The Straits Times, 3 October 2006

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 114 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 2006 «yP A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Big rise in prices of private homes
    599 1  -  Fiona Chan Tan Hui Yee Trend looks set to continue, but HDB resale prices take a surprising fall By PRIVATE home prices have just notched up their largest quarterly increase m six years, but Housing Board resale flat prices dipped unexpectedly. Property industry
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    Lock icon Raging Sumatran fires push PSI to highest level this year
    516 1  -  Chang Ai-Lien Tania Tan By THE haze brought the Pollutants Standards Index (PSI) to 73 yesterday the highest this year and the first time it has edged beyond 70. The reading put the day's air quality m the "moderate" range.
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    Lock icon China sets the timing for release of blockbusters
    980 1  -  Ong Sor Fern By Film Correspondent SINGAPORE movie goers might not know it, but these days, China's National Day determines when they get to watch Jackie Chan's latest movie. Mr Ricky Tse, general manager of distribution at Emperor Motion Pictures, which releases
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Rim release dates in S'pore depend on holidays in...
      154 2 ...China Opening during a holiday week m China ensures a big box office weekend. During lucrative holiday seasons m China's tightly controlled market, foreign movie imports are often blocked out, leaving the field open for homegrown products to flourish. ...and the
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon MM says sorry to Abdullah for discomfort caused
      683 3  -  Li Xueying It is the last thing he wanted after years of troubled ties with Mahathir, he says BY MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yen has apologised to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi tor causing him considerable discomfort over his remarks about Malaysia's
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      Lock icon MM Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi dated Sept 29
      796 3 THANK you for your letter of Sept 25, 2006. I made the remarks m a free-flowing dialogue session with former US secretary of treasury Larry Summers before many foreign delegates attending the IMF/WB meeting. To put wnat
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      Lock icon Fair Trading Act: Case goes to court for first time
      603 4  - Fair Trading Act: Case goes to court for first time Arti Mulchand It acts after getting numerous complaints against firm handling timeshare products By CONSUMER watchdog Case has bated its teeth for the first time at a itHnptuiy that handles timeshare products. After receiving numerous complaints about the way it
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      Lock icon Abe silent on future visits to war shrine
      589 4  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday still refused to reveal if he would visit the Yasukuni war shrine, amid reports that he was preparing to visit China and South Korea this weekend. During question time
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      45 4 SME SPOTLIGHT rri w t^ In today's edition: SC (Sang Choy) does its bit to groom talent m print industry Plus, Jumbo Seafood moves to replicate its success abroad Truck driver who kills cop m accident tells The New Paper... I can't bear the guilt
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon BEIJING BLUES
      621 6  -  Chua Chin Hon LINA MIAO spot m quality-df-life rankings m China By China Bureau Chief In Beijing ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY THE quality of life m Beijing has deteriorated despite feverish attempts at remaking the Chinese capital m time for the 2008 Olympics, a new study has found. Officials
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      Lock icon Most liveable Chinese cities this year
      107 6 THE top five most liveable Chinese cities are as follows: 1. Shenzhen, Guangdong province (1): High disposable income, excellent access to public transport and health-care services. 2. Qingdao, Shandong province (12): Good social security coverage and access to leisure and cultural activities 3. Hangzhou,
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      461 6 Exporting the jobless Indonesia will send more of its unemployed to find work abroad because the economy is unable to create enough jobs. PAGE 1 1 Invisible Hearing ID r 'BF PR F'^i^Ja II KmF* hrp *^^sS^k^' BJf tBI -Jj*jsWiju H II >■ B^w Mk%*h& Advanced Diploma m Business with
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Vouchers probe against Chen's wife abandoned
      652 7  -  Ong Hwee Hwee But she could be named m another probe into misuse of diplomatic funds By Taiwan Correspondent 1\ Taipfi TAIWAN prosecutors said yesterday there was insufficient evidence to pursue allegations that President Chen Shui-bian's wife accepted millions of dollars of shopping vouchers
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      Lock icon In the shopping bag
      101 7 SOME of the items the President's family bought with Sogo vouchers: Wu Shu-chen (wife) Cerruti jacket, shirts and ties Cost: NT521,147 (S$l,000) Voucher used: NT520,500 Swarovski items Cost: NT517,103 Voucher used: NT516,500 Michel Rene coat Cost: NT514,850 Voucher used: NT514,500 DAKS sweater Cost: NT$l4,OOO Voucher used:
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      Lock icon NO BREAK FOR PREMIER WEN
      74 7 PHOTO: It's Golden Week m China, and millions of Chinese are travelling and taking a break from work. But not Premier Wen Jiabao. He travelled to south-west China's Sichuan province, which has been hit by drought this year. On Sunday,- he visited local fanners m
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      Lock icon Chinese flock to HK attractions for Golden Week holiday
      257 7 Hong Kong THOUSANDS of visitors flocked to Hong Kong's touri>t sites yesterday as the week-long Golden Week holiday got under way. Mainland Chinese and international visitors alike took advantage of the cool weather .md a public holiday m Hong Kong to
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      Lock icon Three Gorges to displace 300,000 more people
      399 7 Beijing CHINA has announced that it will relocate some 300,000 more people than planned to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, bringing the total number to over 1.4 million. The official Xinhua news agency on Sunday quoted Mr Pu Haiqing, head
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan's security adviser visits US to boost ties
      630 8 "Her visit is aimed at strengthening ties between the Prime Minister's Office and the White House and explaining the Abe administration's policy principles." CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY YASUHISA SHIOZAKI, on the US visit by Ms Koike (left) Yunko Koike to build relationship of
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      Lock icon Japanese couple get to register surrogate twins
      392 8 Tokyo A COURT has ruled that a Japanese couple's twin sons born m the United States to an American surrogate mother can be registered m Japan as their own, a news report said. Ms Aki Mukai, 41, a television personality, and her husband
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      Lock icon Seoul's ex-mayor and strongman's daughter to run for president
      411 8 Seoul THE daughter of late President Park Chung Hee and a former mayor of Seoul have announced they will run for South Korea's presidency next year. Ms Park Geun Hye, former chairman of the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP), declared
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      Lock icon Scientists identify agent that controls appetite
      214 8 Hong Kong SCIENTISTS m Japan have identified a molecule responsible for making mammals feel full, a discovery that could lead to new ways to treat obesity m humans. Scientists believe that appetite is controlled m a region of the brain called the hypothalamus, and
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon India forges ahead with SEZ projects
      521 9  -  Ravi Velloor But acquisition of prime farm land for zones carries risks for government By Emfifl Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S government is pushing ahead with a programme to set up special economic zones (SEZs) to trigger a manufacturing wave m the country.
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon KOREAN MILITARIES TALK, BUT NO AGREEMENT
        107 9 SEOUL: Military officers from North and South Korea held talks yesterday for the first time m almost five months but failed to agree on ways to ease tensions on the peninsula. The Souths team said the communist state's July missile tests were not directly
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        Lock icon MASSIVE LEAK FROM YUNNAN GAS WELL
        88 9 BEIJING: Drilling at an underground gas well m south-western China triggered a massive leak that forced the evacuation of at least 770 people, state media said yesterday. No deaths or injuries were reported as a result of the explosion, which sent methane, dust, water
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        Lock icon CHINA CHARGES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
        101 9 BEIJING: Chinese human rights activist Yang Maodong was formally arrested and charged with illegal business activities, his wife said yesterday. This came two weeks after police took him from his home m southern Guangdong province. Yang, who also uses the pen name Guo Feixiong, was
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        Lock icon DOOR-TO-DOOR DENGUE WAR
        81 9 NEW DELHI: Thousands of health workers m New Delhi went door to door yesterday spraying pesticides to stop the spread of dengue fever, which nas killecTl4 people m northern India m the past six weeks. Health Minister Yoganand Shastri told reporters the moves to stop the spread
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINE SOLDIERS CLASH WITH REBELS
        85 9 MANILA:- At least five people were wounded when Philippine soldiers clashed with Muslim insurgents m the south, but rebels said yesterday that a 2003 ceasefire would hold. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) accused soldiers of firing at people praying at a mosque m a
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      Lock icon Ex-agents may be aiding Taleban: Musharraf
      269 9 Washington PAKISTAN'S intelligence service has not aided renegade Taleban fighters m Afghanistan, but retired intelligence officials could be involved m such support, President Pervez Musharraf has said. Asked whether Islamabad's In-ter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been helping the ousted Taleban, Gen Musharraf, speaking on NBC
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Prominent TRT figures quit party
      648 10  - Prominent TRT figures quit party Nirmal Ghosh Resignations may signal the start of Thai Rak Thai's disintegration By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok AT LEAST 10 prominent Thai Rak Thai (TRT) figures yesterday resigned from the party. The resignation which is likely to have the most impact was that of Mr
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      Lock icon Surayud begins work on Cabinet line-up
      474 10 Bangkok THAILAND'S new militaryinstalled Prime Minister has started putting together a government while moving to reassure the world that the country is on the path back to democracy. On his first day on thejob yesterday, General Surayud Chulanont, a former army chief, offered the
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      Lock icon Business chiefs welcome new premier
      239 10 Bangkok THAI business leaders and investors yesterday welcomed their new Premier Surayud Chulanont amid hopes the military-backed leader will shore up confidence m an economy rocked by months of political crisis. "His appointment was gcod news for the Thai economy," said Mr Santi Vilassakdanont, chairman
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      Lock icon Jakarta wants more jobless workers to go overseas
      495 11  -  Salim Osman Country will benefit from increase m remittances, says top official By mdonesta Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA will encourage move of its unemployed to find work abroad because the domestic economy has been unable to create enough jobs, a top government
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      Lock icon Vietnam counts costs of typhoon
      267 11 Danang (Vietnam) VIETNAM counted the costs yesterday after Typhoon Xangsane ripped through the centre of the country, damaging more than "200,000 homes, downing power lines and killing at least 11 people. The storm, which was downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday, also brought massive devastation
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      Lock icon Post-execution violence: Extra police, troops sent to Poso
      222 11 Post-execution violence: Extra police, troops sent to Poso Jakarta ABOUT 800 extra police and troops have been sent to Poso town amid violence following the execution of three Christians who led a mob that killed Muslims, police said yesterday. Four small explosions caused by home-made bombs rocked the town m
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon MM LEE'S LETTER TO ABDULLAH
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      459 12  - Syed Hamid reserves comment Foreign Minister will wait for PM Abdullah to react first to MM's letter By Carolyn Hong Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said last night he would reserve comment on the contents of the letter from Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
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      Lock icon Annex to MM Lee's letter
      1206 12 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has been strongly criticised m Malaysia for his recent comments on Chinese m the country. In a letter yesterday to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, MM Lee explained the context of his remarks and said sorry for the discomfort he
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Another school shooting leaves several dead in the US
      360 14 Another school shooting leaves several dead m the US Nickel Mines (Pennsylvania) A NUMBER of people were killed m a shooting at a one-room Amish schoolhouse yesterday, state police said. "There are a number of people dead. ..The exact number. I do not know yet," Stale police officer Ralph S
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      Lock icon Bush backs Rumsfeld amid renewed 'quit' calls
      579 14 Damage control continues after new book bashes govt on Iraq policy Washington THE President retains "full confidence" m US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the White House said, despite new allegations that he has mismanaged the Iraq war and alienated senior administration members. At
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      Lock icon Woodward's allegations
      146 14 US JOURNALIST Bob Woodward's State Of Denial, went on sale on Saturday. Among the allegations made by Mr Woodward, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal m the *****, is that the administration has concealed the level of violence against US troops m Iraq. President George W. Bush was
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      Lock icon US move to ban online gaming hits operators
      429 15 Bill disallows use of credit card, cheque and electronic fund transfer for wagers London ONLINE gaming firms faced their biggest crisis after the US Congress unexpectedly passed legislation to ban online gaming m the country. The move on Saturday threatened jobs and
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      Lock icon New tape shows Sept 11 hijackers in high spirits
      407 15 London A PREVIOUSLY unseen videotape of two of the Sept 11 hijackers laughing and smiling for a camera 18 months before the attack has been released. In the tape, Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah looked very different from their photographs made
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      Lock icon Cameron spells out centre-right vision for Tory rule
      413 16 Cameron spells out centre-right vision for Tory rule Party can defeat Labour at next poll if it sticks to his strategy, he says Bournemouth (England) THE leader of Britain's main opposition Conservatives, Mr David Cameron, urged his party to embrace change and occupy the political centre ground to seize back
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      Lock icon Catholic bishops slam BBC 'attack' on Pope
      336 16 London ROMAN Catholic bishops m England and Wales rejected as false and misleading a BBC documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI m his previous role. Cardinal Cormac Mur-phy-O'Connor, head
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      Lock icon Casting Net for young voters
      155 16 THE Labour Party is at it, as are the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Political blogging, podcasting and online video is taking off m Britain as politicians look to widen the net for new and younger voters. The Lib Dems had webcasts and live video-streaming
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon GEORGIA HANDS OVER RUSSIAN 'SPIES'
        100 16 TBILISI (Georgia): Georgia yesterday handed four detained Russian military officers over to the Organisation for Security ana Cooperation m Europe, a spokesman for the Georgian President said. The OSCE chairman called on Russia to take steps to reduce tension caused by the crisis over the
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        Lock icon MICE CLONED WITH MATURE CELLS
        101 16 CONNECTICUT: Scientists say they have cloned mice using already developed blood cells rather than so-called adult stem cells tnat are waiting to mature. Since Dolly the sheep was cloned almost 10 years ago, researchers assumed they needed to use the hard-to-find adult stem cells to
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        Lock icon ARMED MAN SCALES WALL AT NO. 10
        134 16 LONDON: An intruder armed with a knife was arrested after scaling a wall and getting into a secure area of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence, police said yesterday. The man was apprehended after scaling a fence from a road behind 10
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        Lock icon MOBILE STOLEN? MAKE IT SCREAM
        150 16 LONDON: A mobile phone service which makes a handset scream when it is stolen was launched m Britain yesterday, with its makers claiming it could spell the end of cellphone theft altogether. The Remote XT system would also automatically remove all information on the stolen
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  • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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      329 17 US SCIENTISTS Andrew Fire and Craig Mello yesterday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering how to silence malfunctioning genes. This breakthrough could lead to an era of new therapies to reverse crippling diseases. "This year's Nobel laureates have discovered a fundamental mechanism
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      193 17 ASTRONAUT Neil Armstrong has been accused of fluffing one of the greatest lines ever spoken by a human being. Now he s been vindicated by an Australian computer programmer. When Armstrong set foot on the moon m 1969, he meant to say: "That's one
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      141 17 SINGER George Michael was found passed out and allegedly m possession of drugs, for the second time this year. London's Metropolitan Police said yesterday that the 43-year-old ex-Wham! frontman was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car and arrested on suspicion of
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      981 18  -  Kamal Sidhu By For The Straits Times In New York RISKY WISHES Washington should be careful what it wishes for. Sudden upward adjustments m the value of the yuan may not really be m the interest of the US economy. YOU would not
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      671 18  -  Seah Chiang Nee »MM LEE'S COMMENTS He wants to remind a new generation of Singaporeans that being small does not mean that we must be compliant to bigger neighbours By NOT all Singaporeans regard everything Mr Lee Kuan Yew says or does these days as
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      1153 19  -  Anthony Paul The new Thai Prime Minister is a retired army general who was once a Buddhist monk. Not many know, however, that his father was a revolutionary nationalist who pioneered the Thai communist movement m the 1 950s f fought the corrupt military
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      1163 20  -  David Ibison INTERVIEW WITH ERICSSON CEO CARL-HENRIC SVANBERG By AS CHIEF executive of Ericsson, Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg is someone. His every word is scrutinised and he is, to all intents and purposes, the Swedish equivalent of a celebrity chief executive. But m Sweden, a
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      282 20 MR CARL-HENRIC Svanberg was born north of the Arctic Circle m Porjus m 1952. the son of a bookkeeper. He was educated at Linkoping Institute of Technology and Uppsala University. In 2003, he became the first non-Ericsson employee to be made chief executive m
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      212 18 He who dares Ericsson's head Carl-Henric Svanberg is, to all intents and purposes, the Swedish equivalent of a celebrity chief executive. PAGE 20 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice- President Alan
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      8 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 2006
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      693 H1  -  Ben Nadarajan Teh Joo Lin 4 No matter how long errant driver's jail term is... Wife of volunteer cop hit by truck at roadblock still gets accident flashbacks By TRYING TO MOVE ON: Volunteer policeman Seah Ben Hur (above) died on the spot when
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      367 H1 HE ADMITTED to tampering with the speed limiter of his tipper truck and was driving it though the Drake-oil reservoir was empty. Unable to stop at a roadblock when his brakes failed, he ploughed into a patrol car, with disastrous results. For the negligent act, which
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      237 H2 UNIVERSITY professor Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann faces a charge of plymg immigration authorities with false information about his former mistress being m a ''sham marriage". Ngoi, 45, is said to have repeatedly e-mailed the deputy commissioner of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). Mr Clarence Yeo. to
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      673 H2  -  Chong Chee Kin TRIAL OF VARSITY DON Oil firm manager saw her frequently and spent many nights with her By OIL company manager Augustine Yee Chee Khian, 36, took the stand m court yesterday to restate his belief that his
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      528 H2  -  Lim Wei Chean By THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) wants to tighten the leash on errant companies by shortening the grace period given to them to clean up their bad practices. Instead of three months, the consumer watchdog wants to give
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        81 H2 A CHINESE national m his 40s was found bleeding from a stab wound m his left buttock by a fellow tenant on Sunday m an apartment m Charlton Road, off Upper Serangoon Road. The police were called at about 8.50 am and the victim
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        119 H2 TWO people lost their cellphones to snatch thieves m separate incidents on Saturday. In the first case at Bam, a woman m her 30s lost her phone to a thief m the void deck of Block 113, Geylang Lorong 3. A man believed to
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        34 H2 A WOMAN m her 30s shopping at Chinatown Point on Saturday morning found her wallet missing from her handbag. Her wallet contained her identity card, ATM cards and credit cards.
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      219 H2 January 2005: Orion's Belt Network (OBN) opens, principally to help people to get out of timeshare deals. July 2005: Case receives first complaint about the company from a client claiming that it has failed to help terminate a timeshare contract as agreed. March
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      182 H3 PHOTO: THE body of an unidentified man was found floating face-down m the Singapore River m front of UOB Plaza yesterday morning. The man, m his 20s. was wearing a black polo T-shirt blue jeans and was barefoot. He had shoulder-length hair and was
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      636 H3  -  Arlina Arshad MOM to make it a rule for giving work permits from Nov 1 By FROM Nov 1, a domestic maid who prefers to be paid her salary through a bank account will have redress if her employer does not do
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      176 H3 THE technology behind the Electronic Road Pricing system that deducts money from your Cash Card every time you drive past a gantry is a home-grown infocomm innovation that has put Singapore on the global tech map. A few other world-class and world-first infocomm ideas, like
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      352 H4 THE annual Hindu fire-walking procession will wind its way through more gaily lit streets this year, thanks to the coinciding celebrations of Deepavali and the Chinese Mid-Au-tumn Festival. At 1.30 am next Monday, the procession which draws more than 3,000 male
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      396 H4 YET another M. Ravi case has stalled m the courts as the lawyer remains warded m hospital. In the latest case, Mr Ravi has taken on the Hindu Endowments Board and the board of trustees of the Sri Mariamman Temple. In a
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      699 H4  -  Yap Su-Yin Survey also finds six m 10 gambled at least once during past 1 2 months By ABOUT one m two Singaporeans does not consider the weekend mahjong game or the occasional flutter on 4-D, Toto or Singapore Sweep
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        129 H4 IF YOU are a bride-to-be or simply looking to take up a new course, head down to Suntec City this weekend for the best deals m town. Brides-to-be can go shopping at The New Paper Wedding Planner m Suntec Ballroom 2. More than 30 booths
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        100 H4 TICKETS to see Child Aid 2006, the charity concert organised by The Straits Times and The Business Times, went on sale yesterday. This year, the two-night concert aims to raise $300,000 m ticket sales and corporate sponsors. Net proceeds will go to The Straits Times
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        77 H4 CZECH Republic President Vaclav Klaus begins a three-day state visit to Singapore today at the invitation of President S R Nathan. Accompanying him are his wife, Mrs Livia Klausova, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Martin Tlapa ana a business delegation. During the visit, Mr Klaus will
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      422 H5  -  Maria Almenoar Diploma holders can get degree m early childhood education By POLYTECHNIC graduates hoping to pursue a degree m early childhood education from a top overseas institution can now do so at Ngee Ann Polytechnic at a
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      258 H5 MORE than 40 secondary schools will offer courses designed and taught by the five polytechnics to their students, some starting this month. These 37 courses, for which separate fees are payable, range from design communication to microbiology and financial planning to electronic circuits. Education
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      224 H5 SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Aubeck Kam will be posted to the Ministry of Manpower as its deputy secretary on Octl6. Since he joined the police force 17 years ago, he has served as commander of the Ang Mo Kio Police Division and director of
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        503 H7 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asiai. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Many elderly who should be enjoying retirement, forced to live rough Why do literate and hard-working Singaporeans fall for phone scams? Stanchart changes interest rates only after
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        314 H7 I APPLAUD Education Minister Thartnan Shanmugaratoani for his efforts to finetune the primary education system through subject-based banding to maximise the potential of every child m academic studies (English, Mother Tongue. Mathematics and/or Science) that he is best at. Such a bold move
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        101 H7 No security at ATM outside foodcourt DBS' automated teller machine (ATM) at Block 542 8 Serangoon North Avenue 3 is situated outside a foodcotnt The problem is that the nearest table and chair are less than lm away from the ATM. Anyone who wants to know your personal identification number
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        101 H7 1 REFER to the article, "Ila/v days are here agam" (ST, Oct 2). The worsening haze H a came tor concern. It affects our health and well-being. Citizens can get detailed information on the Pollutants Standard Index (PSI) provided by the National Environment AgenCJ
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        340 H7 I REFER to the article, "Undergrad suffers brain injury after monkeys cause crash" (ST, Oct 1). I have lived m Windsor Park estate on the fringe of the nature reserve along Upper Thomson Road for 13 years and I'm used to visiting iguanas,
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        236 H7 400-word limit You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to the Forum page, we take it that you agree at no charge
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        464 H7 KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS I REFER to the letter, "Are teachers doing it right m kindergarten?" (ST, Sept 28). I agree with Mdm Jenny Goh that her son and nephew were not telling lies. As a pre-school teacher a decade ago, I had witnessed many colleagues who
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        259 H7 WE REFER to the letters, "Are teachers doing it right m kindergarten?" (ST, Sept 28) and "Teachers should know how children learn" (ST, Sept 30). While we feel that the punishment meted out to the children was wrong and excessive, we'd
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        610 H8 SOCCER SCANDALS 39 EPL transfers, including Drogba's move to Chelsea, are being probed London EIGHT Premiership clubs are under suspicion m a corruption probe commissioned by the Premier League. Former Scotland Yard commissioner John Stevens released the preliminary findings of his six-month investigation into English soccer's
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        316 H8 PHOTO: Rome FORMER Telecom Italia security chief Giuliano Tavaroli's lawyer claims that his client was asked by Inter Milan to spy on disgraced Italian referee Massimo de Santis. Inter are accused of tailing de Santis, who is serving a five-year ban for
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        643 H8  -  Alvin Foo WILD WEEKEND By SOME clubs depend on star strikers, others on chairmen with megabucks. But Aston Villa have faith m their manager Martin O'Neill. Which is why the unfashionable club will be this season's biggest surprise. Few bosses
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        847 H9 SOCCER That will help cut out controversial penalties, like the one awarded to Spurs, he argues London PORTSMOUTH manager Harry Redknapp is demanding the Premiership embrace new technology m an effort to eradicate controversial refereeing decisions. He was incensed at a penalty
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        508 H9 London ANDREW Johnson has pulled out of the England squad for the upcoming Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Macedonia and Croatia. The 25-year-old Everton striker picked up a hamstringlnjury m the last minute of Saturday's 1-1 draw against Manchester City. He will
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          65 H9 LONDON: The Football Association is awaiting referee Andre Marriner's report into Joey Barton's shorts-dropping antics on Saturday. The Manchester City midfielder bared his buttocks towards Everton fans as he walked off the pitch at the end of the Premiership 1-1 draw. Disciplinary chiefs will consider
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          66 H9 MUNICH: Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel saic. yesterday he no longer wants to play for the Dutch national team while Marco van Basten is m charge. The 29-year-old was a surprise call-up for the Euro zOOB qualifiers against Bulgaria and Albania on Saturday
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          72 H9 CARDIFF: Wales coach John Toshack has a selection dilemma ahead of a crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovakia on Saturday, with Ryan Gigtp m a race to be fit. The Manchester United winger has not played since injuriiig his hamstring on Sept 13. Defender James
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          50 H9 LONDON: Arsenal manager Ars€ne Wenger has called the impending international break "unacceptable". His team are on a five-match winning streak, so many of his players will be involved m national duty. He fears they will lose the momentum they have only just achieved, reported Tearitalk.com.
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          77 H9 MADRID: Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham has no complaints about being consigned to the bench for his side's last four matches. He has lost his place since the arrival of Jose Antonio Reyes from Arsenal. "I can't complain because I'm not m the starting line-up," the
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        660 H9 London THREE months after the World Cup, who would have thought that the star at Manchester United is Cristiano Ronaldo? Who would also have imagined that his teammate Wayne Rooney, so often the inspiration tor the team, would be mired m a slump? Ronaldo was
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        764 H10 GOLF He posts sixth straight victory on PGA Tour, yet describes the year as a 'tremendous loss' Chandler's Cross (England) AS TIGER Woods held up the champion's trophy for the six consecutive time on the United States PGA Tour, any golfer would happily
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        609 H10 > SOCCER Madrid THE cheers m the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium that greeted Real Madrid's Champions League midweek victory turned to jeers on Sunday. Real's demanding fans, who saw their side beat Dynamo Kiev 5-1 m the European competition, were upset that
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        429 H10 MOTOR RACING Shanghai FERRARI could adopt Re-nault-style "team orders" to help Michael Schumacher clinch his eighth world title. Following Sunday's tumultuous Chinese Grand Prix, Ferrari team chief Jean Todt said they had learnt a lot from Renault. He had seen the two
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        488 H10 Rome STRIKERS Alessandro del Piero, Luca Toni and Vincenzo laquinta all won recalls to the Italy squad on Sunday. Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has named his squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia. The world champions, who have
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        248 H10 CRICKET Islamabad PAKISTAN cricket chief Saharyar Khan will continue to press for an investigation into umpire Darren Hair's conduct over the ball-tampering affair m London. Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was cleared of ball-tampering charges by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week. But he was handed
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        715 H11  -  Marc Lim SPORTS IN SINGAPORE Improved medal count m Doha will reinforce nations progress m sports By Sports Correspondent SINGAPORE is on track to meet its target of being among Asia's top-10 sporting nations by 2010. But an improved medal count m December's Doha
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        251 H11  -  Jeanette Wang sailing By HE HAS been handpicked for the .America's Cup, regarded as the world's most famous and prestigious sailing race. Yet, Olympian Tan Wearn Haw has failed to qualify for December's Asian Games m Doha. The 28-year-old did
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        Lock icon Singapore second in Hobie event
        156 H11 SINGAPORE'S Melcolm Huang (above) and Chung Pei Quan finished second at the Hobie Asian Championships m Hong Kong yesterday. Thailand's defending champions, Vongtim brothers Damrongsak and Sakda, cruised to victory with 11 points from 11 races. The Singaporeans, who are Asian Games-bound, had 20 points.
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        87 H11 "The assessors looked at everyone with an absolute open mind and found that Wee Chin has the skills to do the job." Naturally Tan, who was second at last month's Asian Match-Racing Championship m Terengganu, was disappointed. "The Asian Games was my Plan A. I had asked for time-off from
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          80 H11 SEOUL: Formula One racing will expand into South Korea from 2010. The county of Yeongnam m South Jeolla, 385 km south of Seoul, is set to host a Grand Prix for seven years. The deal was signed yesterday by Formula One chief
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          80 H11 LONDON: French tennis player Antony Dupuis was suspended for 2V2 months yesterday for using a banned substance found m asthma medication. The International Tennis Federation's independent tribunal said he tested positive for salbutamol at a challenger event m Tunisia on May 2. Dupuis, 33,
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          74 H11 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's premier golf event, the Malaysian Open, will boast an increased prize purse of US$l.29 million (Ss2.l million) for next year's edition. It will be the highest prize money m Malaysian golf history. The Open, co-sanctioned by tne European and Asian tours,
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          Lock icon NORTH, SOUTH KOREA TO COMPETE AS ONE
          84 H11 PYEONGCHANG (South Korea): North and South Korea are expected to compete as a joint team by the 2014 Winter Olympics. This was revealed yesterday by Bahng Jae Heung, secre-tary-general of South Korea's Pyeongchang bid committee. The two Koreas have long tried to put
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        598 H11 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Atlanta 32 Arizona 10, Baltimore 16 San Diego 13. Buffalo 17 Minnesota 12. Carolina 21 New Orleans 18. Houston 17 Miami 15, Kansas City 41 San Francisco 0. Indianapolis 31 NY Jets 28. Dallas 45 Tennessee 14. St Louis 41 Detroit 34. New England 38 Cincinnati
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      349 H11 "Surely goodness and love will fallow me all the days of my life and I will dwll m the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 IRENE CHENG CHWEE NEO Age. 71 was called home to be vrith the Lord on 30 Sep 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved
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      917 H12 lesus saul "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth m me, though he uere deaiU vet shall he lire:" John 11:25 KONG CHUI PENG Age: 82 Was called home to be with the Lord on 01 October 2006 leaving behind: (Husband: Ow Idling Cheong, deceased) Sons:
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        398 H14 Texas Pacific and Colony among those eyeing S2ob giant: WSJ \f.\v York PRIVATE equity suitors are close to arranging a deal to buy casino giant Harrah's Entertainment, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. If it comes about, the deal would spell an aggressive
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        162 H14 FOR all its clout, casino king Harrah's has been so far been locked out of Asia gambling's new frontier. It was unable to get a foothold m Macau and lost out to Las Vegas Sand Corp m the bid for Singapore's first casino site
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        393 H14 Washington MANUFACTURING m the United States last month expanded less than what economists had forecast, suggesting the housing slump is extending its reach to other parts of the economy. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index dropped to 52.9, the lowest since May
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        42 H14 Yesterday's close: 16,254.29 (+126.71 points) The Nikkei rose 0 79 percent tc end at its highest close m nearly a month, as stocks with strong profit prospects rose after a Bank of Japan survey shovved improved business sentiment. REUTERS
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        32 H14 Yesterday's close: 5,178.8 (+24.70 points) Australian shares ciosed 048 per cent higher m thin trade. on trie back of stronger commodity prices and a positive lead from Tokyo. AFP
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        30 H14 Yesterday's close: 969.67 (+2.12 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.22 per cent higher led by telecommunications company Digi.com, white other stocks mostly traded within a narrow band. AFP
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        40 H14 Yesterday's close: 683.84 (-2.26 points) Thai shares closed 0.33 per cent lower, as foreign investors dumped stocks to raise capital ahead of the initial public offering of China's largest bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. AFP
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        316 H14 Siemens bosses forgo pay rise to help BenQ staff Berlin SIEMENS will cancel an executive pay hike and allocate 30 million euros (5560.8 million) for employees of its former cellphone business, according to a report yesterday. The German electronics and engineering group ceded its unprofitable handset business to Taiwan's BenQ
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        440 H15 Beijing to let market play larger role in yuan rate PHOTO:' Beijing CHINA is allowing the market to play an increasing role m setting the exchange rate value of the yuan, while weakening the influence of a reference basket of currencies. This is according to Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, the central
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        525 H15 Findings from Thai Commerce Ministry's probe have been forwarded to police Bangkok A THAI Commerce Ministry probe into Temasek Holdings' purchase of the country's biggest telco has found that the Singapore investment company may have overstepped foreign ownership laws. An official
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        713 H16  -  Gabriel Chen Bigger share of their business coming from regional clients rather than local advertisers By "South-east Asia is booming, so central and sophisticated Singapore is booming too." MR TANG, on Singapore's reinvention as a regional hub and its emergence as a
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        191 H16 MEDIA agency Media Wise Singapore, which advises advertisers on the placement of advertisements m different media, has been rebranded as PHD Singapore. This makes it part of the PHD Worldwide network, which is expanding across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. PHD
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        182 H16 DDB Singapore is the newly appointed agency to manage the prized advertising account of fastfood chain McDonald's Singapore. That ends what is understood to be a 15 -year hold on the account by ad agency Leo Burnett. In a statement, the managing director of Leo
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        563 H18  -  Bryan Lee Its width of 56m roughly the width of a soccer field allows it to carry 22 rows of containers across its deck Its capacity of 1 1,000 TEUs is 15 per cent bigger than the next largest container ship China Shipping Container
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        217 H18 UOB to start 2 -level check for i-banking UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is the latest bank to announce that its personal banking customers will get extra security against Internet banking crime. In December, it will implement a system known as "'two-factor authentication" (2FA), where two levels of identity checks are
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          63 H18 ASL MARINE CLINCHES $51.4 M SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT ASL Marine has secured a lucrative shipbuilding contract worth $51.4 million from a European customer. The marine engineering firm said yesterday that its subsidiary, ASL Shipyard, will build four tug vessels and one offshore maintenance ship. These vessels, to be completed m 2008,
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          114 H18 SHARES of Hotel Negara will be delisted tomorrow, four months after a change m its ownership. The mainboard-listed company hit the headlines m June after its previous controlling shareholder, United Overseas Bank, sold its 54.5 per cent stake to United Overseas Land
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          103 H18 SMART card solutions provider I'M Technologies said yesterday that it is m talks with a third party over a possible takeover of the firm. No further details were provided, but the company said: "There is no certainty that any transaction will be entered
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          150 H18 TWO separate legal suits swirling around strife-torn integra2ooo have been dropped, one by its former chief executive and another by a key shareholder. The firm said yesterday that Mr Kwok Kah Kie, the former chief executive officer (CEO), has discontinued the legal
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        608 H18  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent NATSTEEL Asia the former steel business of mainboard-listed Natsteel is flourishing under its new owner, Indian conglomerate Tata Steel. That is, except for one relatively minor but thorny problem: It is often confused with its old
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        628 H19  -  AZRIN ASMANI It wii! sell 24.69% stake m Capital OK back to Thai group as it relooks strategy By Finance Correspondent CHANGE IN STRATEGY DBS Bank will now focus on increasing its presence m Thailand by growing its franchise m Thai
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        394 H19  -  Bryan Lee By SINGAPORE'S biggest brokerage. UOB-Kay Hian, is >pending S3 million to upgrade its Internet trading system. The move will boost its online trading capacity by two to three times, reducing the likelihood of slow stock price updates that
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        412 H19  -  Goh Eng Yeow By SALES BASE: About half off Plastoform's revenues come from making loudspeakers for multinationals such as Japan-based Minebea, says Mr Chiu. These are then supplied to top US computer makers like Dell. The firm gets the rest of its
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        397 H19  -  Gabriel Chen •TAKING STOCK By PROPERTY stocks got a big boost yesterday after the Urban Redevelopment Authority said the private residential property index rose by 2.5 per cent m the third quarter. This quarter-on-quarter growth is the fastest since the sector began recovering
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        280 H19 Growth in lending boosts banking plays WARRANT WATCH A PICKUP m loan growth has triggered the biggest rally m bank stocks on the Singapore bourse since May. This has also attracted heavy trading m the covered warrants issued on them. Yesterday, covered warrants on DBS Group Holdings surged 20 per
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        79 H19 Top Falls Oct2 CENTS SIA MBL 8CW*****9 4 55.6 5.0 Autron W*****3 0.5 50.0 0.5 Noble GrpCSeCWOBI 103 2 42.9 15 DBS DB ePWO7OIO9 15 40 0 10 DBSSGAePWO7OIIS 1.5 40.0 1.0 Eagle Brand 4.5 40.0 3.0 POC Corp 1 33.3 0.5 Superbowlß 1 33.3 0.5 UOB S6A BPWOBI2M 1
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        607 H20  -  Lorna Tan In an unusual first, it will actually pay clients to manage their investments By Finance Correspondent "Bank customers are not getting a good deal. The bonus cash is to help people get over the ignorance of better rates and the inertia
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        220 H20 SURPRISE DEPARTURE ONE of the region's most prominent economists, Mr Andy Xie, has left investment bank Morgan Stanley. Hong Kong-based Mr Xie, 46, was the firm's chief Asia economist and was renowned for his research on the Chinese economy. It is not clear what new
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        419 3 SA TOURS' Jason Ang is used to attention. At travel fairs, middle-aged women will point at the tour leader from afar, then come up to him and say: "Oh. so you are that Jason Ang. I've heard so much about you." Mr Ang, 38, has been m
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        241 5 1 Although bottled water is readily available at convenience stores and many Japanese prefer it, the tap water is perfectly safe to drink. Drinking fountains can be found on the platforms at many train stations. 2 Tipping is not necessary. Taxi drivers will help with luggage without
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        279 5 IDo visit Yasukuni Shrine (Kudanshita). Built to honour Japan's war dead. Visit this Shinto shrine and see why it is at the centre of a long-standing feud between Japan and China. Don't miss out on the war-related museum (Yushukan) within the shrine precinct, which gives Yasukuni's
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          136 6 MOST of us have played the childhood game of scissors, paper and stone. Now, if you want to see how the experts fare, mark Nov 11 on your calendar, for that's when the World Championships takes place m Toronto. Competitors use the standard hand signals to represent the three
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        322 8 HEADQUARTERED m Melsungen, northern Germany, and a leading supplier m the global healthcare market, the B.Braun Group first established its presence m Singapore m 1981. It was a branch office of B.Braun Medical Supplies then, before becoming a fully-owned subsidiary of B.Braun Group m October 1987. Since
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        394 9 Singapore to be Solar-Fabrik's new technical hub SOLAR-FABRIK GROUP, established its presence m Singapore through a unique business relationship a recent minority one-third acquisition of a Singapore company, Singapore Energy Power (SEP), a solar cell manufacturer. The move enabled the company, which began as a solar module producer, to diversify
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        754 10 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Folkmar Stoecker looks forward to strengthening the ties between his country and Singapore. Chan Sect Fun reports SINCE taking over the reins as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany on July 21, this year, His Excellency Folkmar Stoecker, 63, has
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        558 12  -  Hong Xinyi Chinese iconic play Thunderstorm still hits a nerve after decades > theatre THUNDERSTORM The Theatre Practice Victoria Theatre Last Thursday -E PORTER IN THE programme that accompanies this production of Thunderstorm. China-born director Wu Xi points out the many changes that took place m China as
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        307 14  -  Lee Sze Yong He's made two movies m the British capital, with a third m the works MEDIA REPORTER Shepherds Bush Empire (left and above) Shepherds Bush Green SINCE 1903, this theatre, used as the stage for Allen's magician character, has been a prominent landmark m
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        467 14 City Point (above and right) Ropemaker Street EVEN Jackman's dashing appearance m Scoop will not steal the thunder from the grandeur of this 35-storey skyscraper. Previously known as Britannic House, it was the former headquarters of British Petroleum. Its anchor tenant now is law firm
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      141 16 DREAM COME TRUE: Singapore Dreaming won the Montblanc new screenwriters prize for Colin Goh and his wife Woo Yen Yen (right) outside the official competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival m Spain last Saturday. The event is the most prestigious m the S v panish-speaking world and
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      190 16 PHOTOS: PARIS China made a splash at Paris' fashion week on Sunday when Frankie Xie became not only the first Chinese designer to take part, but also opened the eight-day showcase of the industry's top names. Jefen, the label he established m Beijing six years ago,
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      17 1 Digital Life pOUR WEEKLY TECH MAGAZINE FROM THE STRAITS TIMES •TUESDAY OCTOBER 3, 2006 MICA (P) 219/03/2006
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      362 2 DIGITAL LIVING 4 Success stories Uniquely Singaporean IT initiatives. The wonderful world of computers Key computing innovations and milestones m the past 25 years. How the NCB really started computing A flashback to 1981, when the civil service became computerised. Taking the Government down the tech road The first
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        404 3 U^ Singapore on the tech map The last 25 years have witnessed world-class world-first systems born, bred and raised m Singapore. LESLIE GOH has the details The number to toast right now is 25. It has been 25 years since IBM unveiled the personal
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        32 4 "ft Singapore on the tech map PSA Corp's Ship Planning System, the ISDN network, Trade Net and the ERP system are just some examples of Singapore's high-tech approach PHOTO: PSA
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        399 4  -  Tham Yuen-C By THINK OF SHIP planning as a game of shuffling puzzles m a grid. You have only one free space around which to manipulate the jumbled puzzle pieces to form the finished picture. Given that ship planning involves the allocation of thousands of ships and
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        298 4  -  Tham Yuen-C By THERE WAS AN old way and a newer way. The old way took about eight minutes and $25 to fax a 10 page document. The newer way took just six minutes and cost $4.90. Called the Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN), the
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        243 4  -  Leslie Goh -By TRADENET SHARPENED SINGAPORE'S position as a global trading hub. Just consider: when it was introduced, it saved the government US$l billion (Ssl .6 billion) a year m overheads and reduced cargo approval from four days to 1 5 minutes. Paperwork was also
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        272 4  -  Leslie Goh -By PORSCHES, LAMBORGHINIS AND Ferraris were among 20 sports cars racing along Seletar Expressway one day m early 1998. They were stress-testing the prototype Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system that day, Dr Chin Kian Keong, the UA's chief engineer and director
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        529 6 *^J Singapore on the tech map CHUA HIAN HOU looks at the key computing innovations and milestones m the last 25 years 1981 The National Computer Board (NCB), with Mr Philip Yeo as chairman, is formed. IBM introduces the Personal Computer, creating
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        702 8 Armed with a plastic flowchart ruler and a basic Cobol vocabulary, LESLIE GOH was among the pioneer batch of IT workers who helped computerise the civil service The employer was desperate. I was available. And the systems analyst job was mine m three weeks
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        424 9  -  Leslie Goh In this series of features to mark Singapore's 25 years of infocomm living, Digital Life takes a look back at the first initiatives to get the nation wired up It was the Committee on National Computerisation (CNC) which started it all.
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        598 10  -  SERENE LUO Digital Life-Canon Photo Marathon IV 2006 An architecture degree helps Mr Chua Ying Vi visualise his shots of buildings. By Of all the interesting buildings m the world (think the Louvre m France, the Empire State Building m the United States, or the Sydney Opera
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        141 10 Some experts are so good. Their pictures are both usabie for architecture professional purposes and artwork because they are also so beaUtlfu! MrChua THE DIGITAL LIFE-Canon Photo Marathon returns for the fourth year on Oct 14. This year, participants will have to go out
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        823 12 It is about time console game manufacturers taught their old dogs new tricks. Like Apple and iTunes, the seventh generation of video game consoles will have their own online services to push digital content as much as game CDs, to ingrain the recall of their
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        603 13 As Google Earth takes on the world and introduces a Japanese version m Tokyo last week, concerns over risks to national security are raised again Google Inc's Michael Jones likes to take pictures with a super high-resolution camera like those used on spy planes during the
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          129 14 It looks like the familar SGH-D6OO slider phone that is easy on the pocket. But it is also a 3G phone. The new gizmo m question is the Samsung SGH-Z4OO, just 107g but with all the multimedia goodies of a 3G phone and the size of a
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          138 14 Cellphones Palm on Windows Users m Singapore will be the first m Asia to get their hands on Palm's much-awaited Treo 750 v PDA-phone (the company calls it a smartphone) when it hits the shelves here this month. Sporting a sleeker profile than previous Treos and a hidden antenna, the
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          125 14 If it does not matter to you that David Beckham is no longer the England captain and is not m the first team at Real Madrid, then you are a Beckham diehard. Read on. If you buy a Motorola Rokr E2 phone before Oct 13,
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          73 14 Fans of Stephanie Sun can now enjoy a free download of Yu Tian, the singer's latest single from her album, My Story, Your Song, when they buy a Samsung Ultra Edition 6.9, 9.9 or 12.9 cellphone. They can use the song as a ringtone and also
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          98 14 Games Live in a Disney cartoon Play m the Magic Kingdom from the comfort of your home. Disney's Toontown Online Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) is a 3D game made for family fun. Designed for those as young as seven years old, players can create their own cartoon character, explore
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          139 14 Low-cost phone operator Redtone Technology has launched its TravelFon service, which lets users make cheap cellphone calls on the move. The company claims it can offer savings of up to 80 per cent. For example, Singaporeans travelling to Malaysia can call home for as
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          48 14 Services Podcast for health Listen to the Health Promotion Board's NutriLine podcast to pick up tips on healthy eating. A new nutrition topic will be podcast m English every Thursday until Nov 23 Subscribe to the free podcast at www.hpb.gov.sg/podcasts and to receive automatic downloads of RSS feeds.
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          57 14 TOP 10 RINGTONES PHOTO: 1. Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 2. Promiscuous Nelly Furtado 3. Sexy Back Justin Timberlake 4. Unfaithful Rihanna 5. Buttons The Pussy Cat Dolls 6. Hips Don't Lie Shakira 7. Bad Day Daniel Powter 8. London Bridge Fergie 4 9. Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera 10.
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        157 15 German electronics firm Blaupunkt has come up with the Memphis MP66 head unit, which boasts a USB link to play songs on your USB-based MP3 player or mobile hard disks. According to Blaupunkt, the USB device can be conveniently controlled via the car radio.
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        314 15  -  Leung Compiled by ARE THE CLAIMS true? Is Sing Net really the best for gaming? And Star Hub better for movie and music downloads? Geek Zoners give their feedback. FerretSG: "I am with Singnet. I use my internet connection to play games, web surf, forums wh*re, chat with friends,
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        114 15 Hardware New chip on the block PC gamers looking for an enthusiast-grade graphics card can look to one that runs on Nvidia's new GeForce 7950GT chip. Vendors like Asus and XFX have brought m such cards which feature 512M8 of DDR3 memory and support for high-definition (HD) content using the
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        107 15  -  Alfred Siew Compiled by The first Lenovo-branded notebook PCs with the Intel Core 2 Duo chip are hitting the shelves. The NlOO wide-screen notebook PC will come with next-generation Wi-Fi connectivity and is said to be ready for Windows Vista Premium. Featuring "Multiple In/Multiple Out" (Mimo), the next-generation
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        490 16 Just sing your way to fame and fortune. Is there more to Singapore Idol than meets the eye? SERENE LUO checks out the buzz Stop kissing hands http://cellistic.blogspot.com "When you hear finalists whine, "I don't want to go for rehearsals", you know you're not the only one around who
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        490 17  -  CHUA HIAN HOU Singapore surfers are more keen on road conditions than social activism during the IMF/World Bank meet as online searches tracked by an Internet analyst show. reports IT CONCERNS US: To the typical Singaporean, traffic and road conditions m and around
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        446 18  - Click and save Mike Lee You Tube videos are m the Flash Video file format, so you will need a compatible player to watch the downloaded videos. -By Tips for saving footage from popular video-sharing sites There is a cool clip of Singapore satire that you want to show a
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        617 19  -  GRACE CHNG BY Hone it to the point where not just the obvious winners receive backing. But also the ones which can be stars years down the road Mr Sim Wong Hoo's story is a case m point As Singapore celebrates its computerisation efforts over
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        411 20 Big-name bands are making music videos and movie directors are producing full-length films on the tiny mobile phone. THAM YUEN-C explores the trend When Mr Willie Koh wants to shoot short films, he whips out his mobile phone and clicks record. The film
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        213 20 Getting WHILE THE QUALITY of mobile phone cameras do not come close to that of regular video cameras, here are tips to make sure your mobile movies are watchable. 1. Shoot m bright places: Phone cameras have small lenses and let m little light compared to regular
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        437 21 Company Of Heroes The beach on Normandy looms; the sound of mortar fire fills the air. A man prays to God, and then the boat hits the beach. The amphibious vehicle opens and men begin dying. The scene pulls back, and suddenly players discover
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        193 21  -  Eugene Neubronner FLANK. FLANK. FLANK. This is your mantra for the game. Learn to live with it. Company Of Heroes' cripplingly intelligent Al often sets up fire zones of death, such as roads covered on both ends by snipers, or hedgerows where a machine gun nest waits for unwary
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        360 21  -  Valentine Chua -By Top Spin 2 When it comes to tennis video games, it has always been either Pam Development's Top Spin for technical games or Sega's Virtua Tennis series for a shallower, more game-play-oriented touch. Top Spin 2 is a chip off the old block, changing
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        575 22  -  Valentine Chua By bit Generations THIS TITLE TAKES you back to a time when developers had to work around extremely limited colours and resolution, and gameplay mattered over graphic eye candy. A tribute to the first years of video gaming, bit Generations harks back to a time
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        49 22 TOP GAME PLAY Price Previous ranking 1. Company Of Heroes $59.90 (PC) new entry 2. World Of Warcraft $59.90 (PC) no change 3. New Super Mario Brothers $59.90 (NDS) 1 4. Test Drive Unlimited $69.90 (Xbox 360) new entry 5. Gitaroo Man Lives $70 (PSP) new entry SOURCE: WWW.G3.COM.SG
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        355 22  -  Sherwin Loh -By Test Drive Unlimited At a time when racing games are a dime a dozen, Test Drive Unlimited (TDU) not only manages to break out of that boring mould but also sets a new high for unparalleled freedom and possibilities. In fact, unless you
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        386 23  -  Nebojsa Novakovic -By FINAL SAY I like the 2407FPW's design and the HDTV composite input capability. The resolution is ideal for the mid-range to high-end PC user, but there is room for improvement. Dell 2407FPW LCD monitor $1,699 list price (regular promotions at around $1,299) Buy online from
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        677 23  -  Melvin Seah By Slider or clamshell? Whichever you prefer, there is a "world's slimmest" Samsung Ultra Edition mobile phone waiting for you Samsung SGH-D9OO $798 (no contract), $698 (two-year contract) Get it from authorised Samsung dealers FINAL SAY A pretty complete multimedia package with a three
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        412 24  -  Melvin Seah By Motorola Rokr E2 Mobile Phone $558 (without plan) or $458 (with plan). Purchase comes with 20 songs of your choice from Soundbuzz, while stocks last Buy from authorised dealers The earlier rocker, the Rokr El, did not quite have the hip quotient. Yes, it
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        440 24  -  Mike Lee By Casio XJ-S3O $2,888 Get it from authorised Casio dealers The Casio XJ-S3O is meant to go wherever you go: At a mere I.Bkg, it is no heavier than most computer notebooks. In fact, it is so small no larger than a
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        461 24  -  Melvin Seah -By Logitech Harmony 885 Advanced Universal Remote $499 Get it at selected Harvey Norman outlets (including Funan DigitaLife Mall, Jurong Point and Parkway Parade) THE SHEER NUMBER of remote control units m my living room has made me contemplate building a little shelf to
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        361 25  -  Yasmin Ally Ng Hui Hong -By -By Degunking Your Mac Tiger Edition Joli Ballew Paraglyph Press, Inc., 2005 Call no: English 004.165 BAL-(COM) IF YOU FIND that it takes a long time to start up your Mac, to send e-mail messages or that you cannot locate the folders
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        269 25  -  Mike Lee Want to know what is wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Include your name and contact numbers Answered by 91 am using Nero Burning ROM to I burn my MP3 music and song files from the hard disk to a But when I
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        144 25  -  Jofatt Fan Mike Lee Ql have installed a user password which I use every time I start up my PC. However, after a few months of not using my PC, I forgot my own password and despite many attempts to remember, I couldn't get it right! How can
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        336 25  -  Lee Swee Ching M.K. Wong Answered by QA few years ago a technician installed a Mobile External Data Storage on my computer which is running Windows XP Professional. This external data storage probably serves as a backup for the computer. I would like to see what is
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          146 27 Cameras Spy home MONITOR YOUR OFFICE or home discreetly with the Axis 207MW megapixel network camera. Designed for remote surveillance indoors, the camera can be connected to an Ethernet cable or go wireless, with WPA2, WEP and WPA security proctocols. Using the wireless-g standard gives the camera a wide area
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          100 27 A 75nm Dram Trench technology by Qimonda AG and Nanya Technology has met performance requirements for high-end server and computing applications at the maximum DDR2 speed. This technology reduces chip sizes, increasing chip output per 300 mm wafer at factories by 40 per cent. Developed by Qimonda's
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          152 27 Servers $1,000 reward for new blades As a pull factor for clients contemplating migrating to new blade servers, IBM has offered a $1,000 incentive for clients currently using HP blade servers to make the switch. This is m addition to a Blade Migration Center m the works. Under this programme,
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          74 27  -  The Global IP Sound (GIPS) Voice Engine will be used to optimise voice quality m voice services offered by global telecommunications provider Zone. With built-in GIPS Voice Engine, Zone customers worldwide can look forward to speech enhancements. Banish the echo, voice quality even under adverse network
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          82 27 Telephony Eavesdropping not allowed Small and medium businesses, home offices, call centres and even homes are what Aztech's IPISO IP phone is designed for. An all-in-one IP phone, the IPISO counts among its key features three-way conferencing, storage for 100 phonebook addresses and compatibility with all types of routers. Chief
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          139 27 Never losing sight of the picture JAPANESE ELECTRONICS MAKER Sharp has developed the Triple Directional Viewing LCD, a display that controls the viewing angle so that it can show different images from the left, right and centre, simultaneously. Such a screen could be used
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          113 27 PCCW-HKT TELEPHONE, a subsidiary of Hong Kong telco, PCCW, has started a mobile TV trial m the region to test the technical capabilities of the technology. The six-month trial of the DVB-H (digital video broadcasting handheld) will run m Hong Kong's Quarry Bay district.
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          141 27 TELECOMS VENDOR ERICSSON and Deutsche Telekom's fixed network unit, T-Com f have managed to push more Internet data over fibre optic cables than before m a world-first trial. They were able to run a 43Gbps optical link over a I,oookm connection m T-Com's DWDM (dense wavelength-division multiplexing)
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          166 27 JUST GOT BACK from a mock shopping trip with a real expert a cellphone. This Nokia S6O with Scanbuy Shopper software, a free download from Scanbuy of New York (www.scanbuy.com), gathers price comparisons, reviews and product information from the Web. Whether you are pricing
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        732 28 A world influenza outbreak that could kill millions of people is a scenario waiting to happen, say medical experts. Globalisation, speedy air travel and more face-to-face contact could make that scenario a reality (see sidebar). But there is an under-appraised saving grace
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        549 29  -  Serene Luo tyhile it took between six and nine months for pandemics to spread globally when shipping was the primary mode of transport between countries t will now only take three months before every country is affected. THE CHALLENGES OF a pandemic are different
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        419 29  -  Serene Luo PHOTO: HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS LIKE Sing Health will face a dual challenge during a pandemic. It will have to sort out staffing and operations constraints just like other companies would. It will also be stretched to the limit because it will
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        140 30 Security breaches happen to business partners who part ways. Malicious code being the most prevalent, according to a security survey. ADA ANG reports Beware partners bearing malware More than a handful of companies have had their share of security breaches involving business partners last
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        808 30 Nominations are now open for the IT Leader Awards 2007 to be given out early next year LAST YEAR, ONE person won for his achievements as a home-grown local entrepreneur. He started System Access as a one-man outfit and built it into a banking software enterprise
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      750 31 A pioneer of the Internet in S'pore Bl 31 B 1 wm flSk^^B »^B Hl^b A. 9m I Ml il £4 Projecting a virtual version of yourself, called an ay alar, into a virtual world where you interact with other peoples' avatars." DR TAN, on the "next big thing" You
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      666 1 V- -!'C" t The tech that put Singapore on the map The road tolls, trade application, ship planning and %,w voice-data systems have all enhanced Singapore's global standing over the last 25 years P3 pf ,^^^1^^ jjt^k PL-US Sign up for the Digital Life-Canon Photo Marathon P10 ■r%^L MB How
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