Today, 9 November 2004

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    26 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday November 9, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/2004 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday November 9, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon PM Lee, Indon President agree to move on economic cooperation
    431 1  -  Derrick A Paulo in Jakarta derrick@newstoday. com, sg EVER since former Indonesian president B J Habibie called Singapore a "little red dot", thorny issues between the two countries have never been far from the media spotlight That looks set to
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    Lock icon Biggest US move since '68
    608 1 AP IPS AFP, STRIKE ON FALLUJAH But assault may worsen situation: Analysts BAGHDAD The United States and Iraqi forces stood poised yesterday to launch an all-out assault to eliminate the militant resistance in the Iraqi city of Fallujah their biggest engagement, US marines said, since
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      29 1 NEWSX\YIEWS ml\AI\A says My job is to preserve air nub status/3 Ryan Chong Will Volkswagen tie-up save Proton?/22 PLANET FC S-League set Monday deadline but club pessimistic about success/41
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  • hot news
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      Time to shed the 'old PAP'
      366 2  -  Ng Shing Vi PM Lee says party needs to reinvent itself to connect with new electorate TO REFLECT the changing electorate, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) must reinvent itself and adapt to a new Singapore. Charting the direction forward for the party on
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      Lock icon For better relations
      604 3  -  Tor Ching Li MM Lee advises, listens to SIA unions, management AS PROMISED, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met with the Singapore Airlines (SIA) management and its unions at the Istana yesterday for the second time this year in an attempt to build a trusting and stable
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  604 words
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      Lock icon Dunking case witness may be impeached
      227 3 Channel News Asia A DEFENCE witness may be impeached in the trial of the four commando trainers charged with causing the death of Second Sergeant Hu En Huai and the near-drowning of Captain Ho Wan Huo. The evidence of commando instructor Staff Sergeant (SSG)
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Less work for JC students
      466 4  -  Lee U-Wen Education MinisterTharman scales down Project Work component IT pays to speak up. Since the Project Work (PW) component was introduced in January last year as part of the A-Level curriculum, junior college students and teachers have consistently aired their views on areas that
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  466 words
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      Competitors launch e-learning joint venture
      184 4  -  Eveline Gan FOUR competitors in the education business have come together to form a joint venture in interactive learning resources. Teachers and students can now access a new web portal, Learning Edvantage (Lead), for lesson plans and resources developed by a team of 45 educationists.
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      What women want
      399 6  -  Ng Shing Vi Dr Amy Khor polls women on politics THERE are not enough women in the Singapore government And the problem is not that women are apathetic, said Dr Amy Khor, the vice-chair of the People's Action Party (PAP) Women's Wing. She polled 344 women over
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      Asia, Middle East to meet here for first-time dialogue
      257 6  -  -Lee U-Wen THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has released details of the inaugural Asian Middle East Dialogue to be held in Singapore next June. Representatives, including ministers, educationists and religious leaders, from 50 selected countries will be invited. The dialogue,
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      Dentist check-up
      119 8  -  Tan Hut Leng FROM next year, the Singapore Dental Council will require all dentists to undergo compulsory Continuing Professional Development. They have to clock a certain amount of training in a twoyear period to have their practising certificates renewed. Yesterday, the council also held the inaugural Dentist's Pledge
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      Hunt on for home-kept tiger, bear
      393 8  -  Eveline Gan SOMEWHERE in Singapore, two private-estate owners are keeping a tiger and a bear as pets. And the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) is determined to hunt them down. The society has received four tip-offs about a full-grown tiger being kept
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      Military technology on display
      113 8  -  Surekha A Yadav COMING to the heart of the city for the first time, the 3G SAF TechX exhibition will showcase the leading-edge technology that has marked the transformation of the Singapore Armed Forces into a third-generation fighting force. The exhibition will be held tomorrow and
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      SMOOTH SAILING
      259 10 IT was the lure of a unique work environment and the opportunity to see the world that drew Tony Tan to consider a career with the Republic of Singapore Navy. And that was not counting the prospect of a fully sponsored education and a monthly allowance underthe Joint
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      HE'S GOT IT ALL CHARTED OUT
      257 11 "My favourite moment is when I am on watch, operating the radar on the bridge. I get to look at the open sea and scenic coastal landscape." Operating the radar is only part of ISG Tan's job. His other duties include plotting navigation charts,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon They want to bury him alive'
      452 12 Agencies Signs of power struggle as Arafat's wife lashes out at his top lieutenants CLAMART (France) Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's wife yesterday accused his top lieutenants of trying to "bury" him alive in the first signs of an open power struggle. Mrs Suha
      – Agencies; AFP  -  452 words
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      Lock icon Air Asia plane skids in Malaysia
      59 12 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR An Air Asia Boeing 737 aircraft skidded off the runway at Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia's eastern Sabah state leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and the airport closed to large planes. Two passengers were injured when the aircraft carrying about 100 passengers
      – Agencies  -  59 words
    • this QUIRky world
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        Russian officials blame it on the boogie
        88 12 Officials in the south Russian city of Belgorod are to impose restrictions on discos and attempt to "educate" DJs in an effort to improve public morality, reported the BBC. The Recommended music includes folk, Russian and western classics. As for the audience, from
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        Academic feathers ruffled
        76 12 The discovery that homing pigeons do not travel "as the crow flies" but navigate with the help of roads and motorways could result in a legal battle between the universities of Oxford and Zurich, said the Daily Telegraph. Media reports on the find has ruffled the feathers
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        Crocs to solve chicken problem
        92 12 A giant chicken farm has solved the problems of disposing with unwanted birds by building a crocodile farm next door, Ananova.com reports. The chicken farm in Jevisovice in South Moravia has to dispose of 50,000 undersized chickens every year. The farm sells 10 million chickens
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      Lock icon Europeans attacked
      353 14 Agencies, The Guardian Mobs raid homes in posh Abidjan districts ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast) Scores of Caucasian people were beaten and robbed and their homes and businesses burnt and looted in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, after a two-year-old truce was shattered over the weekend. "This place
      – Agencies, The Guardian; AFP  -  353 words
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      Woes of single men
      181 14 LONDON Men who live alone are more likely to have fewer friends, poor diets, suffer from depression and live in less comfortable homes because of their dislike of shopping, according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper reported that researchers at Edinburgh University have found that British
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      Fears of young managers
      217 14 LONDON A British employers' group has found that more younger people are managing older colleagues and new research suggests that many find it difficult, reported The Times yesterday. According to the Employers Forum on Age (EFA), there is no longer any guarantee of increasing responsibility with
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      Lock icon Was it a suicide act?
      197 14 Atr, Ihe Lruardian The Daily Telegraph LONDON A suicidal car driver may have caused the train crash in the English village of Ufton Nervet in Berkshire which killed seven and injured 150, British newspapers reported yesterday. An off-duty policeman saw the parked Mazda 323 car
      – Atr, Ihe Lruardian The Daily Telegraph  -  197 words
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      Lock icon Blast hits Dutch Muslim school
      348 15 Reports from AFF The Guardian Explosion linked to murder of Islam critic THE HAGUE A Muslim school was hit by an explosion yesterday while three mosques were targeted in failed arson attacks in the the Netherlands. Tension continued to rise in the country following the
      Reports from AFF The Guardian; AFP  -  348 words
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      Bush govt, Muslim torture
      133 15 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has warned Muslims that they would be "tortured" for the next four years following the re-election of US President George W Bush, reported Malaysiakini yesterday. "We are sad that the man who has caused the mass killings in
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      Lock icon Americans keen on NZ
      98 15 AFP WELLINGTON Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday welcomed a surge of interest from Americans considering migrating to New Zealand but was careful not to link it to the result of last week's presidential election. "We regard US migration as very desirable," she told reporters. The New
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      Focus On The Family
      261 16  -  Dr James Dobson We've spoken on several occasions about parents who couldn't care less about their children, but today I want to address those at the other end of the continuum, referring to mothers and fathers for whom the kids are the only important thing in
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    • Letter
      Opposition hasn't worked ground
      214 16  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from MR PAUL Tan's proposals in "Fairer election rules benefit all" (Nov 6) are worth considering, but some are not practical. I would not vote for a candidate who fares well during televised debates, but does not have a track record
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      Lock icon Baby miracles
      537 16  -  I PETER LIM face in ttie crowd 37, author and newfathe INFERTILITY isn't something people here talk about openly. But one couple decided to fly in the face of convention, after their own rollercoaster experience with assisted reproduction and all its frustrations. Accountant Peter Lim's book, Little Miracles:
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      Bank call centres, don't keep us waiting ... and waiting ...
      223 16  - Bank call centres, don't keep us waiting and waiting EETECKSIEW Letter from I MOST customers experience frustration when calling a bank's customer-service hotline for assistance with banking and credit card matters. The common complaint is the long waiting time before you are connected to a customer service officer. I have
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      Competition for Sistic good for arts groups, consumers
      326 17  -  I ESTHER QUEK RUILING More ticketing choices will aid Spore in becoming global arts hub I Letter from I REFER to the article, "Where do we go from here?" (Nov 6). The Singapore arts scene definitely needs another ticketing company. More competition
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      AVA should stop private dog-breeding
      221 17  -  CARMEN TANG Letter from IS IT possible for the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to stop, or at least issue guidelines on, the breeding of dogs by individuals? Such tasks should ideally be left to licensed professional breeders and not to inexperienced owners who want
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  • Businesstoday
    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index – 2,009.96 -5.81
        4 18 ST Index 2,009.96 -5.81
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        Lock icon Singapore
        208 18 Agencies SHARES fell yesterday, led by falls in Venture Corp and Sing Tel. The ST Index was down 5.81 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 2,009.96. In the broad market, losers outnumbered gainers 262 to 1 07. Traded volume totalled 661.8 million shares worth $582.9 million. Traders and investors
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        SGX most active
        50 18 By volume Close Change '000 China Sun PSCCorp Wee Poh SingTel ChinaAvOil Cosco Corp Noble Grp Anwell UniFiber RbreChem 0.390 0.065 0.010 2.300 1.260 1.100 1.260 0.335 0.150 0.590 -0.060 -0.050 +0.040 -0.025 -2.5 -3.8 +3.3 -6.9 189,898 39,942 29,891 28,771 15,462 13,265 8,326 7,094 6,280 5,991
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        SGX top rises
        81 18 By$ Jardine CSC Close Change 9.450 +0.500 By percentage Venture SGAePW*****7 Close Change 0.255 +27.5 DBS 15.900 +0.200 Venture DBePW*****3 0.320 +20.8 JMH4000SS 16.000 +0.200 SupPack 0.230 +15.0 Creative 50 GrealEast 19.200 +0.100 11.700 +0.100 Compact OCBCSGAeCW*****4 0.040 +14.3 0.355 +12.7 OCBC OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 HKLand OSS
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        SGX top falls
        83 18 By$ Venture Close Change 15.000 -0.800 By percentage LSM Close Change 0.005 -50.0 FSN 14.100 -0.200 Venture DBeCW*****3 0.175 -28.6 SIA 10.900 -0.200 Venture SGAeCW*****7 0.125 -26.5 Shang Asia 2kHKS DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 SIA 200 9.000 -0.150 107.300 -0.100 10.900 -0.100 IRE Corp LiangHual MediaS 0.015
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        World markets
        60 18 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wld 10,983.83 13,561.49 3,832.90 5,937.46 Pis -77.94 -0.70 +66.54 +0.49 -21.50 -0.56 +6.15 +0.10 Korea Comp 846.11 -14.57 -1.69 KLCI 872.89 +1.41 +0.16 SET Index 629.20 -5.89 -0.93 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 888.73 1,812.16 223.91 -4.90
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 435.50 Silver US$/oi 7.53 Platinum uss/oi 847.00 Rubber centsAg 213.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,469 Brent crude uss/barrel 46.15 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 18 US$ 0.6056 UK£ 0.3255 Yen 63.875 HK$ 4.7075 RM 2.3011 Euro 0.4671 Rupiah 5,433.4 Baht 24.654 Peso 34.121 A$ 0.7951 Indian Rs 27 344 Won 669.33 C$ 0.7238 Yuan 5.0133 NZ$ 0.8705 NTS 19.913
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      China Aviation shares continue to plunge
      364 18  -  Val Chua CEO declines to comment on rumours of trading losses SHARES of China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO) continued their downward spiral yesterday on market speculation that the company sustained large trading losses resulting from volatile oil prices. The main board-listed company, which supplies
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      Lock icon Star Hub narrows Q3 loss to $700,000
      140 18 Dow Jones NEWLY-listed Star Hub said yesterday its third-quarter loss narrowed to $700,000, or 0.03 cent per share, from $26.8 million, or 1.28 cents a share, in the corresponding period a year ago. Operating revenue in the three months ended Sept 30 rose
      – Dow Jones  -  140 words
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  • business news
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      Lock icon SIA to raise fuel surcharge again
      279 20 Dow Jones Move will partly defray record-high oil prices SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) and its regional arm, Silk Air, will again raise the fuel surcharge on tickets from Nov 15 to offset rising fuel costs. "The revised surcharge will help defray, in part, the increase
      Dow Jones  -  279 words
    • CORPORATEbriefs
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        Parkway Holdings
        47 20 reported a net profit of $12.2 million, or 1.69 cents per share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, up from $1 0.9 million, or 1.52 cents per share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Sales rose 1 3.5 per cent to $103 million.
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        Cosco Singapore
        90 20 reported a net profit of $12.1 million, or 1.12 cents per share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, up from $7 million, or 0.74 cent per share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Sales rose 33 per cent to $32.5 million. Noble Group reported a net
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        Hong Leong Finance
        57 20 reported a net profit of $21.8 million, or an annualised 20.15 cents per share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, up marginally from $20.6 million, or an annualised 19.1 cents per share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Net interest income for the finance company
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        Raffles Medical
        45 20 Group reported a net profit of $2.3 million, or 0.58 cent per share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, up from $1.8 million, or 0.47 cent per share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue was little changed at $25.6 miflion.
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        Kirn Eng Holdings
        46 20 reported a net profit of $30.7 million, or 5.08 cents per share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, down from $56.9 million, or 9.39 cents per share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue slumped 45 per cent to $62.2 million.
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    • BUSINESScomment
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        Lock icon Will a tie-up with VW save Proton?
        616 22  -  Ryan Chong Clear benefits seen, but absence of equity partnership shows commitment still wanting MALAYSIAN car-maker Proton announced last month it would assemble and sell Volkswagen (VW) cars as part of a "long-term strategic partnership" that could lead to technology sharing and, eventually,
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  • the business of marketing
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      Dawn for an ad queen
      554 23  -  Tor Ching Li Her 4-year-old advertising agency has garnered more than 300 awards ONLY a recluse would not have heard at least one of her catchy TV commercial jingles or watched her classy, quirky ads. As a creative director in various agencies and now chief
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      Lock icon More jobs from the West coming to this region
      138 23 Dow Jones LONDON Reuters is to relocate 50 jobs from its United States and United Kingdom operations. It will transfer these operations to offices in India's Bangalore, Singapore and Toronto, the United Kingdom's Sunday Times reported. Most of the jobs involved
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    • Impact
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          Lock icon Enterprising Universitas 21
          128 23 Universitas 21 Global has just been named one of Singapore's Most Enterprising Startups in the prestigious e5O startup list organised by Accenture and the Economic Development Board among others. Just a year old, the premier online graduate business school has signed up over 400 students from more
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          MDX Singapore has new CEO
          77 23  -  Ted Chen MICHAEL Rose, Ogilvy PR's former managing director, has been appointed as chief executive officer of MDX Singapore with effect from January next year. Prior to joining MDX Singapore, Mr Rose led Ogilvy PR for more than four years. He will be responsible for
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          Beautiful, yet functional
          54 23  -  Ted Chen CREDIT card company MasterCard launched its latest range of Jewel Cards in Thailand last week. Unveiled at a cocktail fashion show in Bangkok, the cards come in an array of designs featuring a variety of precious and semi-precious stones. The target market is the sophisticated
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          656 24  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla M Hotel gets picked best corporate hotel IN A modern-day day corporate version of the David versus Goliath story, a low-key boutique hostelry has beaten some of Singapore's highest starred hotels to clinch a prestigious industry award. The M Hotel
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          396 24  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla POSITIONING, as those mavens of marketing Al Reis and Jack Trout famously said, is not what you do to a product Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect Valuair, Singapore's first budget airline may be
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          Marketing conference Ideas! 2005 to return in April
          227 24  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IDEAS! ASIA 2005, the region's most comprehensive marketing conference will be returning to Singapore for the second time next April. Positioned as the marketplace for marketing professionals, Ideas! Asia 2005 is an international marketing platform created to exhibit leading
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      Lock icon Ease of use and a 360-degree view
      692 25  -  Ariel Tarn Entellium's hosted CRM applications are modular yet integrated WHY complicate your busii ness when there are simpler alternatives? This is one of the key messages that Mr Dannie Francis, vice-president of Entellium (Asia-Pacific), wants to drive home to enterprises looking at
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      Intellectual property infringements, electronics trade deficit plague China's IT industry
      349 26  -  Seah Siew Hua I OFTEN described as a rising ecoI nomic giant, China still has a number of obstacles to overcome in the development of its IT industry. Intellectual property (IP) infringements and a significant trade deficit in electronics are
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        PacNet to test non-line-of-sight wireless broadband
        150 26 Pacific Internet has announced plans to start the second phase of its wireless broadband trial here. The first phase of the trial began in April and involved the deployment of long-range, line-of-sight wireless technology and wireless hotspots in private residential properties. Currently, the 100
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        StarHub-Cisco to develop IP-based infocomm system
        91 26 Star Hub and Cisco Systems are collaborating on advanced Internet Protocol- or IP-based info-communications solutions targeted at businesses in Singapore. These solutions feature hosted IP telephony and managed IP-PBX solutions that enable the convergence of voice, video and data systems onto a single customisable
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        Fuji Xerox's five-in-one printer available end-Nov
        123 26 Fuji Xerox has launched a full-colour digital multifunctional printer, the Document Centre C 450/360/250 (DCC4SO/ 360/250). The machine incorporates five scalable backbone services document flow, management, security, mobile and customised services. The document flow services software digitises, prints, files, forwards or stores documents and
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        Manage Web content access
        87 26 Sonic Wall's Content Security Manager 2100 CF is a fullfeatured content filtering appliance meant for organisations with 50 to 1,000 users. Features include an onboard dynamic rating engine that enables users to obtain realtime ratings for new, unrated URLs. It can implement flexible time-of-day features that
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      High-end storage solutions for SMBs
      393 27  -  Seah Siew Hua StorageTek brings premium systems to mid-sized firms AT a time when many storage I solution companies are developing more entry-level products to reach SMBs, StorageTek has taken a slightly different strategy. The US-based company, known for offering premium end-to-end storage solutions to
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      236 27 KEEPING up with the ever-changing nature of Internet security threats, McAfee has released 2005 versions of its Virus Scan software and Personal Firewall Plus software. Both the products are designed to protect home users from the large number of online threats their computers are exposed to
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        BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING?
        216 28 PRIVACY advocates have voiced concern over the threat to consumer privacy, in the belief that RFID technology would allow shoppers carrying tagged items to have their movements ana behavioural patterns tracked or that governments or employers would use the RFID chips to monitor the private lives of
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        Easier ways to monitor people
        224 28  -  II II II I *rf *X* II I *rf I I I I *X* I *X* *^l I *rf I I VI I Ariel Tarn In truth, the constant monitoring of individuals with RFID tags would require a large number of readers since they work
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        THE GAME OF TAG
        1423 28  -  Ariel Tarn RFID more expensive than barcode, but the benefits it brings are substantial I THE concept behind RFID (radio I frequency identification) technology is simple: Put a small, unobtrusive electronic chip into something that you want to keep track of. Examples of applications include tracking
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        286 28  -  Ariel Jam THE cost of setting up an RFID system depends on various factors, business requirements being of foremost impact. Depending on the environment where the tags and readers will be deployed, different packaging of the tags and technical requirements for the readers will have to
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        TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
        245 29 TYPICALLY, an RFID system consists of at least two components the reader and the tag. The reader is constructed using a transceiver connected to an antenna that allows it to transmit a signal over RF waves. The tag, which incorporates a transponder, is activatec by the signal and
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        HELP DESK
        223 29 Removing Spyware manually Q: When I boot up my PC, this error message pops up: "Error loading C:\WlNDOWS\Bxxss.dll The specified module could not be found" Although I could use the PC after closing the error message, surfing the Net becomes slow. Also, the PC hangs quite frequently and
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          Manage multi-vendor RFID components
          94 29 Infineon Technologies' latest RFID offering, You-R Open, is designed to help companies connect and manage RFID hardware and software from multiple vendors. You-R Open is an operating environment that works by linking a company's existing non-RFID-based logistics IT infrastructure to its newly-installed RFID-sup-ported logistics infrastructure. Users
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          HP partners BearingPoint, OATSystems
          127 29 HP announced two major RFID partnerships one with consulting firm Bearing Point and another with RFID software vendor OATSystems. The collaboration with Bearing Point is aimed at helping retailers manage their inventory with up-to-the-minute supply-chain visibility and collect customer-buy-ing patterns to better anticipate consumer demand. HP
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          Excel joins RFID standards body
          64 29 Excel has joined EPCglobal, a not-for-profit venture comprising major technology vendors, manufacturers and retailers that aims to establish standards for the implementation and interoperability of RFID technologies. Excels role in the organisation would be to determine how RFID technology can deliver value through supply-chain improvements
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          RFID solutions as networked Web services
          86 29 Seeßeyond has unveiled an RFID composite application network, powered by its Integrated Composite Application Network Suite. Developed with input from Seeßeyond's customers and solution partners, the network delivers pre-packaged support for EPC Event Manager solution providers, including ConnecTerra, OATSystems and Sun Microsystems. Seeßeyond has
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      601 30  -  David Chew Nothing is safe from their jab but duo say show is not just about parody A LOCAL musical was spoofed at last year's Chestnuts show and suffice it to say, some people weren't too happy about it The best comedy, after all, rings true and touches
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      385 31 AFP WASHINGTON It's because he has an answer for everything that Ken Jennings, (picture, right) a young Mormon software engineer, is now rich and famous, having broken world records in a game show winning streak that has Americans holding their breath. Jennings has won more
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      472 32  -  Jeanine Tan Her Idol dream's over but Leandra's not crying LEANDRA Rasiah is happy. In fact, she's so happy she chatters on about her birthday party to be held today, what her biggest fan has done for her and her plans for the future. She needed
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      263 32  -  Jeanine Tan THERE may be a record six charity shows being held this year, but the Truehearts Charity Show on Nov 21, aims to be different from the rest To be telecast live on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 at 7pm, the Community Chest charity show
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        94 33 SINGAPORE Idol's incredible final four Sylvester Sim, Daphne Khoo, Taufik Batisah and Olinda Cho hammed it up for the cameras at the gala premiere of The Incredibles at Cathay Cineleisure on Saturday. The Incredibles, about a family of suburban superheroes, is the sixth feature film from Pixar. Look
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        219 33 -AP Forrest Gump director is 2,268 th name on Hollywood Walk DIRECTOR Robert Zemeckis, travelling on The Polar Express, stopped long enough to pick up a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Zemeckis, who won an Oscar for directing Forrest Gump, received the 2,268 th
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        I quit smoking
        613 34  -  Lvnn Seah How one man's resolve helped him triumph over nicotine SHAFFUAN bin Yousop had been smoking since he was 12. Whenever he could, he would steal a cigarette or two from his father, who was a chain smoker. He had taken his first puff out of
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        195 34 DO you get breathless easily or nave breathing difficulties attributed to asthma? If that is the case, you may be suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD, the seventh leading cause of death in Singa pore, is a common "silent killer", especially for those with a history
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        166 34 -AFP DRINKING red wine may help protect against lung cancer, although white wine may slightly enhance the risk, according to a statistical study published last month. Researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain interviewed 132 patients with lung cancer and
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      543 39 Pittsburgh new Super Bowl favourites after crushing another win streak NFL Steelers 27 Eagles 3 PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers made certain there's nobody unbeaten now in the National Football League (NFL), except for Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers combined their still-flaw-less new quarterback with a touch
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      291 39 -AP NBA Seattle 113 San Antonio 94 SEATTLE In tough-guy forward Danny Fortson (picture), the Seattle SuperSonics finally may have added the muscle they have long needed under the basket Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ray Allen added 24, leading the Sonics to
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      386 39 AFP TENNIS Paris Masters PARIS Reborn Russian star Marat Safin basked in the glory of clinching his third Paris Masters title, but insisted that world No 1 Roger Federer is still in a league of his own and is on his
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      612 40 Agencies Woods' reputation as the world's best closer takes a knock GOLF Tour Championship ATLANTA The "Goose" stole the show again. This time from Tiger. Retief Goosen won the seasonending Tour Championship on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at East Lake Golf Club with a scintillating 64, coming
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      402 40 -AFP BRISBANE New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming said yesterday he was alarmed at the scale of planning Australia had put in to conquer their final cricket frontier in India. Australia broke through over the last month for their first Test series win in India
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      165 40 AN INDIAN businessman insisted New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has made false claims against him relating to betting and match-fixing. Aushim Khetrapal told the BBC he would take legal action against Fleming. He said: "My passport details show that I was in England from
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      455 41  -  TAN YO-HINN BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2004 NO SHUTTLER has bagged a hat-trick of wins at the Singapore Open. China's Zhao Jianhua and Indonesia's Arbi Heryanto came the closest, but the twotime winners both failed. When this year's tournament opens next week, Chen
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      465 41  -  STANLEY HO Club official Ng says club will struggle to meet cash deadline THE death knell may well have sounded in Planet FC's bid to join the S-League. In a letter dated last Friday, the S-League gave the Cameroon outfit until next Monday
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      Korean club prove too strong for Singapore
      248 41  -  Stanley Ho SINGAPORE lost 3-1 to K-League side Busan I.Cons, in the first match of their training tour in South Korea yesterday. Held at the Yang-San Sports Complex, the Lions, preparing for next month's Tiger Cup, endured the worst possible start when they
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    538 42 Agencies j Real star continues scoring streak, after replacing Ronaldo PRIMERA LIGA Malaga 0 Real Madrid 2 MADRID Michael Owen spent most of the match on the bench, but he still managed to continue his red-hot streak. The Real Madrid striker came on in the second-half
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    224 42 -AFP SERIEA AC Milan 1 Roma 1 ROME They had a glorious opportunity to close the gap, but blew it. AC Milan missed out on the chance to reduce Juventus' lead at the top of Serie A to two points, when Roma held
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    Unknown Jol gets Tottenham vote
    169 42 LONDON Martin Jol became Tottenham Hotspur's sixth managerial appointment in eight years last night The Dutchman was named as the successor to Jacques Santini at the club's AGM at White Hart Lane, reported the London Evening Standard. The move, which follows Santini's shock resignation last
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      218 42 Leaaue Home Team Away Team .-..Match Kick Off i iwim^ i^ciiii nna/ i^cini i (Singapore date/time) E League Cup Burnley Tottenham Wed, 10/11/04 3,45 am E League Cup Wtfrd Southampton Wed, 10/11/04 3.45 am E League Cup Cardiff Portsmouth Wed, 10/11/04 3,45 am E League Cup Arsenal Everton Wed, 10/11/04
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    715 43 Agencies Scot claims his superstars can't focus on 'mundane' domestic issues, preferring Europe MANCHESTER According to Alex Ferguson, Manchester United's millionaires are struggling to rouse themselves for the "mundane" English Premiership. His superstars can only find their A-game in the Champions League, apparently. The Red Devils
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    169 43 MANCHESTER Robbie Fowler could face trouble with the English Football Association after allegedly gesturing to sections of Manchester United supporters. The Manchester City marksman reportedly responded to jibes from sections of Old Traf- ford, during the 0-0 derby draw on Sunday
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    ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
    183 43 Sunday's results: Man United 0 Man City 0, Middlesbrough 1 Bolton 1, Newcastle 1 Fulham 4 Chelsea Arsenal Everton Bolton Middlesbrough Aston Villa Man Utd Liverpool Newcastle Portsmouth Charlton Fulham Man City Tottenham Birmingham Crystal Palace West Brom Southampton Norwich Blackburn 12 9 2 1 17 3 29
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    SERIEA
    198 43 Sunday's results: AC Milan 1 Roma 1, Atalanta 0 Sampdoria 0, Bologna 2 Messina 2, Cagliari 0 Livorno 0, Fiorentina 11nter Milan 1, Lazio 1 Siena 1, Lecce 3 Udinese 4, Palermo 1 Parma 1 Juventus AC Milan Lecce Udinese Messina Inter Milan Fiorentina Cagliari Roma Lazio Sampdoria Chievo
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    206 43 Sunday's results: Getafe 1 Valencia 0, Levante 1 Athletic Bilbao 0, Racing Santander 2 Numancia 0, Real Sociedad 0 Espanyol2, Sevilla 1 Real Mallorca 1, Villarreal 3 Osasuna 0, Malaga 0 Real Madrid 2, Atletico Madrid 1 Zaragoza 1 Barcelona 10 8 2 0 20 5 26 Real
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