Today, 12 June 2004

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    14 1 weekend TODAY June 12 -13 2004 mita (P) 009/03/2003 we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon ADDICTED
    801 1  -  David Chew Jeanine Tan More young gamblers hooked; no help to kick the habit and david.chew@newstoday.com.sg HE LOST $4,500 a week ago, he admitted cheerfully. Mr Bruce Lye, all of 21, is a gambling addict Now, he gets his kicks by going to a Batam casino, just a half-hour
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      127 2 U;lAVillMcyjyil:Hl?[cfJi]i]|»m 1. Do you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling? 2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy? 3. Do you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties? 4. Do you often gamble until your last dollar
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  • NEWS
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      Is a bus station at Turf City too downmarket?
      499 3  -  Lee Han Shih IMEWSfifiOllllfilll— Puzzling why the site was leased for retail use if residents' peace was not to be disturbed IF BUS operators, moneychangers and tour agents are too downmarket for Bukit Timah, why doesn't the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
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      Lock icon Tharman: Follow your passion
      439 4  -  Derrick A Paulo Minister wants students to pursue their dreams despite constraints derrick@newstoday.com.sg SCHOOL life was more relaxing in my time, Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said when students at the annual PreUniversity Seminar quizzed him on his days at Anglo-Chinese School. "He played seven different
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      Smaller P1 classes of 30 from next year
      298 4  -  Loh Chee Kong THE Primary One class size in all government schools will be reduced from the current 40 to 30 from next year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) revealed yesterday. This will help ease the seven-year-olds in their transition from pre-school,
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      Yeo: LTA's taxi safety standards reasonable
      212 4  -  Ted Chen WHEN the Land Transport Authority (LTA) gave Singapore's four biggest taxi operators an "F" for safety, the companies complained that the LTA's standards were too high. Dismissing this notion yesterday, Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong pointed out the LTA's standard of
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      Beware, performing can turn you green
      765 6  -  Neil Humphreys W/MAY A m^^L THEY queued for hours last weekend. Suffering blistering heat, howling winds and a storm powerful enough to down trees and wake my wife, they huddled together in anticipation of one of the year's biggest events. That's right Weekend Today
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      Lock icon Father Kang wants seized items returned
      335 6 Channel News Asia FATHER Joachim Kang, the Catholic priest who is serving a seven-and-a-half year jail term, was back in court yesterday. He wants the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) to return personal items seized during their investigation. But Father Kang, who embezzled some $5
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  • HOME
    • Article
      New DSO National Labs to boost S'pore defence
      149 8  -  IN A move that provides a critical boost to Singapore's defence and national security ecosystem, the DSO National Laboratories (Kent Ridge) Building opened yesterday. It houses more than 200 scientists, doctors and researchers working in human sciences, biomedical sciences and bio-chemical defence.
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      Treat fees as investment'
      460 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Academic tells undergraduates to view university costs as such chingwern@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore's universities study a fee hike as early as next year, it is time that Singapore embarks on the "hard transition" from government aid to growing philanthropy. Cutting down public funding for
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      Lim is new CDAC chairman
      96 8  -  Ng Shing Vi HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng is stepping down as chairman of the Chinese Development Assistance Council's (CDAC) board of directors after 12 years. Taking over today is Environment Minister Lim Swee Say, who was also named as labour chief Lim Boon
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  • LETTERS
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      Why scholars will prefer govt jobs
      263 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Good pay, culture and downturns will see them shun entrepreneurship I REFER to the recent calls for Government scholars to be pushed to become business people. Firstly, does this not go against the very Asian culture we have promoted for
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    • VOX populi
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        Best students need not be good entrepreneurs
        88 10  -  Teo Scow Ling Good entrepreneurs need not be the best students. Take a look at some of the most celebrated entrepreneurs and business persons we have in Singapore notably Sim Wong Hoo, Kenny Yap, Ron Sim, Olivia Lum, Janie Tay and Dennis Wee.
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        Scholars need not be given special treatment
        90 10  -  Lisa Jay How much hand-holding will the Government offer their scholars? I can just see how things will go: Scholars will be given seed money perhaps, Government contracts to give them a headstart. They may even have mentors to help them "succeed". It
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        Scholars, fend for yourselves, face the real world!
        93 10  -  Lim Boon Hee Our environment simply cannot spontaneously breed entrepreneurs such as Air Asia chief executive officer Tony Fernandes. Indeed, we belatedly "brewed up" Valuair and Tiger Air after we saw the success of Air Asia. So, we should be cruel to
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        What have our scholars achieved so far?
        53 10  -  Robert Teh Kok Hu The Government has already placed scholars in high positions in the public sector over the last three decades. Have these scholars exercised any entrepreneurial abilities to help regain Singapore's lost economic competitiveness or to solve the high costs affecting
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      Why this sudden move to restrict the blind's access to ATMs?
      382 10  -  Jaffar Sidek bin Ahmad I REFER to your article, "ATMs not for the blind?" (Today, June 11). In the late 1980s, the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) negotiated with POSB to allow the visually handicapped to hold
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      Let me decide how to protect my money
      120 10  -  Ng Choon Hwee IMPLICITLY, the banks are saying: "Because you are blind, you are incapable of looking after your money." Because we can't see, we are even more careful. We cover the number keypad with one hand and key in our PIN
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon China rite of passage
      589 12  -  Chan Chao Peh Where business does not always work the 'Singapore way' chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AS THE Suzhou Industrial Park the most visible symbol of the economic co-operation between China and Singapore celebrates its 10th anniversary, the number of Singaporean companies looking to grow their business in China's
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      Lock icon CORPORATE briefs
      113 12 Channel News Asia Tuas Power has inked an 1 8-year deal with South Sumatra Gas Fields to supply natural gas to its power station from April 1 next year. The gas will serve as an alternative source to prevent any power interruption in the event of an upstream
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index-1,823.14 -5.65
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.82 Change Pis -49.15 -0.42 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.39 3478.20 5735.07 -26.48 +10.20 -132.44 -0.21 +0.29 -2.26 Korea Comp 751.53 -30.77 -3.93 KLCI 824.32 +0.41 +0.05 SET Index 613.13 +0.92 +0.15 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 704.12 1518.00 254.02 -2.71
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        SGX most active
        57 12 By volume TSM China Petro AsiaPharm UniFiber Chartered Ml BIL Intl ChinaCast SingTel Pac Cent Close 0.415 0.495 0.480 0.175 1.390 1.550 0.780 0.315 2.260 0.340 Change +0.005 +0.030 +0.050 +0.005 -0.030 +0.020 -0.005 -0.010 '000 +1.2 94,610 +6.5 32,323 +11.6 24,192 +2.9 14,756 -2.1 12,601 8,219
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        SGX top rises
        74 12 By$ ISH 500USS 5.100 +0.140 Bukil Sem 13.200 +0.100 F&N 13.800 +0.100 WaPharm 0.480 +0.050 Robinson 5.750 +0.050 iembCorp 1.530 +0.040 it Trdg 1.900 +0.040 Surface MT 0.955 +0.040 Zhina Pelro 0.495 +0.030 HOL 2.190 +0.030 By percentage PM Data 0.110 +37.5 Inno-Pac 0.030 +20.0 KLWW*****6 0.035
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        SGX top falls
        74 12 /enture 17.700 -0.400 Haw Par 4.900 -0.200 XBC 12.100 -0.200 lardine C&C 6.350 -0.150 ip Land 4.340 -0.120 XBC 4.59HNCPS *****1.900 -0.100 DUE 7.150 -0.100 ip Land W*****3 2.160 -0.100 JOB 13.300 -0.100 5TIETF100 18.500 -0.070 By percentage CSCW*****7 0.005 -50.0 Globa 0.015 -25.0 Oakwell 0.055 -15.4
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        Lock icon Singapore
        122 12 Bloomberg SHARE prices in Singapore fell bringing the benchmark ST Index down by 5.65 points, or 0.3 per cent to close at 1,823.14. United Overseas Bank, Singapore's sec-ond-largest lender, shed 1 0 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $13.30. Singapore Press Holdings lost 6 cents, or 1.4 per cent,
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5839 UK£ 0.3168 Yen 63.8359 HK$ 4.5526 RM 2.2187 Euro 0.4823 Rupiah 5456.1 Baht 26.313 Peso 32.576 A$ 0.8374 Indian Rs 26.313 Won 676.9 C$ 0.7944 Yuan 4.8295 NZ$ 0.9217 NTS 19.577
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 Gold uss/i 386.600 Silver uss/oz 5.748 Platinum uss/oi 797.600 Rubber ™tsAg 2.56 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1496 Brent crude uss/bami 35.86 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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      Lock icon The case for a SingLand Reit
      431 13 Channel News Asia Market trend suggests it will do well IF PROPERTY counter Singapore Land is converted into a real estate investment trust (Reit), it would have twice the land holdings of the recentlylisted Capita Commercial Trust, analysts said. Considering that Capita Commercial has
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      Lock icon July listing for Star Hub: Report
      127 13 -AFP THE third-largest mobile phone operator here, Star Hub, is likely to list next month to raise up to $700 million, a media report said on Friday. Star Hub spokeswoman Jeannie Ong declined to comment on the report, which cited unnamed sources as saying
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    • Article
      Stats to take longer to complete ChipPAC purchase
      181 13 ST ASSEMBLY Test Services (Stats), Singapore's biggest provider of chip-testing services, said it would take longer than expected to finish the purchase of United States-based ChipPAC as it is awaiting approval of regulatory filings. Stats, which originally planned to complete the acquisition
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Strategic funds in vogue
      435 14 Dow Jones More active role in corporate development may lead to higher returns RECENT declines in regional equity markets, coupled with expectations of higher interest rates worldwide, are providing greater opportunities in Asia for funds that make strategic investments. "There is more opportunity in strategic investments
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    • STOCK calls
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        Lock icon Tat Hong (41 cents) — Buy
        106 14 Tat Hong (41 cents) Buy DBS Vickers Research Tat Hong Holdings announced full-year results yesterday that were largely in line with our estimates. Net profit grew 74 per cent from $8 million to $1 3.9 million as sales grew 26.7 per cent to $232 million. Tat Hong declared a higher-than-expected
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        Lock icon CHT Holdings (74 cents) – Buy
        92 14 CHT Holdings (74 cents) Buy Dow Jones ÜBS keeps its 'buy' recommendation on CHT Holdings, with a 98-cent target price. The company is benefiting from its position as the only integrated adhesive tape producer in China. CHT shares are trading at an attractive 8.9 times fiscal 2004 earnings, while earnings
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      Lock icon Chip stocks favoured on growth outlook
      232 14 DBS Vickers Research THE robust outlook for the global semiconductor market bodes well for semiconductor players such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and United Test Assembly Center (Utac). Earlier this week, Chartered raised its sales and earnings forecasts for the second quarter, with revenues now
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    • Article
      Budget carriers boost for ST Engineering
      230 14  -  Kirn Eng Securities THE continued emergence of low-cost carriers is positive for ST Engineering. China has announced the approval of two more airlines offering budget passenger and cargo services on domestic routes. As a non airline-owned maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist, ST Engineering's
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      26 14 Don't miss this coming week's special feature on CommunicAsia2oo4! fttintivCiTflr Get your Free news, complete with classified T?** advertisements, at www.todayonline.com JCJUeVjL We ul you thinking.
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  • which PROPERTY
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      THE LITTLE SHOPHOUSE OF SURPRISES
      834 15  -  Angelia Teo linside out These time-honoured buildings offer a unique way of life for the discerning home owner newstSmewstod ay.com. sg OVER a century ago, shophouses were known for their squalor and poor living conditions, typically housing hundreds of coolies and labourers. Today, the same
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      THE SUPER AGENT
      600 16  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Even amid the market downturn, this salesman has a 70 per cent rate of success at home-selling shobha@newstoday.com.sg AN impending 5 per cent upturn in the property market this year will no doubt come as a relief to the legions of struggling property agents
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      Lock icon PROPERTY LAUNCHES
      351 16 Channel News Asia PROPERTY buyers can look forward to the launch of the Sunflower Grandeur boutique apartment project this weekend. Developed by Fragrance Properties, the freehold single seven-storey building is located in Geylang. Twelve three-bedroom apartments ranging from 1,000 sq feet to 1,900 sq feetare up for sale
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      hot property
      155 16 Asking price: $690,000 An apartment with a view IF getting a waterfront address is high on your priority list, then this four-bedroom apartment at The Tropica will not disappoint. Located a stone's throw from the Bedok Reservoir, it offers a panoramic view of the lake. The 1,496-square feet
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      Lock icon Adam Park condo owners can move in now
      107 17 Channel News Asia DEVELOPER Tuan Sing is selling the remaining 18 units of its Adam Park Condominium for upwards of $740,000 each. This works out to an average price of $770 per square foot (psf), down significantly from $910 psf when the
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      Esplanade among real-estate Oscar-winners
      184 17 SINGAPORE'S Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Keppel Land's Prudential Tower and Capita Land's The Loft made local history by winning two international awards and recognition for excellence in real-estate development The three properties received awards and plaudits at the annual Prix d'Excellence, an international competition that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US intelligence ordered use of dogs at Abu Ghraib: handlers
      169 18 Reuters WASHINGTON United States intelligence personnel ordered military canine handlers to use unmuzzled dogs to intimidate detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing sworn statements from handlers provided to military investigators. A military intelligence
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    • Article
      Lock icon Embarrassing about-turn by US on terrorist acts report
      197 18 -AFP WASHINGTON The US made an embarrassing aboutturn, with Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledging that they had made an erroneous conclusion in a report by saying that terrorist acts had decreased worldwide. The data had shown acts of terror and related
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Britons punish Blair
        53 18 Reuters Britons punished their Prime Minister Tony Blair with heavy electoral reverses with early results on Friday from local polls showing his Labour Party losing support. Ministers said the Iraq war was to blame for the drubbing at the polls for the local government, the European Parliament
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      • Article
        Lock icon Mice-chewing contest
        69 18 -AFP A competition at an Australian pub where contestants chewed live mice to win a holiday, was condemned by an animal welfare group as outrageous cruelty on Friday. The RSPCA said the Exchange Hotel held the contest where participants were to put a mouse in their mouth and
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        Khairy is Umno's pick
        50 18 Malaysia's ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) unanimously appointed Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son-in-law Khairyjamaluddin as its youth chief in Rembau, said the New Straits Times. The area's Umno leader said there was a consensus that Mr Khairy should not be contested for the post.
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        Lock icon Westerners the target
        47 18 Reuters Indonesia has been warned by a foreign intelligence agency that an assassination squad targeting Westerners has slipped into the country, national police chief Da'i Bachtiar said on Friday. Police had been searching for the squad of Jemaah Islamiyah militants but came up empty-handed.
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      Lock icon From 'flawed' to 'faultless'
      725 18 Ronald Reagan's image transformed in death WASHINGTON "The Great Communicator", the man who ended communism, a doting husband and the restorer of American optimism... Since his death last Saturday, glowing assessments of former US President Ronald Reagan's political legacy and his sunny personality have reached almost
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  • REFLECTIONS
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      Lock icon isay ENTREFPRENEURS: OLD KAMIKAZE TYPE VS NEW SCHOLAR ONES
      498 19  -  X S Chow AS A 66-year-old small-and-medium enterprise (SME) businessman, I've seen quite a few of the ups and downs of entrepreneurs during the 1950s and *****. These were the natural entrepreneurs. Nothing like the scholar-entrepreneurs we talk about today, whose
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      singaporeseen
      55 19 Green, green grass of home The serenity of blue sky and green grass can be a balm for the weary who want a moment of respite from the hustle and bustle of the city. Photographer WEE TECKHIAN, 35, works for this newspaper. He's got a penchant for looking at
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      Beer trumps poker, anytime
      635 19  -  Dave Barry BE ADVISED that a Poker Craze is sweeping America. Almost every night there are poker tournaments on television. And if you think that watching people play cards on television is boring, I have three words for you: Correct-O-Mundo. The problem is that there's not
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  • which GADGET
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      For health-conscious music enthusiasts
      354 20  -  Ariel Tarn MP3 player that measures heartbeat, calories burnt ariel@newstoday.com.sg MP3 players are not merely entertainment gadgets, says Samsung. The manufacturer of digital products has equipped its latest digital audio player with special functions aimed at health-conscious music fans. The YP-60V incorporates a sports and health
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    • Article
      Lock icon Parents play Big Brother with Net-based cameras
      334 20 Reuters THE hottest gizmo is the Inter-net-linked surveillance camera, according to exhibitors at the world's largest hardware show, Computex, in Taipei. At the event last week, a security products pavilion was set up for the first time, with 25 vendors showing off cameras
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      HOT BYS !
      215 20 HOT BYS NOKIA'S N-Gage QD phone and game console is priced at $398 (without contract) at cellphone shops I and games shops. I The N-Gage QD is a compact device with a slot I for inserting game cartridges. It has a longer battery I life, improved gaming controls, a brighter
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      Lock icon Just ask Simon
      339 21 -Today IT Desk Virtual handheld assistant handles all your shopping needs WHERE can you find a DVD player that costs less than $200? Is there a pharmacy in a particular shopping mall? Ask Simon, an application developed by Siemens on a handheld computer that acts as a
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      Communicate the old-fashioned way
      259 21  -  Ariel Tarn WALKIE-TALKIES are back in vogue. Last month, two companies Motorola and Shiro launched two-way radio devices that promise to help users stay connected on group outings more conveniently and economically. Both devices tout a transmission radius of up to 3km (depending on terrain and
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    • SHOPPING GUIDE
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        Zire 72- Video on the go
        82 21 The Zire 72 handheld, with a built-in 1.2-megapixel camera and MP3 player, is the first PDA from palm One to enable video capture. Users can watch video clips on a 320x320 colour screen and email these to friends. The handheld lets you create and
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        Creative Muvo Slim- Music player, recorder, radio
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        152 24 Reuters LOS ANGELES As one of the greatest musical innovators of the 20th century, the late Ray Charles was certainly deserving of the "genius" tag bestowed on him by peers, fans and critics. The legendary entertainer died on Thursday of liver disease at
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        371 24  -  David Chew Host Gurmit offers a few tips for Idol hopefuls david.chew@newstoday.com.sg AN EXTRA day of first-round auditions for Singapore Idol are being held on Saturday, and host Gurmit Singh will be driving down to Suntec City in his new 3.8-litre Chevrolet Lumina. The words "Singapore Idol" will
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        324 26  -  Elisa Chia Taiwan's unlikeliest celeb proves the power of mind over matter (and reality) elisa@newstoday.com.sg TT^OR close to two hours yesterday, this reporter and .F a photographer had to play the waiting game for Hsu Chun-mei (picture). Hsu who? Hsu (if you haven't been reading the Chinese
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        35 32 The way to a dad's heart is through his stomach. Celebrate Father's Day with good eats and healthy treats in this issue of the Great Singapore Sale. DESIGNED BY JENNIFER CHEN CHRISTOPHER TAN
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      441 41 Reuters Shag, Kobe fail miserably in one of LA's worst games ever NBA FINALS Detroit 88 LA Lakers 68 (Detroit lead best-of-seven series 2-1) MICHIGAN Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have teamed up to create some of the greatest NBA Finals moments in the history of the Los
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      294 41 -AFP FORMULA 1 Canadian Grand Prix MONTREAL Williams-BMW driver Ralf Schumacher (picture) believes that Formula 1 has become boring this season because of brother Michael. World champion Schumacher has performed to virtual perfection for Ferrari this year, winning six of the seven
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      305 41 WILMINGTON, Delaware Jennifer Rosales shot a bogey-free 5-under-par 66 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the LPGA Championship, the second women's Major of the season, on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time). The 25-year-old from the Philippines holds a
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      259 41 -AFP NEW YORK Fiji's Vijay Singh made nine birdies in firing an 8-under par 63 here on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), to grab a one-stroke lead over Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson after the first round of the
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        211 42  -  Alvin Chua SHI JIAYI capped a fine farewell at Sinchi TV FC with a brace, as the Chilins hammered Balestier Khalsa 6-3 at the Hougang Stadium. Shi, who will move to the Young Lions next week, shone alongside Zhou Vi and Chen Xiao,
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        152 42  -  Tan Yo-Hinn HE started slowly, finishing in 33rd spot after the first block. But Travis Tay refused to panic, and it paid off handsomely. On Friday, he took home the overall title at the Victor's Superbowl Youth Challenge 2004, after beating top
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        184 42  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THEY will not make this year's Olympic Games in Athens, but Singapore's national 4xl 00m men's relay track team is showing good form. At the Spitzen Leichathletik Meet in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Wednesday, the quartet of Lin Jingze, Shameer Ayub, Hamkah Afik
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      436 42 Reuters Morientes and Co must win Russian opener *Vn 'n tricky group EURO 2004, GROUP A Spain v Russia FARO, Portugal Spain need victory from their Euro 2004 debut against Russia in Group A on Saturday (Sunday morning, Singapore time), to avoid unwanted complications and
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      304 42  -  Koh Wei Ling SANJAY Menon still has difficulty believing his good fortune. Not only will he attend a match at the Euro 2004 championships, he will present the man of the match award at the Spain-Greece Group A match in Porto,
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      231 44 TODAY'S Sports Desk give their tips for Euro 2004 and, surprisingly, not everyone's saying Oui to the French Leonard Thomas, sports editor England After conquering the rugby world, England will rule Europe. Expect Owen and Rooney to shine, with a formidable midfield to provide ample supplies
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      809 44 Agencies Scholes vows to make opponents eat their words EURO 2004, GROUP B France v England LISBON Paul Scholes rarely speaks to the media. And when he does, the reticent midfielder still doesn't say much. But after a week of trash-talking from the French camp,
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      233 46 -AFP LISBON England captain David Beckham said on Friday he was unhappy with two national newspapers which published photos of him in his underpants on the balcony of his room in the team hotel. The highly revealing pictures were splashed across the front pages of two British tabloids
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      84 46 ■hhi THE CAPTAINS Group B: Croatia, England, France, Switzerland Monday Midnight Switzerland v Croatia (Leiria) 2.45am France v England Luz (Lisbon) June 18 Midnight England v Switzerland (Coimbra) 2.45am Croatia v France (Leiria) June 22 2.45am Croatia v England (Lisbon) 2.45am Switzerland v France (Coimbra) THE
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      86 47 CHANNEL 5 will show the best Euro 2004 action over the coming weeks. The opening match of the tournament, the Group A clash between hosts Portugal and Greece, will be aired on the MediaCorp station at 11.50 on Saturday night A daily highlights show on
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      123 47 Reuters ALMANCIL, Portugal Few believed Oliver Kahn when he predicted Germany could go a long way at the 2002 World Cup. Now the Germany captain, who inspired the team to their surprise run to the final in Japan two years ago, is forecasting another German revival at
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      152 42 League Home Team I Away Team Match Kick Off a (Singapore date/time) Portugal 2004 Portugal Greece Sun, 13/6/04 12.00 am Portugal 2004 Spain Russia Sun, 13/6/04 2.45 am S. League Albirex Home United Sun, 13/6/04 7.30pm S. League Tampines SAF FC Sun, 13/6/04 7.30pm S. League Young Lions Tanjong Pagar
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