Today, 21 December 2010

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    26 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday December 21, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking DECEMBER 21, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    Lock icon Europe travel misery deepens as holidays near
    346 1 AGENCIES BERLIN Snow and freezing temperatures grounded flights across northern Europe yesterday, with travellers trying to get away for Christmas set to be frustrated further with more severe weather on the horizon. More than 1,000 flights at Germany’s main airports in Frankfurt, Munich
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    Lock icon All calm at Changi Airport
    779 1  -  And those travelling to Europe seem undeterred by MONICA KOTWANI, JOANNE CHAN, EVELYN CHOO AND NEO CHAI CHIN monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was relatively less chaotic at Changi Airport yesterday compared to the angry scenes at various European airports. Passengers on board Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight
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  • NEWS
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      No jail, but ex-MOE scholar expelled from university for child porn
      479 3  -  NG JING YNG NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former teaching scholar Jonathan Wong could have spent up to 10 years in jail for possessing child pornography but he was not placed behind bars. His university, though, has expelled him.
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      Lock icon N Korea says it won’t react to South’s drills
      447 4 Pyongyang also agrees to return of nuclear inspectors, easing tensions further AGENCIES YEONPYEONG (South Korea) North Korea chose not to react to military drills staged by the South near their disputed border yesterday, despite earlier threats of a “catastrophic retaliation” for
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      ‘Lemon laws’ proposed to aid consumers
      508 4  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Customers who bought a defective good or a “lemon” as it is called colloquially can soon demand the seller either repairs or replaces it under possible changes to the law. If the seller fails to repair for free or replace
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      Lock icon 12 men arrested over British terror plot
      307 4 AGENCIES LONDON British anti-terror-ism police yesterday said they arrested 12 men in a series of dawn raids in three cities amid fears of a holiday season terrorism plot. West Midlands regional police said they had detained five men from Cardiff in Wales, four
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      Lock icon No family will be left behind, with some help from CDC and Koufu
      315 5 ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Most people would consider school shoes, bags and stationery as necessities for school-going children. For Madam Norhana Abdul Aziz, a 35-year-old single mother of five, these are luxuries for her kids. Which is why
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      Lock icon Three cheers for local students
      383 5 SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE Local students have done well in their studies. The Education Ministry (MOE) says significant progress has been made in the overall percentage of students with at least three O Level and five O Level passes over the last 10 years. Malay and
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      Lock icon SPF RAISED $700,000 FOR CHARITY
      183 5 TAN QIUYI The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has raised more than $700,000 for charity this year, more than double its target of $350,000. To celebrate the achievement, the SPF Band performed for its sponsors and beneficiaries at the Esplanade Concert Hall yesterday. The money will
      TAN QIUYI; The Singapore Police Force band performing for its sponsors and beneficiaries. PHOTO COURTESY OF SINGAPORE POLICE  -  183 words
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      Lock icon FairPrice to hit Saigon shelves
      279 7 SINGAPORE Supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice has broken open the $100 million kitty it had set aside to launch itself as a regional player and land its products on shelves across South-east Asia. Its first port of call after months of searching for a foreign partner
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      Unhappy ex-employee stole from firm
      273 7  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Unhappy with how his former employer treated him, Kasmani Saparudin, 36, broke into the company’s office on Oct 31 and made off with cash and laptops amounting to nearly $8,000. Yesterday, Kasmani, who was a dispatch rider with the company,
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      Lock icon Caltex donates fuel to disabled society
      164 7 VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE More than 250 clients from low-income families at the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) have more reasons to cheer this Christmas. Transportation charges to and from the society’s ability centres in Tiong Bahru and Tampines will be waived for them,
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      Lock icon More ‘small steps’ to cool property market in the new year?
      652 9  -  JOANNE CHAN JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The rising property prices have shown few signs of slowing since Singapore’s recovery from the global economic downturn. This year, a strong economy, low unemployment rate and ample liquidity pushed private property prices
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      Lock icon Wishes launched at Marina Bay
      181 9 VIMITA MOHANDAS SINGAPORE It is the time of the year again when Marina Bay is transformed into the “Bay of Hope”, filled with floating white spheres. There are about 20,000 floating white spheres, on which New Year wishes have been penned by Singaporeans since early
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      268 7 A Malaysian Government Initiative Facilitating and promoting investment for Malaysian real estate Our mission is to create a conducive and friendly platform for those who are seeking investment opportunities into Malaysian real estate. Whether you are an individual or institutional investor, we now have a permanent Property Gallery in Singapore
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  • VOICES
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      Let the issues be the battleground
      271 11  -  Elections should not be about personalities, but about ideas and policies Letter from Timothy Lin I CONGRATULATE the organisers of the political forum Face To Face for being able to bring together representatives of various political parties for a candid discussion on key issues
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      Speak English as a default
      170 11  -  Letter from Joel Chua MUCH has been made of the English-lan-guage proficiency of foreigners working in our service sector. The Government, for example, has taken steps to address the concern by giving tax incentives to businesses whose employees pass a language certification course. This is
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      Why we don’t care about local football sides
      149 13  -  Letter from Leow Zheng Yu I REFER to the reports “S-League needs major surgery” (Dec 16) and “An experiment to pull in the crowds” (Dec 17). The S-League has been heavily criticised because of poor attendances and its inability to generate interest
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      Make the S-League the SEAsian-League
      274 13  -  Letter from Yeo Wee Kiat Elvin I APPLAUD the Football Association of Singapore’s initiative to attempt to revive the S-League, which may otherwise die a slow death. But I am concerned that the “Project Tribe” effort will just target the symptoms, and not the root
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      428 14 if) OCBC Bank T I TA nI UM HI I MasterC SUPER JUNIOR HUE 3RD ASIA TOUR Date: 29 Jan 2011 (Sat) Time: 6.30PM Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium Stand to get a pair of FREE tickets' (worth S$422) to catch Super Junior's first concert in Singapore! 50 pairs of tickets
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon USS Prius leads the green revolution
      929 15  -  How cool if wars driven partly by our oil habit end up forcing us to break the same fuel addiction THOMAS L FRIEDMAN The writer has won the Pulitzer Prize three times, most recently in 2002for commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES As I was
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      For singles’ sakes, dating scene needs injection of fresh ideas
      774 17  -  RICHARD HARTUNG The writer is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. Another year, another dating game. The Social Development Network (SDN) the latest iteration of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) agency designated to
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      Lock icon She’s part Mother Teresa, part Rambo — and a Muslim heroine we can all learn from
      802 17  - She’s part Mother Teresa, part Rambo and a Muslim heroine we can all learn from NICHOLAS KRISTOF The writer is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES What’s the ugliest side of Islam? Maybe it’s the Somali Muslim militias that engage in atrocities like the execution of a
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; FAIZAL  -  802 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon The powerbroker versus the PM ...
      273 19 The powerbroker versus the PM Ozawa refuses to appear before ethics panel in REUTERS TOKYO Scandal-plagued Japanese powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa (picture) yesterday rejected a call from Prime Minister Naoto Kan to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel over a funding scandal. The move threatens to widen a rift in the
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      Lock icon Western Australia declared disaster zone after severe floods
      155 19 BLOOMBERG PERTH Western Australia State Premier Colin Barnett has declared a State Natural Disaster due to flooding in the town of Carnarvon and the Gascoyne area, the government said in an emailed statement yesterday. Heavy rainfall from a monsoonal low caused the
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      Lock icon Indon militants jailed in terror plots
      163 19 AP JAKARTA Six men were sentenced to up to nine years’ jail in a Jakarta court yesterday for being part of an Aceh-based terror cell that allegedly plotted attacks on Western hotels and embassies in Indonesia. The men were among more than 70 suspects
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      Lock icon THAI TOURISTS KILLED IN CRASH NEAR CAMERON HIGHLANDS
      166 21 AP A double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a winding road nearCameron Highlands yesterday, killing 26 people in the country’s worst road accident in years. The tourists were heading to Kuala Lumpur after a weekend trip when their bus apparently spun
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      Lock icon 200 Shia Muslims may be charged for following sect
      367 21 AP KUALA LUMPUR More than 200 Shia Muslims including Iranians, Indonesians and Pakistanis detained in one of the biggest swoops on outlawed Muslim sects in Malaysia may be charged with breaching Islamic laws. Government authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia consider only the
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      Lock icon FORMER TOP IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL JAILED FOR GRAFT
      93 21 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysia’s former Immigration Department deputy directorgeneral Yusof Abu Bakar was sentenced yesterday to a total of 56 years in jail for 14 counts of corruption. But he will only serve six years because the sentences will run concurrently. He was
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      Lock icon Mexico blames thieves for pipeline inferno
      252 23 AP SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN (Mexico) Ms Zoyla Perez awoke before dawn on Sunday to a strange, overpowering smell, like gasoline. Outside the ground looked as if it were flowing in tar, as crude oil gushing from a pipeline rushed down the street and into
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      Lock icon A victory Belarus did not want to celebrate
      227 23 AP MINSK Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has won a fourth term with nearly 80 per cent of the vote, election officials said yesterday, hours after truncheon-wield-ing riot police dispersed thousands of demonstrators who protested alleged vote fraud. The Central Election Commission said
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      Lock icon Chicks drowned as Russian farm goes bust
      209 23 REUTERS MOSCOW A bankrupt Russian poultry farm drowned its chicks by the hundreds of thousands in garbage cans last week and posted videos of the slaughter online in a bid to attract state aid. The videos posted on YouTube showed sobbing workers chucking
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      Lock icon Yemen’s defence against nuclear theft? A broken camera and little else
      281 25 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A senior government official in Yemen warned US diplomats that poor security at the country’s main store of radioactive products could allow dangerous material to fall into the hands of terrorists, according to a US embassy
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      Lock icon Keeping the ‘atomic genie in its bottle’
      547 25 US diplomatic dispatches reveal constant efforts to prevent terrorist nuclear attacks THE GUARDIAN LONDON US cables leaked by WikiLeaks reveal the constant, largely unseen, work by American diplomatic missions around the world to try to keep the atomic genie in its bottle and
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      Lock icon Breast milk could be the key to straight As
      363 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Breastfeeding babies could help them achieve academic success by the age of 10, a study published in the journal Pediatrics has found. Researchers from the University of Western Australia found that children who were predominantly breastfed for
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Fergie’s not hanging up his hairdryer yet ...
      525 27 Fergie’s not hanging up his hairdryer yet Scotsman says he’ll be United’s manager for as long as his health allows it AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson (picture) says he has shelved all thoughts of retirement. On Sunday, Ferguson became the longest-serving manager in United’s history and on
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      Lock icon This is not my team, says embattled Hodgson
      388 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Roy Hodgson (picture) feels the Liverpool side he inherited from Rafael Benitez is starting to feel like his own with every passing game but admits it would take an influx of players akin to that overseen by Harry
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      Lock icon Gunners just scared of losing against the big boys, admits Fabregas
      322 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Cesc Fabregas admits Arsenal have developed a psychological block in major matches against their Premier League title rivals. The Spanish midfielder believes his team were “scared” of losing last week’s meeting with Manchester United at
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      Lock icon Time’s up for Rafa
      503 29 Inter coach set to be sacked after stunning outburst AGENCIES MILAN Rafael Benitez will be sacked by Inter Milan despite winning the Club World Cup on Saturday, a leading Italian newspaper claimed yesterday. “Benitez e’ Fuori!” (Benitez is out) read the front page of yesterday’s Gazzetta
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      Lock icon Referee made 13 mistakes, fumes Mourinho
      383 29 REUTERS MADRID Jose Mourinho wants Real Madrid to help him tackle referees after his side scraped a 1-0 win at home to Sevilla on Sunday, despite having had defender Ricardo Carvalho harshly sent off early in the second half. “There were 13 serious mistakes
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      Lock icon Tendulkar’s century not enough to save India
      266 31 REUTERS CENTURION (South Africa) South Africa claimed India’s last two wickets in 35 deliveries to win the first test by an innings and 25 runs on the final day at Centurion yesterday. New-ball bowlers Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn took a wicket each
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      Lock icon Eight years on, Lee still can’t be beaten
      160 31 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR With a packed international calendar, badminton’s Lee Chong Wei does not find it easy to find time to compete on the Malaysian circuit his compatriots must wish he would not bother. The world No 1 extended his unbeaten record
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      Lock icon Lochte of the pool
      700 31 US swimmer bags six golds to set the stage for Shanghai battle with Phelps AP DUBAI When Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was a record thought to last decades or at least a generation. Ryan Lochte (picture) has other
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      Lock icon ‘Don’t shortchange S’pore football’
      548 32  -  Keep Chinese clubs out for they have not contributed to S-League’s growth, says Wang SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With just under two months to the start of the 2011 season of the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) are still pondering the 12-team
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      Lock icon No easing off, says Pro Tour champ Feng
      240 32 TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Some 30 wellwishers, including Singapore Table Tennis Association players, officials and fans turned up at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 yesterday evening to welcome back national star Feng Tianwei (left), who on Sunday beat South Korea’s Seok Ha Jung 4-0
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      Lock icon Big boat racing the next wave?
      349 32 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Largely regarded as the pinnacle of sailing, some of the world’s most prestigious regattas like the Fastnet Race and Australia’s Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race could well see a Singaporean team in the future. SingaporeSailing are currently in negotiations with
      LOW LIN FHOONG; PHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN  -  349 words
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  • IMPACT
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      408 38 MA X leverage for advertisers MediaCorp Ad-Xtra rewards top ad spenders with free spots PETER YEO THERE’S no better time to spend with MediaCorp. An innovative marketing initiative will reward top advertisers for supporting MediaCorp platforms. Dubbed MediaCorp Ad-Xtra, or MAX, the programme will reward the top 10 advertisers for
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      Lock icon WINNING SEATS
      122 38 The Heineken Formula Chair Race was flagged off by Class 95FM DJs Glenn Ong and Vernetta Lopez last Monday and ran until last Thursday at Clarke Quay. Contestants had to manoeuvre motorised chairs around a track fraught with everyday office equipment obstacles to register their best laptimes. The
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      Explore careers while young
      415 38  -  MELANIE LEE WHEN Mr Melvyn Goh (picture) moved to Shanghai for a new chapter in his career five years ago, he realised the importance of getting his priorities right. The president of Mindshare China credited the ease with which he settled into China to the alignment
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      286 33 REUTERS SYDNEY Australia’s Centro Properties Group has received A$13.5 billion ($17.6 billion) worth of indicative bids for its shopping malls, including from the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), local media reported yesterday, as the rare distressed opportunity whetted the appetite of investors
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        53 33 Hold $2.16 Phillip Securities downgrades from Buy due to limited upside from current share price to fair value estimate of $2.41, which is raised from $2.36 due to higher estimates. It expects NOL to announce an annual dividend of 5 cents per share when it reports FY10
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      422 33  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mr Sherman Kwek Eik Tse, the chief executive of CDL China, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore’s City Developments (CDL), is making a bold bet. At a time when the Chinese government is aggressively tightening the screws to squeeze speculators out
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      221 35 RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines Cargo, a unit of Singapore Airlines, has joined hands with three other partners to invest a total of 2.05 billion yuan ($404 million) in China Cargo Airlines. The move is to support China Cargo in the
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      143 35 TRAVIS TEO Rents along Orchard and Scotts Road edged higher in the last three months of this year after staying flat for four straight quarters. According to real estate consultancy DTZ, the average gross rent of first-storey space in the Orchard/Scotts Road area
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      144 36 BLOOMBERG Fullerton Financial Holdings, a unit of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, bought a 15 per cent stake in Vietnam’s Mekong Development Bank. The purchase helped lift registered capital at the lender, based in the southern province of An Giang, to 3 trillion dong
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      268 36 RACHEL KELLY A majority of businesses in the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region put cost considerations above everything else in deciding their suppliers, according to an international survey by business consultancy KPMG. The survey on Global Manufacturing Outlook
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      32 43 DECEMBER 21, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF THE FASHIONABLE ART OF VALENTINO EDDIE SUNG’S ROCK PHOTOS GET AN AIRING. T6 SLEEP PROPERLY FOR YOUR HEALTH. T12 Valentino Evening ensemble Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1998
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      1124 44  -  Valentino’s creative directors share about the brand and the new retrospective exhibition here LYNETTE KOH lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg FASHION label Valentino is synonymous with many things: Its signature bold shade of red; precise geometric patterns and details such as rosettes and bows; and elegant, feminine looks favoured byA-list stars like
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      309 46 MAYO MARTIN STATE OF THE ARTS: The calendar has more or less wrapped up for the year with The Substation culminating its anniversary celebrations with a full-on rock concert marathon over the weekend. We also saw the quiet-but-promising newbie dance festival Contact 2010, which also marked the retirement ofTHE
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    588 48  -  ENTERTAINMENT New art gallery for rock photography Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg HE CALLS it his “bohemian bunker”. But rock aficionados with an eye for art might call photographer Eddie Sung’s recently opened art space “rock ’n’ roll heaven”. Monochrome His Coloured Cousins is the first fine art photography
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    250 52 THINGSTO DO 1 Love In Stores Now Fashion meets music as Orchard Central stages a three-part musical starring Cynthia Lee, Claude Girardi and Amy Cheng. Catch the last part this week. Date: Until Dec 23 Time: 3pm, 5pm and 7pm Venue: Level 1 Discovery Walk, Orchard Central
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      850 54  -  Irregular sleep times can wreak havoc on your health Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg THIS festive weekend,Yan Zhengrong will be at work till 5am every day.Working night shifts is a common occurrence for the 26-year-old chef. During the festive period, he is lucky to get by with four hours
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      120 54 HEALTH BITE EVELINE GAN FORGET artificial beauty enhancers. A good night’s sleep is all you need to look attractive, according to a study published on the British Medical Journal website. The study, led by John Axelsson from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, investigated the relationship between sleep
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      133 54 HEALTH LISTINGS I-Run at the Singapore River Promenade Public forum on age-related eye problems RUN off extra calories you’ve consumed this festive season. Organised by the Health Promotion Board, I-Run aims to encourage working adults to engage in running as part of a healthy lifestyle. There are 3km, 5km and
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      64 55 <1> SHINAGAWA LASIK centre LASIK or a Lifetime of Glasses Contacts? $1,198/$1,281 86 with GST Learn more about LASIK at our public forums Dates December 22 (Wed), 23 (Thur) 28 (Tues) Time 7 P.M. Venue: Shinagawa LASIK Centre, #05-01 Wheelock Place Limited Seats! RSVP at 6738 8222 today! Wavefront LASIK
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