Shooting Distance (from the front of the lens)
Normal AF 45 cm (1.5 ft.) - infinity
Macro AF 5 - 45cm (2.0 in. - 1.5 ft.)
(W)/30 - 45cm (11.8 in. - 1.5 ft.) (T)
Manual focus 5cm (2.0 in.) - infinity (W)/30cm (11.8 in.) -
infinity (T)
This is what you're looking for, the part in blue.
just to translate what's written in blue for you in normal
english:
in MACRO mode, at the WIDE end (meaning when the cam is fully
"zoomed out") it can focus at objects between 5-45cm away from the
front of the lens.
at the TELE end (meaning when the cam is fully "zoomed in") it can
focus at objects that is between 30-45cm from the front of the
lens.
verdict: yes it can do "close ups" but it's not class leading. some
cams can take shots of objects just 2cm away from it's lens.
however, if you think about it, your TELE end (fully zoom in) is an
equvalent of 140mm (dun worree about the figures), but basically it
means, even tho u have to shoot from a distance of 30cm minimum, u
get to zoom in all the way, which of course means that the object
is bigger in ur frame.
loosely speaking, a "close-up" can also mean that a small subject
is big in ur frame; it doesn't talk about how near or far it is
from the lens.
but if u wanna get technical, then yeah it matters. ahhaha aiyah,
damn, really got quite alot of stuff if u really wanna talk about
it. let me know if u want me to go further. 
