Streats, 17 September 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 17 September 3901 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 486 1 AS the US girds itself for a war in Afghanistan, one man is girding himself something worse: The loss of sup- Port from his own people and a possible a ttack from a neighbouring regime. Such is the
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  • morning rush
    • 85 1 ISLAMABAD In his first statement since the terror attacks, Osama bin Laden has denied being involved. “The US is pointing the finger at me, but I categorically state that I have not done this. Those who have done it, they have done it in their personal interest,” Osama
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    • 64 1 WHILE condemning the attacks, Indonesia’s Vice-President Hamzah Haz has also asked the US to “reflect carefully on the tragedy”. The US must also look at its previous shortcomings and policy failures as a superpower, Antara news agency quoted him as saying. The leader of the Muslim-based United Development
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    • 87 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is ready to help the US in its investigations. “If they have a certain name and they would like to check with us, especially whether such a person was in Malaysia, we will check for that,” Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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    • 68 1 NEARLY seven in 10 Americans believe they are already in a state of war. A Los Angeles Times poll said they showed they were “eager to avenge last week’s terrorist attack. Some 85 per cent said they would support higher taxes and sacrifice personal freedoms
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  • DILEMMA
    • in Arab world...
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        433 2 ARAB leaders have never faced such a dilemma. They can either join the US in hunting down the suspected Muslim terrorists behind last Tuesday’s attacks and risk immense unpopularity among their people. Or they can refuse to help and enrage the mighty US. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in
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      • 48 2 A passenger on Singapore Airlines bound for Hongkong on Saturday reported that his fellow passengers two Indian nationals told him they were "Bosnian terrorists" What they reportedly said was: "We are bass guitarists." The flight was delayed for two hours at Changi airport. Police are still investigating.
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    • ...and India
      • 61 3 An unidentified gunman on Saturday pulled into a gas station parking lot in Mesa, Arizona, on Saturday and killed owner Balbir Singh Sodhi, an Indian immigrant. He went to a second station and fired repeatedly through a window, police said. The clerk, who is of Lebanese descent, was
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      • 527 3 Wire services NEW DELHI The fallout of a possible US attack on Afghanistan will pose a dilemma for India. Although Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee won the backing of all political parties for his support for Washington, he stopped short of seeking endorsement for the use
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    • on Wall Street
      • 356 4 Wire services NEW YORK The world will be watching today when Wall Street re-opens after nearly a week’s enforced break. The world economy stands on the brink of recession after the terror attacks, and the decisive factor may be Wall Street’s reaction today, experts say.
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      • 367 4 Dilemma for Investiaators THEY were people next door, ordinary, quiet, no trouble. They were smart, technically proficient and ambitious, comfortable with the Internet and the modern modes of business travel, the Washington Post reported yesterday in an article on how the terrorists made almost no waves as
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      • 60 5 Investigators have asked the families of people missing in the attacks to bring in toothbrushes and hairbrushes that may contain DNA to help identify bodies and body parts found in the rubble. Rescuers are still going through an estimated4so,ooo tonnes of debris in New York. Nearlys,ooopeople are still
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      • 255 5 Reuters CHICAGO Continental Airlines said on Saturday it was laying off 12,000 staff and warned it could file for bankruptcy in the fallout from the air attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The industry’s crisis led Mr Gordon Bethune, the chief of Continental, to
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 371 6  -  by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM SINGAPOREANS know many international brands. But they are hard-pressed to name a local one. Research commissioned by DIA Brand Consultants showed that 30 per cent of the more than-500 Singaporeans surveyed rated Sony as the
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    • 107 6  -  Khushwant Singh THE Botanical Gardens was the place chosen last night by some Singaporeans to remember the thousands of innocent lives lost in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They were apparently informed of the event by circulated SMS messages.
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    • 42 6 Our weather girl says It will be raining heavily island-wide. Temperatures range between 25°C and 33°C. The tide will reach 3.2 m at 11.03 pm. September's weather girl Streats reader Eliza Choo Outfit eWorld ofSports.com Make-up Angeline ChOo @*****422 Pic: Francis Lee
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    • Just a minute
      • 65 6 The Students Care Service runs a PSLE helpline (1-800-872-4326) weekdays from 3-9 pm until the exam ends on Oct 12. It will re-open for one week at the end of Novemeber when the results come out. Other helplines for distressed children: tinkle Friend (1-800-274-4788) and Samaritans of Singapore (SOS)
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      • 43 6 Kites as big as huts and as small as matchboxes are on show at the Colourful Kite Exhibition at Chinatown Point B, Singapore Handicraft Centre 10am-10pm until Oct 1. They are made by the Singapore Kite Association. Admission free. <3
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    • 257 7  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington will directly impact on certain businesses and industries, the obvious ones being the aviation and tourism industries. So said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. The immediate financial
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    • 118 7 SENGKANG is to get a new Student Service Centre (SSC) by Dec 31. The centre will be located at Block 3218 Anchorvale near the new Sengkang MRT station and bus terminal. Partially funded by the Ang Mo Kio-Cheng San Community Development
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    • 249 8  -  by STEPHANIE GOH HE was making his daily trip to drop his son off at his mother’s home before heading to work when his car crashed into a tree and overturned. Mr Samshui Samad and his two-year-old son did not make
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    • 324 8  -  by STEPHANIE GOH A GROUP of 21 friends did something kind yesterday. They marked Act of Kindness Day by organising a colourful carnival at Fort Canning Park for about 100 disadvantaged kids and teenagers from Teen Challenge Singapore and Pertapis. Said one of the organisers, 32-year-old
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    • 151 8 DINNER in Johor Baru cost extra for the Lee family on Saturday when they fell prey to two robbers. After Mr Lee parked his car, he was accosted by a man who claimed to be the carpark attendant and demanded some fees. He paid up so as
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    • 165 8 onekindact, This is a note of appreciation to the unnamed student who found my wallet on the bus and handed it in at the Tibs counter at Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange. On Sept 11 about 6.30 pm after alighting from Tibs Bus service 188 near the
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  • Streatsmart interchange
    • 228 9 What about the atrocities that US-backed Israel has committed in Palestine and Lebanon? ALMOST everyone who hears of the World Trade Center tragedy will have sympathy for the victims and damnation for the terrorists. I believe a majority of us will not hesitate
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    • 187 9 WE refer to IMM’s letter “Charge right Prices, NTUC” (Streats, Sept 11). We would like to assure our shoppPers that Fair Price has in place a computerised scanning system that has Proven to be of high integrity. Our system is able to take care
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    • 83 9 1 Refer to the letter from Frank about e mploying people aged 40 years and over in the public sector. We recruit officers into the Civil Service on the basis of individual merit, through fair and open competition. There is no discrimination by age. Merit is based on
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    • 83 9 I AGREE that older workers in Singapore are under-appreciated. Recent reports have shown that most of those laid off are aged 40 and above and employees are reluctant to hire people of this age group. It’s true that the younger ones have more drive and energy than the
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 81 10 -AFP SUVA Indians living in Fiji, who make up 44 per cent of the population, will have to consider leaving because of an “extreme” nationalist government, said former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. His comments, in an interview with the Daily Post newspaper on Saturday,
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    • 233 10 Reuters COLOMBO A Sri Lanka ship carrying more than 1,200 government troops survived a suicide attack yesterday, fighting off a flotilla of Tamil Tiger guerilla boats in a fierce sea battle. Military sources said the vessel, The Pride of
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    • 104 10 BEIJING Chinese researchers are working on an aircraft that can fly five times faster than the speed of sound and travel around the globe in just seven hours. A Chinese “hypersonic” aircraft, able to cover 6,105kmh, could be developed in 10 to 15 years, the Xinhua
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    • 77 10 -AFP TOKYO Japan will not inject extra money into the economy despite growing concern over a global slump. “Basically, it is impossible” to add extra public funds to the planned supplementary budget, Heizo Takenaka, Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy, said in an interview yesterday.
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    • weird world
      • 95 10 BRITISH motorists who dent their cars will do anything but blame themselves, a Royal Automobile Club survey said on Saturday. The Sun reported that one motorist told his insurance company: “I was hit in a safari park by a rhino called George.” Another said: “I hit a tree
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      • 57 10 SPEAKING of rare birds... a Wellington newspaper said traffic islands could save endangered species. New Zealand Department of Conservation spokesman John Sawyer told the Evening Post the concept was simple. “I don’t know how long it would take a slug to get across a three-lane highway but it
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    • 19 10 Protestors praying during a demonstration in Jakarta to mark International Ozone Day yesterday Pic: AFP
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  • easy STREATS
    • 581 11 Farfovi fane Wars on Saturday and finds out that the passenger seat might not be so comfortable after all THERE I was at Kallang Carpark F Sitting in the welcome shade attempting to distract myself from the suffocating heat. Beep alert. “Don’t throw up later
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    • 368 12  -  3 '4 T-V~V IWOSMOSS by Judi Low Picky foodies are even pickier about where and what they eat these days-no thanks to the economic slowdown. But does this mean you have to settle for less than tasty, nutritious fare until the economic storm clouds blow over? Not if
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    • channel scan
      • Today Must-see TV
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          61 12 10pm, TV Works After a ranger fails to rescue his partner’s girlfriend from i death in the Rocky Moun- I tains, he leaves the team to I wrestle with his guilt. Then he V is drawn into one last mission. But this time, the victims they are rescuing are
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        • 44 12 9pm, Channel U Wang Qin uses Pian’s family to threaten her into bearing all the guilt and this infuriates Bamei. Liulang is worried about his family and returns home, but this is used against him by Wang Qin.
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        • 68 12 7pm, Channel 8 White Snake fails to become a deity because of sins in a previous life. To succeed, she must find the former King of Wu and renew their relationship. At Lake Xizi, White Snake f meets Shi Junbao, whom she thinks could have been the
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        • 41 12 10pm, Central This annual charity concert unites rock, classical music, pop and blues. The great tenor is joined on stage by stars including Tom Jones, Barry White, George Benson, Deep Purple, Anastacia, Bond, Morcheeba and Patty Bravo.
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    • 205 13 ANDY Lau, who was stranded in Toronto following the attacks on the US on Tuesday, made it out of the continent in one piece late on Friday night, reported Hongkong’s Singtao daily yesterday. The star described Toronto’s airport as a “war zone”. He and his crew arrived
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 184 16 •SOCCER Reuters LONDON Lazio’s new signing Jaap Stam will never again speak to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, the Dutch international defender said yesterday. Stam was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail: “Since my split with United I have not spoken to him once,
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      • 121 16 •MOTOR RACING Reuters MONZA, Italy Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya took his first Formula One win yesterday in an Italian Grand Prix. The Williams driver beat Brazilian Rubens Barrichello to deny Ferrari’s passionate fans the victory they wanted in the last European race of the year. Barrichello,
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      • 567 16 -Wire services ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE NEWCASTLE Manager Alex Ferguson had no complaints about Manchester United’s defeat or the dismissal of Roy Keane after the champion surrendered its unbeaten record in a thriller at Newcastle. He said: “We’ve always found it quite difficult playing
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      • 446 16 -Wire services LONDON Gerard Houllier claimed that Liverpool’s convincing Merseyside derby victory will “kickstart” its season. The Anfield boss had seen his team lose successive league matches as doubts about its title credentials grew. But the impressive 3-1 win at Everton left Houllier pleased
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      • Day 9 SEA GAMES 2001
        • 366 17  -  TABLE TENNIS by LIM HAN MING A $370 haircut has transformed LiJiaweiinto a glamorous star WOW! Is that Li Jiawei? That is the question many journalists are asking at the South-east Asia Games following her transformation from the proverbial ugly duckling to a lovely swan. The
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        • 419 17  -  by LIM HAN MING SHE used to be mobbed by newshounds. Now, it’s her turn to chase after top athletes. For Thailand’s former ace swimmer Sornsawan Phuvichit (below) is now a broadcast journalist. Back at the SEA Games she once dominated the breaststroke event from
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        • AT A GLANCE Day 9
          • 41 18 when are you going home? Those were the most commonly-asked questions among journalists yesterday on the penultimate day of the South-east Asia Games. Today, there will only be one event synchronised swimming followed by the closing ceremony.
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          • 92 19 MOHAMED Zulfakar (right) earned Singapore's solitary silat gold in Johor yesterday. The 20-year-old retained his title in the 5560kg category as he shrugged off Vietnam's Le Van Long by winning 4-1. Said national technical director Sheik Alauddin: "Zulfakar has performed very well. He's expected to get
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        • 255 18 A SHELL-SHOCKED Singapore failed to keep its motor ticking yesterday. If not for silat exponent Mohamed Zulfakar, its gold-medal factory would have sputtered to death. Especially after synchronised swimming, judo, billiards and snooker, lawn bowls and hockey all malfunctioned in the final rounds. With the
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        • 69 18 Total tally: Gold 22 Silver 32 Bronze 41 ©GOLD I Silat Tanding Class C (55-60 kg) Mohd Zulfakar Mohd Ramli C)SILVER3 Silat Tanding Class E (65-70 kg) Mohd Imran Abdul Rahman, Class G (75-80 kg) Abdul Kadir Ibrahim Hockey Men's team QBRONZE3 Lawn Bowls Women's pairs (Mary
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        • 482 18  -  TABLE TENNIS by LIM HAN MING THE Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) may set up training centres in China to attract quality sparring partners. This was revealed by STTA president Yeo Guat Kwang, after the Republic’s paddlers delivered only five gold medals instead of the seven
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        • 445 19  -  ATHLETICS LiM HAN MING reports from KL A big question mark hovers over the relay sprint team. Will it stay together till the 2002 Asian Games? Unlikely. MUSCLEMAN James Wong (below) delivered the only gold medal for Singapore athletics. But U K Shyam failed to become
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        • HOT SHORTS
          • 69 19 HOCKEY DEFENDING champion Malaysia crushed Singapore 8-1 in the men’s hockey final yesterday. Singapore’s Edwin Tan marred Malaysia’s clean sheet in the Games with a 31st minute penalty-stroke. The Republic did well to restrict the host to a 2-1 lead at half-time. But Singapore had
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          • 125 19 DOPING -AP AN athlete has tested positive for a banned substance yesterday, but officials refused to identify the person or say whether a medal was at stake. Imran Ja’afar, president of the SEA Games Federation, was quoted by the national news agency Bernama as saying that procedures
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          • 58 19 Countries G S B Total Malaysia 108 74 84 266 Thailand 101 84 87 272 Indonesia 72 72 79 223 Vietnam 33 35 63 131 Philippines 30 66 66 162 Singapore 22 32 41 95 Myanmar 19 14 52 85 Laos 137 11 Cambodia 115 7 Brunei 0
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 487 13 f isgyour birthday today wl Wou share it with S 'W Ada Choi Your Daily Horoscope m si st> JAN 20-FEB 18 You’re too good at what you do. Events won’t slow down just because you need breathing space. Why complain? Isn’t this exactly what you wanted? FEB 19-MAR 20
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 338 14 The story today... Before Xuan Yuan San Guang (eaves the temple, he promises to meet with Xiao Yuer for a drink some day. But he also warns about Jiang Yulang: "Remember, Xiao Yuer, even if you don't cut off his hand, he would one day cut off yours." Xiao Yuer
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 43 16 Inthelivingroom SOCCER EPL: Leicester City v Middlesbrough (Star Sports Ch 24, tomorrow, 2.50 am). Fifa U-17 World Championship: Paraguay v Costa Rica (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 4.50 am). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER Asian World Cup qualifier: Thailand v Saudi Arabia (Star Sports Ch24,6pm).
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