Today, 14 January 2004

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    26 1 TODAY sets you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday January 14, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 TODAY todayonline.com A fortnightly supplement by Today Jan 14-27, 2004 Vol 3 No 1
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    Lock icon Electric dreams
    511 1  -  Tor Ching Li HP to invest $1.7 billion in Singapore over 5 years THE world's second-biggest computer maker souped up the season for Singapore when it said yesterday that it would pump in US$l billion ($1.7 billion) here over the next five years. The announcement by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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    Another economist seeks labour statistics
    537 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak AN old issue got a fresh airing yesterday when labour economist Hui Weng Tat made a very public appeal to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for more access to data on workers. Even Ambassador-at-large Professor Tommy Koh got involved in the debate
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      52 1 NEWSX^/lEWS MMomason fined KTV manager fined $1 19,000 for evading taxes/3 Case No 2? H China waitress has Sars, say news reports/6 Adrian Tan says PSA and PTP should work together, rather than I com pete/2 8 DEADLY I FIRE Four killed, two hurt in Toa Payoh blast/2 Btr,""- Z__f
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon 4 dead, 2 injured in Toa Payoh blast
      528 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Jose Raymond A BLAST in Toa Payoh yesterday left four people dead and two injured in one of Singapore's worst industrial mishaps in recent times. The incident occurred at a second-floor unit at Block 1002 in the Lorong 8
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      KTV mamasan to pay $119,000 fine
      523 3  -  Joy Frances She is found guilty of evading $58,000 in taxes IT IS as close a case to that of Hollywood's mamasan, Heidi Fleiss, as Singapore's Subordinate Courts have seen in recent times. Yesterday, Lee Phui Fun, the public relations manageress aka "Mummy" of
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      Lock icon Panel debates leadership styles
      471 4  -  Lee Ching Wern Attitudes to women in power likely to change AS THE time for a change of guard draws nearer, a nagging question from many Singaporeans has been: Will Singapore, under Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's leadership, be any different? A panel of four
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      SPH to raise prices of its dailies by as much as 33%
      211 4 FROM Feb 1, many newspapers published by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will go up by as much as 33 per cent A copy of The Straits Times, bought off the stands, will cost 80 cents instead of 60
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Second Sars case in China?
      153 6 HK TV station claims waitress has virus HONG KONG A waitress in China has been confirmed as having Sars, Hong Kong Cable Television said yesterday, making her the country's second case in over a week. The television station quoted sources from China's Ministry of Health
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      Lock icon UK's Dr Death hangs himself
      143 6 -AFP LONDON Harold Shipman, the British family doctor who murdered more than 200 of his patients to become one of the worst serial killers of all time, hanged himself in his prison cell yesterday on the eve of his 58th birthday, prison officials said. A
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      Lock icon Blind bowler shows sightless the way
      479 8  -  Pamela Pang Sports can rehabilitate them, says 49-year-old BOWLING three strikes in a row is a feat most bowlers dream of. But to pull it off when completely blind? Doing that, how- ever, is all in a day's game for Mr Yong Phen Chong.
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      Revised healthcare subsidies prevent system abuse
      266 8 THE well-off should not be banned from Class C or B2 wards, according to Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. Instead, personal choice should play a part in determining which class of ward a patient is admitted into, he said. The minister was speaking
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      346 8 This is a dynamic world meant only for dynamic people! If you are one, you ought to keep abreast with unceasing changes or you will be left far behind! t***^f*******\i*, ,]t*^cnni*s—W*z*!*M*~* —i .*_m jf_i_:i_tV/_/j_ _>.*__j_f SELECT one or more of |\J V» Cl_______l I f mtt*t^^Unnmil BMC's courses and be
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      408 9 J^SMU Absolutely welcome at SMU Jff Mavericks and free spirits «|ft %4 At SMU, our approach to business education is totally revolutionary. It appeals _^^ff__\ to the brightest and most ambitious unconventional minds in our midst. tl____r __J Inspired, innovative and rigorous, our curriculum is developed in collaboration with the
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      A higher fee for choosing doctor?
      253 10  -  Paul Tan Soon Heng Hospital has not explained extra charges MY FATHER suffers from hypertension and has had two strokes. At the fragile age of 80, he required a cataract operation at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The family decided that the surgeon should be
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      Children at risk outside this school
      87 10  -  Steven Tay Yong How EVERY evening, parents park their vehicles in and around the bus bay outside Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School in Jalan Jurong Kechil Road to wait for their children. School-children, rushing out to board the schoolbus waiting in the outer lane
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      New measures against fraudulent claims
      214 10 I REFER to Idu Jion's letter, "Protection from fraud Lowering car insurance premiums requires stricter controls on cheats" (Today, Jan 7). The writer is correct that fraudulent insurance claims constitute a worldwide problem, from which Singapore is not exempt The General Insurance Association of Singapore
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      Breeze through cashless and hassle-free payment
      557 12  -  Cathleen Tung Security issues not a concern with Esso and Mobil's Speedpass users WHEN Mobil launched the Speedpass in the United States in 1997 and then in Singapore four years ago, it introduced a revolutionary way of payment in the retail sector. Speedpass uses
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      363 10 ._________ii___i___l \m^_^_9^__i_^_____\S___________________________t "fi __L Bk ll||UJlU|l^Uui|llj^l X ____r in W^mW fil __r V^ I^OTjnt^^^yi^n_»__i_-MT__ __tjli^__^ Edith C°wan University has more than J-* T| 21,000 students undertaking study in ffffreM?_f P4 E ot/ er 330 courses at both llrfiPfPPlFrl __J_______F undergraduate and postgraduate BfBaP)JMJ| edith cowan H levels.The University has more
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Time to pick up the ball and run with it
      683 14  -  Derrick A Paulo Focus on opportunities, not risks, Raymond Lim tells SMB leaders HE LISTENED intently for almost 15 minutes as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Raymond Lim fielded questions about the entrepreneurial movement here.
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      Lock icon CapitaLand sets eyes on Indian real estate
      394 17 Dow Jones But analysts say its property market remains closed to foreign companies CAPITALAND, Southeast-Asia's largest listed property developer, hopes India is one market it can invest in to further boost offshore earnings. But analysts said that growth in India would be hampered,
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      Lock icon S'pore and Sweden to boost biotech cooperation
      124 17 -AP SINGAPORE and Sweden have agreed to boost their countries' cooperation in biotechnology, the Government said yesterday. Mr Goran Persson, the first Swedish Prime Minister to make an official visit to Singapore, met Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday and discussed expand-
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      160 17 The initial public offering of IT products and software retailer Challenger Technologies was 22.65 times subscribed. It had offered 32 million shares at 23 cents each. The offer constitutes 20.85 per cent of Challenger's enlarged share capital. The shares will start trading on the Sesdaq today. (See Page 23.)
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      Lock icon China growth at 6-year high
      227 18 Bloomberg But 8.5% GDP comes amid concerns of oversupply in markets CHINA'S economy grew 8.5 per cent last year, its fastest pace in six years, as companies such as PSA Peugeot Citroen and Huawei Technologies expanded factories to meet rising consumer demand and surging overseas
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      Lock icon Open tenders for M'sia govt projects to curb graft: Abdullah
      248 18 Channel News Asia KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says open tenders for government projects will become routine with few exceptions, so as to crack down on corruption. "Tender processes need to be transparent, with open tendering being
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        Singapore
        68 20 SHARES closed higher yesterday, led by property stocks which had lagged blue chips in the recent market rally. The ST Index rose 1 9.07 points, or one per cent, to 1,861.56. Gainers outnumbered losers 203 to 122. Volume totalled 1.1 billion shares worth $960 million, up from 902 mil-
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        World markets
        55 20 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.68 C Pis -115.37 Change -1.05 Hang Seng Ordinaries Eaiwan Wtd *****.65 3300.80 6210.22 +44.43 -7.90 -9.49 +0.33 -0.24 -0.15 Korea Comp 848.43 -2.36 -0.28 KLCI 818.42 -5.26 -0.64 SET Index 792.23 -1.78 -0.22 lakarta Comp 743.14 +0.63 +0.09 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1507.17
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.5912 UKE 0.3203 Yen 63.0376 HK$ 4.5895 RM 2.2469 Euro 0.4637 Rupiah 4917.08 Baht 22.98 Peso 32.7204 A$ 0.7603 Indian Rs 26.8557 Won 695.114 C$ 0.7542 Yuan 4.8934 NZ$ 0.867 NTS 19.8912
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 20 'SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 425.800 Silver uss/oi 6.665 Platinum uss/oi 861.500 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 212 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1760.75 Brent crude uss/borrel 32.45
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        SGX most active
        58 20 fy volume Ixcelpoint Celestial _diaRing Hi-P )atacrftUSS Chartered \ir Ocean SingTel InerSave )eauty China Close 0.400 0.545 0.190 1.030 1.680 1.880 0.370 1.940 0.240 0.555 Change +0.025 +0.020 +0.020 +0.060 +0.130 +0.060 +0.025 -0.045 +0.010 +6.7 +3.8 +11.8 +6.2 +8.4 +3.3 +7.2 -15.8 +1.8 '000 68,762 66,653
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        SGX top rises
        80 20 By Close Changi 1AC200USS 3.100 +0.401 CITYDEV 6.850 +0.301 DBS 16.000 +0.301 Creative 50 19.600 +0.201 GrealEasI 11.300 +0.201 OCBC 12.700 +0.201 OCBC 4.55SNCPS 100 101.200 +0.201 Shang Asia 2kHKS 8.000 +0.201 Venture 21.000 +0.201 KepCorp 6.600 +0.151 By percentage Falmac Close Change 0.090 +38.5 Wee Poh
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        SGX top falls
        81 20 By, Close Change SIA 11.100 -0.200 Fortune Reit HKS 5.100 -0.100 SIA 200 11.200 -0.100 Isetan'S) 3.020 -0.080 Hyflux Jardine C&C 1.650 6.350 -0.060 -0.050 Robinson 7.500 -0.050 EnerSave 0.240 -0.045 AmlekW*****0 1.210 -0.040 J ui Eng 2.560 -0.040 By percentage ChipEngS W*****2 Close Change 0.020 -33.3
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      Mediaring on its way back?
      248 20  -  Chan Chao Peh Stock has risen by 30% in two days, maiden profit expected this year SHARES of Mediating shot up by nearly a third over the last two days, after DBS Vickers initiated coverage with a "buy" call on this Internet voice service provider.
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      953 15 Liave you broug Hit JOY to your family today ____^r That's the friendly reminder for 2004, this year being the 10th anniversary of International Year of the Family (IYF). IYF is a United Nations-designated event that I' is widely celebrated by member countries including Singapore. /^^^___L______ As we enjoy our
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Not bullish on Challenger's IPO
      455 23 Netßesearch Asia Expect price volatility with shares at 23 cents each CHALLENGER Technologies, whose stock starts trading on the Sesdaq today, is a retailer of information technology (IT) products and services in Singapore. The main business of the company is the provision of IT products
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      Bank of England charged with lying
      307 24 Liquidators say it has misled public over credit bank collapse LONDON The Bank of England was dragged to court yesterday for the first time in its history. The central bank was accused of lying to the government and the public for almost two decades
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Third chopper crash in 2 weeks
        53 24 Reuters A US Apache helicopter crashed in the West of Baghdad yesterday, the third in two weeks. But the two crew members survived, a military spokesman said. Witnesses said the attack helicopter appeared to have been hit by ground fire, but that was not
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        Lock icon Arroyo wants US apology
        51 24 AFP Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday demanded an apology from the US for the alleged mistreatment and embarrassment of Filipino executives summoned to testify in a probe over a telecoms dispute. The 30 executives were attending a conference in Hawaii when FBI agents summoned them as
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        Lock icon Indian police paid to get hairy
        50 24 Reuters Police in Northern India are being paid an extra 30 rupees $1) a month to grow a moustache to give them more authority, The Asian Age newspaper reported yesterday. A top official said research showed that policemen with moustaches were taken more seriously.
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      Robbed of the best years of their lives
      292 26 Salesman-turned-con man's 'IRA hit squad' threat has students snared in web of deceit LONDON A car salesman is on trial for posing as a secret agent and convincing three students they were in danger from an Irish Republican Army (IRA) "hit squad".
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      He sues dad to pay for studies abroad
      179 26 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court rejected a preliminary objection by a businessman after his 22-year-old son sued him to support his tertiary education in Britain. The Ipoh High Court said yesterday Mr Foo Dvi Geng had a "reasonable cause of action in
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      27 24 FROM RIVALRY TO A WIN-WIN DEAL Here is a way out of the port competition that is y". squeezing both Singapore and Malaysia m^^wM COMMENTARY 28 _MMJ^______!
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      582 30  -  Yong Shu Chiang Saturday Night Fever to hit Singapore inApril THE man in the unmistakable white outfit is taking his waistcoat off, If drawing hoots of excitement from the i& two young ladies beside him. Adam Jon Fiorentino, who sport- ingly acceded to a journalist's request I for
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      90 32 Some individuals and communities seem to have genes which are tougher, more resilient and perhaps even more inclined towards creativity. on the difference in cultures, from Thinking Hats and Coloured Turbans For too long we have tended to be nothing more than reasonable; our schools, universities, homes,
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      537 32  -  Elisia Yeo Writer Kirpal Singh offers food for thought with his book on creativity AS A quality, creativity is an elusive trait sought by Singaporeans striving to compete in a globalised world. Who better, then, to reflect on the nature of creativity than Kirpal Singh, writer,
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      133 33 Reuters LOS ANGELES After 20 years as one of television's most beloved snobs, Kelsey Grammer will soon put his Frasier persona behind him for good. He first played the character of the neurotic psychiatrist on Cheers in 1984. NBC said on Monday that Frasier, which debuted in 1993
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      246 34 Agencies LOS ANGELES Something smelled fishy at the North American box office last weekend. Although The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King held on to the top of the charts for the fourth straight weekend, an "aggressive" box office estimate by
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      391 43 -AFP Agassi insists ATP drug-testing measures the best in the world of sport TENNIS Australian Open MELBOURNE Senior statesman Andre Agassi gave a ringing endorsement of tennis' anti-doping programme here yesterday, revealing that he was tested 11 times in 13 tournaments last season. The 33-year-old, preparing
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      331 43 Reuters SYDNEY The Australian Open women's competition has been ravaged by injury before a ball is hit with the withdrawal of most of the leading contenders. Last year's winner Serena Williams and twice champion Jennifer Capriati have pulled out. Kirn
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      201 43 Agencies WASHINGTON Tiger Woods might be the richest golfer of all time, but his priority is not prize money, it's babies. The world No 1 picked up U*****,000 ($466,000) for his fourth place finish in the season opening PGA Tour event, propelling him over
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      597 44 Agencies LONDON Manchester United kicked off their transfer merry-go-round with aplomb yesterday. The Premiership champions bought Chinese striker Dong Fangzhuo, improved their offer for Louis Saha and accepted Nicky Butt's transfer request Not a bad day's work for manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Fangzhuo signed for the
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      102 44 LONDON Real Valladolid boss Fernando Vasquez has rejected a fresh approach from Sir Alex Ferguson to become his assistant at Manchester United. Ferguson has been looking for a new No 2 since Carlos Queiroz joined Real Madrid in the summer, reported BBC Sport Online yesterday. Vasquez
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      408 44 -AFP TUNIS Never mind Old Trafford, Highbury or White Hart Lane. This season's battle to win and even stay in the English Premiership could be fought on the sun-baked grounds of Tunisia just as much as it will be
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      Anelka turns on boss Keegan
      171 44 MANCHESTER Manchester City's French striker Nicolas Anelka has apparently criticised manager Kevin Keegan hours after leaping to his aid. On Monday, the 23-year-old told the British press that former team-mate Eyal Berkovic had been wrong to launch a stinging attack on Keegan. But Anelka has
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        Bodyguards for Veron
        51 46 LONDON Chelsea star Juan Sebastian Veron has brought in private security guards after an intruder threatened the Argentine player's children during a robbery at his house. The footballer was forced to hand over jewellery worth £60,000 ($1 88,000) after the masked attacker held a machete to his
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        Boxer offered $5,000 to 'dive'
        74 46 NEW YORK A former American boxer said he was offered US$5,OOO ($8,400) to lose a fight by Top Rank, the promotion company which is run by Bob Arum and being probed by the FBI. Mitchell Rose, 34, said he was visited at his home by
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        Marino's a Dolphin again
        52 46 MIAMI Dan Marino (picture) returned to the scene of his triumphs as a player when he was named senior vice-president of football operations with the Miami Dolphins yesterday. Ex-Dolphins quarterback Marino is the most prolific passer in NFL history, with 61,36 l yards passing and 420
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        Fans rooting for Carter, Bryant
        70 46 LOS ANGELES Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers lead balloting for the All-Star Game, the NBA announced yesterday. Carter leads all players with 1,629,169 votes while Bryant tops Western Conference performers on 1,333,262. Yesterday's NBA results: Dallas
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        No Parker for Chelsea
        116 46 LONDON Charlton Athletic have dismissed a bid by Chelsea for midfielder Scott Parker, 23, who won his first England cap against Denmark in November. Chelsea are looking for cover in midfield after injuries to Frenchman Emmanuel Petit, Argentine Juan Sebastian Veron and Republic of Ireland winger
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      Business as usual for Asian golf
      624 46  -  TAN YO-HINN Kyi Hia Han says split with APGA will not endanger tournaments yohinn@newstoday. com.sg LAST Sunday, an announcement by a group that represent professional golfers in Asia set the sport on course for a mini-revolution on the continent The new Asian Tour Tournament
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      201 46 RALEIGH, North Carolina Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones will compete in the 60m and long jump at the Birmingham grand prix in Britain on Feb 20. Jones, who took last year off to have a baby, will make her return to competition
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      29 49 It can help SMBs scale their business processes and raise productivity, says Mr Bill Chang, managing director of Cisco Systems South Asia. up close/7 ALVIN TOH
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        PRODUCE A MATRIX VIDEO, DIGITAL-STYLE
        384 52  -  Francis Chin SMU student scores with use of special effects in Hive-Canon digital film contest HERE'S a recipe to produce the I Matrix or something close to it A digital video camera, some editing software, a girlfriend and plenty of handpainting. Mr Rich Ho Kok
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        Windows-compatible 64-bit notebook chips
        261 52 CHIP maker AMD has produced the I Mobile Athlon 64 processors 3200+, 3000+ and 2800+, the world's only Windows-compatible 64-bit mobile processors for notebook computers. Top PC vendor Hewlett-Packard is among the more than 60 computer manufacturers and system builders supporting the Athlon 64 processor family.
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        Smart functions, blazing speeds, sharp prints
        176 52 I TAKE care of your small and mid-sized office publishing needs with the world's smallest and fastest laser printers from Samsung Electronics. The SCX-4216F workhorse prints A 4 pages at 16 pages per minute (ppm) with a resolution of 600x600dpi, the fastest in its
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        Lock icon HD DVD with single optical head
        313 52 Reuters NEC has developed technology I capable of recording and playing back current DVDs and nextgeneration DVDs (HD DVD High Definition High Density DVD) with a single optical head and a compatible drive based on this technology. With the spread of high-resolution digital images,
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        ITS NOT JUST ABOUT BALANCE SHEETS
        425 53 Performance management is top priority for CFOs I CHIEF financial officers I (CFOs) are more than just accountants taking care of the company's books. In a survey of 450 CFOs conducted by IBM Business Consulting Services, the CFOs revealed their responsibilities have grown to
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        Lock icon Fancy a mini iPod, anyone?
        307 53 Reuters APPLE Computer will introduce a smaller and cheaper version of its popular iPod music player next month to challenge rivals in the market for flash-mem-ory-based digital devices. In a presentation at Macworld in San Francisco last week, chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled the new
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        98 53 Larger than life SAMSUNG has launched the world's largest flat-panel display screen, paving the way to apply the sophisticated technology to high-definition digital televisions. The 80-inch display screen uses a plasma display panel technology expected to be used widely in television sets and
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        Lock icon More oomph with Real Player 10
        193 53 Reuters I INTERNET media comI pany Real Networks has unveiled a new version of its software for playing music and video over the Web with a new feature a digital music store. Real Networks, which is suing rival Microsoft for promoting its software for
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        Lock icon HP-Apple tie-up
        32 54 AFP Hewlett-Packard's CEO Carly Fiorina at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where she announced a partnership with Apple Computer to market and sell Apple's iPod MP3 player.
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        Lock icon REIGN OF THE TV
        413 54 Reuters Microsoft's WinXP Media Centre software allows up to five TVs remote access to PCs I USE your TV set to I access music, video and photo files from your personal computer, with Microsoft's Windows XP Media Centre Extender. The software, attached to your TV, will
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        Lock icon Xbox as set-top box?
        155 54 Reuters MICROSOFT has been recruiting staff to work on gaming hardware lately, although chairman Bill Gates declined to talk in much detail about the company's plans for the next generation of the Xbox, which is widely expected to come in 2005 or 2006. But Mr Gates
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        Students serve up creative J2ME applications
        413 54 I WHEEL of Fortune, Scrabble and Furry I Cat are some of the games played on the mobile phone and developed by students using the J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) language. At the 2nd Wireless Java Jam contest held at Victoria Theatre recently, 237
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        Lock icon Sony Hi-MD products pack a punch
        67 54 A SONY employee showing off the company's new Mini-Disc Walkman, the M7-NH 7 (left), and its new 7GB disk, the HMD 7 G, during a press preview in Tokyo. Sony unveiled the Hi-MD format that can initialise an 80-minute music MD disc to a
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        BenQ LCD monitors win honours at CES
        144 54 I TWO LCD monitors with innovaI tive designs from BenQ have been named "Honorees" at the Innovations 2004 Design and Engineering Showcase by the Consumer Electronics Association. The FP7B3 17-inch LCD monitor and Ql5O 15-inch LCD TV were showcased at the recent Consumer
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        612 55  -  Francis Chin The Internet can help SMBs scale their business processes, lower costs and raise productivity, says MD of Cisco Systems I Small and medium businesses (SMBs) constitute a huge sector for IT vendors, said Mr Bill Chang, Cisco Systems' regional managing director for South Asia. "This
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        Multi-brand system woes
        132 55 HOW should SMBs adopt IT effectively? Not in one big bite, but in smaller, digestible chunks. "Many SMBs don't buy IT systems in one go," said Cisco Systems' Bill Chang. "They buy only for the immediate needs. So, it's an evolutionary process. Six months down the road,
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        E-BIZ SHOWROOM CONCEPT TAKES OFF
        421 56  -  Francis Chin Businesses can test-drive process management systems and get expert advice I YOU can pretend to be the CEO or I CTO of a mid-sized company or a large enterprise at Bizmann's e-business showroom in Funan Centre and "manage" its business processes. You can
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        Enterprise software without 'big bang' investment
        183 56 THESE are some common questions that potential customers ask Bizmann when considering an e-business solution for their firm: Can the solution integrate with my current systems? Yes, the Bizmann solution is built on the Bizflow engine, which is collaborative-cen-tric. It is designed on an
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        378 56 I SPYWARE, peer-to-I peer (P2P) contaminated file downloads and Trojans are the new threats to corporate networks. The finding was based on analysis of malicious code data from the Wild List Organisation and other research performed by TruSecure. "While it remains true that
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        350 56 -AFP I THE next-generation Internet I technology may not come from Silicon Valley but from Japan, China and South Korea. The three countries will develop the technology, known as IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper last month.
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        MANAGING MOBILE CONTENT
        817 57 Mobile services provider Mobileway discusses the challenges that content providers face in delivering formats to suit the vast range of mobile devices I TODAY, entering a mobile phone I shop and choosing a new handset is like buying a new car. You are faced with a bewildering
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        650 57  -  Michael Ang info_ech@newst.day. com.sg I VPNs (virtual private netI works) used for secure Internet communication in organisations were slow to take off in the late 90s but have now hit the mainstream in Europe and North America and looks set to take
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        587 58  -  Dr Pallab Saha Automate your securities transactions and get shorter settlement cycles with straight through processing THE need to manage investI ment risks, reduce costs, achieve operational efficiencies and eliminate manual intervention is gaining importance in the securities industry, but it has yet to be realised fully.
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        723 58  -  Goh Beng Yeow inf otech@newstoday. com.sg INTERACTION with accurate, I real-time corporate information is a must for an effective SFA (sales force automation) implementation. Therefore, applications must integrate seamlessly with corporate infrastructure, such as CRM (customer relationship management) and ERP (enterprise
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        763 59  -  Tan Min-Liang Will anti-spam laws, VoIP regulation and open source legal issues take centre stage this year? I TECHNOLOGY law issues have been I coming to the forefront given the advent of cutting-edge technology in recent years. No longer can the law seek to rely on
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        670 60  -  Michele Soon Dim the lights, turn on the air-con and play a CD all at the click of a mouse I YOU can have it all at the I touch of a button or the click of a mouse. No, a genie will not
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        259 60 Cisco's iQ magazine THE networked home concept has affected the company vision and product development at Sears, one of America's oldest retail chains. It is developing smart appliances designed to function in a networked home and is working with manufacturers to create a more integrated
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        264 60 THE intelligent home is the networked home where broadband connection and wireless technology reign supreme. As more devices go digital, the opportunity for home owners to exploit their computer and electronics purchases grows, says industry analysts. By the end of
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        LASER-LIKE PRINTING
        503 61  -  Francis Chin Get high-quality text and images with this inkjet WHENEVER I powered up HewlettI Packard's new 2300 business inkjet printer, I would plug my ears with my fingers and wait for the grinding noise of the moving ink cartridges and a sharp piak! before the machine declared
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        Thumb-sized wonders for file transfers
        144 61 DESKTOP publishing, graphics I design and other resource-intensive applications often require the transfer of large files. In the past, publishers and designers used the rewritable lomega Zip or onetime CD-R discs. Today, a more practical solution is the thumb drive. lomega has two such drives,
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        Ease into Adobe InDesign painlessly
        297 61  -  Francis Chin I PAGEMAKER and its users are get- ting old. Many page designers like myself first used it in the mid and late 1980s and we're now in our 50s. So, Adobe, the publisher, has decided to "migrate" these users to InDesign CS PageMaker
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        DUST AWAY, ROOMBA!
        703 62  -  Michele Soon A robotic device that vacuums away your cleaning woes I IF YOU often wish there is more to 1 Sunday afternoons than vacuuming the floor, a robot is what you need. The Roomba Intelligent Floor Vac cleans the floor while you take a nap, play
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        Small in stature, big in sound quality
        306 62 CREATIVE Technology has launched I two digital players for music junkies. The 512M8 Nomad MuVo TX is a long-playing MP3 player and voice recorder that doubles as an external removable drive. This keychain-sized device has fast USB 2.0 connectivity and boasts a continuous
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        202 62 I NO, this is not an elegant I powder compact, but a circular clamshell phone for ladies. You can check your make-up on this Panasonic G7O mirror screen (when the backlight is off). And if you want to know how you will be feeling in the
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        Plug-and-play protection
        89 62 I FOR small offices that I include remote sites and telecommuters, the NetScreen-SGT appliance provides an affordable integrated network security solution. A plug-and-play appliance, the SGT provides 75Mbps firewall and 20Mbps of hardware accelerated 3DES VPN performance, with support for 2,000 concurrent sessions and 10 VPN tunnels. The
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        1140 63  -  Francis Chin ALL ABOUT FIREWALLS Q: I have been using Symantec Norton Antivirus 2004 software on my six-month-old home desktop PC that runs on Windows XP Home. A fortnight ago, I tried out an Internet security suite from a different vendor. It included anti-virus scanning, personal firewall, spam
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      60 49 "?H;;:, IB i_rT^" li I Use the TV to access your PC news/6 The challenge for mobile content providers focus: connected world/9 Shorter settlement cycles with straight through processing e-biz solutions/10 Tech law trends Bof 2004 legal speak/11 An electronic paradise awaits you at home science tech/12 A robotic cleaner
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