Today, 1 November 2001

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    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY Thursday November 1, 2001 < MITA(P) 13S/11/2000
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    The enemy they accept
    711 1  -  Ng Boon Yian and Chan Chao Peh by n ews@newstod ay. com. sg IN what must be an irony unique to Singapore politics, the Government first creates a Non-Constituency MP scheme so that more opposition voices can be heard in Parliament and then worries that the
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    Dr Chee's sorry story
    195 1  -  Lee Ching Wern DR CHEE Soon Juan apologised in instalments. After saying on Monday he was sorry if he had offended the Prime Minister, then bending a little further on Tuesday, he finally buckled down yesterday and read out an unconditional apology to PM Goh Chok
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      31 1 •Celtic or Porto? Did the Scottish champ make it to the second round of the Champions League? Is Porto with Juventus in the last 16? Call the Today Infoline after 6am
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    PM's new carrot
    886 2  -  Zakaria Abdul Rahim by zakaria@newsto day. c om. sg WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Tuesday he would say something interesting during his visit to Potong Pasir which would make Opposition MP Chiam See Tong jump, eyebrows were raised. They were raised even more when
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    PM: Limited use of CPF is possible
    249 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday said that he may allow the limited use of CPF savings during this recession. While welcoming this proposal made by Workers' Party chief Mr Low Thia Khiang, Mr Goh said the idea was not new. He said
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      25 2 CELEBRITY Items and experiences that money alone can't buy. Find out more on page 8. rabid, log °n :o ,30*,, I'MI'IJiIUjHIiBIhI T^g I'm minima iIiCT
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    Strange fight
    530 3  -  S Gulam by g u I a m@ n ews to d ay.c o ra .sg POLITICS is a strange animal. A man who has been in Parliament for 10 years and is tipped to be a full minister is facing his toughest fight against a virtual unknown.
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    The odds in Tampines
    527 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Opposition wants to be the underdog By huileng@newstQday.cotn.sg TAMPINES is a town that throws up surprises again and again. In the 1991 elections, the People's Action Party (PAP) won only 59.5 per cent of the votes, down from 61 per cent in 1988
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    Today's Rallies:
    101 4 All rallies begin at /pm and en ra les >egin at pm an> en id at I Opm Open field bounded by Upper Serangoon Road, Meyappa Chettiar Road and Potong Pasir Ave 1 p/\p Potong Pasir SMC Hougang Stadium WP Hougang SMC Tampines Stadium SDA Tampines GRC Choa
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    Take five in Aljunied
    215 4  -  Tan Hui Leng A REQUEST and five minutes that was all that was needed for the Workers' Party to contest the Aljunied GRC. The mistake the five-mem-ber WP team made which cost them the contest was failing to fill in the electoral division on their forms.
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    Election WatchBox
    71 4 ON Saturday) MediaCorp News presenters will bring you live coverage of the contests, victories and losses. Keep track of the results with the help of two different computer graphics systems, including 3-D graphics that will run real time to display the state of contest as soon as the
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    Economists, intellectuals, heartlanders
    566 6 Comment by Suresh Kumar ONE PAP candidate who has caught the imagination of the Shenton Way crowd and the intelligentsia is Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the former managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The reason is both his economic credentials and intellectual appeal. Suffice to say
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      451 7 Singapore's ambassadors THE finalists for this year's Tourism Tourism Host of the Year (Transport Taxi) Host of Year (Transport Taxi) if you really Mke your job, you will be ,iw:ird were selected for their eagerness .^BM^m more than wUlinq to qo out or your wdy to m. ,;;yn*!. 1 help
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  • HOME NEWS
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      600 staff, 26 million loans
      326 8  -  Lee U-Wen National Library gets PS2I Gold award by uwen@ne wstoday, co m. sg THE National Library Board's (NLB) revolutionary electronic book loaning system gives it $50 million worth in cost-sav-ings every year. And it enables the library to manage 26 million loans, with only
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      Lock icon SQ 006 memorial
      162 8 -AFP TAIPEI Singapore Airlines (SIA) held a private memorial service in Taipei yesterday for the 83 people killed in the crash of SQ 006. The service was attended by some 150 relatives of the victims and officials from SlA's head office in Singapore, said an SIA official.
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      Bus driver fell asleep
      209 8  -  Lee U-Wen A BUS driver who caused the death of two schoolgirls when his bus ploughed into them at a traffic junction along Henderson Road had fallen asleep at the wheel just before the accident happened. The court heard yesterday that Wong Gion Chin had slept
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      Asthmatic driver
      183 8  -  -Joy Frances A WOMAN driver who crashed into a lamp post after an asthmatic attack is trying to get the court's permission to review a traffic police decision to revoke her driving licence. Ms Charlene Kang Ngah Wei, 29, had made a police report about a month after
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      Campaign with conviction
      153 8  -  Pearlyn Tham A BURLY, heav-ily-tattooed man sharpens a chopper in a restaurant kitchen. A sexy woman appears and he looks at her. Holding up his chopper, the man cuts a melon instead. The scene is played out in one of the three new television commercials that the
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  • LETTERS
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      What are the alternatives?
      253 10  -  Tay Choon Hiong SDP should stop harping on the same old issues I WAS at the Singapore Democratic Party rally at Bukit Gombak Stadium on Tuesday. I returned with great disappointment over the quality of the party's views. One of their candidates, Ms Chee Siok Chin,
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      Wanted: A better SDP chief
      113 10  -  Ben Wong Kah Hock I WOULD expect a sincere and unreserved apology from Dr Chee Soon Juan for the comments he has made against Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He keeps on repeating the same old acts of deception, twisting and turning his claims to
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      Is it healthy – this lack of a credible Opposition?
      195 10  - Is it healthy this lack of a credible Opposition? Soon Sze Meng MANY of the new PAP candidates have gained entry into Parliament because many of the wards have been uncontested due to the lack of opposition members. We must ask whether this is a healthy trend. If it continues,
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      Press on, little David! Your day is coming
      115 10  -  Ng Ek Yeow IN THIS coming election, we are witnessing the battle of Little David (the opposition) versus Mighty Goliath (PAP). Although Mighty Goliath is supreme, I believe that the political winds of change are blowing strongly in the direction of Little
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      Stop the name-calling -and let the people decide who's best
      141 10  -  James Tanjun Yuan I THINK that an election is a time for Singaporeans to elect people capable of serving our country. So, we should not resort to namecalling. Some have openly criticised the Singapore Democratic Alliance as rojak, while others
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      Help, but don't feed
      101 10  -  Tan Van Ren THE Government should not and must not overprotect the jobless and those suffering from the recession. This includes businesses suffering from the downturn. Let the influenza take its course without antibiotics, if and wherever possible. This will toughen the people and businesses, and
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      So, what's new?
      92 10  -  Tan Kay Lai I grew up in Bendemeer Road (part of Jalan Besar GRC), and for the past 10 years, I have not seen any major changes in its development. I have not seen any upgrading being carried out, or new amenities being added since the PAP
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon UOB to axe 2,000 jobs
      311 12 Bloomberg Cost-cutting steps will affect 15% of workforce THE United Overseas Bank (UOB) said it will cut 2,000 jobs, or 15 per cent of its combined workforce, to get rid of duplication and reduce costs. The institution, which became Singapore's largest bank by domestic assets
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      SingTel near to buying Indon telco
      194 12 SINGTEL is nearing an agreement to buy a 22.3 per cent stake in PT Telekomunikasi, Indonesia's mobile phone unit, estimated to be worth between US$5OO million ($875.9 million) and US$6OO million. Details of the agreement are now being hammered out and an announcement is
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      SGX launches scrip lending scheme
      321 12 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is building a lending pool of investors as the first step towards its securities lending programme. It said that the lending and borrowing activities are expected to begin by the end of the year. Investors, who hold at least 50,000 shares
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      Government offers SMEs financial help
      274 12  -  by Leong Phei Phei p hei ph ei@n ews tn d ay. cn m. sg HELP in the form of loans and training funds is on the way to help small enterprises tide over the economic downturn. With effect from today for a period of
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      Market Watch
      108 12 Malaysian builder to sell stakes ROAD Builder Holdings Bhd, a Malaysian builder and toll-road operator, said it is negotiating with the Government of Singapore Investment Corp to sell a stake in its real estate business. "GIC has expressed an interest in participating in the property development projects developed
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      Lock icon Korean Air to axe 1,000 jobs
      103 14 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's national flag carrier Korean Air Lines (KAL) yesterday announced a plan to retrench 1,000 employees. KAL, whose brand name is Korean Air, said that it would lay off an additional 300 employees, including 25 executives, on top of 700 job
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      Rising loans
      73 14 COMMERCIAL bank lending in September rose to $160.7 billion from $150.76 billion a year earlier, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said. "Lending to non-bank customers saw an increase largely reflecting sharp growth in credit to the transport and communications sector, while loans to most other sectors remained
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      Significant turnaround
      353 14  -  Ivay Tan CapitaLand reports third-quarter profit by ivay@newsto day. c o m.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED CapitaLand has reported a profit of $82 million for the third quarter, a significant improvement from the $320 million loss in the second quarter this year. The return to profitability was on the back of
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      Laos PM in town to woo investors
      259 14  -  Ivay Tan by ivay@newsto day. c m.sg LAOS wants to attract Singapore hotels, banks and auditing and insurance companies. And here to woo them was Prime Minister Bounnhang Vorachith and his delegation, who want to expand the relatively small bilateral trade. Singapore is
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      Lock icon US economy's steepest fall since '91
      66 14 Reuters WASHINGTON The US economy recorded its sharpest contraction in more than a decade in the third quarter, the government said yesterday in a report likely to strengthen the conviction that the nation is in a recession. Gross domestic product shrank at an annual
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      Lock icon SingMall's draw: Steady yield
      348 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S first real estate investment trust is likely to attract investors looking for steady returns rather than share price gains, fund managers said. SingMall Property Trust's $740 million share sale, the largest in Singapore in eight years, will pay investors projected dividends of 5.75 per
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      Singapore
      175 16 SHARES came under renewed selling pressure yesterday on overnight Wall Street's weakness. The STI index fell 15.52 points to end at 1367.84. Volume remained thin on 185 million shares valued at $247 million. Economic proxies like DBS, OCBC, UOB, City Developments, CapitaLand and Keppel Land lost between four and
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      Malaysia
      102 16 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday suffered another disappointing day, despite earlier optimism for a rebound. The weak overnight performance of the US markets and the generally lower regional markets had proven to be a dampener on the local bourse, which is already lacking in fresh domestic developments. The
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2021 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name BidPri«/NAV Otfgr Pri ire, 'rice Aberdeen At set Management Alia Ltd Aberdeen fliinn Opportunities Find 0.459 0.902 Aberdeen Global life Fund 0.626 0.658 Aberdeen Globed feclit ojv ruiiJ 0.47! D.49S Aberdeen JK Blue Chip Fund 0.(77 0.711 Aberdeen American OppertoniliesFond 0712
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      282 13 sense THE SENSIBLE WAY TO INVEST Who knows when the market will hit bottom? It could bottom tomorrow or it could bottom next week. Or it could take half a year to bottom. Just catch it before it rebounds. The markets are down. Which means that prices are low, Still,
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      70 14 Tell us what |i we're celebrating, and stand a chance r to win a pair of movie tickets. lif Closing date is 2 Nov (12 noon). due: How olds Jock on fOftov? [3wordsj I Condßons of Contest Qntyone en-ry per hcndptone per participant rs allowed Ort/ the first SUS entry
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  • The New War/the new opposition
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      Lock icon Britain in bid to stop its radical Muslims from joining Taliban
      332 18 Reuters LONDON When US rockets hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, last week, five Muslim Britons were among those who were killed, a radical Islamic group said. Alarmed, Britain has said it will consider laws to stop its Muslim population
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      Is the US crying wolf too often?
      201 18 WASHINGTON The lack of detail in Monday's warning from the FBI over a second attack against the US and the ensuing public anxiety have its lawmakers questioning whether the decision to issue the alert was a good call. "You wonder what these warnings
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      Lock icon War Echoes
      142 18 Agencies NEW YORK —A 61-year-old woman yesterday died from inhalation anthrax, becoming the fourth victim of the disease. She worked in a Manhattan hospital in a storage supply room which was near the mailroom. DAMASCUS Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday failed to garner strong support for the
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  • World News
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      Lock icon Akbar, Wiranto deny misuse of Bulog funds
      230 19 Agencies JAKARTA Two stalwarts of the Indonesian elite, parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung and former military chief General Wiranto, were questioned yesterday by prosecutors over a 54.6 billion rupiah ($9.6 million) scandal involving the Bulog state food agency. The case came to light three
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      Lock icon Johor Aids 'fatwa' finds followers
      206 19 -AFP NEGRI SEMBILAN Johor's Aids fatwa (religious order) is to be emulated by at least one other state. Negri Sembilan said that it has also decided to compel couples who want to get married, by a fatwa, to have their blood tested for the Human
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      200 19 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/ Malaysia Starting young English will De introduced from Year One in Chinese and Tamil schools beginning 2003, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Hon Choon Kim said. The Jakarta Post/Indonesia Unibank fallout raises concern over Bank Indonesia roles The closure of public-listed Unibank, which
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      365 19 I Spirit m- I I of Leari^^||i|| Day 2 November 10 SSIM Open House Activities I V Be energised by a myriad of professional and personal I QPBN HOUSE development and fun activities. Talks ($5.15 each. Redeem $5 at the book fair unless 9 am s_pm otherwise stated) Energy Management
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      99 21 I".' s Mandale Heights will take place on 18 March 2002 while the draws for Grosvenor View and Mill Point will be on 22 July 2002 and 25 November 2002 respectively. All chances will be brought forward to the following draw so your chances keep snowballing and get bigger and
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  • Commentary
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      Score to settle?
      634 23  -  S Ramesh Chee's choice of Jurong goes back to '96 meeting by THE Singapore Democratic Party's secretary-gen-eral and opposition candidate standing in Jurong GRC, Dr Chee Soon Juan, probably has a score to settle with his opponent, the Minister without Portfolio and NTUC Secretary-General, Mr Lim Boon
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  • UpFront
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      Lock icon Tanaka's job on the line
      510 24 Reuters Party heavyweights could send Japan's popular Foreign Minister packing TOKYO With top officials digging in their heels and Old Guard ruling politicians sharpening their knives, Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (picture) could well be in danger of losing her job. That would be bad
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      Women's role growing in the global arena
      540 24  -  Rachel Lo by ra ch el@news tod ay. com. s g WOMEN are casting a bigger shadow on the growing economic and political landscape. They have crossed the threshold and stepped into prominent positions. Changing attitudes, education and technology are some of the
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      293 25 imicizrr Singapore learning web 2001 %k Wl yjj 5 Singapore V CenUe 10" FREE ADMISSION!.. SO JOIN US NOW! LEARNING FESTIVAL 200 1 Event Title mv bate/Time Event Title Date/Time Six Sigma for Education Its benefits and likely Q^ 5 jvjov, 10am-11am Creating E-Learning Sites for Pre-schoolers A 16 Nov,
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  • InfoTech
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      Logitech freedom for the keyboard and mouse
      216 26 LOGITECH, the interface device maker, has launched its Cordless Freedom Optical. This product combines Logitech's Cordless MouseMan Optical with a sleek, low-profile keyboard (picture). It features Logitech's custom Zero Degree Tilt design that keeps the key-plane parallel to the desk surface. This ultra-slim
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      Printouts in record time
      267 26  -  Lee U-Wen Inks also improve colour quality by uwen@newstoday.com.sg THE printer industry received a boost last week when Epson launched its new Stylus CBO printer, a versatile workforce that boasts a record print speed for black text at 20 pages per minute (PPM). It is the
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      Power-packed portable PC
      151 26 SHARP-Roxy Sales Singapore has launched the Sharp PCUMIO portable PC, which the vendor refers to as Muramasa. Weighing 1.31kg and 1.66cm thick, it is powered by the ultra low-voltage Intel Pentium 111 600 MHz processor. The machine is also configured with 128MB RAM and a 20GB hard
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      BREAKING NEWS
      398 26 www z dnetasia.co m/ n c w s Broadband hacking Chinese hackers are using a recently released cracking program to copy broadband encrypted content freely Hackers in Hong Kong are routinely breaking Microsoft's digital media copyright protection system. They help themselves to broadband encrypted content, including games, films
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      Digital memories
      312 27  -  Lee U-Wen Now you can record your favourite programmes on DVDs by uwen@newstod ay.com. sg SAY good-bye to cumbersome video cassette tapes that develop moulds easily. Philips now offers something nifty that lets you, instead, to record your favourite programmes on DVDs that can last a lifetime and
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      Seek a job, get paid
      194 27  -  Rachel Lo IT sounds too good to be true. You can search for a job online and get paid in the meantime, without needing to do anything at all. Go to JuzClickJobs.com (top) and post your resume1 online. You will automatically be registered as a
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    • Article
      Virtual partitions
      419 28  -  Ken Feinstein Split your hard drive when trying out a new OS without fear by WANT to try out Windows XP but you're concerned over your current system? Try PowerQuest PartitionMagic 7.0 that lets you create, merge, split, copy and convert your hard drive's partitions so that you
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      Express yourself
      136 28 MORE choice and freedom of expression. That's what Siemens promises handphone users with its C45/2118. The phone comes with front and back, exchangeable CLIPit Covers in contemporary Hot Magma, Fresh Lemon, Light Steel and Shining Pearl colours. It also allows users to download ring tones, bitmaps and screensavers,
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      Canon's new ultra-com pact camcorders
      313 28 WEIGHING 390g and designed to fit snugly into your palm are two new ultra-compact Canon camcorders, the MV4i and MV4i MC. Both camcorders use an 800,000 pixel progressive scan CCD to produce sharp still and moving images. They are also equipped with noise reduction circuitry
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      A world first from Fuji
      326 28 YOU'VE taken some great shots with your digital camera. Now you want to share them with your friends in both soft and hard copy formats. A web printing system from Fuji Photo Film Singapore makes all that possible for you. It allows you to upload,
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      298 30 Reuters/Variety Prequel to Exorcist starts filming next year LOS ANGELES He outwitted the Nazis in Schindler's List. Now actor Liam Neeson will meet the devil in a "prequel" to the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, set for filming next year, producers said. The 49-year-old actor has been
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      479 31 Reuters/Variety Lucasfilm-Pixar alliance worries studios HOLLYWOOD Under a watershed pact between two pioneering film producers, George Lucas' Lucasfilm will screen trailers of its upcoming Star Wars, Episode II Attack of the Clones before Pixar Animation's Monsters, Inc., which opens Friday. The pact had nothing to do with the
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      396 32 If your toes are hurting, it's time to go shopping for a new pair of shoes CALL it vanity or call it economy, but women are stuffing their feet into shoes that are too small for them, said a report by HealthScout. An online
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      76 32 THE 12th Lisbon Fashion Show, held last week, allowed Portuguese designers to showcase their spring/summer 2002 creations. The mood was definitely saucy and naughty as designers dressed their models in everything from snakes to scarves draped over the heads to translucent pieces that left
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      Lock icon Bringing back songs of the 80s
      318 33  -  Jenny Kong Dreamz FM touted as The Bee Gees of the East by jenny@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL band Dreamz FM, with their falsettos and retro-tunes, can be described as "The Bee Gees of the East". For one thing, the threesome's pitch rises with each new album.
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      First Nickelodeon show for kids in Asia
      156 33  -  Rachel Lo by rache] newstoday. com. sg SOON to be seen on television is the first Nickelodeon show produced in Asia for kids in Asia. Gruff Groove Box is a four-part special featuring blue dog Gruff, from Down Under, who began his entertainment
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      Lock icon Gambling with Schilling
      637 35 -AFP BMWB^^^^^™ NEW YORK Gambling against the odds that a star pitcher can be overpowering on shorter rest, the Arizona Diamondbacks is risking its World Series hopes on ace hurler Curt Schilling. Arizona manager Bob Brenly made the decision while the three-time defending champion New York Yankees
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      718 36 AFP INNSBRUCK France's top woman skier Regine Cavagnoud died yesterday from brain injuries sustained in a high-speed collision in Austria two days earlier. "Cavagnoud died this morning from her severe injuries. Decisive was the severe damage to the brain," her doctors said in a statement from the
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      No dream return for Mike as Lakers continue where they left off
      409 36 NBA NEW YORK Michael Jordan's hotly anticipated return had a bittersweet ending. He missed a potential tying three-pointer in the final seconds as the Knicks escaped with a 93-91 win over Washington on a busy opening night of
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      Full-strength Chelsea capable of turning over Hapoel
      292 37 Uefa Cup PARIS Chelsea has a tough test to ldck-start its Uefa Cup adventure today (early tomorrow morning, Singapore time). It trails Israel's Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-0 after several leading players refused to travel to the troubled region for the first leg. Fielding a
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      Lock icon Reds can win it, says Owen
      657 37 Reuters Reds looking to continue 14-match unbeaten run in Europe Champions League Liverpool 2 Dortmund 0 Houiiier's men give him the perfect tonic as they ease past Germans LIVERPOOL Michael Owen has warned his buoyant Liverpool team that tougher tests await it in its
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      No offers for Sivaji yet
      378 38  -  Jose Raymond by jose@news today, com.sg AFTER four years with Balestier Central, coach P.N. Sivaji (right) spent his last day at the Toa Payohbased club yesterday. The AFC 'A' licence coach confirmed that he has had no offers from local or foreign clubs, despite speculation
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      NTUC-Income Singapore Cup opening odds
      129 38 Match 1 Tanjong Pagar v SAFFC Notional Stadium 4 November 5.00pm IX2 (1) Tanjong Pagar $5.10 |X) Draw $4.10 (2) SAFFC $1.43 1/2 Goal Tan[ong Pagar (+1 1/2) $1.67 SAFFC (-1 1/2] $2.00 Total Goals Ogoal $12.00 1 goal $6.20 2 goals $4.40 3 goals
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      Rams' chairman Ng willing to act as mediator in bust up
      500 38  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING last Sunday's alleged public bust-up between Woodlands Wellington team manager R. Vengadasalam and Australian player Adam Anderson, club chairman Daniel Ng Yam Boon said yesterday that he is prepared to step in and be
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      Lock icon Ireland v Iran
      306 39 Reuters World Cup playoff j UAEolran3 Ireland stands in Iran's way j for a spot in next year's finals ABU DHABI Star striker All Daei (right), who plays for German club Hertha Berlin, returned from suspension to help Iran to a 3-0 victory over the United Arab
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      Lock icon Wenger cries heresy at Lemerre's decision
      341 39 Reuters LONDON Arsene Wenger has fired another broadside in the interminable row about France's friendly in Australia next month by describing the trip as heresy. With Fifa meeting today to check its regulations over the number of friendlies per year players must be released
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      Lock icon Real Madrid players suffer plane scare
      197 39 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid players suffered a scare following their Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow yesterday when their plane was forced to return to Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport shortly after take-off. The players, quoted in Spanish newspapers, reported sparks, a flare and a strong
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