Today, 11 April 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Thursday a p hi 11,2002 MIIA |P)063 II 2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Singapore's first big bang
      667 1  -  Francis Kan Review panel recommends lighter tax burden THE first big bang in Singapore's overhaul of its economy has been unveiled. The Economic Review Committee (ERC), in its report on taxation released this morning, has presented a host of recommendations to lighten the tax burden on
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      Lock icon US bluechips blaze higher
      91 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks rose yesterday, with the Dow Jones industrial average scoring its biggest one-day gain in five weeks, as investors scooped up industrial and defence stalwarts and scoured the wreckage of the battered technology sector. The bluechip Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 173.06 points,
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      Lock icon UN peace call
      42 1 Reuters UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council formally endorsed yesterday the Madrid statement by major Middle East peace envoys calling on Israel to withdraw fully from Palestinian cities and on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to rein in "terror attacks".
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Power sharing
      427 2  -  Clement Mesenas Women network to forge ahead WHEN 30 top women business leaders got together yesterday, they did what women do. They hugged, kissed and talked about their families. But this time, they also made it a point to talk business. And the topic of the day: Connect,
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      Lock icon Revenge of the bombers
      458 3 Suicide attacks a blow to Israeli bravado JERUSALEM If Israel was gloating a day ago for stopping the spate of suicide bombings with its attacks against the Palestinians, it is not doing so now. In two separate attacks, Palestinians blew themselves up yesterday killing at least
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      Pain in the neck
      365 4  -  Leong Phei Phei Many unaware they have thyroid problems by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg A THYROID condition had led to a near-tragedy for one family in July last year. A 34-year-old mother suffering from sub-clinical hypothyroidism threw her eight-year-old daughter down a rubbish chute from their fifth-floor flat after
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      Chee tries for QCs, again
      179 4 SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief, Dr Chee Soon Juan, is trying yet again to admit two Queen's Counsel to represent him in his counter suit against PAP leaders. Dr Chee's first application to engage Australian QC Stuart Littlemore was rejected in January. This time around, he
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      167 2 IT'S OFFICIAL! J^' i TODAY is the official press for £!j'\ *P*^ Star Wars Episode II "i^'W Look out for our special "tK- features Fnaly, a truly aflediva aoplcstcn fo' hdkt, fgwpts, icni 4 pimple blmiiiiH, dark eye chtes, muddy completion end pMiy mw nil Natureßn nabJd'sdsplßfnsrtflllcn ltt|p^^ 4 Atiltanlrg
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      199 3 French fries Have you tried making French fries? If not, try it this week? Go to your nearest supermarket. And buy a ready-to-fry pack. It will never taste quite like McDonald's. Why? That's because McDonald's leaves nothing to chance. It has clear work performance standards for every stage of fry
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Happy meal
      435 6  -  Tan Hui Leng The secret behind McDonald's success by huileng@newstoday.com.sg HERE'S a no brainer name a fast-food icon synonymous with French fries, Hello Kitty, and Big Breakfast The answer is McDonald's of course and it has been singing the happy tune of success for 23 years in Singapore.
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      Grandma ordered to pay $1.95m to 170 China nationals
      156 6 THE High Court yesterday ordered Ho Sook Tin, the grandmother of a Geylang money changer who allegedly cheated foreign workers, to pay $1.95 million to some 170 Chinese nationals. Ho was a partner in Wen Long Money Changer, which was operated
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      Support for amputees
      192 6  -  Leong Phei Phei At 1 JiK getting over the trauma of losing a limb, amputees have to grapple with a new self-image. "Amputees often feel embarrassed, depressed and dare not look into a full-length mirror for a while," said Ms Ng Hwee Hian, a physiotherapist at Alexandra
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      Birth rates to fall ...
      202 6  - Birth rates to fall Channel News Asia BIRTH rates will continue to fall unless society's attitude towards women change in countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Demographic experts say both men and women are career conscious in cities like Singapore and the rat race gets more intense during
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  • LETTERS
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      How can we be bold, daring?
      251 7  -  Gilbert Louis ...when bureaucrats block us at every turn IT was refreshing and stimulating to hear the recent speeches in Parliament They reflect the maturity of the Government to accept constructive criticism. Unfortunately, until concrete steps are taken to redress the concerns raised, cynical
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      MPs, the people are listening
      158 7  -  Quo Chang Feng IT was refreshing to read the views of our PAP backbenchers. Had the Whip not been lifted, we would not have had the opportunity to hear them present individual opinions. While the media had a field day reporting the numerous comments from
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      Do we really need this high grade petrol?
      80 7  -  Lim Choo Beng THE US Federal Trade Commission recommends "regular" octane petrol, saying that higher octane petrol offers no additional benefit to most cars. 87 RON (Research Octane Number) is called "regular" in the US and 89 RON is "mid-grade". I wonder
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      The hub of the matter
      248 8 CAAS takes competition from XL in stride, emphasises service THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), which operates Changi Airport, said that it is prepared to face competition from Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur announced an ambitious plan to attract top airlines away from here. The
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        Lengkok site for sale
        49 8 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday launched a residential site at Lengkok Empat for sale by tender. The 99-year leasehold site was originally on the reserve list It was put out for tender after a developer committed to bid at least $9 million for the site.
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        Apollo-Mirvac deal
        76 8 HOTEL operator Apollo Enterprises has signed a management contract with Australian hotel and property group Mirvac to manage Apollo's Furama Hotel Central in Sydney. The contract will run for an initial seven years, with a five-year renewal option. It will take effect from April 15. Mirvac will manage
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        Safe surfing at SingNet
        88 8 INTERNET service provider Sing Net has introduced the Sing Net Broadband Filtering Service for broadband Internet access. By blocking over 500,000 undesirable sites, the service can give parents peace of mind. The server-based system allows Sing Net to update the database of objectionable sites. The service
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        94 8 A SAGGING Wall Street, images of war in the Middle East and concerns that growth may disappoint weighed heavily on the Singapore bourse as its benchmark STI slumped 38.91 points to 1715.35. The STI index suffered its biggest fall in two months, dipping to a low of 1703.01 before
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        56 8 Im Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.58 +104.09 +0.94 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.14 4696.47 -90.55 -36.24 -0.84 -0.77 Taiwan Wtd 6059.21 -10.64 -0.18 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 856.03 372.67 533.81 -32.64 +1.81 +13.81 -3.67 +0.49 +2.66 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1410.04 234.34 3479.59
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5457 UK£ 0.3797 Yen 71.1861 HK$ 4.2564 RM 2.0737 Euro 0.6197 Rupiah 5526.6 Baht 23.6977 Peso 27.8152 A$ 1.0284 Indian Rs 26.6746 Won 725.313 C$ 0.8695 Yuan 4.5170 NZ$ 1.2469 NTS 19.0883
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        Commodities
        21 8 Gold uss/oi 299.500 Silver uss/oi 4.558 Platinum uss/oz 524.800 Rubber centsAg 128.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1153 Brent crude uss/barrel 17.30
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        Malaysia
        55 8 PROMPTED by Wall Street's weakness overnight, core institutional stocks consolidated on their gains from the previous two days. Market breadth was positive, with gainers trouncing losers 601 to 217, while another 114 traded unchanged. Volume was robust at 694 million shares. EON was 60 sen higher, while Hume Industries
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        SGX most active
        54 8 By volume Apr 10 '000 Ipco 29,384 PNE Micron 20,051 Chartered 15,780 STEngg 11,276 TPV 10,595 By value Apr 10 Chartered 71,804,890 UOB 69,019,300 Venture 66,203,050 DBS 59,131,526 OCBC 46,608,046 '000 DatacrftUSS 10,357 FirstEng 9,359 KLW 9,001 BanJoo 8,965 SpShip 8,148 CITYDEV 28,334,364 SIA 24,865,394 STEngg 24,150,279
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        SGX top rises
        76 8 By$ Apr 10 c&c Close Change 4.240 +0.080 ICB 5.600 +0.050 JSH 500USS 2.850 +0.050 Robinson Spindex Sincere 5.300 +0.050 0.355 +0.035 0.750 +0.030 Bonvests 0.420 +0.020 HL Asia 0.620 +0.020 Teamsphere 0.110 +0.015 Transmarco 0.910 +0.010 By percentage Apr 10 Teamsphere Spindex IPC Close Change 0.110+15.789
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        73 8 Bloomberg By$ Apr 10 Close Change IS DJ USTECH 10USS45.900 -2.700 SPH 100 22.800 -1.200 Creative 50 20.100 -0.700 OCBC 13.200 -0.600 Venture 17.200 -0.500 UOB 14.300 -0.400 DBS 14.000 -0.300 ShangAsia2kHKS 6.500 -0.300 SPH 22.800 -0.300 ty percentage \pr 10 Close Changi :lextechW*****2 0.010 -33.33: IBM
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      Lock icon First the ships, now the planes
      261 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has embarked on an ambitious plan to court top carriers that fly to Singapore by offering financial perks and fifth landing rights, an official said yesterday. The announcement by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, which manages and operates 37 airports in
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      Slowly but surely
      373 10  -  Francis Kan New data shows economy recovering by francis@newstoday.com.sg THE light finally appeared at the end of the tunnel yesterday with the release of the preliminary estimates for first quarter economic growth figures. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank by 2.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter,
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      Lock icon Dip in HDB resale price
      456 12  -  Val Chua Today photo by Result of clearing unsold flats by1 val@newstoday.com.sg RESALE flats might see prices drop by 10 per cent in the coming months in the wake of the HDB's drive to clear 13,700 unsold new units in non-mature estates like Sengkang. Mr
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      Lock icon Andersen's merger plans
      182 12 -AFP LONDON The British arm of troubled accountants Arthur Andersen unveiled plans yesterday to merge with Deloitte and Touche to create the secondlargest professional services firm in Britain. "The two practices of Deloitte and Touche and Andersen (UK) have combined to create one firm under the Deloitte
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3125 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) I I Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 I E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com I Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.74 0.778 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixed Income 1.179 1.216 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.017 1.069 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe
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      Lock icon Favoured funds
      447 14  -  Vasu Menon Bank of Singapore Commentary But economic and political risks are still high in S-E Asia by SOUTH-EAST Asian funds did well in the first quarter six of the 10 best-performing unit trusts were from the region. But before you jump in, you should be aware of
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      Lock icon Taiwan's KGI eyes iRegent stake
      190 14 Bloomberg TAIPEI KGI International Holdings Ltd, an investment unit of Taiwan's Koos Group, said it may buy a stake in Hong Kong fund manager ißegent Group Ltd. "We have approached some directors of ißegent," said Mr Jason Wang, a senior executive vice-president of KGI Securities
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      Standard Chartered M'sia staff 'offered severance packages'
      297 16 MALAYSIA'S banking industry, which is undergoing restructuring, has seen another bank in Kuala Lumpur streamlining its operations. A Bloomberg report said Standard Chartered Pic has offered all its 1,800 staff in Malaysia severance packages. The Malaysian operations of Standard Chartered last year posted
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      M1 seeks $250m loan
      68 16 MOBILE phone operator Ml has appointed Dutch bank ABN Amro as the lead arranger and underwriter for a $250 million syndicated loan. The fixed rate five-year loan is to enable Ml to take advantage of the current low interest rates. The funds raised will be used
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      Lock icon ST Engineering acquisition
      79 16 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering has acquired a 30 per cent stake in Mobile Solutions and Payment Services for a cash consideration of $1.5 million. The other shareholders are Green Dot which holds 60 per cent, Citicorp which holds five per cent, and Gajillion which holds
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      Lock icon HLA to issue $500m bonds
      52 16 Channel News Asia HONG Leong Asia plans to issue the first tranche of its $500 million multi-currency medium-term bonds in early May. Its industrial and trade arm said yesterday it plans to use the proceeds from the bond issue to meet general funding and working
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Tiger chief will not budge
      346 18 Agencies Prabhakaran disappoints Sinhalese majority KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka) A much anticipated press conference by the leader of the Tamil Tiger guerillas, Mr Velupillai Prabhakaran, yesterday yielded few major concessions towards peace. Disappointing the island's Sinhalese majority, Mr Prabhakaran, 47, said he was sincere about pursuing
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      Mega summons A-G over Akbar's release
      215 18  -  Elista Yeo JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri has asked for an explanation for the prison release of parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tanjung, adding to growing controversy over the move. The Jakarta Post reported yesterday that Ms Megawati had summoned Attorney-General M A Rachman on Monday to
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      Lock icon Kirn succumbs to presidential workload
      162 18 Agencies SEOUL A hectic work schedule has taken its toll on the health of South Korean President Kirn Dae Jung. Mr Kirn was hospitalised yesterday for a sprained thigh muscle and an upset stomach, the presidential Blue House said. Ms Park Sun Sook, spokesman for
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      Lock icon Regional defence spending up
      167 18 Channel News Asia KUALA LUMPUR Most Asian countries slashed their defence budgets after the 1997 financial crisis, but many are starting to step up defence spending to beef up national security. The Defense Services Asia 2002, one of the world's largest defence shows now on in
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      Lock icon Doctors use stem cells to repair heart
      149 18 -AFP SYDNEY Australian doctors yesterday embarked on a pioneering trial of using adult stem cells to repair a damaged heart. Cardiologist Suku Thambar from the Hunter Medical Research Institute said the procedure, if successful, could help almost a third of all patients with
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      Lock icon Arctic oil?
      360 19 Agencies Fears in US over cut in Mideast imports WASHINGTON Terrified at the prospect that the US may be held to ransom over oil from the Middle East, some lawmakers are pushing for Senate approval to open up a pristine Arctic refuge for oil exploration. The debate on
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      Lock icon Steamy e-mail furore
      139 19 AFP TOKYO The Japanese Foreign Ministry, which is trying hard to overcome a series of scandals, was greatly embarrassed when a lovesick diplomat posted a steamy e-mail to a former subordinate on the ministry's on-line bulletin board. The love note, posted from Switzerland, was read by many
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      Lock icon Karzai vows to rebuild statues
      61 19 -AFP BAMIYAN (Afghanistan) Mr Hamid Karzai (centre), leader of the Afghan interim government, yesterday toured the site where the world's biggest Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban last year. Bamiyan is some 200 km west of Kabul. Mr Karzai vowed to rebuild the statues,
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      Priest ransom paid
      135 19 TUNGAWAN (Philippines) Despite heated denials from the Philippine government, military and police sources said money had been paid for the release of Italian priest Giuseppe Pieratoni. Philippine Interior Secretary Jose Lina on Tuesday said he would "stake my (his) neck" that no ransom had been paid for
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Is Tiger chief sincere?
      1208 20  -  Maurice Perera There's an air of optimism in Sri Lanka, but does Prabhakaran really want peace? by THIRTY years ago I left Sri Lanka. I walked away from a looming ethnic war between the Sinhalese and Tamils, the major races in the country. Call me a
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Secret formula
      1047 22  -  Pauline D Loh and Elisa Chia Singapore films should go the tearsand-laughter way by pauline@newstoday.com.sg FRANKLIN Wong (picture), CEO of MediaCorp Studios and chairman of Raintree Pictures, is convinced we have already found the success formula for Singapore films. He sees it encapsulated in Jack Neo's latest film,
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      Lock icon You can't wash these guys right out of your hair
      267 22  -  -Janice Lee YOU would think girls would be best in brainstorming great marketing strategies for L'Oreal because they're worth it. But last week's male winners of the L'Oreal Marketing Award 2002 proved that boys have much to offer the cosmetic
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  • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
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      You're what you eat
      723 25  -  Pauline D Loh What we put into our mouths directly affects our health CITY living can exact its toll. In the regular urban rush to beat the crowds, the traffic and the clock, we don't often stop to think about what we eat There are many
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      He prefers the late-night shift
      496 26  -  Low Shi Ping Deejay and comedian Daniel Ong turns to his aquariums when he needs to relax IF you are one of those who believes that chemistry cannot be cultivated, you could be wrong. Previously, Perfect 10 deejay Daniel Ong (picture) co-hosted Jive Drive with
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      When survival is the key ...
      302 26  - When survival is the key Janice Lee IT IS always refreshing to see local productions on screen in Singapore. And this weekend viewers will be able to watch two such programmes on SPH Media Works' TVWorks. Secret Worlds and Operation Tashi Deleg were commissioned by the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA)
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  • INFOTECH
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      Clearly chic clicks
      280 28  -  John Lvi A travel mouse that's a suitable match for your stylish notebook by product@asia.cnet.com WHEN you have one of those stylish looking notebooks such as the HP Omnibook 6100 or Apple Powerbook G4, it won't do to have any old beige lump for an external mouse
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      Music to the ears
      138 28 SAMSUNG Electronics has launched a handphone with polyphonic ring tunes and multimedia capabilities. The SGH-TlOO "True i" mobile phone continues with the genealogy of the SGH-N620, Samsung's first mobile phone that offers 16 polyphonic ring tone-capability. Its sophisticated sound chip can generate a wide spectrum of
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        55 28 THE Apache Software Foundation has finally endorsed for real-world "production" use, version 2.0 of the Apache Web server software that sends Web pages to Internet browsers two years later than programmers had expected. Apache director Greg Stein designated version 2.0.35 as the final version and now recommends it
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        96 28 DEMAND for customer relationship management (CRMj services should grow 15 per cent this year, according to market researcher Gartner's Dataquest unit. The CRM services market totalled US$22 billion ($40.3 billion) last year, up 10.6 per cent from the year before, and is expected to hit
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        35 28 FROM a distant corner of the galaxy, an alien race sets in motion a sinister plan to conquer the Earth. Earth's only hope lies in a new breed of heroes The Freedom Force!
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        26 28 THIS driving simulator game uses actual terrain data, photorealistic textures and actual highway alignment data to render the most realistic roadway graphics ever.
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        37 28 A Windows NT4/2000/XP SSH Secure Shell 2 server that supports various SSH2 services such as secure remote login with console, secure remote login with GUI (graphical user interface) and secure file transfer using the SFTP protocol.
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        27 28 THIS Internet gaming network enables more than 275,000 users on more than 350 servers in 40 countries to play the most popular multiplayer games.
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      308 29  -  Ariel Tarn ACER has renewed its focus on the mobile market with the launch of two notebook lines. The Travel Mate 630 (picture) is Acer's first mobile PC with the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M, while the Aspire 1400 is the vendor's new category
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      Palm OS 4.1 is here
      96 29 THE Palm OS 4.1 with Mobile Connectivity upgrade for Palm V, Vx, 111, lIIx, Illxe and lIIc handhelds is here. It enables users to connect wirelessly to their Internet accounts for e-mail and Web surfing via a compatible mobile phone or modem. The product is
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      183 29  -  Sarah Chua FOR CONSUMERS Nokia's blue alien makes mobile technology simple by sarah@newstoday.com.sg ARE you feeling alienated by the technological jargon in the world of today's mobile phones? Help is at hand in the form of a website that brings "out-of-this-world" technologies back to earth. True to its
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      279 30 FOR CONSUMERS Ml contest challenges enthusiasts to create SMS games for its one million subscribers Ml has launched a contest for enthusiasts to create interactive SMS games. The Create-A-Game Challenge promotes creativity and encourages participants to explore their imagination in conceptualising the games. Winning ideas
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      119 30 Dell will cut prices by extra $100 if HERE is a challenge from Dell to home and small-business users: If you see an advertisement for a notebook that has the same specification and configuration as an existing Dell Inspiron 8200 model but with a lower advertised price Dell will better
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      115 30 THE Computer Systems Division of Toshiba Singapore has introduced an online warranty registration facility for customers of its computers. Taking advantage of the vendor's introduction of a unique identification number on new warranty registration cards, Toshiba users will now be able to access the website at
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      427 32  -  Low Shi Ping Young Singaporean stars shinning bright with their music LOCAL music fans often believe that unless a Singaporean artist breaks into the international music scene, they are not worth listening to. Corrinne May, whose music shines best in venues like coffeehouses and acoustic clubs, is
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      350 32 Listings marked with an asterisk are US, will be the guest performer, programmes under Take Art! Date: Until Saturday Time: Bpm MUSIC Venue: Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Songs and Stories of Sunda: Sex, Love Studio Theatre and Magic Price: $1 I, $9 (Concession for students and The Lasalle-SIA Gamelan
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      297 34 SHE has won two Academy Awards for best actress, but Jodie Foster does not buy into the Hollywood hype. The actress recently likened the Oscars to bingo, and some are aghast at her "disrespectful" attitude. "Winning the Oscar is no measure of performance," Foster
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      Lock icon Yeah baby!
      418 34 Reuters/Variety Austin Powers gets his licence to spoof HOLLYWOOD If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That seems to be the operating principle behind MGM and United Artists' llth-hour negotiation that could allow New Line Cinema to use the Austir Powers in Goldmember title for the third instalment
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      Too many bugs
      480 35  -  Janice Lee 5 Sixth Sense Ghost Costner Scary FILM REVIEW Dragonfly (Opens today) I HAVE never been a big fan of supernatural thrillers as they send shivers down my spine and cause the added humiliation of my having to sleep with the lights on! Somehow though, Dragonfly's
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      227 35 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD He has played a Beverly Hills cop, a nutty professor, a veterinarian who talks with animals and now Eddie Murphy will star as a father who tries to make a living out of watching other people's kids. The actor has signed on
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      254 35 Reuters/Variety PARIS Director Martin Scorsese will be joining Woody Allen, David Lynch, Catherine Deneuve and a host of other stars as he heads the short film and Cinefoundation jury at the Cannes Film Festival next month. Scorsese will do double-duty in Cannes. A 17-minute excerpt of
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      Film fest begins tonight
      117 36 ''pHE 15th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) 17 days of -L heaven for "cineastes" here kicks off tonight with Kandahar (picture) and, for the first time ever, a local short film, Gourmet Baby. Film-lovers can also look forward to Singapore's answer to Monty Python and another
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      892 36 Selected 1 sth Singapore Int'l Film Festival Highlights Opening film: Kandahar (Iran) Hotel (UK/Italy) Director: Mohsen Makmalbaf Director: Mike Figgis A part-documentary film about an Afghan-born journalist The screen sometimes splits into four as Figgis (Leaving Las who returns to her homeland from Canada in search of her Vegas) traces
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      1491 37 M~DiACORP M=£JJJkCORP A. Singapore Business Tonight First -Power Office Girls I c Corned @Centra| 1030 Quarter Review Channel News Asia, 10.30pm (Debut) Channel 8,10.30pm AVHb channel newsasi a First Quarter Review: When Tsukahara's affair B i. B The Melty Man Cometh: Following their Taxing times for with a senior officer,
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      Lock icon Goosen gets Svengali help
      458 38 AFP South African has calmed down now AUGUSTA South Africa's Retief Goosen (picture) has his Svengali on hand here as he prepares for the 66th Masters, in case his fragile mental game takes a vacation the way it did on the 72nd hole of last year's
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      Sleepless in Singapore, but The Masters will be worth it
      672 38  -  S. Murali Comment by murali@newstoday.com.sg TIGER Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Jose-Maria Olazabal. There you go. Six unbeatable reasons why you should forsake sleep for the next four nights watching the US Masters live on
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      Lock icon India, West Indies hope to shed 'stragglers' tag
      514 39 -AFP GEORGETOWN The first Test starting at Bourda here today will pit the trav-el-sick Indian tourists against a West Indian team wallowing in an unaccustomed slump in form. India is formidable at home and fragile abroad, having failed to win a Test
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      Lock icon Sepak takraw target: World Games first, then the Olympics
      307 39  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg GETTING sepak takraw into the World Games is one of the top priorities for newly appointed deputy president of the Asian Sepak Takraw Federation, Abdul Halim Bin Kader. Halim, also the president of the Singapore Sepak Takraw
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      Lock icon Touretski: Australian coaches stole my swimmers
      313 39 AFP BRISBANE Leading coach Gennadi Touretski has lashed out at fellow Australian coaches for poaching his swimmers during his suspension last year on drug charges. Touretski's comments have stunned the Australian swimming community and he will be asked to explain to Australian Institute of
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      Jita's exit: Who dunnit?
      781 40  -  Stanley Ho An S-League special mystery: by stanley@newstoday.com.sg ON the very day that Jita Singh (picture, right) resigned, by some amazing coincidence, Tampines Rovers had a full-fledged coach in Chow Kwai Lam ready to replace him. In fact, the former Kuala Lumpur coach fortunately happened to
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      Don't be a boring old dinosaur, be different and support women in sport
      478 40  -  Ivy Singh-Lim GUEST COLUMNIST WHAT do you see when you watch a woman shopping at a NTUC Fairprice store? Just another mother or wife or daughter doing another boring female chore? Then take another hard look, I
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      Lock icon Big Phil unmoved by Romario's tears
      513 41 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO The tearful eyes of dejected striker Romario (picture) apparently failed to move Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Tuesday as he once again left the 1994 World Cup hero out of his squad. Romario, who wept in front of the
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      Lock icon Zanetti confident Inter can make it
      314 41 Uefa Cup semi-final 2nd leg Feyenoord v Inter Milan Live, tomorrow on Ch22, 2.25 am ROME Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti (picture) believes the club will put recent disappointments behind them and beat Feyenoord today. Serie A leader Inter lost 1-0 at home in
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      Lock icon Break-up takes gloss off Leverkusen's day
      264 42 Reuters LEVERKUSEN Coach Klaus Toppmoeller (picture) knows his Bayer Leverkusen team will inevitably be broken up, but he wants to make the most of the time he has left with them. Leverkusen beat Liverpool 4-3 on aggregate 4-2 on the night in a dramatic
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      Lock icon Barca relieved after scraping into semi-finals
      174 42 Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona breathed a collective sigh of relief after qualifying for the last four of the Champions League thanks to yesterday morning's heart-stopping 3-2 aggregate victory over Panathinaikos at the Nou Camp. The Catalan side, which trailed 1-0 from the first leg, looked
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        652 43 AFP But Beckham's injury mars Red Devils' progress to semis Champions League Man Utd 3 Deportivo 2 Red Devils win 5-2 on aggregate MANCHESTER Manchester United eased into the Champions League semi-finals this morning with a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna. But, the victory was overshadowed
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        292 43 AFP MADRID Spanish internationals Ivan Helguera and Guti scored vital goals for Real Madrid as it beat defending champion Bayern Munich 2-0 to move into the Champions League semi-finals. The victory kept alive Real's hopes of winning a ninth European
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        199 43 Agencies LONDON Leeds United defender Jonathan Woodgate (picture) will miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken jaw in a mystery attack, the club said yesterday. The club issued a bare statement, but refused to give any further details. "Leeds United can
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        90 43 AFP LONDON Blackburn drew 0-0 with Chelsea in a Premiership clash this morning, doing it little good in its anxious fight against relegation. Blackburn, the 1995 Premiership champion, is languishing in 17th spot, three points above the relegation zone and with a fight on its hands
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      356 47  -  Jake Low by MEL Gibson and Danny Glover have it in Lethal Weapon. So do James Belushi and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Red Heat. There are powerhouse pairings and there are powerhouse pairings but they all amount to nothing if they don't generate that elusive X Factor
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      292 47  -  Jake Low by RENE Russo is no stranger to the buddy cop genre. Having appeared opposite Mcl Gibson and Danny Glover in the phenomenally successful Lethal Weapon 3 and Lethal Weapon 4, her role in Showtime is a return to
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      343 48  -  Jake Low By Watch a movie and win a prize life doesn't get any easier than this. Beginning from Apr 11 to Aug 7 2002, movie going at Golden Village theatres promises to be an enriching experience, in more ways than one. Says Maureen Koh, Marketing
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