Today, 8 November 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    • 494 1 AFP Police arrest 15 people in pre-dawn raids today in Sydney and Melbourne SYDNEY Australian police foiled a "largescale" terrorist attack with the arrest of 15 people in a series of pre-dawn raids today in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, officials said. Hundreds of
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    • 518 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Alliance aims to educate workplaces on HIV myths huileng@newstoday.com.sg MEMBER of Parliament Wang Kai Yuen (picture) got a sense of the huge task he had awaiting him when he told his personal assistant he had been invited to chair the
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    • 259 2 -DPA NEW YORK- Relief organisations have been unable to reach some 200,000 people in the snow-covered mountains of northern Pakistan, a month after a massive earthquake killed more than 73,000 people, the United Nations said yesterday. The Oct 7 earthquake, which caused
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    • 113 2 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street extended its rally yesterday as a drop in crude oil prices below the key level of US$6O a barrel in New York fuelled a new wave of buying. With the market building on gains over the past two weeks,
      -AFP  -  113 words
    • 819 3  -  DRTANTAYKEONG To fight flu, world needs to draw on experience battling terrorism, natural disasters EPIDEMIOLOGIST Michael Osterholm called it "the single greatest risk to our world today." An outbreak of the HSNI flu pandemic would set back Asia's development for years and dry up resources
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    • 557 4 -AFP 395 arrested and 1,400 cars burned as violence spills over into the provinces PARIS Riots in France's poor city suburbs appeared to be spiralling out of control yesterday after the worst night of violence, in which more than 30 policemen were injured and 1,400 cars
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    • 401 4 ANSLEYNG EVEN as the carnage is reportedly escalating and creeping into the city of Paris, groups of Singaporeans are still pouring into the besieged European capital. Eleven straight nights of mayhem have prompted Japan, Australia and the United States to issue travel advisories recommending caution
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  • singapore news
    • 660 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Challenge now is to ensure as many workers as possible benefit from Singapore's economic upswing cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WHILE Singapore's latest economic and labour statistics were reasons for cheer, the challenge is to ensure that "as many workers as possible" benefit from the economic recovery, Deputy Prime Minister
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    • 355 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE EXPRESSING his concern for the bird flu spread, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture) has warned Singaporeans not to take it lightly. Singapore, he said, will pay a high economic price if the outbreak worsens in the region, or worse,
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
      • 125 6 -938UVE A 53-year-old Malay woman was killed yesterday afternoon after the taxi she was in collided with a Singapore Civil Defence (SCDF) Red Rhino fire-fighting vehicle. The vehicle, on its way to a fire at Sungei Kadut, collided with the taxi at the junction of
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      • 96 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) has raised $1 million to fund the cost of its International Baccalaureate School campus extension. Items were put up for auction at the charity fund-raising gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Sunday evening. They include Senior Minister Goh
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      • 98 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA From middle of next month, property developers can adopt a new rangebased carparking standard for some of their projects. The Land Transport Authority and Urban Redevelopment Authority say this will give them more flexibility in deciding how many car park lots to provide. Under
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    • 477 8  -  TAN HUI LENG GlaxoSmithKline's move is telling endorsement of clinical research here huileng@newstoday.com. sg IN A milestone for Singapore's clinical research scene, a study based here has led to the licensing of a vaccine even before the product is launched in Europe or the
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    • 343 8  -  LEE U WEN IF YOU buy a Mercedes-Benz E220 car that runs on diesel, be prepared to fork out more than $12,000 in annual taxes, compared to about $1,800 for its counterpart petrol car. This "high diesel taxation policy" on top of
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    • 388 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE'S first sex exhibition, Sexpo 2005, is due to open in less than a fortnight. And among the 60,000 visitors expected by the organisers is a doctor entrusted by the authorities to make sure the three-day
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    • 246 8  -  TORCHING LI SOME 634 Singaporeans have exercised their voting power to name eight of the new stations being rolled out along the Circle Line (CCL). According to a Land Transport Authority (LTA) announcement yesterday, the July poll for Stages 4 and 5 of the CCL's development
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  • world news
    • 413 10 An opening for peace AGENCIES India, Pakistan celebrate opening of Kashmir border, but experts say move is only symbolic ON THE LINE OF CONTROL For more than five decades they have shelled and shot at each other over the most heavily militarised frontier on earth, but now Indian and Pakistani
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    • 343 10 -AGENCIES NEW DELHI India's foreign minister was stripped of his post yesterday over allegations that he benefited from a controversial United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq, an official said. Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is the first political casualty of a UN
      -AGENCIES; AFF  -  343 words
    • 305 10 -AFP YANGON Myanmar's junta announced officially yesterday that it is moving its capital from Yangon to a secret complex in landlocked Pyinmana to cope with the economic growth of its country. The reasons offered by Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan appeared to be a calculated move,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 87 10 -AFP South Korean police have uncovered a scam, which involved several Seoul hospitals implicated in selling human eggs through the Internet. Officials also arrested a 28-year-old ringleader, identified only by his last name Kirn, who had been brokering the illegal transactions online. Kirn allegedly received
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      • 67 10 -THE GUARDIAN An investigation is underway into claims by a British Muslim man that a police officer desecrated his Quran by throwing it into a rubbish bin while arresting him. The man, Mohamed Osman, also claims that the officer used vulgarities on him. He was detained
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      • 45 10 -AFP China said that it was unrealistic to expect a breakthrough in tomorrow's three-day talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programme. Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei noted that there were still differences between the United States and North Korea.-
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    • 397 12 -AFP Militants carry out 14 coordinated attacks in Muslim-majority provinces YALA (Thailand) At least five people were killed in 14 coordinated attacks in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, officials said, hours after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra left the region yesterday. "There are attacks in three districts
      -AFP; AFP  -  397 words
    • 255 12 LONDON British motorists will soon be driving on petrol made from sugar beet and diesel made from oilseed rape as part of the government's efforts to curb global warming, reported The Independent. Biofuels, which are made from crops and do not add to the emissions
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • 61 12 -AP A thief has pinched 70 hairy crabs from a Hong Kong shop, a police spokeswoman said. The top-quality crabs were worth about US$l,2BO ($2,175). More than 600 cheaper crabs were left untouched, the Chinese-language Oriental Daily News reported. "The thief only stole the expensive crabs.
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      • 70 12 -AP Guards on the Russian border with China arrested two illegal immigrants who were attempting to sneak into Russia on a lawn mower. The pair told guards at the Slavyanka border post in Khasansky County in Russia's far east that they had got lost while cutting the
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      • 44 12 ASHES TO CASH -DPA Robbers have stolen the ashes of three dead people from a Hong Kong cemetery and are demanding U556,500 ($11,000) for their safe return, said media reports. The thieves left a note demanding the ransom be deposited in a bank account.-
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    • 490 14 -AFP President was told source was 'intentionally misleading' months before the war WASHINGTON US military intelligence warned the Bush administration as early as February 2002 that its key source on Al Qaeda's ties with Iraq had provided "intentionally misleading" data, according to a
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 86 14 -DPA A Muslim cleric deemed a national security risk by Australia's intelligence agency lost his court battle on Monday to stay in Australia and is set to be deported to Iran. Sheik Mansour Leghaei, a 43-year-old father of four who has lived in
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      • 96 14 -AFP A town mayor who belongs to an influential Muslim clan in the southern Philippines has been shot and killed in a suspected blood feud, police said yesterday. Mr Don Caluang was shot in the face at close range by an unidentified suspect with whom
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    • 184 14 LONDON So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powdered narcotic can be detected in the River Thames, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. Citing scientific research it had commissioned, it said an estimated two kilograms of cocaine, or 80,000 lines,
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    • 180 14 WEST BANK The family of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by Israeli troops have donated one of his kidneys to an Israeli boy, The Independent reported. "It doesn't matter whether the recipient was a Jew or an Arab," they
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    • 58 16 we set you thinking todayonline.com 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? I What irks you? Tell us. Write, email or fax us a letter •with your full name, contact number and address. we want your voice BE AN ACTIVE WOMAN 13 November 05 Jurong East Stadium 8 am-12
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    • 271 16  -  YVONNEWONG Allow new employees one month's maternity leave Letter from I WOULD like to suggest that the Government implement a one-month paid maternity leave for working mothers who have worked for less than six months at their workplace. The current three months' maternity leave is great but mothers
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    • 375 16  -  CHEN KUO-WEI Letter from I REFER to letters from Ms April Tan, "More rules make better HDB neighbours?" (Nov 5-6), Mr Tang Li, "Let's fine uncivil shoppers" (Nov 4) and Mr Loh Lik Wei, "Don't look to Government to sort out
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    • ACCOLADES
      • 165 16  -  SHARON SEOW I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Mr Alan of Ikea (a supervisor with the returns unit) who came to my rescue on Nov 2. Noticing that I was struggling with a trolley of heavy, bulky items, he opened the
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      • 217 16  -  CHIASEETHIAN I wish to commend senior property officer Chantel Ng of Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council for her diligent and extraordinary service to the residents of Block 192, Bishan Street 13, over the years. On one occasion, my son was locked out of the
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    • 236 17  -  HAN LIANG YUAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, Land Transport Authority I REFER to your readers' letters about advertisements on public buses. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) requires all public buses to comply with the guidelines for the display of advertisements and will take
      DON WONG  -  236 words
    • 414 17  -  HENGCHOCHOON Pick names that reflect history, character Letter from I AM baffled by the way we name our schools, HDB estates, shopping centres, bridges and even our own children. Take the easy way out and you end up with a host of problems. Today we have faceless
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    • 73 17 There are those who argue that East and West should draw closer so that the world becomes one global village. On the contrary, we must keep our integrity and distance while still being open to the West, if there is to be any hope of a more culturally and
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    • 758 18  -  IZZY I MUST say something about disabled toilets, firstly because it's not enough that they are everywhere physically they also have to be everywhere in the news. To quote our Senior Minister: "The media is free to put across a range of worthy
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    • 208 18  -  SEBASTIAN TEOWAH ANN Letter from MR TAN Keng Tat ("World will see Singapore as a compassionate nation", Nov 7) said that since Nguyen Tuong Van was only in transit in Singapore, the 400gm of heroin was not meant for smuggling into Singapore and as Australia
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    • 216 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... DIFFERING ASSUMPTIONS Most human conflict results from differing assumptions by the two parties. When husbands and wives engage one another in angry combat, they often feel hurt, rejected, insulted and assaulted by the other person. But when these battles are analyzed objectively,
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    • 195 20  -  MURALISHARMA Letter from PEOPLE need jobs, not handouts, dignity not pity, self-respect not crutches. In this regard the new policy of workfare, as opposed to blind welfare, must bring a smile to many faces. I am glad the proposed plans to
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    • 579 20  -  ONGCHINGPING WE FLAUNT our city as being "Clean and Green", but are we truly? Yes, we are green, in a cosmetic, superficial sense we have lots of trees and flowers to make things pretty. And we are clean our streets aren't lined with litter
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  • Businesstoday
    • 410 22  -  CHOW PENN NEE Key personnel leave dispute resolution centre just two months after its launch pennnee@newstoday.com.sg BARELY two months after it was launched with great fanfare and lauded as a "onestop" shop for dispute resolutions in the finance industry, the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) has
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    • 254 22 CORPORATE BRIEFS Dow Jones Bloomberg Bloomberg Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) has set up a joint venture to build a brewery in Mongolia. The brewery, which will be APB's first in the country, is expected to cost about US$l5 million ($25.5 million) and will be ready in 18 months'time. APB will
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    • 310 22  -  CHRISTIE LOH THE perennial concern that there are not enough financing schemes for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) may be a thing of the past. For the first time since its inception in 2003, an annual survey on SMEs found that 48 per cent of the
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    • 144 22  -  CHOW PENN NEE MAYBANK launched an online savings account yesterday, intensifying the fight for depositors with a slew of firsts. Its new iSAVvy Savings Account will pay an interest rate of 2.38 per cent per year for the first three months
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    • 243 23 DOW JONES MARINE and utilities conglomerate SembCorp Industries yesterday reported a 27.5-per-cent rise in its third-quarter net profit due to strong performances in its core businesses. The group reported a net profit of $66.1 million, or 3.80
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      • 160 23 -AFP SHARES fell yesterday, in line with the regional trend, with profit-takers cashing in after recent sharp gains, dealers said. The ST Index fell 9.44 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 2,257.08. In the broad market, decliners beat advancers 323 to 175, with traded volume amounting to 706 million
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      • 36 23 USS 0.5883 UK£ 0.3368 Yen 69.305 HK$ 4.5621 RM 2.2222 Euro 0.4977 Rupiah 5,924.7 Baht 24.141 Peso 32.171 AS 0.8035 Indian Rs 27.015 Won 616.81 CS 0.6968 Yuan 4.7581 NZ$ 0.8645 NT$ 19.819
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      • 29 23 SGX, Dow Jones and Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 458.70 Silw uss/oz 7.545 FMna uss/oz 931.70 Hbir cents/kg 277.75 Mil Oil RM/tonne 1,432 Bnnt ndi IB:i.iiini 58.87 Information provided by
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    • business news
      • 203 24 -AGENCIES Beats its own forecast, make distribution of $4.3 million MAPLETREE Logistics Trust, which owns warehouses and industrial buildings, said that it would distribute $4.3 million, or 0.8 cent a share, for the period between July 28 and Sept 30. The third-quarter results were better than the
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      • 189 24 GK Goh Holdings reported third-quarter profit for the period ended Sept 30 at $5 million, or 1.48 cents a share, compared to $3 million, or 0.8 cent a share, in the corresponding period last year. Revenue rose 153 per cent to $8 million. Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) said profit
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      • 355 24 DOWJONES MELBOURNE Singapore Power plans to raise up to A 51.61 billion ($2 billion) selling securities in SP AusNet, an Australian energy operation which it plans to list next month as a vehicle to expand in Australia and New Zealand. Singapore Power will
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      • marketbuzz
        • 90 24 IF YOU wonder how some people "make it big" without having rich parents or spouses to help them along the way, attend this talk by Dr R Theyvendran, a motivational speaker, facilitator, author and entrepreneur. You'll learn what is success, attributes to success, power
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        • 73 24 CARLTON Hotel Singapore officially launched WAH! noogee house, which as the name implies, is the noodle and congee concept of Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant. The kitchen offers more than 100 Hong Kong styled sumptuous dishes noodle selections, congee delights, rice pot favourites, roast meat specialities and
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        • 73 24 THE Swiss Dream Circus, which first performed here in 2000 as the Swiss Taipan Circus, will be back with a brand new show from Friday to Jan 2. Unlike large-scale circuses, this intimate and very personal circus has a young and aspiring cast presenting
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        • 106 24 MORE commonly associated with men, Casio watches employ technology with sturdy designs. While the demand for such watches among men is still strong, the growing trend of women watch buyers cannot be denied. More emotionally attached to their purchases, ladies seek a more exclusive
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        • 113 24 WITH the current trend in Singapore to shape up, OTO throws the fun and effective "Shape Up For Health Challenge" with the OTO Trimax TX 808 Slimming Belt. The campaign runs till Dec 11 and aims to help people shape up, have fun
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      • 229 25 BOOSTED by a strong increase in the number of international patients, Raffles Medical Group saw a rise of 52.2 per cent in its third-quarter earnings. Its net profit rose to $3.2 million, or 0.79 cent per share, for the quarter ended Sept 30, from $2.1 million,
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      • 312 25 -AFP Emirates calls Qantas 'anti-competitive' SYDNEY Australian airline Qantas Airways, already under fire from Singapore for protectionism, was accused yesterday by Dubai-based rival Emirates of being "one of the world's most anti-competitive airlines". The comment by Emirates vice-chairman and group president Maurice Flanagan came after Qantas objected strongly
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      • 198 25 -BLOOMBERG HOSPITAL OPERATOR Parkway Holdings said that profit in its fiscal third quarter rose 22.7 per cent as more overseas patients sought treatment in the company's hospitals in Singapore. Net profit rose to $15 million in the three months ended Sept 30,
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    • wealth the business of personal finance
      • 1025 28  -  VALERIE LAW Inclusion of debt instrument improves risk-adjusted return, assures regular stream of income and diversifies holdings valeri e@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH bonds have been touted as an essential part of an investment portfolio, few retail investors understand them, much less include them in their
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      • 529 28  -  PAULSTEFANSSON DEBT, when used sensibly, can play an important role in building our wealth. Borrowing money makes good financial sense when it is used to buy our homes or quality investments offering good growth prospects. Used this
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        • 114 30  - CLUB STREET FOOD JAZZ FEST JANECHIAPOCO Come Nov 19, Club Street will be turning into a mini-Rio or New Orleans (before Katrinaj.The hip bar-and-spa lined road will be hosting a culinary and jazz festival on its streets, showcasing musical talents such as Jeremy Monteiro and Clarissa Monteiro. Mr Michael Ma,
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        • 63 30  -  -JANECHIAPOCO The National Library Board (NLB) is organising a conference on Nov 14 and 15 on digitised knowledge for professionals in media resource, technology and similar fields at the Intercontinental Hotel. Entitled "Celebrating Knowledge: The Power and Potential", the conference will highlight digital technology's role in information
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      • 474 30  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA The fashion brand makes a statement with its latest 'real people'ad campaign shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN TYPICALLY convention-defying style that underlines its social awareness and originality, irrepressible fashion brand Esprit is celebrating its 20th year in Singapore with a fash-ion-show that harks back to the idealistic hippie
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      • 630 31  -  FAROOKH SHAIKH Having taken the lion's share of the local market, AIBI is set to go to the region WELL-KNOWN fitness-equipment chain AIBI, whose name (pronounced aye-bee) is an acronym for "Achieving Individual's Beliefs through Innovation", has muscled its way to the top of
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      • 504 31  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg TO MAKE a sales pitch, he charged into meetings and positioned cardboard cutouts of himself outside clients' homes in New York in the 1980s. Now, 25 years on and 55 years old, he uses the same energy to redefine
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      • 414 32  -  ELAINE NG Memova Mobile allows email access without upgrade to smart phones elaine. ng@newstoday.com. sg I IT SEEMS that SingaI poreans want it all. In a survey conducted by MarketShare in September, more than 37 per cent of 533 Singaporeans surveyed wanted access to their email via
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      • 172 32 BLOOMBERG THAILAND'S telecommunications regulator plans to begin auctioning the country's first so-called third-generation (3G) mobile phone licences as early as next month. Four licences to operate the high-speed services will be awarded in three auctions to be held next month, March and June,
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      • 228 32 SMALL and medium-sized enI terprises (SMEs) seeking to own and manage corporate emails cost effectively can try U-Mail, the latest business email hosting service from Usonyx, a broadband Web hosting service provider. Developed for non-technical business owners, U-Mail lets users perform basic administration of email
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      • 160 32 -AFP I HONG KONG -A Hong Kong man believed to be the first person to be prosecuted for sharing movie files over the popular online Bit Torrent network was jailed for three months yesterday. The jailing of 38-year-old Chan Nai-ming marks an international landmark
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        • 71 33 Get the D-Link DFL-M5lO Net Defend Information Security Gateway to identify unauthorised instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications on the corporate network. It also prevents malicious threats by blocking illegal agents hidden within the network. The gateway is deployed between the company's internal network and a network
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        • 67 33 Juniper Networks has acquired Acorn Packet Solutions in a cash transaction val- ued at about USSB.7 million ($14.7 million). The latter develops products that connect legacy time division multiplexing and other circuit-based applications across next-gen-eration Internet protocol (IP) networks. With the acquisition.
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        • 45 33 EMC Corp has launched an enterprise-level continuous data protection software Recover Point-that is designed for data centres. The software provides applicationaware data protection to business applications on a variety of operating systems. It also offers immediate recovery within a cus-tomer-defined window of protection.
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      • 376 33  -  ELAINE NG High-performance computing garners wider business use elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg I HIGH-performance tech- nical computing (HPTC), previously associated purely with technical and scientific applications that require complex computations in modelling and simulation, is increasingly finding commercial relevance in corporate IT use. Other than scientific research and computer-automat-ed
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      • 442 34  -  ARIEL TAM PLM strategies take a holistic look at design cycles a riel@newstoday.com.sg g THE world of industrial manufacturing is made up of several complex processes in the areas of product design and modelling. Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), which involve the use of
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        317 34 DUPLICATING VCD CONTENT Q: I just bought a DVD writer. The vendor advised me to first insert the original disc into the player and copy the contents into 'My Documents'. Then, I should retrieve the disc and insert a blank disc to copy. I tried to do this with
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        128 34 A REAL HEAD TURNER TARGETED at retail, transportation and logistics and government industries, the MC3090 series of mobile computers from Symbol Technologies features a rotating scan head that lets the user adjust the scanning position for increased comfort. End-users include retail workers who perform tasks such as inventory replen-
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      • 704 35  -  ELAINE NG Information-driven model the key to successful selling elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg A COMMON mispercepI tion has sales force automation (SFA) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions as interchangeable solutions. Both solutions, though related, are different More accurately, companies need to view SFA as a component of CRM. "Many
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    • 348 23 Initial Public Offering Pacific Healthcare is an integrated healthcare provider offering a comprehensive range of healthcare services, encompassing specialist medical care, general practice medicine, dentistry, health screening, wellness services as well as the operation of a nursing home, day surgery centres and a psychiatric hospital. Headquartered in Singapore, Pacific Healthcare
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    • 811 36  -  JEANINETAN Singapore songbird happy to take part in gimmicky stunts to gain publicity jea nine@newstoday.com.sg MANDOPOP darling Stefanie Sun (picture) is adamant She does not play to the press, she is not a publicity seeker and doesn't enjoy hogging limelight. But the radiant singer recently
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    • 599 36  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg FOR a new kid on the pop music block, Jemma Griffiths popularly known as Jem has already written quite a resume for herself. Born in the Welsh city of Cardiff, but now based in Los Angeles, the 29-year-old singer and songwriter who
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      • 118 37 Robbie Williams (picture) has claimed the title of Britain's biggest-selling pop act of the still-very-young 21st century, having sold 6.3 million albums since 2000. The heart-throb is currently riding high atop the British album charts with his sixth studio solo effort. Intensive Care. Chris Martin's band
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      • 126 37 Demolition experts detonated over 360 kg of explosives on Sunday, toppling the million-square-foot, 21-story Baptist Memorial Hospital where Elvis Presley died. Loudspeakers blared Presley's All Shook Up, as some shed tears and others lounged on lawn chairs, sipping champagne mimosas and bloody Marys.
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      • 90 37 Three members of the Singapore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), Adrian Chong, Nicholas Leow and Christina Suresh, will play in the final part of the 2005 Pipe Works organ recital series at Bpm this Thursday at the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. Pipe Works'is
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      • 45 37 The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra is celebrating the National University of Singapore's centennial with orchestra masterpieces such as Sibelius's Finlandia and Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. The concert will be held on Thursday at the University Cultural Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets from Sistic.
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        128 37 Extraordinary Machine GOOD things come to those who wait -that's certainly the case for Fiona Apple's third album. Riddled with problems from the getgo, this album was rumoured to have been completed two years ago, but shelved because it was too weird. Allegedly remixed to give the album
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        137 37 As Is Now FOR someone's who's been called England's Godfather of Britpop, the venerable Paul Weller may not get the recognition he deserves. But the good thing is, he's never showed any signs of slowing down. Last year's covers collection might have been a misstep in his illustrious
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      • 145 37 Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One DESPITE the preposterously-preten-tious song titles, this third album from the band formerly known as Shabutie (Coheed And Cambria is from some comic book, apparently) is rock going back to the prog days of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Not a
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    • 117 37 Howard Lo, the new host of MediaCorp Channel s's Gotcha!, which airs on Tuesdays at 9pm, tells Today about his favourite album of all time. HOWARD LO ONWEEZER'S PINKERTON: Weezer's my favourite band. I've got all of their albums but this has got to be my all-time
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    • 290 38  -  ZULOTHMAN THROWING unsuspecting people into funny situations hasn't gone out of style. The second season of popular gag show Gotcha! debuts tonight on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. While the show's format has been spruced up, producers say fans of the show can expect
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    • 435 38  -  ZULOTHMAN DJs sample street noises in new Arts Central series zul@newstoday.com.sg WHAT happens when two musicians of different musical backgrounds take to the streets to collect sounds from Singapore's distinct soundscape? They produce an experimental interpretation of a city that's surprisingly pleasing on the ear. It is
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    • 502 39  -  JEANINETAN IN KUALA LUMPUR Taiwanese superstar great with fans but coy with media jea nine@newstoday.com.sg AWKWARD in front of the media, but charming with the fans: Jerry Yen is a walking contradiction. On a recent visit to Kuala Lumpur, the handsome one was barely able to
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    • 255 39 -AGENCIES LONDON Yoko Ono (picture) is setting the record straight. The oft-maligned widow of John Lennon has apologised to former Beatle Paul McCartney over comments made last month at England's Q Awards that insinuated that McCartney was a bad songwriter. "I certainly
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    • 306 39 -AGENCIES TEL AVIV They were one of the great rock supergroups, but they haven't performed together for almost a decade Nevertheless, British singer and songwriter Phil Collins said on Sunday he would be open to a reunion of his old band Genesis. The comments came
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      • 336 40 -AGENCIES Fans queue overnight to see the young wizard at the world premiere of the movie LONDON Even Madonna turns up for Harry Potter. She was one of 5,000 fans many of whom arrived in London's Leicester Square early on Saturday night who clamoured to catch
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    • 649 41 Touch-Type, Read Spell helps dyslexics to learn better, slowly but surely FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Teshvin Singh was diagnosed with dyslexia about two-and-a-half-years ago. He had poor language skills, especially his ability to read and write English. He also had difficulty concentrating in class. He is now faring
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    • 553 42 Popular TV host gives her take on staying happy and kicking a bad habit Nothing comes between Quan Yifeng and her spaghetti vongole, it seems. The popular MediaCorp television host tells REETA RAMAN in an email interview that she has loved Italian food since she was a
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    • 224 42  -  —JANICE GOH DON'T be fooled by their spikes: Pineapples are good for your health. The stem of the tropical fruit, for instance, contains bromelain, an enzyme that digests proteins. Bromelain helps in the healing of sprains and strains by reducing swelling and pain. In this respect,
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    • 491 43  -  REETA RAMAN Taking in extra amounts of oxygen, to help repair and restore the body, could become a new health trend reeta@newstoday.com.sg THERE'S light therapy, aromatherapy and now, oxygen therapy. The latter though is not as popular in Singapore as it is in Japan
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    • 272 43 KRT WE EXPECT our doctor, dentist and optometrist to be on the lookout for significant or subtle changes in our health. But a watchdog most people don't think of is their hairstylist or barber. Three years ago, dentist Robert Ketcham went for his
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    • 686 44 Menstrual cramps are mainly caused by a chemical substance called prostaglandin which promotes the contraction of the uterus, pushing the uterus lining out during menstruation. However when prostaglandin levels are too high, the contractions of the uterus become excessive, resulting in menstrual cramps. Here's how two
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      • 68 45 REACHING FOR IDEAL WEIGHT RAFFLES HOSPITAL VIOLET OON CULINARY WORKSHOP Ms Oon will prepare dishes she has created to meet nutrition requirements for a weight-loss programme. Dr Peter Goh will discuss practical weight management. Data: Nov 11 Time: 6.15pm Venue: APS Lifestyle Gallery, APS Building, 9 Muthuraman Chetty Road (off
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      • 57 45 Learn how to manage your life after having had a heart failure Date: Nov 12 Time: 3pm to 6pm Venue: HDB Hub, Convention Centre. Auditorium (English) and Punggol Room (Mandarin) Registration/Enquiries: $5 per person (inclusive of basic health screening, goodie bag and refreshments). Pre-registration is required.
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    • 575 45 I HAVE a lovely two-and-a-half yearold daughter. She does not always respond to questions and when she does, her replies are not relevant. Her teacher at the child-care centre observed the same thing. She also plays by herself and does not pay attention in class. While other
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    • 550 52  -  DARREN LAI Moller claims team will be carried to World Cup victory on a wave of emotion da rren@newstoday.com.sg ANDREAS Moller is surely proud of his World Cup winners' medal, even if he was a mere squad player in the Lothar Matthaeusinspired team that conquered Italia '90. But
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    • 372 52 —AGENCIES LALIGA Real Madrid 1 RealZaragoza 0 MADRID Real Madrid coach Wanderley Luxemburgo (picture) praised his side's work-rate in overcoming a stubborn Real Zaragoza 1-0 in the Primera Liga on Sunday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). With the likes of Ronaldo, Julio Baptista and
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    • 346 52 SERIEA Juventus 3 Livorno 0 ROME After losing for the first time in the Serie A last weekend to AC Milan, Juventus got back on track by beating visiting Livorno 3-0 at the Stadio Delle Alpi in Turin. Although the visitors offered stiff
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      • 416 53 —AFP Skipper's goal enough to catapult team to third spot ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Bolton 1 Tottenham 0 BOLTON, England Bolton captain Kevin Nolan's longrange strike send his side rocketing up to third in the English Premiership yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) with a 1-0 win over Tottenham
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      • 143 53 —AGENCIES PRAGUE Legendary Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved followed coach Karel Bruckner out of a news conference yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) and smiled as he accepted a fatherly pat on the back. This time, there was no hint of the friction between them that
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      • 116 53 -AFP EDINBURGH Scottish Premier League side Hearts were warned by their fans yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) that they face a revolt over the appointment of Graham Rix, 48, as their first-team coach. The appointment of the ex-Arsenal and England striker, who had been out of
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      • 283 53 AGENCIES PARIS Australia's Tri-Nations hopes received a blow yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) when captain Darren Lockyer and second row Nathan Hindmarsh were ruled out of the series through injury. Lockyer has a broken bone in his left foot while Hindmarsh has a recurrence of the
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      • 256 53 -AGENCIES MADRID Benq Corp, who took over Siemens AG's mobile-phone unit Oct 1, said yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) they agreed to sponsor Spanish soccer club Real Madrid from next season through 2010 for an undisclosed amount The world's richest team will wear the BenQ-Siemens brand
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