Streats, 17 April 2001
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Title Section22 2001-04-17 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 17 April 2001 Another quality publication of uJS Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200022 words
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Article, Illustration497 2001-04-17 1 Commando officer bags US Army medal NUS team scores record 4th Moot Court win EXACTLY a week after SGH surgeons captured world attention with the delicate and successful separation of Nepalese twins Ganga and Jamuna, come two more inspiring Singapore success stories. One Singapore soldier walked the talk whilePics: ST - 497 words
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Article, Illustration194 2001-04-17 1 US China ties: A question of time betweenthelines. or a man who has occupied the White House for just 12 weeks, George W Bush has already had more than his share of bad luck in Asia. So far there has been a mid-air collision with China, a maritime collision with194 words
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Article81 2001-04-17 1 TOKYO Bad news from the Bank of Japan on the health of the second “engine” of world growth. The bank has been gradually downgrading its monthly report since late last year. In this month’s report, the bank said the economy had entered a “state of adjustment” as81 words
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Article78 2001-04-17 1 THE Housing Board has announced four sites for its new Build to Order (BTO) system. Two are in Sembawang one along Woodlands Avenue 10 and the other along Admiralty Link. The other two sites are in Sengkang at Compassvale Road and Compassvale Street. Under the BTO78 words
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306 2001-04-17 2 GANGA and Jamuna Shrestha had to go back to the operating table yesterday. The 11-month-old Nepali twins both have fevers and high white blood cell counts, which indicate infections discovered last week are still present, said plastic306 words
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Article160 2001-04-17 2 MORE than $1 million that’s how much money Singaporeans have lost to bucket shops since last December. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) yesterday expressed concern that many people were still unaware of bucket shops and how they use “bait and switch” advertisements to lure the160 words
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Article98 2001-04-17 2 – Zubaidah Nazeer - Zubaidah Nazeer A 46-YEAR-OLD man, who was admitted to hospital with slash wounds, has been arrested for murder. He will be charged in connection with a fight at a Holland Close coffeeshop on Sunday. Police confirmed that at 2.50 pm that day, they responded to a98 words
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Article109 2001-04-17 2 – Sonny Phua - Sonny Phua WASTE management company Semac will launch a campaign to educate the public on the values of recycling. The $3 million programme, to be spread over five years, will involve the collection and recycling of materials in Clementi, the City area, Ang Mo Kio,Toa Payoh,109 words
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Article72 2001-04-17 2 onekindact. L Villaflor WOULD like to thank Angeline of Bedok for offering me shelter under her big umbrella during a heavy downpour early this month. She kept me dry as we crossed Anson Road to get to Tanjong PagarMRT station. If you wish to highlight a72 words
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Article, Illustration375 2001-04-17 3 SARAH NG - by SARAH NG Two women dressed in red fall from 25-storey block in Toa Pay oh THEY dressed in bright red T-shirts and denim jeans, and went up an HDB block in Toa Payoh. The two women one aged 20 and the other 31 never came downPic: Lianhe Wanbao - 375 words
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Article, Illustration82 2001-04-17 3 Our weather girl says Nothing like a few weeks of rain, rain and more rain to make you truly appreciate the warmth of the sun, which we take for granted. There will be showers with thunder over many areas this afternoon. The temperature will hit > 33°C, with the tidePic: Francis Lee - 82 words
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Article69 2001-04-17 3 The Mammobus will be at the Dover Community Centre until April 30. Women living in the Tanjong Pagar district which covers the Tanjong Pagar and West Coast GRCs aged 45 and above can hop onto the Mammobus for a breast-cancer screening. Residents pay $25, while those under public-assistance69 words
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Article82 2001-04-17 3 Over2oo,ooo taxpayers had not filed their income tax returns when the deadline for postal submissions passed at midnight on Sunday. If you are one of them, you can still file electronically via the Internet or telephone because the e-filing deadline has been extended to 11.59 pm tomorrow. If you82 words
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Article, Illustration254 2001-04-17 4 DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM - Petty quarrel Reports by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM IF you think that only kids fight over which TV channel to watch, think again. Two grown men, both Chinese nationals who were roommates at the Kian Teck Dormitory in Jurong Industrial Estate, fought over exactly that and ended254 words
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Article, Illustration187 2001-04-17 4 Pettyjogt HE liked yong tau foo so much, he resorted to stealing to get it. On March 17, at 4.30 pm, Leong Chin Hong (right), a 31-year-old delivery driver, walked into an NTUC supermarket at Bedok North Street 1. He picked up four packets187 words
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Article, Illustration746 2001-04-17 5 HIS last year was bad. One medical problem followed another. We cared for him as much as we could, but we knew the end was coming. We just didn’t know when that would be. He was old and tired easily. His joints ached painfully746 words
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239 2001-04-17 6 -AFP JAKARTA Christians have joined predominantly Muslim supporters of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid who have pledged their lives in defence of his leadership. “The number is not many. We have registered 29 people from the East Java Christian community,” said Mr Wiro-AFP - 239 words
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Article153 2001-04-17 6 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters yesterday that the country’s economic growth might not as good as was hoped, according to Bemama news agency. He said the US economic slowdown is already being felt in Malaysia, Bernama-AP - 153 words
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Article, Illustration171 2001-04-17 6 -AP TOKYO Lawmaker Junichiro Koizumi seems to fit the bill for a growing number of Japanese voters who want radical change in politics. As a third-generation politician of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, he would appear to be mainstream, but is popular due to-AP; PicAP - 171 words
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274 2001-04-17 8 Wire Agencies Tokyo government more timid than a mouse, says Mr Lee TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday stepped up pressure on Japan to grant former president Lee Tenghui a visa, while Tokyo said it could consider the “humanitarian” aspects– Wire Agencies - 274 words
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141 2001-04-17 8 -AFP MANILA Mr Joseph Estrada was arrested yesterday, but swiftly posted bail to avoid going to jail. The former Philippines president, accompanied by his wife, a son and a posse of bodyguards and police, voluntarily showed up at the office of a court sheriff who-AFP - 141 words
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Article107 2001-04-17 8 -AP SYDNEY there was no shortage of rescue volunteers when a truck carrying 24,000 bottles of beer crashed into a river, with some locals donning scuba suits and others just diving in. Police said yesterday that people had been salvaging beer from the Tweed River north of-AP - 107 words
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Article69 2001-04-17 8 Reuters OSAKA Jake Shimabukuro, a 24-year-old ukulele musician from Hawaii, arrived here a few days after the Feb 9 sinking of a Japanese trawler by a US submarine off Hawaii. He decided to write a song dedicated to the victims aboard the Ehime Maru. Through the song,– Reuters - 69 words
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Article52 2001-04-17 8 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Late-night Internet surfers in Malaysia are being robbed by armed thieves who strip their victims and lock them in toilets before escaping, a local newspaper reported yesterday. The “Cybercafe Gang” has ripped off cash, jewellery and handphones in the early morning heists in– Reuters - 52 words
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Article35 2001-04-17 8 EARTH catches a lot of outer space garbage. Although as much as 150 tonnes of it slams into our planet each year, apparently only seven people have ever been hit by the stuff.35 words
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Article53 2001-04-17 8 FOR many young women the walk down the aisle at their wedding is still one of life's high points. But if they get married in a church, they really don't walk down an aisle. The aisles are the lanes along the side. It's the nave that takes them53 words
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281 2001-04-17 9 Wire agencies WASHINGTON A US aircraft carrier is headed towards a position in the South China Sea where it could launch fighter jets to protect US reconnaissance flights off China’s coast when those flights resume. Quoting Navy officials, the Washington Post yesterday reported– Wire agencies - 281 words
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153 2001-04-17 9 -AFP MOSCOW Russian scientists claimed on Sunday to have developed the first artificial brain, a “neuro-computer” with the same intellectual potential as its human counterpart. The new Russian computer is based on the brain cell, or neuron, and outstrips previous brain models by using-AFP - 153 words
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Article93 2001-04-17 9 justbelieveit. -AFP PARIS Over the past 40 years, the wine-growing French and Italians have cut their consumption almost in half, according to the French wine board. But beer-guzzling Britons, Danes and the Dutch are knocking back more wine than ever, said the Office National Interprofessionel des Vins (Onivins).-AFP - 93 words
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Article, Illustration314 2001-04-17 11 -Wire Services JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, known to many as the Israeli hawk for his ruthless stand against Arabs, displayed the force of his iron fist yesterday. He ordered a fierce attack against Syrian positions in Lebanon, to break the Hezbollah,-Wire Services; Pic: AFP - 314 words
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Article115 2001-04-17 11 Reuters LONDON A British Defence Ministry laptop computer packed with national security secrets has gone missing. An official left it in a taxi, the Mirror reported yesterday. It was the latest of several laptops with military or intelligence information reported lost in Britain in just over– Reuters - 115 words
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Article, Illustration228 2001-04-17 12 -afpl TOKYO Japan’ s Princess Masako, wife of heir to the throne Crown Prince Naruhito, may be pregnant, the Imperial Household Agency said yesterday. “A possibility has emerged that Crown Princess Masako has become pregnant,” the grand master of the crown prince’s household, Mr-afpl; I PicAP - 228 words
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169 2001-04-17 12 Bill JERUSALEM -Yes, you’re the Prime Minister. But no, that doesn’t mean you can do anything you like. And that includes sending your son on government business. Rubinstein, made this clear to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday. He told Mr Sharon heBill - 169 words
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Article, Illustration452 2001-04-17 13 Cara van Miriah - A new range of men's underwear is ruffling feathers, but sales have been brisk, according to its designer by by Cara van Miriah TINY bits of triangles held together by nothing more than flimsy strings; bold leopard prints, tan-through material. You’d be forgiven for thinking the list above> Pic: Francis Lee f - 452 words
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Article, Illustration525 2001-04-17 16 Are the illusory stunts in this year's NKF show a precursor to safer charity shows in the future? «ills tubby IF your kid ever wants to be an artiste in Singapore, I advise you to give the tyke two hard knocks on the head and send himPiaSSugumaran - 525 words
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Article97 2001-04-17 16 10pm, Central A Merry War is a screen adaptation of George Orwell’s classic 1936 novel, Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Orwell’s satirical story recounts the humorous struggle of a young couple who find they have very differing aspirations in life. Richard E Grant is Gordon Comstock, the star97 words
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Article62 2001-04-17 16 Bpm, Disney Channel (SCV 33) This is a hilarious live-action adventure complete with the beloved characters from Rudyard Kipling’s timeless tale. The wise old panther Bagheera, life-is-just-a-bowl-of-cherries Baloo the bear and the nasty tiger Shere Khan are back. Told from Mowgli’s point of view, it’s the62 words
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306 2001-04-17 19 China has released the 24 crew members of a US spy plane that landed on Hainan island on April 1 after it collided with a Chinese fighter jet, killing the fighter pilot and sparking an ongoing row between the two countries306 words
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Article, Illustration415 2001-04-17 21 LIM HAN MING - by LIM HAN MING National Under-23 coach tries to gauge mental strength of his team RUN, Forrest, run. That was the famous line from the Hollywood blockbuster Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks. Yesterday, national Under--23 coach Flemming Nielsen told his South-east Asia Games selection squad to doPic: ST - 415 words
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Article56 2001-04-17 21 There were seven absentees from yesterday evening’s training session. S Rajendran, Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin, Adrian Yeo, Indra Sahdan, Razali Johari, Taufiq Samadi, Faizal Sazali and Lionel Lewis missed the workout due to school and club commitments. The team leaves for Thailand on April 30 where it will56 words
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Article137 2001-04-17 21 BASKETBALL Reuters MIAMI The Miami Heat suffered a blow before the playoffs when guard Tim Hardaway was placed on the injured list with a foot injury on Sunday. Miami lost to Orlando Magic 90-73 as Tracy McGrady scored 24 points and Mike Miller 21. It– Reuters - 137 words
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Article132 2001-04-17 21 ►ATHLETICS -AFP OSAKA, Japan American sprint star Maurice Greene, the fastest man in the world, will spearhead a star-studded field competing in the 100 m at the lAAF Japanese Grand Prix, organisers said yesterday. The competition, to be held on May 12, is the second-AFP - 132 words
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Article, Illustration332 2001-04-17 22 Odds are stacked against the Spanish champion ReOtei CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINAL Deportivo v Leeds (2nd leg) i LA CORUNA, Spain The normally cautious Deportivo coach Javier Irureta admits that he will have to throw caution to the winds if his team is to overturn a– ReOtei; Pic: Reuters - 332 words
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Article, Illustration581 2001-04-17 23 -AFP Best chance for the two to makeup for lack of success at home CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINAL Valencia v Arsenal (2nd leg) MADRID -Valencia and Arsenal will be doubly motivated to progress in the Champions League tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) after both-AFP; Pic: AFP - 581 words
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Article89 2001-04-17 23 -AFP Today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) Deportivo La Coruna (Spa) v Leeds United (Eng) Valencia (Spa) v Arsenal (Eng) Ist leg results: Leeds 3 (Harte 26, Smith 51, Ferdinand 66) Deportivo La Coruna 0 Arsenal 2 (Henry 58, Parlour 60) Valencia 7 (Roberto Ayala 41) Tomorrow (Thursday, Singapore-AFP - 89 words
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Miscellaneous350 2001-04-17 18 O' TUESDAY Q 17 April 2001 The story is about... Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargains for when he enrols at Zhong Ren Pre-U. A natural busybody, he suddenly finds himself involved in everything, from girl problems to gang fights; from baseball matches to flower arrangement classes.350 words
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Miscellaneous355 2001-04-17 19 If n The story today... A shadow zips through the commotion and pulls Xiao Yuer to safety. When the lights are restored, Xiao Yuer realises that the shadow is Tie Xinlan. Impressed by Tie's flying weapons, he asks about them. Tie replies that the weapons belong to the two girls355 words
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Miscellaneous65 2001-04-17 21 Inthelivingroom BASKETBALL NBA: Miami Heat v Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 7.30 am). SOCCER: Champions League: Valencia v Arsenal (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 2.30 am. Repeat: 5.30 pm. Sports City, tomorrow, 2.35 am. Repeat. 10.30 pm). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: Champions League: Deportivo La Coruna v Leeds United (ESPN Ch65 words
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