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...speak to without a minder present say they train for at least five hours. None of the dorm rooms I visit have any textbooks--strange for a school that the propaganda director tells me is "mostly for academics, with sports training just as a spare-time activity." Wang Ting, a 15-year-old runner, looks at me blankly when I ask what she does during her time off. "I run, and I sleep," she replies. "That...
...Keeping the roe in gives the crab a more distinctive flavor," insisted leading Singaporean gastro-pundit Raymond Lim of Les Amis, as we sat outside at his packed local Ting Heng Seafood (tel: (65) 6323 6093), on the edge of the Geylang (red light) district. Here the crab is served ready cracked and the roe adds a crunchy intensity that's offset by a light yet pungent sauce. Now I understand why for the true chili crab cognoscenti, texture is as critical as spice...
...he’s so popular in Taiwan,” Lu said. “And people think he’s pretty good-looking.” But not everyone is as optimistic about the prospect of Ma’s presidency. Chieh-Ting Yeh ’04, who has also met Ma on several occasions, said he feels that the politician’s perfect self-presentation was over the top. “He’s very well-spoken, pretty gentle-mannered,” Yeh said. “He knows exactly what...
...Ting's modest credentials didn't bowl over the high-flying venture capitalists at the Singapore government's Economic Development Board (EDB), which is seeking to boost the country's biotech industry. "Nobody bet on us from the government," he says, an account that officials confirm. So, to fund the company that would eventually make the BPro, HealthSTATS International, Ting sold three of the four medical clinics he was running. "Everyone thought I was mad," he says. Ting launched the BPro in Singapore last spring, and is readying its launch in the U.S., where it has been cleared for marketing...
...skeptics have also come around. Says EDB's Yeoh Keat Chuan of the BPro: "It is a revolutionary device. It has significant commercial potential." In spite of the pressure to sell the BPro and reward his shareholders, what matters most to Ting is patients like Ronnie Ho, for whom this modest-looking black wristwatch is already priceless...