put pressure on some of the world’s biggest economies. Yet, industry experts believe that this phenomenon is unlikely to
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