Today, 4 September 2003

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  • 8 1 TODAY todayonline.com Thursday September 4,2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • 724 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Will rebuke by PM make MPs over-cautious? by hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THE term seemed to be vanishing from Singapore's political dictionary. But a day after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's stern reminder to some of his party's younger Parliamentarians about watching their words, some
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  • 145 1 SINGAPOREANS are crumbling from the stress of job loss and the uncertain economic future. With the unemployment rate at an unprecedented 4.5 per cent, growing numbers are seeking either financial help or counseling. "Our social assistance workers used to handle about 20 cases
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  • 301 1 Ng Shing Vi Dr Angelina Chan, who sees a lot of former executives facing depression cases of depression because of unemployment And the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) has seen such a surge in calls
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    • 38 1 NEWSX^/lEWS pm says Employers should return the favour/2 pol pot park? Cambodians aghast at new tourism plan/4 tan kin lian Straight-talking CEO turns Income around/6 BIG MOUTH Beckham should not have revealed dressing-room talk, says Eriksson/72 a Jmw'
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    • 45 1 A SINGAPOREAN CONFESSIONS^^ J|^^3fflH SPF^^H It's home for volunteer \-jte KILLER ~sfc~ "^w.* fl^^Sß^Oiyiit V^^PBm^^^3B Litn Shuyin/30 M V^tw T\ WM K^HviVv'' SIM B2^ Ifl mWk W!f reputation and Sir I l^^wHlH^H^^kßfVMfVMilWl SHJBu B^ B^^l the paparazzi tk^^^t \f P^ftl < If^ V j effect/40 I
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 414 2  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Lee Ching Wern Private sector told to invest in workers by shobha@newstoday.com.sg NOW that employers have been given a reprieve in the form of the Government's proposed cuts in Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions, it is their turn to give back by creating and
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    • 252 2 Channel News Asia SCHOOLS are keeping up their guard against Sars with temper-ature-taking exercises ahead of the school holidays this month. But a check with 10 schools show an average of 12 students per school had lost or damaged their thermometers and had to buy
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    • 182 2 SOCIAL responsibility was also revisited by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in an interview with Channel News Asia to be aired tonight. When asked if the Government's message to Singaporeans to be more socially responsible, he said: "I would say, compared to 20 to
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    • 108 2 Newsradio 93.8 CHILDREN from China and Malaysia secured most of the places in the final phase of the Primary One registration that ended yesterday, checks revealed. Xingnan Primary and Shuqun Primary saw more than half their vacancies go to Chinese nationals. The two schools, located in
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    • 739 3  -  Elisia Yeo Indonesian President thwarted by US, political leaning, in battle against terror by elisia@newstoday.com.sg JAKARTA As terrorism experts and distant watchers express disappointment with the relatively mild sentence handed to Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri needs no reminders
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    • 394 4 Cambodians horrified by plans to turn Pol Pot's resting place into a tourist attraction ANLONG VENG (Cambodia) He was the architect of the Asian Holocaust and two million of his fellow countrymen died in his killing fields. Yet, the Cambodian government is turning to Pol Pot in
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    • 184 4 AFP SEOUL The North Korean Parliament yesterday re-elected leader Kirn Jong II as head of the National Defence Commission, the country's top post, for another five-year term. It will be his third successive term since he was elected in 1993. Mr Kirn also formed
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    • 117 4 KUALA LUMPUR It was not only the uneducated and uninformed that were bought over by the bogus Malaysian army, the Federal Special Forces of Malaysia. Of the 3,000-plus who surrendered or were arrested, 126 were civil servants, 166 army retirees and five former police officers,
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 165 6 Channel News Asia THE next few days will be suspenseful for homegrown talent Jack Neo. He will find out if his movie, Homerun, will be screened without cuts in Malaysia. The Malaysian censors viewed the movie yesterday and are to make a decision in
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    • 756 6  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal CEO turns Income around from $108 m loss last year to first-half surplus of $338 m by; shibu@newstoday.com.sg WHEN NTUC Income CEO Tan Kin Lian (picture) reels off his company's performance indicators, he sees no need to refer to a computer or
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  • LETTERS
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      565 8  -  Edmund Leong Meng Tsi Civil Service must be subject to rigours of the private sector IN my earlier letters, I had asked for the Government to take the lead in removing the anomaly in its salaries and also to reduce wastage in the Civil Service. Since then,
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    • 165 8  -  Law Sin Ling IN responding strongly to the word "betrayal", Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has demonstrated that he and his People's Action Party (PAP) have lost sight of their promises. In blaming MP Low Thia Kiang of the Workers' Party for stoking the "betrayal" issue,
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    • 127 8  -  Julian Tan I REFER to the News Comment, "Schools lost in a rat race" by Mr Lee Han Shih (Today, Sept 3). This issue is not confined to schools. Commercial companies also engage in such practices when they organise charity events and
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    • 159 10  -  Jacob George TWO teachers from a primary school and one from a secondary school recently received awards from the President in recognition of their achievements in the profession. I congratulate all three. Having said that, I believe too much emphasis has been given to teachers
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    • 340 10  -  Mardupi Ismail Such writing cannot be balanced I HAVE often wondered why the Singapore media, especially the newspapers, choose to run negative comments and reports about Malaysia. The latest example was the Commentary, "Why that funny bridge?" by Kirn Quek (Today, Sept 2). Is there an agenda
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    • 100 10  -  him Boon Hee THE Singapore Sports Council has chosen the most unfortunate time to increase by up to 100 per cent its entry fees to swimming pools and sporting facilities. What may well happen is that more people will merely tighten their belts and shun
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 431 12  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Sing Tel to begin user trials in December by shobha@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE asking for a postponement of the start date of third generation (3G) mobile services, Sing Tel is ready to launch the country's first high-speed wireless service in the first quarter of
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    • 234 12  -  Timothy Gan SGX-LISTED companies can soon avoid the negative connotations of a trading suspension when releasing information of material importance. The Singapore Exchange said yesterday it would implement a new mechanism from Nov 10 called a trading halt which can be requested only by the company
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    • 132 12 Creative Technology said it will introduce an updated version of its Sound Blaster sound card. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS will go on sale in the middle of this month and is tailored for users who play games, listen to music or watch movies on their PCs. Singapore
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    • Market Watch
      • 60 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 10,715.69 +25.61 +0.24 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 11,102.36 3,219.20 5,673.18 +162.42 -4.70 -42.77 +1.48 -0.15 -0.75 Korea Comp KLCI 766.32 745.17 -0.18 +3.15 -0.02 +0.42 SET Index Jakarta Comp 539.88 558.25 -2.02 +19.31 -0.37 +3.58 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,241.48
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      • 36 12 US$ 0.5695 UK£ 0.3633 Yen 66.3705 HK$ 4.4414 RM 2.1639 Euro 0.5268 Rupiah 4823.3 Baht 23.335 Peso 31.1922 A$ 0.8945 Indian Rs 26.121 Won 670.881 C$ 0.7936 Yuan 4.7134 NZ$ 1.0074 NTS 19.4169
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      • 21 12 Gold uss/oi 374.000 Silver uss/oi 5.025 Platinum uss/oi 716.000 Rubber centsAg 188.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1417 Brent crude uss/borrel 27.95
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      • 105 12 Dow Jones SGX SINGAPORE shares closed higher yesterday, boosted by Wall Street's gains on Tuesday and positive US economic data that benefited local technology and banking shares. The ST Index rose 8.64 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,605. The September MSCI Singapore futures contract ended at 198.5, up
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      • 60 12 Bloomberg )y volume Sep 13 ieyonics 5ES Close 0.260 0.600 Change +0.010 +0.025 +4.0 +4.3 '000 43,001 41,94! Soodpack 'ac Andes 0.745 0.380 +0.040 +0.020 +5.7 +5.6 40,04; 36,80! bartered 1.170 +0.010 +0.9 32,191 Hongguo IMXTech 0.280 0.705 +0.025 +3.7 26,44i 25,18' j'tiraya latacrftUSS 0.525 1.100 +0.035
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      • 81 12 By$ Sep 13 Hid Prime200USS /enture Close Change 8.300 +0.450 20.000 +0.400 By percentage Sep 13 Close Change KingWan W*****4 0.045 +125.0 NewToyoW*****7 0.225 +50.0 >ingamasC2kHKS 4.400 +0.325 El Nets 0.020 +33.3 Creative 50 18.300 +0.200 SeeHS W*****0 0.020 +33.3 XBC 11.200 +0.200 KingWan 0.190 +31.0 :&c
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      • 80 12 By$ By percentage Sep 13 Close Change 0CBC4.55SNCPS *****1.200 -0.700 Sep 3 Close Change PanpacMedW*****9 0.010 -50.0 SIA200 11.500 -0.100 ChuanSH W*****0 0.015 -40.0 SingTel 1.670 -0.060 HLFin 2.650 -0.050 BBR 0.020 -20.0 SinSoonH W*****9 0.055 -15.4 Robinson 6.950 -0.050 KohBrosW*****6 0.035 -12.5 SingTel 10 1.670 -0.050
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    • 286 14 -Dow Jones $244 m mall offered to Capita Mall Trust CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's biggest listed property developer, said yesterday it has agreed to acquire the Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall (picture) in Choa Chu Kang for $243.8 million. Capita Land will offer the mall to its real
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    • 120 14 THE HDB is offering for sale 1,783 new, four-room premium apartments in Punggol, Sengkang and Sembawang under the Build-To-Order (BTO) System from today. The HDB is also offering, in the same BTO exercise, 446 completed four-room flats in Sengkang, surplus from its Selective
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    • 138 14 MORE Australian food will be on our shelves soon, after NTUC Fair Price, Singapore's largest supermarket chain, signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Australia's National Food Industry Strategy Limited in Sydney on Tuesday. Under the agreement, more "Australian Pavilion" sites will be set up
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    • 141 14 Channel News Asia MR David Gerald, president of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias), is suing Nat Steel director David Ban, the right-hand man of hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng, for defamation following the recent Nat Steel takeover saga. Mr Gerald's lawyers have filed
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    • 616 16  -  William Pesek Jr Commentary Terrorism does not put investors off Asia by news@newstoday.com.sg AN extraordinary thing is happening in Asia, a region plagued by a rash of terrorist attacks and fears that more will come: Stocks are rallying. Since the Aug 5 JW Marriott hotel bombing
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    • 308 16 Bloomberg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which oversees more than US$lOO billion ($174 billion) of the nation's assets, may join Malaysia's Genting in bidding for Loy Yang, a power station in Australia, people involved said. Genting, a casino and
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    • 376 18 Reuters Merger will create giant worth more than $70 billion PARIS US television network NBC won Vivendi Universal's marathon show-business auction on Tuesday with a proposed merger to create a new entertainment industry giant worth more than US$4O billion ($7O billion). NBC, a unit of General Electric
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    • 206 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian industries suffered estimated losses of between RM2O million and RM3O million ($9 million to $13 million) during Monday's power blackout that hit five states, local media reported yesterday. Losses would have doubled if the outage had not occurred on
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    • 261 20 Bloomberg needed to reduce trade imbalances: IMF chief KUALA LUMPUR More flexible exchange rates are needed in Asia to help reduce global imbalances in trade, International Monetary Fund managing director Horst Koehler said during a visit to Malaysia. "Recent rapid accumulation of foreign reserves in many countries
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    • 127 20 -AFP PHNOM PENH Trade ministers from the 10-nation Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) were in talks yesterday with Chinese officials to accelerate the creation of the world's largest free trade area, officials said. Both sides were discussing an "early harvest" package
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 122 22 -AFP JAKARTA Foreigners who want to work in Indonesia will have to learn the language if a proposal from Manpower Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea becomes law. "I want foreigners who are going to work in Indonesia to be able to speak
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    • global roundup
      • 42 22 AFP THE Philippine military yesterday brushed aside rumours of a new coup plot being hatched. The military public information office dismissed reports that several generals were prepared to resign as a signal for a new coup attempt.
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      • 37 22 AFP AT least 27 people were killed and 116 injured after Typhoon Dujuan struck southern China. Twenty people died in Shenzhen city near Hong Kong, according to the Shenzhennews.com website.
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      • 52 22 Reuters BUSY Indians are jumping temple queues during one of Mumbai's biggest Hindu festivals by making their offerings through SMS. For 51 rupees ($1.90), plus the charge for the message, devotees can have prayers said for them at the temple to the elephantheaded
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    • 236 22 -AFP Residents tire of non-stop building at WTC site NEW YORK Ground Zero, where two years ago the twin World Trade Center towers stood proudly before they were levelled by terrorists flying hijacked jetliners has become a magnet for tourists, but an eyesore for construction-weary residents. Residents
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    • 310 23 -AFP MOSCOW At least five people were killed yesterday and more than 20 others injured when two explosive devices blew up under a commuter train in a Southern Russian town near the war-torn Muslim republic of Chechnya. An Interior Ministry spokeswoman said the train was carrying
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    • 237 23 -AFP WASHINGTON Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat declared the US-backed road map for peace and a Palestinian state dead in a CNN interview. "The road map is dead but only because of Israeli military aggression in recent weeks," CNNs website reported him as saying.
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    • 49 23 Reuters photo A man wrapped in duct tape standing in a sandstorm at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, last week. The I festival has been celebrated annually since 1986 _and draws around 20,000 "people in a celebration of radical self expression.
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    • 434 24 -AFP US criticises four European countries for wanting military HQ BRUSSELS Belgium's insistence on plans to open an autonomous European military command headquarters near Brussels next year drew blunt remarks from Washington on Tuesday. Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg the four European Union states opposed to
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    • 315 25 Agencies Strategy to rebuild Iraq, search forWMD deficient: report WASHINGTON -The US planning process for rebuilding Iraq and searching for weapons of mass destruction was flawed, rushed and deficient, according to a secret report for top US generals obtained by The Washington Times. Prepared last month
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    • 139 25 -AFP BANGKOK The owner of a gay website with pictures of Thai policemen in snugfitting uniforms has complained about police efforts to block access, a report said yesterday. The Nation newspaper reported that misterpolice.com webmaster Vorapong Siriwan was seeking to remove his website
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    • 249 25 LONDON The BBC admitted to exaggerating the status of weapons expert David Kelly in its row with the government over a "sexed up" intelligence dossier that backed the case for war against Iraq, The Guardian said yesterday. According to the paper, BBC chairman Gavyn
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    • global roundup
      • 91 25 AFP The United States and South Korea opened talks yesterday on the relocation of US troops away from the tense border with North Korea, which they have patrolled since the 1950-53 Korean War. Washington believes that it can deter North Korea more effectively
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      • 73 25 AFP Former US prisoner-of-war Jessica Lynch has struck a book deal with publisher Alfred A Knopf for her biography to be written by former New York Times Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Rick Bragg. Am a Soldier Too: The Jessica Lynch Story is scheduled
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      • 81 25 AFP A luxury cruise ship docked in Manhattan after 350 passengers and crew members came down with a gastrointestinal virus of the type that ruined a dozen cruises last year. The 1 6-day cruise from Copenhagen to New York started two
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    • 431 26 Reuters Japanese love the re-closable 'bottle can' TOKYO There hasn't been much change in the world of beverage cans since the stayon tab replaced the ring-pull tab in the late 1980s. But now Japan has put a new twist on the old can. The "bottle
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    • 437 26 Shave and a haircut plus facial, plus manicure -AFP NEW YORK They wax, they moisturise, they fret over their cuticles and they're big business in New York, where men are heading to the spa to indulge in beauty treatments once reserved for women. Candy-striped poles used to mark men's barber
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    • 53 26 Reuters photo Ruben Jalandoni, 55, a fisherman and "an acrobat", lifts a 46kg yellowfin tuna with his teeth during the biggest catch tuna contest at the General Santos city in the southern Philippines on Wednesday. Mr Jalandoni won the contest and the prize of 5,000
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1094 28  -  Siew Kum Hong I These people are pretending to look for a lost item and don't think it's silly by news@newstoday.com.sg FLASH mobs seem to have hit Singapore in a big way. Last Saturday saw two separate groups organising flash mobs in Singapore. While
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  • WATZUP?
    • 704 30  -  Kalinga Seneviratne Volunteer Lim Shuyin calls Sri Lanka home by in Sri Lanka news@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREAN Lim Shuyin, a former TCS producer of children's programmes and a freelance writer, has been living in a rural township of Embilipitiya in southern Sri Lanka for almost a year. She's
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      500 32  -  Yong Shu Chiang Oscar-winner's first film released on DVD with new commentary ALONG time before he started wagging his finger at George W Bush on television, about 16 years ago in fact, director Michael Moore was wearing the same sort of sloppy clothes that he does today. It
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    • 844 34  -  Val Chua It was the laid-back atmosphere of Key West that lured the author to settle there in 1929 by in Florida val@newstoday.com.sg THE air is fresh and crisp. The birds are singing lustily in the lush green garden. The picturesque house, done in a Spanish colonial style
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    • 46 35 A recent survey revealed that people believe Yun Nam Hair Care, established since 1985, is the "most effective hair care centre". In an April 2003 AC Nielsen survey, eight times more interviewees voted Yun Nam more popular than its competitors.
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    • 236 35 BEWARE OF HARSH HAIRSTYLING CHEMICALS Certain hairstyling treatments use chemicals that are very harsh and can cause hair to break or root damage. Avoid processes such as perming or hair colouring for at least six months after completing the hair care treatment. ARE
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    • FOOD FORUM
      • 756 36  -  Teo Siok Kuan ON THE SHELVES These veggies aren't as dull as they look by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THERE is a bewildering variety of goods on our supermarket shelves. Today and NTUC Fair Price supermarkets bring you a consumer column that will help you read the labels, assess the
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      • 141 36 PRAWN TOAST WITH WHITE SESAME SEEDS Ingredients: I spring onion (use the white part only) 60g water chestnuts 200g prawn meat (about 450g of prawns) I egg 2-3 tablespoons cold water 9 slices white bread cup white sesame seeds Vegetable oil for deep frying Method: Una blender,
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      501 36  -  Justine Moss IN THE CELLAR COOPERS CREEK Country of origin: New Zealand Region: Marlborough Grape: Sauvignon Blanc Vintage: 2002 Alcohol content: 12.5% by volume Available: NTUC Fair Price Supermarkets Price: $22.50 lAM very partial to New Zealand white wines. My mother, who hails from the "Land of
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    • 342 38 Iraq Why the silence? ■AFP Tim Robbins takes a swipe at Hollywood stars for not speaking out VENICE Tim Robbins took a thinly veiled sideswipe on Tuesday at fellow Hollywood stars who failed to follow his example and speak out against the American-led war in Iraq. Robbins, at the Venice
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    • VISA TROUBLES
      • 426 38 of the religious kind -Reuters VENICE Censorship of defiant new movies cast a cloud over the Venice Film Festival after one Iranian director was blocked from leaving his country and another had his film seized. "They didn't even see my film before they confiscated it," Babak Payami, who managed to
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      • 214 38 and the political kind -AFP MIAMI Even as music stars converged on Miami for the Latin Grammy Award ceremony, it remained unclear on Tuesday whether Cuban artistes would get visas in time for the next day's ceremony. In any case, rival protesters planned to show up near the downtown arena
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 370 40 -Reuters Clooney talks about his reputation and the paparazzi effect LOS ANGELES George Clooney (picture) clearly relishes living the life of a rich and famous bachelor, but dating has had its ups and downs. "Here's the great thing about dating," the 43-year-old actor says in a
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      • 142 40 STEP ASIDE CLOONEY, THE NEW BATMAN IS Reutersj /Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Some of Hollywood's hottest young actors will converge at the Warner Bros studio lot over the next three days to test for the title role in the next Batman film, which is scheduled to start shooting in February.
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      • 140 40 BRITISH film magazine, Empire, has compiled a list of the top 50 movie sex scenes that don't have any sex involved. Topping the list is a scene from Out of Sight, where George Clooney's escaped convict holds Jennifer Lopez's FBI agent hostage in the
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      • 212 42 -Reuters LONDON- American astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic 1969 moonwalk is the most popular piece of film footage on television, a poll published by Britain's ITN archive showed on Tuesday. The footage from Nasas Apollo 11 mission topped a list of the 20 most requested
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        375 42 -Reuters Nicolas Cage is the toast of Venice at least until George Clooney takes over VENICE Blinking, grunting and chainsmoking Hollywood star Nicolas Cage took the stage on Tuesday with his paranoid con artist character from Ridley Scott's latest film, Matchstick Men. The film, which premiered out
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    • INFOTECH
      • COMEX 2003
        • 233 44 Stock up on your IT gadgets now COMEX 2003 is one of the biggest computer and IT exhibitions held in Singapore, with more than 350 participating companies occupying four halls at the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre. This year, the exhibition focuses on mobility, connectivity and
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        • PRINTERS
          • 93 44 HP LaserJet 1150 THE HP LaserJet 1150 is a compact monochrome printer that offers fast and affordable laser printing. It prints crisp text documents with an output of 1200 dots per inch. It delivers an output rate of 17 pages (A 4) per minute and prints
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          • 127 44 Canon i 255 InkJet Printer THE Canon i 255 works on a fast engine that churns out 12 and nine pages of monochrome and colour documents respectively a minute. Although it is targeted at the budgetend of the market, its 4800 dpi resolution (non-optimised) produces high-quali-ty
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          • 158 44 Fuji Xerox Phaser 8200 THE Xerox Phaser 8200 solid ink colour printer is designed to fuel the migration of black and white to colour printers by offering customers cost savings, print quality advantages and ease of use. The printer uses single pass technology, which reduces the chances of
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        • DIGITAL CAMERAS
          • 126 46 Nikon Coolpix 5400 NIXON'S Coolpix 5400 is a compact and lightweight digital still camera with 5.1 megapixels. Its 4x Zoom-Nikkor lens incorporates an extra-low dispersion lens element to minimise chromatic aberration and two aspherical lenses to reduce distortion. The Coolpix 5400 is equipped with
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            93 46 Olympus Camedia C-450Z00m THE Olympus Camedia C-450Z00m, a fourmegapixel 3x compact zoom digital camera, is equipped with a range of precision metering systems and user-friendly scene programs. Besides the optical viewfinder, the camera's 1.8-inch LCD monitor with a resolution of around 85,000 pixels helps framing. Interesting creative avenues
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          • 96 46 Casio QV-R4O CASIO'S compact four-megapixel QV-R4O digital camera has a one-second power up time and a 0.01-second release time lag to ensure fast capture. It has a high-speed telescoping optical 3X zoom lens and a high-speed startup control. Playback is faster, too, with the QV-R4O scrolling through images
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          • 240 46 with a 5-megapixel Kodak camera Kodak Easy Share DX4530 and Printer Dock 4000 THE Kodak Easy Share DX4530 digital camera boasts a five-megapixel resolution suitable for producing prints up to 20x30 inches. It features a 3X optical Kodak Retinar all-glass aspherical lens, 3.3 X digital zoom and
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        • AUDIO PLAYERS
          • 153 46 Apple iPod APPLE'S third-generation iPods (10GB, 15GB and 30GB) hold up to 7,500 songs in a device that is lighter and thinner than two CDs. The iPod plays more than eight hours of continuous music and recharges whenever the device is in the dock or
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          • 170 46 Creative Nomad MuVo NX CREATIVE'S Nomad MuVo NX digital audio player features up to four times the memory capacity as the original Nomad MuVo and a backlit LCD for easy on-the-go navigation. This MP3 player is reportedly the first to feature M-Port compatibility that enables direct connectivity
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        • NOTEBOOKS AND DESKTOPS
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            167 48 This Vaio comes with Bass Boost technology Sony Vaio PCG-TRI THE Sony Vaio PCG-TRI notebook allows you to capture video, listen to music, watch DVD movies and surf wirelessly, thanks to Intel Centrino Mobile Technology. With its ultra-low voltage Intel Pentium M Processor i 900 MHz, the Vaio
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          • 105 48 When security is your top priority Fujitsu Lifeßook ***** THE Lifeßook *****, using Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, features an Intel Pentium M Processor I.6GHz/I.4GHz supporting enhanced Speed Step technology and a Bluetooth module enabling connection to any Bluetooth-enabled device. The 1.75 kg ***** is equipped with Fujitsu's security panel, which
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          • 95 48 Toshiba Satellite P2O TOSHIBA'S first 17-inch portable PC, the Satellite P2O series, has processor power I hitting as much as 3GHz with Hyper-Threading technology, an 800 MHz system bus, DVDburning capabilities ((DVD-RAM and DVD-R/-RW) and USB 2.0 connectivity. It comes with NVIDIA's GeForce FX G***** graphics processor
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          • 73 48 Acer Aspire 1700 THE Aspire 1700, Acer s new-generation desktop replacement, is powered by the Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.6 GHz with 80GB hard disk and 256M8 RAM. It includes a 10x8x24x CD-RW, 8x DVD-ROM (combo drive) and a full-sized keyboard with a numeric keypad. It has four
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        • HANDHELDS
          • 135 50 with wireless connectivity and multimedia applications Toshiba Pocket PC e750 TOSHIBA'S Pocket PC e750, powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs, offers new media and entertainment applications, including Microsoft Windows Media Player 9, improved e-mail synchronisation and Wi-Fi connectivity detection for access to
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          • 132 50 Palm Zire 71 THE multimedia-capable Zire 71 has a slider that activates a digital camera, providing the opportunity to take impromptu photos. A 320x320 transflective TFT colour display acts as the viewfinder. Snapshots can be saved within the 16MB of memory or with expansion cards. Other new
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          • 116 50 HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1940 THE HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1940 is a slim and sleek PDA that offers a 64,000 transflective colour display, SDIO expansion slot and integrated Bluetooth wireless capability. The 124g handheld comes with 64M8 of RAM and the Samsung 53C2410 266 MHz processor. Using
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        • OTHER TECH GOODIES
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            260 52 A DVD drive with record speeds lomega Internal 4X Dual-Format DVD Drive lOMEGA'S internal 4X dual-for-mat DVD drive (DVD±RW/CDRW EIDE/ ATAPI) can read and record CD-R, CDRW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW as well as read DVD-ROM and CD-ROM. It is touted to have the fastest DVD±RW burn speeds
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          • 191 52 EZ Connect SMC263SW THE SMC Networks EZ Connect SMC263SW 2.4 GHz UMbps wireless Cardßus adapter has a maximum power output of 100 milliWatts. The adapter includes SMC's EZ Installation Wizard for one-click set-up and its built-in utility program can scan available wireless access points on the network
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          • 172 52 NEC Solutions HTIOOO THE NEC Solutions HTIOOO is a digital entertainment projector for residential and commercial use. It features a 3000:1 contrast ratio and the vendor's chip-based Sweet Vision technology to increase the contrast for vibrant images and realistic colours. Users can adjust the
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          • 59 52 Modern PC Case Mod Products MODERN Resources Marketing has a range of PC case modification (case mods) products for users who want to personalise the look of their computers. The products include cold cathode fluorescent lamps, transparent crystal fans, transparent acrylic casings, laser-cut fan grilles, LED fan
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          • 172 52 Ranger PortaWriter THE Ranger PortaWriter is a portable CD-ROM-based product for users who want to store digital camera images into CD recordN^ able media permanently. The device copies the images from the memory card used in digital cameras onto permanent CD-R and CD-RW media for storW"
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        • 436 54  -  Sharon Ec Get a PDA that addresses your lifestyle priorities by news@newstoday.com.sg HANDHELDS have evolved to suit the lifestyles of the individual on-the-go from being able to store, exchange and update personal information/contacts to having instant access to missioncritical information while away from the office. One of
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        • 323 54  -  Dennis Mark by news@newstoday.com.sg NO man is an island nowadays. In the past few years, technology has made it possible for almost everyone to be connected anytime and anywhere. You can access data and e-mail and print documents immediately and conveniently while working at
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          166 55 Games, freebies and painted bodies LOOK out for Xbox cyber-babes decked out in body paint as they mingle with visitors and hand out collectible Xbox postcards at Comex 2003. Live body painting will take place on the Xbox stage from lpm to 3pm today, spm to Bpm tomorrow
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        • 218 55 ALONG with Nikon Imaging Company's recent rebranding efforts to raise its profile in the digital photography market, Nikon Singapore now offers better pre- and post-sales services. For example, by taking advantage of increased productivity within its organisation, the Singapore operations has shortened service turnaround time
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    • CITY STYLE
      • 450 56  -  Cathleen Tung Cleanse, tone and moisturise first, then use whitening and anti-ageing products by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg WHITENING products, anti-ageing products and sunscreens when to use what and can you apply them all at the same time? Skincare products with natural ingredients what do they mean and are
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        220 58 The new, urban male is healthy and stylish FOOTBALL'S obsession with fashion has gone offside. Football star David Beckham is no longer hot as the star is losing out to trendsetters from another sport You guessed it the gym. Although the New Urban Male 2003 finalists here
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    • TRAVELLER
      • 272 60  -  Pauline DLoh shuttles, shooting stars and mammoth bones are all parUaf the jfflfcQVefy CHILDREN are hard to please when it comes to travelling on holidays. You have to keep them happily occupied, while hopefully, they absorb some of the benefits of visiting a foreign country. Well,
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      • 364 62  -  Justine Moss You get to golf and see the pagodas and parks in Myanmar by traveller@newstoday.com.sg FEW golfers would say that Myanmar conjures up images of a popular golfing destination, instead believing it to be more a place to visit exquisite temples and other monuments of
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      • 185 62 CULTURE Yangon is known as the "Garden City of the East" with its lakes, parks and tropical vegetation. It is also home to many famous pagodas such as the Shwedagon Pagoda. Other places of interest include the National Museum, Zoological Garden, Wildlife Park in Hlawga and the Peoples'
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      • 698 64  -  Gurmeet Singh Escape to an exquisite Bali resort for a rejuvenating break from your hectic schedule by traveller@newstoday.com.sg THERE'S nothing like a good getaway to remind us to enjoy life. Rummage through your tight timetable to steal a precious fourday break and you'll be glad you
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      • 512 65  -  Rosnah Ahmad by rosnah@newstoday.com.sg AUTUMN has always been in my heart I'm not talking about a certain Korean melodrama that had many across Asia reaching out for their tissues three years ago. With its natural concoction of brilliant colours, balmy winds and Goldilocks weather (not too
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      • QUICK TOURS
        • 96 66 THE Ozback Explorer Rail Cruise train will offer you a chance to cruise Australia by rail from April next year. The train, which carries up to 90 passengers, will take 16 days to travel from Sydney to Darwin.Those who prefer shorter journeys can opt for the
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        • 234 66 THE famous Raffles touch will be felt in the heart of the Caribbean from the middle of next year. On Aug 20, Raffles International signed a management agreement with Canouan Resorts Development to operate a luxury resort on Canouan Island in the Caribbean. The island, about
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        330 66 Use Visa to enjoy sweet travel deals TWO vacations for the price of one that is the special deal awaiting cardholders who use their Visa to book a flight on Cathay Pacific. By using his Visa card, a passenger will get to stay in a Hong Kong hotel
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      • 194 66 HONG Kong's efforts to revive its Sars-battered tourist industry appears to have paid off, with nearly 1.3 million arrivals recorded in July. The total of 1,291,828 arrivals in that month was 78 per cent higher than that in June, the Hong Kong Tourism Board
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