Today, 24 November 2000

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    9 1 TODAY Jp riClftV November 24, 2000 Mn_.(F) 138/1 iflooo
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 9 convicts shot; 2 nations jolted
    528 1 BANGKOK While their leaders were trying to mend bridges at the Asean informal summit in Singapore, a gunbattle in Thailand was threatening to blow such hopes away. In a drama shown live on Thai television, Thai marksmen gunned down the nine Myanmar convicts who
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Sky-high Singapore
      383 2  -  Steven Ooi Will the future be even taller still? by steve_i@newstoc_ay.coni.sg The future Singapore could be going even higher Taller HDB blocks, as high as 30 or 40 storeys. Living space per person to be increased to 31 sq m Three people to one household instead of the
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      Lock icon Suharto's daughter questioned about guns
      129 2 AFP JAKARTA Another of former President Suharto's children is in trouble with the law. Police are investigating alleged criminal behaviour by Siti Hutami "Mamiek" Endang Adiningsih, Mr Suharto's youngest child. According to the Kompas daily she owned two firearms without valid official documents. "Mamiek had
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      Lock icon Estrada, in fighting mood, says: Don't forget the people elected me
      428 2  -  Ng Boon Yian by boonj_an@newstoday.com.sg THE head of the Philippines was in a fighting mood. President Joseph Estrada took control of a cocktail reception hosted by Philippine Inc yesterday, by stating from the outset that he will not resign.
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      Politics in air-con land
      563 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahman i X j Fascinating processes are at work here, says Cherian George by zac„ana(__iewsto_ay.com.sg SEVERAL labels some pleasant, others unflattering have been used to describe Singapore. The latest, coined by former political reporter Cherian George in his book to be launched today, is
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      Shambles as downpour continues
      168 3 HEAVY rains caused more chaos on the roads early yesterday. One side of Preston Road caved in (right), putting the road leading to ISS International School out of service. According to Mrs Margaret Alvarez, the school principal, students were not affected since their drop-off point is
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      Lock icon More floods
      63 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Floods in Malaysia caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed seven people and forced more than 4,500 to flee their homes. Worst hit were the northeastern states of Trengannu and Kelantan, the national Bernama news agency said. Kedah became the third state to be affected
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    • Article
      Lock icon Campaign against honour for SM
      141 3 Reuters HONG KONG A group of students has launched an online signature campaign to try to stop one of Hong Kong's top universities from conferring an honorary doctorate on Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The group from the Chinese University said yesterday that according
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      No destructive creation, please
      420 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Know when to pull the brakes, Swee Say tells forum by zackaria@newstoday.coin.sg DON'T ever feel constrained by the system maintain your own individuality but know where to stop. Minister of State (Communications and IT) Lim Swee Say (picture) told this to students at
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      Father brings son here for treatment, molests nurse
      291 4  -  David Ngiau by david@_ewstoday.com.sg THE editor of a daily newspaper in Bangladesh brought his son to Singapore for medical treatment, and ended up molesting a nurse. Yesterday, Mazidul Islam, 51, was fined $1,000 for molesting the 21-year-old nurse. The court heard that
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      Lock icon East Timor army, with Aussie help
      120 4 AFP SYDNEY Australia will spend US$l4 million over the next five years to help East Timor set up its own defence force. Defence Minister John Moore (left) said Australia had an interest in the development of an independent East Timor which was secure, stable
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    • Article
      Lock icon Doctor fined
      77 4 -CNA A DOCTOR was fined $4,000 and censured by the Singapore Medical Council for giving placenta injections to a woman patient. Dr Edwin Lim Boon Howe had administered 26 injections of Placenta Histolystum Po Injection, a medicinal product not registered under the Medicines Act. The Council also found
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      Lock icon Company fined
      75 4 -CNA A SHIPBUILDING and repair company, Keppel FELS was slapped with a $40,000 fine in a Subordinate Court yesterday. Its former project superintendent, Ong Chwee Kiat, was fined 8,000. Both parties were found guilty of safety negligence after a Bangladeshi worker fell to his death on site last
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      109 4 READ 0N... Fertility: No need to guess There is another natural method, says doctor/6 Takeover bid for Osprey Maritime World Shipholding, a company headed by a Norwegian shipping tycoon is mounting a takeover bid for Osprey Maritime/8 Another freed, another blow Second man in Bank Bali Scandal acquitted/ 12 Tax
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Fertility: No guessing
      283 6 There is another natural method, says doctor TWO articles published in Today early this week highlighted the unpredictability of female fertility. One reader offers an alternative method. IT is indeed true that the calendar rhythm method cited in the reports is not reliable in predicting tlie fertile
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      Invest in pension fund with CPF
      201 6 I STRONGLY feel that money from this special account should be allowed to be put into a special pension fund scheme. Currently Singaporeans, when they reach 55 years may not really have enough CPF for their retirement due to use of the savings for
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      Measures for more open Asean-Japan relationship
      219 6  -  Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg EVEN Mr Simon Tay was aware how bland his statement sounded when he said that AseanJapan relations should be a more "open partnership". The spokesman for the Eminent Persons' Group added: "I think they bear emphasis, given that Japan
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      Lock icon Fishy cargo that turned out to be human
      196 6  -  Shazalina Salim by shaza__na@newstoday.com.sg A MALAYSIAN-registered prime mover attached to a trailer entering the Woodlands Checkpoint on Wednesday night looked like any other cargo-carrying vehicle from across the causeway. Except that it also carried human cargo. Officers on duty flipped the canvas
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Preying Osprey
      343 8  -  Chan Chao.Peh World Shipholding to make offer after increasing stake to 48.7% by __aopeh@_ewstoday.eom.sg WORLD Shipholding, a private company headed by Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, will make a takeover bid for Osprey Maritime, a local energy freighter. The takeover bid was triggered when World Shipholding, already a
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    • Article
      CPF interest rate remains at 2.5%
      204 8 THE CPF Board will continue to pay interest to its 2.8 million members at the rate of 2.5 per cent for CPF savings in their Ordinary and Medisave Accounts in the first quarter of next year. In a statement, the Board said this is
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      Great Eastern and OAC to merge
      109 8 SHAREHOLDERS of Great Eastern Holdings and Overseas Assurance Corp have approved a planned merger that will create one of the largest life insurers in Malaysia and Singapore. The companies, both units of OCBC are joining forces to prepare for heightened competition in the two
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      Lock icon HK specialist toy maker seeks listing here
      387 8  -  Lee Yew Meng Today photo by by yewmeng<_ >newstoday.com.sg DESIGNING and making toys for corporate clients have proved to be a profitable business for Hong Kong-based Bosswin Creative Solutions. Fast food chains like McDonalds and Burger King and airlines like NorthWest and ANA
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Mixed trading
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        Banking and property counters up
        423 9 SINGAPORE shares extended their gains from the morning buoyed by fervent buying in banking and property counters while tech shares consolidated. The STI index closed on a firm note at 1940.27, up 29.20 points. Gainers led losers 137 to 106 while 324 counters were unchanged.
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        All eyes on relisting of United Engineers(lVl)
        466 9 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia stock market stabilised in the afternoon session with the KLCI closing 11.8 points lower at 708.9. Sentiment remained weak, undermined by Nasdaq overnight sell-off and the uncertainty surrounding the US presidential election. The mood in regional markets was similarly
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      Losing their dazzle?
      520 11 Electronic stocks may no longer shine following ownership changes JIT Holdings and other electronics manufacturers were among the best performers on the Singapore exchange in the last two years. But the glory days of these shares may be over, analysts say. Takeovers by US rivals will remove
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      SIA to spend $20 million in seat management system
      135 11 SINGAPORE Airlines will spend more than $20 million on an advanced seat allocation management system to minimise seat wastage. SIA aims "to better match supply with demand and to ensure each market is allocated an appropriate number of seats," said Mr
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      SingTel and STT Comms in radio service joint venture
      151 11 SINGAPORE Telecoms (SingTel) and STT Communications, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia, will merge their trunked radio service operations into an equal partnership. The new joint venture company, Digital Network Access Communications (DNA Comms), will continue to offer trunked radio services,
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      222 11 R-C Imiisicfest 5 24 Nov to 4 Dec 2000 IP^^ ~--~____F^k A Hundred Days of Art Music _W 1 Sy Ulysses Chuang NUS Cullural Centre (Theatre), NUS, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore *****0 H-« CM Li Quan in Concert 25 Nov 2000 Sat, 3 pm _r________PH (0 $22 ..*> Ul
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Another freed, another blow
      225 12 Reuters Second man in Bank Bali scam acquitted JAKARTA Indonesia's efforts to restore confidence in its shaky legal system suffered another blow yesterday, when a Jakarta court acquitted another man charged with graft over the politically-charged Bank Bah scandal. Former Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) deputy
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      Lock icon 'Israel bluff'
      174 12 AFP CAIRO A top Palestinian official yesterday slammed the Israeli Foreign Minister's claim that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had proposed resuming peace talks. The official, who asked not to be named, said Mr Shlomo Ben Ami was using a political "bluff. He added that negotiations would only resume
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      Lock icon Cheney is ready to serve despite minor heart attack
      185 12 Reuters WASHINGTON Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney, who suffered a "very slight" heart attack on Wednesday, said he can serve if elected. He told CNN he felt good and there was no doubt about his ability to take office. "All we
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      Lock icon Paedophile in Cambodian prison put on suicide watch
      172 12 Reuters PHNOM PENH A Cambodian prison has put a jailed British headmaster on suicide watch after he was given a three-year sentence for debauchery. John Paul Keeler from Manchester admitted in court on Monday that he had bribed four girls, aged eight
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      Lock icon Usually late no more
      82 12 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's national airline, which is usually the butt of jokes for being late, has changed its image. Now, more than 95 per cent of flights take off within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, said the airline. It said it wanted to build
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      Lock icon Foetus found in baby
      132 12 -AFP CALCUTTA Indian doctors removed a tiny foetus from the stomach of a 40-day-old baby in the eastern state of West Bengal. The baby, which was born on Oct 9, was admitted to a local nursing home here last week in a "critical" condition. Initial clinical
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    • VIPs in tax probe
      • Article
        Malaysian taxman discovers 'big names' among 2,777 fraud cases
        216 14 PETALING JAYA Malaysian VIPs and some "big names" are among those under investigation for tax fraud. They are among the 2,777 cases of tax fraud, which includes evasion and under-declaration, that are being investigated by the Inland Revenue Board said its
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        Lock icon Mad cow disease agents isolated
        171 14 Reuters LONDON As fears over the mad cow disease spread in Europe, scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in ways to detect the disease and its human equivalent. This, in turn, may lead to a cure for the diseases, a team of Swiss and
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        Lock icon Pie in his face
        128 14 -AFP THE HAGUE This was one fruit-and-cream pie that US official Frank Loy could do without. The Under-Secretary of State for Global Affairs had just started a nightly briefing on the state of the climate talks when a woman protestor rushed up and flung the pie
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        Lock icon Pizza from prison anyone?
        76 14 Reuters SAO PAULO Brazilian jails may have a grim reputation for crammed cells and bloody riots, but the Dutra Ladeira prison now is famous for something else its pizza. Little Tutu pizzeria and bakery, run by former drug runner and now convict Thenys Chagas Pereira, sells
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        Lock icon 'Spare the puppies'
        144 14 AFP LOS ANGELES Animal lovers in the US have asked Walt Disney to cancel an in-theatre promotion featuring Dalmatian puppies, to coincide with the opening of the movie, 102 Dalmatians. The Humane Society of tlie United States said it fears the promotion along with the movie will
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    • My country is calling ...
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        Lock icon Ex-UN chief is now Peru's new PM
        204 15 AFP LIMA Former United Nations' secretary-gener-al Javier Perez de Cuellar has been summoned out of retirement to help heal the wounds left by disgraced president Alberto Fujimori. Mr Perez de Cuellar, 80, was named as Peru's interim prime minister by Mr Valentin Paniagua
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        Lock icon Billionaire gets organ
        64 15 -AFP, Reuters SYDNEY Australia's richest man, Mr Kerry Packer, 62, has received a kidney donated by his private helicopter pilot in a life-saving transplant operation. The billionaire media mogul underwent surgery late on Wednesday to receive the kidney donated by Mr Nicholas Ross, 60, a Packer employee
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        Lock icon Smart trousers ok
        99 15 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's highest court, after consulting other top judges, has issued what one newspaper called an "epoch-making" ruling women lawyers can now wear trousers in court. The Sun newspaper reported Thursday that women lawyers in the multiracial nation were previously obliged to wear skirts, long
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Win or lose
      615 18  -  David Deßosa Mori scores a victory. But who is the real loser? Kato? Or the Japanese economy? by in New Canann, Connecticut SOMEHOW Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (right) has managed to survive a vote of no confidence, thereby defeating his rival and challenger Koichi Kato (left).
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      Lock icon He said... they said: "You're fired!"
      161 18 Reuters SACRAMENTO A Northern California newspaper has fired one of its top political reporters after finding out that he invented sources and made up quotes while covering the US presidential campaign. The Sacremento Bee said it fired Mr Dennis Love, 46, on Tuesday after
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      Lock icon No mountain this high
      80 18 -AFP BEIJING Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, is shrinking as a result of global warming, China's Xinhua news agency reported. Researchers said the snow on Everest's peak had thinned during the last 30 years. "This phenomenon is linked to global warming" they said, without revealing
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Music marathon kicks off today
      703 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg MusicFest 2000: A Hundred Days of Art Music By Ulysses Chuang Today 8 pm NUS Cultural Centre (Theatre) Artist Ulysses Chuang's meditation on time culminates in a unique performance combining music with dance, video projections and a live painting demonstration.
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      35 19 Jessica Friends 29 30 Nov 2000 Wed Thu, Bpm I k^H The Substation Garden I I Take this to any SISTIC outlets and get 10% off. I I I^, Offer valid for 24th November only.
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      124 23 You Are Already A Winner In Our Eyes! i ,V_£.: tu.M^a——rW\ /rir m Hp' itW—Bw Finalists for the Asian TV Awards 2000 Programming Category Best Comedy Programme: Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (Bloodline), Under One Roof (The Test) Best Drama Series: Stepping Out Best Sports Programme: SportsNight Performance Category Best
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon VIP family with an itch for insects
      947 24  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Beach crabs, spiders, caterpillars by kim@newstoday.com.sg THE computer is a cobwebbed anachronism in this Joo Chiat home. You're more likely to find Elaine, eight, and her four-year- old sister Emily, knee-high in seawater, scampering around the garden or hunting for garden
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      time warp
      607 26  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg WALKING into street-fashion store 77th Street a couple of weeks ago, I had trouble telling apart the customers from the store's staff. I was looking around for Donovan del Rosario, an old friend now working there, and could not spot him. But he was
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      We're OLD but we're not OUT yet!
      418 27  -  Hazel Tan Veteran actors speak their minds about their TV roles by hazel@newstoday.com.sg HE doesn't get as much exposure or as many chances. Hence, MediaCorp actor Liu Qianyi (top left) is unhappy, screamed the headline on Monday's Shin Min News Daily. Indeed, Qianyi
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    • Article
      Britain gets tough with airline health warnings
      523 27 LONDON AIRLINES in Britain were warned yesterday to issue health warnings with long-haul tickets, telling passengers about the danger of blood clots from cramped conditions. The first official investigation into inflight conditions concluded that passengers who travel in first and business class are
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      Different roles
      498 28  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim with different robes mother, wife, helpmate, engineering student by 2ackaria@newstoday.com.sg I FROM Tampines to Bedok to Clementi, she wears the dresses of mother, wife and student. In a daily journey that covers almost the whole of Singapore, Ms Yaw Choon Hong, 31, studies electrical engineering
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      Lock icon Fancy driving an MRT train?
      591 29  - Fancy driving an MRT train Shazalina Salim Reporter gets to be train driver for a day in SMRT's new train simulator by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg I'LL never become a train driver. I don't think SMRT will ever want to hire me. Everything looked very simple to me as I confidently took my
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  • TECH NEWS
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      Look and hear before you leap
      424 30  -  Lightbringer Trust your senses, they will save your life in the game by UNREAL Tournament is a fast-paced First Person Shooter game. Weapons management is a crucial strategy of the game, feel that every weapon in Unreal Tournament is important and it would be
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      As fast as the chips
      665 31  -  Sol E Solomon The speed at which PC makers rush to plug their Pentium 4 systems by solomon<-_iewsto_ay.com.sg WITH Intel Corporation's release of the Pentium 4, its latest microprocessor made for highperformance commercial and consumer desktop computers, PC _______________m. vendors have begun tlie race to
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      Singapore's first virtual community for baby-boomers has arrived
      434 31  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@n_wstoday.com.sg YOU'VE likely received urgent appeals by e-mail for blood, platelets and the like. But with such requests getting into mailboxes so frequently and sometimes repeatedly, even genuine appeals get assigned by their receipients to the trash box
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      HDB enhances its community site with map display
      170 31 SPATIAL technology has been added to hdbhousing.com, a community portal built to encourage interaction among HDB residents within their various towns. The technology features "community ware" that uses a map display from application service provider (ASP), villagemap.com. The map shows users of
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      Online organiser
      532 32  -  Sol E Solomon The Internet comes to Psion's handheld by solomon@newstoday.com.sg PSION has, in a way, married the functionality of electronic organisers with that of wireless connectivity. What the vendor has done with its Psion Revo Plus is to utilise infrared capability, built into it to "connect" with
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      Small shot with big features
      386 32 CANON Marketing Services Pte Ltd released a slew of digital cameras in Singapore this week. Among them is the EOS D3O digital SLR (left) that combines the vendor's expertise in camera and optical design with advanced digital imaging technology. It works with all Canon EF
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      303 30 <^ Data store pact will allow faster and cheaper services A PARTNERSHIP between DataOne Asia Pte Ltd and extensible markup language (XML) product vendor, Software AG, will see the latter extend its Tamino XML database on the Pan-Asian hosting provider's Internet data centres (IDC) in Asia. DataOne will integrate into
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      393 33 10-game winning streak ends NBA Charlotte 88 Philadelphia 73 CHARLOTTE -It had to come to an end sooner or later. After 10 games it did. The Philadelphia 76ers lost their cool and their season-opening winning streak was over. Elden Campbell scored 22 points and Allen Iverson was
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      223 33 Reuters Utah 116 Denver 78 SALT LAKE CITY Donyell Marshall scored a season-high 17 points to lead Utah past Denver 116-78, despite Karl Malone missing the game because of a suspension. Marshall came off the bench to lead six Jazzmen in double figures and
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      525 34 Ferdinand can create as well as stifle LONDON As a schoolboy at West Ham, Rio Ferdinand was always regarded as a back of the future. He is a cultured defender who would rather drop his shoulder and feint past tlie opposing striker than take the last-row
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      328 34 Reuters GLASGOW Tore Andre Flo (above) is Scotland's most expensive player after agreeing to join Rangers in a £12-million deal ($3O million) following the successful completion of a medical at Ibrox yesterday. The Norwegian international was scheduled to sign a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Scottish
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      428 36 Reuters Under-strength Leeds is humbled by Real Madrid Champions League Leeds 0 Real Madrid 2 LEEDS Leeds manager David O'Leary was brutally honest after his side suffered a humbling 0-2 defeat by European champion Real Madrid yesterday. He admitted to SkySports: "You have got to hold your hands up
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      Lock icon Anderlecht surprises again
      154 36 Reuters BRUSSELS First it was English champion Manchester United. Now it is the Italians' turn to be beaten. Anderlecht continued its surprising Champions League form by beating reigning Serie A champion Lazio 1-0 in a Group D Champions League encounter yesterday. Tomasz Radzinski scored the decisive goal
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      536 37 Reuters Arsenal is taken to the cleaners by Russian side Spartak Moscow Champions League Spartak Moscow 4 Arsenal 1 MOSCOW Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger branded his defence "stupid" after a devastating 14 Champions League defeat by Spartak Moscow yesterday. The Gunners were torn apart by Spartak in freezing conditions
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      Lock icon Bayern admits it was lucky
      124 37 Reuters MUNICH Bayern Munich players and management admitted that they barely deserved their 1-0 Champions League success against Olympique Lyon in a dull game yesterday. Brazilian striker Elber led the criticism, saying: "I have rarely seen Bayern play so badly. We are satisfied with the
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      728 38  -  Kelvin Phang New club hopes to take athletics to new heights by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg IT WILL not try to be a "saviour" to disgrunted athletes disillusioned with the current dismal state of local track and field. Neither does it want to be seen as a "rebel faction"
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      314 39  -  S. Muraii FAS negotiating to bring the Red Devils to Singapore next July by mur__i@newstoday.com.sg THE stars of Manchester United could be making an appearance in Singapore next July. This was confirmed by Football Association of Singapore chief executive officer John Koh
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      232 39 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona has been refused a visa to enter Japan for next Tuesday's World Club Cup final in Tokyo between his beloved Boca Juniors, the South American champion, and European champion Real Madrid. "Japan has denied Maradona a visa because of his record
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      Lock icon West Indies finds a new low against the rampant Aussies
      202 39 Reuters Cricket GABBA The West Indies slumped to a new low as Australia dismissed it for just 82 runs on the opening day of the first Test match at the Gabba. Glenn McGrath was in devastating form, claiming six wickets
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      a real pain
      466 40  -  S. Murali Woods' exploits have left the golf world shaking its head in wonder by murali@newstoday.com.sg I AM getting a headache. The golf world is getting a headache. Why? Because of that man Tiger Woods. He wins three Majors in a year. We shake our heads in
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      186 40 -AFP MELBOURNE Nick Faldo says there's still time to add another major to the six he already has, but admits it's a long road back to the top. In Melbourne for the Australian Open which began yesterday, Faldo admitted that he has had a
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      22 41 IBISSPHH motor'n9 -Til interiors BRAVEHEART i^l^_-^A WARM or COOL Malaysia's first fully HHtt^^H e language of homegrown car 5 ■^■HHHI colours 11
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      410 42 Saturday morning in Kunming is time for physical exercise and games to keep body and mind healthy and alert. Green Lake Park in the northern part of tlie city centre comes alive with scores of people indulging in some form of activity or other. Emperors strolled
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      The dance of the DAWN
      265 44  -  Gilles Massot Nevermind if you don't know the steps it's the intention that counts. Oblivious to the frenetic activity around them, pockets of elderly men and ladies gather for their mahjong. Animated and passionate about it all, tossing their pieces and shouting "pong!" adding another
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      782 43 -WW-W-W-WWM^-WW-W^i 11T ft Hawaii of the East Lha Macau to Hainan Island, set yourself to a time of cultural discovery amidst countless scenic **n 4 MM wonders, before reaching Sanya, affectionately christened by the locals as the Hawaii ofthe East. I W ~*m. Take in the pristine scenes of Sanya
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      615 45 The Waja is Proton's first attempt at producing a fully homegrown car. COLIN YONG drives it Are you still cracking those old 'Milo tin' jokes about Protons? It will only take the slam of a Waja's door to make you stop. In place of the lightweight clang you
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      Where Were They?
      543 46 Lots of new cors were previewed at the recently concluded motor show, but some newly launched models were conspicuously missing. Here's what visitors missed... If you think the Carens' styling looks familiar, it might be because the rear section looks carbon-copied from the Toyota Picnic. Another addition
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      BMW Unveils New 3 Series Compact
      246 47 THESE are the first official photographs of BMW's new 3 Senes compact. Since the introduction of the current 3 Senes saloon three years back, BMW has launched coupe, louring and convertible variants progressively. Now the three-door compact joins the range, as a fully-fledged member
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      448 47 Man, U Won A os\ Christmas came early this year for 1 8-year old Jonathan Soon, who won a 1.6-litre Ford Focus sa bon in a contest organised by Southeast Asia's first Manchester United Supporteis' Club. Jonathan, who was one of some 1 0,000 Singaporeans that signed up to
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      971 51 One of the first lessons in interior decorating is the language of colours and the choice of themes. Choose a style you can live with or you may find yourself planning a new paint-job before the year is out. The most successfully decorated interiors are the ones
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