Today, 18 June 2003

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    Masthead
    12 1 TODAY Wednesday June 18, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 SHARE YOUR FREE COPY
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    Shaky mayor and pangs of New York
    385 1 NEW YORK New Yorkers who used to buy "Fine City" T-shirts in Singapore don't find the term funny any more. It is too close to home. A newspaper campaign has claimed that New York City was trying to ease its budget crunch by
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    Twist to that Old Tie
    454 1  -  Derrick A Paulo by. derrick@newstoday.com.sg Jobs, deals, networking just for members WHAT happens when old school meets new economy? It's tradition with a twist With the economic downturn on the minds of many, the St Joseph's Institution Old Boys Association (SJIOBA) has decided to start
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Singapore loses WHO Sars meet to Malaysia
      455 2  -  Tan Hui Leng by. in Kuala Lumpur huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE first World Health Organisation's (WHO) global conference on Sars attended by 1,400 healthcare professionals and scientists would have been a boost for Singapore's battered tourism industry. Instead, it has gone to Malaysia, which began
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      Potter books stolen
      107 2 LIVERPOOL A truckload of the latest Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix worth £130,500 ($380,054) was stolen on Sunday. The book is scheduled to go on sale on Saturday. Merseyside police said the books were in a parked lorry when a man
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      Lock icon STI soars
      85 2 Reuters SINGAPORE shares rose sharply yesterday, lifting the main index to its highest close since August "People are shifting their money in deposits or fixed income to equities," said Mr Tan Choon Hoe, senior fund manager at AIB Govett (Asia), which manages about US$BOO million ($1,383.41 million). The
      – Reuters  -  85 words
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      Blame Corporate Singapore...
      760 3 News Comment for his bizarre buy of M 1 shares "WHAT do 1 think of our competitors? I hate them! I want them to bleed!" said famie Dimon, in a story by Fortune magazine in July last pear. The chairman and chief executive officer of Bank One
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      Star drivers
      558 3  -  Tor Ching Li by. chingli@newstoday.com.sg 88, 23, 99. NOT exactly the vital statistics of SBS Transit, but just about These are the three bus service routes one from each of its service districts: central, east and west on which SBS Transit runs advertisements that recognises the achievements of
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      Lock icon More than just a customer service officer
      231 4 Kim-Kyna Tan THE North East Line (NEL) operator, SBS Transit, which anticipates a ridership shy of a quarter of a million in its first year of operation, has reassured commuters that while the system is driverless, it is certainly not unmanned. For the
      – Kim-Kyna Tan  -  231 words
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      Jubilation and a headache
      470 4  -  Tan Hui Leng China-Taiwan tension at WHO meet by. in Kuala Lumpur huileng@newstoday.com.sg AS A thousand healthcare personnel gathered to share information at the World Health Organisation's (WHO) first global conference on Sars, an interesting sideshow played out in the cafes of the Sunway Lagoon Resort
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      220 2 8 YOUR HEALTH THE MODERN ART OF HEALING 21 June and 5 July 2003 8.30 am 12.30pm Raffles City Convention Centre, Olivia Room With health matters being a priority these days, arm yourself with important knowledge by learning all about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from the consultants of Eu Van
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      356 4 ADVERTISEMENT One stop solution to your home service needs Roofing Waterproofing specialist home service trades. r^H I I With over 8 years experience and \jM 36,000 referrals yearly, NTUC Income yj provides peace-of-mind quality r; assurance with its unique 3-month B I warranty at no extra cost to you. j
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon SingTel's win-win
      384 6  -  Chan Chao Peh Best telco and best CEO award for Optus' head by. chaopeh@newstoday.com.s HE is the head of a subsidiary. Yet, he draws a higher salary than his boss. And now, in this year's annual Telecom Asia awards, Mr Chris Anderson, CEO of Sing Tel Optus, beat
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      Lock icon 3-month deadline to claim HQO allowance
      211 6 Grace Tay THOSE served with Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs) have three months from the date they receive their HQO Allowance Scheme application forms, to submit their claims. The HQO Allowance Scheme gives quarantined persons who are self-employed a flat $70 per day, while employees
      — Grace Tay  -  211 words
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      177 7 Who gives you triple points every time you spend? Other cards give you one point Sure, some may offer a bit more But only the American Express® Card gives you the power of triple Membership Rewards" points to fly you to your dream holiday 3 times faster RIGftNl ;s LONG
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  • LETTERS
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      Why Govt needs to send stronger signal
      240 8 I REFER to the report "Limits and the small P" (Today, June 13). It is too optimistic to think that having "green lanes" and "red lanes" for the different OB markers will do much to solve the problem of Singaporeans being afraid to
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      Maids for free?
      376 8 Such offers hide the grim realities of the life of a domestic helper in Spore OJN behalf of the Ihe Working Committee I on domestic workers (TWC2), I would like to thank Mr Neil Humphreys for highlighting the disturbing ways in which some employment agencies advertise and
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      263 8 mnt v c f INCOME Dear Motorist, If your vehicle is hit by someone insured by NTUC Income Let's say you have an accident and it's not your fault. The person who hit you is insured by NTUC Income. What should you do? As soon as possible after the accident,
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      247 9 IH ASIA Life Bfljjjjjjililjj^^ M^| ISO 9000 is rapidly W^ KB KffIBnjJBiBEEE HJSJuJB QRQ it' becoming the most k^^iaJ^TJ f recognised and respected quality standard in the M A world and it has been m R W adopted by thousands of H^PJ| 'fS I W organizations globally. At Asia B^
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Australian Airlines increases use of Singapore hub
      115 10 SYDNEY Australian Airlines said it will more than double its weekly services from Singapore with the introduction of two new holiday destinations. The airline is adding three weekly flights to Bali in Indonesia from July 25 and a weekly service to Sabah in
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      Lock icon Jobs infill go
      281 10 Agencies But SIA can't say how many SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), facing its first financial loss due to a slump in passenger traffic because of the Sars outbreak, has said job cuts are inevitable but declined to confirm a report of 2,500 layoffs. "We have made it clear
      — Agencies  -  281 words
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        53 10 THE Straits Times Index closed up 28.53 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 1,493.69 yesterday because of Wall Street's overnight gains and firmer regional markets. It closed just off its day-high of 1,495.73. Volume reached 681.312 million shares worth $494,763 million. Gainers led losers 208 to 80, with 283
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        57 10 fy volume lune 17 Chartered JniFiber )atacrftUSS joldtron >ac Cent SingTel .&M lutron iingPost \siaMed Close 0.955 0.135 0.940 0.030 0.275 1.590 0.020 0.230 0.645 0.115 Change +0.035 +0.040 +0.005 +0.010 +0.050 +0.005 +0.010 +0.010 +3.8 +4.4 +20.0 +3.8 +3.2 +33.3 +4.5 +9.5 'OOO 47,958 35,269 32,334
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Bant 0.5786 0.3436 68.2618 4.5125 2.1986 0.4890 4747.30 24.03 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.93 0.8648 26.9621 685.090 0.7763 4.7893 0.9915 19.9723
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        SGX top rises
        77 10 )y$ lune 17 Close Change iPH 19.000 +0.500 iPHlOO 18.900 +0.500 )BS 11.000 +0.400 Ji0DBeCW*****61USSl 06.100+0.300 (obinson 6.400 +0.300 ilA 200 11.100 +0.300 JOB 13.000 +0.300 iTIETFlOO 15.200 +0.280 3reatEast 10.000 +0.250 jeative 50 13.600 +0.200 By percentage June 17 Close Changi L&M 0.020 +33.: Netwrk W*****1
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        SGX top falls
        81 10 By$ June 17 JurEng C&C Isetan(S) Clipsal Haw Par HKLand USS GPInd VICOM FDS Netw HPL Close Change 1.580 -0.080 5.100 -0.050 2.330 -0.050 2.300 -0.040 3.920 -0.040 1.260 -0.030 0.815 -0.025 0.760 -0.025 0.130 -0.020 1.070 -0.020 By percentage June 17 Close Change Kian Ann W*****7
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 9033 *****.37 3077 4973.19 685.06 442.30 509.04 1264.51 221.24 3431.03 Pis 193.17 2.19 168.09 1.70 20.70 0.68 80.83 1.65 1.79 0.26 12.55 2.92 -3.65 -0.71 58.98
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        Commodities
        21 10 3old us$/oz iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oz 1.627 4.62 665 Rubber centsAg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude us$/barrel 180.51 142l 26.51
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      Reincarnated and re-invented
      299 12  -  Chan Chao Peh Asia Netcom to provide range of data services by. chaopeh@newstoday.com.s; ASIA Netcom is expecting sales growth of between 30 and 60 per cent a year for the next five years, as it positions itself in new markets. The company which is the reincarnation of
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      247 12 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia SINGTEL's mobile unit said yesterday that it expects data revenues to climb to 20 per cent of total revenues from an average of 14 per cent in the next few years. Mr Lucas Chow, chief executive of Sing Tel Mobile, said its multimedia messaging service (MMS)
      – AFX-Asia  -  247 words
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      Lock icon Ascendas to build Chennai complex
      175 15 Lee Yew Meng SINGAPORE-based Ascendas has entered into a joint-venture with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) to develop a $52 million IT complex in Chennai. Construction of the first phase a five-acre complex is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of next
      – Lee Yew Meng  -  175 words
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      Lock icon Block sale
      225 15 Lee Yew Meng Launch takes advantage of NEL opening WOODLEIGH Grove (picture), a freehold apartment block, has been launched for en bloc sale, taking advantage of the opening of the North East MRT Line this weekend. Industry sources said the owners of the 31-unit four-storey block near the
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      Lock icon Exports picking up
      254 16 -AFX-Asia but May data hit by air disruptions SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports appear to be picking up, but the pace is muted due to disruptions in air cargo services following capacity cuts by airlines after the Sars outbreak, MMS International chief economist David Cohen said. "The May
      -AFX-Asia  -  254 words
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      178 16 -AFX-Asia -AFX-Asia TECHNOLOGY TIE-UP: Mainboard-listed Hong Leong Finance has entered into a technology partnership deal with Sun Microsystems and CSA Automated to upgrade its information technology systems at a cost of $14 million.The company said that both Sun and CSA have an equal stake in the project, which
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      20 years to make the list
      360 18  -  Val Chua by. val@newstoday.com.sg AMERICAN Chris Borch, (picture) 46, took 20 years to get his company, Micro-Mechanics a manufacturer of precision tools and consumables for the semiconductor industry listed. It launched its bid for a Sesdaq listing yesterday to raise about $3.8 million. Not
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2090 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      202 10 M^m UNIVERSITY OF W0 CAMBRIDGE CAREER AWARDS IN II 3RMATIOIM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FREE COURSE PREVIEW (Next to Raffles Place MRT) Date Saturday 21 June 03 Time 2.00pm Venue #08-02 The Arcade Call *****120 Wage cuts... Forced leave... Impending retrenchments... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It's time to take charge of my own
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      411 11 business. y^ How 'edo you want to be? X Power talks. And now it walks, too. i^ggp IBM ThinkPad G4O (*****8 A) Inter Pentium 4 processor 2.4 GHz tP^ 9 W IBM ThinkPad G4O (***** LA) *''''•§§sss&;• 9^^. lnieo^ted 56K modem/Ethernet LAN N*"^^^^v^. Added Features to the ThinkPad G4O: **>^-~-~~~'
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      315 12 f A INFORMATICS W GROUP fgi^p^P *J Study at your own pace. No matter how busy you are, Informatics allows you to complete your degree when and where you want. Informatics is an industry leader in providing world-class technology infrastructure. Along with the prestigious degrees and courses, we equip you
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      115 16 BUDDHIST AND PALI COLLEGE OF SINGAPORE (Affliliated To The Buddhist And Pali University of Sri Lanka) Intake is now open for SUBJECTS 1. Early Buddhism 2. Buddhist Society Dimensions 3. Geographical Expansion of Buddhism 4. Early History of Buddhism 5. Pali (Elementary) DURATION OF THE COURSE: ONE YEAR All the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon UK troops infill be stuck
      245 20 unless they can capture or kill Saddam LONDON Thousands of British troops in Iraq could be bogged down in the country for four years if attacks by pro-Saddam Hussein fighters continue to undermine attempts by the US-led forces to eliminate his former regime, The Times
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      Lock icon Argentina raises Falkland issue
      104 20 Reuters UNITED NATIONS Argentina's new government said it was required by its constitution to reclaim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and called on Britain to resume talks on the contested islands. Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa told the UN General Assembly's special committee on decolonisation that Buenos
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      Lock icon NYT under fire
      129 20 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter NEW YORK CBS News fired back at the New York Times after the newspaper reported in a front-page report that the network had dangled carrots from the media company's other divisions in order to land an interview with rescued prison-er-of-war Jessica Lynch. The story raised
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      Lock icon CPUseless
      179 22 AFP India buried under mountain of e-waste NEW DELHI India is fast becoming a dumping ground for electronic waste, especially used computers from the US, Singapore and South Korea, an environmental group has warned. Toxics Link, based in New Delhi, said in a report that most electronic waste (e-waste)
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      Lock icon Marathon runners mugged
      131 22 -AFP DURBAN (South Africa) An elderly Japanese runner taking part in Monday's Comrades ultra-marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban was mugged at the halfway mark and had his shoes stolen. "A bus ferried the shoeless victim to the finish at Durban," the organisers said, without naming the runner,
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      Lock icon Bishop arrested for hit and run
      188 24 -AFP LOS ANGELES A US Catholic bishop, accused of covering up sexual abuses by priests, was arrested on Monday for allegedly running over a pedestrian and speeding away. Police arrested Bishop Thomas O'Brien, the church's spiritual leader in the western city of Phoenix, after
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      Lock icon Long arm of rights law
      379 24 Reuters US firm faces fury of Myanmar villagers SAN FRANCISCO A US appeals court will hear oral arguments, in what could be a landmark case, to determine if US corporations can be sued for human rights abuses that occur abroad. The hearing stems from two
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      Lock icon IN BRIEF
      266 24 -AFP -AFP -AFP -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian prosecutor has recommended a six-year jail term for a man accused of cannibalism. "The defendant's actions, to steal a corpse, to cut it, to take several parts of the body and eat them, are barbaric," said the prosecutor, according to a
      -AFP  -  266 words
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      281 24 See results in weeks Beijing 101 uses only natural herbs, so you don't have to worry about side effects. f ><*~~«v —r* j-^. 1 a' r oss n women s diffuse: the hair simply thins out mS^g^ J^~"-~^k i^--^k gradually from the parting. As such, a woman may not ■pK
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      110 25 Deutsche Post |Qf World Net MAIL EXPRESS LOGISTICS FINANCE l^^^^M^^^l'- ""^ljr^vi m fi P* The future is with DHL. DHL Worldwide Express, global leader in air express, Danzas, global leader in air and ocean freight, and Deutsche Post Euro Express, European leader in parcel delivery, have joined together under the
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon When travel alerts become a weapon
      1155 26  -  Michael Backman Western leaders exploiting fear for their own ends ON THE night of May 16, bomb blasts killed 28 bystanders in Morocco and a bus overturned in France, killing 28 German tourists. It is by no means certain that Morocco will face further
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  • ISO EDGE
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      Unleash the power within
      647 28  -  Gurmeet Singh Enhancing conventional ISO audit can lead to higher profits for businesses by. news@newstoday.com .sg WHILE being ISO-certified signals a great achievement for any business, taking full advantage of trie certification in the long run can be a different matter altogether. Current audit practices, which
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      The scope of performance audit
      199 28 THE performance audit does not aim to change the auditing process radically but rather, enhance the existing conformity audit. The audit scope has been expanded to cover more than just the ability of the management to conform to ISO requirements. It aims to check the
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      Lock icon Not just for the logo
      435 30 Gurmeet Singh Axiom has undergone two ISO certifications in five years for a more structured approach to business ESTABLISHED in 1997, Axiom Technologies Manufacturing has undergone two ISO certifications to help it achieve its business needs. The company first decided on the ISO 9001:1994 in
      – Gurmeet Singh  -  435 words
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      Lock icon Thanks for the memories
      432 31 Gurmeet Singh The National Archives of Singapore keeps a wealth of local knowledge in top form THE National Archives of Singapore (NAS) has gone the ISO way since the beginning of this year to add value to its existing operations. Keeping rich historical data of both
      – Gurmeet Singh  -  432 words
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      New contracts coming their way
      248 32 PRIMECH Services Engineering is a cleaning services company which upgraded its certification from ISO 9002:1994 to ISO 9001:2000 What sort of benefits do you expect from upgrading to the ISO 9001:2000? Obtaining the ISO 9001:2000 is an affirmation that we are a wellorganised, systematic and
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      Never too early to be efficient
      155 32 Tapisteam Cleaning Services is a cleaning and disinfectant services company which upgraded its certification from ISO 9002:1994 to ISO 9001:2000 Why did you decide to upgrade now? It is never too early to become more efficient and competitive. And since the economy is not
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      Getting that environmental-friendly edge
      305 32 771 Manufacturing is a manufacturer of plastic components used in consumer electronics, computer peripherals, telecommunications and the medical industry. It was awarded the ISOI4OOI certification. What sort of benefits do you expect from implementing the ISO *****? Having attained the Environmental Management systems (EMS) certification under
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        866 34  -  Elisa Chia Australian actor Eric Bana takes on Ang Lee and Hollywood for this epic role ERIC Bana (picture) vaulted from relative obscurity to the coveted, titular role in The Hulk, Ang Lee's big-budget summer movie. You can say he's bursting out of his skin,
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        171 34 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter COLOGNE John Malkovich (picture) has signed up to star in the comedy Color Me Kubrick, the true story of a man who conned his way into London's high life by pretending to be the reclusive director Stanley Kubrick. The late
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        386 36 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Amid three new wide releases that turned in lukewarm-to-disheartening debuts, Finding Nemo (picture) proved to be the most seaworthy film at the North American box office last weekend. The G-rated animated adventure film from Disney and Pixar floated back
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        270 38 Movie-TV tie-ups are the order of the day TELEVISION and movies: Two entertainment mediums competing for your attention and dollar, one set on encouraging you to stay home and the other striving to entice you into cinemas. But these days, in the local media scene at least,
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        103 39 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Kate Beckinsale (picture), who starred in Pearl Harbor, has become engaged to the director of her latest film, her spokeswoman said on Monday. No other details were offered about the engagement of the London-born actress to Len Wiseman, the director of Underworld, in
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        379 39  -  Teng Qian Xi by. qianxi@newstoday.com.sg This year's President's Challenge certainly deserves its name. President SR Nathan went on stage last night, for the first time in the Challenge's history, to recite a poem. Sadly, Mr Nathan won't be giving an encore at the President's Star Charity show
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    872 42 Duncan and Kidd against Shag and Kobe this battle could well be the feature in the next few seasons SAN ANTONIO Everything about the newly crowned NBA champions San Antonio Spurs is understated, reported USAToday.com. It starts with their superstar power forward Tim
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      94 43 EVERYONE 5 JfcuX HCADXKG FOR TV\ For a whale of a time, come down to Funtasea 2003. Funtasea 2003 is packed with fun, prizes and surprises. Ride a hover board, draw with Einstein, stand in a giant bubble, defy gravity on the Gyrotron and meet The Droidz. Carnival coupons can
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      556 44 World No. 1 is human, but forget all this talk that Woods is in a slump OLYMPIA FIELDS Poor putting, wayward driving, sub-par equipment, lingering injury, less practice time, inactive scheduling, outside business interests, the courses don't fit him you name it Everybody has a theory
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      339 44 -AFP SYDNEY Cathy Freeman's manager confirmed yesterday that the reigning Olympic 400 m champion is considering retirement after a run of disappointing races. But he said the Aussie star has made no final decision. "She's finding it hard to keep the motivation
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      94 45 PARIS Auxerre defender Philippe Mexes is to take his club to court in an apparent bid to join English giant Arsenal. The 21-year-old star's lawyer, Jean-Louis Dupont, told I'Equipe sports daily yesterday he had asked an industrial tribunal for a ruling after Auxerre insisted he honour an agreement
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      59 45 HANOI Tran Thanh Ngoi, 23, Vietnam's top judo hope for the December South-east Asian Games, died yesterday from injuries suffered in a training accident in March. The accident occurred while he was practising with a teammate. Ngoi was rushed to the hospital on March 11 in critical condition
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      80 45 LONDON A fan who joined in a chant at a football match in which the word "Paki" short for Pakistani was used has been ordered to be convicted of a criminal offence. In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to reach the High
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      279 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Tan, Chay fail first trial for SEA Games yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a barren first day, the second day of swimming trials for December's South-east Asia (SEA) Games also failed to produce any qualifiers for Vietnam. But at least Gary Tan had some cause for celebration
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      383 45  -  Patwant Singh by. patwant@channelnewsasia. com A STORM has erupted between national shooters and the Singapore Shooting Association (SSA). Two shooters from Singapore's Double Trap squad have stepped down leaving Lee Wung Yew without a team. This means Singapore may now not have a
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      268 45 Tan Wee Boon IT WILL go down as a tale of the two debutants, with Jurong's Gusta Guzarishah finishing the match the much happier of the two players. Fresh from a stint with English Division Two side Wrexham, Daniel Bennett took to the
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      511 46  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Poulsen's boys have lifted local football, and he feels there's more to come by.' yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER Singapore's abject display in the Tiger Cup last December and the, at best, average S-League season so far, there has been a pall hanging over Singapore football. So the Young
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      89 46 HAVING won the opportunity to watch the likes of Brazil and Argentina in action, it's no wonder they're smiling. Two weeks ago, Mohd Azli (left) and Mohd Faizal won the Today/ ESPN STAR Sports contest's top prize, which included a week's stay for two at the
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      211 46 Tan Wee Boon SINCHI FC is leaving no stone unturned in trying to generate funds. Now, the rookie S-League club intends to set up a wholesale business centre in Jurong Stadium. And in another first, the club also plans to launch an energy drink,
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      275 46 Tan Yo-Hinn BRAZILIAN magic helped Malaysia beat Singapore on Monday in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Under-18 semi-final. Not voodoo, according to Malaysia's Brazilian coach Paolo Nizzo, but the kind of magic that flows from the inventors of the "beautiful game". Speaking from Yangon, Myanmar, the 56-year-old
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      692 47 -AFP Beckham reportedly set to play with Ronaldo, Zidane and Raul LONDON David Beckham looks as if he will be playing football alongside Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane next season. The England captain's club Manchester United was reported yesterday to be in talks with Real Madrid to sell
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