Today, 20 August 2005

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    16 1 weekend TODAY August 20 21 2005 mica(P) 114/07/2005 /AeoiaCofip incorporating iJIFCmS we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    Lock icon TIP-TOEIN ACROSS COUNTRIES YOU WON'T FIND ON A MAP
    1426 1  -  Kffn ES explore with attitude news@newstoday.com.sg THE detention cells in the KGB secret police headquarters in Transniestria, a country between Moldova and Ukraine, are not the ideal place to spend a Saturday night Perhaps I have seen too many Cold War
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  • Singapore news
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      ND Rally: What will PM say?
      611 4  -  Tor Ching Li Analysts venture some guesses and their personal wishlists chingli@newsto day, com. sg LAST year, it was an inspiring look at the opportunities on Singapore's horizon. This year, with two integrated resorts (IRs) firmly pencilled onto that horizon, Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      LTA offers bigger payout, later deadline
      190 4 IN A move that will bring smiles to the residents of a building earmarked for demolition, the Land and Transport Authority (LTA) has increased its payout offer and pushed back their deadline to vacate it The occupants of Hock Hee House had been asked
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        Lock icon S'pore, Brunei sign tax deal
        96 4 Channel NewsAsia Singapore and Brunei have signed the Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement. This will eliminate double taxation as each country will give recognition to the tax paid by its residents to the other country. The agreement was signed in Singapore on Friday morning by
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        Lock icon S'porean caught with Ecstasy pills
        100 4 -AFP A Singaporean man was arrested at Bangkok international airport on Friday with more than 20,000 Ecstasy tablets with a street value of $300,000. Tan Seng Peow, 47, arrived in Bangkok on Thai Airways from Frankfurt and was waiting for a flight to Phnom Penh.
        -AFP  -  100 words
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      When grandma went skydiving
      204 6  -  Vinita Ramani AT AN age where most women would be straining to pick up their feisty grandkids, 72-year-old Elizabeth Tan has picked up skydiving. On Friday, she became Singapore's oldest known skydiver by leaping off a helicopter at 12,000 feet, strapped to her tandem jump instructor.
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        Lock icon $45m top-up for Edusave accounts
        80 6 Channel NewsAsia Singaporean students below the age of 1 6 years (as on Jan 1, 2005) have been given $100 each in Edusave topups, me money, totalling about $45 million, was deposited into the students' Edusave accounts on Wednesday. Starting this year, the annual contribution
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        Lock icon Man caught with drugs in pants
        77 6 Channel NewsAsia A Singaporean passenger in a Malaysian-registered vehicle was arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint on Thursday with 3.3kg of heroin hidden in his trousers. The drugs have a street value of $822,000, making the seizure the largest of its kind this year. The 45-year-old
        — Channel NewsAsia  -  77 words
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        President's Challenge raises $8.5m
        27 6 This year's President's Challenge has raised $8.5 million for charity, exceeding its target by $500,000. the money raised will go towards 45 beneficiaries
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      Lock icon NKF cuts dialysis costs
      568 6  -  Jasmine Yin But decision not timed to coincide with CAD probe jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has been called in to investigate "unusual transactions" at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the new team at the helm is still hard at work helping its patients.
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      Lending a hand to Special Olympics S'pore
      407 8  -  Jasmine Yin THEY'VE never done it before, but where they lacked experience they made up for it with enthusiasm and energy. Ten young Singaporeans have set out to raise funds for Special Olympics Singapore (SpOS) to encourage more people with intellectual disabilities to
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      When Junior needs 3 surgeries in 2 years
      501 8  -  Dawn Quek NUH fund to subsidise costs of heart treatment dawn@newstoday.com.sg MRS Peck Keng Siong never imagined how much her life would change when her gynaecologist told her that her second son had a heart condition. Then seven months pregnant, there was
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        PM Lee, second year and beyond
        690 9  -  Gillian Koh Citizens not only becoming more demanding, but also more active in complex global city-state PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in his first year, has shown much courage in addressing the challenges that arise from Singapore's deepening embeddedness in the world economic system.
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Why girls must not fall for that cute bunny
      822 10 The Guardian Playboy's success in stationery shows the insidious mainstreaming of porn IN BRITAIN last month seven smartly uniformed schoolgirls were up in arms picketing outside a WHSmith branch in southwest London. The protest, which made local news headlines, was against
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      Lock icon 'Brash kid' may fight Koizumi nemesis
      239 10 -AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has indicated that flamboyant 32-year-old Internet tycoon Takafumi Horie (picture) may compete in snap polls against a veteran politician who has become the premier's nemesis. The founder of Internet start-up Livedoor, who dresses in a trademark T-shirt,
      -AFP; AFP  -  239 words
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Mo Mowlam dies
        50 10 Agencies Ms Mo Mowlam, who as Britain's Northern Ireland secretary helped secure the 1998 Good Friday accord to end 30 years of strife in the province, died on Friday aged 55. She hit her head in a fall last month, a family friend told The Associated Press.
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        Lock icon Oil exports halted amid protests
        43 10 AFP Ecuador has halted crude oil exports amid violent protests in two provinces, where striking workers and residents have taken over three dozen oil wells and two airports to force negotiations for a bigger share of oil revenues.
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        Lock icon 10 killed, 10 life sentences
        39 10 AFP A US judge has sentenced Dennis Rader, the self-named "Bind, Torture, Kill" serial killer who terrorised Wichita city in Kansas for decades, to 10 life sentences in prison for killing 1 0 people.
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      Lock icon Global war on terror scores one hit, one miss
      224 12 -AP CAIRO Egyptian police have detained a suspected mastermind behind last month's deadly attacks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, an interior ministry official said on Friday. Hassan el-Arishi was arrested late on Thursday at a house in the
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon All 'mates' again in Australian Parliament
        79 12 AFP Security guards at Australia's Parliament can continue addressing politicians and visitors as "mate", after a ban on the term was reversed. After a complaint from a civil servant about informality, guards were told to address everyone as "sir" or "madam". But Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Undies that fight germs
        53 12 AP British troops combating the heat and dust of Iraq have a new weapon in their armory germ-fighting underwear, me antimicrobial underpants have been introduced as part of a new desert uniform. They are the first undergarments issued to British troops, who traditionally have had to
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        Lock icon Diaper device scare
        33 12 AFP A device designed to detect diaper moisture touched off a bomb scare in a post office in south-west Germany when it began to tick in its parcel, police said.
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      Lock icon For haze, next stop S'pore?
      410 12 Agencies Fires still raging, says Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR Choking haze from Indonesian forest fires is likely to return to Malaysia next week, officials said, as Japan and South Korea offered to help combat the haze crisis plaguing the region. Smoke from the fires on Sumatra
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      Lock icon Bedroom games
      757 14  -  Neil Humphreys S'pore is counting down the days to Sexpo 2005 SEX made the front page of Today on Tuesday. When I saw the headline, "A uniquely Singapore sex show", I instinctively assumed it was a feature on Orchard Towers. But the story was far more dramatic: The
      ENG KONG  -  757 words
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      Right training necessary for better customer service
      415 14  -  KOH KAH TIONG Letter from I FULLY agree with the news comment, "Service lessons for The Big Boss" (Aug 19). Providing good customer service lies squarely on the shoulders of the service provider. In Singapore there is too much emphasis placed on training
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      Civil servants' pay: NS experience a key factor
      199 14  -  JOYCE CHIA (MS) I Letter from Assistant Director, Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office I REFER to the letters by Mr Sebastian Ng Sui Chye ("Reinstate NS pay for exarmy regulars", Aug 15) and Mr Vincent Lai Wai Yin ("Increments should apply
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      Why Andrew Kuan remained in JTC after appraisal
      192 16  -  KELLY WEE I Letter from I Deputy Director, Marketing Communications, JTC Corporation WE refer to Mr Jeffrey Ho Loon Poh's letter, "Why did 'unsatisfactory' Kuan remain for 27 months?" (Aug 15). We would like to clarify that if a staff's performance is
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      Keeping dignity of Presidency
      660 16  -  CHEN HWAI LIANG In n i_ n.■ iv a■■ i I Pool of potential candidates not small I Letter from Press Secretary to Prime Minister The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao and Today in the past week published letters and commentaries on the Presidential Election. When lamenting
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      324 17 My family persuaded me to move here. It's very family-friendly. Lots of things to do with the family. >■-• We live in a hot and humid climate, J| f E so staying cool is a top priority. \*s~ The units here have windows Jim HR p that maximise cross-ventilation. '-3^-^^P^^
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon An awkward bet?
      692 18  -  Chow Penn Nee Gaming industry's former ties with money laundering deter some banks, but others take a liberal approach pennnee@newstoday.com.sg WHEN it comes to lending money to the gaming industry, the normal rules of risk and return do not necessarily apply. According to a recent report in
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        60 18 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 12,291.73 15,038.61 4,429.90 6,158.94 1,089.88 925.54 680.83 1,087.95 1,966.33 230.60 7,780.76 Pis -15.64 -0.13 -109.48 -0.72 +19.70 +0.45 -46.15 -0.74 -2.83 -0.26 +1.90 +0.21
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5991 0.3333 66.205 4.6563 2.2563 0.4919 5.9813 24.699 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 33.561 0.7951 26.109 615.25 0.7291 4.8565 0.8617 19.281
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        Commodities
        21 18 Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi 444.90 7.005 889.00 Rubber centsAg 256.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,369.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 63.28
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        Lock icon Singapore
        113 18 AFP SHARES closed slightly higher on Friday on gains in bellwether stock Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and other selected blue chips. But dealers said sentiment remained subdued because of concerns over oil prices, which remained well above US$6O a barrel. The main concern arising from high oil prices is that
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        ST Index — 2,286.36 +3.66
        4 18 ST Index 2,286.36 +3.66
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        64 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume Kl Ventur Bio-Treat LMA ACCS AirOcean IPC Corp Capitaland SembKim Biosensors Wee Poh Close 0.305 0.880 0.830 0.120 0.245 0.200 2.910 0.345 0.940 0.005 Change +0.020 +0.035 +0.040 +0.015 +0.025 +0.010 +0.030 +0.010 +0.005 +7.0 +4.1 +5.1 +14.3 +11.4 +5.3
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        SGX top rises
        82 18 By Close Change Creative 50 12.200 +0.300 Venture 15.300 +0.300 SIA 11.700 +0.200 HyfluxDB eCW*****7 2.040 +0.120 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 109.200 +0.100 HL Fin 3.740 +0.100 JardineC&C 12.300 +0.100 JSH500USS 10.300 +0.100 ShangAsia 2kHK$ 13.700 +0.100 SIA 200 11.600 +0.100 By percentage Close Change Compact 0.030
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        SGX top falls
        74 18 By Close BukilSem 17.800 Change -0.400 F&N 15.900 -0.300 IMH 400USS 17.300 -0.300 HSCEI5000DBeCW*****0 1.020 ZITYDEV 8.650 -0.120 -0.100 DBS 15.400 -0.100 KepLandSGAeCW*****3 0.760 ZapitaMall 2.480 HSCEI5100DBeCW*****9 0.465 -0.100 -0.090 -0.090 By percentage Close Integr W*****7 0.010 NOLMBLeCW*****5 0.040 Changi -33.3 -33.3 NOLDB eCW*****0 0.120 Auslon R
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    • business news
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        Lock icon CAO parent pays $8m fine for insider trading
        625 20 Bloomberg Holding company sold 15% of its S'pore unit a month before the subsidiary sought bankruptcy protection THE Beijing-based parent of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, or CAO, has paid an $8-million penalty for breaching Singapore's insider trading laws shortly before CAO
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      • Article
        Vantage CEO wins tussle for the company
        259 20 FOUR months after it began, a winner has finally emerged in the tussle for main-board-listed Vantage Corporation. Mr Kea Kah Kim, Vantage's chief executive officer, has succeeded in taking control of the company that he heads beating out two other contenders along the
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        Restructuring efforts pay off for Hartford
        183 20 SUCCESSFUL marketing and restructuring efforts by education provider Hartford Holdings helped it to report a full-year net profit of $327,429, or 0.55 cent a share, turning around from a loss of $770,346, or 1.28 cents a share, last year. It also enjoyed a 17-per-cent
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      From Russia with luxe
      569 23  -  Pearlyn Tham Military, peasant and tsarist fashion, anyone? FASHION'S drawing board has always look like a globetrotter's passport. Each season, like Amazing Race contestants, fashion designers "go" places for their inspirations. Last season's destination was Africa and designers had a wild time with tribal sandals, mammoth
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    • style
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        Sun-kissed and velvety
        313 24  -  Pearlvn Tham Bobbi makes it matte in new range pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg MOST of us tend to forget work at least we try to when we are on holiday. But not make-up queen Bobbi Brown. While on a vacation with her family in Telluride in Colorado, Bobbi fell in
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        Drink your way to smooth, luminous skin
        184 24  -  Pearlyn Tham WHAT S low in calories, has no added sugar, contains natural blueberry flavour that tastes like fruit punch and can't be found on any drinks menu? Turn Osim's popular oral skin supplement Nourish Refine into a drink and you'll get the
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        Let your feet find their paradise
        103 24 SHOE lovers will want to trot over to Tiong Bahru Plaza this month. Until Aug 28, the Atrium and the Open Concourse at Tiong Bahru Plaza will be transformed into a shoe paradise called the Pretty Feet Affair. And when your feet are sore
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      • AT A GLANCE
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          Sea the results
          70 24 Stave off signs of stress and fatigue in your eye area with the new H2o+ Sea Results Eye Defence Fortifying Serum. Priced at $73, this anti-ageing concentrate contains Sea Mineral Complex to protect your skin against the environment, photoageing and irritation. You can also count on the
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          Make not war
          81 24 up, Swedish brand Make Up Store makes its Asian debut in Singapore. Step into the minimalist store with its black furnishings and choose from a wide variety of make-up and body products and accessories, including brushes and tweezers. A must-try is Ice Creme Time with shea butter
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          Calling hair of style
          79 24 every Think long and straight clack hair is the only definition of beautiful hair for a woman? Dove wants you to think again. To allow women to express their individuality through different hairstyles, colours and lengths, Dove launches its Hair Specialists Care Range in three formulas
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        A younger you in five minutes
        155 26  -  Pearlyn Tham IT'S not called Top Speed for nothing. Revlon's new Top Speed Haircolour is said to cover grey hair in just five minutes. The pigment loss in greying hair makes it coarse and resistant to colouring. Top Speed Haircolour is formulated to provide
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        Barbie: Fall-Winter 2005
        315 26  -  Brenda Chew brenda@newstoday.com. WHATEVER you think of Barbie, she has always held her own as an icon of fashion. Barbie's Fall-Winter clothing collection was unveiled recently, along with detailed accessories. Tops include detailed features such as lace butterflies, large bows and blooming roses. Colours also figure prominently.
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        Back to past for G2000 classics
        203 26  -  Pearlyn Tham WHEN G2OOO sent us some discount coupons earlier this week, a number of my colleagues couldn't wait to get their hands on them, citing the brand's chic yet affordable shirts, suits and cardigans as perennial favourites. They'll be pleased with G2ooo's FallWinter
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    • makan
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        Lock icon Star beef noodles a labour of love
        677 27  -  Eveline Gan Homemade chilli sauce and tasty soup make this dish a winner eveline@newstoday.com.sg KIM Moh's Hainanese beef noodles have come a long way since its humble beginnings in the 1980s. From its original stall in a dingy kopitiam in Ghim Moh, owner
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    • gadget
      • SHOPPING GUIDE
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          Apple Mighty Mouse
          95 28 IT might not necessarily save the day, but Apple's next-generation mouse the Mighty Mouse does boast a new range of features that will enhance your Mac experience. The device has programmable touch sensors that act as primary or secondary buttons. Using the upper right or left side
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          Siemens CX75 Multimedia Phone
          114 28 COMPLETE with a 1.3-megapixel camera and video recording capability, the Siemens CX7S gives you multimedia entertainment wherever you go. Bluetooth connectivity allows you to link the phone to a PC or a printer for speedy uploading and printing of photos. Personal organiser functions such as the
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          Creative WebCam Live! Effects
          123 28 VIDEO instant messaging fans can give Creative's latest web cam a shot. The WebCam Live! Effects is a USB 2.0 web camera that delivers video at up to 30 frames per second at VGA resolution. With its VGA CMOS sensor, the web cam enables users to
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          Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1
          122 28 INTEGRATED with Konica Minolta's CxProcess 111 image processing technology, the DiMAGE XI features an 8-megapixel, 1/1.8-type CCD and an anti-shake system that is effective for taking wideangle shots in low light conditions or using slow shutter speeds of around 1 /6th of a second at wide-angle.
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        Professional photo printing ... at home
        796 28  - Professional photo printing at home David Ng Find out how to choose the printer that suits your needs infotech@newstoday.com.sg BACK in the days when the camera world was ruled by film, you had to go down to the photo shop to drop off the negatives and hope for the best
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        Easy to set up and very fast
        440 29  -  Trevor Tan The high-quality output from this photo printer will surely satisfy you trevor@newstoday.com.sg WITH the proliferation of digital cameras, many users want their precious moments printed out instantly. To cater to this demand, many digital camera manufacturers have released compact digital photo
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        Three new LifeBook portable PCs join the family
        167 29 FUJITSU PC Asia-Pacific has rolled out three additions to its Summer 2005 product family the Lifeßook N6210, S2llO and C1320. The N6210 ($5,888), powered by Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, has a 17-inch SuperFine Wide XGA+ display that is ideal for movie viewing
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    • car
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        Budget delight
        658 30  -  Colin Yong Saving money need not be a drudgery, as the new Kia Rio proves JEREMY Clarkson, the irreverent host of J the BBC's popular Top Gear programme, once said that the phrase "cheap and cheerful" can never apply to cars. "Let's get one thing straight," he declared.
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        Audi Driving Experience participants get a taste of life in the fast lane
        426 30  -  Colin Yong DON'T be alarmed if you happen to be in Tuas over the next four days and catch sight of some luxury saloons slewing across the road or cornering at breakneck speeds. The drivers of these
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        POWER TRIP
        835 32  -  Colin Yong Superb new engine gives boost to entry-level BMW 730U colin@newstoday.com.sg NO MATTER what you thought of the previous BMW 7 Series' styling, it was clear that there was never much wrong with the way it drove or treated its occupants. Luxury car buyers in Singapore obviously
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          148 32 The Volkswagen Touran will become the only sub-1,600cc Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) with seven individual seats when it goes on sale here by the end of next month. The model has been sold in Europe for the past two years but is only just arriving in Singapore
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          132 32 Chrysler has opened the order book for its distinctivelystyled 300 C, even though the first units are not due to arrive until the end of this year. At $159,999 with COE, the 3.5-litre car comfortably undercuts rivals like the Lexus GS3OO and the Audi A 6
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          122 32 This is the first official photo of the Audi Q7, the company's first dedicated Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). It is due to make its world premiere at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show and will go on sale next year. Only one petrol engine will be available initially
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        794 33 Dow Jones Property sales pick up a month after real estate buying is made easier STEPS to boost Singapore's residential property market are beginning to take effect, with developers such as City Developments and Keppel Land reporting higher sales one month after the Government announced a
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        Lock icon Foreigners' interest in private homes rises
        263 33 Dow Jones THE number of caveats lodged by foreigners on private homes in Singapore soared 60 per cent to 771 in the second quarter from 483 in the first three months of this year, the Business Times reported on Friday, citing figures from property
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        417 33 AFP OFFICE rentals in the major cities in the Asia-Pacific region were higher in the second quarter ended June as companies expanded operations amid strong economic conditions, property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report released earlier this week.
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      1085 34  -  Mervin Tay Blind Project SuperStar winnerTan Wei Lian says his disability did not help him triumph WHEN Singapore's first male Project SuperStar was announced, there was only one question on everyone's lips: Did visually-handicapped busker Tan Wei Lian win on merit or did sympathy votes carry him
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      474 35  -  Mervin Tay BEFORE the final result was announced, Hong Jun Yang looked destined to be Singapore's first male Project Super Star. The judges certainly thought so. For his three songs, they awarded him an overall average of 40.7 out of 50 points on the
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        108 35  -  JONITAN WRI+ES: I REFER to the Project SuperStar finals on MediaCorp TV's Channel U on Thursday night What an anti-climax! In my opinion, the best singers did not make the final. While I could understand the support given to Kelly Poon by her Singapore Polytechnic friends, it
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        Good voice not enough
        150 35  -  JASON PHOON WRI+ES: TAN Wei Lian and Kelly Poon took top spots in Project SuperStar on Thursday night, emerging as the male and female champions respectively. I am happy for Kelly as she has always been my winner, but I can't say the same for Wei
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        123 35  -  DOREENONGWRI+ES: I REFER to the article, "The Da Vinci Farce" (Aug 11). The American novel Da Vinci Code has been classified as fiction. That being the case, I fail to understand how one can even think that there is any truth in the "conspiracy theories"
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        26 36 Esplanade Dr L Subramaniam, one of the world's top violinists, will perform at the Esplanade on Sunday at 7.3opm.Tickets are available through Sistic.
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        UK dance legend comes 'Home'
        34 36 Top UK drum V bass pioneer Goldie makes a DJ appearance on Saturday night at Home (The Riverwalk). Tickets are $25 (available at the door). For details, check www.exitmusik.com
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        hits United Square
        34 36 Disney-mania To celebrate United Square's third anniversary this weekend, the Disney Baby competition a contest to find the most photogenic baby-will be held. The winner will be crowned on Sept 4.
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        SAM brings art to your life
        36 36 The Singapore Art Museum is organising a public art library session at Gallery 2.6 (Waterloo) Corridor of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts from 11.00 am to 4.00pm on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Laughing at terrorists
      410 36 AFP British comics use 'crisis humour' to tackle terror LONDON Know how to spot a suicide bomber on the subway? Ask him where he's going. If he replies "Armageddon", get off the train. Fast Jokes, told in the right way, can take the terror out of disasters
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          CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
          31 37  -  David Chew A tasty chocolate trip that's sweet on the eyes, even if Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka is a candy you'll only want to try once.
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          LAND OF THE DEAD
          14 37  -  Audrey Phoon Extremely enjoyable zombie flick with a serious undertone
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          19 37 DC The old good, cop, bad cop routine gets a stylish reworking in this arresting Gerard Depardieu thriller.
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          Lock icon BEWITCHED
          28 37 ■JT Nicole Kidman has perfected original witch Samantha Morgan's nose wiggle in this remake of the 1 960s sitcom. But that's pretty much where the charm ends.
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          Lock icon THE MAID
          25 37 -JT Big-budget local horror flick is rather mediocre but has a good chance of being Singapore's first global break-out a /a Japan's Ringu.
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          28 37 .-JT Really, this movie should be called Must Love Diane Lane because she dominates the romantic comedy. If you like Lane, you'll like this film.
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          PERTH
          31 37  -  Jeanine Tan The story of an alienated taxi driver (Lim Kay Tong). Lim is superb, even if Perth doesn't quite reach the heights of Scorsese's 1 976 classic Taxi Driver.
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          Lock icon SEVEN SWORDS
          23 37 -JT Ambitious, but too much has been removed from the original three-hour cut. And that's the most painful cut of all.
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          14 37 -JT You'll get lotsa bang for your buck, just don't expect stealthy subtlety.
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          VALIANT
          34 37  -  Ne/7 Humphreys Quirky animated family film, with pigeons as the heroes, is a decent spoof of British World War II movies. The cute, brave birds fly into battle, but Valiant doesn't quite soar.
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          Lock icon WEDDING CRASHERS
          25 37 -JT Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are a match made in comic heaven. The movie is hilarious until a woman spoils the party.
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          Lock icon THE WAYWARD CLOUD
          35 37 r Director Tsai Ming Liang claims it's art, not exploitative porn. Either way, his film's final scene is powerful but vulgar, and it's hard to know what Tsai is trying to say.
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          25 37 DC Drama set in a Beijing theme park of scaled down monuments such as the Eiffel Tower tackles the urban migration issue impressively.
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          MOB SISTER
          23 37  -  Elisa Chi a What was the director thinking when he made an all-star cast play bit roles to a nubile newcomer?
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        135 37  -  Joyce Lin YOU might have seen him in TV commercials recently, relaxing in a massage chair with his trademark bouffant do' and beard. Zhang Fei is the host of popular Taiwanese show Variety Big Brother airing here on Sundays at 7.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel
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      1056 38 M^DIACOPP SATURDAY M CHANNEL JJ I 7 |S stay Home Saturday CHANNEL Movie H.»usf-Juf-st i 6 00AM YoYo Dion Ming 6.00AM OdysseyV 9.20 National DayVideo 6.25 Natural Garden Fossil 2005 7.30 Beautiful Taiwan 7.00 What A World 40 Today 8.00 Captain Fatz and the I- Q 7.30 Food Source Asia
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      531 40  -  Brenda Chew Recognising the benefits of having healthier staff, more companies are adopting health promotion schemes brenda@newstoday.com.sg EVERY Thursday evening, employees at Pacific Internet are encouraged to stop work and participate in an activity of their choice as long as it contributes to good health.
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      142 40 MbdiaCorp W MediaCorp TV is looking for a suitably qualified candidate to fill the following position: CHANNEL PROMOTIONS MANAGER (4-MONTH CONTRACT) (Ref No.: MTV/CPM/TD*****5) You shall manage the marketing/promotion/branding aspects of all programme genres for Channel 5. You will conceptualise, develop and implement strategic advertising and promotional strategies (both on
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        440 42  -  CUBBYLEONG Singapore hopes at worlds end as mixed doubles team also exit BADMINTON World Championships cubby@newstoday.com.sg IN A gallant effort, Singapore's Li Li had world No 3 Pi Hongyan on the back foot for almost all of the first set, but in the end she came
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        Lock icon Lin and Zhang advance after early scares
        280 42 AFP ANAHEIM, California World No 1 Lin Dan used a selective net attack and a barrage of smashes to overpower Shoji Sato in the third round of the badminton world championships on Thursday. The 21-year-old Lin needed 63 minutes to defeat Sato 15-8,
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        612 43 World's top two share lead at Firestone, pumped Mickelson also blazing a trail GOLF NEC Invitational AKRON, Ohio Three days after the Major championship season ended, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh played like they still have plenty to prove on Thursday by taking a
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        324 43 -AP TRI-NATIONS RUGBY Australia v South Africa PERTH Matt Rogers will start on the wing in a rugby Test for the first time in Saturday's Tri-Nations match against South Africa, as the Wallabies attempt to break a three-game losing streak. World Cup fullback
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        Lock icon Gold plunder, as relay quartet shine at Inter School Games
        385 44  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Sports School's gold rush at the Bth Thailand Inter Sports School Games continued when they captured eight gold medals on Friday. The school's table tennis players bagged three more individual titles and the track
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        462 44 ARGUABLY one of the fastest penholder paddlers in the world. South Korea's table tennis star Ryu Seung Min caused a stir when he stunned the Chinese to win the men's singles gold at last year's Athens Olympics. Ryu's victory prevented China from completing a clean sweep
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        S'pore hockey will not walk alone
        199 44  -  Darren Lai MADE In Anfield (MIA) used to be only known as the clubhouse of the official Liverpool Fan Club in Singapore. But on Friday, MIA was also announced as the title sponsors of the upcoming Four Nations hockey tournament To be held at
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        697 45  -  lAN DE COTTA ian@newstodav.com.sa Alonso must prove mettle against charging Finn FORMULA 1 Turkish Grand Prix GIANCARLO Fisichella watched a DVD while on a boat in the Mediterranean. Fernando Alonso fiddled with his Playstation in the family home in Spain. Probably to the consternation of their respective partners,
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        263 45 Colin Yong, Today motoring correspondent 1 X Raikkonen 2 F Alonso 3 J P Montoya A twisty new anticlockwise circuit and sweltering temperatures will make the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix a tough test for drivers and cars. Raikkonen's talent in mastering new tracks makes him the favourite
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      Lock icon Champion Tze Huang looking good for SEA Games
      413 46  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE last time a Singaporean lifted the Open Amateur Championships here was in 1989, when former No 1 Samson Gimson emerged triumphant Singapore junior No 1 golfer Choo Tze Huang came closest to matching Gimson's feat when he
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      90 46 THERE will be a special screening for all Red Devil fans on Saturday at BullFrog Bar Rest, Novena Sq, Ist Floor, of the Man Utd v Aston Villa clash, kick-off 7.45pm. Man U Special off the day, fish chips mug of Tiger at $16 nett. There
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      365 46 Arsenal's ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Arsenal LONDON In Eric Cantona's world, he may well be classified as a "water carrier". But Thierry Henry will have none of it As the Arsenal captain prepares to lead his side out at Stamford Bridge in what promises to be a momentous
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      CPIB probe another match-fixing approach
      222 46  -  Jose Raymond THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) have begun a probe into allegations made by Paya Lebar Punggol goalkeeper Zulkifli Zainolabidin that he was asked to fix an S-League match two months ago by a former club official (see graphic). On Friday, the CPIB
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      Lock icon FABREGAS CRUCIAL
      520 47 silky skilled, eye-for-the-killer-pass Cesc Fabregas or Chelsea's muscular defensive midfielder Makelele. With Patrick Vieira gone to Turin, many have questioned the Gunners' ability to challenge for the title this season, But Henry is adamant they will not go the same way as Real. While a different kind of
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      Lock icon Nine-man Home stun Tampines to reach final
      302 47  -  Darren Lai NINE-MAN Home United produced an astonishing comeback to beat Tampines 2-0 in the second leg of their RHB Singapore Cup semi-final at the Tampines Stadium on Friday night, as they booked a place in the final with a 4-3 aggregate. Brazilian-born
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      198 47 SATURDAY Bam Baseball Yankees v White Sox, Ch23 9.30am Badminton World Badminton C'ships, Ch24 Noon Football Barclays EPL Goals, Chs 5.55pm Rugby Tri-Nations: Australia v South Africa, Ch24 7.30pm SPL Rangers v Celtic, Chi 07 7.40pm EPL Man United v Aston Villa, Ch23 9.55pm EPL Tottenham v Boro, Ch24 9.55pm
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