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  • 811 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN AND ZUL OTHMAN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the spectre of a property bubble looming after demand for private housing spiked sharply in January this year following sharp price increases in the second half of last year the Government moved swiftly on Friday to cool
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    • 18 3 THE TRuTH ABouT MoSSAD How did Israel’s intelligence agency squander its reputation for ruthless brilliance? Pages 2 3
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    • 40 3 Tiger talks HEADS BACk To THERAPy, BuT MAy RETuRN To GoLF THIS yEAR 4 ‘A chance to repent’ THE WoMEN CANED IN MALAySIA FoR ILLICIT SEx SPEAk ouT 10 Just plane angry MAN FLIES AIRCRAFT INTo BuILDING IN TExAS 16
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  • THE BIG STORY
    • 1993 5  -  the recent assassination in dubai may prove the most damaging yet in the Mossad’s history of high-profile, bungled operations. How did it squander its reputation for ruthless brilliance? IAN BLACK THE GUARDIAN Last November, a sharp-eyed Israeli woman named Niva Ben-Harush was alarmed to notice
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    • 563 6 MOSSADEven economists: Singapore’s growth can be higher than revised Govt forecast MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Even as the Government announced a higher revised growth forecast of between 4.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent for Singapore this year economists in the private sector are already predicting an
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 82 6 Finance Minister to deliver speech on Monday Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will deliver the Budget Statement in parliament on Monday at 3.30pm. This will be broadcast “live” over Channel newsasia, with Chinese translation on dual sound mode, and over the radio on 938Live. a “live’’ webcast will also
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      • 128 6 MPs to discuss eSC report, housing, romanian hit-and-run case During question time ahead of the release of the Budget Statement on Monday, Members of parliament (Mps) will seek clarification on the impact of the recentlyreleased Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) report. Mp for West Coast GRC Ho Geok Choo
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  • NEWS
    • 519 8 AGENCIES PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) Tiger Woods has apologised for his extramarital affairs and said he is unsure when he will return to competitive golf. “I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did was not acceptable,” said Woods, looking composed and
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    • 462 8 AGENCIES BEIJING China protested President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama in strong terms on Friday, saying it “seriously harms” bilateral relations and demanding the United States take steps to improve ties. Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai summoned US Ambassador Jon Huntsman to
      AGENCIES  -  462 words
    • 532 11  -  ALICIA WONG SINGAPORE Even as high earners saw one of the largest drops in average monthly household income from work last year, it was still the lowest income group that was the worst hit by the economic downturn. The bottom 10 per cent of employed households
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 11 Left: Prime Minister and Mrs Lee Hsien Loong launched Chingay 2010 on the Flying Horse Float during a parade preview at the F1 Pit building on Friday. this year, more than 7,000 performers belonging to groups from Singapore, bhutan, China, Indonesia, Japan, taiwan and thailand performed at the
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    • 353 11 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Shares of Genting Singapore, owner of Singapore’s first casino, fell for a fourth day amid concerns the venture may draw fewer visitors than forecast. The stock lost 1.1 per cent to 94 cents at the close on Friday, down 11 per cent
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    • 160 11 resorts World Sentosa (rWS) and tiger airways have joined hands to launch a chartered aircraft dedicated to flying overseas guests to the integrated resort. the yet-to-be named private flight service will transport rWS’ guests between Singapore and other cities around the region. the chartered aircraft which
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    • 346 13  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE She was only 12 when he started making sexual advances towards her. And for the next three years, the young girl lived in fear at what her eldest brother would do to her next. He was five years older than her
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    • 321 13  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE A polytechnic student, who pleaded guilty to two charges of making bomb hoax calls, escaped a jail term in the Subordinate Courts on Friday. Wong Shan Shan, 22, called the police anonymously on two occasions last August and said there were bombs
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    • 192 13  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE Seven men who made their living operating illegal gambling stalls in the back lanes of Geylang pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in the High Court on Friday. The seven, aged between 17 and 30, were originally charged with Mr Seah Boon Lye’s
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  • WORLD
    • 440 15 the three M’sian women caned for illicit sex agree with the punishment AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Three Muslim women who were the first in Malaysia to be caned for illicit sex said they felt the penalty was an opportunity for them to repent and Deputy Prime
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    • 259 15 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, AFP TEL AVIV Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is facing accusations of collusion with Israel after two former members of his Fatah faction were linked to the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month. The two men, who are both
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    • 148 17 THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO A series of online attacks on Google and other United States corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say investigators. They also said the
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    • 379 17 AFP SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd bluntly told Japan on Friday to stop hunting whales or face international court action this year, just a day before a visit by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada. Mr Rudd said Australia had collected video and photographic evidence
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    • 157 17 AP PHILADELPHIA A suburban school district in the United States used school-issued laptop webcams to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in a federal lawsuit. School officials can activate the webcams without
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    • 379 19 AFP PARIS An Al Qaeda cyber-offensive is a real and growing threat, even though Osama bin Laden’s shadowy group has yet to show a true capability, experts said. “A co-ordinated cyber-attack made in Al Qaeda? This has not happened yet, but it
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    • 264 19 AFP AFP MANILA A Filipino member of an Al Qaeda-linked group wanted for the kidnapping and murder of American tourists has been arrested in Manila after nine years on the run, the authorities said on Friday. Jumadil Arad was arrested on
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    • 231 21 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING A 15-year-old British girl has been killed in a freak accident in Hong Kong after her scarf got caught in the wheels of a go-kart, strangling her to death. Amy Rose Coxall, an international school student in Hong Kong,
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    • 388 21 AP AUSTIN (Texas) A software engineer furious with the United States tax agency launched a suicide attack on it on Thursday, by crashing his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees. Emergency crews recovered two bodies from
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 118 21 unIted StateS 1 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A leading marine biologist has said the great white sharks are now even more endangered than tigers. Dr Ronald O’Dor, senior scientist at the Census of Marine life, said that a new study by Stanford
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      • 100 21 SOUTH KOREA AFP Seoul has called for a thorough investigation after a South Korean exchange student was killed in a suspected racist attack in Russia. The 22-year-old student, identified only as Kang, died in hospital on Thursday after he was attacked by a group of
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      • 95 21 3 IRAN AFP Iran’s navy has launched its first domesticallymade destroyer in a ceremony attended by the supreme leader and the commander-in-chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The vessel is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare capabilities, Iranian media reported. With a top speed of up to 30
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      • 106 21 4 NORTH KOREA AFP North Korea, under international pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks, vowed on Friday neverto give up its atomic arsenal merely in return for economic aid. The state’s official news agency instead demanded an end to
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      • 96 21 brItaIn 5 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AmemberoftheSaudiArabian Royal Family has been charged with murdering his aide at the five-star Landmark hotel in London. Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 33, is accused of killing Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz earlier this week. He is also
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    • 185 20 This year catch Chingay Parade live 1 streaming on 20 th Feb, Sat 8pm. with a choice of up to six different camera views that you can access at a click. Chat with your friends online during the live' webcast. > LJ chin^ayl M I H a to ASIA'S GRANDEST
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  • BUSINESS
    • 421 25  -  growth driven by improving climate for insurance, as well as tight risk and cost management DESMOND WONG desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the economy recovered over 2009, so too did the fortunes of Singapore’s OCBC Bank as it reported a 12-per-cent increase in its full-year net profit
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    • 180 25 From left: mr mohammed Hussein, director, CapitaCommercial trust management Limited; mr ong ye kung, assistant secretary-general, ntuC; mr simon Cheong, redas president, dr Loo Choon yong, director, Capitamalls asia Limited; mr Lim Chin beng, director, CapitaLand Limited; mr Liew mun Leong, president and Ceo, CapitaLand
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    • 338 25 SINGAPORE Trade agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore has raised its projections for this year in line with the brightening economic outlook for the year. IE said that total trade is expected to increase between 9 per cent and 11 per cent, up from
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 140 25 mainboard-listed thakral Corporation moved back to the black as it posted a net profit of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter. this reverses a $11.2 million loss incurred in the previous year. the firm said the improved performance was due to higher sales and improved
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      • 126 25 Genting Singapore has widened its net loss for the full year of 2009 to $277 million. this was higher than the $124 million loss incurred in 2008. the group’s full year revenue also fell 22 per cent to $491 million mainly due to lower revenue from
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    • 640 27 boJ governor urges Japan Pm to contain world’s largest debt BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan’s central bank chief escalated pressure on Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to contain the world’s largest debt with a warning that investor “trust” will not be assured in
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    • 495 27 BLOOMBERG TOKYO The Federal Reserve’s move to raise its discount rate may prove a plus for Asian countries by helping address global inflation, according Mr Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank. “The effect on the Asian economies in a way
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    • 245 27 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE China is still bound for an asset bubble after policy-makers ordered banks last week to set aside more deposits as reserves for a second time in a month, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets said. Investors are increasingly discounting the risks of tightening in
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    • 57 26 SINGAPORE BUDGET 2010 Raising productivity...Enhancing innovation... Boosting research development... How will the transformation of the Singapore economy affect you? Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates. The most complete news coverage in Singapore. On Air, Online, On Print, OnDemand and On-The-Go /AEDIACORP A CHANNEL NEWSASIA LIVE C R
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  • PROPERTY
    • 660 29  -  COLIN TAN The writer is director, Head Research and Consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. analysis WHEN the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced robust developers’ sales of 1,476 units for January 2010 on Wednesday, it reaffirms in no uncertain terms that the private property market is awashed
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    • 110 29 Property developer MCL Land is expected to launch its residential project, The Estuary, this month. It is located at Yishun Avenue 1 and Avenue 2 and is near Khatib MRT Station and Chung Cheng High School. The 99-year lease condominium, which overlooks the lower Seletar reservoir, will
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  • SPORTS
    • 706 31 Vidic may play, but there is little doubt rooney will be the focus on Merseyside AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Manchester United were handed a boost ahead of their trip to Everton on Saturday, after defender Ne- manja Vidic claimed on Thursday that he intended to stay with the
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    • 460 31 AGENCIES LONDON Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira was handed a three-match ban on Friday for kicking Stoke midfielder Glenn Whelan in the groin. Vieira accepted a violent conduct charge and will now sit out Sunday’s huge Premiership clash with Liverpool. The France
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    • 570 32 the heat is on as Chelsea go on the road in a must-win game AFP WOLVERHAMPTON Everything’s not quite right at Stamford Bridge of late. There have been some indifferent performances on the field, the John Terry saga hit like a hurricane, and Ashley Cole
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    • 376 32  -  straigHt taLk STEVE MCMAHON sports@newstoday.com.sg PORTSMOUTH are waiting for news from Fifa to see if they can sell their players as they fight not to be wound up. West Ham co-owner David Gold is willing to loan the cash-strapped club money, Arsenal boss
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    • 614 33 Lysacek’s gamble pays off with gold, but Plushenko feels hard done by AP VANCOUVER Evan Lysacek won the Olympic gold. Evgeni Plushenko won the argument. The quad, the toughest jump there is in figure skating, is the way of the future. It has to be
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    • 479 33 AP VANCOUVER So far, so gold for the US Olympic team. It looks like American snowboarder Nate Holland wasn’t joking when he said US athletes planned to “rent” the medals podium at the Vancouver Games —a verbal shot at Canada’s multimillion-dollar “Own
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    • 699 34 Motorsports’ chief says he wants the sport to once again emphasise drivers’ skill SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE Barring injury or some other huge misfortune, Michael Schumacher will be flying past City Hall in a Mercedes GP car in the third Formula 1
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    • 220 34  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Back for the 2010 season, the MercedesBenz Tour tees off next month with a larger prize purse, and promises to deliver a bigger and better competition for golf fans around the region. A total of US$580,000 ($820,525) in prize money will
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    • 218 34 AFP MADRID Real Madrid want Inter Milan’s Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho to replace embattled Manuel Pellegrini next season, sports daily Marca reported on Friday. “Mourinho still has three years left with Inter but there is a clause in his contract which would allow him to leave
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    • 585 35  -  Satellite centres to be formed as nestle Milo boosts youth development LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Many in Singapore will remember the Milo Soccer Schools project, those in school in the ’70s and ’80s will remember fondly the drinks van serving the delicious cold chocolate
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    • 243 35  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE He donned the No 11 shirt for Singapore four times in the past, and three of those occasions came during the Republic’s first appearance in the third round of the Asian Zone Fifa World Cup qualifiers in 2008. But if he takes
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    • 434 35  -  LOW LIN FHOONG organisers of the standard chartered marathon singapore 2010 will proceed with the Dec 5 event, with or without the sanction from the singapore athletic association (saa). But Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for community Development, Youth and sports, hopes the national
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    • 693 36  -  but only with unselfish leaders and officials will our young athletes fulfil their dreams LEONARD THOMAS matters sports The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp. One by one they strode up on stage to collect their cheques from Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean,
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    • 365 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE It looked to have all the ingredients to serve up a tasty treat. Two teams with a long standing and bitter rivalry, both sworn to play pretty football, and a one-time hero returning to face his old side for the first
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  • Weekend VOICES
    • 659 38  -  If it can happen on CSI, it can happen to you. Mother knows best! PHIN WONG maladjusted phin@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the features editor at Today. I TOOK a trip to New York recently. But to my mother, I might as well have been swimming
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    • 758 39  -  increased productivity could help the industry achieve even RICHARD HARTUNG view of point voices@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. Which industry sector has grown the fastest two years in a row? While many might think no sector grew
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    • 779 40  -  the right of religious freedom and free speech is not a licence to offend others EUGENE KB TAN view of point voices@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is assistant professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. The year 2010 has gotten off to a fast
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    • 1597 41  - As China and the United States square off What will be the fallout and will asia be forced to choose between them? GLOBAL CITIZEN MARIA SIOW Tay Simon and Siow Maria mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the East Asia bureau chief at Today and Channel NewsAsia. SIMON TAY voices@mediacorp.com.sg The writer
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    • 61 38 Problem gambling hurts the whole family V 1 LM N@G NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING Know the line and take control Gambling is a social activity during the Lunar New Year but before it becomes a problem, know where to draw the line. Help is available. Call or log on
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    • 65 39 /AEDIACORP JJOLl V I_ PRESENTS MONEY TALKS INVESTMENT OUTLOOK 2010 Hear from economist Dr Tan Kee Wee who will share insights to the 2010 global economic climate and give advice on what we can do with our money. Saturday, 27 Feb 2010, 10am or 1pm Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City
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    • 61 46 LIVING February 20 21, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MICA (P) 231/10/2008 A PublICAtIon of FOOD If you can’t take the heat, stay out of my tweets. Chefs uncensored online. >> L2 STYLE Get framed: It’s time to go gaga over glasses. >> L6 CAR Nothing’s quite as cool
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  • LIVING
    • FOOD
      • 911 47 More disgruntled chefs are venting their potty-mouthed frustrations on the Internet THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW York City’s restaurant world has never been cuddly, but last week may have seen its first shouting match prompted by a Twitter post. During the recent snowstorm, the owner and
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      • 598 48  -  All the chocolate and oysters in the world wouldn’t have saved your Valentine’s Day if you didn’t already love him Bee Wilson food@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GinGer and cinnamon; oysters and salmon; carrots and figs; asparagus and avocados the list of foods that someone or
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    • DRINK
      • 861 49  -  This beer-mad country serves up unpreserved brew made before the sun rises, and guzzled before the sun sets Russ Juskalian food@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES The setting could have been any typical Central european beer garden. There were long rows of wooden tables stained in dark,
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      • 595 50  -  ‘Teenage’ Pinot Noirs from New Zealand are getting better with age Eric Asimov food@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES New ZealaNd Pinot Noirs improve every time I taste them. Should this be surprising? No and yes. Not surprising because every time I’ve talked to New
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      • 48 50 A wet glossary Vintage (noun) The term refers to the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product. a vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality.
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      • 482 51  -  Eyewear takes accessorising to another level myopia not required Lynette Koh lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg Sharon Friberg successfully underwent the vision-correcting procedure, Lasik, more than a year ago.Yet, she currently owns four pairs of spectacles. The glasses, which include specialised eyewear brands such as alain Mikli and Kirk originals, are
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        196 53  -  Wash that stress away Less less and lots LYNETTE KOH Less sleep, less sex, and lots more shopping.This is what happens to stressed women, according to a recent online survey of 1,800 singapore women by Johnson’s body care range, Melt Away stress. While “more shopping” sounds good,
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      • 478 53  -  Renowned jewellery brand Chaumet opens first store at Ion Orchard LYNETTE KOH These days, many jewellery houses boast a roster of celebrity clients. Few, however, can claim to have served the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, and Queen Victoria. This prestigious clientele embodies
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        334 55  -  The new Monticello concept store at odeon Towers offers a mix of colourful pickings for the house proud Grace Tay shop@mediacorp.com.sg FANS of contemporary European furnishings would be familiar with Ligne Roset’s stylish, modern furniture, lighting and soft furnishings.The French luxury furniture line is right at home
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      • 179 55 A glass and chrome moveable sculpture, the Ronald Schmitt RS 19 TV rackf ($10,~1~) for flat-screen TVs keeps ugly cables tucked away within the stand. It swivels 360 degrees about its base and is fully height-adjustable. Singaporean designers Jerry Low and Nathan Yong of Air Division had their
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      • 415 55 LYNETTE KOH FIFTEEN years ago, Henne Mercer and her husband, David, relocated from the United Kingdom to Singapore to start Toni&Guy Hairdressing in Singapore and Malaysia. Even though Henne, 45, now has her hands full as the company’s marketing director, the interior architect by training
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    • 745 56 AT HOME Great tips on how to live large in a small space THE GUARDIAN SMALL is beautiful. But as someone who lives in a flat that is routinely referred to by family and friends as a “doll’s house” because of its mini-scale, I know
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        723 57  -  Pilot a turbocharged Audi as fast as you dare on a frozen lake and crash with impunity ...then do it all over again Julian Low in Arjeplog, Sweden news@newstoday.com.sg It sounds like the stuff of Playstation reality, but the Audi Ice Experience is a very real and
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        121 57  -  Mazda adds to 5 and 6 DERRYN WONG Mazda recently announced new versions of its multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) Mazda 5 and big sedan/hatchback Mazda 6, which will debut officially at the Geneva Motor show next month. According to Mazda singapore, the facelifted Mazda 6, which sports flowing lines
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      • 442 59  -  BiKE REviEW BMW’s naked street bike, the K 1300 R, offers a lot more than its brawny 173bhp alone suggests JULIAN LOW Some people think of BmWs as the Volvos of the motorcycle world. They’re solid, safe and practical, and often chosen by well-heeled and sensible sorts. Not
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      • 298 59  -  caR REviEW Subaru’s Tribeca is a little late to the party and it shows, but the 3.6-litre boxer engine is a gem ANDY HUM Wait a minute, that’s not exactly a brand newTribeca, is it? No, it’s a face-lift with a new engine. The all-wheel drive, seven-seater
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      • 225 61  -  by Ms Lim Su Lin dietitian BrEakfaST Starchy food: 2 slices wholemeal bread or 1 bowl porridge or cooked oats or 1 bowl beehoon or 1 bowl noodles or 1 piece thosai or 3 idly or 2 chapatti drink: 1 cup of low fat milk or soy
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        288 67 1 Man and Woman, War and Peace The Edward Lam Dance Theatre delves into themes of gender roles and the love/hate relationship between the sexes.The opening production of Esplanade’s Huayi Festival is in Mandarin and Cantonese with English and Chinese surtitles. Date: Saturday Time: 2.30pm, 8pm Venue:
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      • 350 68 plus 5 more 6Chingay Parade The annual Chingay Parade is back with a bang. Don’t miss exciting highlights such as the spectacular 2,000-strong Samba parade and dazzling performances by Singapore Idol alumnus Taufik Batisah and Tabitha Nauser, both of whom will be singing atop colossal balloons. Date: Saturday Time: From
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    • 331 69 Au Jardin 8PM CITY ESCAPE Retreat from the city to cosy spots nestled in lush gardens. Famed for its balcony, where many proposals were made, Au Jardin marries romance with great cuisine at this restaurant in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Also found in the Gardens is Villa Halia.
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      • 660 71  -  Labels or Hello Kitty you’ll find them along this leafy avenue AMY VAN Tokyo’s Ginza and Roppongi Hills districts are renowned for their upscale stores. In the past couple of years, these stretches have been eclipsed by omotesando Boulevard, which has its own spectrum of swish stores.
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      • 823 74  -  Tourist draw Mont SaintMichel to find its footing at last as an official island Celine Tan traveller@mediacorp.com.sg Celine Tan traveller@mediacorp.com.sg From the foggy bus window, the unmistakable silhouette of a jagged pyramid came slowly into view a vision of ivory towers that protruded from a
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