Today, 30 August 2005, Afternoon Edition

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      29 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 8 voices 14 business 18 impact 22 plus 26 tv/radio listings 38 classad 39 sports 42 we set you thinking mfX;^}\'*M
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Huge losses from hurricane: Governor
      409 1 -AFP Lower toll in New Orleans as Katrina veers away at last minute NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Katrina apparently wrought "catastrophic damage" across the southern Gulf Coast state of Mississippi, Governor Haley Barbour said yesterday. "We expect that catastrophic damage has been suffered on the coast
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      Lock icon Wall Street shrugs off hurricane
      128 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks yesterday shook off initial losses caused by the tumultuous arrival of Hurricane Katrina as the storm's impact was downgraded and oil prices shed record-breaking gains. Shares in some oil majors and homeimprovement chains went higher on the back of Katrina
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      Lock icon MIT of the East? NTU urged to choose
      681 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg SO what do you want to be? Harvard or MIT because you can't be both? Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong asked this question of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) when he visited its Yunnan Garden campus as the guest-of-honour
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      146 2 Win a \^j^§^S& Family Trip to the Gold Coast and Warner Bros. Movie World CONTEST WINNERS Grand Prize SD/UM Family Trip for U to Gold Coast (Australia) and Warner Bros Movie World; 100 Toys ft Us voucher; set of 10 ftoald Dahl's books; Charlie The Chocolate Factory.T-shirt, goggles, 6 collectible
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      Lock icon No neckties for a new beginning
      484 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH New MediaCorp GCEO Chow sheds corporate image to enter media world christie@newstoday.com.sg WITH his signature silver hair, pin-striped suits and metal-rimmed glasses, Mr Lucas Chow, 52, cuts a sharp corporate figure. After all, he has spent more than 20 years in the
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      BEHIND ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ON MUIS
      753 3  -  MAAROFSALLEH The Muslim community demands more transparency A LETTER sent to this paper by reader Haj Mohamed on Aug 8 asked the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) to detail how it disbursed the zakat (donations for the poor and disabled). A few months ago,
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        Lock icon HIGHER SPEED LIMITS IN NORTH-EAST FROM SEPT 1
        94 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA I he speed limits tor 21 road sections in north-eastern Singapore will be raised from 50kmh to 60kmh or 70kmh from Sept 1. They are in the Ang Mo Kio, Hougang, Buangkok, Punggol, Sengkang, Upper Paya Lebar and Kaki Bukit
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        Lock icon STEM CELL PROCEDURE FOR EX-CONJOINED TWINS?
        95 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Four years after being separated in a landmark 97-hour operation, Nepalese former conjoined twins, Ganga and Jamuna Shestra, are in Singapore for their first formal assessment. Ganga's brain is not growing well and neurosurgeon Dr Keith Goh aims to use stem cell
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      Lock icon Better HDB deal for seniors
      518 4  -  JASMINE YIN Changes to help over 55s live more comfortably on their own or with family jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has announced details of pro-elderly policy changes that the Prime Minister outlined on Sunday. In preparation for a rapidly ageing Singapore, rules
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      Lock icon Constance Chee trial ends with a lesson in physics
      378 4  -  ANSLEYNG AS DRAMATICALLY as it began, the trial of Constance Chee ended yesterday on a contrasting note with a pedantic lesson in physics. The former flight attendant is accused of kidnapping and throwing her ex-lover's daughter, Neo Sindee, four, down a
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      LTA to decide on Buangkok
      388 6  -  TORCHING LI Minister Yeo reassures residents there that MRT station is definitely not a'white elephant' chingli@newstoday.com.sg TRANSPORT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong reassured Buangkok residents that their MRT station is not a "white elephant", reacting to a protest on Sunday when eight white elephant placards were
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      Lock icon Boat restaurant suspends operations
      313 6  -  -LOHCHEEKONG FOLLOWING the fire that sunk a popular boat restaurant on Sunday evening, its operator announced that it has cancelled all its cruises until Thursday, to facilitate investigations into the cause of the incident According to Water Tours' general manager Henry Lim, the US$l.5 million ($2.5
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      443 8 JVIASTE RS QUALIFICATIONS MBA UNIVERSITY Specialisations: Logistics; International Management; Real Estate Risk Management NEWCASTLE BUSINESS SCHOOL One of the most practical and relevant MBAs Entry via management experience available 'Best New University' in Times Extensive local and on-line support 2005 Good University Guide Provides preparation for doctoral programmes Intake: Sept
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      Rafidah Aziz bounces back
      566 8  -  CLEMENT MESENAS 'Nobody's perfect,' says Malaysian minister, shrugging off car import permits controversy FOREIGN EDITOR clement@newstoday.com.sg THE last time Malaysian Minister of Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz was in the public eye, she cut a sorry sight snivelling, distraught, fending off allegations that she had abused
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      Lock icon M'sian author who libelled Anwar dies
      229 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The author of a book which helped trigger the 1998 sacking of Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim (picture) died yesterday of diabetes, the official Bernama news agency reported. It said Khalid Jafri, 65, would be buried today in the
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      Lock icon SE Asia easy target for 'dirty bombs'
      192 8 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australian experts working to prevent terrorists launching a regional "dirty bomb" attack have found large, unsecured sources of dangerous radioactive material in Southeast Asia, the Australian newspaper reported. A team from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) discovered enough
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      Lock icon Clooney bets on casino
      216 10 -AFP Oceans Eleven star wants co-star Brad Pitt to be involved in the design LOS ANGELES As a suave rogue in Ocean's Eleven, heartthrob George Clooney pulled off a major casino heist; now he's sinking his own cash into Sin City's latest multi-billion-dollar gaming, condo and
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      Lock icon British speed-seekers stopped at 272 km/h
      87 10 -AFP NUREMBERG A group of British sportscar drivers were arrested by German police after clocking up speeds of up to 272 km/h in an illegal race across Europe, po- lice said yesterday. The group of 12 cars was stopped on a motorway near this
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      Lock icon Aussie politician pinches bottoms, insults Asians
      247 10 AFP SYDNEY A leading Australian politician resigned yesterday after it was revealed that he called an opponent's Malaysian wife a "mail order bride", pinched the bottom of a female journalist and propositioned another at an alcoholfuelled party. New South Wales opposition Liberal Party leader
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    • this quirky world
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        BROCCOLI ICE-CREAM, ANYONE?
        50 12 A range of vegetable ice-creams has been developed by the wife of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, reported Sky.com. Mrs Tana Ramsay's Ice Greens come in flavours like broccoli, carrot and lettuce. The mother of four hopes her foray into food will tempt children with fussy eating habits.
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        MONDAY BLUES CAN BE FATAL
        24 12 Research shows that more people in Britain commit suicide on Monday than any other day, reported The Sun newspaper.
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        USE OF GANDHI'S IMAGE IN EGG BRANDING SPARKS OUTCRY
        139 12 Devotees of Mahatma Gandhi, a vegetarian to the point of neurosis, have been engaged in a furious row after the Father of the Indian Nation was chosen as a "brand ambassador" for eggs a food he never ate, reported the Daily
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      COURTED BY 2 POWERFUL SUITORS
      591 12  -  FABIOSCARPELLO Indonesia is a prize catch for China, US news@newstoday.com.sg IN THE tussle for influence in Asia, the United States and China have been scrambling for Indonesia's affections. However, in this three-way dance, it is President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's non-committal stance that is setting the
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      Women win, men lose
      524 14  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Under the prevailing laws, Singaporean men really do end up worse off after divorce Letter from I REFER to the letter by Mr Wong Hoong Hooi, "Marriage? Laws are a raw deal for men" (Aug 26). My friend's wife squandered away most of
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      There is only one legal justification for divorce
      132 14  -  TANYIMEI Letter from I WAS reading the letter from Tham Zhi Mm: "In divorce, nobody wins" (Aug 29). While I agree with most of what was said, I feel one paragraph must be corrected. The writer said: "It is easy enough to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      255 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD OF CHILDREN It never has been easy to raise children, I suppose, but the environment in which they're growing up today has become much more dangerous. Yesterday's families didn't have to worry about illegal drugs, sexual molesters, and
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      Model exam answers a rip-off
      269 16  -  BERTON LIM Depending on these books is sure way to do badly in exams Letter from I AM in the midst of preparing for my A level examinations. I felt compelled to write this letter after repeated brushes with wrong answers and explanations in assessment
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      Sub-divide driving licence categories
      201 16  -  MUHAMMAD DANIAL NOORDIN Letter from I REFER to the letter "Increase driving age from 18 to 21" (Aug 26) by Mr Khoo Lih-Han. The issue cannot be addressed simply by raising the age limit for driving. First, if young citizens aged 18 can be entrusted with
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      Pay rise, then sacked for poor performance when pregnant
      157 16  -  TANGEKHUA Letter from I REFER to Mrs C C Lee's letter (Aug 29) which was in response to the article, "Can MOM help mums in trouble?" (Aug 25). I am alarmed to learn that there are quite a number of firms
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        RELOCATE REMOTE ATMs TO PETROL STATIONS
        70 16  -  NELSON QUAH A number of banks have set up a lobby within their premises to provide afterhours automated banking services. Customers appreciate such round-the-clock services. But some of the locations are in remote areas and give customers a sense of insecurity, especially at night.
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        HORRENDOUS COLOURS
        76 16  -  JACKYTAI: Singapore is trying to encourage citizens to be more creative, imaginative and artistic. Most people live in HDB flats, and no matter how beautifully designed these are, when it is time for upgrading, you can be sure the blocks will be painted some really horrendous colours like
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        ELECTION CARROT
        67 16  -  HENRY LIM LI SHUN With reference to "Punggol residents' 'jumbo' message" (Aug 29), residents near Buangkok MRT station will not be frustrated for long. I bet the station will be opened just in time for the next General Election, to avoid it becoming an election issue. The opening
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      Lock icon isay PAI KIAS AND THE POLY PREJUDICE
      639 17  -  Eveline Gan eveline@newstoday.com.sg FOR several years after completing my college studies, I became an awkward discussion topic for my parents during family gatherings. My parent's "embarrassment" was that their daughter, who had previously been an above-aver-age student, had not done well enough to
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      Lock icon Olam spills beans on reasons for profit
      165 18 BLOOMBERG OLAM International, a Singapore-based supplier of agricultural commodities, reported a 39 per cent rise in full year earnings as it expanded into new products and markets. Net profit rose to $67 million, or 5.19 cents a share, for the year ended June
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    • CORPORATEBRIEFS
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        SUNNINGDALE'S PROFITS HEAT UP
        89 18 Sunningdale Tech has reported a proforma net profit of $36.6 million, or 5.27 cents per share, compared with $32.7 million, or 5.02 cents, a year earlier. Sales rose 32 per cent to $355.3 million, mainly boosted by growth in the company's IT business in China, as
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        STARHUB GETS STREAMLINED
        65 18 Star Hub has merged its mobile and fixed services product development units in a move to streamline its operations. As a result of the reorganisation, which happened earlier this month, four employees have left the company, a spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires. The fixed services product development
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        SIME DARBY POSTS DECLINE IN GAINS
        71 18 Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia's biggest diversified group, had an 8 per cent decline in its fourth-quarter profits after higher operational expenses and taxes eroded gains from its heavy equipment and auto businesses. Net income fell to 250 million ringgit ($lll million), or 10.5 sen
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      Lock icon Freedom for services
      278 18  -  VALERIE LAW M'sia should liberalise sector to maintain competitive edge va lerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has urged Malaysia to further liberalise its services sector, which has not kept pace with liberalisation efforts in goods and investments. This is because the two countries cannot have competitive manufacturing industries if their
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        FREE BLUETOOTH HEADSET AT G2000
        95 18 G2OOO Apparel is running two promotions in conjunction with its Fall Winter 2005 launch. The first 250 customers who spend a minimum of $300 net* at its Raffles City, Marina Square and OUB Centre stores will get a Motorola Bluetooth Headset (worth $118) while stocks
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        WIN EXCLUSIVE OUIDAM MERCHANDISE
        135 18 CIRQUE dv Soleil is back with its new show Quidam (pronounced "key-dam", a Latin word for an anonymous passer-by, living lost amidst the crowd). More than 54 stars from 14 countries thrill in a production that combines acrobatic artistry, technical expertise, extravagant design and exceptional musical
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      Bio-Treat shares rise on Capital buy
      248 19  -  CHOW PENN NEE China-based company also reports 30 per cent rise in full year net profit pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SHARES of water treatment firm Bio-Treat Technology surged yesterday after an international fund manager raised its stake in the company. Investors reacted positively to news that the
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        ST Index — 2,272.0 -14.55
        4 19 ST Index 2,272.0 -14.55
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        World markets
        56 19 Nikkei 225 12,309.83 -129.65 -1.04 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 14,836.97 -145.92 4368.69 -50.5 -0.97 -1.14 Taiwan Wtd 6049.44 -87.11 -1.42 Korea Comp 1063.16 -23.39 -2.15 KLCI 911.85 -6.53 -0.71 SET Index 691.33 -4.56 -0.66 Jakarta Comp 994.77 -54.104 -5.16 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,934.56 8.88 214.7 -3.177 0.46
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        144 19 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE shares closed lower yesterday on concerns about the effect of higher oil prices on companies' earnings, traders said. The Straits Times Index fell 14.55 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 2,272.0, off an intra-day low of 2,261.14. Losers led gainers 421 to 117 while trading volume
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        Your S$1 buys
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        The ABCs of being a guarantor
        753 20 Whether you need a guarantor or are asked to be one, there are some things you must know BEING a guarantor comes with a huge responsibility, as it exposes one to potential liability for another person's debt. When taking a loan from a bank,
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        360 21  -  VALCHUA EVEN as it woos customers with new products, Malaysian lender RHB Bank wants to go back to the "good old days" of personalised customer service. The third-largest bank in Malaysia, which is eyeing a qualifying full bank (QFB)
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        422 21  - Learn to trade warrants free VALCHUA Deutsche Bank ropes in Sharelnvestor and OCBC Securities for second round of game va l@newstoday.com.sg FANCY being given $100,000 to trade warrants? You can do so virtually with "credits" given by Deutsche Bank under Round 2 of its interactive Singapore Warrant-Star game. With the
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        462 22 Christian hones his theatre skills to boost father's business UP-AND-COMING theatre director slogs day and night, on the verge of burning out. One day while walking down the stairs, he lands badly, fracturing his foot. Put out of action for two months, he does some
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          122 22  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA ONE of the world's top experts on events management in casino resorts will give a talk at a conference here on Sept 1-2. Mr Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, will focus his presentation on integrating sponsorship into events in a gaming destination environment. The
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          83 22 GUINESS Believers is the name of a new campaign by the makers of the premium stout brand in Singapore to educate consumers. The campaign will highlight the quality ingredients in the award-winning brew, its international appeal as the stout of choice of millions as well
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        752 23  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Newspaper advertising remains largely unchanged, but Today's revenues have been rising shobha@newstoday.com.sg ADVERTISING expenditure in Singapore in the first half of this year fell by 8 per cent compared to the same period last year. According to figures released by Nielsen Media Research
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        306 23  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA IN keeping with its leadership role in innovative banking products, HSBC Bank has launched a creative marketing campaign for an insurance product that will no doubt turn heads and capture minds. Instead of merely playing on the insecurities of old age and retirement,
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        141 23  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA THE Singapore media scene is getting a gentle boost with the launch of a hip Singapore city guide equivalent of the cult-status Lonely Planet travellers' guide. City Scoops, a new guide book that samples Singapore's eclectic best in shopping, dining and chilling out,
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        980 24  -  Ariel Tarn Nascent technology VoIP is still vulnerable to attacks focus: VoIP Security ariel@newstoday.com.sg VOICE over InI ternet protocol (VoIP) is a burgeoning market. The cost savings and convenience that it promises are drawing both individuals and enterprises to switch from the traditional circuit
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        381 24  -  ARIELTAM RESEARCH indicates that I Asia-Pacific service providers' spending on VoIP security is far behind that of the United States and Europe. According to forecasts by Infonetics done in the first quarter of the year, Asia-Pacific service providers
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        464 25  -  ARIELTAM Ma or Japan players set to move over to broadband VoIP: Expert a riel@newstoday.com.sg I TELEPHONY and the Ini ternet are converging. The ability to carry voice traffic over Internet protocol (IP) networks has transformed the way we communicate and caused fixed-line telephony
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        289 25  -  ELAINE NG elaine. ng@newstoday.com. sg I AS THE demand for information I communication (infocomm) jobs increases, information technology (IT) professionals will have to continue to improve their skill sets through certification. The National Infocomm Competency Centre's (NICC) third annual symposium, Pace (Promoting Accreditation, Competency and Employability)
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          75 25 Hitachi Asia is collaborating with Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*Star) Data Storage Institute (DSI) on joint research and development (R&D) projects on hard disk drive innovations. Under the three-year master R&D agreement, three project collaborations on developing hard
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          73 25 Datacraft's Internet protocol-based Digital Video Security Surveillance (DVSS) solution analyses live video streams and automatically alerts security personnel of significant movements and unusual behaviour on land, sea or air. DVSS technology provides central management of all video cameras and secures video access from anywhere
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      1204 26  -  Zul Othman ZULOTHMAN Jakarta boasts one of the region's top clubbing cites, but is the drug crackdown damaging the industry? in Jakarta news@newstoday.com.sg CLUB Stadium at West Jakarta's Hayam Wuruk was bustling with activity when I arrived at about 11pm on a Saturday night. One of
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        55 27 B-Quartet LOCAL boys B-Quartet deliver a blistering EP of music that skips genres. The Smitten Bard^features ditties that switch from fast to slow and go from quiet to loud in an instant. There's nothing pretentious about The Smitten Bard, just creative wonders that do everything
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        75 27 Craig David THERE is no doubt that British R B singer Craig David is blessed with a fantastic voice. Five years ago, that helped him sell over seven million of his debut album Born To Do It. But even that slinky smooth voice and those cherubic, moustachioed
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        78 27 Maia Lee Singapore Idol finalist Maia Lee's debut Emotional Advised is a surprising stab into pop music much of the album playing up on Lee's sexpot image. As Lee coos and purrs, she makes even the most pedestrian song slightly memorable. But the obsession with keeping it sweet
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      294 28  -  ■EUSACHIA SINGAPORE will host the Global Chinese Music Awards the Grammy equivalent of the Chinese music industry next year. This is the first time the annual awards show will be staged here at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, since its inception in Beijing.
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      317 28  -  ZULOTHMAN Bar-top dancing venue leaving Mohd Sultan Road zul@newstoday.com.sg WHEN it opened its doors three years ago, C U kicked up a storm with its sexy bar-top dancing. Punters flocked to the venue to watch young dancers in hot pants strut their stuff. But the pub in
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      509 29  -  ZUL OTHMAN plus point zul@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU you asked the organisers of the Womad (World of Arts, Music and Dance) festival, held over the weekend at Fort Canning Park, they'll tell you it was a resounding success. According to festival director Sarah Martin, the
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        129 29 Punktrio Green Day cleaned up at the MTV Video Music Awards yesterday, snagging seven Moonmen at the lavish Miami bash hosted by hip-hop mogul Diddy and which featured some of the music world's top entertainers. Green Day kicked off the star-studded show with a stirring
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        107 29 Would you grab a handful of cockroaches for a pair of airline tickets? Well, Julie Cheong (picture) was just one of the 10 contestants from around the region who ploughed through a tank filled with 300 Madagascar hissing cockroaches at the Singapore Zoological Gardens yesterday.
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      211 30  -  DAVID CHEW david. chew@newstoday.com. sg WHAT exactly is our relationship with the kitschy Merlion? Is Hainanese chicken rice really from Hainan or can we consider it a Singaporean dish? Can our hawker street fare be considered "iconic" local food? All these talking points will
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        505 31  -  LYNETTE LEONG To deal with stress you must 'love' yourself and recharge regularly hea lth@newstoday.com.sg LIFE can be a series of stressful events. Imagine having to work under a boss who breathes down your neck five days a week, or having to juggle between your role
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        878 32  -  REETA RAMAN When a stroke creeps up, recovery requires the right mindset reeta@newstoday.com.sg THERE was no warning. As Dr Lennie Lee tried to get out of bed one morning in February last year, he found that all he could do was to flop over on
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          63 33 A public symposium is to be held to discuss advances in surgery. Topics will include keyhole surgery for the kidney, colorectal cancer, gall bladder and facial rejuvenation. Date: Sept 3 Time: 2pm to 4.20pm Venue: HDB Hub Auditorium, Basement 1 (Next to Toa Payoh MRT station) Registration/
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          44 33 Find out more about age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, dry eyes and glaucoma at this forum conducted in Malay. Date: Sept 3 Time: 2pm to 4pm Venue: Alexandra Hospital, Auditorium Registration/Enquiries: To register, call 6379 3741 or email Alice_How ©alexhosp.com.sg
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          50 33 Learn more about diabetes management at this session. Date: Sept 3 (Prevention of complication of lipid and heart) and Oct 1 (Prevention of complication of the eyes, kidneys and footcare) Time: 2.30pm to 4pm Venue: Balestier Clinic and Health Screening Centre Enquiries: $12 per session. Call 6258 8798
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          46 33 Everything you need to know about raising your child. Date: Sept 4 Time: 9am to 12.50pm (for parents of babies up to 12 months), 2pm to 5.45pm (for parents of toddlers up to three years) Venue: Auditorium, XX Hospital Registration/Enquiries: $20 per person.
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        261 33  -  -BRENDACHEW THE cranberry is a close cousin of the blueberry except that it is packed with a lot more goodness. The little red berries are packed with Vitamin C which boosts the immune system. Just half a cup of cranberries can provide up to 10
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        308 35  -  REETA RAMAN HPB wants more Singaporeans to eat fruit and vegetables FEWER than three in 10 Singaporeans eat enough fruit and vegetables on a daily basis to help protect them against cancer, heart disease or stroke. And now, there is no excuse not to fill
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        748 36  -  BRENDACHEW Snoring is no joke, it can signal some serious health problems brenda@newstoday.com.sg IN HIS younger days, Chen Zhao Hong avoided chalet stays, slumber parties and over-night outings to the beach nocturnal activities many of his friends enjoyed. "My friends invited me, but I tried
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        291 37 KRT RESEARCH has shown that some of the electrolyte-rich sports drinks consumed by athletes contain the right balance of nutrients and minerals to keep the energy level from flagging. But a study published in the January/February issue of General Dentistry showed that sipping certain
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      262 44  -  JOSE RAYMOND THE Young Lions were made to sweat last night at the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, as they posted a narrow 3-2 win over minnows Cambodia in the opening Group B match of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) under-23 tournament. Goals from new citizen
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      123 44 -AFP DUBLIN Roy Keane returned to the Republic of Ireland squad for their World Cup qualifying showdown against France at Lansdowne Road on Sept 7. Keane was rested for the friendly against Italy in Dublin 12 days ago, with Ireland manager Brian Kerr happy for
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      331 44 LONDON England coach SvenGoran Eriksson is refusing to bow down to continued speculation about his private life. He vowed he would not quit the country, after the tabloids here recently revealed he had tried to revive his relationship with a former secretary at the English
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      520 45  -  CUBBY LEONG II With medals likely, coach can't understand team's exclusion from SEA Games cubby@newstoday.com.sg HIS brief was simple to get the Singapore men's and women's squash players ready for the SEA Games. Hired on a six-month contract by the Singapore Squash Rackets Association (SSRA) on
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      272 45 —AFP ROME Pierluigi Collina, widely considered the world's best referee, quit yesterday following a row with the Italian football federation (FIGC) over sponsorship. The 45-year-old Serie A official, who refereed the 2002 World Cup Final between Brazil and Germany, was told he would only be
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          353 42 PRIMERAUGA Cadiz 1 Real Madrid 2 MADRID Emilio Butragueno is revered at the Santiago Bernabeu. The former Real Madrid forward is regarded as one of the club's modern-day greats. But the Real Madrid vicepresident Emilio Butragueno insisted on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that the club's
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          620 42 -AFP Williams sisters on course for a fourth-round clash NEW YORK Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was bundled out of the first round of the US Open tennis championships here yesterday by fellow Russian Ekaterina Bychkova. Bychkova, 20 and ranked 97th in the world, ousted the fifth-seed-ed
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          266 42 -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian showjumper Rodrigo Pessoa received his Olympic gold medal here yesterday a year after he should have done. Pessoa won silver in the individual event but was awarded the title when Irishman Cian O'Connor was disqualified when his
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        445 43 -AFP England close to ending dry Ashes run ASHES CRICKET England v Australia NOTTINGHAM, England Ricky Ponting admitted that his misfiring Australian team have hard graft ahead if they are to hang on to the Ashes, after suffering a three-wicket defeat in another epic Test
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        184 43 —AFP CONNECTICUT Brad Faxon won the US$4.3 million ($7.2 million) Buick Championship on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) by beating South Africa's Tjaart Van der Walt in a dramatic sudden-death playoff. The pair finished one stroke ahead of third-round leader Justin Rose at 14-under 266. The 44-year-old
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