Today, 11 January 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    31 1 /AeoiaCorp TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating ouGHtS Tuesday January li, 2005 todayonline.com /AediaCorp TODAY -3s o fs o en c ■I—' CD o CL o o c Tuesday January 1i,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks higher
      57 1 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street swung moderately higher yesterday as investors scooped up some bargains after a rocky start to the new year. The Dow Jones Industrials Average advanced 17.07 points to 10,621.03, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index rose 4.05 points to 1,190.24 and the Nasdaq
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      Can Abbas deliver?
      1046 1  -  Sharon Vasoo New Palestinian President's greatest challenge: Silence the guns of militants sharon@newstoday.com.sg WINNING the election on Sunday has been the easy part for Mr Mahmoud Abbas but the honeymoon period for the moderate leader ends almost immediately the moment he takes the seat as Palestinian President
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      78 1 NEWS LINE *****268 every call has a story BPgAWJ It's your big day for enjoying low prices Travel Tuesday. Since 2005 has many long weekends, we'll be bringing you special deals through the year to maximize the fun on your long weekends. For weekly updates on the greatest deals, SMS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • hot news
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      Blair, Brown mend fences
      425 2 Labour Party strives to quell talk that British PM, finance minister at odds LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his influential finance minister, Mr Gordon Brown, yesterday pulled back from the brink of mutual destruction after rowing over a detailed account, inspired by Mr Brown's
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    • NEWSroundup
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        Malaysians told fish are okay
        110 2 Malaysians have been urged to ignore rumours that fish have been tainted by feeding on corpses after the tsunami disaster and put seafood back on the table to help fishermen get back in business. Stories about tainted fish were affecting the income of fishermen in
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        US aid helicopter crashes
        51 2 A US navy helicopter taking aid to victims of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia crashed leaving at least four crew injured, officials said. Navy relief operations on the northern tip of Sumatra island, where more than 1 00,000 were killed in last month's disaster, were briefly
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        Bargain hunters eye Thai land
        95 2 Several foreign investors are negotiating to buy disaster-ravaged land in Phang Nga's Khao Lak resort town at bargain prices landowners in Khao Lak told Bangkok's The Nation newspaper. Mr Pichai Nilthongkham, owner of the Amandalay Resort Spa in Khao Lak, an area devastated in the
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        Aussies keep tab on sex offenders
        49 2 Australian authorities have 155 paedophiles on watch for fear they will travel to tsunami-affected countries and trawl for victims among the orphaned, the homeless and the distressed. Police are monitoring listed sex offenders to prevent them leaving undetected, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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    • NEWS comment
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        Lock icon Thaksin's new popularity rides the tsunami crest
        548 3  -  Kavi Chongkittavorn SPECIAL TO Today THROUGHOUT the tsunami disaster, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was seen on every TV channel every day. Hundreds of hours of radio news coverage were also devoted to his activities related to the devastation. The television footage either
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  • Singapore news
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      NTUC's aim: 3% jobless rate or less
      386 4  -  Lee U-Wen Keeping workers working beyond 62 may be key u-wen@newstoday.com.sg HIGH on the agenda of the National Trade Union Congress this year will be to tackle Singapore's structural unemployment problem. While the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) forecast for the natural jobless
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      Kang back in court to face parishioner
      357 4  -  Wong Fei Wan CONVICTED Catholic priest Joachim Kang (picture), behind bars for embezzling about $5 million from a church, was back in court yesterday. Kang, 55, is fighting against a suit brought by church parishioner Emily Chan, 74, who wants to retrieve $1.5-million
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      A*Star gives outs $48m grants
      365 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Amount given to 74 biomedical projects is one-third of agency's fund huileng@newstoaay. com. sg THE Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has dished out $48.2 million in its third and latest Grant Call to 74
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
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        Lock icon Frenchman in cocaine bust jailed
        69 6 Dow Jones French chef Francois Fabien Mermilliod, 29, was sentenced to the minimum term of one year in prison yesterday in connection with the high-profile cocaine bust last October. The chef at the Flutes at the Fort restaurant, pleaded guilty to one charge of possession
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        Lock icon PM attends Malay-Muslim meet
        57 6 Channel News Asia Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended a meeting of Malay-Muslim community leaders at the Environment Building yesterday. The leaders meet periodically to discuss community issues. Also present were the Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs, Mr Yaacob Ibrahim, and Malay Members of Parliament. The briefing
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        Lock icon Punggol LRT to open on Jan 29
        60 6 Newsßadio 93.8 The Punggol LRT line will be opened in phases from Jan 29, said SBS Transit. Six out of eight stations along the East loop will start passenger services from that date. Five out of eight stations on the Sengkang LRT West
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      230 5 j ■i Whdt IT you want your child to study at a top university? 1 3*\ 1 i ■■v i /j[ i P b m m m m >'^ Wk .^b V X Will you be financially prepared? Tuition fees alone at a leading overseas university Come talk to our
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      9 6 Receivßd recognition (ram: Proudly awarded: uhmkuid fctsui,. 1- sa
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Concerns over aid not reaching tsunami victims
      594 8  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Another worry in Aceh is graft eating into aid funds, supplies shibu(gnewstoday.com.sg JAKARTA The scale of devastation caused by the tsunami tragedy has shocked the world into giving generously. United States Secretary of State Colin Powell estimates international aid contributions
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      Lock icon US 'has repatriated some Iranians'
      233 8 -AFP WASHINGTON The US State Department yesterday confirmed "voluntary" repatriation to Iran of some members of an Iranian opposition group that used to be based in Iraq and said the possibility of sending them to third countries was also being studied. "Some of them that
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      Lock icon CBS sacks execs over report on Bush
      110 8 AFP NEW YORK The CBS television network sacked three executives and a producer yesterday after an independent probe concluded "myopic zeal" led to a disputed report critical of President George W Bush's military service. The announcement coincided with publication of the independent panel's
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        $497m needed to feed Sudanese
        63 10 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday appealed for US$3O2 million ($497 million) to feed 3.2 million people facing starvation in Sudan, reported AFP. "Some 268,000 metric tonnes of food will be required for war- and droughtaffected people, primarily in the south," WFP said, a
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        Tea-tree oil a 'severe skin irritant'
        64 10 A group of scientists which rules on the safety of consumer products for the European Commission has declared undiluted tea-tree oil "a severe irritant" to the skin and unsafe for public use, reported Britain's The Independent. The group has told the cosmetics industry it
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        N Korea gives long hair the snip
        65 10 Stalinist North Korea has stepped up its campaign against long hair and untidy attire which the state media said represented a "corrupt capitalist" lifestyle, according to BBC. The state also said long hair was not just unkempt and unhygienic, it was also detrimental
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      Lock icon Osama's symbolic influence
      197 10 PARIS The capture of Osama bin Laden, head of the Al Qaeda network, remains a major United States aim but politicians and specialists said it would not be enough to end worldwide terrorism. Osama has escaped his pursuers for years without losing his ability to remain on
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      Lock icon 21 killed as Mindanao ceasefire violated
      82 10 -AFP COTABATO (Philippines) A fragile two-year-old ceasefire between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) separatist guerrillas was violated yesterday when the rebels overran an army outpost Eight government soldiers and 13 rebels were killed in the fighting in the town of Mamasapano
      -AFP  -  82 words
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      302 9 J|e^^ spa's r^Qz Modern Beauty Salon cordially invites you to come M and share our happiness on January 15. f All customers will receive our special prize today! M r\t_ a M 0^ roc M I do v«Jll Cvl W^ Ai Saturday, 15 January 2005 ft Ift W. Tanjong Pagar,
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      344 10 r SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Graduate Programmes at SMU %/a/IMJ Singapore Management X fe.^Lf- w l^Dl University is pleased j<l!"|Ti^i to offer two prestigious I w^Efv^^L Masters Degrees MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED FINANCE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT This landmark programme aims to raise the standard of practitioners' This
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    Focus on the Family
    266 12  -  Dr James Dobson Tbnws fagtadsasdfasby QUALITY VS. QUANTITY It's not the quantity of time that you spend with your children, it's the quality that counts. Or is it? Maybe you've heard that argument that it doesn't matter how much time you spend with your children as
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      Put the brakes on sexual harassment
      425 12  -  SARA DEAN Taking action is the best way to deter mo I esters on public transport Letter from] V i c c pr c s i d c n t^Xssociatiormnvomer^^^^n for Action and Research (Aware) WE REFER to the letter, "What a woman can
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    • Letter
      Tsunami care-givers will also need care when they return
      104 12  -  DANIEL KOH KAH SOON Letter from I AM concerned for our volunteers working overseas. These are the people exposed to corpses, debris, and firsthand experience of human tragedy. Some of them will be traumatised. I hope something is in place to
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    • Letter
      Cycling commitment is needed
      247 12  -  PENELOPE BENNETT I Letter from I READ the article, "Cyclists begin movement to lobby for rights" (Jan 3). Around the world, many governments have recognised the importance of, and have promoted cycling as a form of transport. Cycling is sustainable, reduces congestion, and helps to improve
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      isay ADVERSITY SHOWS UP ALL SORTS
      661 15  -  Edric Sng edric@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been said that a person's worth is shown in times of adversity. When the earthquake-triggered tsunami tore Aceh apart and devastated South and South-east Asia, it provided the perfect opportunity to gauge Singaporeans' mettle. Neighbouring countries, many of whose
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      228 13 Fund Raising for "Tidal Waves Asia" with Modern Beauty Salon Fund raising collections boxes are now set up at all branches of Modern Beauty Salon and be Sanctuary Spa. To reward >v you for your kindness, you will receive a complimentary FREE H2O Facial^ 694) (original price $60) for every
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      354 14 &> S Be^%^ I M O pring arrives in all its beautu this uear at Cnina Square Central Ifl with an abundance or bonus treats and giveaways especialm for uou. "New Year, New Look!" Contest (11 50 Jan 0^) Dazzle your family and friends with a sparkling new look this
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  • Businesstoday
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      S'pore attracts $8.3b in factory investment
      398 16  -  Jaime Koh 2004's commitments surpassed EDB's expectations jaime@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE strong competition from low-cost rivals like China, Singapore managed to attract $8.3 billion in fixed asset investment from local and overseas manufacturers last year. This was an 11-per-cent increase from the $7.51 billion recorded in
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      Key shareholder offers to buy Jurong Eng's core businesses
      145 16 MAINBOARD-listed Jurong Engineering Limited OEL) has received an offer from a major shareholder to acquire its core engineering and construction businesses. The offer from Japanese firm Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co, which holds a 25.7-per-cent stake in JEL, will exclude the Singapore
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        83 16 SHARES closed mixed yesterday in a quiet session. Traders attributed the market's lacklustre mood to Wall Street's disappointing start to the new year after the Federal Reserve said the pace of interest rate rises was too slow and failed to curb inflation, giving rise to worries of more rate
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        World markets
        58 16 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Closed Hang Seng 13,531.39 -43.47 -0.32 All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 4,071.70 5,942.85 +8.90 +0.22 +6.86 +0.12 Korea Comp 874.18 +3.34 +0.38 KLCI 919.02 +2.74 +0.30 SET Index 696.03 -1.81 -0.26 Jakarta Comp 1,015.47 -17.04 -1.65 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,840.47 230.42 -11.31
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        Commodities
        21 16 Gold uss/oz 421.50 Silver uss/oi 6.480 Platinum uss/oz 841.00 Rubber centsAg 195.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,367.50 Brent crude uss/borrel 43.38
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        Lock icon ST Index: 2,089.68 +4.10
        68 16 Dow Jones 0.2 per cent, at 2,089.68. In the broader market, decliners led advancers 228 to 1 39, as traded volume fell to about 515 million shares worth $412.9 million from Friday's 817 million shares worth about $699.5 million. DBS shares climbed 1 0 cents, or
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.6073 UK£ 0.3236 Yen 63.415 HK$ 4.7338 RM 2.3078 Euro 0.4633 Rupiah 5,646.1 Baht 23.799 Peso 34.089 A$ 0.8008 Indian Rs 26J15 Won 639.88 C$ 0.7449 Yuan 5.0265 NZ$ 0.8723 NTS 19.587
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        SGX most active
        45 16 By volume Close Change '000 UniFiber China Sun KingWan SuntecReit PanpacMed GlobalVoice Sunningdale Magnus SembCorp Bio-Treat 0.265 0.415 0.100 1.140 0.085 0.105 0.865 0.045 1.680 0.675 +0.020 -0.060 +0.005 +1.8 -3.4 +0.7 28,996 14,620 12,627 10,665 10,167 10,098 9,890 9,005 8,587 8,527
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        SGX top rises
        80 16 By$ Close Change IMH 400USS 17.400 +0.300 HSI*****SGAeCW*****0 1.950 +0.150 rtukit Sem 13.200 +0.100 Creative 50 23.700 +0.100 DBS 16.200 +0.100 >IA 11.400 +0.100 JOB 13.900 +0.100 fellow Pages 1.930 +0.060 Day en ISH 500USS 0.280 +0.050 8.450 +0.050 )y percentage Close Change Jnidux 0.075 +36.4 JaflP
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        75 16 sfgsSGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By Close Change F&N 16.000 -0.200 Jardine C&C 10.200 -0.100 Venture 15.800 -0.100 Iselan(S) 2.760 -0.090 SembCorp 1.680 SingTelDBSeCW*****6 0.160 -0.060 -0.060 IDT 2.270 -0.050 SembCorp DBeCW*****5 0.330 -0.045 JurTech 1.550 -0.040 By percentage Close Change L&M 0.005 -50.0 >ingTelDBSeCW*****6 0.160 Digiland
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    • business news
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        Lock icon ST Engineering eyes more aircraft jobs
        363 19 Bloomberg Company hopes to ride on Asia's budget travel boom SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering said surging fuel prices might force the region's airlines to outsource maintenance work, giving it more aircraft servicing contracts. Rising "fuel cost, labour pension and interest-rate issues will possibly force carriers
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      • Article
        Panpac CEO's resume over-stated
        240 19  -  Chan Kwai Seng PANPAC Media has blamed a "clerical error" for its misstating the qualifications of its new chief executive Chen Xiaotao, whose appointment was announced last Tuesday. It turns out that Mr Chen does not have degrees from Nanyang University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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        CORPORAT briefs
        136 19 Electronics distributor Serial System issued a profit warning yesterday in a regulatory filing with the Singapore Exchange, saying that its consolidated results for the fourth quarter and the year ended Dec 31 would not show a profit. Soilbuild Group has signed an option to buy One Tree Lodge
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    • the business of marketing
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        Warning on plagiarism
        628 20  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Better to develop print industry, says advertising guru Allein Moore shobha@newstoday.com.sg ALLEIN MOORE is to the Singapore advertising scene today what a young Sim Wong Hoo was to the Singapore electronic gadget scene in his early entrepreneurial years. A maverick with an unerring instinct
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    • !mpact
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        Colour your celebrations with Nippon Paint's CNY cards
        241 21  -  Ted Chen IN A unique marketing effort leveraging on geomancy concepts, Nippon Paint has launched a set of Chinese New Year-themed cards to mark the seasonal festivities. The Colours of Fortune 2005 Collection features designs coloured in Nippon Paint's signature hues and
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        Corporate charity tides tragedy over
        347 21  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Sennheiser Asia aims to raise over $200,000 for tsunami victims shobha@newstoday.com.sg COMPANIES have been falling over themselves to help the victims of the terrible tsunami that swept across South-east and South Asia late last month. Among those in the fundraising vanguard is
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      • GRABbag.
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          Limited edition gold-plated medallion
          141 21  -  Ted Chen Eu Van Sang, Singapore's leader in the local Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) industry, started its 125 th anniversary celebrations last week. As part of its anniversary celebrations, the company launched a limited edition gold-plated medallion, to be given away to every customer who spends
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        • Article
          Suntec to host marketing conference
          81 21  -  Ted Chen Full-service exhibition and conference organiser Suntec Integrated Media (SIM) will organise its upcoming event "Ideas! Asia 2005" this coming April. The event, which will run from April 1 2 to 14 at Suntec Singapore, will consist of a conference for marketers and an
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      174 19 Double Bonus Good news for 800,000 life policyholders! NTUC Income is celebrating our 35th Anniversary in 2005. Our 800,000 life insurance policyholders will get a "Double Bonus1. v 1 First, we will increase our annual bonus for participating life insurance plans by between 15% and 25%. wL [M Second, we
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      416 23 Turn your Sun Perks points into an exclusive movie preview! M 1 customers can redeem a pair of movie tickets to the M 1 Box Office Preview of Elektra with 400 Sun Perks points. Simply log on to www.miworld.com.sg from 11 January 9 am onwards to redeem. *While stocks last.
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  • Infotech solutions for business
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      Lock icon Help for last-minute travellers
      641 24  -  Seah Siew Hua Hotel booking websiteWotif.com offers them peace of mind siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I IF YOU love the convenI ience of booking your holiday accommodation online but hate the few hours of uncertainty while waiting for a confirmation, you just might want to try Wotif.com the next
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    • Article
      Expect more IT sector consolidation
      220 24 I THE flurry of information and comI munication technology (ICT) industry consolidations in recent months shows no sign of abating this year. According to Mr Piyush Singh, managing director of IDC Asia-Pacific, the ICT industry structure is inefficient and highly fragmented and innovations will continue
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      Are SMEs here ready for the intellectual property law changes?
      701 24  -  Seah Siew Hua I THIS year has brought with it a new I set of intellectual property (IP) laws that provide avenues for tougher legal action against copyright and software licensing infringements. Whether small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are prepared
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    • infotechfocus: IT governance
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        Lock icon Superior IT governance, better profits
        720 25  -  Vince Steckler Firms gain when enterprise security management systems mitigate risks infotech@newstoday.com.sg I TODAY, interest in IT governance is I at an all-time high. According to IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results published by Harvard Business School Press, firms
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      • SHORT cuts
        • Article
          Microsoft helps users in the fight against spyware
          87 25 Microsoft made available two otterings that provide added protection against spyware and malicious software. The first beta version of Windows AntiSpyware protects users from spyware and other unwanted software, while the malicious software removal tools complement traditional anti-virus technologies by eliminating prevalent
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          For Mac users wanting to run PC-only software
          94 25 The Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac version 7 with Windows XP Professional is now available. Virtual PC for Mac is essential for Mac users who run Windows and work with PC-only software, files, networks and devices. It is compatible with the Macintosh
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          Faster surfing on handphones
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