Streats, 2 May 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 2 May 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 497 1  -  by CALVIN LOW BE hungry, be very hungry the future of Singapore depends on it. So urged Deputy Prime Minister BrigGen (NS) Lee Hsien Loong in his NTUC May Day Rally 2001 speech yesterday. The logic is
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  • 90 1 Taiwanese songstress A*Mei lit up the NTUC May Day Rally 2001 cum Superstar Concert at the National Stadium last night. Media Works star Norleena Salim sparkled as the co-host alongside Bryan Wong. Other stars who made appearances included Channel U faces such as Guo Liang, Kym
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  • 310 1 SHE has had little sleep for two nights. The petite, 54-year-old leader of the Philippines faced the biggest challenge to her power when a six-day protest against her turned into a violent rebellion in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Though she had earlier called
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    • 241 2 IN the first four months of this year, more than 900 workers have been retrenched from 21 unionised companies, reported Mr Lim Boon Heng, SecretaryGeneral of the National Trades Union Congress, at the NTUC May Day Rally 2001 yesterday. Another 3,800
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    • 158 2 IT'S going to be a tough year, but there’s no need to panic, said Deputy Prime Minister Brig-Gen (NS) Lee Hsien Loong in his NTUC May Day Rally 2001 speech yesterday. The rally also marked the National Trades Union Congress’ 40th anniversary. “Most experts think the US economy
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      • 154 2 A FAMILY of three was awakened at dawn yesterday by smoke in their Hougang flat. A fire had broken out just outside the unit. But it was put out by neighbours. At 5.16 am the police were told of the fire, at Block 370 Hougang
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      • 93 2 A GIRL narrowly escaped death despite being hit by a van near a bus stop on Monday evening. Ms Chen Li Juan, 13, was crossing Hougang Avenue 4 at 5.32 pm. The van, driven by a 51-year-old man, was going towards Upper Serangoon Road. It had
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      • 80 2 IN another accident on Monday evening, a woman was killed after being knocked down by a bus as it was turning right from Telok Kurau Road into Marine Parade Road. Madam Daphne Loh Boon Kheng, 49, was crossing Marine Parade Road when the bus, running on
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    • 125 3  -  Sonny Phua THE Star Hub airship hovered, dipped and circled several times over the open field at Marina South yesterday morning. And no wonder, for down below was a glorious sight of bobbing red, white and yellow balloons that outlined a heart within
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    • 348 3 YOU'VE heard of Cat Woman. Now, meet Cat Man. Who’s actually B adman. Bruce Wayne in Singapore? Nah Just 19-year-old Lim Chee Heng, a conman in a cat mask. This true crime story began when Ms Tan Su
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    • 83 3 Our weather girl says Hi! I'm Evelyn Ng your new weather girl. It may be wiser to have your lunch indoors in your company's cafeteria as there will be showers in the late morning and early afternoon in various parts of the island. Temperatures will range between 25°C and 33°C,
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    • 103 3 From this week Just a minute Media Works will be launching two new stations: Channel U on Sunday and TV Works on May 20. SCV subscribers can receive both channels on cable channels 8 and 9. Residents in condominiums, HDB blocks and landed property not connected by cable can tune
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    • 254 4  -  by YVONNE KWOK "SORRY", he said before he snatched the crocheted haversack from the basket on her bicycle and ran away. Although she was stunned for a moment by the apology, kindergarten teacher Aw Lay Choo, 43, quickly
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    • 119 4 onekindact. Lee Chee Kean MY brother and I were in a taxi about three weeks ago discussing the loss of my mobile phone, which I had left in another cab a few days before. The driver of our taxi, SHA 3639 M, overheard our conversation and said
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    • 205 4  -  by' YVONNE KWOK THIEVES needed just a three-and-a-half-hour window of opportunity to break in and make off with more than $42,000 in cash and goods. The manager of the popular My Coffeeshop at Toh Guan Road near the IMM, Mr Ang Boey Eng, 48, said
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    • 435 5 Wire services, Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA -This is not a demonstration. It is much worse. It is a rebellion. With these words, echoing from government spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao, police moved to bring calm to the capital yesterday. Police arrested bigwigs from the opposition
      – Wire services,; , Philippine Daily Inquirer; Pics: AFP  -  435 words
    • 270 6 Bernama, ,AP Workers left in lurch when firms move to low-cost countries KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had hard words yesterday for some foreign companies who relocated their operations to other countries where the
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    • 185 6 -AFP SYDNEY Dingoes which killed a nine-year-old boy on a remote Australian holiday island were part of what a wildlife expert called a “super” pack of wild dogs. Wildlife Preservation Society president Jan Oliver said yesterday that constant feeding by tourists on Fraser Island, off the
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    • 145 6 Reuters SYDNEY Thousands of May Day anti-globalisation protesters took to the streets across Australia yesterday, burning political effigies and blockading buildings. Protesters blocked key financial streets and, joined by trade union members, marched on state parliaments in Sydney and Melbourne. The protests were largely peaceful
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    • 262 7 Reuters KOH KOR ISLAND, Cambodia Forty women, 107 children, 7ha of land on a remote island and no men to help out. These women, most of whom were widowed or abandoned by violent husbands, took up the challenge in 1995 when they were moved
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      • 85 7 -AFP BEIJING A police dog credited with putting dozens of gangsters behind bars has been given a posthumous award. The dog, called Weiqiao, was used by police in a county in eastern Anhui province, where over a period of eight years, it helped sniff out
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      • 100 7 LONDON Jackie Chan will film a milliondollar action movie in Ireland this summer. The Highbinders, a Hongkong-financed production, will begin shooting in Dublin in August, reported the Irish Sunday Times. It will bring much needed jobs for the Irish film industry which has suffered from a
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    • 108 7 -AFP JAKARTA Although chances appear slim for Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid to avoid facing impeachment, a willingness to make radical changes could still save him from an ignominious end to his political career, analysts said yesterday. “What can save him is a willingness to put an
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    • 169 8 -AP GIRLS are being arrested and jailed in record numbers in the United States, a study released on Monday says. The American Bar Association study blames the juvenile justice system’s inability to handle the special needs of troubled girls.
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      • 87 8 Reuters LONDON Thousands of out-of-favour pigeons in London’s famous Trafalgar Square have enjoyed their last free municipal lunch. London’s authority forced out the last of the square’s pigeon-feed sellers earlier this year, thereby cutting down the messy birds’ food in the hope of getting them to move
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      • 80 8 Reuters NEW YORK A ceramic statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong spurring his country into the space age won the highest bid at a propaganda arts auction at Sotheby’s. The online auction of 151 lots of Mao goods amassed more than US$5O,OOO (S$90,000). The statue that
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      • 91 8 BAD boys Claude and Sydney have been thrown out of their home because they constantly swear and make rude noises. The two parrots can’t find a new home and are currently being cared for at a parrot sanctuary in England’s Yorkshire county, Ananova website reported. Sanctuary keeper Julie
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      • 93 8 LATIN lovers are a bigger attraction to Italy for foreign female tourists than museums, according to a survey. The Times of London website reported that the poll, by Rome’s Institute for InterDisciplinary Studies, had found a fling with a Latin lover was the second-most important reason
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    • 172 9 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO Over 379 million people now have access to the Internet, and two thirds of them use it regularly. According to the US-based Nielsen/Netßatings Global Access report’s March figures, the 211 million who use the Internet regularly represent a 3.9 per cent
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    • 145 9 -AP RIYADH Saudi Arabia will use new, advanced equipment to block access to 200,000 Internet sites it considers offensive, doubling the number already restricted. “We are blocking sites on a daily basis and the new campaign will begin soon,” said Mr Ebrahim A 1
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    • 285 9 -AP WASHINGTON A volley of hacker attacks between the US and China heated up on Monday as the White House website was repeatedly hit with e-mail “bombs”, security experts said. The escalation came as Chinese hackers began a week-long campaign
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      • 42 9 THERE is little recourse available for cyberfraud victims. It is almost impossible for the police to act. But for those who have had a stroke of bad luck, check out squareTrade.com, a mediation agency who offers an online resolution system.
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    • 407 13  -  These days, Singapore's hottest singing export is hardly home. When Stefanie Sun zipped into town for three days last weekend, Streats caught up with her for a tete-a-tete by DIANA SER THEY both had record-break-ing album sales soon after their debut. Both possess what industry people
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    • 368 14  -  hour by Cara van Miriah LET me tell you, 2001 is going to be one happening year. There are several festivals lined up, numerous independent events in the making, Ibiza-styled beach parties at Sentosa and of course, more clubs in the pipeline. By the
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    • 150 15 FOLLOWING Faye Wong’s and Madonna’s footsteps, songstress Winnie Shin has a current beau who is younger than she 15 years younger, to be precise. Hongkong’s Apple Daily reported that the 39-year-old Rock Records singer was seen behaving intimately while shopping at Causeway Bay with her 24-year-old
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          43 15 10pm, Channel 5 Dr Green deals with his father’s wor s I eni n g condi- tion and his wish to be placed in a hospice. Carter almost loses it as he treats a construction worker he thinks is faking an injury.
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        • 45 15 10pm, Central For those who enjoy eerie Japanese films, this movie has atmosphere in buckets. Chiyo and Yuki, an old lady and her granddaughter, survive the murder of their family by unknown assailants. They take up residence with their relatives, the Motokawas.
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        • 46 15 Bpm, Star World (SCVIB) Thirty-two good-looking young men gather in Scotland to compete in the Mr World contest. Watch the strong Asian contingent of men from Singapore, the Philippines, Hongkong and Sri Lanka take on the Eastern Europeans and Latin Americans in Highland games.
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        • 48 15 9pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) In a bid to introduce “reali-ty-based programming” to couch potatoes, a TV conglomerate trains its cameras 24 hours a day on Ed, an unkempt video clerkwho wears a can of beer on a string around his neck. Stars Matthew McConaughey and Jenna Elfman.
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      • 483 20  -  by LIM HAN MING WE'RE still tops. L Badminton powerhouse Indonesia believes f that it is still the team to beat when f it comes to executing lightning smashes and inch- perfect drop-shots. And nobody holds the belief more strongly than Mulyo Handoyo (above)
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      • 166 20  -  by TAN KIM HAN FIVE months ago, he was axed by national coach Jan Poulsen for indiscipline. In Bangkok yesterday, Masrezwan Masturi could not have chosen a better way to prove himself as he scored two goals for the South-east Asian (Sea) Games team
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      • 202 21 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS Danny Ferry guided the San Antonio Spurs into the Western Conference semi-final, hitting three clutch three-pointers down the stretch in his team’s 97-84 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. The Spurs wrapped up the best-of-five series in four games, with the “Twin
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      • 103 21 •TABLE TENNIS -AFP OSAKA, Japan Rising stars of the table tennis world had their moment in the limelight yesterday as top players were ejected from the world championship men’s singles by young unknowns. Veteran Swede Peter Karlsson was eliminated by China’s Zhan Jian, only 17, by
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      • SOCCER
        • 69 21 Reuters LONDON Premier League on Monday named Bardaycard, the credit card business of British banking group Barclays Pic, as the next sponsor of the world’s richest soccer league. The three-year, £4B million ($l2O million) deal means the league, with matches watched by as many as
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        • 111 21 -Reuters BUENOS AIRES Argentina’s professional soccer players decided to start an indefinite strike on Monday because they claim the clubs owe them millions in unpaid wages and bonuses. The players, who blame bad administration for the crisis, say the clubs in the three divisions
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      • 452 22 It hopes to cash in on the underdog tag CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL (Ist leg) Leeds United v Valencia -AFP LEEDS Leeds United, England’s sole survivor in the Champions League, continues its European adventure at home to last year’s beatenfinalist Valencia today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) in
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      • 325 22 LONDON Olivier Dacourt (below) has branded Valencia a Spanish Dad’s Army too old to prevent Leeds United’s kids from reaching the final. The French midfielder launched a cheeky attack on last year’s beaten finalist, labelling them“old men”ahead of the semi-final, The Mirror reported. Dacourt reckons
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      • 505 23 bbc online LONDON Manager George Burley has admitted that Ipswich Town’s Champions League dream is fading fast following its 2-1 defeat at Charlton. Despite creating the lion’s share of the chances, the visitors were sunk by Richard Rufus’ second-half goal. Martijn Reuser’s freekick had caught Charlton
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      • 187 23 bbc online MANCHESTER Preston and Premiership champion Manchester United have agreed to an astonishing £136,000 ($340,000) for a 12-year-old. Daniel Rowe, who plays for Preston’s Premier Academy League Under-13 side, will cost United an initial fee determined by a compensation tribunal. And
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    • 463 16 If it's today, our nh am Your Daily Horoscope mmmm JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com GEMINI MAY 21 JUN 21 Tune into the deeper patterns that you usually ignore. Something strange is happening, and it will soon concern everyone. Speak up, take action and save the day.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 220 18 WEDNESDAY O 2 May 2001 8« 1 >: 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
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    • 282 19 X, n I mm msm jagga The story today... Xiao Yuer lets go of Murong's arm after he hears her pleas. Then a voice rings in the air:"Xiao Yuer? So you're Xiao Yuer?" It's Hua Wuque, who has been searching for him. Hua is accompanied by two girls, Lotus Fragrance
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    • 48 21 Inthelivingroom SOCCER: Uefa Champions League s-final: Leeds United v Valencia (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow,23oam. Repeat: Bpm and Sports City, tomorrow,23sam. Repeat: 1030 pm). TABLE TENNIS: World Championships:Men's and Women's Doubles q-ftnals (ESPN Ch23,2pm). DELAYED TELECAST TABLE TENNIS World Championships: Men's and Women's Doubles q-finais (Sports City, 7.30 pm).
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