Today, 13 November 2001

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    8 1 TODAY XllGSdfty November 13, 2001 MiTA (P) 063/11/2001
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    Lock icon Engine here, plane there
    484 1 Agencies 4AM LATEST Plane crashes in New York city, all 255 on board feared dead NEW YORK The engine of the American Airlines jet that crashed yesterday in New York was found four blocks away from the rest of the aircraft. It fell into a petrol
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      16 1 celebrates its EX Ist Anniversary fflJB with 289 members. BfMMJ Turn to pg 23 for details.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Rule relaxed on property
      300 2  -  Francis Kan Half of 20 per cent downpayment can be deferred by fran cis@news today, com. sg BUYERS of private residential properties may be given the option of deferring up to hah 1 of the 20 per cent cash downpayment until the Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP)
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      Anti-terrorism rules for S'pore citizens
      286 2 THE United Nations rules against terrorism which Singapore agreed to last month come into effect today. The regulations, which apply to anyone in Singapore as well as Singapore citizens outside the country, make it an offence for anybody providing direct or indirect financial help to
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      Research pays off for Seagate
      343 2  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg SEAGATE Technology looks poised for a turnaround from the woes that have plagued the electronics company in the last few years. In 1997, it laid off 500 contract workers at a disk drive plant in Ang Mo Kio; in 1998,
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      Trust that went bust
      627 3  -  Chan Chao Peh 4 AM EDITION Why Sing Mall listing was cancelled by eh a opeh@ne wstoday. c o m. sg AT first glance, the proposition for investors to own pieces of several shopping malls at an affordable price seemed very tempting indeed. Yet, when the
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      Lock icon Nepal's royal family hit by tragedy again
      108 3 Reuters KATHMANDU Nepal's royal family was struck by tragedy once again when Princess Prekshya, sister-in-law of King Gyanendra, died in a helicopter crash yesterday. Princess Prekshya, Queen Komal's younger sister, was one of six people on board a helicopter that crashed into the
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    • THE NEW WAR/ SIGNIFICANCE OF WAR
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        Lock icon A post-Taliban barometer
        432 4 Agencies Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif a coup for the US MAZAR-I-SHARIF Although the importance of taking the northern Afghan city Mazar-i-Sharif from the Taliban by opposition forces was known for weeks before it happened last Friday, the full significance of this event is only coming to light now.
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        WAR ECHOES
        308 4 KUALA LUMPUR New US visa restrictions on Muslim men from 25 countries will undermine Washington's claim that Islam is not the enemy in the war on terrorism, Malaysia warned yesterday. The international coalition against terror could be weakened, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told an official
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        Lock icon Three newsmen killed in Taliban ambush
        155 4 Reuters PARIS Two French radio journalists reporting from northeast Afghanistan died in an ambush by ruling Taliban forces on Sunday, their employers at RTL radio and Radio France International confirmed. Mr Pierre Billaud, 31, died along with fellow French reporter Johanne Sutton, 34, when
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        Lock icon No lull during Ramadan
        193 4 AFP CAIRO Arab and Muslim countries appear resigned to continued US raids on Afghanistan during Ramadan. History is not on their side with many wars having taken place during the Muslim holy month such as the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The
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      More sectors get skills help
      261 6  -  Lee Ching Wern SIX new industries have been included under the Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP), bringing the total number of funded sectors to 24. The new inclusions are aerospace, cleaning, logistics, power, public bus transport and security industries. Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang (picture) who
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      Deadly insult
      407 6  -  Joy Frances Life term for man who set colleague ablaze by joy @news to day. com.sg A MAN received a life sentence yesterday for attempted murder for setting a co-worker on fire. Ng Kwok Soon, 50, a co-director of a fabric supplier in Tanglin Shopping Centre, said the
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      Singapore set to be major Chinese medicine centre
      257 6  -  Leong Phei Phei SINGAPORE plans to ride on its strength in molecular research and the current interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to become a premier TCM centre in the region. Dr Cham Tao Soon, chairman of the Singapore TCM Taskforce, told
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  • LETTERS
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      Raise entry bar
      356 8  -  Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong How qualified local talent can be protected I REFER to the letter by Ms Jean Tan of the Ministry of Manpower, "We need scientists" (Today, Nov 9). She emphasised that Singapore's success will depend on its ability to attract and retain talent. I
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      More green than apathetic
      115 8  -  Kevin Lam Koi Yau I AM pleased with the increasing number of Singaporeans who are environmentally conscious. They have defied claims that we are an apathetic bunch. The turnout at Chek Jawa beach on Pulau Übin to view the place in all its final glory was
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      A nice new habit
      324 8  -  Ananda Perera I HAVE acquired four habits over the years. One is to wake up at 3,30 in the morning to have a cold-water bath, pray, meditate and read an inspiring text. The second is to have a cup of coffee. Next, is to tune in
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      Who says Sparrow can't fly?
      175 8  -  Ms Han Liang Yuan I REFER to the article, "This Sparrow won't fly" by Joy Frances (Today, Nov 9). Her report noted that "the Sparrow cannot be registered by the Land Transport Authority in any vehicle category". This is not correct. We had informed Mr
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      India's leaders are practical
      144 8  -  Jamuna Vinothkumar I REFER to Mr Sudhir Sehgal's letter (TODAY, Nov 5) on India. Eminent leaders like Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his cabinet ministers have handled the Kargil crisis efficiently. They have also supported the US in their fight against terrorism. Despite the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon China network for S'pore Inc
      75 10 Channel News Asia NETWORK China will be launched by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and a high-level Chinese official, Mr Li Rtuhuan, next week. Mr Li, a Politburo member and Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will be here from 18 to
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      Bonds take off
      512 10  -  Ivay Tan Corporates tap good market for funds by ivay@newsto d ay.com.sg MORE blue chip firms like banks and government-linked companies are likely to tap the bond market in the next three months given the current low interest rate and a market flushed with funds. Following the
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      Lock icon Fares of flights from KL lowered
      201 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR International airfares out of Malaysia were cut by up to 50 per cent effective yesterday after 25 airlines decided to suspend their price regulating market development programme (MDP), Malaysia's Business Times reported, quoting industry officials and sources. The report said the
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      Lock icon Canada 3000 goes bankrupt
      38 10 -AFP TORONTO Canada's secondlargest airline, Canada 3000, which abruptly halted operations two days ago, has been placed under bankruptcy. Canada 3000 had been trying to find private investors to help avert its cash crisis.
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      Your S$1 buys...
      29 10 US$ 0.5481 UK£ 0.3771 Yen 66.172 HK$ 4.2755 RM 2.0829 Euro 0.6143 Rupiah 5856.8 Baht 24.329 Peso 28.531 A$ 1.0514 Rupee 26.303 I Won 704.25 I
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      Lock icon HK still world's freest economy
      361 12 -AFP Singapore remains at No. 2 HONG KONG Hong Kong remained the world's freest economy for the eighth consecutive year, United States-based The Heritage Foundation said yesterday. It retained its number one ranking, the foundation said in its annual "Index of Economic Freedom" carried out
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      Hot property
      115 12 OVER 80 per cent or 240 units of Nuovo executive condos in Ang Mo Kio have been sold. City Developments, the developer, launched the project on Sunday at an average price of $389 psf. Mr Chia Ngiang Hong, group general manager, said: "The long queue that formed well
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      Lock icon HK's gloomy expectations
      122 12 Reuters HONG KONG Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa yesterday said he expected "negative growth for a few quarters", the government's gloomiest economic assessment yet. Hong Kong is teetering on the brink of its second recession commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction since the
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      Lock icon Shares sale
      95 12 Bloomberg BEIJING China Aviation Oil (Singapore), which supplies 98 per cent of the jet fuel China imports, plans to raise about US$3O million ($54.7 million) by selling shares in Singapore later this month, Oiichina.com reported. China Aviation managing director Chen Jiulin said the company plans to sell a
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      Bottoms up
      448 14 Asia Pacific Breweries' profit rises 88% DESPITE the current downturn, Asia Pacific Breweries has good reasons to raise that glass and say; Cheers! While many listed companies are hit by the recession blues, APB impressed with an 88 per cent rise in full-year profit to $95.6 million. APB,
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        290 14 SINGAPORE shares extended last week's gains on follow-through buying by money managers who feared missing the rally. US stocks have returned to the pre-Sept 11 levels and Singapore shares have some catching up to do. The STI index put on 7.55 points to 1370.32 with profit-taking well absorbed. Market
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        Malaysia
        185 14 THE Malaysian market got off to a decent start this week after countless muted Monday performances of late. There have been no new major corporate or economic developments to spur the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, but strong interest in the lower liners and situational plays has created buoyant trading
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Dinner death
      337 18 Slain leader found dead after dinner with military elite JAKARTA Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri is under pressure to establish a commission to investigate the death of Irian Jaya independence leader, Mr Theys Eluay, 64. The Jakarta Post has confirmed that Mr Eluay attended a National Heroes Day celebration
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      Lock icon It was Bush after all
      201 18 Agencies NEW YORK Putting an end to any speculation hanging over Mr George W Bush's presidency, a comprehensive study of Florida ballots from the 2000 election shows Mr Bush would have won even if either of two limited recounts had been completed. The 10-month study
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      Keadilan leaders hug and make up
      261 18 KUALA LUMPUR The two vice-presidential contenders in Keadilan, the Malaysian opposition party led by Datin Seri Wan Azkah, have hugged and made up. At the start of the party's annual general assembly last week, both men allegedly created a scene when they quarrelled with
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      Lock icon Goa-ing all out
      48 18 -AFP photo The mottth-toaiering taste of Goa was up on display in Bombay on Sunday as part of the Festival of Goa. Goa, one of India's top tourist spots, decided to get aggressive after a 35 Per cent drop in tourist arrivals since Sept 11.
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      Lock icon Sea of starvation
      156 18 Reuters PORT MORESBY Two West Samoan fishermen who drifted across the South Pacific for four months survived by living on fish, rainwater and floating coconuts, the doctor treating them said. Two other Samoan men in the seven-metre aluminium catamaran died of starvation. One man died after a
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      Lock icon Where the waitresses are bald
      195 18 -AFP SHANGHAI A restaurant in central China has asked all employees to shave their heads to ensure customers never again have the unsavoury experience of finding a hair in their food. The restaurant, in Hunan province's capital, Changsha, listed willingness to live life hairless at
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  • COMMENTARY
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      170 20 What the regional papers said yesterday New Straits Ttmes/Ma/aysra PM: Come trade with us Foreign businessmen should take advantage of Molaysie's strong ■bilateral "trade,, investment and business linkages to promote exports, encourage investment cross-flows and realise business transactions, soys Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad; The Bangkok -Post/ Thailand iPlbri: to:gwe-
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      Why US is no Japan
      854 20  -  Caroline Baum Uncle Sam has a more flexible economy, more sensible monetary policy by in New York BOND traders of the old generation, too, are expert encing something for the first time in their trading careers: Interest rates with a 1 per cent handle. This
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      254 21 Cut Cost. Retrain Staff. Cut down your salary cost to virtually $0 when you retrain your staff under Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP). SRP incentives: Employee 40 years old and above* Employee below 40 years old 100% course fee support 90% course fee support (capped at $20 per trainee-hour) (capped at
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  • UPFRONT
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      The great escape
      753 22  -  Sudeshna Sarkar Sushmita Banerjee lives to tell of her struggle with the Taliban by SHE tangled with the Taliban, And lived to tell the tale. And now, Sushmita Banerjee (picture, centre), 42, of India has put her six years' misadventure in Afghanistan to good use, churning out
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      My Say Glow of a million lamps
      425 22  -  Kavita Ratty by kavita@ne wstoday. co m. sg MY non-Indian friends usually wish me "Happy New Year" on Deepavali day. To those who pursue it as a topic of conversation, I explain that it is not the Indian New Year. To those who
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      Getting the final answer from the hosts themselves
      302 22  -  Serene Foo by s c ren e@nc ws today. c o m. sg PUT the hosts of gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Mark Van Cuylenburg, aka Flying Dutchman (left), and Cao Qitai (right), in the hot seat and what do
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      391 24 H V r^;P I Housing and Development Board ll' .1 -*HH W----M I IBM Singapore Pte Ltd ■m in ijJivi J^H I ■fell Hi' wSff- ..JM S J'" iJ:":Vl;,- Inquisitive Mind Pte Ltd ■Si j§j .^JjSSjBJj BttL J Institute of Microelectronics H'?| mfJnJtfM Institute of Technical Education fl X Jean
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      407 25 NOVEMBE. People's Association Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre Lum Michael Pertama Merchandising Pte Ltd Tay Hwee Boon Associates Mageswary Jaya Palan Potong Pasir Community Club Temasek Polytechnic Mukundan Nair (Dr) Powerseraya Ltd The SBL Vision Family Service Centre Ong Josephine Presbyterian Community Services The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza Ong Sim
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      446 26 TUESDAY |1 Care Corner Mandarin Counselling Meeting Planners Internationa] Pte Ltd Singapore Tourism Board MHE-Dematic (Singapore) Pte Ltd SP Consulting (International) Pte Ltd Central Provident Fund Board i/ha «-.nk.i. I t r MobdeOne (Asia) Pte Ltd Spastic Children s Association of CHIJ (Katong) Primary School Singapore Mothers Home Child Development
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  • HOMECHEF
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      Pasta's faster
      346 27  -  Pauline DLoh Bake it or boil it the secret to good pasta is in the sauce by pau line@n ewstoday.com .sg MY brother's favourite pasta was this baked macaroni dish I put together during the typhoon season in Hong Kong. The markets were all closed and we were
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      Baked Macaroni
      144 27 Ingredients: 2 cups macaroni 1 pkt chicken thigh, diced 1 can mushrooms, halved 1 pkt shredded cheddar 1 small onion, diced garlic, to taste 1 cup mixed vegetables two pieces of bread, cubed olive oil Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Boil the macaroni 10 minutes,
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      Penne with Garlic Mushrooms
      106 27 Ingredients: 1 pkt penne 1 punnet fresh mushrooms 2 bulbs garlic, minced olive oil Red pepper, cut into strips Method: 1. Boil penne 10 minutes or until cooked. Drain and set aside. 2. Brown half the minced garlic in the olive oil. Add the sliced mushrooms.
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      TIPS&TRICKS
      330 27 Pasta Shapes There are so many pasta shapes that we often get confused. Here's a quick guide I found on the tvww.jJoveposta.org1 site. Useful guide if you are planning an Italian night out with the girls.Time to impress them with your pasta panache! Macaroni ("Dumpling") -A highly versatile shape
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  • LIFE IS GREAT
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      Lock icon Eating out with Moses
      794 28  -  Elaine Quek Doing the rounds in Singapore with a top food critic is a rare treat indeed by ela i nets' news today, com. sg ONE thing that will never fail to cheer me up when I'm having a bad day is good food. And here
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  • JOBBEAT
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      Lock icon Building happy families
      593 29  -  Lee U-Wen MCDS' Family Life Ambassadors programme seeks to impart life skills to workers by uwc n @n ewstod ay.cam .sg AT last year's Family Forum, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said that while the Singaporean family is generally a healthy one, there are certain signs that
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      The Web of growth
      691 30 Great Eastern's portal sees big jump in hits after revamp FOR greater business effectiveness and to strengthen its relationships with and among its various stakeholders, Great Eastern Life Assurance recently revamped and aggressively expanded its website. It did this at a time when the insurance company
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      The value of keeping IT simple
      475 30  -  Ed Zander by IN the data centre today, it comes down to two choices: You can go with an architecture that is closed, complex and costly and hire an army of consultants who will try to make it work for you. Or you can
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      A show for IT consumers
      301 31 Bargains on' products from PCs, laptops printers fo pocket disk and digital cameras The PC Expo show makes its first appearance in Singapore at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (Suntec) from tomorrow. The five-day PC Expo 2001 is organised by XPo Consultant Services
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      221 31 TAsia as/a.cnef.com/newsfec/) Personal exposure Microsoft has warned that versions of its Internet Explorer can expose consumers' personal data contained within cookies the tiny electronic files used by websites to file account information or personalised pages. The vulnerability exists within IE S.S and 6.0, but earlier browser editions
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      Pocket disk product
      92 32 A CCESSING and transporting data has become ■Zleasier, according to Cosmos Trade-Nology. The vendor will show off its Conquest Pocket Disk at the PC Expo 2001. This Pocket Disk is a removable hard disk drive with USB connection and can support up to 256M8 of disk space.
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      Iomega's interpersonal product offerings
      402 32 AT the PC Expo, the lomega booth will showcase products that allow people to share, manage, protect and enjoy their digital lives. These include the Zip drives, the Peerless drive system and lomega's CD-RW drives. Zip drives and Zip 100 MB and 250M8 disks offer an
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      For home or office
      485 33 Canon promises a line-up that will meet different user requirements CANON will display a number of new printers at the PC Expo 2001. Among them are the SIOOSP, S3OO, S4OOSP and *****. Collectively, this line-up offers consumers a wide range of features to fit nearly every
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      Thin solution to a fat puzzle
      674 34  -  Sol Solomon Server appliances can boost network capability by s olomo n® news tod ay.com ,sg WEB technologies and other recent innovations have fuelled corporate networks to undergo major changes in order to provide content that drives business and improves competitiveness. "The puzzle that
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      40 32 CNETAsia The source for computers and technology™ rmp.^-r For the first time 7 li/Air~i'~^l A number of exhibitors will be unveiling new products ai the PC Expo 2001. The following pages provide details about some of these devices, m '1
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      454 36 -Reuters Disney cartoon rakes in the money at the US box office but its days at the top are numbered LOS ANGELES With less than a week until Harry Potter bewitches movie-goers, Disney cartoon Monsters, Inc enjoyed its second and likely to be last weekend
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      Lock icon French moviegoers flock to cinemas to discover Afghanistan
      576 38 Reuters PARIS The French are flocking to films about Afghanistan as they struggle to understand a remote country propelled onto the world stage by US air strikes. French interest in Afghanistan before the Sept 11 attacks on the US was limited to
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      634 42  -  Cathleen Tung Canadian artist looking for a home for a conifer from the wild by c a till een@n c w s I od ay. com. s g CAN a living tree, removed from its natural habitat, be considered a sculpture and be exhibited as a work
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      208 42 MUSIC Sangeetham Musicians from the Bhaskar's Arts Academy will perform Karnatic and Hindustani music with traditional Indian instruments. Date: To morrow Time: 2.30 4pm Venue: The Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM) Admission: Free Enquiries: Call SPM at 337 3888 DANCE Deepavali Mela The Temple of Fine Arts presents a
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      391 43 Reuters NBA Seattle 99 Washington 84 Wizards suffer their fourth straight loss WASHINGTON Michael Jordan said he shot so badly it was funny, but Gary Payton had the last laugh after notching 32 points and 15 assists in the Seattle SuperSonics' 99-84 victory over the Washington Wizards
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      686 44 -AFP BRISTOL Mark McGwire, whose prodigious power captivated a generation, has reportedly retired. ESPN reported on Sunday that the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman will not return to Major League Baseball next season. He will be walking away from a two-year, US$3O million ($55 million) contract
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      Lock icon Dog meat no concern of Fifa, says South Korean football boss
      278 44 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's soccer supremo Chung Mong-Joon said yesterday that dog meat eateries in the country should not concern football's world governing body Fifa. "I don't understand why Fifa has raised the issue," Chung, Fifa's vice president and
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      Lock icon Arsenal midfielder Pires spat at me, claims Muscat
      185 44 -AFP MELBOURNE Australian defender Kevin Muscat claimed yesterday he was spat at by French forward Robert Pires before hacking down Christophe Dugarry in Sunday's friendly international that finished 1-1. Muscat was given a yellow card for the wild 57th-minute tackle which saw
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      Lock icon Drastic action needed at Man Utd
      421 45 LONDON George Best has warned Sir Alex Ferguson that he must take "drastic action" if he wants to win a trophy in his final season in charge of Manchester United. United legend Best criticised Ferguson for signing French international defender Laurent Blanc (picture) and
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      Lock icon Real Madrid and Deportivo crash, as Barcelona moves to second spot
      610 45 Reuters MADRID A spectacular injury-time strike from Roberto "Toro" Acuna gave Real Zaragoza a wellearned 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the Spanish first division on Sunday. Acuna, who had picked up a loose ball just inside the Real
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      Lock icon Nielsen decides to leave
      585 46  -  Jose Raymond and Stanley Ho Dane insists it has nothing to do with SEA Games debacle by sports@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the two Danish men brought in by the Football Association of Singapore to lead the Republic to its goal of qualifying for the World Cup in
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      180 46 Tt is sad that ga^ he bus decided f|R to leave but W this is football in the new era. If you don't achieve the desired results, then perhaps a new face should be given the chance to. Shahril Jantan, who was dropped from the SEA Games team It
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      I want Manchester United's treble, says Owen
      235 46 LONDON Liverpool striker Michael Owen says he wants the real treble the one that Manchester United won in 1999, reported Football36s. Said the scoring sensation, who played an integral part in Liverpool's triple Cup triumph last season: "I want to win the treble
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      Lock icon Meeting his hero
      326 47  -  S. Murali Local teen spends time with Woods by murali@newstoday.com.sg NORMALLY, someone who gets to meet his hero would want something from them, like an autograph or a memento of that meeting. But not Singapore teenager Goh Kun Yang. Instead, the 13-year-old decided to give something to
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      Real run attracts 2,000 participants
      146 47 MALAYSIANS R. Muniandy and S. Davamanim won the men's and women's categories respectively at the KIA Spectra Real Run held at Sentosa on Sunday. Muniandy pipped Briton Paul Thompson en route to his title. But the biggest winner of the day was 19-year-old Ang Kang
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      Bayern worth more than Man Utd
      119 47 BERLIN European champion Bayern Munich has posted record sales of 362 million marks ($302 million) in 2001, club vice-president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. Bayern, which reported a turnover of 283 million marks last year, became the world's most expensive club after German sportswear giant Adidas
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