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    10 1 TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating ouGHtS Tuesday February 15,2005 > todayonline.com
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    The widening CPF gender gap
    739 1  -  Jasmine Yin Group proposes couples share CPF incomes jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg WOMEN in Singapore are getting older and poorer, and changes should be made to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme so that it will be a better safety net for them, say two local organisations. The
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    M'sian firm buys Chuan Hup's business
    672 1  -  Val Chua val@newsto day, com. sg HOT on the heels of GK Goh's asset sale to Malaysian investment bank CIMB last month, another high-profile firm from across the Causeway plans to buy the core assets of a Singapore-listed company. This time, it's the lucrative
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      HR accreditation planned
      428 2  -  Lee U-Wen Shri will roll out new human resources initiative later this year u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IN THE same way that accountants pursue accreditation to assess their competency and knowledge in their field, a similar scheme will soon be launched for the human resource profession here. Today has learned
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      Lock icon Saudis mull way out of time warp
      754 3  -  Alastair Wanklyn |\IEWS£S!S!S£B^ City council polls a tiny step in right direction in Riyadh HANDPHONES chirrup regularly with text messages from candidates seeking votes. The medium is a popular way of campaigning for those participating in Saudi Arabia's first national elections, now underway
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      Lock icon New M'sian deadline for Indon illegals
      189 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will crack down hard on Indonesian illegal immigrants from March 1, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said after talks with the visiting Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The new deadline, which could see hundreds of thousands of illegal workers jailed,
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      Lock icon Govtto clamp down on cashback deals
      195 4 Channel News Asia THE Government plans to clamp down on the practice of "cashback agreements" in the housing resale market. Three agencies the Housing Development Board, the Central Provident Fund Board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are looking into the matter, with new
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      Lock icon Lebanon's billionaire ex-PM killed in blast
      462 4 Agencies Massive explosion wrecks Hariri's convoy BEIRUT Lebanon's former prime minister and one of the Middle East's top billionaire tycoons Rafiq Hariri was killed yesterday in a massive explosion in Beirut, apparently caused by a car bomb, hospital sources and television stations said. Lebanese
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      Lock icon Abu Sayyaf hits bus in busy Manila
      197 4 Agencies MANILA Eleven people were killed and at least 53 others wounded after a series of Valentine's Day bombings by suspected Muslim militants hit Manila's financial district and two southern cities, officials said. The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility in a
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      MediaCorp inks deal to publish FHM, Asian Diver
      298 6 MEDIACORP'S publishing arm is expanding its range of titles to include Singapore's leading men's magazine, FHM (For Him Magazine). In an agreement sealed on Feb 4, and subject to approval by the authorities, MediaCorp Publishing acquired the licence to publish FHM in
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      Medicine or poison?
      423 6  -  Sheralyn Tay Safety of herbal medicines among topics at upcoming congress here sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg THAT common traditional Chinese remedy you are taking might just contain poisons. Or, it might not even be the herb you asked for. The lack of regulation and standardised classification in traditional Chinese medicine
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      Lock icon Job situation seen to improve
      176 6 Channel News Asia THE Singapore National Employers' Federation (Snef) expects the employment situation to be even better this year, after joblessness fell from a 4.6 per cent high in 2003 to 3.7 per cent last year. "The first half of the year looks quite good.
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      Lock icon Garden parties
      426 10  -  Lee U-Wen Big plans underway for both Botanic Gardens u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IF PLANNERS have their way, "tens of thousands" of people will one day flock to Singapore's second Botanic Gardens for major outdoor concerts. More than just a lush garden in the city, the new Botanic Gardens at Marina
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      Singapore lands Red Dot Award
      285 10  -  Patricia Yap SINGAPORE has beaten out other Asian countries to serve as host to one of the world's most prestigious design awards. Into its 50th year, the Red Dot Design Award is introducing a third category, Concept Design, which will overseen in Singapore. This is
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      221 10 Channel News Asia Firm fined for fatalities Construction company Hock Keng Heng has been fined $1 00,000 for a fatal industrial accident in March last year, in which two workers were killed when the platform they were on crashed to the ground. The company pled guilty to failing to
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      Lock icon STB's activities mark anniversary of WW ll's end
      138 10 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Singapore Tourism Board is organising a series of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War 11. Starting this month, there will be heritage tours, commemorative exhibitions, public conferences and talks on the war. The
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      205 6 I NTUC Income celebrates 1 I Inviting a]J NTUC Income Policyholders... 1 1 Here's your chance to win attractive prizes! I H We are launching a coffee table book to celebrate NTUC Income's 35th anniversary. B We invite you to share with us about your positive experience with NTUC Income.
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      323 7 Sending money You can't do it to Malaysia? any faster than this. 119 \J 311 Singapore] Malaysia Need to send money to your loved ones in Malaysia? Or rushing to pay your partner to secure a business deal? You'll be g glad to know that you can now get your
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Will Iraq be Iran's surrogate?
      825 12 Unlikely, say analysts, as victorious Shia alliance has razor-thin majority BAGHDAD In his comments after the Iraqi election results were released on Sunday, US President George W Bush harped on his rhetorical line on "freedom and democracy" for the Iraqis, but the question that now
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      Lock icon Aussie scientist says CIA 'censored' WMD report
      226 12 AP CANBERRA An Australian scientist involved in the United States' search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq said the CIA censored his reporting so that it suggested the weapons existed. Microbiologist Rod Barton, who worked for Australian intelligence for more than 20
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      Lock icon LOVEnotes
      411 12 'Cereal virgins' at the mall A Sydney shopping mall held a "cereal dating" night at its supermarket, telling singles to come "get frisky at the fruit counter" for a Valentine's night out. Mall managers suggested singles cruise the supermarket aisles with message-sending breakfast cereal boxes perched on their carts.
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      Lock icon War with Israel 'over'
      473 14 Palestinian leader lauds peace efforts GAZA New Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said in an interview with The New York Times that the war with Israel is effectively over and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has found a "partner" in peace in him. Mr Abbas
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        Lock icon Test confirm identity of Sri Lankan infant
        68 14 AP DNA test results yesterday showed that an infant Sri Lankan boy (right) found in the debris of the Indian Ocean tsunami belongs to the couple who launched a wrenching court battle for his custody, a court official said. The findings ended eight
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        Lock icon China sentences poetic Tibetan monks to prison
        65 14 -AFP Five Tibetan monks have been sentenced to up to three years in prison in western China for publishing poems the authorities consider politically sensitive, the United States-based Radio Free Asia said yesterday. Some of the poems praised the other jailed Tibetan monks,
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        Lock icon Pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong will merge
        75 14 AFP The biggest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) and the smaller Hong Kong Progressive Alliance will merge, officials said yesterday, in a bid to consolidate forces and fend off opposition pro-democracy parties. The officials believe the deal
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      Lock icon S Korea: Too early to call North 'nuclear'
      201 14 AP SEOUL It is too early to declare North Korea a nuclear power despite its claim to having atomic weapons, because the arms haven't been tested or even confirmed to exist, South Korea's point man on the North said yesterday. At a
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      Tsunami donations swamp British charities
      235 14 LONDON British relief organisations have been swamped with cash following the Dec 26 tsunamis and intend to spend part of the money on alleviating the suffering from other disasters, The Times reported yesterday. "In disasters like this, the most we generally get is US$5O ($B2)
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      Lock icon GLOBALroundup
      303 16 GLOBAL roundup AFP Fraud in Thai election? Thai opposition parties plan to submit complaints of electoral fraud amid demands for a fresh general election. The Democrats will lead the way by opening a centre to pool the complaints together from the other opposition camps, reported Bangkok Post. The opposition is
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      Lock icon Bulgarian Muslim wedding ceremony in style
      43 16 A Bulgarian Muslim bride shows her colourful make-up in a wedding ceremony in the Rhodope Mountains village of Ribnovo. Muslim Bulgarians are descendants of Christian Bulgarians who were forcibly converted to Islam by the Turks. AFP I
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      Lock icon Sex in the city
      277 16 -AP NY vice thrives, thanks to the Net NEW YORK A new generation of high-class Manhattan madams are raking in millions from the world's oldest profession. They use provocative websites to push their services and arrange dates by phone. Some are said to earn between US$3
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      Focus On The Family
      254 18  -  Dr James Dobson m today by WORDS OF KINDNESS I remember sitting in my car at a fast-food restaurant eating a hamburger and french fries. When I looked in the rearview mirror, I saw the most pitiful, scrawny, dirty little kitten on a ledge behind my
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      Review soft dollar deals with fund management firms
      158 18  -  LIU I-CHUN Letter from FUND management companies in Singapore are permitted to receive soft-dol-lar rebates in the form of research and advisory services, computer hardware/ software and investment publications from the trading commissions paid to stockbrokers. Investors have no way of finding
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      Patients lose time to medical interns
      210 18  -  DEREK LOO Longer waits at hospitals during training periods Letter from I WOULD like to relate a rather unhappy experience I had last week at the National University Hospital (NUH) when I took my daughter there for a medical review of her fractured arm.
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      Caning ineffective in ending prostitution
      279 18  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from I REFER to Mr Tang Kum Cheong's letter "Cane those engaged in vice activities" (Feb 11), in which he suggests such a punishment for foreign prostitutes and massage parlour owners in order to deter sex workers from coming to Singapore
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      READERS' SHORT TAKES
      177 18 Michael Chua Kheng Hwee: Teach kids about sex from young age I agree with Barclay Yong's "Teach our children the facts of life" (Feb 14). It is never too early to teach young people about sex. It's better to warn them against pre-mar-ital sex and promiscuity than
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      IF WE NEED A LAW TO BE COURTEOUS, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
      663 20  -  Izzy Mat Nurdin say HOW fantastic it would be to have a liberal state where laws are more like guidelines and society's civicmindedness allows self-regulation in place of "Singapore-style" government intervention. Two Today readers wrote
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      Charity for all
      707 22 CLARA CHONG 11, student Nobody is too young to volunteer, says feisty fund-raiser Clara DURING the December school holidays, Clara Chong started, in her own words, a "small small" project selling bookmarks to raise funds for "any" charity. The 11-year-old spent hours cutting and drawing bookmarks 400
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      Lock icon UEFA idea would be ideal for S'pore
      155 23  -  LOH TIONGHIAnI Letter from WHAT a superb idea! I am referring to Stanley Ho's article, "Make the football world go round..." (Feb 8). We can model this after the UEFA Champions League tournament where there will be two rounds of preliminary qualifications for
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      Fortunate to be in demand
      383 23  -  NELSON QUAH People stay single for many reasons Letter from I READ with interest Miss Jeanine Tan's article, "Dating Service? Nah. Not Now At Least" (Feb 12-13). She is optimistic about marriage and yet displays a tinge of cynicism about the services offered by dating
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      159 22 Healthy Participants Needed Jv The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants 1\ m A for a scientific study involving an investigational medicine. The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and toleration, and the amount of this medicine in the blood, following "•> administration of single
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      OCBC's annual profit rises 22% to $1.16b
      426 24  -  Dow Jones Recovery spurs credit demand, cuts loss provisions OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) reported yesterday its net profit rose 22 per cent last year, as the economic recovery spurred credit demand and led to lower loss provisions. The bank earned $1.16 billion last
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        SGX most active
        61 24 )y volume lldin SlobalVoite Jina Sun JniFiber ieautyChina (1 Ventur >ing Tel JTAC IMXTech bartered Close 0.825 0.075 0.440 0.315 0.975 0.300 2.610 0.655 0.815 1.020 Change -0.015 -0.005 +0.010 +0.015 +0.110 +0.020 -0.010 +0.020 +0.030 +0.010 -1.8 -6.3 +2.3 +5.0 +12.7 +7.1 -0.4 +3.1 +3.8 +1.0
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        SGX top rises
        81 24 5y$ Creative 50 DBSBk6%NCPS10 jreatEast /enlure ilA 200 JOB iTIETFlOO \PB Breweries (epCorp NBLCorp Close Change 22.100 +0.600 108.700 +0.500 13.200 +0.400 16.500 +0.400 12.700 +0.200 14.500 +0.200 21.640 +0.190 7.850 +0.150 9.600 +0.150 3.480 +0.120 Jy percentage Close Change JHE Ind W*****8 0.010 +100.0 :irPlusW*****7 0.050
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        SGX top falls
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        World markets
        59 24 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwanWtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 11,632.2 14,017.23 4,143.00 6,112.40 964.79 920.31 728.80 1,050.73 2,084.50 247.29 6,679.33 Pis +78.64 +171.60 -17.70 +77.80 +17.56 +5.40 +2.60 +4.86 +23.02 +4.66 +45.57 +0.68 +1.24
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 24 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by 3old us$/oi 424.60 iilver us$/oi 7.295 'latinum us$/oi 873.00 Rubber cents/kg 209.01 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,291.51 Brent crude us$/borrel 45.31
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 24 US$ 0.6089 UK£ 0.3231 Yen 63.845 HK$ 4.7515 RM 2.3149 Euro 0.4696 Rupiah 5,631.9 Baht 23.384 Peso 33.229 A$ 0.7741 Indian Rs 26.651 Won 624.39 C$ 0.7496 Yuan 5.0446 NZ$ 0.8511 NTS 19.278
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        Singapore
        207 24  -  Dow Jones SHARES rose yesterday, with sentiment boosted by gains on Wall Street on Friday and expectations of strong domestic corporate earnings. the ST Index rose 15.33 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 2,164.93, a level not seen since Sept 2000. Trading volume rose to 944.2 million shares valued
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      Lock icon Verizon to buy MCI for about $11b
      113 24 Bloomberg MCI, the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, agreed to be bought by Verizon Communications for about US$6.7 billion ($ll billion), rejecting a higher offer from Qwest Communications International. The cash and stock offer from Verizon values MCI at U5520.75
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      Lock icon NOL's profit hits record $1.5b
      485 25 Agencies Strong demand for vessels on Asia-US route boosts freight rates NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), the world's seventh biggest container shipping company, said yesterday its net profit more than doubled to a record US$943 million ($1.5 billion), or 65.47 US cents per share, last year
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      ComfortDelGro's 2004 net profit surges 50% to $200 million
      293 25  -  Dow Jones COMFORTDELGRO Corp reported yesterday a sharp rise in earnings due to the better performance by its overseas operations and a reduction in losses at its local mass transit venture. For fiscal 2004 ended Dec 31, net profit amounted to
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      338 25 SBS Transit reported its net income surged 158.6 per cent to $49.2 million, or 16.52 cents a share, for the year ended Dec 31, from $19 million, or 6.39 cents a share, in the year earlier. Sales rose 4 per cent to $559.6 million. Airocean Group reported its net
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      296 26 Bloomberg THE Australian government said it held the "first of many" talks with Singapore on whether to allow Singapore Airlines (SIA) to fly between the United States and Australia, signalling that negotiations on routes may take several months. Yesterday's meeting between Australian Transport
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      170 26 Bloomberg PSA International, which runs the world's second-busiest container port, handled 14 per cent more containers at its terminals worldwide last month as demand for Asian products in the United States and Europe increased. The Singapore port operator handled 2.82 million 20-foot standard containers in
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      158 26 AFP ASIA-PACIFIC governments led by Japan are expected to borrow more than US$2.O trillion ($3.28 trillion) in long and medium-term debt this year, Standard and Poor's (S&P) said yesterday. This would bring the total sovereign outstanding debt in the region to more than US$lO trillion,
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      364 28 Bloomberg M'sian bourse considers ending 7-year ban in order to lure sophisticated investors MALAYSIA'S stock exchange, scheduled to sell an initial public offering of shares next month, may end a seven-year ban on shortselling in order to increase trading volumes and lure international investors who want
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        143 28  - Lion Asiapac (18 cents) Buy Kirn Eng Securities Lion reported robust interim fiscal first half earnings of $5.6 million, which met 47 per cent of the fiscal 2005 forecast but was below our lofty expectation of a $7-million gain. Its core business withered but associates delivered. Advent's sales contracted 1
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        84 28  - Wearnes($1.30) Buy DBS Vickers Wearnes International turned in a good set of fiscal 2005 first-quarter results. Net profit rose 48 per cent to $2.8 million while turnover rose 34 per cent to $161 million, mainly due to higher sales at its automotive and equipment unit. The stock remains attractive given
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      607 30  -  Ted Chen the business of marketing Xando inventor discusses intricacies of tablets tedchen@newstoday.com.sg XANDO tablets. Actress Farm Wong endorses them. Guardian pharmacies sell them and weight-conscious Singaporeans ingest them to shed their love handles. Now meet Mr Nils Mortensen, the Norwegian inventor of the
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      558 31  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla 9-episode series on Channel 8 to display business aspects, crew at work shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN A first for any airline here, Jetstar Asia is using reality television to sear its brand image in the mind of consumers namely Chinese viewers. The nine-episode Chineselanguage
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      250 31 Global security meet in Spore Singapore will be playing host to the first international conference on homeland security between Mar 29 and 31. More than 150 international exhibitors from 12 countries will be taking part in the Global Security Asia 2005 conference. They will display equipment, vehicles, systems
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      383 31 AFP PARIS Whipping up the perfect cheese souffle or planning a gourmet three-course meal is the latest trend among firms aiming to build team spirit among their staff without the knocks of tough outdoor courses. "Cooking is more unifying than bungeejumping," said acquisitions and mergers
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      625 34  -  Seah Siew Hua Asus to compete through innovative design, strong customer service siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I AT A time when its compatriots I and competitors from China are competing in the electronics market by offering low-cost products, Taiwan-based Asus has decided to focus on building a brand name
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      300 34 Computing without transistors HP Labs' Quantum Science Research (QSR) group has proposed and demonstrated a "crossbar latch", which provides the signal restoration and inversion required for general computing without the need for transistors. The technology could result in computers that are thousands of times more powerful than those that
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      490 34  -  Wei Mm For a more reliable broadband link Q: Once every few days, the websites that I surf fail to respond. The WinXP Wireless connection icon on my notebook does not show that there is a disconnection. When I try to do a wireless connection repair, the wireless
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      547 35  -  Jaime Koh Digital Media Hub works to merge ideas with resources news@newstoday.com.sg I IT IS hard to imagine that the nondescript former Kampong Glam Community Centre houses a thriving media hub. Despite being dwarfed by the buildings around it and lacking the trappings usually associated with "hubs",
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      176 35 I ANTI-VIRUS experts at I Sophos have discovered the first malware to attack Microsoft's new anti-spyware product, currently in beta. The BankAsh-A Trojan horse is designed to steal online banking passwords from Windows users. It also disables Microsoft AntiSpyware, attempting to suppress
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      233 36 Infineon Technologies has appointed Mr Tony Ng Fook San as the president and managing director of its operations in Asia-Pacific. Mr Ng will succeed Mr Loh Kin Wah, who has been promoted to a member of the management board and head of Infineon's communication business group. Yahoo! has
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      401 36 -AP Flextronics teams up with Microsoft on low-cost smartphones PARIS Microsoft I announced a partnership with Singapore-based Flextronics International to market a new range of high-specification phones, running Windows Mobile, to handset makers and network operators worldwide. The deal between the world's No 1 software company and the
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        698 38  -  Goh Beng Yeow Accurate data from ERP tools makes it possible infotech@newstoday.com.sg INFORMATION technology (IT) has I always played a key role in providing businesses a competitive edge. In the beginning, IT performed mainly financial functions, such as payroll and invoicing, and was used primarily as
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        449 40  -  Albert Tan Singapore firms gain as product and service delivery improves infotech@newstoday.com.sg I IN TODAY'S competitive I global marketplace, businesses are challenged to meet the demand for customised products over shorter life cycles while keeping inventories at manageable lev- els. This has elevated the prominence of supply chain
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        190 40 I THE Enterprise I Resource Management (ERM) market in China hit U*****.9 million ($252 million) in the first half of last year and remained the largest market in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan). According to IDC's latest Enterprise Applications (EA) study, Australia was second with a US$lO2.B-million market,
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      1059 42 -AP Late rhythm blues legend Charles tops at Grammys with 8 awards ON THE night when all of music bands together for one genre-busting party, Ray Charles received a fitting eulogy yesterday as his final album, Genius Loves Company, won a leading eight Grammys. Much like his
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        585 43  -  Pauline D Loh Use organic extra virgin olive oil in a simple pasta dish to reap ample health benefits, and a tasty meal. By (pauline@newstoday.com.sg) THIS is as nature intends it to be. Chemical-free, pesticide-free, and lovingly nurtured, organicallygrown olive trees bear fruits that embody the
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        226 43 Asian cooks were more used to unflavoured cooking oils in the past. But there is no denying that our palates are changing through a combination of globalisation, more frequent travel abroad, and invasive culinary influences in our urban environment. Italian food, Greek food and other Mediterranean cuisine introduced our
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        159 44 Song of the year Daughters, John Mayer Record of the year Here We Go Again, Ray Charles and Norah Jones Best pop vocal album Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles and various artists Best R&B album The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys Best
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      84 46  -  -Jeanine Tan TAIWANESE host Linda Liao (picture, left) and MTV VJ Utt (right) will lead the cast of the new MediaCorp TV Channel 5 drama, Chase, which debuts on March 10 at 8.30pm on Channel 5. Utt and Liao play former
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      395 46  -  David Chew Singapore arts set to blossom in London this spring david.chew@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU'RE travelling to London from now until April 5, you may chance upon one of 150 life-sized posters at any one of the major London tube stations advertising Singapore Season which will be happening from
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      474 47  -  Lynette Leong As role models and food providers, parents determine their child's diet health@newstoday.com.sg YOUR child is what you feed him or her. So, if you think that as a parent, you can feast on junk food while forcing your kid to have a
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      HELP THE LITTLE ONES EAT RIGHT
      218 47 Ms Christine Ong, chief dietician at XX Women's and Children's Hospital, shares some tips to keep children healthy. Offer a wide variety of food following the principles of the food pyramid. Provide water as the main drink when children are thirsty. One to two
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      Lock icon Cheap China breast treatment linked to cancer
      203 47 AFP DOCTORS in Hong Kong have warned against a cheap breast enlargement procedure popular in China that they say could cause cancer, a newspaper report said on Monday. Patients who had the augmentation treatment, using what is billed as "Amazing Gel" injected into
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      136 47 Baby, it's you! Find out everything you wanted to know about your baby. In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the XX Women's Children's Hospital has roped in its doctors, dieticians and nurses to advise parents on ailments like asthma, allergies and sleep disorders. Also, there will be opportunities
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      292 50 -AP NFL PRO BOWL AFC 38 NFC 27 HONOLULU Peyton Manning finished his prolific season at the Pro Bowl with more of the same: Another bunch of touchdown passes, another record and another award. And another win in a game that doesn't matter.
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      500 50 Top officials expect British PM to influence 2012 Olympic decision LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair will consider making a special trip to Singapore in July, to boost London's chances before the vote to decide who hosts the 2012 Olympics. According to BBC Sport Online,
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      418 50 AFP SYDNEY The coach of Australian swimming superstar lan Thorpe said the fertility of female swimmers was being threatened by a "win at all costs" attitude. Tracey Menzies said the gruelling training regimes could interrupt athletes' menstrual cycles and affect their fertility
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      Lock icon Boring Mickelson
      653 51 AP No more records as Masters champ cruises to victory GOLF Pebble Beach National Pro-Am PEBBLE BEACH, California Phil Mickelson should be used to this now, but he felt a strange sensation as he walked up the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach with a four-shot lead. His heart
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      194 51 AP NBA Cavaliers 103 Lakers 89 CLEVELAND, Ohio Kobe Bryant came back and looked good. But the Los Angeles Lakers haven't quite recovered. Bryant returned after missing 14 games with an ankle injury but couldn't reverse Los Angeles' slide, as Leßron James scored
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      330 51 AP TENNIS SAP Open SAN JOSE, California Andy Roddick can forget his frustrating finish in the Australian Open. He has a new trophy in tow, his evolving backhand slice is improving every day and he finished work early Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time).
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      334 52 AFP SIX NATIONS RUGBY England 17 France 18 LONDON For Oily Barkley, England's latest Six Nations Championship defeat against Grand Slam holders France was a "bitter pill to swallow". The world champions blew an 11-point half-time lead to lose 18-17, despite scoring the game's
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      552 52 Agencies Reds legend believes unsettled striker should leave Madrid PRIMERA LIGA Osasuna 1 Real Madrid 2 MADRID Liverpool legend Alan Hansen is convinced Michael Owen should return home. Having watched the England striker spend most of the season on Real Madrid's bench, the pundit
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      610 53 Agencies Everton boss admits Beattie foul, continues to plot for Europe LONDON Like Alex Ferguson, Everton manager David Moyes protects his players publicly and demands 100 per cent commitment in return. Like Ferguson, the Scot will also admit when his players are at fault Yesterday,
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      291 53 -AP CHANTILLY, France Some people are content to say it with flowers. Not Brazilian striker Ronaldo. The Real Madrid star and his fiancee Daniella Cicarelli were celebrating their love with a romantic Valentine's Day bash in a castle north of Paris
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      174 53 Chelsea 27 21 5 1 50 8 68 Man Utd 27 17 8 2 45 16 59 Arsenal 26 16 6 4 58 30 54 Everton 27 14 6 7 31 28 48 Liverpool 27 13 4 10 41 29 43 Middlesbrough 27 11 8 8 41 35
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      198 53 Juventus 24 16 5 3 40 15 53 AC Milan 24 15 6 3 42 16 51 Inter Milan 24 9 15 0 46 29 42 Udinese 24 12 4 8 33 23 40 Sampdoria 24 11 5 8 26 18 38 Palermo 24 9 9 6 23
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      209 53 Sunday results: Atletico Madrid 0 Levante 0, Espanyol 2 Getafe 0, Real Mallorca 2 Albacete 1, Numancia 0 Malaga 1, Racing Santander 1 Real Sociedad 3, ISevilla 2 Villarreal 1, Osasuna 1 Real Madrid 2, Athletic Bilbao 4 Real Betis 4 Barcelona 23 17 3 3 47 17
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        540 54 United striker insists he's more disciplined ahead of Everton clash MANCHESTER During his visit to Singapore last week, Sir Bobby Robson called Wayne Rooney "TNT explosive a man who is explosive in every sense". Devastating with his feet, the Manchester United forward can be equally destructive
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        355 54 -AP MELBOURNE Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart said yesterday he would take motorsport's governing body the FIA to court, if they prevent his team from racing at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next month. FIA, quoted on several motorsport websites, said
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          77 54 FIRST scorer, last scorer and the final score three new ways punters and soccer fans can bet on the S-League and Singapore Cup with Singapore Pools. The new betting games kick off on Feb 28 with the 2005 S-League season. Currently, punters can bet on whether
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          71 54 Oh Cherie, Cherie LONDON Tony Blair's wife Cherie's (right) idea of a joke has misfired on London's bid to stage the 201 2 Olympics. A high-level International Olympic Committee delegation was due here today to evaluate London's bid, wanting to know what Cherie Blair meant when she cracked a joke
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          59 54 LONDON Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, it emerged yesterday. The Icelandic striker's BMW was stopped in the early hours of Sunday morning because of the way it was being driven. The 26-year-old had apparently been out celebrating his winning
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          5-2 ... Oh really!
          89 54 5-2 Oh really! ATHENS Panionios FC declined to comment yesterday on a claim by a German soccer referee that their Uefa Cup win over Georgia's Dinamo Tbilisi on Dec 1 was fixed. In the match, the Greek first division club trailed 1-0 at half-time, but then went on to score
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          Giggs gets down for yoga
          63 54 CARDIFF Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, 30, has revealed the secret of his longevity yoga. The Welshman, who just missed out on a 50th cap for his country when he had to pull out of the 2-0 win against Hungary last week because of injury,
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        446 55  -  ERIC DING Tampines Rovers defender fails fitness test, could miss season opener sports@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS the driving force behind Tampines Rovers' S-League and Cup double-win-ning feat last season. So impressive were his performances that he was one of the four nominees for the S-League Player of the
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        Formidable Chinese presence for S-League quadrangular
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