Today, 4 January 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • 29 1 TODAY /A=£yJJ-\CORP MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating olTCiltS Tuesday January 4,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /AediaCorp MICA (P) 103/07/2004 1 c ■I—' CD o CL o o c Tuesday January 4,2005. todayonliiie.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 149 1 -AFP BUENOS AIRES A young boy may have fired a flare that ignited an Argentina nightclub inferno, whose death toll rose to 183 after an 11-year-old girl died of her injuries yesterday. Amidst widespread anger over safety standards, a sound engineer at the disco
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    • 92 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks skidded lower yesterday in the first day of trading this year, after an opening rally fizzled out and investors appeared to lock in some of last year's gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 53.58 points to 10,729.06, the Nasdaq Composite
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    • 440 1  -  Tor Ching Li Unicef calls country's response 'outstanding' chingli@newsto day, com. sg A COORDINATION centre will be set up in Singapore within the next few days to assist the United Nations (UN) in its regional relief and reconstruction efforts for tsunami-devastated countries, particularly Indonesia.
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    • 499 1 Agencies SYDNEY The "Marshall Plan" is being revisited in the wake of the Asian tsunami catastrophe, which, according to latest United Nations estimates, could have claimed more than 150,000 lives. The proposal for such a comprehensive effort is now in circulation among diplomatic circles
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 44 1 NEWSX\VIEWS H Wong Fei Wan Give with no strings attached/3 Home prices up New residential property worth 0.7% more in Q4 than Q3/16 impact I PAGES 20, 21 Day 1 at new U Former Channel U stars start first day with MediaCorp/24 8 "*****6"*****9"
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    • 35 1 aW 1^ VA A m WJLm 9m No relief I^_ for West Brom/34 Jg KUWAIT ARRESTS SOLDIERS WORLD 8 SINGAPOREAN DEATH TOLL Dead: 9 Missing: 12 Uncontactable: 63 More on Pages 2, 3, 4 8
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  • hot news
    • 275 2 AFP Aid agencies look to Jakarta summit for direction on tsunami relief EVEN as billions of dollars flow into relief efforts for the Dec 26 disaster victims, international aid agencies are finding themselves lost in logistical and distribution problems. They are now looking to Thursday's summit
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    • NEWS roundup
      • 73 2 Channel News Asia The National Volunteer Philanthropy Centre is calling for a single coordinated relief platform so that the various relief groups here can work more efficiently. So far, about 800 volunteers have come forward to help pack relief supplies at warehouses specially set
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      • 47 2 Channel News Asia A week after its launch, the Singapore Red Cross relief fund has raised more than $15 million for tsunami victims. Thirty-five crates of relief supplies, includ- ing rice, drinking water and masks will be shipped to Aceh today.
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      • 86 2 Channel News Asia Humanitarian group Mercy Relief is mobilising over 1 00 volunteers to sort and pack donations in kind that were rejected by other relief groups, many of which stopped accepting them due to the high cost of shipping and the complex logistics involved.
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      • 47 2 AP Forensic experts have begun exhuming the bodies of 300 tsunami victims in Tnailand after discovering that their bodies apparently were wrongly identified in the rush to bury the dead, officials said yesterday. All of the bodies affected by the problem were Asian.
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      • 87 2 Newsßadio 93.8 As UN officials warn of impending health problems due to a shortage of drinking water, local water treatment company Hyflux is sending water extraction machines called Dragonfly Units to India. The machines, which extract moisture from the air and deliver potable water after
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      • 64 2 More than 70 tonnes of medical supplies, hygiene kits, clothing and shoes were flown to Indonesia to aid tsunami disaster victims in a joint effort by Islamic Relief Worldwide and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), e-Turbo news reported. The Mormons
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    • NEWS comment
      • 760 3  -  Wong Fei Wan feiwan@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT two weeks ago, I wrote about how a 13-year-old girl and her siblings joined the family's daily struggles to make ends meet by giving their father a helping hand in sweeping two HDB blocks. After the story was published, the
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  • Singapore news
    • 160 4  -  Ansley Ng AN ONLINE petition has been started to urge authorities not to call off search-and-rescue efforts in Phuket The www.tsunamipetition.com website, which originated in Singapore, calls on relatives and friends of those missing in Thailand to unite and ask "relevant authorities to
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    • 441 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Rumours offish feeding on carcasses give jitters huileng@newstoday.com.sg AN SMS advising people to avoid fresh seafood following the tsunami disaster as "the fishes are feeding on corpses" is making its rounds in Singapore. A Today reader had also written in to ask: "Is our
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    • 314 4 Singapore Red Cross Society Donations in cash or cheque, witn cheques made out to the Singapore Red Cross Society. Indicate Tidal Waves Asia and include your name, address and telephone number on the back of the cheque. Donations can be made during office hours or sent
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
      • 141 6 Newsßadio 93.8 A 40-year-old woman was robbed on Sunday, minutes after she drove home from a holiday. The finance manager was walking towards her block with her luggage at the multi-storey car park at Block 614-A Woodlands Avenue 4 just before noon when she
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      • 76 6 Channel News Asia On the first school day for NUS High School, a minute of silence was observed for those who died in the tsunami disaster. NUS High, which specialises in maths and science, is one of four schools launching its Integrated Programme. Students will
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      • 43 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Ducks from the Malaysian state of Perak will be back on supermarket shelves and at wet markets in Singapore today. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said close to 20,000 live ducks arrived in Singapore yesterday morning.
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      • 44 6 Newsßadio 93.8 The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore now requires all regional ferry operators to be licensed. The move is to safeguard the security of the ferries and passengers. All six regional ferry operators here have obtained the licences.
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    • 366 6  -  Wong Fei Wan They have little but still want to help others feiwan@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the new school term started yesterday, Lina (not her real name) and her siblings went to school knowing there would be pocket money and bus fares for them. Moved by
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    • 280 6  -  Suba Siva THIRTY-SEVEN youths, half of whom have dropped out of school, had an opportunity to discover their creative side over a three-day camp last week. Organised by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and targeted
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  • world news
    • GLOBALroundup
      • 47 8 AFP India's national security adviser, MrJ N Dixit, died yesterday of a heart attack. Mr Dixit, born in 1 936, was active on warfronts from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka and did the spade work for India ahead of peace talks with Pakistan.
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      • 64 8 Hundreds of Argentines, angry over a nightclub fire that claimed 1 82 lives, poured into the streets yesterday, demanding the resignation of Buenos Aires Mayor Anibal Ibarra, whom they believe was responsible for ties put the city of Andahuaylas under an overnight curfew as they prepared
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      • 60 8 AFP and three other people wounded in a shootout involving off-duty law enforcers watching a striptease act at a bar in Baguio, Philippines. The policeman and his fireman friend exchanged fire with three agents from the National Bureau of Investigation in a
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    • 391 8 Tales of survival and cruelty in the wake of the tsunami tragedy THE missing are slowly being transformed into the dead and rescue teams are starting to lose hope in the tsunami-hit regions. But amid the feeling of hopelessness, an apparently dead boy opened his eyes. In
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    • 223 8 KUWAIT CITY The Kuwaiti army said yesterday it had arrested a number of soldiers who were planning to attack "friendly forces" in the emirate, two weeks after the United States warned of the increased possibility of militant attacks. "The military intelligence service is questioning some
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    • 40 8 It was business as usual yesterday at a Patong Beach nightclub in an area of Phuket which was hit by tsunamis which have claimed more than 5,000 lives on the Thai island. AP
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    • 146 8 AFP PATTANI Thailand has deployed more than 10,000 army and police troops to its three southernmost provinces to avert violence on the first anniversary of a Muslim separatist revolt "We deployed thousands of security officers," said General Sirichai Tanyasiri, head of
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    • 172 10 Agencies TAIPEI Both Taiwan and China mourned the death of Mr Koo Chen-fu, Taiwan's chief negotiator with China, who died of cancer on Monday leaving behind his hopes for reconciliation between the longtime rivals. He was 87. Mr Koo is survived by his wife
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    • 154 10 AFP LONDON A high IQ is a hindrance for women wanting to get married while it is an asset for men, according to a study by four British universities published in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. The study found the likelihood of marriage
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    • 364 10 Alleged missile sale to terrorists busted by FBI WASHINGTON When Indian-born British businessman Hemant Lakhani thought he was finally going to clinch a big deal he didn't expect to be busted by the US secret agents for allegedly conspiring in a plot to shoot down passenger
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    • 1228 11 MM ADVERTORIAL ■KM community^ YOUTH SERVICES |Hjjf In this second of a five-part series on the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), Recta Raman speaks Mm to Mr Lee Hong Chuang, recipient of the SYA last year and the Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box, Egfl&j which received the SYA last year in
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  • 270 12  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws AFP SAYING "NO" TO MATERIALISM I remember seeing an advertisement from a large bank that encouraged people to borrow money, asking the question: "What do you need to make you happy?" How foolish, I thought, to believe that a new car, or
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  • voices
    • 534 12  -  Steven Shalowitz WHAT has impressed me most since I first arrived in Singapore over 15 years ago is how the Government continuously finds ways to improve the country. In that spirit, and as we enter a new year, I've decided to make my own list
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    • 387 12  -  DANIEL KOH I Letter from I READ your article in Today about The Observatory with great interest and relief. I must say that I agree wholeheartedly with your view. Quite simply, The Observatory has released a phenomenal album in Time of Rebirth. Whether it is Singaporean
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    • 737 14  -  DAVID TAN preneur WHEN Mr David Tan, managing director of Jiffy Foods, first hatched the delicious idea of selling food from vans in public car parks, he might have made the fatal mistake of sharing it with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Instead of giving him first shot
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    • 239 14  -  CHEE SEE LIN Letter from I REFER to the letter from the Education Ministry, "More varsity slots for poly grads" (Dec 27, 2004), in response to the letter, "Poly graduates deserve half of places at local universities" (Dec 13, 2004),
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  • Businesstoday
    • 242 16 Bloomberg New residential property worth 0.7% more in Q4 than Q3: URA SINGAPORE'S new home prices rose 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, the third straight quarterly gain, as developers sold more homes in an improving economy. The Urban Redevelopment
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    • 132 16  -  Jaime Koh SINGAPORE'S three mobile phone operators have "successfully met" the Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) requirement for nation-wide rollout of 3G (thirdgeneration) systems and services, the telecoms regulator said yesterday. Mobile One, Sing Tel Mobile and Star Hub Mobile have all surpassed IDA's criterion of at
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    • 128 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output expanded at a slower pace in the fourth quarter as companies curbed output in response to slackening overseas demand. Manufacturing, which accounts for a quarter of Singapore's economy, grew 9.5 per cent from the same period a year earlier, following
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    • 77 16 Bloomberg KEPPEL Land said its fund management unit raised $275 million to invest in real estate in Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. The 10-year fund, which expects a total return "in the low teens", will invest in "income-producing properties in the developed markets of
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    • Market WATCH
      • 54 16 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Closed Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI 14,237.42 4,050.60 6,143.12 893.71 903.84 +7.28 +0.05 -4.30 -0.11 +3.43 +0.06 -2.21 -0.25 -3.59 -0.40 SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Closed 1,000.87 1,846.90 Closed +0.64 +0.06 +24.07 +1.32 Mumbai
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      • 58 16 )y volume JniFiber SlobalVoite 'anpacMed [hguo Powerpl Jina Sun K Metal j'tiraya ihanghaiAsia Jio-Treat IP Oil Close 0.270 0.105 0.085 0.300 0.420 0.685 0.840 0.295 0.700 0.455 Change '000 +0.015 +5.9 56,669 29,202 -0.005 -5.6 23,132 +0.025 +9.1 19,285 +0.015 +3.7 17,770 16,046 -0.025 -2.9 13,751 +0.015
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      • 70 16 By$ By percentage JMH400USS 16.200 +0.300 L&M 0.010 +100.0 JSH 500USS 8.400 +0.200 El-Nets 0.015 +50.0 OCBC4.5%NCPS100 101.90 +0.200 Adroit 0.055 +22.2 Venture 16.100 +0.200 Compact 0.035 +16.7 Robinson 6.300 +0.150 Sp LandW*****3 2.660 +0.130 lnlegrW*****7 0.035 BakerTech 0.145 +16.7 +16.0 Sp Land 4.860 +0.120 SinSoonHW*****9 0.075
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      • 72 16 By$ Shang Asia 2kHKS 11.000 -0.300 By percentage STIDBePW*****8 0.010 -33.3 Creative 50 24.300 DBS 16.000 JardineC&C 10.500 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 Digiland 0.015 IRE Corp 0.015 FJBenW*****6 0.020 -25.0 -25.0 -20.0 SIA200 11.400 PFood 1.440 -0.100 -0.060 Yongnam 0.020 Shining 0.090 -20.0 -18.2 Haw Par 5.100 -0.050
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      • 62 16 Dow Jones SHARES kicked off the new year on a positive note, rising slightly yesterday as investors nibbled at blue chips in a market lacking in fresh themes. The benchmark ST Index closed 4.01 points, or 0.2 per cent, higher at 2,070.15. On the broader market, advancers led decliners
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      • 35 16 J J4 1 UK£ fen HK$ m Euro Rupiah Baht Peso 4$ Indian Rs Won ftjan NZ$ U.UIUf 0.3201 62.735 4.7475 2.3195 0.4517 5,670.5 23.797 34.276 0.7855 26.536 633.64 0.7364 5.0525 0.8546
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      • 25 16 SGX Bloomberg Information provided by Sold uss/oz 436.91 iilver us$/oz 6.77' 'latinum us$/oz 856.01 (ubbercnsAg 197.7; 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1,39; irent crude us$/borrei 40.4;
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    • business news
      • 252 17 Channel News Asia Dow Jones PSA Marine, a unit of port operator PSA International, has formed a joint venture with China's Fuzhou Port Authority to provide towage services to shipping lines calling at the Port of Jiangyin, including PSA's Fuzhou-Jiangyin International Container Terminal. Operations will start in March.
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      • 385 17 Agencies Purchase of 21% stake completes its supply chain in aviation industry AIRCRAFT equipment supplier A-Sonic Aerospace said yesterday it had entered into an agreement to buy 21.1 per cent of freight forwarder Airocean Group to diversify its earnings base. A-Sonic's wholly-owned subsidiary Janco Strategic Biz
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    • savvy investor
      • STOCK calls
        • 114 18 Keppel Land ($2.28) Buy With large-scale township projects and niche high-end residential developments strategically placed throughout Asia, Keppel Land has a diversified base of projects to tap into the region's growth over the next 10 years. Overseas earnings, especially from China, should continue to be a strong earnings growth driver
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        • 117 18 Pacific Andes (40 cents) Buy DBS Vickers Pacific Andes has acquired a further 2-per-cent stake in CFIL for US$9 million ($14.8 million). CFIL is the deep sea fishing venture that the group invested in last July via 70-per-cent owned Zhonggang Fisheries. With the latest investment, Pacific Andes now has a
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      • 623 18 Bloomberg Rising consumer spending likely to drive next rally: Analysts ASIAN bank, retail and phone company shares may outperform benchmark indexes this year because of increased spending by consumers and companies. "The next stage of the Asian economic cycle will be domestic
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    • the business of marketing
      • Impact
        • 278 20  -  Ted Chen By GHHFGHHG tedchen@newstoday.com.sg LOCALLY-BASED Tiger Beer launched its latest brand campaign last week. The campaign will focus on helping Singaporeans have fun and relax. Called "Tiger Nation, The State of Fun", the $30 million year-long campaign kicked off with its latest television
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        • 380 20  -  Ted Chen DEWALT, a leading manufacturer of power tools in the US, has launched a line of shoes which capitalises on the company's intimate knowledge of the construction industry. The company aims to provide footwear that will offer extreme durability in industrial environments, while
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        • 477 21  -  Ted Chen tedchen@newstoday.com.sg IT'S probably fair to say that a common perception of diamonds is that they're only for the rich, well-heeled crowd. However, local diamond importer Diamond Industries hopes to change this view with the launch of its new store at Scotts Shopping
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        • GRAB bag
          • 78 21 PAN PACIFIC Singapore has been ranked among the top luxury hotels in the Asian region. In the Conde Nast Traveler USA 2004 Readers Choice Awards, Pan Pacific Singapore was 32nd in a list of the Top 50 Asian Hotels. This is its
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          • 140 21 LUXURY watch brand Ritmo Mvndo launched two limited edition timepieces in conjunction with the domestic premiere of Hollywood blockbuster movie Ocean's Twelve last month. The Dec 1 5 premiere was an exercise in celebrity marketing and branding for the luxury timepiece brand, as numerous
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    • 169 16 PREVIEW TALK 05 th (Wed) Jan 05, 7pm By Mr. Ravindra Naidu Member of Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division II) M^fiw *Diploma in Applied Psychology Specialisation in Principles of Psychology I Psychology of Learning Counselling Psycho-Therapy Principles of Psychology II Emotional Motivation and Intelligence Community Care Human
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  • Infotech solutions for business
    • 676 22  -  Seah Siew Hua When making IT purchases, look out for those that bring greater returns siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I AS FIRMS invest more on IT, wise I investment involves buying technology that both improves business operations as well as offers greater cost savings in the long run.
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    • 932 22  -  Tan Min-Liang infotech@newstoday.com.sg PREDICTING technology law trends I each year for the past two years in my columns, has been more of an art than a science. Nonetheless, once more, I'll make my predictions for upcoming technology law trends that will take
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    • infotech focus: business continuity planning
      • 427 23  -  Saravanan Krishnan Life-cycle management plans provide continuity infotech@newstoday.com.sg FOR many firms, the IT storage envi--1 ronment is a product of a "just add more storage, storage is cheap" attitude. This has led to costly inefficiencies. Many environments have storage that is distributed unevenly and managed poorly. Some departments
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      • 437 23  -  Angela Huang I IN LIGHT of terrorism, cyber-hacking I and natural catastrophes, business continuity management (BCM) has become an essential business strategy. In 2003, two international professional bodies Disaster Recovery Institute International (USA) and Business Continuity Institute (UK) agreed on a common
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  • plus
    • IN ADDITIONS...
      • 56 24 The Singapore Indoor Stadium plans to host a charity concert to raise funds for the victims. It is currently appealing for support for the concert, which is slated for this month. According to a source, the organisers are looking to invite the Singapore Idol finalists and
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      • 73 24 A classical concert is planned for Jan 1 3 at the Victoria Concert Hall, with the money raised going to the Singapore Red Cross Society and World Vision Singapore. The Concert for HOPE will feature amateur and professional musicians such as the Tang Quartet, pianist Kelvin
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      • 48 24 MediaCorp has raised $484,200 for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster through its TV, radio and print platforms. This amount excludes the $1 35,000 raised by the repeat telecast of the Singapore Heart Foundation charity show, Affairs of the Heart, on New Year's Day.
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      • 53 24 AFP Britain's music industry is doing its bit with a charity concert and a soon-to-be-released charity single. On Jan 22, a massive charity concert will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. A-list celebrities, whose names organisers have yet to release, are slated to perform
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    • 484 24  -  Jeanine Tan Excitement, apprehension as ex-Channel U staff start work at MediaCorp jeanine@newstoday.com.sg A CTRESSES Apple Hong and Celest x~\.Chong now have another thing in common besides having made the crossover from Channel U to MediaCorp TV Holdings and it's something they discovered on
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    • incinemas
      • 395 26  -  David Chew Reavathi Sinnathamby Vasantham presenter Ghani dies at 47 and david.chew@newstoday.com.sg HIS own father died when he was 10 and now, at the age of 47, Uthuman Ghani leaves behind a daughter and son ages 16 and 11, respectively with his death. A TV personality and
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    • health
      • 493 28  -  Evelyn Tan To prevent cholera, keep this in mind: Boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it health(gnewstoday.com.sg Cholera is usually transmitted when one consumes food or water contaminated by bacteria from an infected person's stools. Therefore, cleanliness is the only defence against cholera. Yet,
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    • 532 33 AP But just how long will misfiring Jets, Vikings and Rams survive? NEW YORK The New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and St Louis Rams made it into the National Football League (NFL) playoffs Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). But the way they played, they might be
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    • 213 33 NBA Suns 117 Trail Blazers 98 PHOENIX Amare Stoudemire scored a career-high 50 points on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 117-98 victory over the depleted Portland Trail Blazers. Stoudemire displayed a devastating combination of quickness and power, running roughshod
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 406 34 -AFP Robson fails to lift mood after club hold weakened Newcastle ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Brom 0 Newcastle 0 WEST BROMWICH West Bromwich Albion collected their first home point under manager Bryan Robson but a goalless draw against Newcastle at The Hawthorns here last night (this
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      • 194 34 -AP I CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers were bought yesterday for US$375 million ($614 million) by the founder of the United States' largest online mortgage company, who acquires a team that has surged to the lead in National Basketball Association's Central Division since the arrival
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      • 185 34 -AFP BIRMINGHAM Fiery Wales international midfielder Robbie Savage (picture) delivered a blow to Premiership side Birmingham when he handed in a transfer request yesterday. The 30-year-old has been strongly linked with Premiership stragglers Blackburn Rovers, who are managed by former Wales boss Mark Hughes, though
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      • 230 34 -AFP DOHA Roger Federer began the new year with a surprise by announcing a new coach, Tony Roche, and also with more of the same a thunderous attacking performance to extend his unbeaten sequence to 18 matches. The world No 1 from
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    • 332 35 After Chelsea defeat, Liverpool show resilience ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Norwich 1 Liverpool 2 NORWICH Luis Garcia and John Ame Riise struck second-half goals to send Liverpool fifth in the Premiership, reported BBC Sport yesterday. The Reds took on Norwich just a couple of days after a controversial 1-0
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    • 164 35 AFP LONDON With the January sales in full swing, Everton made a significant purchase yesterday. The Merseysiders will parade record £6-million ($18.7 million) signing Jamie Beattie (right) at Goodison Park today, before the home clash with Portsmouth, after the Southampton striker completed a
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    • 391 35 Agencies LONDON Manchester United and Arsenal should be commended for their tenacity. With their Premiership rivals Chelsea refusing to concede ground in the title race, the two clubs nevertheless believe the trophy is still within their grasp. Jose Mourinho's league leaders go into the
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    • 391 36  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE last time he made headlines was in October 2003, when he broke down in tears after his cash-strapped club Sembawang Rangers played their last S-League match. Now, Stallions chairman Charles Siahaan is back in the limelight, this time for his
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    • 386 36  -  STANLEY HO Malaysians in stunning collapse as Withe's men book final date with Lions TIGER CUP 2004, SEMI-FINAL 2ND LEG Malaysia 1 Indonesia 4 (Indonesia win 5-3 on aggregate) stanley@newstoday.com.sg THEY enjoyed a one-goal advantage from the first leg and were buoyed by terrific support from a capacity
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    • 264 36 LONDON Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has urged the club to resolve Ryan Giggs' contract dispute, reported BBC Sport yesterday. Giggs, 31, wants a two-year extension to his current deal, but United have so far only offered him one year. Ferdinand said: "I would
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      463 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND Myanmar slayer Noh has become coach Avramovic's latest tour de force jose@newstoday.com.sg THE National Stadium holds some bitter memories for Singapore striker Noh Alam Shah. In 2001, he was cast as a villain when he was sent off in a pre-World Cup qualifier against Bahrain.
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    • 639 37  -  LEONARD THOMAS so NINETEEN minutes from time, he arrowed in on Singapore's Daniel Bennett. You could spot what he was about to do well before his disgraceful lunge. Already on one yellow card, Myanmar striker
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