Today, 21 April 2004

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    26 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday April 21, 2004 mita (P) 002/11/2002 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday April 21, 2004 mita (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon HIGHWAY CAVES IN
    703 1  -  Jose Raymond Raymond Andrew, Tan Hui Leng and Wong Fei Wan 1 dead, 3 missing, 3 injured Walls of Circle Line MRT site collapse I Parts of road sink due to soil erosion H Nicoll Highway closed; traffic, buses diverted WHAT started with a boom that shook
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  • HOT NEWS
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      TRAFFIC, BUS DIVERSIONS
      184 2 THE stretch of Nicoll Highway from Middle Road to Mountbatten Road has been closed. All roads leading to this stretch have been barricaded, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said last night. Motorists travelling from the Shenton Way/Robinson Road area towards the eastern part of Singapore should use
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      Lock icon Marina Centre area hit by power cut
      185 3  -  Raymond Andrew THE whole of Suntec City, including the shopping centre, was hit by a power cut immediately after the collapse of part of Nicoll Highway. Some 15,000 people were affected for more than an hour, causing worry and panic among some quarters.
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      Lock icon The tour must go on
      96 3 Tour operators in Golden Mile Complex and the nearby Golden Mile Tower were forced to take their business to the streets yesterday as both buildings were evacuated after the Nicoll Highway collapse. Tour agents scrambled to locate their passengers scheduled to leave yesterday amid the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Properties worth less than loans
      314 4  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Declining prices hit 15% of houses under loans NEARLY 15 per cent of the total value of outstanding housing loans here is for properties worth less than what their owners still owe the banks. Yesterday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) revealed that
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      ComChest aims to raise $43m this year
      162 4  -  Ng Shing Vi THE Community Chest, the fundraising arm of the National Council for Social Services (NCSS), has set its fundraising target at $43 million for the financial year 2004/05. Every dollar of the funds raised will go to 58 charities, which altogether
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      No veto power for Alpa-S union members
      393 6  -  Lee Ching Wern OPPOSITION MPs vigorously challenged the Government's move to amend the Trade Union Act and take away union members' right to have the final say in negotiations with their management. The amendment, which was passed by Parliament yesterday, only affects the
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      New university to start off small
      356 6  -  Derrick A Paulo UNSW Spore will take in 500 students in 2007 AUSTRALIA'S University of New South Wales was unveiled yesterday as Singapore's first foreign comprehensive university. But, its arrival here is unlikely to lead to many more university vacancies at least, not so
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      False motor insurance claims still a problem
      253 6  -  Loh Chee Kong DESPITE increased premiums and efforts to crack down on fraudulent motor insurance claims, a quarter of motorists who file third party claims still bypass damage assessments centres set up by NTUC Income. There are 12 such Independent Damage Assessment Centres
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      Asia's largest hospitality show kicks off
      130 6 ASIA'S largest food and hospitality trade show is back in its 14th and most wellattended year. The four-day Food Hotel Fair (FHA), which started yesterday is expected to draw 35,000 participants 16,000 of them from around the world. The event is expected to generate
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      Not right for S'pore to lag behind in social change
      428 8 To be a leader in this area is something for all to be proud of IN YOUR article, "Finally, gender equality" (Today, April 20), Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggests that it is better for Singapore to lag behind
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      Jurong Island contingency plans?
      94 8  -  Seah Cheng Hwee YOUR article "Blast bid fails in China" (Today, April 19) reported that Chinese authorities had to evacuate around 150,000 residents at the site of a deadly chlorine leak. In December, a gas well leaked near Chongqing, killing 243 people, injuring more than 9,000
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      MediaCorp recognises crucial role of radio, TV in times of emergency
      451 8 WE REFER to Mr Michael Chong Mm Fon's letter, "Need for safety steps in event of more blackouts" (Today, April 16). MediaCorp recognises the importance of our TV and radio stations as main sources of timely information, especially when
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      Lock icon Private firm could be allowed to run casino
      281 10 Bloomberg Govt is silent about having stake in venture THE Government will probably allow a private company to run a casino it is considering on the southern islands, the Second Finance Minister Lim Hng Kiang said. This is the first time the
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      Lock icon Demand-side inflation to pick up this year
      199 10 Channel News Asia INFLATION in Singapore is expected to pick up in the coming months and into the next year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. The authority said there were "indications of some pickup in demand-side inflationary pressures going forward".
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        ST Index- 1,850.42 +5.71
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        213 10 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed a little higher as investors snapped up defensive stocks amid growing fears over rising interest rates. Solid gains on Nasdaq helped shore up confidence early in the session but investors were cautious ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's two-day testimony which starts today.
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        SGX most active
        58 10 By volume Wee Poh Bio-Treat Cosco Corp Rowsley Unified ChinaFlexP BeautyChina PanpacMed Interra UnitedTAC Close 0.020 1.020 1.120 0.140 0.560 0.930 0.570 0.135 0.250 0.925 Change -0.005 -0.200 -0.020 +0.015 -0.025 -0.025 -0.030 -0.005 -0.005 -20.0 -16.4 -1.8 +12.0 -4.3 -2.6 -5.0 -3.6 -2.0 '000 119,762 104,405
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        SGX top rises
        71 10 By$ 3realEasl Close 12.000 Change +0.300 By percentage Hartford Close i 0.400 Change +37.9 DCBC Hartford 12.100 0.400 +0.200 +0.110 Tastyfood Rowsley 0.080 0.140 +14.3 +12.0 DCBC4.5%NCPS 100 102.100 +0.100 Achieva 0.205 +10.8 UOB NOL DairyFarm 900 USS lurEng 13.600 2.130 2.020 2.640 +0.100 +0.080 +0.040 +0.040
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        SGX top falls
        68 10 By$ Close Change By percentage Close Change >ingamasC2kHKS 4.000 -0.275 NWTech W*****1 0.005 -50.0 Bio-Treat 1.020 -0.200 L&M 0.015 -25.0 Noble lardine C&C 3.900 6.950 -0.160 -0.150 GenMag Wee Poh 0.150 0.020 -21.1 -20.0 ISH 500USS DUE 5.050 6.300 -0.150 -0.150 Yongnam Bio-Treat 0.025 1.020 -16.7 -16.4
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        World markets
        61 10 Im Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.26 Change Pis +188.05 +1.60 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.37 3457.20 6799.97 -55.63 +17.50 +20.79 -0.45 +0.51 +0.31 Korea Comp 918.90 +16.80 +1.86 KLCI 861.33 +5.57 +0.65 SET Index 713.95 +9.30 +1.32 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 810.85 1525.96 297.66
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by 3old us$/oi 399.600 iilver us$/oi 7.030 'latinum us$/oi 925.000 Rubber centsAg 234.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1833 Brent crude us$/barrel 33.40
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 10 UK£ 0.329 fen 64.537 HK$ 4.6409 RM 2.2612 Euro 0.4949 Rupiah 5119.0 Baht 23.418 Peso 33.097 4$ 0.7972 Indian Rs 26.121 Won 687.29 C$ 0.7999 fii a n 4.9252 NZ$ 0.9234
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      Lock icon Cosco to expand bulk carrier ops
      309 13 Dow Jones Shipper plans acquisitions amid high freight rates Cosco Corp (Singapore) plans to expand its bulk carrier operations on expectations that sea freight rates will stay buoyant for at least five more years. The Singapore-listed unit of China's largest shipping conglomerate, Cosco Shipping
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      Fidelity to offer 25 new offshore funds
      138 13 The Singapore unit of Fidelity Investments, the world's largest mutual fund company, has received regulatory approval to offer an additional 25 offshore funds to retail investors. This raises Fidelity's total number of funds here to 58. The investment focus of the funds will
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      253 13 Dow Jones AFP Dow Jones Agencies The 1 0-per-cent public tranche of 12 million shares in FibreChem Technologies' initial public offering was 58.6 times subscribed, while the entire offer of 120 million shares at 36.5 cents each was 6.8 times subscribed, the chemical fibre products manufacturer said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Pace of growth to slow, but MAS stays upbeat
      499 14 AFP It forecasts unemployment rate to drop to 4% by the end of the year A NINE-month spurt of double-digit expansion for Singapore's economy is likely to end soon as the Republic settles down to a more sustainable and moderate growth
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      Lock icon Global upturn may lift Malaysian growth to 6.7%
      176 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's economy is likely to grow at a better-than-expected 6.7 per cent this year on the back of an improved global outlook, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said yesterday. "Malaysia's economic prospects are brightening. All engines are
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      Lock icon Australian business conditions weaken
      138 14 AFP SYDNEY Australian business conditions weakened in the March quarter from last year's record levels, but the economy is still expected to grow at a healthy 4.5 per cent this year, a key survey showed yesterday. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) quarterly survey of business conditions
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      FTA with Pakistan?
      102 14 SINGAPORE hopes to start free trade agreement talks with Pakistan later this year, Minister of State for Health and Transport Balaji Sadasivan said on Monday. Such an agreement "would be an important plank to deepen the economic partnership between our countries", he told the Federation of Pakistan
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      Will new Asian bond fund foil a crisis?
      813 16  -  Andy Mukherjee Commentary The fund addresses region's over-dependence on bank loans, but poses challenges of its own THE usually taciturn Asian central bankers are waxing eloquent about bonds. Last week, a group of 11 central banks and monetary authorities from Australia, China,
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      market BUZZ
      222 16 Healthy living on their minds The Sunday afternoon was filled with fun activities and free health screenings by nurses. The events were OTO Bodycare roadshows islandwide to reach out to heartlanders about its Healthy Community Living campaign. It has also been reaching out to the different races in
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      159 10 I J I dt] 1 ,T, J' V|T*T^H Institute of Info-Comm Technology Gain new insights at a preview talk conducted by Mr Mike McFarlane of University of Southern Queensland. The Times-Good University Guide named University of Southern Queensland the "Australian University of the Year 2000 2001" and ranked it as
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Powell rejects author's allegations in Plan of Attack
      234 18 Agencies WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted that he had been a source for a new book on President George W Bush's decision to go to war with Iraq but rejected several of the author's most controversial allegations. Mr Powell
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      Lock icon Akbar Tanjung tops Golkar party polls
      357 18 Agencies Suharto's party set for victory in Parliament elections JAKARTA Former Parliament Speaker Akbar Tanjung, who is the leader of Indonesia's Golkar party, topped the poll late yesterday, when party officials voted to select its presidential candidate. But he failed to secure enough votes
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      Lock icon Exit polls give India's ruling BJP coalition 82 seats
      196 18 Agencies BARAMULLA (India) A television exit poll gave India's ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition 82 out of the 140 seats contested in the first phase of a staggered national election yesterday. The opposition Congress party and its allies were seen
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      Lock icon Raffles fires 97 more on strike
      146 18 AFP PHNOM PENH The Singa-pore-owned Raffles luxury hotel group has fired another 97 striking hotel employees in Phnom Penh, bringing the number of sacked Cambodian workers to nearly 300. Employees at six foreignowned or managed hotels, two of which belong to Raffles, have been
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      Lock icon Spain's move could spark domino effect, warns Japan
      255 18 Agencies BAGHDAD Japan warned of a domino effect among US allies who have sent forces to Iraq as Honduras announced yesterday that it was joining Spain in pulling out its troops from the country. Thailand said yesterday that it was reconsidering its
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      Keep NS marching on
      658 20  -  Oon Yeoh News Comment It's a good way for M'sian youths of different races to mix FOR weeks, Malaysians have been treated to headlines about the thousands of youth participating in the country's first National Service (NS) programme. The first batch of 28,000 began training in
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      Keadilan unit wants to end ties with PAS
      127 20 KUALA LUMPUR Rifts are beginning to appear in the opposition Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalition, with some factions within the Keadilan youth wing lobbying to part ways with the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). Keadilan youth chief Mohamad Ezam Mohamad Nor yesterday moved to
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  • COMMENTARY
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Husband's 'right' to beat wife
        81 21 AFP A survey has shown that a third ot police officers in Hong Kong believed a husband had the right to beat his wife. The Chinese University study found 29.7 per cent of the 74 officers questioned believed a husband could hit his wife and
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        Lock icon Arroyo sends golf carts to Estrada
        104 21 AFP Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday defended her decision to give arthritic for-mer-president Joseph Estrada her two personal golf carts to help him move around the prison where he has been detained. She said Estrada, facing trial on corruption charges, should be treated with
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        Lock icon Horror in a prison
        54 21 Women reacting as prisoners threw out the mutilated body of a hostage during a revolt at the Urso Branco prison in Porto Velho, Brazil, on Monday. Two prisoners were decapitated. In a horrific scene, a body was torn apart and the body parts were thrown down
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        Lock icon Taiwan launches military drill
        74 21 AFP Taiwan has launched massive annual military exercises to evaluate the island's defence capabilities against the threat of an attack from China. Officials said the manoeuvres, codenamed "Han Kuang (Han Glory) 20", would test the joint operations of the armed forces over seven months and will
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        Keeping Bahasa Malaysia pure
        94 21 Malaysian officials have urged local lyricists to seek advice from linguists to prevent works being banned on state oroadcasting channels for not using Bahasa Malaysia throughout the songs, Bernama reported. The language authority, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), has banned songs because of what it deems
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      1103 21  -  Loh Kok Choy It's a lonely world for bosses and employees lead happier lives I NEVER knew a greater optimist than Stephen. On business trips, he included in his baggage samples of his latest range of bed linen. He never believed that a buyer could
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      286 22  -  Serene Foo The Tempest sweeps away theatrical cliches serene@newstoday.com.Sp; IT'S WILLIAM Shakespeare unplugged for you. The Theatre Practice's first production of the season The Tempest, helmed by Austrian director Martina Winkel is stripped of all frills in a return to basics. Three cast members (Chacko George Vadaketh,
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      250 23 SO MANY films, so little time. That's the perennial problem film lovers face for two weeks every April, during the Singapore International Film Festival (Siff). This evening, for example, there are six films on offer, while over 20 films are screened on Saturdays and
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      318 23  -  YONG SHU CHIANG THEATRE REVIEW by Sound Beauty FOUR lonely hearts populate the desolate landscape of theatre group luna-id's current production the subtle and deeply contemplative double bill Sound Beauty. They make two pairs of a man and a woman each: A samurai and a lady innkeeper, and
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        93 23 Just to set the record straight: MediaCorp Radio Capital 95.8FM was the first local station to export its programmes overseas. Straits Times Life! had reported that that UFMIOO.3, which gave the copyright to its radio game to China's Chengdu radio station, was the first station
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        89 23 Zhang Wenxiang has become the latest addition to the MediaCorp talent roster. The actor signed a two-year contract with the station recently. Viewers may remember Wenxiang from his dramas in the early 90s. He left the station in 1 995 to venture into a mini-mart business.
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        180 24 Reuters LOS ANGELES Films starring vengeful killers grabbed the top two spots at the North American box office on Sunday, led by Kill Bill Vol 2, part two of writer/director Quentin Tarantino's seriocomic saga of a rampaging assassin (Uma Thurman). The finale sold
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      436 29 Reuters Coelho exit reflects pressure of Korean coaching job BUSAN, South Korea Humberto Coelho's decision on Monday to step down as South Korea coach came as no surprise. Ever since the team's amazing run to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals under Guvs Hiddink, unrealistic expectations have been heaped
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      292 29 -AFP KINGSTON, Jamaica When the Jamaican track team begin their quest for medals later this year at the Athens Olympic Games, all eyes will be on one of the most talented male athletes to emerge from the island. As a 15-year-old, Usain Bolt,
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      573 30  -  NBA PLAYOFFS Agencies O'Neal's foul woes no problem for Los Angeles as Bryant confidently slices through the Rockets LOS ANGELES Shaquille O'Neal and Gary Payton had sub-par games, but the Houston Rockets had little success stopping Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone. The Lakers bench,
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      237 30  -  ATHLETICS Reuters BOSTON Timothy Cherigat and Catherine Ndereba completed another Kenyan double, as they overcame searing temperatures to win the men's and women's races at the 108 th Boston Marathon on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Cherigat continued Kenya's dominance of the world's oldest annually contested marathon,
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      295 30  -  NBA PLAYOFFS AFP SAN ANTONIO, Texas Former Laker Robert Horry had 14 points and 10 rebounds and made two three-pointers to stop a big run late in the third quarter, as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 87-70 to take a 2-0
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      391 31  -  ALVIN CHUA FAS director to take up new post with AFC in June Today Exclusive TWO months ago, the news was that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) was on the hunt for a new general secretary as John Koh was reportedly ready to retire. But that proved
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      281 31  -  TAN YO-HINN LAST month, Mardan Mamat, Singapore's No 1, won the US$3OO,OOO ($903,000) Royal Indian Open. He became the first Singaporean to win a title on the Asian Tour. Inevitably, all eyes will be fixed on Mardan when he tees off
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      283 31  -  Koh Wei Ling AFC CUP, GROUP D Home United 2 Perak 2 HOME United's current poor run continued as they paid dearly for their inability to capitalise against a 10-man Perak in last night's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Group D clash. A last minute
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      368 32 AFP BUENOS AIRES Fans of stricken football idol Diego Maradona maintained an overnight vigil yesterday outside the hospital where doctors said he was responding to treatment for a weak heart, high blood pressure and breathing difficulties. "I noticed a clear improvement and we
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      414 32 British police arrest 10 suspects ahead of Man UtdLiverpool clash but Red Devils deny terror threat LONDON The clash is traditionally the biggest in the English football calendar. Manchester United and Liverpool are among the most successful clubs in football. Their appeal makes them the two most
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      251 32 Reuters MADRID Manager Claudio Ranieri has launched a strong attack on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. The Italian said the Russian tycoon knew nothing about football and wanted to sack him from the moment he took control. In an interview in Spanish sports daily
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      Lock icon Gladiators evenly matched
      677 33 -AFP Protaganists have plenty of knowledge of each other CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL Porto v Deportivo La Coruna PORTO Most bookmakers have Deportivo La Coruna as the favourites in their Champions League semi-final clash against Porto. Deportivo caught the eye with their stunning 4-0 quarterfinal second leg victory
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      256 33 -AFP SYDNEY Cricket should stop jumping on Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (picture) and start learning from him, Australian coach John Buchanan said yesterday. Muralitharan's "doosra" delivery, which spins away from the right-handers instead of coming into them like a normal off-break, has been deemed
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        Senna to blame for crash
        74 33 LONDON Damon Hill says he believes Ayrton Senna was responsible for the crash that claimed his life in 1994. Three-time world champion Senna smashed into the wall at the first corner at Imola on May 1, 1 994, and died at the age of 34.
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        Arrests for match-fixing
        48 33 LISBON Portuguese police have detained 1 6 people, including the chairman of the Portuguese league, Valentim Loureiro, and the head of the referees' panel, Antonio Pinto de Sousa, for questioning over alleged match-fixing. Police continued to search the offices of the Portuguese Football Federation yesterday.
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        Barcelona coming to Asia
        75 33 TOKYO Spanish first division club Barcelona said yesterday they will make their first Asian tour this summer, to capture millions of fans in the potentially huge Asian football market. Barcelona are scheduled to kick off the tour with a friendly match on Aug 1 against Japan's
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        Ronaldo backs Beckham
        61 33 LONDON Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldo has given David Beckham a vote of confidence and called on the England captain to resist a reported approach by Chelsea and stay at Real Madrid. Ronaldo dismissed newspaper reports of alleged Beckham love affairs as "sensationalist" and warned that he
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        50 33 BERLIN Iran striker Vahid Hashemian (right) of VfL Bochum will play for Bayerr Munich next season, the German champions said yesterday. Bayern said in a statement on tneir website that both clubs and the player had agreed on a three-year deal for an undisclosed transfer fee.
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        Life ban for Czech ref
        65 33 PRAGUE Czech referee Petr Kasny has been banned for life, for failing to flag a player offside who scorea for Sparta Prague in a 3-1 win over Viktoria Zizkov. "We have no confidence in Mr Kasny," said referees' chief Milan Brabec. Kasny was running the
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      308 37 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 Daisy Chia at 6236 4553 or email daisy.chia@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 Ltd
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        485 38  -  Francis Chin University records lectures for e-learning portal powered by HP servers I MORE than 500 hours of leeI tures by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) professors during the last semester have been recorded as part of the university's e-learning initiative. The recordings, which included PowerPoint slides,
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        352 39  -  Michele Soon Send a taped resume via JobsDß I COMPETE smarter I to get the job you want by making a bigger impression on potential employers using JobsDß's newest feature Video Resume. Record a short clip introducing yourself to prospective employers and send it
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        122 39 Reuters AN OPTICAL disc made mostly I from paper has been developed by electronic giant Sony Corp and Toppan Printing. The two companies said the new disc is composed of 51 per cent paper, enabling lower production costs. The paper disc will be compatible
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        61 39 TECHNOLOGY is beautiful with the Solar Night Flower, powered by a Siemens solar cell. The device is designed in Hong Kong and made in China. It was on display at the Hong Kong Electronic Fair in April, where 1,900 exhibitors from 24 countries highlighted
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        188 39 MORE than 100 short I digital films will be screened at Singapore's first electronic film festival at the Singapore Expo (next to Tanah Merah MRT station). The Electronic Theatre will feature works from the world's most creative, innovative and experimental film producers, including films
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        203 40 SINGLE and seamless I sign-on convenience is now possible for subscribers to Star Hub's cellphone, cable TV and Internet services. In April, Star Hub deployed the Ufinity Right Access suite of solutions to integrate its service portals with a single user identity, Hub ID. With
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        DOWN WITH PIRATES
        468 40  -  Ariel Tarn in Shanghai Canon clamps down on fake products CANON has declared war on piracy. Last year, the Japanese manufacturer of electronic products lost some 2.39 billion yen ($37.57 million) to counterfeit consumable products in China alone. At the recent Canon Asia Expo 2004 held in
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        MIND YOUR BUSINESS ON POCKET PC
        319 41 Customised mobile applications that suit specific enterprise needs MORE than 1,000 people are I roaming cities in China and South-east Asia visiting clinics and hospitals. In those few minutes when they meet the physicians, they are able to present their products, make notes, place
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        200 41 Dawn Ong IF AT first you did I not perform as well as expected, try again by adding more engaging features. Nokia did just that when it announced the successor to the N-Gage cellphone and gaming device. The N-Gage QD is cheaper and smaller (at just over
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        175 41 Reuters I KOREA'S SamI sung Electronics reported record profits because of roaring demand for its memory chips, cellphones and flat screens. Samsung benefited from an unexpected rise in prices of computer memory chips and booming sales of fancy camera cellphones. Investors had expected a strong performance
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      144 42 COMPANIES in dead-end positions are the best candidates for business transformation. Take a pet shop in an HDB neighbourhood. The business looks inflexible and static, with bags of pet food, fish tanks and related stuff on display, with the shop owner waiting for customers to
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      TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS
      779 42  -  Francis Chin NCS helps firms create new products, services and business value I "A FEW smart people over beer can I generate a lot of ideas. But they are forgotten quickly," said Mr Lee Kwok Cheong. XC, as he is popularly called, should know. As chief excutive
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      YEARLY SAVINGS OF $3.8M
      593 43 That's what OCBC gets when it uses Siebel Finance to streamline application processes I SIEBEL'S CRM module gives bankI ing staff a unified view of the customer, reduces certain processing time from three days to a minute and saves the bank millions each year. The e-business
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      571 43  -  Robert Firth I "Unable to connect to I database citystate. Please contact the administrator" thus ran another typically helpless message from a customer service website. And it gave no information on how to contact the administrator. What is going wrong with customer service,
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      SPREADSHEETS ARE NOT ENOUGH
      365 44  -  Francis Chin An online CRM system works better, says Salesforce.com I DOMINANT online CRM I vendor, Salesforce.com, is planning to set up a regional office in Singapore, according to Mr Doug Faber, marketing vice-president for Asia-Pacific who is based in Sydney, Australia. Mr Faber, who was
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      Web-based solution for affordable CRM
      228 44 IS YOUR sales force too stubborn to use an enterprise CRM solution recommended by your consultants? Get them to try out something cheap an online CRM system where you pay peanuts on a monthly basis. Stubborn sales people are just one of seven categories of
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      Five-level information evolution
      526 44  -  Bill Prentice, Paul Castle I FOR years, businesses have I accumulated valuable information while failing to put it to productive use. When a company knows its customers' buying patterns, interests and demographics, it will have a distinct edge over competitors. This knowledge has become so critical in
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      Streamline accounting, distribution and customer relationship operations
      372 44 INTEGRATING the frontI end CRM with back-end ERP applications has enabled Simmons Hong Kong, which sells mattresses in the territory and China, to sleep more soundly at night The company decided to upgrade its financial and distribution management system as part of its
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      706 45  -  Michele Soon Self-employed consultant takes complexity out of broadcast technology EVER heard of a broadcast technology and management consultant? Neither has the man who is in the job until he created this position for himself. The former general manager of Sony Pictures Television, Mr Loh Siu Yin, works
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      386 45 BUSINESSES may be small I in size but intensive in their information collection, management and usage. Examples are law firms, consultancies and professional services. Their information comprises of captured documents in electronic and physical form and may include faxes, letters forms and email. Not all
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      173 45 I SMALL and medium-sized I businesses now have a cheap and easy-to-pay plan to use wireless computing. The X-Pack offer comes with laptops, servers and wireless routers, starting from $17 a day. This service is offered by Azure Technologies in collaboration with IBM, Intel
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      370 46  -  Ariel Tarn Canon unveils latest slew of medical imaging equipment I CANON is best known as a I camera maker. Most people are also aware that the Japanese company produces other devices such as printers, scanners, digital camcorders, copiers and projectors. But did you know
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      80 46 EAT your dinner and "serve" the World Wide Web on this touch-screen surface kitchen table, developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial, the maker of Panasonic brand products. The table was on display at the company's showroom in Tokyo, which displays its vision of the home
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      CARD-SIZED AUDIO MACHINE
      374 47 MuVo Slim is a player, recorder and portable drive in one tiny package MORE MuVo portable audio players are spilling out from Creative Technology. Catering to the individual who appreciates rich features combined with portability and style, the MuVo Slim at 7mm thin offers exceptional audio quality
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      Thrice the power of alkaline cells
      137 47 SHOOT three times more with I the nickel zinc battery, a new type of battery that delivers more power than conventional alkaline ones. According to GP Batteries, performance tests indicated that when used in digital cameras, its Digil nickel zinc AA delivers at least
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      Powerbank in your pocket
      151 47 I WHEN you're lost in I the wilderness and your cellphone is dead, fear not... if you have the Oomph VXB Powerbank in your pocket The handheld device can recharge the phone battery fully. And if the Oomph VXB itself is flat, you can still hand-crank
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      Burn videos at the touch of a button
      234 47 I BURN your video, don't keep I it on tape. lomega's Super DVD QuikTouch 8x video burner (external drive) and an integrated video capture card will transfer the video from your VCR or camcorder to any industrystandard DVD or CD format Press
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      STOP THOSE INTRUDERS
      295 48  -  Francis Chin Protect your notebook against viruses and hackers I THE trend towards I greater use of mobile devices laptops and PDAs means increased vulnerability. In fact, 80 per cent of security vulnerabilities discovered last year were from mobile devices, according to Symantec. The anti-virus company has
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      Smart carbon copy on laser
      279 48 DIEHARD accounts and I administration clerks who do everything in duplicates and triplicates can consider surrendering their dot-matrix printers for Brother's latest lasers with carbon copy functions. The HL-6050D and HL-6050DN (network version) have a carbon copy function, where selected trays with different sizes and
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      Access Natural programs on Unix via Windows interface
      219 48 SOFTWARE AG has I rolled out Version 6 of its Natural development environment for Windows, Unix and Linux. It allows programmers to develop and maintain programs running on Unix and mainframes in a Windows user interface, a feature known as Single Point
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      Productivity-boosting tablet
      168 48 I IT IS not enough to think I on your feet Frequently, you've got to work on your feet, too. The Fujitsu Stylisti STSOII tablet comput available end-April at $4,888, is what your boss would recommend to keep your productivity at peak. To make it easy for you
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      Transfer data in a flash
      159 48 I IMATION has launched its USB 2.0 swivel flash drives, in capacities of 128MB, 256M8 and 512M8. The drives combine flash memory technology with the convenience of a USB connection and a "never-lose" swivel cap designed to deliver an easy, portable means of protecting, transferring
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      Address it right
      231 48 WITH a 35 per cent annual increase I in online sales during the 2003 holiday season and the growing trend favouring online purchasing, merchants may want to consider easing their clerical workload by installing Quick Address Pro for the Web. This software from address management solution provider
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  • HELP DESK
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      Reading Outlook attachments and migrating Outlook data
      323 49 Q: I can't open attachments on Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook emails. Someone gave me a patch and it works on Microsoft Outlook but not Outlook Express. How can I solve the problem on Outlook Express? The error message reads "OE removed the
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      Transport provider error in Microsoft Outlook
      121 49 Q: How do I get started using Microsoft Outlook for sending email? I tested an email but got an error response from the system administrator, indicating: "No transport provider was available for delivery to this recipient". Also, how do I retrieve my office emails
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      DR PC
      452 49 Outlook 97: You are using the CompuServe mail transport You upgraded your Microsoft Network (MSN) mail from Classic to POP3/SMTP Outlook is not configured properly for offline folder use An incorrect email type Outlook 2000: The installation of Microsoft Outlook Express is damaged Outlook Express has been removed
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      XP blue screen of death: Unmountable boot volume
      74 49  -  Wilson PRosete Q: My Fujitsu notebook displays this blue screen after startup: STOP: OXOOOOOOED (0X*****E30, 0XC*****2, I have tried to boot into safe mode but to no avail. It reverts to the above error and I can't reach the DOS prompt to
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      249 49 www.microsoft.com \www.mybootdisks.com www. bootdisk com \www.startdiskcom Table 1 As for data back-up, solutions depend on your available hardware, hard disk partitions and the file systems used. Due to the restrictive Recovery Console in Windows, you will not be able to copy files to other drives
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      MS-DOS CD BURNING APPLICATIONS
      19 49 SOFTWARE UCENCE WEBSITE CDRom Recording Software for MSDOS Shareware www.goldenhawk.com/dos.html DosCDroast Freeware www.doscdroast.freeweb.hu Table 2
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