Today, 25 February 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    19 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com We d n c S d ay February 25, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon OCBC to make $2.9b bid for Great Eastern
      386 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Bloomberg News. OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) yesterday announced a $2.9 billion allshare bid to buy over the 51 per cent of insurer Great Eastern Holdings (GE) it does not already own, a move that might deter potential suitors for
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      Lock icon First suspects charged
      83 1 Reuters WASHINGTON The United States has brought conspiracy charges against a Yemeni and a Sudanese alleged to have close ties to AI Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, making them the first Guantanamo Bay prisoners to face criminal charges, it said yesterday. Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman and Ibrahim
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      The medical middlemen
      701 1  -  Tan Hui Leng Local agents help foreign patients find right doctors IN JUST six hours, he can turn an aircraft into an intensive care unit, fly it to Jakarta and return with a patient An anaesthetist, Dr Winston Jong is one of a growing group of middlemen
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      Lock icon US stock prices fall again
      58 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks fell yesterday for the fifth straight session as investors worried over a dip in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 43.25 points at 10,566.37, the Standard Poor's 500 Index closed down 1.90 points at 1,139.09 and the
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      56 1 NEWS^yTEWS Back to Everest Adventurer Khoo to do it without oxygen this time/3 Power wives The women behind Taiwan's leaders/20 Soul searching Can 85,000 people go 'missing'?/22 A good kickoff FAM, FAS agree on 3 new competitions/39 GAWKED AT IN GEYLANG Diana Ser gets a new buzz with Channel News
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Big plans for baby
      440 2  -  Lee Ching Wern PAP Women's Wing comes up with suggestions ahead of Friday's Budget speech TO ARREST the declining fertility trend, the Government needs to adopt both longterm and immediate measures, said the PAP Women's Wing, in a statement about marriage and procreation yesterday. They range
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      Everest unmasked
      486 3  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Khoo plans to scale the peak without oxygen support and previous team-mates THEY conquered the world's tallest peak in 1998 and two members of Singapore's Everest Expedition team now plan to do it again but without using oxygen support This time, however, Mr Khoo Swee Chiow
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      4 SAF men hurt as gun explodes
      103 3 FOUR Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen were injured in a training incident at the Armour Training Centre yesterday. Mindef says the three full-time NSmen and a regular were trying to rectify a jammed 0.5-inch-calibre machine gun when an explosion occurred in its chamber.
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      Avionic goods to get nod here
      283 3  -  Raymond Andrew SINGAPORE-based aerospace companies will now be able to manufacture and ship newlydesigned avionic products directly to American customers without the need for additional safety certification by US authorities. Yesterday, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong and US Ambassador Frank Lavin signed a Bilateral
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      Lock icon Opposition seeks parliamentary probe
      332 4 -AP Nuclear parts issue gains momentum as PM cancels trip to Gl5 summit KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday rejected opposition allegations that a police probe into the trafficking of nuclear parts to Libya had been whitewashed to protect his son. The opposition
      -AP; BLOOMBERG  -  332 words
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      Lock icon Putin dismisses entire govt ahead of polls
      118 4 -AFP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday in a television address to the nation that he was dismissing his government and would choose a new Prime Minister before next month's presidential elections. "In line with Article 117 of the Russian Constitution, I
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      Lock icon Moroccan quake toll may reach 200
      155 4 Agencies RABAT A powerful earthquake struck northern Morocco overnight yesterday, toppling houses and killing at least 150 people, medical officials said. They added that the death toll could go up to at least 200. The quake shook rural areas near the coastal city of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Singaporeans' awareness on travel health not high, shows study
      233 6  -  Tan Hui Leng DESPITE the prevalence of travelacquired ailments, Singaporeans seem to have little knowledge of pre-travel health advice, a study published in the Journal of Travel Medicine showed. Only 31 per cent of 483 Singaporeans travelling to developing countries in
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      Many top managers' posts held by women
      308 6  -  Joy Frances Spore women rank high on global list, finds survey SINGAPORE women are, by world standards, well represented in the top ranks of management, at least in smaller companies. In an international survey conducted last year among medium-sized businesses, two-thirds of the
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      Give tax cuts to family-friendly firms
      259 8  -  Jeslin Lim KH Work environment is key to beating baby blues AFTER reading the report, "Beating Singapore's baby blues" (Today, Feb 24), I am happy that this issue will be addressed during the Budget speech on Friday. However, while I applaud the Government's efforts
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      Having a baby is also about the joys of parenthood
      243 8  -  Hasliza Zakaria I REFER to your report, "Beating Singapore's baby blues" (Today, Feb 24). The article tackles the financial issues related to having a baby. However, it does not talk about the joys of having a child. Maybe the media
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      NOL swings back with $727m profit
      252 10  -  Kevin Tan Turnaround due to rising freight rates, exceptional gains; declares dividend of three US cents NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) swung strongly into the black last year after reporting heavy losses in 2002, lifted by rising global freight rates and exceptional gains. NOL, the
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.13 Change Pis -224.83 -2.07 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.41 3344.20 6589.23 -8.66 -10.10 -76.66 -0.06 -0.30 -1.15 Korea Comp 864.59 -12.93 -1.47 KLCI 874.82 +13.10 +1.52 SET Index 720.28 -4.58 -0.63 Jakarta Comp 780.75 -13.71 -1.73 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1468.32
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5895 UK£ 0.3156 Yen 63.892 HK$ 4.5842 RM 2.2405 Euro 0.4696 Rupiah 4977.3 Baht 23.141 Peso 33.1899 A$ 0.7638 Indian Rs 26.6963 Won 695.558 C$ 0.7883 Yuan 4.8796 NZ$ 0.8641 NTS 19.607
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 401.200 Silver uss/oi 6.510 Platinum uss/oi 853.500 Rubber centsAg 224.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,976.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.79
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        Lock icon Singapore
        126 10 Dow Jones SHARES closed lower yesterday as investors became cautious about bank and technology shares and companies that reported earnings recently. The ST Index closed down 6.12 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 1,878.41 points. Losers led gainers 299 to 85, while market volume fell to 1.09 billion shares
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        ST Index: 1,878.41 -6.12
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        63 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume Bio-Treat Close 1.060 Change -0.060 -5.4 'OOO 56,068 Stiaco 0.305 +0.005 +1.7 51,922 DMXTech 1.250 -0.310 -19.9 39,490 Midas 0.730 +0.020 +2.8 36,547 UnitedTAC Beauty China Chattered Pac Cent UniFibei Ascendasieit 0.915 0.530 1.660 0.325 0.170 1.220 -0.060 +0.025 -0.050
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        SGX top rises
        82 10 )y Close Change iPDRSlOUSS 112.000 +15.500 rhai Prime200US$ 12.000 +0.300 IShekoulOOHKS 6.100 +0.100 3BS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.300 +0.100 ioNegaia 2.800 +0.100 (obinson 8.300 +0.100 ilA 11.900 +0.100 ian Teh 0.695 +0.055 DairyFarm 900 USS 1.900 +0.050 :oHune Reil HKS 5.100 +0.050 By percentage SPDRS10USS Close i
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        SGX top falls
        76 10 By$ Close Change Bukit Sem 14.500 -0.400 DMX Tech 1.250 -0.310 Creative 50 18.100 -0.200 CITYDEV 6.600 -0.150 1AC 200USS 3.140 -0.120 PFood 1.290 -0.110 4PB Breweries 7.450 -0.100 DBS 15.100 -0.100 F&N 14.000 -0.100 By percentage Armstrong W*****0 Close 0.080 Change -20.0 PDC Corp DMXTech 0.100
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      Lock icon S'pore a must-be place for BT
      316 12  -  Chan Chao Peh But British Telecom refuses to discuss timing of 12.5% stake sale in Star Hub BRITISH Telecom (BT), the former telecoms monopoly of the United Kingdom, plans to grow its international business by winning new corporate customers, a sharp reversal of its
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      158 12 Channel News Asia Keppel Corp's offshore and marine unit has secured $172 million in new jobs to build and deliver eight vessels for Europe's Groupe Bourbon and Singapore's Keppel Smit Towage between trie third quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2006. Jardine Cycle Carriage's 2003 net
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      Lock icon Ringgit peg to stay: PM
      65 12 AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that Kuala Lumpur will keep the ringgit pegged at 3.8 to the US dollar, refusing to adjust the level despite the greenback's recent fall. "It will not be changed," he said. "It has ensured stability." Some
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      Lock icon It works both ways
      710 15  -  Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg COMMENTARY Outsourcing jobs to India creates new ones in the US as well SO FAR, India has met the growing political backlash against jobs being outsourced to it by burying its head in the sand of righteous indignation and hoping that the hostility
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Asian equities still top choice: Henderson
      597 16 Dow Jones Region attractive because of structural reforms, reasonable price valuations and outsourcing trend HONG KONG Henderson Global Investors is upbeat on Asian stocks due to the region's good long-term growth potential and structural reforms, attractive share price valuations and strong corporate earnings. "Asia's
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2276 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy Call
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Chips in Thai fighting cocks
      107 18 -AP BANGKOK Thailand plans to embed identifying microchips in up to 200,000 fighting cocks and force their owners to take them to veterinarian clinics for regular health checks in hopes of curbing the spread of bird flu. Thailand's Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchob said yesterday
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Osama hunt goes on
        32 18 AP Pakistani forces launched an operation to capture fugitive AI Qaeda and Taliban susEects yesterday in remote order areas where Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding.
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        Lock icon Thai police arrest nine for bloody crime
        59 18 AP Thai police have arrested nine Muslim men in connection with a bloody January raid on an army arsenal and the torching of 21 schools in the Muslim-dominated south, officials said. The men were charged with using arms for rebellion, conspiring to corn-
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        Lock icon India space centre fire
        74 18 Agencies Six people were killed and three seriously injured when a huge fire broke out at India's main space centre on Sriharikota Island on Monday. Mr Madhavan Nair, the head of India's space programme, said the fire broke out as a propellant was being tested in
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      Lock icon Bush stops acting coy, attacks rivals
      355 18 AFP WASHINGTON After months of being on the defensive, US President George W Bush attacked his Democratic White House rivals on Monday as tax raisers who would chart an "uncertain" course in the war on terrorism. "Our opponents have not offered much in the
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      Lock icon The women behind Taiwan's leading men
      387 20 -AFP Political wives do their bit to influence voters ahead of poll TAIPEI From tearful television performances to fiery denials of financial wrongdoing, Taiwan's prominent political wives are emerging as key players in the bitter battle for the presidency. A close scrutiny of the
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      Lock icon Nader sets his sights on Bush
      160 20 AP WASHINGTON Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, facing the wrath of Democrats for his decision to run for the presidency again, advised party members to "relax and rejoice". "This is a campaign that strives to displace the present corporate regime of the Bush administration," said
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon US Aids effort begins
        48 20 AFP The US$l5 billion ($25 billion) anti-Aids programme got officially underway when trie United States released the first US$35O million on Monday to those representing half of the world's Aids cases. The money will be used to scale up various treatment and educational programmes.-
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        Lock icon Sydney mourns for aboriginal teen's death
        60 20 AFP Hundreds of mourners gathered in the town of Walgett yesterday to bid farewell to Aboriginal teenager Thomas "TJ" Hickey whose death sparked a violent race riot in Sydney last week. Hickey's family appeared calm. The teen was given a guard of honour by
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        Lock icon Taiwan's cull of caution
        47 20 AP laiwan plans to slaughter about 1 1 3,000 chickens infected with the less dangerous HSN2 strain of bird flu, officials said, adding that the virus has not jumped to humans. Taiwan has not reported any outbreaks of the more virulent HSNI virus.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon A little soul-searching in urban S'pore
      669 22  -  Narayana Narayana It is a pity when S'poreans appear to have lost track of 85,000 of their fellow countrymen in such a tiny place ABOUT 10 years ago, a client came into my office together with an elderly friend and the latter's wife and
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      Diana Ser gets a new buzz
      919 24  -  Serene Foo Makes her comeback on Channel News Asia interviewing skinheads and mamasans FOR the pilot of her current affairs programme, Get Real, which aims to uncover gritty and often hushed-up issues and stories about Singapore life, Channel News Asia producer-presenter Diana Ser did
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    • Article
      Beauty and the Beast, gliding on ice
      405 26  -  Ted Chen FANS of the evergreen Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast, mark this date in your diaries: March 12 to 21. Disney On Ice will take Belle, the Beast and Gaston, along with other favourite Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and
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      Lock icon Oscars catwalk returns to glam
      592 28  -  Elisa Chia It'll be glitz galore after 2 muted years, say stylists A N OSCAR in hand would be nice, but .TAHollywood's stars know they don't have to have a golden statuette in their hands to be a winner at the Academy Awards. And let's
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    • incinemas
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        Hot Dates brightens weekend box office
        150 30 LOS ANGELES The movie box office in the United States was rather dismal this weekend with Sony's 50 First Dates providing one of the few respites as the romantic comedy led the field for a second consecutive session with an U5520.43 million ($34.67 million)
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      463 35 AFP Jackson: Relationship of the two stars have helped Lakers LOS ANGELES Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are getting along well with each other. Phil Jackson, the Los Angeles Lakers coach, said their warming relationship has helped the club win four games in a row. Bryant
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      188 35 AFP SYDNEY Losing World Cup finalists, the Wallabies, have been dumped by team sponsor Vodafone, after the mobile phone giant was shut out of last year's World Cup by rivals Telstra. In their announcement yesterday, Vodafone, which had sponsored the Wallabies for six years leading into
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      252 35 AFP SCOTSDALE, Arizona San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds (right), who owns the Major League Baseball record for home runs in a single season, denied taking steroids here Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), the Contra Costa Times reported. "They can test me every
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      310 36 -AFP Hansen: Qualify for the Champions League or else LONDON A day after lan St John and Mark Lawrenson called for Gerard Houllier's head, another Liverpool great, Alan Hansen, weighed in when he said the embattled manager faces the sack unless the club qualifies for the Champions
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      165 36 AFP CARLSBAD, California Tige: Woods opens his title defence at the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (this morning, Singapore time) against fellow American John Rollins, according to pairings released here yesterday. Woods is the top seed in the Bobby Jones Bracket, from which he won the
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        619 37 -AFP Keeper's howler allows Real to share the spoils CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Bayern 1 Real Madrid 1 MUNICH A late blunder from veteran keeper Oliver Kahn handed Real Madrid a fortunate 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round this morning. Bayern's
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        183 37 -AFP FA CUP FIFTH ROUND West Ham 0 Fulham 3 LONDON Fulham will face Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup next month after defeating London rivals West Ham 3-0 in a dramatic fifth round replay at Upton Park
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        359 37 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Celta Vigo 2 Arsenal 3 VIGO Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was a happy man after seeing his English Premiership leaders claim their first ever Champions League victory in Spain when they beat Celta Vigo 3-2. Arsenal have many European
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      New swimming COE to power Singapore to new heights
      404 38  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE came in second in swimming at the SEA Games last December. They finished seventh overall in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Now, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) want to top the 2005 SEA Games and finish at
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      Albirex praise S-League standard
      500 38  -  STANLEY HO Japanese club target top-three finish for 2004 WHILE most local fans do not think too much of the S-League, newcomers Albirex Niigata have a different view. The Japanese club have been touted as one of the title favourites by virtue of their J-League status
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      208 38  -  Stanley Ho FORMER Lions' star Mohd Noor Ali made a triumphant return to competitive football yesterday, scoring twice to help Geylang United to an easy 5-0 win over Island FC of the Maldives in an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Group E clash.
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      799 39  -  JOSE RAYMOND FAM, FAS sign up to three new competitions, looking at feasibility of a new joint league FOR two hours, they sat together, locked behind closed doors. In a one-day flying visit, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president and Minister for National Development
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      27 37 SPORT ON TV Tomorrow morning 3.30 am Football Champions League: Porto v Man United Ch 5, Ch 23 3.30 am Football Champions League: Stuttgart v Chelsea, Ch24
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      149 38 League Home Team Away Team Match Kick Off (Singapore date/time) SCORE Club Valencia Home United Wed, 25/2/04 7,00pm Liverpool Levski Sofia Fri, 27/2/04 4.00 am Valerenga Newcastle Fri, 27/2/0412.00 am Valencia Besiktas Fri, 27/2/04 4.30 am UECup FC Sochaux Inter Fri, 27/2/04 4.00 am Brondby Barcelona Fri, 27/2/04 3.30 am
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      335 43 InrJTech EDITORIAL Editor: Francis Chin francis.chin@ newstoday. com.sg Sub-editor/Reporter: Ariel Tarn ariel@newstoday. com.sg ADVERTISING/SALES For advertising enquiries, please call Mabel Wong at 6236 4562 or email mabel.wong@mediacorppress. com. CUSTOMER SUPPORT 6236 4887 help@mediacorppress.com PRINTER KHL Printing Co Ltd 57, Loyang Drive Singapore *****8 INFOTECH Magazine is published by MediaCorp Press
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        MICROSOFT JOINS CRM FRAY IN ASIA-PACIFIC
        497 44  -  Ariel Tarn Manage your sales and service functions from a central application with MS CRM 1.2 ariel@newstoday.com.sg I CUSTOMER relationship I management (CRM) is severely under-utilised. According to International Data Corp, less than 20 per cent of mid-sized companies worldwide have a CRM solution
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        S'pore: Nerve centre for regional supply chain management
        195 44 I THE new Exel Supply Chain Hub I at the Airport Logistics Park of Singapore is an excellent example of how companies use Singapore as the nerve centre for regional supply chain management (SCM), said Trade and Industry Minister BG (NS) George
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        DHL sets up AP HQ in S'pore
        190 44 DHL has opened its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore, which brings under one roof the offices of DHL Express and DHL Danzas Air Ocean's regional teams, following the global integration of the two companies last year. The office houses the company's new quality control
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        Online library gains more titles
        150 44 I ONE of the world's largest online I reference libraries, NETg, is expanding its collection of business and professional development titles with Safari Books Online. NETg (www.netg.com), part of the Thomson group, provides consulting services and open learning solutions with multiple delivery options. Mr lan
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        AMD brings optimal performance per watt with new Opteron processors
        221 46 I COMPUTER chip maker AMD has I expanded its Opteron processor family, featuring low- and mid-power products. The Opteron processors HE (55 watt) and EE (30 watt) for servers and workstations, available in March, bring 32-bit performance and easy migration
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        Lock icon A CLAMP ON SPAMMERS
        333 46 AFP, AP China blacklists 656 spam servers across the world I FINALLY, somebody is doing someI thing about spam producers those companies or individuals who flood your email inbox with unwanted offers, from photos of naked women to cheap housing loans. In China, the authorities have
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        Not just a pest
        100 46 IT professionals in North America view spam as a major security threat, and not just a nuisance. A survey commissioned by Internet security firm Network Associates showed that businesses prefer to buy anti-spam technology from trusted security-specific vendors, as opposed to stand-alone anti-spam vendors. Ninety per
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        Get ready for Xbox Live in April
        155 46 IT WILL be another two months before impatient gamers can lay their battle-hardened fingers on Microsoft's Xbox Live, which lets you play online via broadband with anyone else in the world. And for owners of the current Xbox, a starter kit will be
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        Lock icon NETWORK STORAGE AS AN APPLIANCE
        477 47  -  Francis Chin NetApp's platform provides a single file system to users, regardless of the number and complexity of storage boxes I BUSINESS continuity is the I buzzword in today's securityconscious corporate environment Providing the storage solution to manage data and recover from a disaster is
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        On a napkin
        94 47 California-based NetApp was founded in 1992 by engineers James Lav and David Hitz while they were writing their notes on napkins in a restaurant. Their vision was for a company's storage equipment to be so simple to use that it was like using a household appliance. So,
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        Bring storage chaos under control with effective ILM
        575 47  -  Chan Chee Keong THERE was a time when storage was barely on the IT radar screen. Today, however, ClOs and IT professionals face significant challenges managing rapidly growing storage infrastructures. The volume of data stored by many organisations has doubled or tripled
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        3-step ILM approach
        270 48 WHERE information lives that's the philosophy and practice of ILM, an industry worth about US$2.5 billion ($4.2 billion) this year, according to EMC. The storage management company, which uses this catchphrase as its motto, traces information storage evolving over the years, from simple direct attached storage to
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        MANAGE YOUR DATA PROACTIVELY
        462 48  -  Francis Chin Information lifecycle management can result in reducedTCO I INFORMATION lifecycle manageI ment (ILM) is not just an expensive business tool that only enter-prise-scale organisations can afford. According to EMC's South Asia general manager Steve Coad, small and midsized businesses also should consider a proactive
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        Database systems: Is XML the way forward?
        583 48  -  Goh Beng Yeow Is XML a database? An XML docuI ment is a collection of data and is a database only in the strictest of terms. In many ways, an XML document is no different from any other file. As a database format,
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        Terms to remember
        163 48 XML: Extensible Mark-up Language is a World Wide Web Consortium standard that lets you create tags for Web applications. XML simplifies business-to-business transactions on the Web. SAX: Simple API for XML defines an abstract programmatic interface that models the XML information set through a linear sequence of
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        The case for tape storage
        553 49  -  Philip Teo MORE than 50 years since it made its debut in I 1952, tape is still playing an integral role in data back-up and protection. This is remarkable, considering how emerging technologies are making equipment obsolete in short spans of time. This can be
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        ENSURE DATA INTEGRITY
        420 49  -  Ariel Tarn Enterprise-strength back-up and recovery software targeted at mid-sized enterprises EVERY company needs a robust I and reliable disaster recovery plan. Mid-sized organisations are no exception and what they require is a cost-effective yet complete data protection system that will see them through potential crises. Now,
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        What Veritas NetBackUp 5.0 Server can do
        150 49 Scalability and Investment Protection: Netßackup Server provides client protection and tape storage support, removing the barriers of growth and allowing IT administrators to protect additional systems and databases. As mid-sized organisations grow and as the need for advanced data protection capabilities increases, Netßackup
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        Scalable Dell/EMC storage arrays for all businesses
        345 49 I DELL has announced its product I tie-up with storage vendor EMC with the new CX3OO, CXSOO and CX7OO storage arrays. Mr Amit Midha, director of enterprise sales and marketing for Dell AsiaPacific and Japan, said networked storage systems are critical to organisations
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        556 50  -  Goh Beng Yeow Businesses need an effective document management system I FINDING new value, I re-engineering processes and reducing costs are essential for growth in the competitive markets of today, where cyclical profit margins, workforce fluctuations and the push for new fuels are the norm. Because of
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        Core areas of functionality in an EDM system
        188 50 Content Authoring: Facilities for creating or editing content using office applications or Web applications. Document Capture: Range of techniques for adding documents into a repository; includes document import and transformation and document imaging. Content Repository: Secure storage facility that can handle a
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        Automate your enterprise data movement and storage operations
        501 50 I NEW legislation and regulations I relating to information privacy and retention, particularly in the US, have resulted in a wave of litigation, warned Mr John McArthur, group vicepresident for storage research at IDC. "Companies can reduce their risk, however, by implementing
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        655 51  -  Michele Soon Aromatherapy product distributor uses the Net to promote products and train distributors I THE WEB is where aroI matherapy product distributor Alvin Yong establishes a strong marketing presence, both with his partners and customers. Mr Yong's multi-level marketing (MLM) company, Sathelyne International Group,
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        Change the employee mindset
        114 51 MINDING your own business is not an overnight transformation, said Mr Alvin Yong, a successful distributor of aromatherapy products and services who has 400 sub-distributors working with him. Almost all these people were once salaried employees, like Mr Yong. It may take them months to change
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        Make your online shop come alive with shopping cart facilities and interactive tools
        472 51  -  Michele Soon MOST small supplies shop owners in I Singapore are savvy enough to have websites, but most of these sites are simply static pages. A pet supplies shop, for instance, may have images of puppies and
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        Lock icon BLUETOOTH BITES BACK
        503 52 Reuters Growing industry support breathes new life into the technology I BLUETOOTH, the wireless technolI ogy that was thought to have died a few years back, has been resurrected by the release of a slew of gadgets and widespread industry support A standard developed by Ericsson (and
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        Lock icon Integrated phone chip by end 2004
        261 52 Reuters I TEXAS Instruments, the world's I largest maker of cell phone chips, is unveiling digital radio technology it says will allow it to combine multiple cellular phone functions into one chip by the end of the year. The integrated chip will allow for
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        Lock icon A stable and nimble OS for those missions to Mars
        594 52 AP YOU have faced this nightmare I countless times: You are almost done with a lengthy email or about to finish a report and the PC crashes. It tries to restart but never quite finishes booting. Then it crashes again.
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        ORGANISE YOUR LIFE, EFFORTLESSLY
        484 53  -  Francis Chin PIM software that helps you order unstructured information THERE are only two kinds of I knowledge, wrote Dr Samuel Johnson in 1775. We know a subject or we know where we can find information on it Dr Johnson was one of the most knowledgeable
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        Chinese-friendly PDA phone
        449 53  -  Francis Chin I YOU can freak out I looking at the endless array of electronic devices that helps you to manage your life, from a 12-inch laptop to a PDA to a matchbox MP3 player. One of the most sensible productivity devices would be a gizmo that
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        Back up your SIM card
        131 53 I BEFORE you lose your I mobile phone, buy a SIM card reader to copy your phone book and SMS text messages to another SIM card. Developed by Gemplus and available at Ml shops, MySlMcopier is a light, stand-alone unit that fits into the palm
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        Sony packs 802.11 WLAN, DVD-RW into slim package
        302 53 A FULL-FEATURED laptop is I the ultimate powerhouse for PIM. It has, in fact, come to replace the desktop PC for most road warriors and semi-deskbound executives. Now, Sony wants to give you a laptop with even more power and features the
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        VIBRANT IMAGES, SPEEDY PRINTING
        448 54  -  Francis Chin This machine has seven cartridges and prints a colour doc in five seconds GOODNESS knows what I increasing the "red gamut" means, but like vitamins, it must be good for you. At least that was what printer and camera maker Canon said, when it
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        For large-scale 802.11 networks
        146 54 I AIR Broadband CommuI nications has announced an agreement with Stream Networks to bring the Airobatics wireless switches, designed for large-scale 802.11 WLANs (wireless local area networks), to South Asia. Air Broadband is one of the first companies to offer a wireless switch that can handle
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        Space-saving monitor
        158 54 EXCEPT for a power on-off switch, I there are no other buttons on the Samsung SyncMaster 173P LCD. With a depth of 40.5 mm and a bezel width of 22.1 mm on top and 22.1 mm on the side, the 173P is a space-saver. PVA (patterned multiple domain
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        Sharp's wide-screen beauties
        174 54 MILLIONS of pixels are I packed into Sharp's wide-screen Aquos LCD TVs in 22V-inch, 30-inch and 37-inch formats to give a larger, sharper and clearer picture. A bottom speaker and a built-in digital amplifier produce digital sound of utmost clarity. The 37-inch LC-37AA1M has 3.15 million pixels.
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        Strike 'em down in Counterstrike
        389 54  -  Dawn Ong PC GAMERS have I dubbed Counterstrike for the Microsoft Xbox console as "Kiddie Counterstrike". But why the condescension? For those not in the know, the FPS (first player shooter) Counterstrike began as a humble modification that enabled multi-player gaming for the PC game,
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