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  • 47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF flA=D!ACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday December 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday December 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking DECEMBER 3, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 629 2  -  Enhancements to drainage, amenities to be carried out in older estates JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Another six private housing estates have been identified for upgrading under a Government-funded programme at a cost of $21 million. The major enhancement work to drainage and amenities
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  • 613 2  -  Prime Minister underlines how Singapore avoided a ‘massive welfare bureaucracy’ as Europe’s woes continue S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As another European nation plunged into fiscal crisis, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted yesterday that Judgment Day had arrived early brought forward by the recent
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    • 141 2 iTODAY on HTC Android phones For the latest news updates on the go. Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store. Friday December 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 2018 WORLD CUP: RUSSIA 2022 WORLD
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    • 314 7 Joy at home Put your to work. Cook up a storm and still keep your kitchen storage. Visit the IKEA K Tr.-r IT m BYGEL series Steel/plastic. 1. Dish drainer $10 L31xW29, Hllcm. Silver-colour. 2. Magnetic knife rack $5/ea L12cm. Assorted colours. 3. Container $l/ea L13xW12, H13cm. Assorted colours. 4.
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  • NEWS
    • 372 9  -  HOYEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The National Environment Agency (NEA) says that its investigations into the foul smell detected on Monday have been inconclusive. However, its findings show that the smell could be from the open burning of materials, or due to
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    • 303 9  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Labour chief Lim Swee Say hopes to see a continuous steady increase in the median wage for workers over the next 10 years. This is achievable by upgrading their skills and improving productivity and innovation capability,
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    • 250 10  -  ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE British author Alan Shadrake has decided to remain in Singapore while appealing against a jail sentence. According to his lawyer, Shadrake plans to sue the Government in the courts here and in Europe for malicious prosecution. Last week,
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    • 313 10 Potential manufacturing defect uncovered in Rolls-Royce engines AGENCIES SYDNEY Hours after Australian safety inspectors yesterday warned of a potential manufacturing defect in Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, which are used in the A380 aircraft, Qantas stepped up pressure on the engine maker by announcing it
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    • 163 10  -  WAYNE CHAN When asked if it would follow Qantas in taking steps to sue Rolls-Royce, Singapore Airlines (SIA) reiterated its first priority was to ensure the continued safe operation of its fleet of 11 A380 aircraft. Responding to reports that the Australian Transport
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    • 585 12  -  Details of mandatory limit are not finalised LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A national initiative to reduce Singaporeans’ intake of trans fat, which can cause heart disease and is commonly found in fast food, baked and fried items, has taken a backseat for now.
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    • 49 12 Chef William of So EZ Cooking Studio (second from right) helps out the children and elderly from Care Community Services Society in the cooking preparation at the My Favourite Cook-Out With Cold Storage event at Great World City Cold Storage yesterday. KOH MUI FONG KOH MUI FONG
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    • 495 14 NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE She was an elderly, disadvantaged diabetic patient whom the Residents’ Committee (RC) at Admiralty befriended after a Meet-the-People session last year. But when Madam Maria had one of her legs amputated in April, the RC members had to turn to a wider
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    • 419 14  -  New social networking site hopes to help neighbours reap ‘economic benefits’ together HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Buy rice in bulk at a discount, warn neighbours of suspicious strangers lurking around the block or get the latest news from your community centre. These are
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    • 337 16  -  Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Kassim, 28, was yesterday jailed for 42 months and ordered to be given 18 strokes of the cane for several offences, including being part of an unlawful assembly that attacked a 16-year-old boy. SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB
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    • 123 16 Penguins waddling in the hot tropical sun. Hard to believe? But that is what visitors to Jurong Bird Park will see this month. They can now catch sight of six species of penguins at the new $1.9 million Penguin Coast, including African penguins, one of the
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    • 174 16 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A part-time deliveryman, who fooled a debtor into believing that he was authorised to collect cash on behalf of a licensed money-lending firm, was jailed for six months yesterday. Mohammad Asri Rawi, 29, cheated Mr Hamzah Jaafar, 51, of $10,500. Asri had
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    • 141 18 MUSTAFA SHAFAWI SINGAPORE The police have arrested a 23-year-old man who is believed to have been involved in several cases of outrage of modesty in Ang Mo Kio. The police said they received reports of two such incidents last month at Nanyang
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    • 463 18  -  Plaintiff claimed that he had not authorised bank to close forex positions ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of a retired lawyer who sued a bank for supposedly reneging on an agreement regarding his foreign exchange account. In the
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    • 109 18 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A self-employed woman has been charged with seven counts of maid abuse. Wendy Seow Wei Leng, 31, allegedly hurt her mother’s maid, Aye Aye Kyu, 23, in a flat at Block 90, Bedok North Street 4, between March 29
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  • VOICES
    • 514 20  -  Heavy bags are cause for concern as they may affect children’s health later in life Letter from Ting HockWee I AM a parent who is concerned about the weight of the school bag carried by my son who is seven years old
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    • 176 22  -  Letter from Francis Zhan Chief Executive Association of Management Corporations in Singapore WE refer to the letter “OpenNet’s condo outreach” (Nov 24), in which Mr Tiong Oon Seng of OpenNet merely regurgitated their promotional activities without addressing the issue. The fact remains
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    • 314 22  -  Letter from Joseph Wong I READ with great interest reports of the higher bonuses that civil servants will be getting this year as a result of Singapore’s strong economic recovery. I am happy for my friends and relatives in the civil service sector.
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 775 24  -  Let’s also employ more technology, set up high-level task force to effect real improvement RICHARD HARTUNG The writer is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. Everything seems fine with the buses here, according to the Public Transport Council (PTC). SBS Transit
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    • 886 26  -  DAVID PILLING THE FINANCIALTIMES LIMITED You can imagine the scene in the Oval Office. “Mr President,” says Mr Kurt Campbell, United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia. “I thought you should see this dispatch from Kathleen Stephens you know, our ambassador
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    • 819 28  -  MARIA SLOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is Channel NewsAsia’s East Asia bureau chief and a visiting fellow with the EastWest Centre in Washington. Dear Comrade Kim Jong Il, In all my years as a top government leader, I have never met anyone quite like you.
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    • 783 30  -  RONOJOY The writer is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. This is turning out to be the season of scams in India. What began with allegations of corruption against the organisers
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    • 12 26 >> FROM ONE (FRUSTRATED) COMRADETO ANOTHER...22 >> S KOREAN SPIES DISMISSED INTEL ON ATTACKS
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  • WORLD
    • 289 32 10 suspects with links to terrorist groups nabbed AGENCIES BANGKOK Police have arrested seven people in Spain and three in Thailand in an international operation against a group suspected of forging passports for Al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups. The Thai and Spanish authorities said the group may
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    • 257 32 AGENCIES STOCKHOLM Sweden’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld a court order to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for questioning over allegations of rape and sexual molestation. The 39-year-old Australian, who denies the accusations made by two Swedish women after his visit to the
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    • 153 32 AGENCIES United States diplomats have reported startling suspicions that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could be “profiting personally and handsomely” from secret deals with Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin, according to cables released by WikiLeaks. The two men are known to be personally close but this is the
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    • 350 35 AP SEOUL South Korean lawmakers slammed the government yesterday over revelations the country’s spies failed to take seriously intelligence from August that indicated North Korea might attack a front-line island. South Korean spy chief Won Sei Hoon’s surprise acknowledgment on
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    • 229 35 AP INCHEON A South Korean fisherman whose neighbourhood in Yeonpyeong Island was swallowed by flames in last week’s North Korean shelling saw a TV image of the North’s leader, Mr Kim Jong Il, and cringed. “I want to kill him,” said Mr Kwak Yong Sun, who
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    • 167 35 REUTERS North Korea’s shrill state news agency, which outsiders have to rely on to try to understand what makes the reclusive country tick, never fails to surprise with snippets of information about “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il. Yesterday, for instance, the official
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    • 96 37 Some motorists in Malaysia are up in arms over a 50 per cent discount given to traffic offenders who settle their fines within two weeks. According to The Star newspaper, those who miss the two-week grace period but pay before the end of
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    • 113 37 Singapore and Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a Joint Hydrographic Survey in and around Pedra Branca and Middle Rocks. The MOU was signed at the latest meeting of the MalaysiaSingapore Joint Technical Committee tasked to implement the judgment of the
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    • 319 37 AGENCIES BERLIN Freezing temperatures and often blinding snowfall shuttered airports across Britain yesterday. It delayed flights across Europe and forced thousands of passengers in Germany to spend the night in trains. In Poland, the cold claimed 10 more lives, bringing the overall number of deaths
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    • 238 39 PHNOM PENH As a rapidly growing economic zone crucial for global trade, Asia cannot afford to fall prey to terrorism or extremism, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told a gathering of Asian political parties yesterday. He added that Asian
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    • 103 39 New Zealand held a national remembrance service yesterday for 29 coal miners killed in an explosion last month, with a line of 29 blackdraped tables each bearing a fallen miner’s helmet, lamp and name serving as the centrepiece. More than 10,000 mourners attended the
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    • 103 39 AP Indonesian police say they have foiled an attack on minority Christian worshippers in the Javanese province ofYogyakarta. Lieutenant-Colonel Irwan Ramaini said five homemade bombs were found in the mouth of a cave in Sleman district where hundreds of worshippers were due to gather
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    • 115 39 AP Iraq’s Interior Minister yesterday called for the death penalty for a group of 39 Al Qaedalinked suspects even before they have been put on trial for allegedly plotting to bomb targets in Baghdad. Showing off the handcuffed suspects at a news
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    • 169 41 WELLINGTON A New Zealand online magazine yesterday defended a breast cancer campaign encouraging women to post pictures of their breasts online, which has been fiercely criticised as a gimmick to drive traffic to the website. The campaign, launched with the slogan Get Our Tits Out For The
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    • 113 41 AP The Seattle police department said on Wednesday it will start tweeting information on stolen vehicles in an effort to curb rising auto theft rates. It will publish the colour, year, make, model, body style and licence plate numbers on a Twitter account
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    • 410 41 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Google announced on Wednesday that it has changed the way it ranks search results so that unscrupulous merchants would find it hard to appear prominently in searches. The change was prompted by an article in The New York Times
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    • 132 47 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Two Harvard University law students have sued the United States government over “nude body scanners” and “enhanced patdowns” at airports, claiming they violate constitutional rights. Mr Jeffrey Redfern, 27, and Mr Anant Pradhan, 23, said the security measures taken at air-
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    • 299 47 AGENCIES OKLAHOMA CITY Airport security agents got a surprise on Tuesday when a woman in a wheelchair approached a checkpoint in Oklahoma City and took off her trench coat although she was wearing only a black lace bra and panties. It was the
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    • 258 51 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that his country would deploy nuclear weapons and “strike forces” if it were shut out of a Western missile shield. In an interview with CNN, he said missile threats against Europe must
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    • 164 51 THE DAILY TELE GRAPH LONDON Egyptian officials yesterday hunted and caught a shark (picture) that is believed to have attacked four swimmers in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday night, the resort’s beaches were closed to tourists and most
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    • 143 53 REUTERS CANCUN The United Nations on Wednesday urged a global phaseout of old-style lightbulbs and a switch to low-energy lighting that it said would save billions of dollars and combat climate change. About 40 countries already have programmes to switch from incandescent lightbulbs,
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    • 105 53 Dozens of Venezuelans left homeless by torrential rains can remain at the Presidential Palace until the government finds them new homes, President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday as the death toll from flooding and mudslides reached 25. About 5,000 people have lost their homes, prompting Mr
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    • 367 53 AP CANCUN Even if we stopped spewing global warming gases today, the world would face a steady rise in food prices this century. But on our current emission path, climate change becomes the “threat multiplier” that could double grain prices by 2050, global
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    • 218 55 Discovery could suggest alien life exists on Earth THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has sent the Internet into a frenzy after it announced an “astrobiology finding” that could suggest alien life exists even on Earth. Researchers were expected
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    • 131 55 REUTERS Women living near major roads with heavy traffic are more likely to give birth prematurely, perhaps due to traffic-related air pollution, according to a Japanese study published in Epidemiology. The study looked at more than 14,000 babies born between 1997
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  • SPORTS
    • 643 57  - The heat is on Dominant Lions have themselves to blame for fumbling in front of goal SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 GROUP B Singapore 1 Philippines 1 SINGAPORE If there was relief when Singapore were drawn in Group B of the AFF Suzuki Cup alongside the Philippines, Myanmar
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    • 243 57  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE—There were many who thought Henrique Calisto and his Vietnam side were lucky to beat Singapore in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final in 2008, and there were even more who believed the Vietnamese would succumb to regional powerhouses Thailand in the
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    • 798 59 AGENCIES ZURICH Russia won the right to put on the 2018 World Cup and Qatar will stage the 2022 finals, both first-time hosts, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday. FIFA’s executive committee voted for the two winning bids after a fierce
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    • 417 61 Rioting fans hurt England’s 2018 World Cup AGENCIES LONDON England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup suffered a late blow when a Carling Cup quarter-final match between Birmingham City and Aston Villa was marred by hooliganism on the eve of the vote in Zurich. Fans
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    • 201 61 REUTERS HOUSTON The Houston Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 109-99 on Wednesday yesterday morning, Singapore time to hand the two-time defending champions their first four-game losing streak since the 2006-07 season. Kevin Martin had 22 points and the Rockets scored the last nine
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    • 244 61 AP ORLANDO (Florida) LPGA players have voted to let transgender players compete on tour in response to a lawsuit filed by a California woman who had her sex changed five years ago. The players voted to remove the “female at birth” requirement from the
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    • 498 63  -  Hadi set to become Singapore’s first professional mixed martial art fighter IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After two years of training and making the grade as an instructor in mixed martial arts (MMA), Hadi Omar has decided to turn professional, the first Singaporean
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  • PROPERTY
    • 1221 73  -  COMMENTARY JACQUELINE WONG property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of residential, Jones Lang LaSalle Singapore. She is supported by Tan Yali, senior analyst, research and consultancy. Despite the numerous Government policies to cool the property market in Singapore, the high-end residential segment has not been
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    • 837 74  -  COMMENTARY TAN KOK KEONG property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is head of research and consultancy at Orange Tee. Hot-money flows into Asia have hogged the headlines for much of the past month as the investment community acted in anticipation of the second round of quantitative easing
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    • 898 77  -  COMMENTARY ONG KAH SENG property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is Senior Manager, Research Asia Pacific at Cushman This year has been a rewarding year for the industrial property market. The overall momentum of the industrial property sector has been strong and more sustainable than that of the
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    • 675 79  -  COMMENTARY The Government’s recent measures are meant to cool the market, stabilise housing prices and ensure home ownership remains affordable for the CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The recent purchases by GuocoLand of a roughly 160,000 sq ft site at Peck Seah Street/ Choon
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    • 657 81  -  COMMENTARY The obvious policy response from the government would be to actively increase supply or try to instil greater competition in an oligopolistic CRAIG STEPHEN property@mediacorp.com.sg DOW JONES Hong Kong’s property market is facing fresh controversy in the aftermath of the government’s new stamp
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    • 469 83 Higher rates lead to this year’s biggest slowdown in refinancing and new home purchases BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The number of mortgage applications in the United States fell last week by the most this year as higher lending rates led to a slump in refinancing. The
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    • 619 83 THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO One day when Mr Theodore Jennings looked out from his ninth-floor penthouse at the sea of residential high-rises that fill his Shinjuku neighbourhood, he had a sudden realisation. There were hundreds of balconies, lined with laundry or rubbish bins, but
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    • 172 83 REUTERS BEIJING Residential property prices in China’s 100 key cities rose 0.8 per cent last month from a month earlier, according to the China Real Estate Index System (CREIS). Shenzhen stood out as the city with the highest average property price at 24,601
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    • 377 72 WATERFRONT GOLD GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES, GO FOR IT JE» ■A With 361 magnificent units, Waterfront Gold is an ingenious masterpiece located right by the mesmerising edge of Bedok Reservoir. It is the most ideal home for adventurous individuals, where passion co-exists with solace in full equilibrium. Waterfront Gold also highlights a
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  • MARKETBUZZ
    • 94 71 Museums aren’t boring, dusty places filled with relics from the past any more. This month, experience museums like never before with Explore Singapore! 2010. From now until Dec 12, check out the 30 events on offer at 15 museums islandwide. Illusionists J C Sum and “Magic Babe”
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    • 112 71 Oriental Hair Solutions by Jean Yip has named artiste Thomas Ong as its brand ambassador. A popular star and avid photographer, Thomas is well acquainted with the toll that stress and travel can take on the condition of his hair. The 41-year-old explained: “My hectic lifestyle
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    • 79 71 Footwear retailer Bata Singapore has recently upgraded its flagship Peninsula Plaza store. The revamped multilevel 9,000 square foot outlet sports a spiffy new look (picture), while still housing familiar house brands such as Ambassador, Bata, Bata Comfit, Marie Claire, North Star and Weinbrenner. The flagship outlet
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    • 84 71 Citigems has unveiled its latest festive collection, the Elistar collection. Filled with fantastic yet affordable offerings, the Elistar collection will help add a sparkle to your festive celebrations. The 4-diamond ring (pictured) is iconic of the collection and embodies the ideals of joy, peace,
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    • 107 71 This season, Changi Airport has unveiled the 6m-tall Magical Teapot as part of its array of festive delights on offer. The giant creation comes alive every hour between 7pm and 10pm on weekdays, and 1pm and 10pm on weekends at Terminal 3 Departure Hall,
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    • 59 71 Tuck into decadent delights at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront this festive season. Visit Cafe Brio for some Turkey Galantine or try the festive spread at Italian restaurant Pontini. And for gift ideas, check out the Christmas Deli Counter for unique log cakes and an oven-roasted
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    • 115 71 The holiday season brings with it things that shine and twinkle, the smell of pine and good things baking in the oven, and soft, cosy fabrics to wrap around you. Head down to Ikea for some new ideas on how to
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    • 94 71 Now, G-Shock fans can experience the toughness and accuracy of the Casio G-Shock as an iPhone app. Launched last month, the G-Shock app features standard watch functions, as well as two built-in games that showcase how tough the G-Shock can be. Fans can try out the
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    • 53 69 They were rivals. But after 3 weeks, they have become true friends. Can their bond withstand the final battle where only one will go to Hollywood? A Yahssir thinks Karen's film is visually stunning, and is rooting for her to win. THE A filmmaking competition like no other PROJECT Sunday
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  • BUSINESS
    • 423 65  -  CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There may be less cash to go around this holiday season for bank employees in New York and London, but not for their counterparts in Asia. Under the intense scrutiny from regulators and the public, the cash bonus
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    • 51 65 Wednesday Tuesday Monday Friday 3,181.94 3,144.70 3,158.21 3,158.08 1.18% 0.43% UNCH 0.04% p q q THURSDAY CLOSE 3,197.96 (+0.50%) TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE GuangzhaoIFB Genting SP Jade GoldenAgr MDR 91,665 76,997 67,772 49,391 45,679 0.095 2.040 0.010 0.750 0.005 5.56% 0.49% UNCH 1.35% UNCH p p
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    • 22 65 HANG SENG Ç Ç 23,448.78 (+0.86%) Ç Ç Ç NIKKEI 10,168.52 (+1.81%) SHANGHAI 2,843.61 (+0.71%) MUMBAI 19,992.70 (+0.72%) MALAYSIA 1,503.22 (+1.20%)
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    • 13 65 US$1 £1 €1 RM1 HK$100 RMB100 1.310 2.046 1.721 0.416 16.87 19.66
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 92 65 Buy $1.88 UOB KayHian starts coverage with a $2.37 target price, based on 15X 2012 P/E. Says the China-based shipbuilder is one of few yards spared order cancellations during the global financial crisis, thanks to its good order execution. It expects new orders worth US$1.6 billion next year and
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    • 343 65 But extends crisis measures and keeps key rate at record low AGENCIES FRANKFURT It was the European Central Bank’s (ECB) first policy meeting after the European Union-International Monetary Fund €85-billion ($146-billion) bailout of Ireland was signed off last weekend but ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet gave
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    • 338 67  -  TRAVIS TEO travisteo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Government has announced the launch of a $500 million co-investment programme, which aims to provide a source of capital to growing enterprises that have successfully gone past the start-up stage. At the Ernst Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
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    • 137 67 The Singapore’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a gauge of manufacturing activity, scored a second month of expansion last month, thanks to a strong rebound in overall new orders. The November PMI was at 51.4, up 0.7 point from October when the index rose above the
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    • 74 67 Keppel FELS has entered into an agreement to build two proprietary KFELS B Class jackup rigs worth US$360 million ($472 million) for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD), which is 49 per cent owned by Mermaid Maritime. The two jackup rigs are scheduled for delivery in
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    • 202 69 Top advertisers in Today for the past week with a minimum advertising expenditure of $25,000 can look forward to a free advertisement panel that will be published in the following Weekend Today SINGAPORE Top advertisers on MediaCorp television channels and Today will be rewarded in a
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    • 231 69 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and life insurer Great Eastern are planning to buy stakes of about 10 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively, in China International Capital Corp (CIIC) from United States investment bank Morgan Stanley,
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    • 121 69  -  DOW JONES TOKYO Business investment in Japan snapped a three-year losing streak in the July-September period, data showed yesterday. The survey released by the Ministry of Finance showed that business investment in the period increased 5 per cent from a year
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    • 119 69  -  DOWJONES SEOUL The South Korean economy is not likely to contract in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter, although there are signs of a slowdown, a Bank of Korea official said. The central bank’s projection of 6-per-cent growth in gross
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    • 35 85 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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    • 41 86 DECEMBER 3, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF EMINEM SCORES 10 GRAMMY NODS. T2 GAMING HEADSETS BATTLE IT OUT. T36 TURN YOUR PHONE INTO A PERSONAL ASSISTANT WITH THESE APPS. T38 JOHNNY DEPP ON GALLIC CONJUGATIONS AND ANGELINA JOLIE’S INNER LADY MACBETH. Reuters
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  • 461 87 MUSIC Lady Gaga and Katy Perry also up for Album Of The Year REUTERS RAPPER Eminem, riding high on the comeback trail after spending several years battling drug addiction, led the field of Grammy contenders on Wednesday with 10 nominations. The 38-year-old hip-hop star will
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 453 91  -  Johnny Depp driven ‘nuts’ by the French language John Irish features@mediacorp.com.sg REUTERS HAVING trouble with your French conjugations? Struggling to tell masculine from feminine? Fear not. Hollywood’s No 1 Francophile, Johnny Depp, is in the same boat. The 47-year-old star may consider France his spiritual home and
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    • 337 95  -  The Irish dance extravaganza will have you tapping and clapping May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER 15 successful years, the Riverdance phenomenon is winding down with its farewell tour. Many of you, like me, would probably have seen it several times. On opening night at the Marina Bay Sands
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    • 345 97 The actor’s request to remain free while filing appeal for tax evasion charges denied REUTERS THE United States Marshals Service has ordered actor Wesley Snipes to report to prison in north-west Pennsylvania no later than noon on Dec 9 to begin serving a three-year
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    • 885 99  -  A glimmer of Oscar hope for small, low-budget films like Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right Melena Ryzik features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEWYORKTIMES “BROOKLYN, Brooklyn in the house!” Darren Aronofsky shouted from the front of the Ziegfeld Theater on Tuesday night. Aronofsky, the director and
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    • 641 111 Dennis Foo on bar-top dancing and ‘live’ entertainment in the heartlands Imagine Singapore’s nightlife guru Dennis Foo serving grilled pork chop, steak and set lunches at a coffeehouse somewhere in Changi Village. That would probably be the scenario today, if the then-27-year-old had been contented with
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    • 479 111 STILL IN THE SCENE Patrick Chng’s 20-year career in music is nothing short of illustrious frontman of popular local ’80s band The Oddfellows, songwriter, producer, gig organiser, writer for various music publications, senior editor/ supervising producer of MTVAsia.com, and part-time consultant for Gibson guitars, just to name a few. “I
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    • 526 113 Meet Basskaran N air and an ever-popular Singapore icon Eveline Gan Way before Phua Chu Kang and the Dim Sum Dollies urged Singaporeans to be gracious, there was Singa the Courtesy Lion. For those old enough to remember, the adorable and cuddly feline mascot was
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    • 1034 119 ON MEDIACORP ON MEDIACORP BULL SHARK: WORLD’S DEADLIEST SHARK okto, 9pm 6.00AM Whacked Out Sports 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Price Is Right USA 10.30 Beyond The Physical 11.00 Makansutra Raw 11.30 Rachael’s Vacations NOON The Doctors 1.00PM The Price Is Right USA 2.00 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
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    • 868 121  -  A showdown among four popular gaming headsets TrevorTan trevor@mediacorp.com.sg NOT so long ago, the only peripheral a computer gamer needed was a good mouse. These days, gamers also require a good gaming headset for their multiplayer communication needs and to fully savour the games’ fantastic
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    • 217 121  -  TREVOR IT’S December! And to spice up this happy festive season, Monster is introducing five headphones targeted at different market segments. With TRON: Legacy hitting the big screen this month, geeks might want to buy the futuristic-looking Monster TRON Edition headphones ($699, picture). It features
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    • 601 123  -  Productivity apps to turn that smartphone into your personal assistant MAY CMUA YES, we all know how multifunctional smartphones are. But I have to admit that when work needs to be done, my device is a huge distraction, constantly alerting me to updates in
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    • 491 123  -  SOFTWARE REVIEW: PARALLELS DESKTOP 6 FOR TREVOR TAN IN CASE you didn’t know, Apple computers are able to run the Windows operating system (OS), using either the Mac OS X’s BootCamp utility or via virtualisation software such as the latest Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac (PD6). While
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    • 37 121 VERDICT:Grab Sony DR-GA200 if you are on a budget. If looks are important, go for Creative WoW Wireless Headset. Buy Logitech G930 if you’re greedy for features. But for the best overall experience, get the Razer Megalodon.
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    • 35 125 Today is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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    • 47 126 “My ideal job is to be an actor playing a race car driver.” Behind the wheel with MediaCorp stars 12 Top drives An at-a-glance guide to the cars we’ve driven this year 4 A supplement by Fuelling the green revolution, gift ideas for car lovers and more!
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    • 578 127 Drive picks Subaru man Glenn Tan’s brains on the state of the industry, his passion for cars as well as plans for his famous radio persona TAN Chong International’s executive director Glenn Tan might not look immediately familiar to some, but the odds are you’ve probably heard
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      805 129 Our picks from the cars we’ve driven in 2010 unveiled, in four categories. THE YOUNG ALFA ROMEO MITO From $113,800 with COE //SPECIFICATIONS// Engine: 1,368cc, 16V, in-line 4 Power: 135bhp at 5,250rpm Torque: 230Nm at 1,750rpm Gearbox: 6-speed semi-automatic 0-100kmh: 8.2 seconds Top speed: 207kmh What is it:
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      779 131 NISSAN QASHQAI +2 From $126,300 with COE //SPECIFICATIONS// Engine: 1,997cc, 16V, in-line 4 Power: 140bhp at 6,000rpm Torque: 196Nm at 4,800rpm Gearbox: 6-speed CVT 0-100kmh: 10.9 seconds Top speed: 191 kmh What is it: Despite its odd-sounding name,the Qashqai is actually an excellent vehicle. In its original five-seat form,
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      797 133 BMW 535I From $288,800 with COE //SPECIFICATIONS// Engine: 2,979cc, 24V, in-line 6 Power: 306bhp at 5,800rpm Torque: 400Nm at 1,200 to 5,000rpm Gearbox: 8-speed automatic 0-100kmh: 6.1 seconds Top speed: 250kmh What is it: The new 5 Series ditches the controversial styling of old and looks well, exactly like
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      804 135 AUDI R8 SPYDER 5.2 From $705,000 with COE //SPECIFICATIONS// Engine: 5,204cc, 40V, V10 Power: 525bhp at 8,000rpm Torque: 530Nm at 6,500rpm Gearbox: 6-speed semi-automatic 0-100kmh: 4.1 seconds Top speed: 313kmh What is it: The topless version of the already beautiful R8 sports car and Tony Stark’s ride of choice
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      521 136 Brought to you by Nissan has been an eminent pioneer in the realm of crossovers, so it’s no surprise the Murano, Qashqai, Qashqai+2 and Juke are seriously talented vehicles What is a crossover? A crossover is a new breed of car, one that embodies the elements of different
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        417 137 While people have always wondered what drives MediaCorp artistes, all we wanted to know is what cars they MediaCorp actor, drives a Mercedes E-Coupe Name game: I call my car Elizabeth. I call all my cars Elizabeth. It sounds regal. On the sense of adventure: I’m an
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        199 137 MediaCorp actor, drives a Suzuki Swift Name game: I wanted to call my car big blue but it sounds vulgar in Mandarin so I call it ‘lan gu’, or blue nanny, instead as it’s blue and it takes care of me. Rite of passage: The most significant thing
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        218 137 Class 90.5FM DJ, who usually drives a Suzuki Swift but drives an AudiTT because her car’s in the workshop. Name game: I call my car Godzilla because it is black and also for the irony: My car is tiny but ferocious. Plus she’s Japanese. Get it? For the
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      317 139 938FM DJ, drives a Toyota AXIO Name game: I just call it AXIO. Putting the cart: I bought the car four weeks before my driving test. I was shopping and taking lessons at the same time and there was a weekend offer for the car so I said,
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      258 139 Class 95 DJ, drives a Mazda 2 Name game: I used to have names for it but I’ve forgotten them. It’s a six-year old car so it has had a few names but I don’t think they were any good because I forgot them. Max headroom: I like
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      242 139 MediaCorp actress, drives a Jeep Wrangler Name game: Uncle Mao, for obvious reasons (not because I’m pro-communist) Soldier on: I like things that are military-in-spired and I like things that look rugged. Not many people can tell though. I’m not the sort who’d like cutesy, stuffed toys. Then
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      148 139 MediaCorp actor, drives a Honda Fit If the car fits: Even though I’m married, we don’t have kids yet. When we do, I’m looking to upgrade to either the Toyota Alphard or Vellfire. Sure, we can fit a child’s seat in this one but with my extended family
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      174 139 933FM DJ, drives a Honda Fit Name game: I just call it ‘xiao bai’, because it’s small, white and cute. Easy does it: Having a car gives me a lot of convenience. I can go anywhere, anytime I want. It’s useful because I have to go to different
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    • 611 140 ‘BlueEFFICIENCY’ is Mercedes-Benz’s term for making the most from less, with technology. Here’s a look into its blue past, present and future If Mercedes-Benz doesn’t strike you as the most ‘green’ car brand around, that’s because it tends to take a rather measured approach to things
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    • 648 141 Brought to you by Kia has changed what it means to be a Korean automaker in one impressive generation. Here’s how it happened: At the turn of the century no one would believe you if you had said: “Korean automaker Kia will become a force to be
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    • 541 143 Diesels, direct-injection, hybrids, electric vehicles find out what really works and what is on the horizon with our guide to the latest green cars “It isn’t easy being green,” says Kermit the Frog, but it’s probably because as a puppet frog, he can’t drive a car.
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    • 228 143 A few terms you should know when discussing greenery CO2: The chemical name for carbon dioxide, one of the principal greenhouse gases emitted by combustion engines. It’s measured in grams per kilometre, or g/km. A Toyota Prius emits about 89g/km, while a regular medium sedan emits about 200g/km. Hybrid:
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    • 85 143 Shell launched its Fuelsave formula petrol in Singapore last year. According to the oil giant, it can save you up to a litre per tankful of gas, thanks to a special formulation. Fuelsave replaced its regular 95 and 98 octane gasoline so it’s available at
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      384 144 Here are four green cars that can help you save the earth just by purchasing them HONDA CIVIC HYBRID Price: $98,900 with COE Power: 140bhp (hybrid system total) Performance: 0-100kmh in 10.2 seconds Top speed: 205kmh CO2: 150g/km Fuel efficiency: 14.7km/L Honda’s Civic Hybrid has traditionally been one
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    • 233 144 Saving the earth the VW way German giant Volkswagen (VW) is encouraging drivers to be green-friendly with its new campaign and here’s how you can help, even if you’re not a Volkswagen car owner. It initiated its new ‘Think Blue’ fuel-efficiency-slash-environ-mental campaign earlier this year. The company’s BlueMotion cars and
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    • 248 145 Check out our list of great gift ideas for your car-obsessed loved ones this festive season THE MERCEDES-BENZ MUSEUM (GERMANY) www.mercedes-benz-classic.com Treat your favourite petrolhead to a trip to Mer-cedes-Benz’s hometown of Stuttgart, Germany. He will find plenty to love asthe museum is a veritable history
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    • 256 145 The Japanese car maintenance-accessory superstore is a treasure trove of interesting and useful car-related merchandise. AUTOBACS SOLAR WINDOW FILM It doesn’t generate electricity but rather, it screens out ultraviolet radiation and direct infrared radiation (in other words, heat). The benefit? You’ll save fuel, as less heat means you
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    • 327 146 These new video game releases let you live out your racing dreams. GRAN TURISMO 5 (PS3) From $92 www.gran-turismo.com It’s finally here six years in the making Gran Turismo 5 is arguably the most famous car simulator ever to be released. It’s dubbed a ‘Car
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    • Car Buzz
      • 222 147 ‘Tis the time for giving and there’s no place to start than with yourself especially if you’ve been eyeing that Mercedes-Benz in the window for a long time. In light of the festive season, and because Mercedes-Benz thinks you deserve it, book a Mercedes-Benz now and
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      • 215 147 If you’re looking for balance between price and performance, step into a Proton showroom. Inspired by the world-renowned Lotus team, and with the injection of Lotus engineering expertise, Proton vehicles boast similarities with the British sportscar-maker. A drive in any Proton promises to be a smooth one
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      • 214 147 From next year, driving a Mazda will save you money. Mazda Motor Corporation has announced its SKYACTIV next-generation technologies (which include engines, transmissions, vehicle bodies and chassis) will appear in Mazda products from 2011. The Mazda Demio, known globally as the Mazda 2, will be the
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      • 256 147 Drivers who have their eye on the petrol bills should drive into Shell stations. The petroleum company has over 100 years of experience developing the technology and services that make them a leading provider of innovative new fuels. In 2006, Shell set a Guinness World Record
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    • 163 132 I i www.vw.com.sg New Touran rs V* .1 The new Touran. The 7-seat family sports car. The new Touran, a 7-seat MPV that delivers a sporty drive while helping you save on fuel and road tax. It comes with a 1.4 TSI engine and a 7-speed DSG automatic gearbox, giving
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