Today, 25 November 2004

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    27 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday November 25, 2004 < MICA (P) 103/07/2004 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday November 25, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/2004 I
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    In search of a sharper image
    821 1  -  Derrick A Paulo NTU aims to be seen as full-fledged and vibrant varsity within five years FIRST, a media poll of students last month pegged it bottom of the "hip" ratings for local universities. Then, in a more scientific survey, parents and students alike
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    Lock icon GIC takes a 5% stake in Proton
    634 1  -  Ryan Chong in Kuala Lumpur THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has bought a 5 per cent stake in Proton Holdings, signaling increased investor confidence in Malaysia's national car-maker, as well as a warming of ties between Singapore and Malaysia. GIC bought
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      27 1 NEWSX\yiEWS I Constance Singam Let us speak of the unspeakable/2 Khoo How San A deadly cat and mouse game/12 Rohit Brijnath Sports' racism disease still not cured/57
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  • hot news
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      Let us speak of the unspeakable
      681 2  -  Constance Singam |^|Eyy§comment_ Urgent need to halt violence against women NO SEX please. We're Asians (for Asians, read "Singaporeans"). Sexual harassment is not a problem in our society. We are Asians. We don't talk about sex. Aids affect homosexuals more than heterosexuals. So, blame
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    • Article
      Malay, Tamil curricular review
      678 3  -  Tor Ching Li ON THE heels of the Chinese language curriculum overhaul, the Ministry of Education will announce two high-level committees to review the teaching of Malay and Tamil languages next month. Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced this in Parliament while presenting the Education White Paper
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Orchard Rd facelift
      414 4  -  Ng Shing Vi Plans to make shopping strip more vibrant THE "complete transformation" of Orchard Road and the retail scene is underway, says Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. At the end of this year or early next year, the Remaking Orchard
      AFP  -  414 words
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      ASIAN CONGRESS OF MALLS
      197 4 The Association of Shopping Centres Singapore (TASC) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding today with the Persatuan Pengurusan Kompleks Malaysia (PPK) and the Asosiasi Pengelola Pusat Belanja Indonesia. Both Malaysian and Indonesian associations represent almost 80 per cent of prominent shopping complexes in their countries. Shopping
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      Lock icon Seng Kang student tops PSLE
      638 6  -  Lee U-Wen You don't always have to come from a top school. Anybody can do it, as long as you put in hard work. 97.4% of cohort make it to secondary level, up from 97.2% last year TUCKED away in the northeast estate of Sengkang,
      LEE U-WEN  -  638 words
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      Lock icon Smoking ban may extend
      147 6 Channel News Asia SMOKING could be banned in more places here. Giving notice to die-hard smokers, Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim told Parliament that the National Environment Agency (NEA) is studying if bus stops, coffeeshops and hawkers centres should be covered by the
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    • Article
      NKF, NCC set up new Cancer Fund for research
      264 8  -  Ted Chen CANCER research and care here has received a much-needed boost with the launch of a new Cancer Fund. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has joined hands with the National Cancer Centre (NCC) and The Cancer Institute (TCI) to start
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      NUS team close to virus prevention
      408 8  -  Keith Lin Researchers uncover mosquito-borne virus path into the body IN A significant breakthrough, a team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has discovered a key protein that allows mosquito-borne viruses to infect humans. Headed by Associate Professor Mary Ng and
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Spreading 'White Ribbon'word to 120,000 homes
      295 8  -  Ansley Ng YOU usually would not give them a second look, let alone speak to them. But yesterday, residents in several housing estates across Singapore opened their doors to garbage collectors with white ribbons in hand, and this message to spread: Never commit, condone
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      Local advertising's Oscars
      418 10  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Saatchi Saatchi, Mindshare Singapore are big winners at Hall of Fame bash FOR the second time in a row, advertising agency Saatchi Saatchi was named the Advertising Agency of the Year last night at the sixth Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards 2004. There
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    • Article
      Lock icon Engineer testifies that he was not honest in dealings with LTA
      172 10 Newsßadio 93.8 A KEY engineer who worked for the main contractor of the Nicoll Highway MRT Circle Line Project has admitted that he was dishonest in his dealings with the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Mr Paul Broome, Nishimatsu's project
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
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        Lock icon Health plan for Spore, Bahrain
        70 10 Channel News Asia Singapore and Bahrain have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote closer cooperation in health care. It will enable health-care providers to obtain medical expertise from each other; send health-care professionals for training attachments; and refer patients for advanced medical treatment
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        Lock icon Singaporeans are optimistic
        42 10 Channel News Asia Singaporeans are the most optimistic consumers in the Asia-Pacific region, says a global survey by ACNielsen on how individuals plan to spend their spare cash next year. Consumers in Hong Kong came in a close second.
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        Lock icon Health minister at bird flu meet
        57 10 Channel News Asia Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan will attend the World Health Organisation and Asean 3 Health Ministers' Meeting on Avian Influenza in Bangkok from today to Saturday. Participants will share and review control measures and pandemic preparedness. The meeting will also seek
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        Lock icon Police investigate woman on MRT
        83 10 Newsßadio 93.8 A woman who was found on the Bukit Gombak MRT track at about 4.30pm yesterday was handed to the police. It was not clear if she had jumped or was pushed onto the track. But the woman, who was not injured, managed to
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      419 11 Congratulations to our r j j Winners of ♦Service Excellent Service Awards 2004 At Soo Kee Group, we aspire to delight our customers with stellar service and product excellence. In bringing home these awards, our staff have demonstrated their dedicated pursuit of superior customer service and ability to go the
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  • world news
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      A deadly game of cat and mouse
      572 12  -  Dr Khoo How San NEWSfUlflu^^— Submarine incident underscores crucial Sino-Japanese ties GOING by the recent hoopla, the sighting of a submarine is like the reaction to a beautiful woman: Out of sight, out of mind. But when she sails close, wow, people get
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      Lock icon Chemical castration for sex offenders?
      209 12 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's most populous state New South Wales has been asked to consider chemical castration for child sex offenders as a nationwide police crackdown continued on child pornography. The proposal came from conservative opposition justice spokesman Andrew Humpherson, who said child sex offenders are
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      Lock icon Anwar leads anti-ISA drive
      117 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Formerjailed Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim will be the star speaker in a major new nationwide campaign against the detention without trial of alleged Islamic militants and others in Malaysia, rights activists said yesterday. The six-month "roadshow" will be launched on Dec
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      M'sian Indians in a bad way
      356 14 Research shows 30% adversely affected by modernisation policies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ethnic Indian minority is among the worst affected by the country's rapid modernisation drive following independence in 1957, according to a top sociologist About 30 per cent of Malaysian Indians have been left
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      Lock icon Nik Aziz's 'resignation' shocker
      145 14 KUALA LUMPUR An unsubstantiated Internet report on Kelantan state chief minister Nik Aziz's resignation has triggered shock and confusion among the rank and file members of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). The report quoted unidentified political sources saying that the 73-year-old leader resigned from the party before
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      New hope for Aids patients
      330 16 SYDNEY A breakthrough drug which stops the progress of HIV will be available in Australia next week, offering new hope to Aids patients in the country and around the region. Administered twice a day by injections, it is one of the new class of drugs
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      Lock icon US phobia in Europe may hit American firms
      130 16 -AFP WASHINGTON One in five European consumers is likely to boycott goods produced by US companies, such as Altria's Marlboro cigarettes, McDonald's and General Motors, in protest of American foreign policy, according to a new poll. About 8,000 European consumers were surveyed
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Four held for Aussie embassy attack
        58 16 AFP Four Islamic militants wanted for the Sept 9 suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta have been arrested, including the alleged planner and two bombmakers, Indonesia's police chief Dai Bachtiar announced yesterday. The arrests represent the first major breakthrough in the investigation
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        Lock icon 165 dead or missing in Philippine storms
        46 16 AFP A total of 1 65 people are dead or missing after two storms tore through the Philippines in a week, the government said yesterday. The storms smashed nearly 34,000 houses and displaced more than 314,000 people, it said.
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        Lock icon M'sia film pirate on hook
        63 16 AFP Malaysian Tan Soo Leong who ran a website that charged users to watch pirated films was ordered by a California court to pay US$23.B million ($39 million) to movie studios. The Motion Picture Association said Mr Tan and his company, Master Surf, had set
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      Focus On The Family
      259 18  -  3r James Dobson w THE PAIN OF RELEASE The average teenager chomps at the bit to get out from under parental rule and during those tumultuous teenage years, many parents are only too eagerto showtheir child the door. But when the time comes, releasing a child
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    • Letter
      Blame ignorance, not apathy of able-bodied
      374 18  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN Govt, bodies, schools can aid cause of disabled I REFER to the article, "Disabling Misconceptions" (Nov 22). A significant finding of the survey commissioned by the National Council of Social Service was that 64 per cent of the disabled who were surveyed
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    • READERS'SHORT TAKES
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        MICHAEL CHANG THANKS A GOOD SAMARITAN
        102 18 I would like to say a million thanks to a lady in the queue behind me when I was drawing cash at a POSB ATM machine at Jurong East MRT station last Friday. I forgot to collect my money and only realised it half
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        MOHAMED OMAR SUGGESTS HAVING FOOD KIOSKS IN PARKS
        113 18 I would like to suggest having food kiosks at neighbourhood parks run by the town councils. Residents who utilise the parks now do not have access to snacks, soft drinks, coffee/tea while they chit-chat. There are many elderly or handicapped residents who
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    • Letter
      Local author comes to Borders' defence
      111 18  -  VINCENT GABRIEL I REFER to the letter by Mr Tan Bee Thian, "Local authors' works need a place of their own at Borders" (Nov 20). While his sentiments are good, I must come to the defence of Borders. As a local author of 25
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    • Letter
      S'pore faced security lapses based on tacit assumptions too
      197 18  -  ZACKARIA ABDUL RAHIM THE letter, "Beware the ang moh Osama" (Nov 24) by Mr Jeffrey Billington, is yet another anecdote testifying that security checks are carried out with certain tacit assumptions. Although Mr Billington's experience was in the Philippines, Singapore has
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    • Letter
      Sincerity, not excuses, was what MP offered residents
      278 18  -  P/VrRJCKNGI I REFER to the letter "Punggol residents do have access to essential facilities" (Nov 23). Punggol aside, Sengkang residents have people to thank, in particular MP Dr Michael Lim. The early years of residency in Sengkang could be described as "challenging".
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      ANOTHER BABEL IN THE MAKING?
      506 20  -  Scott Tan CQII oay IT IS a crime to be different An ironical statement considering that we who live in the 21st century often pride ourselves on our democratic ideals of equality and tolerance. The recent brouhaha over the issue of changes in the Chinese
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      Yesl Bring out the boys in trunks
      158 20  -  AUDREY VERMA I HAVE to agree whole-heartedly with Robyn Speed's candid take on the unfortunate images of women and beauty in Singapore ("Bust, beauty, pecs or biceps?", Nov 24). I, too, am sick of the countless advertisements that push a particular type of
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      Where there's smoke...
      494 22  -  RICHARD LAM Let smokers bear cost of their folly LETTER FROM BHUTAN has taken the lead and banned smoking completely. Singapore should consider following suit. Cigarettes are still too cheap because students can easily pool their pocket moneytobuyapackortwo. If taxes were raised such that a pack of
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    • SPECIAL FEATURE
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        Lock icon NKF partners with TCI and NCC to beat cancer
        1395 24  -  PROF JOHN WONG, Dr Jeremy Lim With 1 in 4 deaths here traced to cancer, this is a call to action THINK of the people you know. How many of them have had cancer? How many more will get it? Every
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon An overwhelming 'no'
      482 26  -  Jaime Koh CAO parent among shareholders rejecting plan to buy into SPC SHAREHOLDERS of China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO) overwhelmingly rejected its planned acquisition of a 20.6-per-cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) at a shareholders' meeting yesterday. About 99 per cent of the votes cast were
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    • Market BUZZ
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        Pamper your body
        149 26 THE OTO Roadshows Caltex House is on till tomorrow at the open space over the Raffles Place MRT station OTO Bodycare combines traditional therapies from the east and state-of-the art technologies from the west in the area of innovative healthcare. Among its products is the new OTO
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        A treat for YIP kids
        106 26 STAR Cruises hosted 300 children, their families, staff and volunteers from the Autism Association (Singapore) at its Annual Family Day 2004 on Friday last week on board the SuperStar Virgo. The association was set up through the initiative of a group of parents in August
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        A TVB challenge
        114 26 SCORPIO East Entertainment, the exclusive licensee of TVB video products in Singapore will host the first-ever "TVB 38-Hour Marathon Challenge" from Dec 3 to 5 at IMM Level 1 Atrium. Contestants will stand and watch some of the latest TVB serials (in Mandarin with English subtitles) for
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      CORPORATE briefs
      121 26 Singapore Technologies Engineering said that its United States unit had won a US$3l-million ($5l-million) order to build a doubleended passenger-vehicle ferry for the Nantucket Steamship Authorities of America. VT Halter Marine will deliver the ferry, which can accommodate 1,200 passengers and 76 vehicles, in the second half of
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      Lock icon FedEx expands in Singapore
      205 26 Channel News Asia FEDERAL Express (FedEx), the world's largest express delivery firm, is expanding its operations in Singapore with a financial services centre its first such facility outside the United States. The centre will enable FedEx to better serve customers which have offices in multiple countries
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Newman at the top
        208 28 Bloomberg Robinson names Marks Spencer's Cheston as CEO ROBINSON Co, Singapore's oldest and biggest retailer, named Marks Spencer Group's John Cheston as its chief executive officer, starting in January. He will replace Mr Peter Husum, who retired last month. Mr Cheston, 37, is the man- aging
        — Bloomberg  -  208 words
      • Market WATCH
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          World markets
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          SGX most active
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          SGX top rises
          72 28 By$ IMH400USS 16.900 +0.701 /enture 16.400 +0.401 :iTYDEV 7.050 +0.301 lardine C&C 9.500 +0.251 DBS 16.200 +0.201 :iTYDEVW*****0 4.500 +0.181 IITYOEV DBSeCW*****6 0.925 +0.131 )BSBk6°/.NCPS10 107.400 +0.101 3realEasl 11.900 +0.101 SIA200 10.800 +0.101 By percentage PakTech 0.085 +54.5 Wee Poh 0.015 +50.0 Tai Sin 0.150 +30.4 CITYDEV
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          SGX top falls
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          74 28 SHARE prices ended higher as investors turned their attention to property stocks. But interest in technology counters, which spurred the local market's rally on Tuesday, waned after several analysts downgraded US chip giant Intel and as the US dollar resumed its descent. The ST Index closed 10.33 points higher,
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          36 28 US$ 0.6086 UK£ 0.3257 Yen 62.879 HK$ 4.7316 RM 2.3128 Euro 0.4651 Rupiah 5472.3 Baht 24.253 Peso 34.261 A$ 0.7746 Indian Rs 27.432 Won 648.66 C$ 0.7214 Yuan 5.0374 NZ$ 0.8539 NTS 19.757
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        CDL builds $900m super luxury hotel here
        344 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Launch of the St Regis signals property developer's optimism over Singapore's economic rebound SINGAPORE'S largest property developer by market value, City Developments Ltd (CDL), is taking advantage of the economic rebound to build a $900-million super-luxury hotel and apartment project
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        TIGERS IN CATFIGHT OVER NAME
        515 30  -  Lee Han Shih WHAT'S in a name? If it is Tiger Airways, it could mean a headache for its owners, particularly Singapore Airlines. Barely two months after the Singa-pore-based budget carrier started operations, it is embroiled in a tussle with a British outfit of the
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        Lock icon More Comfort cabs in London
        246 31 Dow Jones Transport operator to run another 1,150 taxis after taking over Zingo system TRANSPORT operator ComfortDelGro announced yesterday a licensing agreement with UK-listed Manganese Bronze Holdings (MBH) that would see its London taxi fleet increase by nearly a third. ComfortDelGro said its UK unit,
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        Lock icon S Korea eyes FTA with S'pore by year end
        246 31 -AFP SEOUL South Korea expects to conclude its free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore by the end of this year, Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon said yesterday. "The government is aiming to strike a deal with Singapore within this year. The
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        Lock icon SingTel's weighting in MSCI may rise
        129 31 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) may have its representation in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indexes increased after Temasek Holdings sold shares in the company earlier this month. Temasek sold 339 million shares, or about 2 per cent of the outstanding stock in
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        Lock icon China Minsheng Bank postpones HK IPO
        141 31 -AFP SHANGHAI China Minsheng Banking Corp, the country's first-listed private bank, said yesterday it had delayed its planned initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong for one year. The Hong Kong float was scheduled for this year but the deadline has now been extended
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      A stitch in time
      235 33 B digital cameras/camcordei^B Time-lapse video option combines frames taken over months Kodak Easy Share L 5755 Booth: 5L30 THE Easy Share L 5755 from Kodak is a 5-megapixel digital camera that allows you to share photos with up to 32 email addresses stored on the camera.
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      This shakes off the dust This cancels the shakes
      310 33 Olympus E-300 Booth: 5H20 OLYMPUS brings professional photography to amateurs with its affordable digital single-lens reflex (SLR) the 8-megapixel E-300 ($1,699). Available for pre-order at Sitex, the camera has a lean, lowprofile "flat top" body. You don't have to worry about
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      Six-in-one camera that plays MP3 and records audio
      137 33 Ennyah Digicam DV32O Booth: 5J58 THE Digicam DV32O from Ennyah is a six-in-one device with digital video, camcorder, digital still camera, PC camera, MP3 player, voice recorder and USB flash drive functions. The 3-megapixel cam- era features a 2-inch TFT LCD display
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      BIGGER DIGITAL PLAYGROUND
      274 33 Hot brands, games and animation SITEX 2004 promises to be a bigger and better show with something for everyone. The four-day event, themed "Your Digital Playground", features a wide range of exhibitions and activities for visitors of all ages and covers interests ranging from professional digital photography
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        Pocket wonder
        151 34 5-in-1 multi-tasking unit Shiro DVM2OO Booth: 5E40 FOR an all-in-one, multitasking gadget, try Shiro's DVM2OO. Primarily a digital video camera, this pocket-sized unit is 16mm thick and incorporates five other functions digital camera, digital voice recorder, MP3 player, card reader for SD and MMC memory cards and an
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        6.1-megapixel SLR with anti-shake tool
        106 34 Konica Minolta Dynax 7D Booth: 4801 DON'T let shaky hands get in the way of taking great pictures with your single-lens reflex (SLR). Konica Minolta's 6.1-megapixel Dynax 7D is the first digital SLR to feature a bodyintegral anti-shake function that enhances picture quality and offers
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        HP Photosmart cameras at hot prices
        170 34 HP Photosmart R707/m407/R607 Booth: SEOI THREE of HP's Photosmart digital cameras the R707, m 407 and R607 will be available at promotional prices at Sitex 2004. The R707 (picture) is a 5.1-megapixel beauty with 3x optical zoom and features such as adaptive lighting, red-eye
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        Party away with this slim, sexy number
        126 34 Fujifilm FinePix F450 Booth: 4AIO A GREAT gadget to help you remember a night out is the sleek FinePix F450 digital camera. It is just 0.8 inches thick slim enough to fit into your pocket or purse. This small wonder has a 3.4
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        Sharp as laser
        252 36 Quality prints with HP's Smart Printing technology HP Color LaserJet 2550 Booth: SEOI TARGETED at cost-sensitive home office and small business users, the Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2550 series printer features upgradeable memory, paper capacity and network capabilities. The printer is easy to use and offers real-time status
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        With Samsung, toner lasts longer
        106 36 Samsung ML-2251 Booth: 4CIO THE network-ready ML-2251 laser printer will be available at a special Sitex price of $788 (usual price: $1,218). Ideal for the office, the ML-2251 prints up to 20ppm (pages per minute) in A 4 and with a resolution of up to
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        Colour printer, fax, copier, scanner in one
        228 36 Brother MFC-210C/ 410CN/620CN Booth: 5810 BROTHER'S latest range of six-in-one designer multifunction centres (MFCs) the MFC-210C, 410CN and 620CN is targeted at personal and home office users. Boasting snazzy colours and a compact design, this range uses the capillary tube ink system that
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        Fast monochrome printers from Fuji Xerox
        196 36 Fuji Xerox Phaser 3115 Booth: 5F30 LOOKING for affordable office equipment? Fuji Xerox's monochrome laser printer, the Phaser 3115, will be on sale at $200, a discount of about 30 per cent from its usual price of $299. The compact machine produces quality A
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        Tablet with a twist
        225 38 Transform your digital life with the Fujitsu LifeßookT4olo Fujitsu Lifeßook T4OlO Booth: 4D20 A COOL mix of style, portability and functionality, the Fujitsu Lifeßook T4OlO is a A notebook computer that transforms into a tablet PC with its swivel- A hinged 12.1-inch U display. Weighing less
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        Ranger computers stage a comeback
        112 38 Ranger iNote 1575 Booth: 5K40 RANGER is making a comeback in the personal computer market with its iNote 1575. Built with a I.6GHz Intel Pentium M (Dothan) processor, the notebook features 512M8 DDR memory, wireless LAN and a 60GB hard disk. The laptop has a
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        A Travelmate you can rely on
        110 38 Acer Travelmate 4001LCi(D) Booth: SCIO THE 4001LCi(D) is the latest addition to the Acer Travelmate notebook computer family. The system is powered by Intel Cen.o? trino mobile technology with Intel Pentium M processor 715 (400 MHz FSB, 2MB L 2 cache, I.SGHz). It comes
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        Xboxwith every Toshiba Qosmio
        123 38 Toshiba Qosmio Booth: 5D20 A FOUR-IN-ONE notebook computer, the Qosmio ElO boasts PC, TV, audio and DVD recording functions. The system uses Toshiba's High Luminance Clear Super View LCD technology that achieves bright and clear images of high contrast The QosmioPlayer feature provides a quick-boot AY
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        Portable graphics workstation
        162 38 Packard Bell Easynote H Series Booth: 5820 PACKARD Bell's latest notebook computer is designed for gamers and digital imaging enthusiasts. Suitable for applications ranging from gaming to video encoding, the Easynote H series incorporates the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor, nVidia GeForce Fx Go 5100 and 128MB
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        Security at your fingertips
        124 38 IBM Biometric ThinkPad T42 Booth: 5F20 TAKING you to greater heights in computing sect, rity, IBM has unveiled its Biometric ThinkPad T42. The notebook features a fingerprint reader that uses biometric technology to let you gain access to passwordprotected information, websites, documents and email, and a
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        Dell for work and play
        167 38 Dell Inspiron 700 m Booth: 5G40 THE Inspiron 700 m is Dell's first 12.1-inch notebook computer. Ideal for watching DVDs, the LCD screen on this machine offers sharp images with vibrant colours. The 700 m offers Intel's latest Dothan processors, the Intel Pentium M 725
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        No more clutter with this cordless laser mouse and keyboard
        344 40 Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse and Desktop LX 700 Keyboard Booths: 5M20, 4H20 and SAOB THE world's first mouse to use laser illumination and tracking, the Logitech MX 1000 combines laser with the MX processing engine and Fast RF
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        Passwords at your fingertips
        262 40 Keyboard with biometric capabilities Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop with Fingerprint Reader Booth: 4DIO IF YOU have trouble keeping track of your passwords for your online activities, Microsoft has a hassle-free solution for you. The Wireless Optical Desktop with Fingerprint reader not only saves users from the
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        Fancy a 25-screen video wall?
        310 42 NEC PX 42VP5 Plasma Booth: 4M13 ONE of NEC's latest displays, the 42-inch 42VP5 is a VGA plasma display that offers up to 68.7 billion colours. It features a video wall function, multi-interface connectivity, vertical installation and a loop-through function. The monitor's Digital AccuDevice technology
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        Two extreme views
        222 42 A single display to watch TV and use as a computer screen View Sonic Next Vision N3ooow Wide-screen Display Booths: 5L54 to 5L58 VIEWSONIC'S latest offering allows you to watch TV and work your computer using the same display. And you don't have to compromise on size
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        Designed for details
        240 43 Smooth and needle-sharp images from the Xeed Canon Xeed SXSO Multimedia Projector Booth: SCOI PUTTING its photographic and imaging technologies to good use, Canon has come up with a compact multimedia projector, the Xeed SXSO. The device delivers impressive image quality with its 2,500 lumens brightness, high
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        World's first AMD-based motherboard
        140 43 Asus ABN-SLI Deluxe Motherboard Booth: 5G30 INTRODUCING the world's first AMD-based motherboard, the ABNSLI Deluxe from Asus provides support for scalable link interface (SLI) to enable the simultaneous operation of two PCI Express graphics cards. Its two PCI Express xl slots are placed between two PCI-E
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        Stop bandwidth stealers
        104 43 PC-cillin Internet Security 2005 Booth: 5830 and IDA Pavilion PC-CILLIN Internet Security 2005 from Trend Micro features enhanced privacy, reliability and security for PCs and home networks. The software offers Wi-Fi intrusion detection that protects domestic wireless networks from bandwidth stealers and intruders. The new anti-phishing software
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        Stack it up
        198 44 Carousal organises your disc collection Imation Disc Stakka Booth: 5K30 A ORGANISE your collection of CDs, DVDs, music and game discs with Imation's Disc Stakka, an automated carousal that stores, protects and retrieves discs. Disc Stakka can be linked to a PC or Mac computer via a
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        Instant 160GB network storage
        172 44 lomega 160GB Network Hard Drive Booth: 5H30 WANT to lighten the storage load of your network PCs? lomega's 160GB network hard drive promises to do just that plus save you the cost and complexity of maintaining a server. Unlike conventional hard drives that require a host
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        For sweet music on the go
        194 44 Shiro FX/NX Digital Audio Players Booth: 5E40 SHIRO is offering special launch prices for two of its latest MP3 digital audio players. The FX MP3 player (picture) offers cool features and good looks. It boasts one-touch voice recording, up to 18 hours of playback
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      168 41 EXTRAORDINARY D^" A I from Microsoft® Fl at SITEX 2004 M M From 25 to 28 Nov Microsoft® Wireless Optical f\ W% Microsoft® Wireless IntelliMouse OFT another Microsoft DUI Mouse with Tilt Wheel Technology Explorer with Tilt Wheel Technology "El Wireless Optical Mouse Metallic Red Periwinkle Still Blue Blue Moon
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      Mind over body
      592 46  -  David Chew But looks matter, even in classical music, says Mm INTERVIEWING violin prodigy Mm Lee was anything but usual at least, for this young journalist I expected spending an hour with her talking about music, her craft and how much she has done, all before her
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      'Dear Bozo reporters...'
      595 47  -  Jeanine Tan Everyone's an expert when it comes to Singapore Idol, as our stuffed mailbag can attest to TT7HENEVER this newspaper runs a V V Singapore Idol story, that's when it's Letters Day. Reporters in the newsroom don't get reader's feedback very often. But when it comes
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      BOOK REVIEWS
      161 48  -  Lorraine Lim I The 21/2 Pillars of Wisdom: Through Trie Reading Glass PROFESSOR Dr MoritzMaria yon Igelfeld's greatest academic achievement is writing the 1,200-page tome, Portuguese Irregular Verbs. A work so obscure he himself muses that, at most, only a mere 200 people would profess to have heard
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      SHE LOVES YOU, MATE, YEAH, YEAH
      95 48 Win an autographed copy of Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason As Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason opens in cinemas today, film distributor UIP is giving away two autographed copies of Helen Fielding's book. Log on to www.uip.com.sg/today with your answer to the
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        Could the best Beatles tribute band hail from Australia?
        453 49  -  Jeanine Tan THE idea of a bunch of Australians impersonating the very British Beatles seems a little strange, especially since they do it so well that they are one of the premiere Beatles tribute bands in the world. Meet The Beatels,
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        Who's reading what
        105 49 Hossan Leong, local comedian, will be performing in Private (Partly) House If Flying Chestnuts at Jubilee Hall till Nov 27. "I'm catching up on old books by comedians, reading Whoopi Goldberg's Alice, Ellen Degeneres' books as well. Re-reading these books allow me to refresh myself on my
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        Dance legend brings kuchipudi to town
        227 50  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal AT THE age of 75, an Indian legend has set out on a world tour to spread his brand of classical dance. Vempati Chinna Satyam the foremost exponent of the kuchipudi dance form and a 32-member troupe from his Kuchipudi Art
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        Keeping tradition alive and kicking
        431 50  -  David Chew Teochew opera for a new generation of fans THE star is old, but the fans are not Jenny Tan, who helped bring in the show that Teochew opera star Tan Chor Hwee is doing, noted: "Many of her fans have grown up with
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        Lock icon 2046 snubbed by Golden Horses?
        220 51 AFP HONG KONG Stars of Wong Kar-wai's film, 2046, may skip Asia's version of the Oscars next week, aides said on Wednesday, while denying that the cast was snubbing the event in protest at Wong's absence from the best director nominees' list Although the Hong
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        Lock icon Veteran lyricist Wong Jim dead
        199 51 -AFP HONG KONG Celebrity Hong Kong lyricist and songwriter Wong Jim, the man behind some of the Chinese language's best-loved songs, died from lung cancer early on Wednesday morning at 64, his family said. Wong, who battled the disease since 2001, reportedly became critically ill
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        Dude, where's my Nivea?
        429 51  -  Pearlyn Tham 11 MAY be a good thing to shine in your career but never on your race. Made for oily or combination skin, Nivea For Men's two new face care products Nivea For Men Oil Control Face Wash and Nivea for Men Oil Control Moisturiser
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        Lock icon Tokyo's fab shopping scene
        894 52  -  Grace Tav Die-hard shopaholics will find plenty to do in Tokyo, with its sprawling malls and quirky stores AS OUR shinkansen pulled into Tokyo's Shinjuku Station, I declared to my travelling companions: "Now that's my kinda scenery!" I ignored their confused looks (we'd just come from
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        Lock icon LIFE'S A BEACH
        576 53  -  Rachel Lo But you don't have to travel very far to get away from it all THE Indonesian island of Bintan, just a 45-minute ferry ride away from Singapore, is still a great place for a quick beach vacation getaway. One of the island's main attractions is
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        QUICK TOURS
        313 53 Explore the joys of England, France Britain and France have launched a yearlong campaign to lure Singaporeans to shop in the fashion capitals of Paris and London as well as to discover more shopping attractions in Nice and Manchester. The Shop 'Til You Drop campaign kicked off on
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        Savour spirit of Sardinia
        540 54 Colourful festivals light up Italian island ONE of the most rewarding ways to discover the history, understand the culture and soak up the atmosphere of a place is to experience its array of festivals. They also offer a peek into the lives and quirks of the
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      445 58  -  TANYO-HINN Top official wants regional coaching centre at NIE ELIO Locatelli is 61-years-old and had never visited Singapore until this week. Yet a brief, two-day stopover was enough to convince the International Association of Athletic Federations (lAAF) official that their coaching academy for Southeast
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      216 58  -  Jose Raymond THE boy who was being groomed to be the next Tan Howe Liang has suffered a setback. Yesterday, 17-year-old weightlifter Sherwin Chia, who is coached by Howe Liang, confirmed that he has pulled out of the squad for the 2nd Commonwealth Youth Games
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      162 58 AFTER the Singapore women's team's heroics on Tuesday, it was the turn of their male team-mates to take centrestage at the 28th Southeast Asia (SEA) Shooting Championship yesterday. At Bangkok's Huamark Shooting Centre, Singapore completed a clean sweep of the team trap events, where the
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      499 59  -  STANLEY HO Tiger Cup winner subject of bidding war between Home and SAFFC FORMER S-League Player of the Year Therdsak Chaiman is set for a welcome return to Singapore football next season. But the question is: which S-League club will he sign for? It was revealed
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      487 60 Agencies Dreadful night on and off the terraces for fading Spanish giants CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP B Real Madrid 1 Bayer Leverkusen 1 MADRID Last week, England's black players suffered racist abuse from Spanish supporters during their 1-0 defeat in Spain. On Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time),
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      334 60 -AP GOLF PGA Grand Slam of Golf POIPU BEACH, Hawaii Retief Goosen considered skipping the PGA Grand Slam of Golf because of the recent birth of his daughter. His opponents might be wishing he had stayed home. Goosen, the
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