Today, 12 April 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Asean unlikely to change chair rules
      614 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Myanmar expected to assume leadership despite poor democratic record derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINCE joining the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) in 1997, Myanmar has been accustomed to facing public pressure from the West over its human rights record. In recent weeks, though,
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      Lock icon S'pore keeps policy for currency gain
      230 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S central bank will maintain its stance for a stronger currency first adopted a year ago to keep inflation in check amid higher crude oil prices. "The gradual increase in inflationary pressures in the economy reflects higher commodity prices, rising wages, and increases
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      Lock icon Stocks mainly lower in quiet trading
      92 1 ■AP NEW YORK Stocks drifted lower in quiet trading yesterday as oil prices edged upwards and concerns about the automotive sector intensified after the Ford Motor Company slashed its profit outlook for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 12.78 points to 10,448.56,
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      Lock icon Kung Fu Hustle kicks up cash in US
      158 1 AFP LOS ANGELES Hong Kong movie star Stephen Chow's action comedy King Fu Hustle (picture) kicked up a storm when it opened in the United States last weekend. Hong Kong's highest grossing film opened in limited release in North America on Friday,
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      41 1 NEWS£\yiEWS I Continental drift Australia now wants to join Asian bloc/3 The beat is on Local percussionist band hits world stage/30 impact I The digital revolution/25 Health I See Pages 34 to 37 i '^F 1 A^ J^v^^l r 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      14 1 JACKSON TRIAL: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION? BLAIR, BROWN IN SHOW OF UNITY WORLD 12
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  • hot news
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      GDP slowdown in Q1
      382 2  -  Christie Loh But full-year growth projection still on course christie@newstoday.com.sg THE volatile biomedical sector dealt a blow to the Singapore economy in the first three months of this year, but economists remained confident that gross domestic product (GDP) growth was on track to hit the official
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      India to be part of East Asia Summit
      127 2 THE Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) has agreed that the first East Asia Summit (EAS), to be held in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the year, will involve Asean, the +3 countries (China, Japan and South Korea) as well as
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    • Article
      FM Yeo: Try to avoid 'bad precedent'
      92 2 Asean's foreign ministers affirmed that Asean "cannot interfere in the domestic affairs of Myanmar" and that Myanmar would have to bear the consequences of its government's actions, "be they good or bad", said Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo last night. However, the bloc
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        Australia c/o Asia
        821 3  -  Kalinga Seneviratne Howard now wants to join Asian bloc in Sydney SINCE his election in 1996, Prime Minister John Howard has been seen as moving Australia away from the "pro-Asian" policy of his predecessor Paul Keating. He has moved to align his nation closer to the United
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  • Singapore news
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      MUP rules revised
      392 4  -  Lee U-Wen Changes to subsidy, levy to benefit flat-owners u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU sell your flat during the four- or five-year period after your estate has voted for the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP), but before you are billed on completion of the works, you will have less to
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      Lock icon SPH may have settled with Oei
      163 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) and businessman Oei Hong Leong may have come to a settlement over a defamation suit that was due to be heard in court over five days starting yesterday. A check with the courts showed that the case
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      Lock icon Lifestyle media stars in the making
      86 4 TREVOR TAN The finalists of Channel News Asia's Audition Me: (from left) Darren Tan, Amos Boon, Rhys Tan, Benedict Goh, Charissa Sect, Mariah Zainal, Cheryl Miles and Saskia Josse. They will be groomed as the channel's new lifestyle presenters. They will also host a
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    • Article
      Public views sought on biological agents
      127 4  -  Tan Hui Leng THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is proposing legislation to regulate biological agents and toxins. The proposed Biological Agents and Toxins Act would cover the possession, use, import, transfer and transportation of biological agents and toxins that are hazardous to humans. It
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      Helicopter contract trial held behind closed doors
      354 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Naval project deemed classified under Official Secrets Act feiwan@newstoday.com.sg BECAUSE of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), a high-profile corruption trial involving a former Singapore Armed Forces scholar and the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) was heard behind closed doors
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      Lock icon Advertising thatmooves you
      86 6 If you've started to see cows in open spaces across the country, don't worry: You're not going crazy. The cows, in shades of pink, magenta, orange, blue and green, are part of a teaser campaign meant to raise the profile of Moove Media, Comfort Del new advertising
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      Lock icon Employer abuse drove maid to kill: Psychiatrist
      210 6 Newsßadio 93.8 A PSYCHIATRIST has told the court that Juminem, the Indonesian maid accused of killing her employer, should not be charged with murder. Dr Douglas Kong said the maid had suffered from depression at least a month before the alleged crime took
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Calm will prevail
      559 8  -  Sharon Vasoo China, Japan have far more at stake than textbooks sharon@newstoday.com.sg THE bitter feud between China and Japan over history textbooks, which sparked massive anti-Japanese protests in Beijing, have plunged bilateral relations to their lowest point in more than a decade. Most analysts, however, believe that
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      Lock icon Sumatra, Japan quakes cause fear but no casualties
      190 8 -AP JAKARTA Over the last two days, two strong earthquakes, which rocked the island of Sumatra and Japan, sent many residents fleeing from their homes. No tsunamis were reported. The quake that struck Padang in west Sumatra on Sunday measured 6.8 on
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      Singapore buildings can withstand tremors, says Minister Mah
      110 8  -  Lee U-Wen About 150 buildings, many in the northern and eastern areas of Singapore, were affected by tremors resulting from Sunday's earthquake and its aftershocks in Sumatra. "All our crisis and duty officers and engineers were mobilised," said Minister for National Development
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      Lock icon Malaysia may introduce sex education in schools
      155 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may introduce sex education in schools for children as young as four, a report said yesterday. A draft of the proposed National Sexuality Education will be sent to the Cabinet soon. If approved, it could become a subject in
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon UN experts denied visas
        70 10 AFP Indonesia will deny entry visas for three legal experts tasked by the United Nations to investigate why Jakarta failed to punish any military officers over the violence that accompanied East Timor's independence vote in 1 999. Government spokesman Marty Natelegawa said allowing the three to
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        Lock icon Pilgrims swept away
        55 10 AFP A discharge or water from a dam swept away scores of Hindu pilgrims praying on the banks of the Narmada River in central India, leaving at least 38 dead, police said yesterday. Police Chief Swaraj Puri said two bodies had been found on Friday while 36
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      Lock icon India, China in strategic pact
      249 10 Agencies Relations shift after decades of mistrust NEW DELHI India and China, the world's two most populous countries, agreed yesterday to create a "strategic partnership" in an effort to end their longstanding border dispute and boost economic cooperation. The agreement signalled a significant shift in
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      Lock icon China to support India in Security Council bid
      115 10 AFP China will support India's candidature for permanent membership of an expanded UN Security Council, according to an Indian government document seen by AFP. "China understands and supports the aspirations of India to become a permanent member of the Security Council," said
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      Lock icon Blair, Brown in show of unity at the hustings
      197 12 AFP LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a ringing endorsement yesterday from the Labourite who most craves his job, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, as they campaigned shoulder-to-shoulder ahead of the May 5 general election. In a carefully choreographed
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      Lock icon Witness for the prosecution?
      300 12 AP Flip-flop testimony in Jackson trial SANTA MARIA A witness in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial surprised the prosecution yesterday by saying he did not remember seeing the pop star lick a boy's head, only to change position and say that it must have happened after
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      Focus On The Family
      263 14  -  Dr James Dobson Tbows by............... NO PLACE TO HIDE Have you ever fantasised about running away from all the pressure and stress of today's high tech world? Surely there's a place somewhere on the globe where the pace is slower and the living is easy. Why
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    • Encourage GP consolidation
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        Big clinics means more patients and money
        271 14  -  EE TECK SIEW Letter from THE Singapore Medical Association (SMA) has established consultation fee guidelines and private sector doctors are generally not allowed to charge less than the recommended rate of $18 to $55. I support calls for giving General Practioners (GPs) a
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      • Letter
        HR policies should accommodate all
        164 14  -  YVONNE WONG Letter from I APPLAUD the need for a non-discrim-inatory human resources (HR) policy, as reported in "Are employers asking too much?" (April 11). I feel stereotyping is common when employers make certain assumptions in hiring, such as: Singles can work longer hours more
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      • Letter
        Pregnant women need that seat more than you do
        172 14  -  JENNIFER TEO Letter from PREGNANT for the second time, I am surprised at Cherlyn Ong's view (April 11) that she deserves a seat on the MRT more than a pregnant woman. Yes, she may feel tired after a hard day's work,
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    • Voice your opinion
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        Singapore, tell cordially how you feel on Japan issue
        187 16  -  MICHAEL LOHYIK MING Letter from I REFER to the recent Sino-Korean furore over what seems to be a very simplified treatment of World War II in a new textbook to be used by schools in Japan. I have been taught in
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        Preserve past to prevent it from being subverted
        176 16  -  STEVE K NGO Letter from SOME people I spoke to in Europe told me they were unaware their Jewish friends were taken away during World War II to be massacred, thinking they had been isolated for their own protection from hate groups.
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    • Letter
      Humans need a sanctuary too
      299 16  -  FUNG CHIN JEE MY VISION FOR SINGAPORE Letter from THE Singapore of the future should be a place for everyone the successful, beautiful, ugly, poor, hard-working, lazy, creative, day-dreaming, young, old, mid-dle-aged Why does this concern me? As we look around today, we the society
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    • READERS' SHORT TAKES
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        Harry Chia
        68 18 April to June is when shareholders receive their dividends from listed companies. The Central Depository now sends out monthly statements listing dividends paid during the month. As a result, shareholders do not know when, how much and which company the dividend is from until the following month. This
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        William Ho
        75 18 Yio Chu Kang Gardens is a private estate with more than 100 terrace and semi-detached houses. We have noticed that many Singapore Safety Driving School learners' vehicles are driving into the estate to practise parking and driving, some moving fairly quickly. This poses a danger to children walking
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      Don't jump the gun on shares divestments
      280 18  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Without knowing a company's intentions, all commentary is but idle speculation I Letter from WITH plenty of negative publicity at the doors of beleaguered ACCS, I question whether it is really fair for "analysts" and "market-watchers" to comment in fact, merely
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      Awards disappointment will only deter budding Tamil poets
      246 18  -  BASKARAN ARUN GANESH I Letter from ARCOT THE winners of this year's National Arts Council (NAC) Golden Point awards have been announced. In 2001 and 2003, first and second prizes were not awarded in the Tamil poetry category as the judges found
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  • Businesstoday
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      Technical glitch hits Hyflux warrants
      414 20  -  Chow Perm Nee Prices swing wildly, no request for cancellation of trades pennnee@newstoday.com.s; FOR the second time this year, an error at a financial institution caused the price of a warrant to fluctuate wildly. Covered warrants issued by Calyon Bank on water specialist Hyflux plunged
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      Lock icon SPH profit up 9.3% in Q2
      182 20 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday reported a 9.3-per-cent rise in fiscal second-quarter net profit The media group reported a net profit of $97.6 million, or 6 cents per share, for the three months ended Feb 28, up from $89.3 million, or 4
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    • market BUZZ
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        BK Peugeot giveaway
        85 20  -  Elisa Yang MICHELLE Tan thought it was an April Fool's joke when she was informed that she had won a Peugeot 206 cc in the Burger King Great Meal Deal Lucky Draw. The 26-year-old teacher said: "I submitted two entries and didn't expect to win. I still
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        Superb gift ideas
        125 20 SHOW your clients that you appreciate them by supplementing your services with girts that can be put to good use. Build rapport within the company with gifts, celebrate special events with mementos, immortalise landmark events and salute your guests-of-honour with custom-made tokens of appreciation that will make
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        Birthday gems
        98 20 SK JEWELLERY celebrated its first anniversary last Friday by giving out 1 0,000 pieces of chocolate in the jeweller's gift boxes at the Raffles Place MRT station. Present the gift box and redeem a $10 voucher (with no minimum purchase required) at all SK Jewellery showrooms. SK Jewellery
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    • savvy investor
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        Deposits with a currency kicker
        276 21 WHEN we talk about investments, stocks, bonds and properties are usually the types of assets that come to mind immediately. But in the last few years, foreign currencies have grown in importance as an asset class. Growing affluence and the need for diversification are two
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        164 21 stream," he added. A variation of traditional foreign currency deposits are Yield Enhanced Deposits (YEDs). They pay higher interest rates compared with normal Singapore dollar time or foreign currency deposits. How YEDs work With a YED, an investor places deposits in a currency known as the "Base Currency" for a
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        178 21 6.25 per cent significantly higher than a one-month Singapore dollar time deposit. Assume that the current exchange rate between the Australian dollar and Singapore dollar is Ssl .285 and the Strike Rate is Ssl .280. If the Australian dollar weakens below Ssl .280, say to Ssl .24, then the investor's
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        Lock icon Macquarie to launch $730m IPO, largest in S'pore in two years
        254 21 Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S Macquarie Bank plans to sell about $730 million of shares in an infrastructure fund in Singapore's biggest initial public offering (IPO) in two years. The company, Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund, will use the proceeds to buy assets
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    • business news
      • Market WATCH
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          Singapore
          53 22 SHARES broke a sevenday winning streak to close marginally lower yesterday, hurt by weaker-than-expected first-quarter economic growth data and losses on Wall Street on Friday. The ST Index ended 0.36 point lower at 2,181.58, after falling as low as 2,172.26 early in the session. Losers outnumbered gainers 240 to
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          World markets
          60 22 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 11,745.64 13,659.93 4,115.80 5,979.42 985.94 869.93 694.34 1,105.98 1,896.72 270.26 6,397.52 Pis -129.11 -6.79 -32.70 -44.65 -6.23 +5.91 +10.58 -5.24 -9.97 -2.92 -82.02 -1.09
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          Lock icon Commodities
          26 22 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 430.00 Silver uss/oi 7.195 Platinum uss/oi 858.50 Rubber cents/kg 218.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,432 Brent crude uss/barrel 52.17 Information provided by
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          Lock icon ST Index – 2,181.58 -0.36
          40 22 ST Index 2,181.58 -0.36 Dow Jones traded volume amounted to 540 million shares worth $465.8 million. Chartered shed 1 per cent to $1.02, Datacraft lost 1.5 per cent to 98.5 US cents and Venture fell 1.4 per cent to $14.00.
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          Your S$1 buys
          36 22 US$ 0.6060 UK£ 0.3205 Yen 65.325 HK$ 4.7242 RM 2.3019 Euro 0.4669 Rupiah 5,748.7 Baht 23.985 Peso 32.908 A$ 0.7820 Indian Rs 26.482 Won 614.85 C$ 0.7430 Yuan 5.0145 NZ$ 0.8415 NTS 19.116
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          SGX most active
          52 22 By volume Close UniFiber 0.535 GlobalVoice 0.070 UTAC 0.635 L&M 0.005 Celestial 0.410 Sarin 0.370 Hy(luxCAeCW*****5 0.700 TACMBLeCW*****2 0.080 SingTel 2.680 LabroyMar 0.680 Change +0.025 +0.005 +0.005 +0.005 +0.005 +0.170 -0.025 +4.9 +7.7 +0.8 +1.2 +1.4 +32.1 -23.8 'OOO 45,906 32,046 19,223 13,382 12,119 10,092 9,557 9,495
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          SGX top rises
          78 22 By$ Creative 50 Close Changi 16.800 +0.401 Hyflux HyfluxDB eCW*****7 HyfluxCAeCW*****5 CapitaMall DBS 3.500 +0.261 0.705 +0.191 0.700 +0.171 2.200 +0.131 14.800 +0.101 OCBC 13.900 +0.101 SIA200 11.900 +0.101 LionTeckC 0.265 +0.07! OOB MBLeCW*****7 0.450 +0.06! By percentage Close LHT 0.050 Change +66.7 LionTeckC 0.265 +39.5 HyfluxDB
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          SGX top falls
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        243 22  -  Valeric Law Firm offers 111 m shares at 70 cents each valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE-based Pearl Energy, an oil exploration and production (E&P) company, plans to raise $77.6 million by selling 110.9 million new shares at 70 cents each in an initial public offering. The first
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        596 24  -  Jasmine Yin Unusual offer backed by 16 universities globally jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg AN ONLINE graduate business school, Universitas 21 (U2l) Global, is guaranteeing a 10-per-cent salary increment to new MBA graduates. The university is using this innovative marketing scheme to recruit students for its Master's of
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        638 25  -  Greg Waldron 'Revolution' a chance for customers to say what they want news@newstoday.com.sg FOR many marketers, nostalgic for an era when mass mediums such as television and newspapers reigned unchallenged, the digital revolution is a digital nightmare. But not for Mr Kent
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        324 25  -  Seah Slew Hua. WITH mid-priced foreign fashion labels such as Zara, Mango and Top Shop entering the Singapore market in recent years, competition for older labels is getting tough. But, unlike some other brands of similar vintage, Esprit has not only evolved to
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          141 25 THE Online Campaign Of The Year Award is being introduced into the Singapore Advertising Hall Of Fame Awards this year. The award, initiated by the Institute of Advertising Singapore (lAS), will be sponsored by Interactive Hub. The award will recognise outstanding, creative and effective advertising on
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          Public affairs unit opens in China
          88 25 POWELL Tate/Weber Shandwick recently announced the opening of their first strategic communications and public affairs unit in China. The unit will offer high-end, specialised services to clients at the intersection of strategic business planning and government decision making. Ning Shao, a veteran of strategic
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        694 28  -  Seah Siew Hua It helps firms better manage stored information siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I TRADITIONALLY known as a I storage solution provider, EMC has evolved over the years to enable its customers to store and process their data intelligently, and to meet their changing needs. As businesses
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        322 28  -  Seah Slew Hua NINE in 10 senior executives in AsiaPacific believe that brand value is linked to good corporate governance but they are concerned about the negative impact on profitability in the short term due to the implementation costs of systems and practices to improve
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          58 28 McAfee Singapore launched its Managed Virus Scan Web-based anti-virus protection service that provides always on automatic virus protection for smaller businesses with limited expertise and staff to implement and manage anti-virus solutions for their desktops and servers. A one-year priority-service level subscription is priced at U5525.95 ($43)
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          68 28 Siebel Systems launched its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) OnDemand Release 7, a hosted contact centre solution that is a pre-built option within a hosted CRM platform. It lets SMEs manage customers across sales, marketing and service channels without a contact centre infrastructure. The product offers
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          89 28 IBM launched its eServer iSeries Initiative for Innovation partner programme in Singapore last week. It will provide up to US$5O,OOO ($83,000) in incremental services to more than 2,500 software partners and application tool developers worldwide, to create and deliver business solutions on the iSeries platform
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          81 28 lomega launched its External Hard Drive Silver Series for small offices and homes. Available in 120GB and 160GB capacities, this plug-and-play range incorporates 7200-RPM performance. The drives come with lomega's backup and disaster recovery solution, Automatic Backup Pro. They are compatible with Windows Me/2000/2000 Pro/XP
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          493 29  -  Seah Siew Hua It involves technology, customer education, regulation and safeguards by users siewhua@newstoday.com.sg ONLINE hackers are I now seeking financial gains rather then notoriety, making the financial services sector the most vulnerable and most frequently attacked industry. The banks, of course, are investing millions in
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          153 29 ABN Amro: It will launch a two-factor authentication system. The first level requires a user ID and password while the second level uses a random six-digit password generated by the Dynamic Security Password device. The password is valid for use only once. Citibank: Customers
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          308 29 THE automated teller machine (ATM), I phone- and Internet-banking (i-banking) are various forms of e-banking. But how safe is e-banking's new kid on the block, i-banking? "A personal computer at home was never designed for secure transactions like banking," said Queensland University of Technology associate dean of
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      662 30  -  Zul Othman Today Exclusive Percussionist group Wicked Aura Batucada is the first local act invited to perform at Womad festivals abroad news@newstoday.com.sg WICKED Aura Batucada the homegrown percussive outfit that has been making waves with their fusion of Brazilian samba, the Afro beat and local rhythms
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      500 31  -  Pauline D Loh Whip up an easy favourite and impress your friends with an authentic Thai Mango Salad. By (food@newstoday.com.sg) THAI food has gained an international following from London to Los Angeles, with chefs like David Thompson earning Michelin stars with their authentic purple
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      303 31 Mango is rich in beta carotene and vitamin C. It is also extremely versatile, lending itself to both sweet and savoury dishes. Thailand is a major producer of all types of mangoes and the variety is astounding. When choosing mangoes for the Thai Mango Salad, try to choose very
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      363 32  -  Mervin Tay mervin@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Jenny Tseng stepped out of the lift at MediaCorp TV Theatre and walked backstage before her performance at Sunday's National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Charity Show 1, she was approached by several dancers who wanted her autograph. During her performance of two medleys,
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        357 33  -  Mervin Tay Channel U's Project Superstar quest attracts more than 4,000 at auditions mervin@newstoday.com.sg IN WHAT seemed like a flashback to last June's Singapore Idol auditions, the past weekend saw crowds of young popstar hopefuls descending upon Suntec City Tower 5 the same place where the Idol auditions
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        233 33 -AFP HONG KONG Hong Kongers are flocking to South Korea on holiday after a popular TV soap opera set in ancient Korea began airing on television here, South Korean officials and a media report here said on Monday. The number of Hong Kong
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      759 34  - Ageing Singaporeans the threat of Parkinson's Melissa Anne Manuel health@newstoday.com.sg T7ESTERDAY was World Parkinson's X Day, a day designed to inspire and motivate communities around the world to come together to increase awareness of the disease. Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide, after Alzheimer's. It occurs
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      364 34 Say "ah that feels good!" -KRT FANCY a massage during your next dental visit? How about a foot rub with that root canal? Or a soothing paraffin hand wax treatment with your new porcelain veneer? Strange as it sounds, the seemingly polarised worlds of dental offices and day spas are
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      319 35  -  Clarence Lim Singaporeans need to consume more dietary fibre clarence@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS aren't getting as much dietary fibre as they should. In the last National Nutrition Survey in 1998, the average Singaporean consumed only 15.7g of dietary fibre daily, while the recommended intake is between
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      224 35 AS part of our series on how celebrities stay healthy and look good, despite their hectic schedules, Elisa Yang speaks to bubbly MediaCorp artiste Fiona Xie. What do you enjoy eating? I like chilli, spicy food, soups and rice. How do you eat healthily? I am a
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      938 36 DESPITE its name, heartburn has nothing to do with the heart It is a digestive problem, described as a sensation of "chilli-hot" burn behind the chest and upper abdomen. It occurs when stomach acid comes into contact with the lining of the esophagus. AYURVEDA
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        57 37 Discover if you have a sinus condition and the effects of snoring on your health. This forum is organised by Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Yew Tee Specialists Clinic. Date: Saturday Time: 9.30 am to 10.30 am Venue: Yew Tee Community Club Registration: Free (Early birds receive a
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        49 37 This three-day programme addresses a range of diabetes-related topics. Date: Saturday, April 23 and April 30 Time: 9am to 11.30 am Venue: Diabetes Centre, Singapore General Hospital Registration: Participants pay $18 for the full three-day programme or $6 for each session. Enquiries/registration: Call 6321 3764/6326 6007
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        36 37 What are the medical treatments available for effective weight loss? Date: Saturday Time: 1.30pm to 4.30pm Venue: East Shore Hospital, Health Education Centre 1 11, Level 3 Registration: Free Enquiries/registration: Call 6744 3113
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      579 37  -  Mr and Mrs Ng Our daughter is 13 years old, weighs 36kg and is 1.59 m tall. She has always been deemed underweight in school medical examinations. Although she is not choosy about her food, she eats very little. She'll only go for a second helping when
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        588 42 HE IS one of the great all-rounders of the game, hailed as one of Pakistan's greatest ever cricketers. Whether sending down a vicious bouncer or in his present role these days as a highly prized commentator for ESPN Star Sports, World Cup winner Wasim Akram has
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        320 42 -AFP LONDON Brian O'Driscoll (picture) was yesterday named Ireland's first Lions captain for 22 years, when Clive Woodward unveiled his 44-man British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer. The last Irishman to lead the Lions was in
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        282 43  -  PRIMERA LIGA AFP Gushing praise for England skipper and Owen after humbling of leaders Barcelona Real Madrid 4 Barcelona 2 MADRID The match-winning exploits of Michael Owen and David Beckham in Real Madrid's 4-2 "El Clasico" victory over arch-rivals Barcelona could mean the pair will remain in the
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        145 43  -  Steven Gerrard has LIVERPOOL been ruled out of Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final second leg clash against Juventus on Wednesday (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) because of a groin injury, reported BBC Sport. Liverpool captain Gerrard suffered the problem in the closing stages of the 1-0 defeat
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        150 43 CARLSBERG and a bevy of beauties have been painting the town red for the past three weeks, scouting for talent who could form a team to travel to Anfield. The final "squad" of 11 will be picked on April 30 and will be led by MediaCorp's
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      691 44 Agencies Legendary Bayern hardly cowering as Mourinho's blue tour de force hit town CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG Bayern Munich v Chelsea MUNICH Talk is of a classic, a battle of the ages in Munich between a rugged bunch of veteran footballers and the
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      219 44 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG Inter Milan v AC Milan MILAN Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini (right) is backing his team to overturn a daunting 2-0 deficit against city rivals AC Milan here tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), in the second leg of their
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      433 45 Agencies Manager blames Gunners for Cardiff trip MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson blames Arsenal for leaning on the Football Association to get Cardiff chosen as the venue for this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals. United take on Newcastle on Sunday 24 hours after
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      214 45 LONDON Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's love affair with the FA Cup has affected their Champions League aspirations. Wenger admitted the strain of seeking a fourth FA Cup win under him carried over into their Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich,
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      345 45 AFP MONACO Defending Monte Carlo Masters champion and 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria believes Roger Federer could endure another shattering French Open heartbreaker this season. The world number one Swiss won three of the four Grand Slams last year but came up
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      148 44 I League Home Team Away Team S.League Geylang Young Lions Tue, 12/04/05 730pm UE Champions Inter Milan Wed, 13/04/05 2.45 am UE Champions Munich Chelsea Wed, 13/04/05 2.45 am S.League SAF FC Bal Khalsa Wed, 13/04/05 730pm UE Champions PSV Lyon Thu, 14/04/05 2.45 am UE Champions Jtus Liverpool Thu,
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