Today, 18 July 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY /A=DlJ\CORP mica(P) 192/07/2006 share your free newspaper Tuesday July 18, 2006* todayonline.com TODAY //\=DiJ\CORP mica(P) 192/07/2006 share your free newspaper Tuesday •July 18, 2006* todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Softer landing for those dropping out
      797 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Northlight out to turn 'misfit' children's lives around cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE doors start shutting on some children just around the time they hit their teens. Year after year, they try to clear their Primary School Leaving Examination and fail. Mainstream schools are
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      Lock icon At least 105 dead as tsunami hits Java coast
      145 1 —AFP PANGANDARAN (Indonesia) The death toll from the tsunami that smashed into the south of Indonesia's Java island yesterday following an undersea earthquake has risen to at least 105, a Red Cross official said early today. Some 105 people were confirmed
      —AFP  -  145 words
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      Lock icon Stocks close mixed on M-E tensions
      165 1 —AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares closed mixed yesterday as tensions over Israel's military offensive on Lebanon and sky-high oil prices continued to unsettle investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 8.01 points at 10,747.36, the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.37 point to
      —AFP  -  165 words
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      Lock icon First-half's export growth tripled
      582 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH IE Singapore expects trade to stay healthy for rest of 2006 christie@newstoday.com.sg PILLS and plastics spilled out of Singapore at a slightly faster-than-expected rate last month, causing the first half's total export growth to more than triple from the same period last year. And
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      BETWEEN A ROCKET AND A MORTAR SHELL
      807 3  -  EMANUEL SHAHAF Hezbollah looking for a way out as Israel continues to take a hard line in conflict IN JERUSALEM IN THE past six days of fighting since Hezbollah's attack, over 1,000 rockets and mortar shells have hit Israel. The Israeli Air Force
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      260 2 Everybody Needs A Holiday. Even You. There's a great holiday waiting for everyone at The Fullerton Hotel. Go on, you know you deserve one. Take a break Singapore. Simply choose from one of our exclusively created packages. Movie Mania Time For Two Spend the afternoon relaxing by the pool, Fresh
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      456 3 University of South Australia AP MI KAPI AN^ Doctor of Business Administration Mil univciiiiy vi juuui MUiuaiia /-VrfVII IXMrLftlil/ Most successful doctoral program in the region with more than 180 graduates in Asia O Information Session with Dr Marguerite Kaur on Tuesday, 25 July 2006 at 7pm E m |m
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  • Singapore news
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      A drill this weekend to prepare for the worst
      689 4  -  TAN HUI LENG 1,000 involved in island-wide bird flu exercise across hospitals, clinics and schools huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE will revisit the dark days of Sars this week, with hospitals putting up temperature screening stations and medical officers donning their full personal protective
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    • Article
      Has flu virus mutated? The ministry is investigating
      375 4  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg TESTS are underway to determine if the recent increase in flu cases is due to a mutation of the influenza virus, says Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, Professor K Satku. "When something like this (an
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon A REGIONAL IST SET UP IN STORE
        114 4 938LIVE The first-ever regional disability sports body has been set up in Singapore. The Asean Disability Sailing Federation's immediate focus is to introduce sailing programmes for the disabled, and increase participation in the region. In the longer term, the federation will oversee the
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        Lock icon COUNTERFEIT PEDDLERS ALONG ORCHARD ROAD ARRESTED
        75 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA. Over the past six months, 42 illegal hawkers have been arrested for peddling counterfeit products along the underpass walkway linking Orchard MRT station and Tangs shopping centre. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said they arrested 62 such offenders at the same spot
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      Lock icon From Bishan to Paya Lebar station in 17 min
      546 6  -  LEE U-WEN Despite delays caused by Nicoll Highway accident, Circle Line isontrackfor completion by 2010 u-wen@newstoday.com.sg COME early 2009, the first of five Circle MRT line stages, passing through neighbourhoods such as Bishan and Serangoon, will be completed. There is even
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    • Article
      Former condo caretaker who killed wife convicted of manslaughter
      479 8  -  -ANSLEYNG LIKE a dutiful spouse, his factory operator wife came home promptly from work to prepare his dinner. But hours later, Mohammad Zam Bin Abdul Rashid returned home reeking of alcohol, and, after accusing her of getting close to a colleague,
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      'Rape? But I couldn't...'
      508 8  -  ANSLEY NG Man accused of raping maid claims he has erectile dysfunction a nsley@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS been accused of repeatedly raping his temporary Indian maid over seven days in his Woodlands apartment The maid, 37, claimed that between June 1 to 7 in 2004, former engineer
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      Lock icon HK chief Tsang meets S'pore leaders during visit
      213 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA HONG Kong has much to learn from Singapore in terms of spotting talent for the public sector, said its Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who was here on a three-day visit. Singapore has been "particularly successful in picking people not only
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Chicken tikka masala bridges racial divide
      606 10 British Muslim team impressed by Singapore's racial cohesion CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg IF THERE'S one way to help bridge the racial divide in Britain, in the wake of the attacks on London's transport system last July, it must surely be food. After all, the
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      Lock icon US cool to calls for ceasefire
      225 10 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States declined to join calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah guerrilla group yesterday, insisting that such a pact would only be a temporary fix for the worsening crisis. "What everybody wants to see is a cessation
      —AFP; AFP  -  225 words
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      Lock icon Discovery returns safely
      133 10 —AFP CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The space shuttle Discovery ended a near-flawless 8.8 million-km journey with a smooth return yesterday, giving a major boost to the troubleplagued US space programme. "It was an enormously successful flight... we're back on track," Nasa chief Michael Griffin said following completion of
      —AFP  -  133 words
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      Lock icon Bush caught on mike: Hezbollah, stop doing this S
      227 10 —AFP ST PETERSBURG United States President George W Bush, caught on an open microphone at a summit here, said Monday that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this *****". Mr Bush, chomping on
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      Lock icon Prosecutors refuse to charge London police with killing Brazilian
      266 12 AGENCIES LONDON British prosecutors said yesterday that they had "insufficient evidence" to charge police officers with criminal offenses for killing a Brazilian man they mistook for a suicide bomber last year. However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said London's Metropolitan Police
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      Lock icon 'The Pakistani hand'
      498 12 -AGENCIES Army-style Mumbai blasts point to that: Indian intelligence sources NEW DELHI As Indian police continued the hunt for the Mumbai train bombers yesterday, reports emerged that intelligence agencies here suspect that some experts from the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) were behind the blasts. Top Indian
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  498 words
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      Lock icon Storm Bilis claims 170; 100 missing
      135 12 —AGENCIES BEIJING The death toll from severe rainstorms and flooding across China in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 170, with more than 100 missing, state media said yesterday. China Central Television said 11.9 million residents in six provinces Fujian, Hunan,
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      Lock icon Fake buyers to be punished
      89 12 —AFP BEIJING Beijing's Silk Alley, an indoor market repeatedly accused of selling counterfeit foreign-branded goods, is mulling a plan to punish customers who buy fakes, state media reported yesterday. The market was considering charging customers who had a track record of buying fake-brand products a
      —AFP  -  89 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 42 DEAD IN IRAQ CAR BOMBING
        53 12 BLOOMBERG At least 42 people died and 33 were wounded in a car bombing and shooting in a market yesterday in Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad. An explosion that killed a large number of civilians was followed by a Shootout between police and qunmen and
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        Lock icon NEWBORN LEFT TO DIE IN NET CAFE
        43 12 -AFP A Chinese woman left her newborn baby to die in a Shanghai Internet cafe after giving birth in its toilet, state press reported yesterday. A cleaning woman found the dead baby in the cafe's bathroom.
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      Lock icon French Interior Minister hopes to become bestselling author
      307 13 -THE GUARDIAN PARIS France's ambitious Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has set his sights beyond becoming the country's next president he now wants to become the author of this summer's bestselling book. Mr Sarkozy says his 300-page magnum opus promises to explain his
      -THE GUARDIAN; EPA  -  307 words
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      Lock icon See you next year, says Blair
      432 13 At annual GBmeet, British PM indicates he has no plans to quit any time soon LONDON Despite growing pressure, Mr Tony Blair shows no intention of stepping down as prime minister, saying he intends to hold the job for at least another year, reported
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      326 13 We take learning beyond books. At PSB Academy's School of Information Technology, you are encouraged to apply fresh and original thinking in solving problems. Our partnerships with renowned universities provide you with more than just qualifications, they also equip you with relevant skills to succeed at the workplace. And with
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      Scrap taxi surcharges
      429 14  -  NELSON QUAH Abolishing the system of surcharges is the only way to protect passengers Letter from I REFER to the article "ComfortDelGro to step up spot checks on cabbies" (July 13). Taxi companies like Comfort DelGro are simply treating the symptoms of the problem when they send
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      Fairness is every institution's concern
      140 14  -  VAN KHANH.LE Letter from Vietnam I REFER to James Miller's letter ("Top programme, premier hotel please", 14 July) praising NUS Business School dean Chris Earley for his decision to support the bypassing of financial procurement procedures in booking a five-star hotel in India. The issue
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      No durians, please
      86 14  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from MANY times, I have seen passengers bringing durians into trains and buses, despite signs stating that this is not allowed. I am a durian lover and do not mind the smell but there are many who do not appreciate it I recall
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      M'sia, leave S'pore out of it
      196 16  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Irrational sentiments may stir unnecessary animosity Letter from READING the letter by Lim Boon Hee, "It's not about the Causeway" (July 17), I believe that it pays to maintain "elegant silence", especially during the present Ab-dullah-Mahathir row. Singapore has always
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      Lock icon SINGAPORESEEN
      44 16 DON WONG HOT WAXING: A worker waxes an installed bronze sculpture entitled Pedas Pedas (Malay for "spicy') by Kumari Nahappan, on the front lawn of the new National Museum extension as renovation works continue to prepare for the museum's reopening in December 2006.
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    • Letter
      Unfairly sacked pregnant mums can seek MOM's help
      187 16  -  JEAN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Manpower PLEASE refer to the article by Ms Jasmine Yin ("So mum can stay hired", July 11). Pregnant female employees at any stage of pregnancy, can appeal to the Minister
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      219 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY j77T7T7 BY DR JAMES DOBSON ROUGH WATERS The most helpful advice for parents of teenagers may be remarkably simple to implement. To parents whose teenage sons and daughters are going through a period of rebellion and experimentation, the most constructive recommendation might
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      isay SPIRIT OF ASIAN CINEMA SEEN IN KRRISH'S SUCCESS
      811 18  -  ZAFAR ANJUM JULY has been a gloomy month for Mumbai. First, the torrential rains almost brought life in Mumbai to a grinding halt Then came the July 11 train bomb blasts, claiming over 200 innocent lives. But amazingly, true to the
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      Real 'mock' exercises may be more effective
      162 20  -  KHOOLIH-HAN Letter from THERE are many mock exercises involving bomb explosions and chemical spills conducted across the island, one recent example is the one at Tampines. My question is: Are Singaporeans going to follow instructions accordingly (eg. walk orderly and remain calm) when
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      Not immune to global currents
      319 20  -  LIM BOON HEE Distant ripples can hit our property prices Letter from NOT many people in Singapore realise the significance of international events that are profoundly changing the world and making it a much more dangerous place as we live our lives. Rosy predictions of
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      Factors affect application process for extra time
      185 20  -  RAYMOND LIM Letter from Director, Corporate Services Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board We refer to Mr Tan Kim Liang's letter on "Address the need to remove red tape" (Jul 14). Applications for extra time or other special arrangements in PSLE for special needs
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      Well on the way to cyber wellness
      262 21  -  mPAMHU Letterfro Director, Community and International Relations Media Development Authority (MDA) WE THANK Mr Colin Ong Tau Shien for his suggestions ("Three ideas to improve Internet and mobile safety", July 8-9) and take this opportunity to update on efforts by MDA to promote
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      Don't let centre go with the wind
      390 21  -  LEONALO Restore windsurfing to former glory Letter from IN RECENT months, windsurfing has surfaced in the local news but for all the wrong reasons the sailing centre at East Coast Park is facing the threat of closure. Dismayed at this, a group of
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      43 14 we set you thinking todayonline.com 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? 1 What irks you? Tell us. 1 Write, email or fax us a letter 1 with your full name, contact number and address. we want your voice Mim"r<r f Bkl
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      302 20 CONFLICT ADDS TO US ECONOMY RISK 24 Wyeth why is w^eth Pronise GOLD an excellent choice for your growing child? Because with Wyeth, optimal nutrition is a Promise! The preschool and early school years are key periods of cognitive and intellectual development. Children between the ages of 3 to 7
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      238 21 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES 'Your country has fantastic potential And always will,' the diplomat murmured. The Third World dictator smiled He thought it the best compliment hed heard! MUSES The race for the tourist dollar Has no place for blunder If you don't go forward You will go right under. Singapore
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  • Businesstoday
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      Council to tap into water talent pool J";^8
      486 22  - Council to tap into water talent pool J";^ 8 JOYCE CHEN Will aid S'pore's efforts as the Republic eyes $400b hydro industry joyce@newstoday.com.sg THE latest effort by the Government to develop Singapore into a leader in the environment and water industry has seen the establishment of a new office under
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      Lock icon Wheelock pays record $180 million for Habitat One
      185 22 -BLOOMBERG WHEELOCK Properties (Singapore), paid a record $180 million for a prime site here, said property consultancy Knight Frank. The price for the freehold Habitat One site, which is near Orchard Road, equates to $1,228 per square foot of potential gross floor
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      Lock icon Mediaßing raises stake in Pacific Internet to 26%
      163 23 BLOOMBERG MEDIARING, a Singapore-based Internetphone service provider, said that it increased its stake in Pacific Internet to 26 per cent from 4.8 per cent. Mediaßing bought 2.88 million Pacific Internet shares for U5527.3 million ($43.4 million), or US$9.4B a share, be- tween
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        World markets
        49 23 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng ASX *****.82 -70.89 4956.20 -9.90 -0.44 -0.20 Taiwan Wtd 6257.80 -170.23 -2.65 Korea Comp KLCI 902.70 -10.93 -1.20 SET Index 653.02 -8.57 -1.30 Jakarta Comp 1283.94 -19.63 -1.51 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2175.21 -34.94 291.36 +2.50 -1.58 +0.87 Mumbai Sensex *****.22 -385.00 -3.61
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        SGX most active
        55 23 THBEV China Sun UTAC MDR ChinaMilk Celestial SingTel Pac Cent MediaRing Luzhou 0.270 -0.015 -5.3 43,267 0.750 -0.040 -5.1 26,437 0.665 -0.035 -5.0 24,961 0.050 -0.005 -9.1 21,401 0.045 -0.055 -6.1 21,135 1.300 -0.110 -7.0 17,914 2.420 -0.040 -1.6 15,924 0.295 -0.005 -1.7 15,303 0.315 -0.010 -3.1
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        SGX top rises
        64 23 STI2500SGA*****8 1.080 +0.225 JSH500USS 10.900 +0.200 SIMSCI295MBL***** 1.310 +0.200 SIMSCI280DB*****2 0.610 +0.170 STI2600DB*****8 1.490 +0.170 SIMSCI280MBL***** 1.090 +0.165 CapitalandDB***** 0.645 +0.135 Nikke225SGA*****7 0.595 +0.125 HSI*****DB*****1 0.920 +0.115 SIMSCI275MBL***** 0.675 +0.115 MultiVis WD***** 0.035 +75.0 RowsleyWOBIIW 0.015 +50.0 VentureDBS*****7 0.030 +50.0 CapitalanSGA***** 0.170 +47.0 CapitalandCA6091B 0.035 +40.0 SIMSCI280DB*****2
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        SGX top falls
        67 23 Bukit Sem 15.000 -0.600 DBS 16.900 -0.400 CapitalanSGA***** 0.950 -0.390 CITYDEV 0.500 -0.300 Jaidine CSC 10.000 -0.300 SIA200 12.000 -0.300 UOB 14.900 -0.300 Sp Land 6.050 -0.250 CapitalanSGA***** 0.430 -0.230 PineAgritech 2.150 -0.230 Nikke225SGA*****A 0.005 -00.0 KepLandBNP*****5 0.015 -70.0 StarHubSGA*****0 0.115 -54.0 CITYDEVDB*****0 0.010 -50.0 STATSChPDB*****5 0.015
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        Singapore
        144 23  -  DOW JONES SINGAPORE shares ended lower for the third straight session following losses on Wall Street, amid increasing violence in the Middle East and rising oil prices. The ST Index (STI) fell 43.35 points, or 1.83 per cent, to 2,320.20 points. Losers led gainers 530 to 88 as 940.3
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      304 25 BLOOMBERG Lawmakers want to find out if minority shareholders' interests looked after HONG Kong lawmakers will next month probe Mr Richard Li's sale of his stake in PCCW, the city's largest phone company, to former investment banker Francis Leung because the deal was not transparent,
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      581 26  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Spanish footballing giant kicks off Asian growth plans with a 3-year Tiger Beer deal ja nec@newstoday.com.sg STRENGTHENING its focus on globalisation will be the key ingredient for Futbol Club Barcelona's (FC Barcelona) plans for growth. "As in any other industry, there
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      601 27  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Channel NewsAsia gets a fresh new look, along with several new programmes janec@newstoday.com.sg IN LINE with the changing face and pace of technology, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) yesterday launched a fresh look for its television and website. To mark its seventh year anniversary, CNA has undergone
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      393 27 AWARD-WINNING agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) Asia Pacific has announced the launch of a new discipline called "Engagement Planning". This new initiative, led by Mr Jacob Wright, its engagement planning director, aims to bring expertise on how consumers are engaging with
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        168 27 BATEY has a new a new chief executive officer in the person of respected industry veteran Alan Fairnington. He was the president of advertising agencyJ Walter Thompson (JWT) Asia-Pacific. Mr Fairnington was also the manager for JWT Malaysia in the 1980s, and subsequently established the
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        205 27 IT IS crystal clear to Swarovski that the response to its latest line of collectibles -the LovLots animal figurines- is good. According to Ms Mabel Lim, Swarovski's divisional manager of its consumer goods business, approximately 1,000 pieces of assorted LovLots have been sold
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      421 28  -  ELAINE NG Open file format gains popularity with govts inf otech@newstoday.com.sg I IN LINE with the rising I popularity of open source and open standards, an electronic file standard called the OpenDocument Format (ODF) is emerging. The ODF is an applicationindependent document format developed by a vendor-neutral standards-developing
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      712 29  -  ARIELTAM More firms are turning to unified appliances that have multiple security components a riel@newstoday.com.sg TWENTY years ago, all a company needed to protect its computer systems was probably a firewall and some basic anti-virus software. These days, the corporate network has extended beyond the physical
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      226 29 Customers must first know their environment: Expected level of network traffic: Consider the peak number of users, applications and policies. Expected availability: Does the business demand 100 per cent uptime? How much downtime can it tolerate? Available resources: If there is only one
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        119 29 Singapore Computer Systems has opened the Enterprise Business Rule Solutions Centre at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), the first Business Rule Management System (BRMS) Solutions Centre in Singapore. BRMS technologies enable companies to respond to fast-changing business policies efficiently. Through the collaboration, NYP will train more
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        137 29 Sun Microsystems has launched three x64 servers powered by AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture. The Sun Fire X4500 hybrid data server (priced from $71,433) combines a fourway server powered by Opteron processors and is designed to deliver storage density that is up
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        87 29 Enterprise customers can now enjoy the advantages of disk-to-disk backup without having to make changes to their existing backup environment with the Virtual Tape Library (VTL) by Hitachi Data Systems. Featuring ProtecTlEß VT with HyperFactor data de-duplication technology, VTL eliminates redundant data while
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      185 28 I'VE GOT ROOM TO SPARE EVEN THOUGH I LIVE OUT OF MY SUITCASE Because when I hit the road, I take all my photos, videos and music with me. Some might say I have my whole world in the palm of my hand. Urn I I ''-y/ fi WmMw /if
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      1092 32  -  gnrr Their artiste dads may have sung their praises, music fans would be happy if they could sing SOMETIMEsI having a dad in I the business I can do wonders for I your career. BBBH Take Scan I Lennon, son of late I legendary
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      239 34 —AFP LONDON Jennifer Aniston (picture) wants to do a special one-off episode of the hit television comedy Friends, the US actress said in an interview to be broadcast today. She said she missed making the show and was keen to reprise her role as
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        115 34 AP Malaysian pop icon Siti Nurhaliza said yesterday she will marry her recently divorced businessman boyfriend, Khalid Mohamed Jiwa, ending months of speculation. The pair have remained tightlipped about the status of their relationship. But in a joint press conference, Siti, 27, and Khalid, 47, said
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        82 34 AGENCIES R&B star Usher (picture) will make his Broadway debut in the long-running revival of Chicago. The singer, 27, will tackle the role of devious lawyer Billy Flynn, which has previously been played by Richard Gere and David Hasselhoff. "I have always admired Broadway actors
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      81 34 WEETECK HIAN STARS ALIGNED: An enthusiastic crowd of 25,000 turned up for the Starry Starry Night concert at the Padang on Sunday. The extravaganza, organised by MediaCorp TV and China's CCTVfor the third time, featured popular performers such as (left to right) Quan Yifeng, Bryan Wong, JJ Lin, Ado, Jin
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      426 34  -  EUSACHIA Fiona returns to roots with role as a ghost in Maggi andMe elisa@newstoday.com.sg FIVE years ago, Fiona Xie burst onto the scene as a genie in the Mandarin sitcom My Genie. The wide-eyed newbie has since emerged as one of the fastest-rising television
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        144 35 Ronan Keating It's easy to take the piss out of former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating. He is, after all, a thoroughly mediocre singer with a string of forgettable, lightweight pop albums to his name. But Keating has always been shrewd enough to know what works on the
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        149 35 Lostprophets Despite hailing from Britain, Welsh rock quintet Lostprophets have made a name for themselves on the American nu-metal circuit. Their 2004 album Start Something sold over a million copies without much fanfare and drew admiring nods on both sides of the Atlantic. Which helps explain why this
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        158 35 Mojave 3 Judging by the first strains of the rockabilly romp Truck Driving Man, it's easy to forget that Mojave 3 was once known as Slowdive, which made their name peddling songs with the stripped-back sound, lengthy noise swells and experimental structures typical of 90s shoe-gazers. On
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      175 35 -AP LOS ANGELES Pirates of the Caribbean is looking more like Treasure Island. Already a record-breaker, the second film in the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest dug up U5562.2 million ($99.2 million) in its second weekend at
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      120 35 This week, we ask Don Wong (picture) of dance promoters Kinemat responsible for parties islandwide for the album he'd take to a deserted island. DONOVAN WONG ON FAT FREDDY DROP'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY: This New Zealand ensemble amazes me with their blend of ska and
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        456 36  -  REETA RAMAN A VACCINE against cervical cancer could prevent other types of gynaecological cancers, said a new study released last month. According to Associate Professor Ilancheran A, head, gynaecologic oncology, The Cancer Institute@National University Hospital, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study by Merck Co, "is
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        235 36 COMMON HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS Are the health supplements you are consuming really essential and are you consuming the right amount for your age? Did you know that not all health supplements can be taken with some conventional medicines? Find out more in this session. Date: July 25 Time: Ipm
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        634 36  - Stuttering an emoti REETA RAMAN An association between speech impediment, emotional reactivity: Study reeta@newstoday.com.sg PRESCHOOLERS who stutter may have more difficulty controlling their emotions, a study has found. This suggests that emotional factors can contribute to stuttering. Stuttering is a communication problem, where spoken words or sounds are involuntarily repeated,
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        566 37  -  -JANICE GOH RESEARCHERS have found more evidence that eating meat may cause cancer. A European study involving more than 500,000 people found that those who ate more meat were more likely to develop a type of stomach cancer, called gastric noncardia cancer.
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        471 37 During the first of our three-part series on hair loss, Dr Eugene Hong shared insights on how ETG can help address the problem of hair loss. In this second installment, Dr Hong replies to some of the questions you have written in
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        551 38 My 16-year-old daughter suffers from bad body odour. Initially, I thought this was normal as my daughter is a very active girl, and the weather in Singapore is generally hot. But lately, the condition has worsened as she still emits a musky smell even though she has
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        617 38 Patricia Ng, winner of 7 pageant awards, shares her beauty tips THIS year, Patricia Ng, 34, has swept seven beauty pageant awards in Singapore. The svelte mother of one, who is also the reigning Mrs Singapore United Nations, wears many hats as a modern woman.
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      43 37 Brought to you by: EHRTCENTRE HAIR SCIENCE Have a hair loss question? Ask Dr Eugene Hong. Email your question to ehr@newstoday.com.sg by July 21. EHR Centre is located at Camden Medical Centre, #08-04 (Tel: 6735 8735); 18,l_orongTelok, #02-0 (Tel: 6535 3323) Website: www.ehrcentre.com
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      179 42  -  CUBBYLEONG ONE hour was all it took to snap up the 252 public slots allocated for the HSBC Golf Challenge 2006, which tees off on August 4 at the Laguna Golf and Country Club Masters Course. With four par-3 holes offering $250,000 each for a hole-in-one,
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      85 42 COURTESY OF SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL lan Lim, one of the nominees for the Sporting Singapore Inspiration Awards 2006, has inspired others to greater heights through his passion in rock climbing. If you know of anyone who has created opportunities for sporting activities, connected with the community or celebrated the triumph
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      561 42  -  CUBBYLEONG Recent exploits in tennis, athletics show China's intention to dominate Beijing 2008 cubby@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Olympics comes to Beijing in two years' time, the Americans had better be prepared to be beaten in the medal count China officials have not declared it openly but their recent
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      225 42 -AFP TENNIS Fed Cup PARIS American tennis slumped to another low point on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when their woefully under-powered team were beaten by Belgium in the Fed Cup semi-finals. Missing the Williams sisters, as well as Lindsay Davenport, the Americans lost 4-1
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      619 43 Conditions are perfect for a titanic clash between Woods and Mickelson GOLF British Open HOYLAKE, England We may or may not end up with a classic, but nobody can dispute that the stage is perfectly set for the 135th Open Championship. Royal Liverpool, one of the finest links
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      94 42 Bsl BAL KHALSA RECHARGED! Returns after 2-week break. S.League Geylang Bal Khalsa Tue, 18/07/06 7.30pm J League Albrx Ngata Urawa Reds Wed, 19/07/06 6.00pm J League Kashima Antlers Ksaki Frontale Wed, 19/07/06 6.00pm J League JEF Utd Chiba Gamba Osaka Wed, 19/07/06 6.00pm S.League Sengkang Sport Afrique Wed, 19/07/06 7.30pm
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      592 44 —AGENCIES Cannavaro, van Nistelrooy appear to be headed for Real MADRID When Florentine) Perez relinquished his post as the president of Real Madrid, it was thought to have signalled the end of the Galactico era. But if reports in the media were true,
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      352 44 -THE GUARDIAN ANFIELD Robbie Fowler could be forgiven for viewing the arrival of Craig Bellamy with trepidation but he believes the volatile Welsh striker, who scored on his debut in Saturday's 2-0 win against Wrexham, could yet transform Liverpool into genuine Premiership title contenders. "I
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