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<pubDate>21 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Good design starts in your living room]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[When it comes to design, few will dispute that the Japanese are all about the details and quality.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bridging a divided history]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Washington - In April 2005, fierce anti-Japanese protests broke out in China.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Sizing up Singapore's casino project]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Social scientist Derek da Cunha is a man so mindful of what he says publicly that one wonders why he thought to write a book on one of Singapore's most heated subjects - that is, the pros and cons of Singapore's two upcoming integrated resorts (IRs). Okay, casinos.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Father's home (really?)]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Fathers are not pulling their weight when it comes to parenting. This is the implied indictment in a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). Ninety-seven per cent of 2,220 people polled, including singles and parents, agreed fathers have an important role. A smaller proportion, 84 per cent, said Singaporean fathers lend a hand in raising their children.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Blogosphere]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA['The photos were quite stunning. It reminded me of the times before the canal was widened, when Bukit Timah Road used to flood quite a bit. We always had to avoid that stretch of road whenever it rained heavily. I hope the flash flood is just a one-time thing.']]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Quotes of the week]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA['It reminds you of the sweep of history. It gives you a good perspective of]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Cinema exits: Say 'no' to poor layouts]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_457489.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[I refer to Mr Dudley Au's letter, 'Cinema exits: Patrons can show clout' (Nov 15), and agree that something must be done to address the issue.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Table hogging: Questions abound]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_457497.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[Are public places meant for consumers or students - or laptop users or newspaper readers, for that matter?]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Noisy macaws are a nuisance]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_457495.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[I agree with Mr Tan Chin Aik ('Tough action needed to deter inconsiderate flat dwellers', Oct 25) and Ms Serene Wong ('Helpless against difficult neighbour', Nov8).]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[We call our mother 'Nya']]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I refer to the letter, 'It's usually 'Mama' for grandmother' (Nov 8), by Mr William Gwee.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Cost cap on lift upgrading]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_457496.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[I refer to the letter by Mr Michael Yeo, 'Upgrade lifts in ineligible blocks too' (Nov 8).]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Thanks for all the kind efforts]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I was?pleasantly surprised?to see Kamariah and her friend?at my office on Nov 13, which was World Kindness Day. The two women were there to give me a stalk of yellow daisy.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Why buy when you can adopt a pet?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Last month, we made a heartrending decision to give our dog up to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to be put down. Over the past four years, it had been suffering from an incurable disease and was on lifelong medication and a special diet. It also had cataracts and was in constant discomfort.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Ex-Libris]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Each week, we publish an extract from a book that is topical or of general interest.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Is the Internet killing our ability to read?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The book as we know it, the codex, gradually replaced the scroll between AD100 and AD400. There are a number of reasons it became the preferred medium: It was sturdier, it was probably cheaper and its numbered pages made it easier to use.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Preschool stress]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[School's out. It's the start of a six-week-long holiday for students in Singapore schools, and most mothers would be planning fun-filled activities for their brood during this period.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Street View]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA['The sooner companies put in place the process and systems for re-employment, the better positioned they will be to meet the challenges ahead.']]></description>
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   <pubDate>21 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[This couple don't talk business at dinner table]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[When Mr Surya Jhunjhnuwala first moved his family to Singapore in 1997, he missed his native Hong Kong so much he was looking for reasons to fly home every month.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Headliners]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[United States President Barack Obama has nominated Mr Adelman, a senator from Georgia and a close political ally, as the new American Ambassador. His predecessor, Ms Patricia Herbold, relinquished her post in January. It is unclear when Mr Adelman, 45, a Democrat, will arrive in Singapore.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>21 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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