Today, 2 August 2005

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    22 1 /AeljjaCorp TODAY incorporating utT6£itS MICA (P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday August 2,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /•AediaCorp incorporating tMTCfttS MICA (P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday August 2,2005 todayonline.com
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  • Article
    Did jockey Jackman give tips on races? CPIB wants to know
    264 1  -  Jose Raymond jose@newstoday.com.sg TOP Australian jockey Troy Jackman has been called in for questioning by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). The 37-year-old from Perth has also had his passport impounded by the CPIB while it probes allegations that
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    Fahd, man of Islam and change, dead
    1074 1  -  Clement Mesenas, Restive Saudi Arabia mourns death of its monarch Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg KING Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, the man who gave his desert kingdom a dazzling modern facade with its oil wealth, died from illness yesterday, probably most unhappy
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    Lock icon From pizza to panties, Taufik takes stock a year after Idol
    988 1  -  Neil Humphreys Neil Humphreys Deputy Plus Editor neil@newstoday.com.sg TAUFIK Batisah (picture) doesn't like strangers swearing at him, but it happens. Like most people, he instinctively wants to defend himself against the unjustified invective. But most people are not the
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      42 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Into thin air For budget airlines, skies are limited/3 Hire the best and stop the sex games at work/12 ■Job woes 4,300 applications and still no takers/17 Page 22 impact Ad proves Today's mass appeal/25 jjunnrai Health Pages 32 to 36
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Just four, was she the victim in lovers' tiff?
      590 2  -  Ansley Ng Karung guni man's daughter hurled to her death by spurned partner: DPP ansley@newstoday.com.sg WHAT began as a tryst between a former flight attendant and a karung guni man ended in the death of his four-year-old daughter Neo Sindee (picture)
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        For budget airlines, skies are limited
        671 3  -  Liang Dingzi Should Valuair have pitched itself differently? news@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS certain that soothsayers would have their day when Valuair returned to the negotiating table in a second attempt to ink a merger agreement with Jetstar Asia. After all, they had long predicted that
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  • singapore news
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      Musharraf stakes life over terror schools
      672 4  -  Asif Ansar asif@newstoday.com.sg Pakistan's ban on foreign students studying in thousands of madrasahs or Islamic religious schools have stirred a hornets' nest in the country and could threaten the rule of military general Pervez Musharraf an ally in the United States-led war on terrorism.
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      Lock icon The road-price of forgetting
      337 4  -  Loh Chee Kong EVENING electronic road-pric-ing (ERP) was implemented along the Central Expressway yesterday and it was clear that some motorists had forgotten about it From 6pm to Bpm, when the ERP was in operation, many drivers pulled over to insert their cashcards into their In-vehicle
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      Lock icon Flying the flag high and proud
      39 6 Twelve residents of Blk 108CatMcNair Road spent eight hours putting up 32 Singapore flags to form the number 40, suspended between two blocks. Singapore celebrates its 40th birthday next Tuesday. WEE TECK HIAN
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      Why grandma's confused
      329 6  -  Jasmine Zhao New book aims to help the young understand Alzheimer's news@newstoday.com.sg AT TIMES, Jo-Ann Ng feels that her grandmother is not the same person that she used to be. Said the nine-year-old: "Nowadays, Grandma mixes my name and my sister's name up and I get confused.
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      Lock icon The DRC artists
      367 7  -  Dawn Quek Inmates' mosaic creation to raise money for needy dawn@newstoday.com.sg EVEN within the barbed wire fences and tall metal gates, the inmates of Selarang Park Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) were able to play a part in helping the needy miles away in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Putting
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      Lock icon President's Award for nurses who made a difference
      190 7 938 Live MS CYNTHIA Pang Pui Chan's name is synonymous with breastfeeding. One of the three nurses receiving the Presidents' Award this year, the 50-year-old senior nurse manager at X X Women's and Children's Hospital is a breastfeeding advocate. The President's Award
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        Lock icon Man charged with killing wife
        78 7 938 Live An unemployed 48-year-old man has been charged with killing his wife in their flat. Oon Oon Sang Tee is said to have committed the crime last Saturday night at Block 64 Commonwealth Drive. He called police three hours after the murder. Officers arrived
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        Lock icon Man found dead on fishing trawler; crew member arrested
        82 7 938 Live Police have arrested an Indonesian man following the death of his countryman on board a fishing trawler. Both are crew of the Singapore-registered vessel. Officers received a call just after 1 1.30pm yesterday about the case and arrived at
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        Lock icon Law Ministry launches website for out-of-court settlements
        90 7 938 Live A new website has been launched to offer solutions to those who want to resolve disputes without involving the courts. The portal by the Law Ministry is a one-stop shop for alternative dispute resolution services. For businesses, this includes solutions to
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      Paya Lebar's 'secret $1 clinic' relocated to Hougang
      339 7  -  —Jasmine Yin FOR as little as $1, you can see a doctor and take home two days' worth of medication. Tucked away in a private residential estate, this service offered by the Nam Ann Siang Theon temple has been a well-kept secret
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      373 6 Open new doors of opportunity at SIM University Singapore's 4th university. Approved by the Ministry of Education, it is the only university for working professionals and adult learners. Come to our open house and find out how you can achieve a recognised degree or diploma while balancing career, family and
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bribes were distributed in Arroyo's home: Ex-aide
      308 8 Agencies Palace dismisses allegations as 'incredible and fantastic' MANILA A former official in President Gloria Arroyo's office claimed yesterday that he had personal knowledge that she rigged last year's election, saying he witnessed a supporter distributing bribes to election officials in her house.
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      Lock icon Anwar sues govt over black eye
      167 8 KUALA LUMPUR Former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's civil suit against the government over the "black eye" incident kicked off yesterday with the High Court being told that the government must be made responsible for the 1998 assault, malaysiakini.com reported. Mr Anwar's lawyer, Mr
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      Lock icon Tougher checks for travellers to UK?
      142 8 Agencies LONDON British authorities are in discussions over how to tighten border controls after it emerged that a key London terror suspect slipped out of the country despite a massive manhunt Embarrassed officials now admit that would-be suicide bomber Hamdi Issac, also known as
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      Lock icon Giant tea pot smashed in bid to bring down Sky sect
      211 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Authorities have torn down a house-sized tea pot, umbrella and boat that gained nationwide notoriety after a banned Malaysian religious sect built them in its commune, news reports said yesterday. The structures, built by the Sky
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      Lock icon Iran wants nuclear seals to be broken
      255 10 -AFP Teheran decision puts country on collision course with US, EU VIENNA Iran handed over a letter to the United Nations nuclear watchdog yesterday, asking it to remove seals on crucial machinery so that it can resume uranium ore conversion sensitive nuclear work
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        Lock icon Malacca Strait security talks
        39 10 -AFP Foreign Ministers George Yeo of Singapore, Syed Hamid Albar of Malaysia and Hasan Wiradjuda of Indonesia yesterday started trilateral talks on the Indonesian island of Batam on the security of the piracy-prone Malacca Strait.
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        Haj ploy to get jobs
        43 10 A cartel has been duping the Saudi Arabian embassy in Kuala Lumpur into issu- ing visas for Indonesian workers to perform the haj, The Star said. The Indonesians used the visas to seek employment illegally in Saudi Arabia
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        Lock icon Thailand, Japan agree to FTA
        37 10 AP Thailand and Japan have agreed to forge a free trade agreement (FTA), which aims to reduce tariffs on trade worth US$35 billion ($58.1 billion). Japan is Thailand's single biggest trading partner.
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      Lock icon Riots follow freedom fighter's death
      192 10 Agencies NAIROBI Women wailed and men cried silently as news broke of the death of former southern Sudanese rebel leader John Garang. In the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, news of his death sparked riots, killing several people and wounding many others. Mr Garang, 60, died
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      Lock icon Bush appoints Bolton UN envoy
      189 10 -AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush yesterday appointed MrJohnßolton (picture) as US ambassador to the United Nations, bypassing the Senate after charges that he would hurt US credibility if he stalled the nomination. "This post is too important to leave vacant any longer,
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    Focus On The Family
    233 12  -  Dr James Dobson OAERAHFHAS Tbnws by. LOVING WHOLEHEARTEDLY The very best gift we can give our families is what has sometimes been called "wholehearted love." Two friends of mine, Gary Smalley and Dr. John Trent, have written a wonderful book called, "The Two Sides of Love".
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    • Letter
      Lost in France, saved by SingTel
      143 12  -  CHRISTINE LIM ACCOLADE Letter from I WISH to thank the Sing Tel girl who was manning the International Calling Card (ICC) centre on June 21 at around spm (11pm in Singapore). My friend and I had lost our way on a mountain in France.
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      515 12  -  Robvn M Speed stop the SEX GAMES AT WORK CAN equality truly exist in Singapore, or would it be impossible to overcome centuries of socially-accepted strata in society? In many areas, women are as educated and as competent as men, yet the same opportunities are not offered to them.
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      Racial bias starts at home
      306 14  -  PREETI ATHAVLE Where else would 4-year-olds learn that 'all Indians are smelly'? Letter from I AGREE with the writer of "You're my family no matter what your race is" (Aug 1) that attitudes of racial harmony should be taught at home and not left for
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      CPF alerts when withdrawal caps hit
      357 14  -  CHANG LONG KIAT I Letter from Director (Housing and Healthcare) Central Provident Fund Board I REFER to the letter "Property policy should be reviewed" (July 21). The CPF Board has always strongly encouraged members to be prudent in their use of CPF for housing
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      Lock icon Is 14% of $1.75 more than 11% of $1.69? You do the math
      296 15  -  ICHANCHEEKHEONGI I Letter from SHELL advertised aggressively to say they display the exact petrol prices outside petrol kiosks and therefore there was no more confusion. Nearly two weeks ago, Shell's displays said that its 98 grade of
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      Why should we pay so much at every turn?
      188 15  -  CHONGTHYEHIN Letter from I REFER to the letter by Mr Murali Kumara Sharma ("Unjustified charges?", Aug 1), and would like to support his view about unjustified charges imposed by many of our service providers. I, too, have had to pay for
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      Lock icon 4,300 applications ... and still no jobs
      654 17  - 4,300 applications and still no jobs LEENASATHIYA on i_ i i _l Is it my race? Is "rf my gender? Or is it my arts degree? (ace in k crowd 28, jobless graduate SINCE April last year, I have sent out about 4,300 applications for a variety of jobs. I
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      313 13 Sing Tel TOUCHING v LIVES FUND Show how much you care and make a difference to A I A D the lives of less privileged children and young people. H Be part of the moment. It takes so little to bring so much hope and joy to their lives. Whether
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  • Businesstoday
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      Services jobs aplenty
      437 20  -  Christie Loh But wave of retrenchments in electronics sector to continue chnstie@newstoday.com.sg AS THE economic outlook for the second half brightens, fortunes will be mixed for Singaporeans, depending on where they work. Those in the services industries, especially financial services, will be in a sweet spot, as
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      Lock icon Han to become CEO of F&N
      61 20 Bloomberg FRASER Neave (F&N) group managing director Han Cheng Fong will become chief executive of Singapore's biggest beverage maker when executive chairman Michael Fam retires next year, the company said. Dr Han (picture) is also currently F&N's deputy CEO. Mr Fam will remain as
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      Lock icon SembMarine makes $35m in Q1
      154 20 Dow Jones SEMBCORP Marine, or SembMarine, said its secondquarter net profit rose 28 per cent, as high oil prices and a regional export boom fuelled demand for oil-rig conversion and ship-repair services. Southeast Asia's biggest shipyard company said that net profit for the quarter ended
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    • Market WATCH
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        World markets
        61 20 Index Value Ch hange Nikkei 225 *****.92 Pis +47.32 +0.40 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.88 4378.00 +97.90 -10.80 +0.66 -0.25 Taiwan Wtd 6307.93 -4.05 -0.06 Korea Comp 1115.98 +4.69 +0.42 KLCI 938.22 +0.83 +0.09 SET Index 674.99 -0.68 -0.10 Jakarta Comp 1178.22 -4.07 -0.34 Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        SGX most active
        61 20 By volume Close :apitalandDBeCW***** 0.490 Capitaland 3.020 >TX PanOcean 0.925 Biosensors 1.180 :apilalanMBLeCW***** 0.545 UTAC 0.690 Sing Tel 2.800 UniFiber 0.375 BBS DB eCW*****0 0.250 U Ventur 0.290 Change +0.160 +0.190 -0.025 +0.185 -0.025 +0.030 -0.010 +0.060 +0.010 '000 +48.5 28,750 +6.7 28,192 -2.6 22,852 21,272 +51.4
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        SGX top rises
        71 20 BukilSem 16.000 +0.500 DBS 16.600 +0.500 ZITYDEV 9.050 +0.400 :iTYDEVW*****0 6.550 +0.300 5TIETF100 24.200 +0.300 HSI *****DBeCW*****9 2.640 +0.240 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.700 +0.200 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 0.580 +0.195 :apitaland 3.020 +0.190 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 0.545 +0.185 By percentage :rea1iveMBLeCW*****3 0.030 +500.0 LHT 0.060 +71.4 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 0.545 +51.4 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 0.580
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        SGX top falls
        75 20 By$ ShangAsia2kHKS SIA200 13.400 11.700 -0.300 -0.300 UOB 14.800 -0.300 GreatEast 14.500 -0.200 Jin dine (X( 13.200 -0.200 SIA 11.700 -0.200 Venlure 15.800 -0.200 Vellow Pages 1.170 -0.110 Creative 50 12.300 -0.100 F&N 16.300 -0.100 By percentage Digiland 0.010 Hi-PCAeCW*****7 0.075 -33.3 -28.6 ACCS CAeCW*****5 0.015 -25.0
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        ST Index-2,365.72 +13.16
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        Lock icon Singapore
        56 20 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher, led mostly by property stocks, thanks to continued bullish sentiment toward the property market. The ST Index rose 13.16 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 2,365.72 its highest level since January 2000. Advancers outnumbered decliners 283 to 241, while 906.7 million
        — Dow Jones  -  56 words
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6013 UK£ 0.3421 Yen 67.6438 HK$ 4.6744 RM 2.2552 Euro 0.496 Rupiah 5895.8 Baht 25.047 Peso 33.736 A$ 0.7948 Indian Rs 26.145 Won 617.51 C$ 0.7356 Yuan 4.8739 NZ$ 0.8835 NTS 19.146
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 20 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 437.000 Silver uss/oz 7.275 Platinum uss/oi 901.000 Rubber cnVkg 291 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1409 Brent crude uss/barrei 59.38 Information provided by
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    • savvy investor/news
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        How to invest your CPF wisely
        533 21 "CPF savings are only meant for basic retirement needs" and "CPF savings alone may not be enough for retirement". These phrases come directly from the Central Provident Fund Board's official website. Despite knowing this, some CPF members are still content to rely almost solely
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        Most Singaporeans clueless about retirement planning
        464 21  -  Valeric Law But survey shows that majority have good money management habits valerie@newstoday.com.sg WHILE most Singaporeans save and monitor their spending, 76 per cent are ill equipped in their retirement planning. According to a recent survey by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), only
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        Lock icon Temasek still keen on Taiwan bank: source
        190 21 -Dow Jones TAIPEI Temasek Holdings's offer for a 22-per-cent stake in Taiwan's Chang Hwa Commercial Bank stands if the sale of the stake to Taishin Financial Holdings falls through, a source familiar with the transaction said yesterday, "Temasek is seeking to reaffirm its
        -Dow Jones  -  190 words
    • Wealth your personal finance special
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        Lock icon Getting the best loan deal
        1391 22  -  Val Chua Refinancing is an option, but look at the lock-in period val@newstoday.com.sg RISING interest rates may spell fatter bonuses for bankers, but is there nothing property owners can do but to accept the next mortgage rate hike letter? Refinancing may be an option, said
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    • the business of marketing
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        Scam ads keep creativity alive
        775 24  -  Tang Li Ads designed specifically for awards aren't necessarily a bad thing for the industry news@newstoday.com.sg I COULD not help smirking when I read an article on "scam ads" recently in this section of the newspaper. From the moment I started working in the advertising
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        370 25  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Ad campaign gets the best response among Spore dailies shobha@newstoday.com.sg A RECENT series of advertisements in various Singapore newspapers saw the ones that appeared in Today (picture) receiving the maximum response from readers a fact that shows the newspaper's effectiveness, say industry
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          180 25  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IN A unique campaign, HSBC is rewarding its credit card holders with meals at Pizza Hut, Olio Dome and Starbucks for only $1. HSBC credit card holders who spend a minimum of $30 on
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          114 25  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IN yet another sign that the auction site eßay has evolved into a dynamic advertising platform for marketers, the famous American auction platform is going all Singaporean for National Day. Even before retail establishments here don their red and
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        595 25  -  Seah Siew Hua NEW companies usually have to deal with the problem of gaining brand recognition, but for Factiva a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters the challenge was breaking away from the parent companies' strong brand identities.
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        117 26 The NICC Olympiad wants you The National Infocomm Competency Centre (NICC) is inviting all certified professionals to take part in the NICC Certification Olympiad, in a drive to encourage candidates to be certified by next Wednesday, which is also the deadline for entries. The final results will be
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        194 26  -  Seah Slew Hua SAMSUNG wants to increase its market share in Singapore's digital camera market from 2 per cent to 20 per cent by 2007. To overtake current front-runners Sony and Canon, Samsung will also invest more into its digital camera business, which will eventually
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        527 26  -  Seah Siew Hua In software development, early detection is the best solution for error-free programs at delivery siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I YOU might think it plain common sense for software developers to identify bugs in their programs before they reach the quality-testing stage or, worse, are distributed to
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        487 27  -  Seah Siew Hua World of education has much to gain from use of open-source software siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I EDUCATION is about innovation and sharing II knowledge, says Ms Kirn Jones (picture), vicepresident of Sun Microsystems' global education and research division. And she believes that open-source software based on the
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        695 28  -  Seah Siew Hua The new Visual Radio wave is expected here next month siewhua@newstoday.com.sg RADIO is one of the oldI est forms of information and communication technology (ICT) to have survived changing technological advances, since Italian inventor Dr Guglielmo Marconi and his brother Alfonso transmitted the
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      468 30  -  David Chew Charities keep fingers crossed, hope public donations will rise again david. chew@news today, com, sg THE President's Star Charity (PSC) show was a night of song and dance, with Singaporean and international artistes performing various routines to help raise $3.76 million on Sunday. The amount was
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        76 30 Jackie Chan will not be racing down Singapore streets, after all. The international movie star, who is also the ambassador of Asian motor sports, was to take part in Autotrail, a racing event that will be held as part of the National Day celebrations. Replacing
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        57 30 Hong Kong actress-model Maggie Q is set to join the cast of Mission: Impossible 3. In the third instalment of the Mission: Impossible films, Q will star alongside Tom Cruise, who will reprise his role as special agent Ethan Hunt. They will be joined by
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        551 31  -  Joyce Lin Five production houses get green light for reality TV pilots j oyce(gnewsto day, com. sg REALITY TV sells. And it's here to stay if the Project Pilot competition is any indication. Five production houses all submitted their pitch for a pilot TV episode on MediaCorp TVI2
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      575 32  -  Recta Raman Tuckshop programme on, but students must play part, too reeta@newstoday.com.sg CALL it the silent "diet", but without much fanfare, many schools in Singapore have already taken steps to produce healthier menus for their students. Most children eat at least one meal a day from
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      316 33  -  Brenda Chew MEDIEVAL author William Cole once said that walnuts have "the perfect signature of the head, the kernel hath the very figure of the brain and therefore it is very profitable for the brain". Indeed, walnuts are good for the brain,
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      228 33 The National Breastfeeding Survey 2001 revealed that although 94.5 per cent of mothers attempted to breastfeed, only 71.6 per cent were doing so one month later. After two months, the figure dropped to 49.6 per cent and only 29.8 per cent persisted at four months. And
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      180 43 Healthy Female Participants Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy female participants for a scientific study involving an investigational medicine. The purpose of this study is to investigate the amount of this medicine in the blood after taking it over a period of time. In one of the
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      392 44 -AFP FOOTBALL Champions League, 2nd qualifying round LONDON Both Liverpool and Celtic are former European champions. Both will play their respective second leg ties of the Champions League second qualifying round tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) at home. But this is where
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      554 44 Agencies Aulas claims Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea want Essien LONDON It could be a bluff, or it may well be that Manchester United's doomsayers have jumped the gun, if reports coming out of Lyon and Old Trafford yesterday were anything to go by. Despite
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      470 45  -  JOSE RAYMOND Tampines and Lions star dreaming of a professional contract with Latvian champs jose@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS in England a fortnight ago. Last week, he found himself in Brunei. Arriving back home in Singapore yesterday, Noh Alam Shah would only have had a little more than 24
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      338 45  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE opening two days of the Singapore Open Shooting Championship 2005 (July 31-Aug 6) have seen the hosts make a strong start to the competition. Singapore currently leads the overall standings with four gold, six silver and three bronze medals.
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      144 45 THREE young footballers, charged last week with the offence of having sexual relations with an under-aged girl last September, have been suspended from all football-related activities by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). The case of brothers Syed Shafreen Syed Karim, 17, a member of Team A of
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      153 45  -  Darren Lai HOME UNITED's winless run in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2005 was extended to five when they drew 2-2 with the Young Lions at the Yishun Stadium last night Goals from Egmar Goncalves (picture, 45th mm) and Indra Sahdan (59th mm) saw Home take a
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        423 41  -  CUBBYLEONG Squash fans could be in for a treat in 2006 cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE have emerged as the frontrunners to host the 2006 Asian Squash Championships as original hosts Taiwan have run into financial difficulties. The biennial event, which features individual and team championships, saw
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        152 41 -AFP SOUTHPORT, England Jang Jeong (right) believes mastering a Tiger Woods computer game inspired her to victory in the Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale on Sunday. The 25-year-old became the fourth South Korean woman to win a Major title when she finished
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        297 42 -AFP BUDAPEST Fernando Alonso criticised Ralf Schumacher, after the Toyota driver admitted he was completely unaware of hitting the championship leader on the first lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. Renault driver Alonso started the race sixth after
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        178 43 -AFP TENNIS Mercedes-Benz Cup LOS ANGELES American Andre Agassi announced his return to tennis after a two-month injury absence with a 6-4, 7-5 win over 22-year-old Gilles Muller, in Sunday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) final of the USS3BO,OOO ($630,000) Mercedes-Benz Cup. The 35-year-old
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