The Straits Times, 2 January 2002

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    24 1 The Straits Times Established IS4^> VVCdllGSClciy January 2, 2002 102 Pages in seven parts mita (P) 024/12/2000 %m Sm<i(jf)(>rc Frets Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon Europe wakes up to a new currency
    691 1  - Europe wakes up to a new currency GRACE SUNG The historic switch to the euro is made with few hitches, but the real test will come today, a working day By EI'ROPE CORRESPONDENT 'Nothing much is happening. No news is good news. European Commission spokesman Cerassimos Thomas MY FIRST EURO
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    Lock icon Toddler found dead in bed at home
    354 1 MR MOHAMMED Salleh Mansoor woke up at 9 am yesterday to the sound of his daughter's frantic knocking and the news that his grandson was very ill. He went into her bedroom and found the 21-month-old baby boy lying cold and motionless on
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      137 1 Education Ministry rules out choosing school after PSLE results page 3 Reports on PAGE 6 |^P^ IN SlN«.\l'«>l«l.:(li.,,,ai.l lt..uli.|ii.-. l.r.Dr, haul Hoa<l M ll.' :fn. Wi-.m.i Mm.i |.i,, tj^^flA^^^^ "Hi Jf^St LT^^m I>n k'i'ii -lim|>-: Ilii- i'liimi -ii.tiif. iilii|niinl. Nmlrr ,il\ < .'iirfm.i 1 1< >| >- I.iii k\ I'l.i/
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      151 2 MORE DIY FLAT SELLERS MORE owners of Housing Board Hats are opting to cut out the middleman and save money by doing their own ilat-selling. More than 150 of them did so each month between January and October last year a l()-per-cent increase over the previous year. Although their
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      73 2 ENEMIES WITH A SHARED HISTORY THE military build-up and exchange of tire between India and Pakistan across their border is alarming. Both are nuclear powers but even without the nuclear threat, the cost of their sophisticated weaponry is diverting desperately-needed resources for the two countries. Yet, for all their
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      75 2 LOOK BEYOND FALSE IMAGES THE time has come for non-Muslims to look at Islam beyond centuries-old prejudices, false images and stereotypes, writes the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, in its reply to The Sunday Times article "Need for reformation: Muslim misfits in Britain", which it sees as biased and
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      48 2 MOVIEGOERS SPOILT FOR CHOICE THE Singapore moviegoer was regaled last year by offerings from all over the world. Hongkong, China and Taiwan proved that they still have what it takes. And from South Korea came unique films like Joint Security Area, a glossy thriller. LIFE! L4, L5
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      119 2 Big market for education in China PEOPLE in China are eager to invest in a good education for themselves and their children, now that their country has entered the World Trade Organisation. A recent survey showed that 10 per cent of their total savings is set aside for education,
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      181 2 Hotels' new names, image SINGAPORE'S two biggest hotels rang in the New Year with brand-new names. At midnight, the VVestin Stamford's phone operators started referring to it as Swissotel the Stamford, while its twin Westin Plaza became known as Raffles the Plaza. And along with their new names, numerous
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      Lock icon MONEY
      92 2 MORE FACTORY SPACE TAKEN UP BUSINESSES rented more factory and office space from the Government in the last quarter, compared to premises given up. This further strengthens hopes of a bottoming out in Singapore's vital manufacturing sector. JTC Corporation figures are likelv to show that net allocation of ready-built
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      70 2 THEFTS OF EURO NOTES IT WAS an operation fraught with security risks, moving all the billions of euro notes" and coins to their various destinations in Western Europe. And on the eve of the big transfer, a Spanish bank was hit by two robbers who made off with 90,000
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      137 2 INDONESIANS LESS TOLERANT' INDONESIANS are becoming more devout as Muslims and many long for their country to become an Islamic state, according to a recent survey. This raises fears of growing radicalism in Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population. The survey also indicates that many Indonesians are
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      53 2 GROWING TALENT POOL TEENAGE table-tennis player from China, Zhao Danni, is now eligible to play for Singapore after becoming a permanent resident last month. The 15-year-old, who came here in 1998, is the latest addition to Singapore's foreign -talent pool. Last year alone, 16 foreign athletes became PRs or
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      166 2 MAIN Prime 3-5 World 6-23 Editorial 24 Commentary 24.25 Forum 26,27 HOME Home Hl-H7 Tech Science H8 ASIA Asia Al East Asia A2,A3 S-EAsia A4,A5 Malaysia A6,A7 Weather A8 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports Sl-S3 Money S5-S8 LIFE! What's On L2 Cover story '....L4,L5 Comics L6 Bite into it L6 Cinema LB,L9
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon No go for late school selection
      708 3  -  SHAHIDA ARIFF Some parents say the choice of a secondary school should be made only after the PSLE results. MOE rules it out Hu BEFORE OR AFTER PSLE? If Yd known how he'd done before having to make the selection, Yd have helped liim
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      Lock icon Blasts in Jakarta and Sulawesi greet New Year
      366 3  -  DERWIN PEREIRA I\IX)\KSIACORRKSPO\I)K\T JAKARTA A series of bomb explosions rocked four churches in strife-torn Central Sulawesi as Indonesia entered a new year bracing itself for another bloody round of sectarian and religious unrest in the archipelago. And in what police investigators believe
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      Lock icon Thousands mark New Year with hope in their hearts
      485 4  -  LIANG HWEE TING Some 60,000 mark the 2002 countdown at Downtown East; parties are also held in Sentosa and Mohamed Sultan Road liu THINGS CAN ONLY GH BETTER 'Last year was a sad year for people everywhere. But I'm optimistic that
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      Lock icon Argentina gets third president in two weeks
      479 4 BUENOS AIRES Argentina swore in its new president on New Year's Eve the third installation in less than two weeks but Chamber of Representatives chief Eduardo Camano's tenure as head of state is likely to be brief as legislators are set to meet
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      Lock icon Vajpayee takes softer tone with Pakistan
      559 5  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Indian Prime Minister says if Pakistan 'dropped its anti-India mentality 1 he would offer the 'hand of alliance' By INDIA COHRFSPONDKNT NEW DELHI Signs that India and Pakistan were pulling back from the brink to give diplomacy a chance became more pronounced
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      Lock icon Mahathir predicts a stronger Umno at polls
      588 5  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By MAI.AYSIACORRKSPONDKXT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has started the new year with a bold prediction: His ruling party will perform better at the next general election than it did 25 months ago. His confidence in the United Malays
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  • WORLD
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      723 6  -  GRACE SUNG By EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Our correspondent encountered some resistance but no ugly scenes during the euro changeover lsjl;fjlsdkjfl;asjdfljsdlfjksdﾰ4 BRUSSELS I got to the cashpoint about five minutes before midnight. Standing in line at an ATM is not exactly how I would normally spend the first day of
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      Lock icon Almost all euro coins and notes delivered safely
      416 6 Almost all euro coins and notes delivered safely Massive security operation PARIS France's Operation Euro involved some 30,000 police and gendarmes, and an undisclosed number off soldiers, said the Guardian newspaper. Since early September, the new coins and notes were shipped by special trains guarded by gendarmes and riot police
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      Lock icon French isle is first to usher in new currency
      283 6 ST DENIS (Reunion) The euro became legal tender with the arrival of Monday midnight on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The local mavor made the first purchase, happily buying a bunch of litchis valued at 76 euro
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      Lock icon Tighter airport security? Beat the hassle...
      524 7 Get a newly-designed easy-to-search bag Or a detachable seat for those long waits Avoid wrapped packages, send gifts online Forget check-in luggage, send it by courier WASHINGTON Passengers hassled by the increased security checks and long waits at airports are buying new easy-to-search luggage
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      Lock icon Air-traffic reform in Europe set to cause delays
      186 7 LONDON Flight schedules over Europe may be disrupted as a result of a reorganisation of the airtraffic control system under which airliners will fly closer to each other. With the reorganisation, the authorities hope to get thousands more aircraft into European skies
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      Lock icon Foreigners can study in their tongue at this school
      126 12 LONDON A British school plans to teach foreign students subjects such as maths and science in their mother tongue, saying their inability to speak English should not put them at a disadvantage. Pupils at the White Hart Lane School in north
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      Lock icon 'Black Christmas' fires head for heart of Sydney
      373 12 High temperatures and strong winds worsen the fast-spreading flames, which are only 17 km from the city centre SYDNEY Flames as high as 20 m raced through bushland towards Sydney's heart yesterday, throwing up towering smoke clouds and licking the walls of
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Hot dogs all the way for NYC mayor
        182 12 HE IS ALSO A TRUMAN FAN NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg, who took over as New York mayor on Tuesday, says his favourite food is hot dogs, and the late President "Harry Truman is his hero. The new mayor, who was sworn in
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        Lock icon QUEEN'S PIPER TO PLAY FOR COLLINS
        80 12 LONDON Actress Joan Collins has recruited Queen Elizabeth ll*l personal bagpiper to play at her wedding. Pipe Major Jim Motherwetl, who plays beneath the Queens bedroom window, will perform solo next month when the o*H-vear-old star marries her fifth husband, Percy Gibson, 32 years
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        Lock icon ROCKER GETS REDUCED CHARGE
        104 12 CLARKSTON (Michigan) A charge against Marilyn Manson, 32, related to a July concert has been reduced from criminal sexual conduct to disorderly conduct. The rocker was charged with fourth-de-gree criminal sexual conduct and assault and battery for allegedly assaulting a security guard. The judge reduced the
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        Lock icon REV JACKSON TAKES ON HARVARD
        98 12 BOSTON Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has found another cause to get him into the news, and this time he is taking on Harvard University. He said he would meet the institutions president to discuss its diversity policy following reports that high-profile black professors may
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        51 12 Sri Lankan Transport and Aviation Minister Gamini Athukorale has died in his sleep at his home in Ratnapura, 100 km from Colombo. He was 50. Swiss Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger has taken over as the country's president, a largely ceremonial role that rotates annualK among the seven members of the
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        30 12 Quoteworthy 7 have not just a voice but a body that is recognisable. If you see me once, you don't confuse me with another. I Agenda™ tenor Luciano Pavarotti, speaking
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      Lock icon Grief after the Lima blaze
      91 16 OVERCOME at her loss, a Peruviai woman is comforted while she waits in line to identify the remains of a relative who may have died in the downtown Lima fire on Saturdav. The huge blaze was triggered by a fireworks explosion and killed at least
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      Lock icon Pakistan troops shift focus from Osama to India
      383 16 The hunt for Al-Qaeda fighters may be eclipsed as a priority for Pakistan ss the threat of war with India looms ISIAMABAD Pakistan is shifting troops away from the hunt for Osama bin Laden and fleeing Al-Qaeda fighters on the Afghanistan border
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      Lock icon Argentinians fume over long lines to withdraw cash
      285 16 BUENOS AIRES Mr Jose Carabelli fumed as he stood in a bank line stretching more than a city block. He had been waiting more than two hours to withdraw money from his bank account a difficult task these days in Argentina. "I
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon RWANDA UNVEILS NEW FLAG, ANTHEM
        54 16 RWANDA'S government unveiled a new flag and national anthem on Monday as part of its drive to promote national unity and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. The new national anthem will refer to the Rwandans as one people, rather than to Tutsi, Hutu and Twa,
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        Lock icon JEWISH SCHOOL IN PARIS ATTACKED
        46 16 ATTACKERS threw Molot ov cocktaik at a Jewish school in suburban Paris, setting a classroom on fire, police said on Monday. In a separate incident, three people were taken into custody for allegedly throwing stones at a nearbv svnat oeue. AP
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        54 16 FURTHER mudslides caused bv continuing rains billed 10 more people in south-eastern Brazil on Monday, civil defence officials said, raising the toll of the past week's torrential rains to 71- About 400 people were left homeless in Rio de Janeiro state and more than 300
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        51 16 PLANE CRASHES INTO PARKING LOT A SMALL plane crashed on Monday into a parking lot at IBM's neadquarers near New York, kill ng the pilot, a Westchescer County airport official said. No one else was aboard the plane when it went down about 48 km north of New York City.
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        66 16 THE Sri Lankan government yesterday began a 15-day amnestv for citizens to surrender tens of thousands of firearms in their possession. The move is part of the new government's efforts to thwart crime and reverse the breakdown of law and order in the country, said
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        Lock icon MAN ON DEATH ROW DIES OF CANCER
        71 16 LAWRENCE Singleton, who chopped off a teenage hitchhiker's forearms in California after raping her and was later sent to death row in Florida for killing a prostitute, has died behind bars of cancer. He was 74. Singleton died last Friday at the North
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      Lock icon Hollywood invasion feared if subsidy for French films ends
      474 18  -  GRACE SUNG Recent statements by industry captains spark a debate in France about a possible onslaught of American culture 1 By F.I'ROPK CORRKSPONDKNT BRUSSELS The French movie industry is under imminent threat from a Hollywood invasion. That, at least, is the
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      71 18 A COMIC book for just 10 American cents (18 Singapore cents)? This is what DC Comics will be offering consumers today for the first time in 40 years. The full-colour 32-page Batman: The Ten Cent Adventure features a special tale on the Caped
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      289 18 LONDON Children under the age of 16 are to be banned from buying pets in Britain under newanimal welfare legislation to be announced this week. Ministers had bowed to pressure from animal rights groups to overhaul the existing rules, the Telegraph newspaper reported.
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      125 18 SYDNEY A physician and 1O midwives are being investigated for allegedly holding laughing gas parties at a hospital while mothers were giving birth. The 11, from state-run Wollongong Hospital. 100 km south of Svdney, were also accused of taking sleeping tablets while on duty.
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  • FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
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      Lock icon US Marines take off to hunt down Mullah Omar
      425 20 Taleban leader is believed to be hiding in remote mountains, and US and Afghan officials have vowed to capture him Osama 'still in charge' WASHINGTON Osama bin Laden is alive and still in charge of his followers, ABC News reported on
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      Lock icon Seeking out a buried menace
      104 20 Seeking out a buried menace AN AFGHAN deminer from British aid agency Halo Trust prods the earth for mines by the road in Bagram. Nearby, a row of painted stones lines the area to warn the public. There are more than two million mines in Afghanistan, a legacy of 23
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      Lock icon Broken nation still hopes to woo tourists
      230 23 LONDON The colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan are destroyed, the contents of the Kabul Museum have been smashed and looted, and the countryside is peppered with unmarked minefields but Afghanistan is preparing to receive tourists once again. Intent on rebuilding the shattered nation, the
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      66 23 AUSTRALIAN security agencies are on high alert for Al-Qaeda terrorists who may have already entered Australia, the Herald Sun newspaper has said. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government had received specific information from a foreign intelligence agency that operatives from Osama bin Laden's
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      66 23 UNITED STATES President George W. Bush on Monday named an Afghan-born adviser on his national security team as special presidential envoy to Afghanistan. Mr Zalmay Khalilzad, an ethnic Pashtun who has played a key role behind the scenes in the war on terrorism, will
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      79 23 ABOUT 150 arrested followers of Osama bin Laden will be shifted from a northern Pakistani jail to a US prison camp in Afghanistan for more intensive interrogation, a report in Islamabad said yesterday. The Dawn newspaper, quoting official sources, said the Al-Qaeda
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      95 23 FOREIGN diplomats say they are getting scant information from the US government about hundreds of people from their countries who remain in US custody nearly four months after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. "The^ light we are seeking does not come as it should,"
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      83 23 ZACARIAS Moussaoui, the first person to be charged in the United States in connection with the Sept 11 attacks, will be asked to submit a plea when he appears in federal court today. The US authorities have indicted the 33-year-old French national of
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      86 23 BERLIN has earmarked 133 million euros (SS22O million) for emergency aid projects in Afghanistan in a bid to help the country ravaged by more than two decades of conflict and further devastated by the USled war on terror. Meanwhile, in Kabul, a joint Afghan-German project
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      367 23 After weeks of wrangling, the Northern Alliance agrees to allow only about 4 v 500 peacekeepers to enter Kabul KABUL The British-led international force that is to provide security in Kabul has been left crippled by a deal with the Northern Alliance that
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        581 24 AT LONG last, trade relations between the United States and China are on normal footing and the annual rigmarole of the American Congress granting normal trading relations to China will be no more. It is a change for the better. Since 1980, China's trading status with
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      1141 24  -  AKBAR AHMED AMIT A. PANDYA {ind INDIA and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, stare eyeball to bloodshot eyeball across a common border. The military build-up and exchange of fire on both sides is alarming and. even apart from the threat of nuclear war,
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      692 24  -  PAU L KRUGMAN lh, ALTHOUGH images of the riots in Argentina have flickered across our television screens, hardly anyone in the United States cares. It's just another disaster in a small, faraway country of which Americans know nothing a country as remote and unlikely
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      665 25  -  WI LLIAM RASPBERRY By TIIK WASHINGTON POST SECURITY quiz. You arc in charge of airline security when: (A) A Japanese tourist, frustrated about the slow pace of the passenger-screening line, tells members of a flight crew: "If I were a terrorist, I'd blow up this
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      674 25  - Rules of war should not protect terrorists RUTH WEDGWOOD *t NEW HAVEN It makes no sense to win a trial but lose the war. With this in mind, a majority of the American public favours giving President George W. Bush the option to use military tribunals against the Al-Qaeda network.
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      398 25 admission to Bachelor of Accountancy Bachelor of Business Management Bachelor of Science (Economics) Application for early admission to Singapore Management Application for early admission closes on 14 Jan 2002. University's undergraduate programmes (academic year 2002) i r ,s now open. This ,s your opportunity to study at the only universrty
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      1913 26 It's a malicious piece of writing, not a critical exposition Not unique to Muslims PROSTRATING in prayer, or its various forms, is a practice not unique to Muslims alone. Believers of the great religions of the world whether Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists or Jews pray to an Almighty Being... For
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      440 27 SRS gives tax relief but may be subject to estate duty IDO not agree entirely with Mr Tan Kin Lian C'Retirement scheme can save you taxes"; ST, Dec 24) that the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) can save taxes. Though the SRS is a financial tool for retirement planning, there is
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      228 27 Block in 5-year-old school to be torn down I REFER to the letter, "Why rebuild new school?" (ST, Dec 29)', by Tay Geok Peng. Another school in the same neighbourhood will soon be suffering a similar fate. At the De La Salle School orientation last week, its vice-principal announced a
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      171 27 SCV will strive to meet needs of majority SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) thanks Ms Klaine Lai Pui Man for her letter, "SCV, set up network data site" (ST, Dec 25). We assure everyone lhat SCV will consider all constructive suggestions as we strive to meet the needs of the majority
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Wednesday. Jamuuy 2, 20()2
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      33 1 SAVING GOES TO SCHOOL FEES The commission for the housing agent alone can pau my children's school fees jora while. Mr Daniel Koh, 48, on why he is selling his five-room flat himself
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      554 1  -  K.C. VIJAYAN The twin Westin hotels change names at the stroke of midnight, marking their return to Raffles International group *L IE ME VERY FORTUNATE TIUT WE ARE TAKING OVER FMM A COMPANY THAT HAS HEN VERY PROFESSIONAL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS MANAGEMENT, AND IKE
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      750 3  -  SUE-ANN CHIA Some of the treacherous spots lie along the roads leading from Johor Baru to Seremban, Kota Tinggi and Kuantan 'The road cannot be faulted for accidents. It is people who cause these accidents because of their recklessness. Mr Lee Swee Teng, a
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      114 3 'Mostly, minor accidents happen in the town area of Kului as roads are too crowded and cars park along the road, obstructing traffic. Biu the real killer stretch is further up in the countryside where the road curves almost 90 degrees. There was a family of seven who
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      276 4  -  GOH CHIN LIAN NSmen from the civil defence, police and armed forces get three new clubhouses costing nearly $24 million. Two are open SINGAPORE'S NSmen have two more new clubhouses for chilling out while a third is being built for those working in the
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      114 4 New $7m Safra town club up this year THIS news6.B-million Safra town club in Carpenter Street, off New Bridge Road, is expected to open its doors by the end of the year. Work has started on the clubhouse located 100 m from Clarke Quay MRT station, part of the North-east
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      137 4 PALM trees give the three-storey building at Ah Hood Road an unmistakable tropical air. Spans' members got almost everything on their wish-list: A gym, a 12-lane bowling alley and a bikers' corner for the Spans-JOM Motorcycle Club. There is also a kklney-shaped swimming pool
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      142 4 STANDING next to the bustling, newly-opened Food Street, the 740-sq-m club ci\il defence town club occupies three shophouses, each three storeys high. Located in Smith Street, it moved a month ago from Riverside Point in Merchant Road, and features a Teochew restaurant that boasts special goose-meat
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      429 5 New heads, fresh plans for some Schools here tLast Friday, 71 principals were with 27 oftfiem new to their i positions. WONG SHER MAKE speaks to three ZEewly-appointed heads about their plans. £BJJOTHER Paul Rogers, 51, •Mrtmrts work as the nead of ££aiholic Junior College today, he is already feeling
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      298 5 THE oldest "new" principal, Mr David Wang Mei Hsiong, 57, has two immediate aims. The first is to improve Anglican High's academic record, so that it is back among the top 20. The special assistance plan school's ranking dropped seven places last year from its
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      416 5 GETTING her students and teachers to be innovative and to collaborate with each other is the task Singapore's youngest principal has set herself in her maiden year as school head. Madam Soh Wai I>an, 34, who was appointed last month as Anderson Secondary's principal,
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      742 6  -  WONG SHER MAINE Some flat owners are doing so because of bad experiences with agents or to save on commission, but numbers are still small Bu WHO CALLS: Agents, not buyers FLAT owners who advertise their own Housing Board hornet often ijvt more
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      175 6 ABOUT 500 people turned up at the neighbouring Hock Huat Keng and Sri Veeramuthu Muneeswarar temples yesterday to usher in the new year and celebrate the birthday of Hindu deity Veeramuthu Muneeswarar. The mix of Indian and Chinese devotees started coming in as early as 5
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      239 6 SIX men, including two police officers, were taken to hospital on Monday after they were attacked by bees. The bees had been disturbed apparently by some birds which had pecked at their hive, perched atop a tree at the junction of Zion
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      204 6 FLYERS sent out throughout Singapore describing a missing man, and offering a Si, ooo reward, have resulted in about 20 calls. But efforts to find Mr Ngan Cheow Piah, 72, last seen when he left his Hougang home for a walk on Dec 23, have drawn a
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      1135 7  -  Chek Jawa It was a day the Government showed itself open to the merits of persuasive argument from citizens SOME years ago, hearing, accurately or not, that Pulau Sekudu was to be blasted out of existence, I rustled up a group of friends to pay a
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        554 8  -  CHANG AI-LIEN Artificial Insemination For Endangered Species After 8 futile years, a Manchurian Crane could hatch at Jurong BirdPark within two weeks with help of crane expert By SCIK\CKCORRKSPO\[)KVr Tricky process 'Artificial insemination Is usually performed on implanted and tame birds. Wild birds not
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        331 8 Games industry aiming to cash in online WILL 2002 be online games' breakthrough year? Until now, these games have barely registered as a blip on the radar screen qf the US$l4 billion (5525." billion) computer-game industry. Consoles like PlayStation 2 by Sony and PC-based games like Sim> by Electronic Arts
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      135 1 Policy What Win-win Is All About Saving Chek Jawa was a turning point in state, civil society ties, Chua Lee Hoong says. paceh7 Pry.' ■^■T R KC HKATION NSmen Getting 3 More Clubs Two are already up, and a third is being built in the CBD. PACEH4 E I) U
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      40 1 ARROYO'S MULTI-TASKING SKILL 7 noticed that she can read and talk and listen, even write, all at the same time. She does not lose focus. Mr Jose Miguel Arroyo, describing the multi-tasking abilities of his wife, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.
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      694 1 Time out to party Asians turn their backs on the troubles of a difficult year that has ended and usher in the new year with a defiant smile RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR: REPORTS ON PAGE A2 HONGKONG Asian nations yesterday sought to put their troubles behind them and greeted
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        537 2 ii i China to work with all nations to build a new, fair and reasonable international, political and economic order BEIJING Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in his New Year address that terrorism had heen a serious threat to the world in the previous
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        130 2 P II I 1. I P P I K s MANILA At least three people were killed and 502 injured by firecrackers and stray bullets in New Year revelry. Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said yesterday. The casualties were the result of Filipinos welcoming in the New
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        124 2 niAii i) BANGKOK Thailand's Public Health Ministry has announced that more than 400 people have died and tens of thousands have been injured in accidents during the New Year celebration period. Since the holiday period began last Fridav, 420 people had died, 304 of
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        247 2 VIIHk NEW YORK Under tight security, huge crowds converged on Times Square to usher in 2002, pay a red, white and blue tribute to the Sept 11 victims and say goodbye to one of the worst years in New York history. Revellers lined up
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        378 2 I IX) K S I A JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri warned of looming problems ahead for Indonesia but said her government had achieved political stability and was working hard to heal the economy pointing to robust consumer spending as a sign that things were improving. She
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        103 2 POPE JOHN PAUL II urged people yesterday to "work courageously for peace" in 2002, and said the world should look to the future with optimism despite threats to global security posed by "perverse interests". In a sermon delivered at his New Year's
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        97 2 AN ISRAELI vendor held up a plastic dancing Santa Claus playing an electronic "Jingle Bells' as Russian-speaking immigrants searched tor decorations for Orthodox Christmas and Filipino workers bought gifts for New Year's Day. The holiday scene at a mall in Tel Aviv's central bus station
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        95 2 DESPITE tight security, at least nine people were wounded yes♦erday in Karachi when a bomb that police suspect was planted by Islamic militants exploded outside a popular club where hundreds of revelers were celebrating. At least 15 other people sustained bullet wounds as New
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        85 2 POLICE am) soldiers in armoured cars were out in force in Hillbrow, one of the rougher areas of Johannesburg, as inhabitants rang in the New Year with ruin of stones, bottles and even furniture thrown from high buildings. Hillbrow has become notorious for
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        277 3 No need for condom, just an injection will do No unwanted babies, but you may still get diseases HONGKONG Doctors in China's southern Guangdong province have pioneered a contraceptive injection for men that can allow them to have sex without condoms, it has been reported. According to the online news
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        67 3 XINHUA Chinese President Jiang Zemin (centre, wearing glasses) capped offlast year by attending a Beijing Opera concert in Zhongnanhai on Sunday with the country's top brass. Included in his entourage were the Vice-President Hu Jintao (third from left), Mr Li Ruihuan (third from right), chairman
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        512 3  - Beijing varsity opens School of Govt DAVID HSIEH Modelled on western universities, it aims to develop a 'democratic' government administration system By STRAITS TIMES CHINA BI'REAI BEIJING China's prestigious Beijing University has formed its new School of Government in the hope of exerting in Chinese politics the kind of influence
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        229 4 Blasts at fireworks factory kill dozens BEIJING At least .34 bodies have been discovered in the rubble of a fireworks factor},- in eastern China flattened by a series of explosions over the weekend, local media reported yesterday. Rescuers combing through the rubble of the factory in Wanzai county in eastern
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        588 4  -  XIE HONG WTO membership has heightened the value of education in China, offering a huge opportunity for foreign companies WEEKENDS for 11 -year-old Zhao Zhang, a Primary 5 student in Beijing, are always packed with extra-curricular activities including Cambridge English class, Maths Olympiad training,
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        684 4  -  GOH SUI NOI MAINLAND ATTRACTION TAIWAN' CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI The number of Taiwanese going to China for tertiary education has increased in the past two years, even though Chinese degrees are not recognised in Taiwan. With China growing in importance as a regional economic power,
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        303 4  -  Goh Sui Noi SAM ROO, 31, was probably one of the first Taiwanese students to go to Shanghai to study for an MBA. He did the course in 1998 at the prestigious China-Europe International Business School. A chemistry graduate from a Canadian university, he
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        171 4  -  Xie Hong SINGAPORE educational institutions and companies can offer excellent diploma and training courses to Chinas huge education market. Mr Wane Yongli. education counsellor at the Chinese embassy in Singapore, said: "China's domestic education resources, especially tertiaryeducation resources, arc limited. "Singapore institutions are welcome to participate in
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        294 5 Chinese farmers face financial ruin if they fall ill More than 800 million of them have no health insurance and rising medical costs have become a leading cause of rural poverty SHANGHAI More than 800 million farmers, or 90 per cent of China's rural population, have no health insurance or
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          66 5 JAPAN marked a year of recordlow births in 2001, despite a continued wedding boom, emphasising its greying population, a report said yesterday. The birth rate was 9..'3 births Eer 1,000 people, with the numer of new born babies estimated to total 175,000 in
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          49 5 JAPAN will draw up plans this year to develop a reusable manned space vehicle, similar to the US Space Shuttle, at an estimated cost of 500 billion yen to 700 billion yen (Ss7 billion to SS9-9 billion), the daily Sankei Shimbun said. AFP
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          48 5 FOUR people have been charged in Hongkong with trafficking US$3.B5 million (SS7.I million) worth of heroin, a police spokesman said yesterday. The (bur were held in an anti-drug operation last week which resulted in one of the territory's largest-ever seizures. AFP
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          76 5 ABOUT 4,()()() foreign domesticworkers, mainly from the Philippines, took to the streets of Hongkong yesterday in a hid to persuade the government not to carry 1 out a planned cut in their minimum wage. As the territory hovers on the brink of recession,
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          46 5 PARTY and government officials in the Chinese province of Shaanxi will be able to work for private firms or set up their own company and still be paid by the state for three years, official media reported yesterdav. AFP
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        198 5 TWO-YEAR-OLD Xing Dongliang was so badly burned by a scalding cooking pot that he needed three months of intensive hospital care. To pay for that treatment, his parents and grandparents were forced to sell their furniture and later their dirt-floored farm, including
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        322 5 Chen talks of 'constructive' cross-strait relationship TAIPEI Taiwan joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday, saving it will open up direct trade gradually with China. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian pledged to promote a "constructive cooperative relationship" with its giant neighbour. "Today,
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        294 5 BEIJING China's military yesterday expressed concern that Japan's recent sinking of a suspected North Korean spy shin reflected Tokyo's growing ambition to become a global military power. An editorial on the website of the People's Liberation Army Daily said Japan
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        139 5 HONGKONG A man from the mainland was swindled out of HK60.000 (5514,200) in a convenience wedding scam purportedly aimed at gaining him residency here, it was reported yesterday. But the 44-year-old man. identified as Wong, managed to get police to arrest the woman who
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        662 6  -  DEVI ASMARANI A recent survey which shows they are becoming more devout has also raised fears of growing radicalism in the country By STRAITS TIMKS INTOLERANCE: Almost 80% want other faiths outlawed Discrimination: 79.6 per cent think the government should outlaw
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        391 6 Ex-spokesman for Manila military union shot dead Police say internal rift is the probable cause of murder MANILA A former spokesman for a shadowy- Philippine military' fraternity was shot dead in a killing that may be linked to rumours of a planned destabilisation attempt against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, officials
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        143 6 BANGKOK Thousands of people in southern Thailand fled their houses after heavy rains triggered floods believed to have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Houses belonging to some 25,000 people were believed to have been affected by the flooding in five districts of
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        67 6 Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, 33, is to ask Angela Montenegro, 28, on Feb 14 to marry him after his mother Gloria Arroyo okayed the Valentine's Day plan. The Philippine President said she would keep her schedule clear for the event. The couple met in London in 1996
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        295 6 HANOI Vietnam is bracing itself for the return of more than 60,000 prostitutes from Cambodia, which launched an anti-vice drive two months ago. Their return would have a serious impact on the country because they have few skills and might turn to
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          61 6 MILITARY officials have ordered the pull-out of the Philippine Marines from Basilan island where they have been pursuing the Abu Sayyaf bandits since June last year. A source said the marines will be sent to Jolo to fight against Moro National Liberation Front members loyal
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          33 6 UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed four wild-boar hunters and injured another in a surprise attack in a jungle area in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, officials said vesterdav. AP
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          54 6 CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered a moratorium on the cutting of trees and the export of wood, while vowing action to save the country's badly depleted forests. In a New Year radio address on Monday, he said anyone who broke the ban
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          45 6 FAKE TEMPLES SHUT DOWN IN VIETNAM VIETNAMESE authorities have begun closing 42 fake temples Built at a famous pilgrimage site to attract donations from unsuspecting visitors, an official said on Monday. The move came in response to a public outcry over the false temples. AP
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          48 6 20M THAIS JOIN POLITICAL PARTIES MORE than 20 million Thais have signed up as members of political parties, the Election Commission said, but some may have been recruited without their consent. Thai Rak Thai had the highest number of members at 6.8 million, reported The Bangkok Post yesterday.
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        486 7  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Prime Minister Mahathir, giving an update on the health of the economy, also forecasts a slower increase in jobless rates this year By \l\l AYSIACOKKF.SI'ONDKM KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian economy will pick up slightly in the new year with
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          78 7 SUSPECTED KILLERS ARRESTED IN PERAK TWO Indonesian men who have been on the run for three years have been arrested in Perak over the murder of an Indonesian couple in 199H. Ipoh deputy police chief Supt Che Sab Hanafiah said the two suspects were among six Indonesians who were believed
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          58 7 KEIj\NTAN police have arrested the elusive snake man who disapC eared after his king cora bit a 10-year-old boy, who later lost a finger, during a demonstration in Kota Baru last October. The 31-year-old man, believed to be a drug addict, would be charged
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          54 7 A 20-YEAR-OLD deejay at a disco was gunned down by unknown assailants outside his workplace in Ipoh, according to Perak state police. The incident occurred on Monday as Leong Weng Seong and his friends were leaving the disco after he had finished his work. THE
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          60 7 A BARCiK ferrying a consignment of stones rammed into four fishing boats and a riverine restaurant at the estuary of the Muar river in Johor early \esterday. Muar Fishermen's Association chairman Mohd Demi Abdul Hamid said the boats were anchored at Parit Tiram while the
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          64 7 ONE Malaysian identity card is reported lost every two minutes despite repeated reminders by the authorities to keep the important document safe, according to the Home Ministry. The ministry's secre-tary-general, Datuk Seri Aseh Che Mat, said the number off ICs reported lost from January
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          23 7 MALAYSIAN civil servants will get their 10--per-cent ta&ry hike from tliis month, according to their union, Cuepacs. Bernama
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        378 7 KUALA LUMPUR A 19-year-old girl was punched, kicked and beaten with a baseball bat after a bogus medium convinced her brother and his girlfriend's family that it had to be done to chase away evil spirits in her body. The Sun reported
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        151 7 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has decided to recognise medical degrees from several universities in China, saying the universities are of high standards and recognised in the West. The universities include the Beijing University, the Shanghai Medical University, the Shanghai Second Medical
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      342 8 PETALING JAYA A woman Cabinet minister has criticised a politician's call to legalise polygamy for non-Muslims, saying the proposal is unacceptable ana offensive to women's dignity. The Sun yesterday quoted Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil as saying
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      454 8 Penang reins in religious nursery schools They were teaching children to hate the Government, using songs laced with politics, says minister THE CHILDREN WERE NOT TAUGHT THE COMMON NURSERY RHYMES BUT WERE INSTEAD FED WITH POLITICALLY LACED SONGS AGAINST NATIONAL leaders: Penang Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr ll ilt iii
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      410 1 if EAsI A s I Rural China's Health Trap Financial ruin awaits farmers who fall ill since its health care net collapsed, pagfas \1 ILATSI A Victim of Ritual Attack Tan Shook Huie gets beaten up in a bizarre rite to drive out evil Spirits. PACEA7 H 1 M A
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      502 8 MALAYSIA WEATHER TODAY: Generally fair and windy. HAZE WATCH Abidjan 22/32C Cloudy Christchurch M/Z2C Cloudy Kuchmq zym Showers I Prague H/HC Snow OUTLOOK: Windy with isolated passing showers in the Haze reading taken yesterday. C\ We ide WW Cloudy Colombo 2V3K Showers Kunming 2/MC Cloudy Push VftC Cloudy afternoon for
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      38 1 WISHFUL THINKING This is the most confident we have felt going to a match at Old Trafford. I just fiope he leaves Giggs and Beckham out.' Newcastle* manager Bobby Robson, on his side's upcoming match at Old TrafTor3
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      553 1  -  CHAN TSE CHUEEN SSC has given nod to 23 in its foreign-talent scheme since 1999 Bu PRIORITY This will be given to athletes: in the seven Core and seven Merit snorts: in individual sports, as opposed to team sports: and who are young. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD
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      200 1 MUNICH The president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, has admitted that the organisation "cannot win the war on doping merely win some battles along the way. The Belgian, who made his comments in an interview with Monday's Suddeutsche Zeitung, said
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      Lock icon Liverpool blows chance to top table
      373 2 Liverpool blows chance to top table I M I IMI SOCCER Nolan equalises for Bolton 12 minutes from time to cancel goal by Gerrard LIVERPOOL blew the chance to return to the top of the English Premiership after being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by battling Bolton Wanderers yesterday.
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      34 2 CHARLTON 3 IPSWICH 2 CHELSEA wiMMMmaaaaJ SOUTHAMPTON 4 LIVERPOOL 1~~ BOLTON 1 MIDDLESBROUGH 1 EVERTON ..........0 SUNDERLAND 1 ASTOH VILLA 1 TOTTENHAM 1 BLACKBURN 0 The Leicester- Arsenal match has been postponed.
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      186 2 p■di f k m Arsenal 20 II 6 3 41 24 39 Newcastle 20 12 3 5 I 25 39 leeds 20 10 8 2 30 17 38 Liverpool 20 II 5 4 30 20 38 Man Ur -ted 20 11 3 6 48 30 36 Chelsea 21 8
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      153 2 VIDEO REFS CAN SOLVE PROBLEM LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has come up With l novel idea for avoiding poor refereeing decisions during matches: television time-outs. "Maybe in the future, we will have video interventions during a game which you can use as a tactical option like playing the Joker
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      Lock icon Man United doesn't scare Robson
      428 2 LONDON Arsenal may be leading the English Premiership coming into the new year but all eyes will be on a revived Manchester United, especially its match against Newcastle United tomorrow morning (Singapore time). "We've got an uphill fight, we can't afford to make a mistake,"
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      Lock icon Defending champion Henin goes through
      279 2 GOLD COAST (Australia) Wimbledon finalist Justine Henin made a nervous start to the defence of her Australian Women's Hardcourt Championship yesterday. The Belgian teenager was completely out of sorts in the opening set of her secondround match with Daniela Hantuchova before fighting back to win
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      389 2 TOKYO Japanese star midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, whose uninspiring months at Italy's crisis-hit club Parma have led to speculation about his transfer, says the English Premiership is on his mind. "I don't know when but I want to go there at one
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        63 2 ASTON VILLA manager John Gregory said on Monday he stands by" comments made to referee s assistant Ray Gould in last week's 1-2 home defeat by Liverpool which led to his dismissal. He faces a second touchline ban in two years and has sent a
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        47 2 JOURNALISTS from 90 European countries have elected Bayern Munich's Ottmar Hitzfeld as the continent's Coach of the Year. The vote, carried out on behalf of Uruguayan paper Kl Pais. nuts him ahead of Fabio Capello of AS Roma and Liverpool's Gerard HouHier.
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        72 2 STRIKER Sergei Rebrov's representatives will meet Tottenham officials this week to learn whether it wants to sell him, reported The Guardian. Lazio, Barcelona and Valencia have already expressed interest and officials of the Italian club are due at White Hart Lane this week. Rebrov does
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        56 2 DUTCH soccer icon Marco van Basten announced plans to take un coaching, saying he is ready tor a new challenge a decade after his last match. Dutch papers reported on Monday that he will start a coaching course in September. He could earn a
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      380 2 TENNIS AUCKLAND Anna Kournikova's chances of winning her first singles title have improved, as several seeded players were knocked out of the first round of the Auckland Classic yesterday. The star attraction of the tournament advanced to the next round with a
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      480 3 Jordan scores 22 points in a row His effort, just oneshyofnis NBA record, helps Wizards beat the Nets yr "w- nr ash ingm I TON "He was amazing \f \f again,' T T Washington Wizards coach Doug Collins said. He could only be talking about Michael Jordan. The Wizards star
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      81 3 DREXLER TO COACH AT DENVER DENVER Clvde Drexler, one of the National Basketball Association's 50 greatest players, was named as an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets on Monday. He retired from the NBA in 1998 after 15 years with Houston and Portland during which time he averaged 20.4 points
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        89 3 HONGKONG'S top windsurfer Ho Chi Ho remained in the lead at the Singapore Open Championships yesterday after nine races in the lightweight category. The 20-year-old was first in two of the three races yesterday and was second in the remaining race. He has 11 points
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        47 3 ARGENTINE golfer Jose Coceres has withdrawn from this week's Mercedes Championship in Hawaii, after suffering a hairline fracture of his right arm playing soccer at home last week. American Phil Mickelson will also miss the event, which starts tomorrow, due to family commitments.
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        97 3 TESFAYE JIFAR of Ethiopia won the St Silvester road race on Monday, beating a field of about 15,000 athletes from around the world to claim the 77th annual year-end event. Jifar, who won the New York City Marathon in November, completed the 15-km course through the
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      729 3 BASKETBLL MA: Chicago 90 Milwaukee 83 Miami 89 Indiana 87. Washington 98 New Jersey 76 CRICKET FMrth day «f First Ttst in Ciliwai: M Lanka 586 6 dec (K. Sangakkara 128 T Samaraweera 123 no.. H. Tillakaratne 96. S Javasuriya C Vaas 74 no) Zimbabwe 184 (M
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      178 3 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division w l Pet ce New Jersey 19 10 .655 Boston 16 11 .621 1 Washington 16 14 .533 |V_ Orlando 15 17 .469 |V_ New York 13 17 .433 6 1 Philadelphia 12 18 .400 7'. Miami 6 23 .207 13 Central Division W I
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        658 4 HAN AH KIAT Age: 78 Passed away peacefully on 31-12-2001. Dtarly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: YANG SHIANG SEN, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yang Ching Chao Tay Chin Hong Elizabeth Dr. Yang Ching Yu Tan Cheow Ching Daughters: Sons-in-law: Yang Sin Peng Chang Yee (Yang Sin Mei, deceased)
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        336 5 Hayami says the central bank will stick to its ultra-easy monetary policy; finance ministry denies setting currency target TOKYO Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Masaru Hayami says the yen should not have fallen to around 131-yen levels against the US dollar, Kyodo news
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        378 5  -  PAUL JANSEN By MONF.YKDITOR NET ADVANTAGE Passengers Can stay connected for business and personal purposes; Exchange real-time e-mail; and Access nevv sources of entertainment and news Airlines Can transmit diagnostic information to ground maintenance crews; and Help passengers arrange flight connections while the plane
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        338 5 PROJECTED $198 TRADE SURPLUS SEOUL South Korea expects exports this year to rebound after a 12.5 per cent drop last year, helping its trade surplus hit USSIO billion (5518.56 billion) following a decline for the past three years, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and
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          75 5 SAUDI Arabia started cutting its oil production by 488,000 barrels per dav (bpd) yesterday, in line with a derision by the Organisation of Petroleum Export ing Countries (Opec) to lower output by 1.5 million bpd, a Saudi oil official said. "Starting from Tuesday, we
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      976 9 a 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES SALE OCI TIONG HAM Huge 12.000 sq.ft Can built 2 storey basement. Similar un.t transacted 56.2M S3 9M now. HB 9385 7888 Alex 0.10 NEA3 ACS/ SCGS 2 storey semi d. 2600/ 2800 sq.tt 6*l bdrms. Fhold. ParHed 2 cars. View to offer. HB
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      671 9 WTTi Dll &21 NEWTON/ WTTi Oil &21 NEWTON/ WTTi Dll &21 NEWTON/ WTTi Dll &21 NEWTON/ WTTi Dll &21 NEWTON/ Vf9| Dll &21 NEWTON/ mj£lM BTTIMAM/CLEMENTI KCU BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI mjJM BT TIMAH/ CLtMENTI K£i| BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI K£l| BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT! Mini BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI j^HPTEAPTS-SALE I PTE APTS
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      481 9 ■Wjl DIS 16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE LUCKY HGTS. HILLTOP bunglw F'hoid. 6055/ 4800 sq ft. Park 2 cars. Below value. HB *****132 TELOK KURAU BUNGLW. 3-storey. About 5600/ 4800 sq.ft. 6+l F'hoid 5 yrs. 9853 1084 C2l 3'i-STOREY TOWNHSE- KEW Green. 4+l-rm. Roof qdn/ jacuzzi. 3500 sq.ft. *****761 KVM
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      336 9 Vffl Dl5-16 EAST COAST SALE NEVER BEFORE $480K secures. Neptune Ct. 1636 sq.ft. 3+l View today! HB 9021-6617 Desmond D.15 MARYLAND PK 2 units, high/ low fir, f'hoid SBIOK 0.n.0. Must view! Call *****083/ *****382 D.16 EASTWOOD LODGE Studio Apt. 078 sq.ft. Ground fir. Move in Tenanted *****819 GER D.15
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      493 9 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES SALE D.19 MEDWAY DR. Orig 2 Storey semi-d. 3+l. 3969 sq.ft. Near Chomp Chomp.sl.4M. *****173 HORIZON GDN CLUSTER 3 storey corner terr basement. TOP 2002. s+l+l. 9306-9788 ERA. JLN. BINCHANG 2< STORE v new semid. 1 pair. TOP soon. F hold. s+l+ basement. *****401 Agt. BUNGLW.
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      577 9 aHDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) f^\Lee Cbong ibk) QTjJ 1( 7m-/ rr^Jtk >< i Coll MJk Choice Agent Sell 8uf19^9075 ATTN! SO-SSKCASH. 4 A/ 5 T Jin. Tenaga/ Damai. Corner units. Wmdy. Renovated. Lift level Buyers only. *****881 &N 3 T 77 High fir. unblock. MRT 3 'NG' 528/ 554
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      762 9 a HOB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) EXEC MAIS BLK 222 Bishan. High fir Renovated. Lift level Ameni ties Contra Valued *****242 263. 4 'A', high fir fantastic view Lift level, movem well kept Owner up grading. *****056 Rl 3 S BISHAN Blk 105 High fir blocked Marble fir. Opp MRT/
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        153 8 Ms Esther Siah, 26, creative director of her own company, Creative Motifl* (right). IT used: Two PCs networked, with a Canon flatbed scanner, a Canon bubblejet printer, a leased Ricoh laser printer, a digital camera, graphics software. Technology has made it possible for Ms Esther Siah to set
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        220 8 Mr linns Lee, 27, amateur musician (left). IT used: A Pentium 111 800 MHz PC to do a considerable amount of his music arranging and composition. The PC has made a once-tedious job faster and easier tor amateur musician Linus lah\ "I used to rely
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        165 9 Dr JohnChiam, 29, accidents and emergencies department doctor (left) IT used: Two handhelds. Handspring Visor Fxlge and Visor Platinum. As an emergency doctor, Dr John Chiam sees up to SO patients on a single eight-hour shift. Often, he may be treating an accident victim with multiple
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        221 9 Mr Tan Wee Meng, 30, lawyer who specialises in IT- related cases (right) IT used: A notebook, Palm and mobile phone. "jr don't really reI member what life .A. was like before IT because I got hooked on computers when I was nine," said lawyer Tan
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        290 10 Mr Sherman Tan, early 4Os, managing director of eßusiness Group, DBS Bank (above). IT used: IBM ThinkPad, Palm V. With all senior management staff members equipped with IBM ThinkPad and Palm personal digital assistants, technology tools definitely seemed to be the flavour of the year at DBS
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        233 10 Don't lose sight of the fundamentals Mr Alex Siow, 47, chief information officer. Housing and Development Board (above). IT used: A notebook for personal us*-. Before technology became as pervasive as it is now, employees did a lot of things manually, Mr Alex Siow, chiet information officer of the Housing
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        220 10 Mr John Lee, 4<», chief operating officer of CityCab (right). IT used: City Cab uses servers and PCs on a local area network with a satel-lite-linked global positioning system that can track individual taxis. Technology is helping transjx)rt provider CityCab saw time and money and JDcreMC
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        301 7 COST EFFECTIVE INTERNET CONNECTION SEMINAR Internet Connection Has Never Been Cheaper While the economy remain weak and have no signs of recovery, companies are looking at ways to cut cost. 3Com, SingNet, Soft-Pro and Symantec can help you by coming out with special bundled ADSL packages that can help with
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        574 11  -  Lucas van Grinsven This year will see new technology gadgets that put the consumers lifestyle needs first. This year could bo the one tor gadget envy. It is no longer about choosing a cell phone, an MP.'J player or a handheld computer. This year will herald
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        736 12  -  Greg Papadopoulos The future network should be able to supply services to companies and consumers in the same way that electricity is supplied to buildings. The beauty of supernetworking lies in how easy it is to manage. Business is a balancing act, a high wire between risk
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        382 13  -  Mok Heng Ngee Struts is designed for Web applications built using both servlets and JSP pages. To an architect, "struts" are beams used to resist longitudinal compression. The same name has been chosen for a significant Jakarta Project commissioned by the Apache Software Foundation. (One other important
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        400 13 Title: Enterprise Java Performance Authors: Steven I- Mailer. Steven J. M un roe Publisher: PH/PTR Price: $46 NEW ACTIVE SERVER PAGES FOR DEVELOPERS Title: Professional ASP. NET Authors: Anderson et al Publisher: Wrox Price: $108 Performance, as always, is an important subject in computing. This book covers
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        465 14 This is the second in a series of four fortnightly articles on Pocket PC-based devices. With Internet access. a Pocket PC device can even act as your wireless remote control for the home, whether you are in or out. Using your Pocket PC to
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        192 14 To have a taste of how a smart home works, you can f.rst try wireless networking on a smaller scale with your Pocket PC device at home. Mr Richard Kanq, an executive with mobile devices retailer Vox Technologies, suggested that Pocket PC
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        324 13 Enterprise Java Performance V t 11. ■■> S ,x Frontline Technologies Pte Ltd Tel: 773-7227 Fax: 779-4455 Ingram Micro Asia Ltd Tel: 298-0888 Fax: 298-1111 *V| hat trick (n) SUN STORAGE FAMILY HPS 11^ jfIHHH For the third year in a row, nobody in the world could stack up against
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        158 15  -  Billy Teo Steven Ng The last of a series of eight articles for computing newhies shows novice gamers how to play online. Te Now that you have got your computer up and running, and your Internet account all set up, the World Wide Weh is yours
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        146 15 Sales manager Linda Tan, 29, relaxes at home by drawing quickly with her mouse and guessing what others draw online at the Isketch game (www.isketch.net), a Pic-tionary-like contest which lets surfers take part. "You just need to type words quickly on a keyboard and draw with
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        129 15 www.playsite.com For classic board games like Scrabble and Chess. www.isketch.net If Win. Lose or Draw and Pictionary appeal to you. drop by this site for picture doodling and guessing what others are etching out with their mouse. The Macromedia Shockwave (www.macromedia.com/ downloads/) player software is reguired. download.cnet.com
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        167 15 Collector's items 1/ j/i > ii would like to collect all eight articles of Computer Times Com put ing for MtwbitM, then: DIAL 88*7004 Click your way to http://gaming.starhub.net.sg by 31 Jan 2002 and download the tree trial version (Mandarin*) of the new massive multi-player online strategy game from StarHub
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        444 16  -  Nebojsa Novakovic Klsa GeForce 721 and 921 :$D graph irs cards $469 for 64 MR and $699 respectively Available from*B& 11 Trading. Call :W4-.116H 3D Mark 2001 results Gladiac 721 GeForce 3 Ti2oo at 175/400 MHz Default. 4684 3DMarks 200/460: 5097 3DMarks 210/480: 5256
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        703 16  -  Alfred Siew What you get Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz Processor Mini-tower chassis Intel 850 chipset 256 MB RDRAM PCBOO (free upgrade to 512 MB) 60 GB Ultra ATA hard drive 7.200 rpm 64 MB Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti2oo DDR video card Soundßlaster Live! 576 Voice sound
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        487 17 Playing high-end video games and DVD movies on one machine is a reality with Sony's Playstation 2. BILLY TEO checks out this game console. Sony PlayStation 2 $466 (with GST) Available at authorised Sony dealers. Call 47.'$Hi>00 It was with great expectation that I set up
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        463 17 I (\in.irk Zs."i printer $379 (with GOT). A free Yanzi calendar software kit for even printer purchased Available from Ix.'xmark. Call +67-9H9H The Lexmark Z53 Colour Jctprinter is targeted at the small office, home office (Soho) segment with its heavy-duty print cycle of 5,000 pages
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        501 17 W.D. Yang looks at two inkjet printers. Canon SttOO printer $269 Available from authorised Canon dealers The first thing; that hits you about the Canon S3OO is its uncharaeteristic design. But don't let its appearance tool you. It it is printing speed (both text and
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        561 18  -  Alfred Siew The Fifa 2002 soccer game promises a ball of a time without you even having to put on your soccer boots. Fifa 2002 $49.90 Available at Funan The IT Mall For several years now, there have been tew soccer games that come close to the
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        364 18  -  Andrew Lim Yuri's Revenge, Red Alert 2 expansion by Westwood Studios $.'19.90 Available from Klectronic- Arts at 87-»-1788 You need Windows 95. 98. NT 6.0. 2000 or ME Pentium i! 266 MHz with 350 MB of hard drive space 64 MB of RAM 2 MB of
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        115 18 Power up for 2002 with IT Power Basic Tap into the digital world with a comprehensive IT course designed to put knowledge at your fingertips. The IT Power Basic course provides awareness and understanding on computer basics, Windows applications and introduction to Internet. Course Duration: 21 Training Hours. 3 Modules
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        259 19 New chip on the block IDT and Alcatel, a provider of asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) chipsets, recently unveiled a jointly developed bridge and router reference design. Combining IDT's highperformance RC***** and the proven interoperability and reliability of Alcatels MTK-***** ADSL chipset, the 79RP351 ADSL reference design supports
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        421 19 The latest range of HP's Pavilion Home PCs boasts great hardware ami entertainment skills to boot. Hewlett- Packard Singapore's Consumer Business Organisation's latest range of Pavilion Home PCs Pavilion 8988, 8990, 8992 and 8995 are Windows XP- ready. The latter three models are powered by Intel 1.8 GHz
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        149 19 Local PC manufacturer Whiteßox Computer has introduced Surfari 7900, powered with Intel Pentium 4 with double data rate (DDR) RAM, the next generation of memory technology. The Surfari 7900 with DDR RAM offers many advantages over PCs running on SDRAM and Rambus. DDR memory increa- ses
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        145 19 Board manufacturer Abit's latest mainboard now supports Intel Pentium 4 processor and DDR SDRAM memory. Based on the SiS(>4. r > chipset, Abit's SD7-. r >.j;* delivers innovative features to drive your most demanding multimedia applications. The SD7-533 brings with it support for up to :i GB
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        103 19 PANASONIC-COMPUTER TIMES CONTEST RESULTS The Panasonic-Computer Times Contest (Dec 12 issue) drew an overwhelming response of entries. Up for grabs were nearly $6,000 worth of prizes contributed by Panasonic Consumer Electronics Singapore. Our congratulations to the three lucky winners picked from all-correct entries. THE WINNERS: IST PRIZE 2ND PRIZE 3RD
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        557 20 Corjyorate Portals Asia will shou participants how to manage portal implementation successfully. For companies considering building a corporate portal, there is a two-day event next week which will bring together experts from the US, Europe and the AsiaPacific to discuss the benefits and opportunities
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        245 20 Im (V Win The Latest HP Jornada Pocket PC Contest I EL V Just fllp Please answer the following questions: r^ l\ Hewlett-Packard 1# Tne HP j ornada 560 Series Pocket PC offers mobile 4 V "^P^^^^^BBPlP^^W^X r'^\ H lDr iki YOUH POCKET professionals and enterprise users wireless LAN wL^^BHHH|pi?^
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