Today, 2 May 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Tuesday May 2, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005 TODAY //\=£>]J\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday May 2, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONADITION
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      Lock icon Real people front PM's point
      976 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO They're not being left behind and more jobs are coming derrick@newstoday.com.sg SOME leaders use words and arguments. Others use statistics. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong used real people and their stories to rebuff the Opposition's charge that some Singaporeans are being left
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    • GE2006 ALL THE ACTION
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        CAREFUL OF THE SEED YOU SOW: SM
        61 2 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong urged Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Kiang to come clean on whether his party had a "hidden agenda". While acknowledging that all political parties should have an aim of being in power, Mr Goh questioned the three
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        MOVE ON? BUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
        71 2 Even as the Workers' Party made it clear it feels it is time to "move on" from the issue, the ruling party has intensified its call for it to come clean on unanswered questions about candidate James Gomez's missing minority certificate form. DPM Wong
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        MAH TO SDA: WANT TO BUILD FLATS FOR ME?
        51 2 After SDA's Tampines GRC candidate Edmund Ng had claimed that HDB flats should cost between $70,000 and $80,000- and not $250,000 National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan responded: "It's certainly very misleading for anybody to quote figures just like that." PAGE
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        MEANS TESTING TO BE DELAYED: HEALTH MINISTER KHAW
        54 2 Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the Government plans to delay the introduction of means testing -which would see public healthcare patients being charged according to what they can afford. Mr Khaw also dismissed an Opposition suggestion to slash GST from
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        CHANGE IN JALAN BESAR,TAMPINES POLLING STATIONS
        47 2 There's been a change in polling stations for some voters in Jalan Besar and Tampines GRCs. The Elections Department said in a statement that the revised polling stations will now be nearer to their homes. Those affected will receive fresh polling.
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        SDP CHIEF CHEE UNDER INVESTIGATION
        57 2 SDP chief Chee Soon Juan is being investigated by police for speaking to a crowd of about 50 people at the car park outside Woodlands Stadium last night. His two-minute speech took place at about 10.15pm after SDP's rally had ended. Police are seeing if
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        SDA'S PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL TEAM ASKS FOR VOTING 'TICKS'
        108 2 The educational trailers on television tell voters to mark a cross on their polling slip against the party they wish to vote for. But the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) posters in Pasir Ris-Punggol are now telling voters to put a tick on
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      Lock icon BACK TO THE REAL ISSUES...
      596 2  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweena k@newstoday.com.sg FEW people even saw it coming, but as Singapore crosses the halfway mark in the short nine-day campaigning period, one issue has continued to hog the headlines: That of Workers' Party (WP) candidate James Gomez and his
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      ACCOUNTABILITY IS A REAL ISSUE
      514 3  -  TAN SAI SIONG THERE I was preparing a paean to the people standing for the General Election so that fellow citizens will have a choice and the People's Action Party (PAP) some competition. And perchance, they may even get a bigger Opposition voice in Parliament
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      Careful of the seed you sow: SM
      627 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT 'No one knows what kind of tree will grow out of the seeds of the Opposition' weekeat@newstoday.com.sg TASKED by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to win back the Opposition-held wards of Hougang and Potong Pasir, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong
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      Can Chiam's men be trusted?: Teo Chee Hean
      370 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH THINK twice before voting for a candidate endorsed by Opposition veteran Chiam See Tong, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean warned last night at a rally in Pasir RisPunggol, the constituency he is defending against the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). Mr
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      Swipes and sarcasm galore at SDA rally
      366 4  -  JASMINE YIN THEY joked. They took swipes at the Government And above all, members of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) tried to impress upon the constituents of Jalan Besar that Singapore needed a real opposition and not just the checks and balances that
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      Time to move on: Low
      549 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ANSLEYNG But SM,DPM Wong seek full transparency in Gomez issue AND weekeat@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as the Workers' Party (WP) made it clear it feels it is time to "move on" from the issue, the ruling party has intensified its call for it to come clean
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      SDA team sets up job portal
      196 6  -  LEE U WEN TAMPINES residents can now access available jobs from more than 200 companies online, thanks to a new job portal set up by the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). The five-man SDA team contesting in Tampines GRC has set up a website (www.unemployment.com.sg)
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon WHY NRIC NUMBERS WERE GIVEN OUT
        94 6 Channel News Asia VOTERS are asking why the Elections Department had distributed their NRIC numbers to the various political parties, after the Workers' Party (WP) distributed its pamphlets to Joo Chiat residents with their NRIC numbers printed on the envelope. The Elections Department said
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        2.13 MILLION SINGAPOREANS RECEIVE PAYOUTS
        85 6 ABOUT 2.13 million Singaporeans who signed up for the Progress Package received their Labour Day gift yesterday. Some 95 per cent will have the money credited to their bank accounts while the rest will get the money via cheques. Those who signed up online but
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      WP debates the GRC obstacle
      194 6  -  -ANSLEYNG WHEN there were no GRCs in the '70s and '80s, "Singapore was doing well economically but the PAP was not", said Workers' Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim. So the People's Action Party decided to amend the Constitution to introduce the three-man GRC system, saying
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      Mah to SDA: Want to build flats for me?
      503 8  -  LEE U-WEN Opposition charge of high mark-up for HDB homes irks minister u-wen@newstoday.com.sg NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has reacted strongly to statements by a Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) candidate that the Government is excessively marking up the prices of
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      Lock icon They met, they sparred... in the middle of a busy market
      381 8  -  LEE U WEN Definitely, the price we sell to residents is heavily subsidised; the flafs value is much higher than what it is sold for. Mr Mah Bow Tan's reassurance to flatowners THEY may have met face-to-face for the
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      Lock icon Means testing put on hold
      633 9  -  TORCHING LI Proposal on Class C ward charges to be delayed: Health Minister Khaw chingli@newstoday.com. sg MEANS testing which would see public healthcare patients being charged according to what they can afford will not be implemented within the next two years as originally planned, said
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 'Just be happy, Dr M'
      405 10 But don't get involved in government projects, J BMP tells the former premier JOHOR BARU Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad should be happy that his Vision 2020 is being upheld and maintained by the Government, and should not get involved in other issues. Johor Baru
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MASSACRE IN KASHMIR
        83 10 -AFP Suspected Kashmir militants massacred 26 Hindus in attacks that Indian officials said yesterday were designed to sow terror and scupper peace talks between the government and moderate separatists. "Ten to 12 militants dressed in army uniforms told our chief to collect villagers for a meeting and
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        Lock icon MILITANTS CONVICTED
        77 10 -AGENCIES A Jakarta court sentenced three militants to up to seven years in prison yesterday for helping shelter top terrorist mastermind Noordin Top and financing bombings. Abdulah Sunata and Joni Ahmad Fauzani received prison terms of seven and four years, respectively, while Joko Sumanto was sentenced to four
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      Lock icon Thai elections probably violated statute, says court
      317 10 —AFP BANGKOK One of Thailand's most powerful courts said yesterday that last month's snap elections probably violated the Constitution, raising expectations of new polls to resolve months of political turmoil. "As a matter of law, it's likely that the Election Commission violated the
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      Lock icon HK Disneyland calls in bomb experts
      198 10 -DPA HONG KONG Hong Kong Disneyland confirmed yesterday that it had called in experts to advise on whether it should check for unexploded World War II munitions before letting children use a baseball pitch. The Hong Kong theme park was thoroughly checked before opening
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      Lock icon World's workers in peaceful protests
      439 12 —AFP Hundreds of thousands of immigrants stage job boycott in US MOSCOW From rural mountainous Nepal to the industrial heartland of Germany, workers took to the streets around the world yesterday in largely peaceful May Day demonstrations for labour rights, as immigrants in the United
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      Lock icon Sanctions against Iran limited, says Colin Powell
      305 12 —AGENCIES LONDON Any United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed on Iran for failing to stop its controversial nuclear research are likely to be limited, former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said. Speaking on British television, Mr Powell said the Islamic republic
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      Dire times ahead for Indian govt
      592 13  -  Sanjay Kapoor Poor showing in polls by Congress party may prompt calls for PM's ouster news@newstoday.com.sg THE stability of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition has been threatened by predictions of its poor showing in the elections to five state legislatures in Assam,
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      Lock icon Set a date to quit, Blair told
      166 13 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON Senior Cabinet ministers want Prime Minister Tony Blair to rescue his flailing government by officially naming a date on which he will hand power to Chancellor Gordon Brown. The group includes loyal Cabinet ministers who fear it is the only
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      isay LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
      562 16  -  Lim Jeremy news@newstoday.com.sg THE education system under Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam seems to be going through endless change. But I am not complaining. I think the changes such as the overhaul of Chinese language teaching and the greater choice of subjects are necessary to meet
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    • Letter
      LTA to meet Crime Library on options
      195 16  -  LYNN ONG Letter from Deputy Manager, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr John Chan's letter, "Why rob people of an option to locate missing loved ones?" (April 28). The Land Transport Authority fully appreciates the Crime Library's good intentions in
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      221 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY OVEI Are v x :i OVER-COMMITMENT Are we ignoring the most common threatto family life? We can talk about alcoholism, or gambling and infidelity. But for many families, the most dangerous threat to marriage is the simple matter of overcommitment. I'm referring
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      WHY HARP ON THE GOMEZ ISSUE?
      295 18  -  TANKAYKHENG Lawyer, in his 40s, Voter in East Coast GRC I REFER to the report, "Just compare and decide: PM" (April 29-30). Many Singaporeans are not looking (certainly not at this stage) at the Opposition to provide an alternative government As such, it seems
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      NOT ABOUT CHOICE, BUT ABOUT CALIBRE
      195 18  -  LUKE PACHYMUTHU 31, Voter in Ang MoKioGRC THE Opposition has proven to be an embarrassment to Singapore with its clear lack of preparation. The Workers' Party (WP) has been diminished by Mr James Gomez, who for the second time, has had problems coping with
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      Tell us how you plan to keep us in the lead, Opposition
      116 18  -  LEONG KUM CHUEN, Analyst, 29, Residentin Jurong GRC MR JAMES Gomez said that the Government of Singapore is not first-class, but Singaporeans are. Without good leaders to direct the battle in a competitive economic environment, how can Singaporeans
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      The disabled's vote is secret
      273 19  -  EMILYNYAH It is standard practice that they have ready access and priority at polling stations Letter from Manager (Public Education and Training) Elections Department THE Elections Department thanks Mr Chandran-Dudley for his letter, "A secret vote for the disabled too" (April 28). Facilitating voters who
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      Can the mentally unstable vote?
      70 19  -  ANDREW LIMSWEELEONG Letter from I WOULD like to enquire if the Elections Department checks the mental stability of the voter on Polling Day. I have an elderly relative who is wheelchair-bound and clearly not quite of sound mind. And she has been issued a polling
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      300 19 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES Empty talk exposes an empty head Of scorn one becomes the butt The only way to save one's face Is to keep the lower half shut! MUSES Since the colonial past is long gone And Singapore's a proud nation now Shouldn't 'Tom, Dick and Harry' Become 'Ahmad,
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon APB leads race to buy Foster's Asian plants: Report
      112 20 BLOOMBERG ASIA Pacific Breweries is the frontrunner in a race to buy the Asian brewing businesses of Foster's Group of Australia, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing Foster's. The newspaper reported that Asia Pacific Breweries outbid SABMiller. The businesses, including a plant
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      Lock icon SingTel associate offers 3G in Philippines
      147 20 BLOOMBERG GLOBE Telecom, which is jointly owned by Singapore Telecommunications and Mani-la-based Ayala Corp, started selling its highspeed wireless cellular phone services, also known as third-generation (3G) mobile. Subscribers of the second-largest Filipino mobile phone company with 3G-ca-pable handsets can make calls and download
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      Lock icon Wall Street hit by oil price increase, bond jitters
      353 20 —AFP NEW YORK Wall Street lost ground yesterday after a fresh jump in oil prices and renewed bond market tensions overshadowed positive news on mergers and a strong sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23.85
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      ST Engineering unit makes US purchase
      127 20 VISION Technologies Land Systems a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems, the US headquarters of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) entered into an agreement to buy all of B R Lee Industries at an enterprise value of US$l29 million ($203 million). The purchase is not
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      Lock icon 2006 GDP growth likely at upper end of forecast: PM
      129 20 -AFP SINGAPORE'S economy is likely to grow at the higher end of the official forecast of 4 to 6 per cent this year due to a favourable external environment, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his May Day messsage.
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      Lock icon Singapore
      120 20 -AFP SHARE prices here are expected to rise further this week ahead of the General Elections on Saturday, in which the ruling People's Action Party is widely predicted to maintain its dominance, dealers said. The ST Index (STI) reached a new record close of 2,610.71, off an all-time intraday
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      Your S$1 buys
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      Commodities
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      Lock icon World markets
      37 20 SGX, I Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.71 +19.40 +0.12 Hang Seng ASX 5310.40 +51.60 +0.90 Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp 1476.45 +12.04 +0.02 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex
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      Lock icon Productivity confounds US sceptics
      471 21 -BLOOMBERG Increased efficiency in manufacturing likely to keep economy buoyant MANUFACTURERS in the United States are keeping a resurgence of productivity in the country going on longer than most economists thought possible. The US government will probably report on Thursday that productivity increased 2.8 per cent
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      Lock icon Chinese manufacturing growth hits year-high
      142 21 -BLOOMBERG MANUFACTURING in China expanded last month at the fastest pace in more than a year, according to a survey of purchasing managers released yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index stood at 58.1 last month, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau
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        Lock icon House this for a steady income...
        1074 22  -  VALERIE LAW Thinking of going in for a reverse mortgage? Here's whatyou should know valeri e@newstoday.com.sg THE Government recently allowed homeowners above the age of 62 to generate income from their HDB flats through a scheme known as reverse mortgage. The move is aimed
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        210 22 -BLOOMBERG ASIAN currencies should benefit from faster global economic growth when the United States Federal Reserve decides to pause in its cycle of interest rate increases. Mr Mansoor Mohi-uddin, ÜBS' head of foreign exchange strategy, said that the currencies of Singapore,
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        383 24  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Thais top, Spore second at prestigious Asian awards shobha@newstoday.com.sg MEDIA Magazine Asia's leading media, advertising and marketing publication has announced the winners of the 2006 Asian Advertising Awards the region's oldest and most prestigious creative awards show. The Best of the Best award
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        297 24  -  JANECHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg FOUR of Fraser and Neave's product ranges F&N soft drinks, Fruit Tree, Ice Mountain and Magnolia took home a gold award for their respective categories at the 2006 Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Awards for the Singapore market. "In a highly-competitive beverage
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        661 25  -  CHEOWXINYI Lack of branding by SMEs, Singapore's cosmopolitan character behind our low preference for local products xinyic@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS have the least loyalty to home-grown brands, according to a sevennation survey by Nielsen Media Research. The aim of the recently renamed Trusted Brands 2006 survey was
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        206 25  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg BROTHER International Singapore, a leading manufacturer of printing technologies, won its second consecutive gold award in the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Award Office Equipment category. Accepting the award, Mr Tetsuo Watanabe, managing director of Brother International Singapore, said it was a great
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          153 25  -  JANE CHIAPOCO CONSTANTLY pushing the envelope in hospitality innovation, Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide has launched what is being touted as the hotel industry's first online weblog The Lobby.com. Starwood owns several high-end hotels and resort brands such as St Regis, Sheraton and Le Meridien. With less focus
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          140 25  -  JANE CHIAPOCO TNT seems to have its finger right on the pulse of Singapore's footballcrazed population. In just two weeks, the leading express and logistics service provider's latest promotional campaign, "Kick off with TNT Your Biggest Supporter", has resulted in a 10-per-cent increase in new
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          114 25  -  —lANECHIAPOCO EIGHT Singaporean teams are rapidly finishing the last lap before the L'Oreal Brandstorm 2006 national finals next Monday. The competition was established in 1991 for marketing students in their final or penultimate year of study. The finalists are the following teams: Eucharis,
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        443 26  -  ELAINE NG The IT giant plans to enhance its communication tools to help businesses achieve more elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg TO DRIVE productivity and improve collaborative work, Microsoft Business Division will make significant research and development investments in unified communication tools and business intelligence technologies. This was
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        326 26  -  ELAINE NG ASIAN consumers are vain and they like their gadgets small. These are some of the findings from an International Data Corp (IDC) survey conducted last year. The survey comprised of 3,660 respondents from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore,
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          120 26 Infor has launched the latest version of its enterprise asset management solution, Datastream 7i. Manufacturing services companies, public sector organisations and other service-delivery organisations can benefit from its new call centre module, which integrates with existing call centre applications to enable data
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          119 26 Star Hub has introduced a pre-payment option called FlexiCard for its pay-as-you-use Max Online FlexiSurf 2000 service and Games-On-Demand value-added service. These services could only be paid online via credit card previously. Available at Star Hub shops and partner outlets, FlexiCard comes with
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          107 26 RSA Security has announced the worldwide availability of RSA SecurlD Appliance 2.0 an authentication solution that enables enterprise customers to establish the identity of users accessing business resources. The solution scales to 50,000 users and is pre-loaded with RSA Authentication Manager 6.1, which
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          146 27 BROTHER LASER MFC-8460N Targeted at small offices and workgroups, the network-ready, five-in-one Laser MFC--8460N from Brother offers laser printing, faxing, copying, colour scanning and monochrome PC faxing. Large volumes of printing can be efficiently completed, with print speeds of up to 28 pages per minute and print resolutions of
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          520 27  -  WAYNE PEAT Managing knowledge is key for any organisation of any size inf otech@newstoday.com.sg THE CONCEPT of I knowledge management has been around since the early 90s, but only recently has its role as a key to business success received widespread acceptance. Although many IT
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          270 27 I In a fix over IT matters? Bugged by software glitches? Send your questions to infotech@newstoday.com.sg DATA ERROR Q: My PC displays the message: 'Data error (cyclic redundancy check)' when I copy a disk onto the hard drive. Is this a problem with the disk, the writer or the
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      1345 28  -  Ross Wallace Veteran rocker Neil Young targets 'Dubya' with new album ross@newstoday.com.sg COUNTRY music, classic rock, a "little bit of hard core and some honky tonk". That's how The New York Times summed up US President George W Bush's taste in music a year ago, when it ran
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        47 28 Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit Yo bum rush the show. You gotta go for what you know. Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be. Public Enemy, Fight the Power
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        76 28 Broken bottles under children's feet. Bodies strewn across the dead-end street. But I won't heed the battle call. It puts my back up. Puts my back up against the wall. U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen. In your head, in your head
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        85 28 And I hope that you die. And your death'll come soon I will follow your casket. In the pale afternoon. And I'll watch while you're lowered. Down to your deathbed. And I'll stand o'er your grave,' Til I'm sure that you're dead. Bob Dylan, Masters of War Yeh,
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        28 28 We got a thousand points of light. For the homeless man. We got a kinder, gentler. Machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin'in the Free World
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        39 28 Overseas yeah we tryin' to stop terrorism. But we still got terrorists here livin'. In the USA the big CIA the Bloodz and the Crips and the XXX. The Black Eyed Peas, Where is the Love?
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      172 30 -AP HONG KONG Actress Maggie Q said she was ill when she auditioned for Mission: Impossible 777 and was amazed she got a key role in the film, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday. Q, who lives in Hong Kong, said she found
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      430 30  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Karate champ explores martial arts, local culture in new reality show Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg HAVING inspired thousands to take up martial arts, Roland Osborne is set to keep the inspiration going with his reality show Go Warrior. Premiering tonight on MediaCorp TV Channel 5,
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        125 30 The Flaming Lips Their tag as America's best alternative rock band isn't a hyperbole. But it must be noted that The Flaming Lips' brand of cosmic psychedelica is not entirely new either: Imagine The Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles jamming with Burt Bacharach, with Frank Zappa
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        121 30 The Charlatans Original indie hipsters The Charlatans go reggae on their ninth album Simpatico and the results aren't as cringe-worthy as one might fear. Thankfully, it's more The Specials and the latter-day Clash than No Doubt as Tim Burgess and crew offer their most interesting album since 2001's Wonderland.
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        75 31 Snow Patrol ++++4 With Coldplay on an extended break, it is only natural that contenders would spring up to vie for the throne that is sad-rock. Snow Patrol sounds like the best bet as the scene's new kings in waiting -their buzz-saw harmonics are swamped with syrupy melodies
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      357 31  -  —AMELYNNUONG IN RECENT movies such as Wolf Creek and The Hostel, unwary young backpackers get more than a scare from strangers who offer to "help". But such urban myths have not killed the adventurous spirits of Josh Gibson and Renee O'Conner,
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      81 31  -  ANN KOK This week, we ask MediaCorp artiste Ann Kok what rocks her stereo when she's taking a breather. ON TRAVIS'SINGLES: I like to listen to alternative rock when I can but the truth is, some bands' rock music can be very loud, not the ideal chillout
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      609 32  -  REETA RAMAN Doctors say this common chronic respiratory condition is easily treatable reeta@newstoday.com.sg IN 2002, four children below the age of 15 died from asthma in Singapore. A year later, one child died from asthma. And the sad reality: No one should have died because
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      452 32  -  REETA RAMAN THE pregnancy of Hollywood actress Katie Holmes Tom Cruise's fiancee has turned the media spotlight on "silent birth", a childbirth method practised by supporters of the Church of Scientology. Cruise is one of its most famous adherents. During Holmes' pregnancy, the
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      521 32  -  JANICE GOH ja nice@newstoday.com.sg EATING supper is often thought to be one of the reasons behind the extra pounds we pile on. This is why many try to cut down on any late night snacking. But according to a study published
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      144 33 CAN HEAT MELT CONTACT LENSES WHILE WEARING IT? No, exposure to heat cannot melt contact lenses while they are being worn. The heat that a normal person can tolerate will not be sufficiently high to melt contact lensesNormally, con" tact lenses have the same ternperature as the
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      713 34 It's such a pain in the joints IAILMENT3APPROACHES Relieve acute arthritis pain with a proper diet, exercise and medication ARTHRITIS "Arth" refers to the joints while "itis" means inflammation. Arthritis is a generic term that refers to the inflammation of joints. There are two main types of arthritis osteoarthritis and
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      144 34 DIABETES CARE FOR EYE DISEASES AND FOOT PROBLEMS What is the impact of diabetes complications? What are your options when caring for diabetes-related foot problems and eye diseases? Find out more about these and other topics during this public forum. Date: May 13 Time: 1.30pm to 4pm Venue: Tan
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      539 37 ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) HKeep everything out in the open or you may Don't let anyone dump his or her responsibe accused of being secretive. Make per- Wl^ bilitiesinyour lap. Work-related matters may sonal changes or improve your living space. get your blood boiling.
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      486 39 -AP Last-ditch efforts from Lakers star push Suns to the brink NBA PLAYOFFS, WESTERN CONFERENCE LA Lakers 99 Phoenix 98 (OT) (Lakers lead series 3-1) LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers needed two last-gasp shots from Kobe Bryant to beat the Phoenix Suns. And two uncharacteristic mistakes from
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      158 39 SAN FRANCISCO Giants slugger Barry Bonds is still chasing Babe Ruth for second on the all-time home run list, but he passed the baseball legend in another statistical category on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Bonds posted his 1,357 th extra base hit,
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      557 40  -  CUBBYLEONG But coach confident Singapore can reach Doha Games cubby@newstoday.com.sg UP AGAINST two higher ranked teams for this month's Asian Games hockey qualifiers to be played from May 12-20, Singapore have their work cut out in their aim to reach the Doha Asian Games finals.
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      505 40  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE national under-21 team's participation in the NTUC Fair Price Netball Super League (NSL) is meant to be part of their preparations for this July's Asian Youth Championship. But the team, playing under the moniker "the Sharks", have certainly had
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      630 41  -  JOSE RAYMOND Tampines and Home must win tonight to keep AFC Cup dreams alive AFC CUP, GROUP F Tampines Rovers v Selangor jose@newstoday.com.sg FOR the first time since the competition began in 2004, both Singapore club sides involved in the 2006 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup competition
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      451 41  -  DARREN LAI BADMINTON ÜberCup da rren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S women shuttlers achieved their target of finishing in the top eight on their Über Cup debut, but their adventure looks certain to end at the quarter-final stage where China await. After losing their two group ties against
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      586 42 Rooney setback has become a recurring theme for England LONDON Wayne Rooney's latest injury and possible absence from the World Cup squad have left England's assistant manager Tord Grip fearing there is a jinx on their World Cup preparations. Sven-Goran Eriksson's plans to travel to Germany with a
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      320 42 -AFP BLACKBURN Blackburn's hopes of enjoying trips to Europe next season have been boosted by Jose Mourinho's decision to allow Chelsea's England stars to head off early for some pre-World Cup sun and sand. Blackburn entertain the champions here tonight looking to clinch a
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        105 42 BRUCE Arena will announce the United States' World Cup squad today. For some hopefuls, the nationally telecast announcement of the 23-man roster could be the first time they hear from Arena, after failing to make an American line-up trying to better a 2002 quarterfinal
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        131 42 MICHAEL Owen voiced confidence that the "curse of the metatarsal" haunting England's World Cup hopes will not prevent him from going to Germany. The 26-year-old Newcastle forward, who is coming back from a metatarsal injury, played for half an hour against Birmingham on Saturday and
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