Streats, 20 November 2001
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Title Section21 2001-11-20 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 20 November 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200121 words
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393 2001-11-20 1 DIANA SER - by DIANA SER SOON, there will be sweet relief for long-time kopi tiam sufferers with the urge to go but won’t because of the stink and the mess. Kopi tiam toilets, long the bane of swollen bladders393 words
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Article139 2001-11-20 1 -AP the WTO has finally come to an agreement on the bottom line it wants to give toilets to the world. The World Toilet Organisation, formed in Singapore this week at the inaugural World Toilet Summit, aims to ease Asia’s sewage woes, said founder Jack-AP - 139 words
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Article123 2001-11-20 1 SOME 2.9 million Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to earn 2.5 per cent a year in interest on the savings in their Ordinary Accounts for the next quarter. A CPF Board statement said this is the legislated minimum rate payable. It is higher than the123 words
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Article96 2001-11-20 1 -AP THE Singapore dollar yesterday slumped to 1.843 against the US dollar its lowest rate in 11 years as banks here and in the US bought the greenback across the region. Yesterday afternoon, the US dollar was quoted at 1.8409 Singapore dollars, compared to 1.8361 Singapore dollars late-AP - 96 words
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316 2001-11-20 2 THEIR fates seemed entwined from the moment their paths crossed six years ago in a McDonald’s restaurant in Pasir Ris where both lived. The 15-year-old boy who allegedly slashed insurance agent Madam Annie Leong Wai Muen, 30, to316 words
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Article155 2001-11-20 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched a pilot home-office scheme to allow individuals to run offices at home. Some 700 homes can now double up as offices. The chosen areas include Roberts Lane, Beach Road, Lavender Street, Mohamed Sultan Road and Club Street. The home-office155 words
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Article73 2001-11-20 2 onekindact. Karen Lim My five-year-old son had a nosebleed in a train at Jurong East MRT station. Thanks to the lady who offered tissues, water and a plastic bag Thanks also to the person who gave up a seat for my son. If you wish to highlight a73 words
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Article139 2001-11-20 2 SINGAPORE'S experience in dealing with tb World Trade Organisation could be useful to China a top Chinese official said here yesterday. Mr Li Ruihuan, chairman of the Chines People’s Political Consultative Conference, tol< Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong that China couK learn from139 words
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133 2001-11-20 2 WiNSTON CHONG - by WiNSTON CHONG A TAXI-DRIVER who lent his cellphone to his penniless passenger lost the fare and the phone. This incident occurred at around 11.30pm on Saturday after the 53-year-old driver picked up the slim teenaged boy along Bukit Batok Street 32. On reaching Blk133 words
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Article, Illustration452 2001-11-20 3 ADAM HASHIDY - by ADAM HASHIDY they should have been double losers Working for a dotcom company that deals with the travel business. But the double whammy of the burst dotcom bubble and Sept 11, which has left even major airlines crippled, seems452 words
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Article, Illustration89 2001-11-20 3 Did you catch the Leonid Shower early yesterdaym morning? For those who missed it, you'll have to wait 33 years for the next meteor show. Today, the only showers in the late afternoon in most areas will drench you. Hold on tight to your brolly becausePic: Wu Lifen - 89 words
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Article90 2001-11-20 3 Need a quiet place to mug for the O and A-level exams? You can go to Temasek Polytechnic (TP) where four air-conditioned classrooms at level 5 Blk 22 of the Temasek Engineering School will be open daily from now till Nov 27, from 9am to 10pm. They're90 words
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Article70 2001-11-20 3 If you are celebrating your birthday this month, you can enjoy free rides at Escape Theme Park at NTUC Lifestyle World Downtown East. Just present your IC, birth certificate or passport at the ticket sales counter. Now till Nov 30, from spm-10.30pm on weekdays and 10am-10.30pm on70 words
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Article88 2001-11-20 5 A 65-YEAR-OLD scooterist died from injuries suffered when he fell from his scooter after colliding with two people crossing the road. Security guard Mr Juraimi bin Markani was travelling along Serangoon Road on Sunday when the accident occurred at 7.04 pm, after the junction with St Michael88 words
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Article103 2001-11-20 5 A LORRY turned on its side yesterday after it collided with two buses at the junction of Adam Road and BukitTimah Road. The driver of the lorry and his six passengers, all foreign workers, suffered minor injuries in the accident at 6.40 am. Five of the workers103 words
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233 2001-11-20 5 ZUBAIDAH NAZEER - by. ZUBAIDAH NAZEER A BUSINESSWOMAN yesterday pleaded guilty to three charges of assaulting her maid. The court heard that Tan Peng Chen, 36, had scalded, beaten and pulled the hair of her Indonesian maid during three separate assaults233 words
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247 2001-11-20 5 SARAH NG - by: SARAH NG IF you have A levels and an interest in being a therapist, you could be on your way to filling Singapore’s shortage of therapy professionals. Other developed societies in Asia have more professional therapists per capita than Singapore. Last year, Singapore had one247 words
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Miscellaneous7 2001-11-20 3 Break-fast time for Muslims today: 6.53 pm.7 words
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Article, Illustration395 2001-11-20 4 KHUSHWANT SINGH - by KHUSHWANT SINGH MS LEE Kim Choo was afraid of retraining. The 35-year-old manufacturing assistant at Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics had been very happy with her job which she held since 1996. She only needed to visually inspect the printed circuit boards on the production line. ButPic: Choo Chwee Hua - 395 words
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209 2001-11-20 6 FANATICAL Taleban fighters are embracing death when faced with defeat. The Northern Alliance promised Taleban troops which include an unknown number of Chechen, Pakistani and Arab volunteers safe passage from Kunduz if they gave up their weapons. The fanatics responded by shooting each other209 words
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Article, Illustration375 2001-11-20 6 THE Taleban have abandoned Osama bin Laden, leaving him to fend for himself. Osama and his A 1 Qaeda supporters are alone, and on the frontlines for the first time since the war began. After protecting their ‘guest” for years and refusing to375 words
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Article72 2001-11-20 6 -AP AT least four Western journalists were missing yesterday after they were stopped by armed men near Jalalabad. Reports said they have been shot dead. The group was travelling in a convoy of six to eight cars. Drivers said two of the cars were stopped by a group-AP - 72 words
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Article70 2001-11-20 6 Reuters INDONESIA yesterday denied reports that the A 1 Qaeda group had organised training camps in the country. Spanish daily El Pais said last week that investigations into Imad Eddin BarakatYabbas, representative of the A 1 Qaeda network in Spain, led to police discovering the group had– Reuters - 70 words
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224 2001-11-20 6 KABUL As the Taleban face their worst nightmare, it was revealed that Mullah Mohammed Omar’s dreams are playing a major part in the war. The Taleban supremo had planned to give up Kandahar to former Mujahideen commander Haji Bashar, but the idea was abandoned after a224 words
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Article77 2001-11-20 6 An offer of £20,000 ($53,000) in compensation to relatives of World Trade Center victims for the stress of watching the attack live on British television has provoked criticism, The Times of London reported yesterday. It will be the first time that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has accepted77 words
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306 2001-11-20 7 BUREAUCRACY is taking its own toll in Afghanistan. US pilots have had senior Taleban and Al Qaeda targets in their sights as many as 10 times in the past six weeks but Were unable to open fire because authorisation did not306 words
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Article178 2001-11-20 7 Wire services Kabul -The Northern Alliance Was under mounting pressure Yesterday to form a broadbased government. But international interest seemed to draw increasingly testy responses from the new blasters of Kabul. The collapse of the Taleban Was confirmed by Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar, Who– Wire services - 178 words
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84 2001-11-20 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Six people have been arrested in connection with the alleged sale of leaked final examination papers taken by hundreds Malaysian law students. More than 900 prospective lawyers in Malaysia have been told they must resit some of their finals-AP - 84 words
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weird world
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Article102 2001-11-20 8 Reuters DUTCH scientists say they have found a way of using wasps to detect drugs and bombs more cheaply and effectively than sniffer dogs can and even dream of using them to hunt chemical and biological weapons. Wasps have been conditioned in laboratory tests to give– Reuters - 102 words
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Article100 2001-11-20 8 Reuters ONE man was killed and another wounded when a brawl broke out in a Philippine karaoke bar over the quality of singing, the Philippine Star reported yesterday. A 54-year-old labourer died of a stab wound in a bar in northern Manila early on Sunday after– Reuters - 100 words
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Article95 2001-11-20 8 -AFP A BRAZALIAN cow named Farinai, which receives VIP treatment, is considered'the most expensive in the world, Veja newsmagazine reported on Sunday. She lives in barn the size of a regular house, receives daily visits by a veterinarian, sunbathes three hours each day, and her stable-AFP - 95 words
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217 2001-11-20 9 -AP CANBERRA A top Australian labour union federation went to court yesterday over what it sees as a creeping threat to a hard-won 1947 deal for a 40hour working week. Australian Council of Trade Unions (Actu) president-AP - 217 words
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Article218 2001-11-20 9 Reuters LONDON Having a secret affair? Your clothes especially underwear could blow the whistle on you. Invisible stains caused by bodily emissions will show up as a purple patch on your garments or upholstery when tested with a new “infidelity kit” being sold on the– Reuters - 218 words
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205 2001-11-20 9 Reuters ZAMBOANGA, Philippines Units of former Muslim rebels inducted into the Philippine army mutinied and attacked a town yesterday. The followers of former rebel chief Nur Misuari raided an army outpost on southern Jolo island and took about 20 troops hostage. They then began attacking the– Reuters - 205 words
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Article, Illustration856 2001-11-20 11 YVONNE KWOK - What do you get when you toss Wileen Chang, Streats'Foodie Two Shoes, and KFSeetoh, the guru of Makansutra, into one hot pot? A food fight, of course! by YVONNE KWOK HE says the best chwee kway is at Serangoon Road. She says the yummiest is in TiongPics: Francis Lee - 856 words
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Article, Illustration191 2001-11-20 12 SINCE her “discovery”, Ms Ann Poh, 26, Channel U variety programme Snap’s bustiest woman, has been getting all kinds of attention both good and bad. Her well-endowed figure has been on display in newspapers' and her face grafted to nude bodies on porn websites. And now,191 words
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Article, Illustration64 2001-11-20 12 10pm, TV Works I In a futuristic USA, a I woman is barred from r giving birth to more than one child. When John and Karen Brennick, expecting their second child, escape to Mexico, they are captured and put in the Fortress, a high-tech prison, impossible to escape from.64 words
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Article89 2001-11-20 12 9pm, Channel U Bao hides Jianping in the palace and fearing that Jianning would discover it, lies that he saw Enunch Hai’s ghost to scare her back to her room. Yingxiong’s men are guests in Prince Kang’s house and although they are highly skilled, they are89 words
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Article85 2001-11-20 12 10pm, HBO (SCV 60) In the dead of winter, in a forest outside Bastogne, Belgium, Easy Company struggle to hold the line alone while fending off frostbite and hunger, having arrived with no winter clothes and few supplies and ammunition. Medic Eugene Roe (Shane Taylor) is overwhelmed,85 words
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Article, Illustration510 2001-11-20 15 Yvonne Kwok - ma®by by' Yvonne Kwok THERE are two ways you can approach a televised beauty pageant. Either you would rather spend the time scrubbing your bathroom with a very small toothbrush, or, if you’re a guy, you might watch just for the drool factor. Make that510 words
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Article, Illustration396 2001-11-20 17 ’ LIM HAN MING - by LIM HAN MING He hurt his right knee late last year and was de-registered by Aew club Jurong FC. Because of the injury, Samawira Basri (right) did not %y a single S-League match this season. Often he watched painfully396 words
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161 2001-11-20 17 -AFP WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF Australia vs Uruguay Melbourne Australia will counting on Leeds United pair Viduka and Harry Kewell breach an impressive Uruguayan defence in the World 'f-up play-off here today. Coach Frank Farina yesterday the same starting side drew 1-1 with world champi--0-AFP - 161 words
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Article146 2001-11-20 18 BASKETBALL LOS ANGELES Shaquille O’Neal had 28 points and 15 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to a 93-85 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. The two-time defending NBA champion (8-1) played sloppily for three quarters, but mounted a comeback in the fourth to146 words
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Article117 2001-11-20 18 ATHLETICS -Reuters BEIJING Maverick track coach Ma Junren, whose runners were axed from China’s Sydney Olympics team over doping concerns, was basking in the limelight again yesterday after two of his proteges won gold at the national games. The legendary middle and long-distance squad from the-Reuters - 117 words
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Article107 2001-11-20 18 i SOCCER -AFP MILAN A thrilling 3-2 victory for Verona in the city derby on Sunday saw surprise Italian First Division leader Chievo crash to only its second defeat in 10 outings in its debut Serie A season. Verona overturned a 2-0 Chievo lead to inflict the-AFP - 107 words
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Article, Illustration518 2001-11-20 18 -Wire services ’CHAMPIONS LEAGUEJSayern Munich v Manchester United. MUNICH It’s time for the big boys to get back to top European action. The wheat has been separated from the chaff, and now the going gets tough for the teams which have-Wire services - 518 words
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Article, Illustration549 2001-11-20 19 Wire services r CHAMPIONS LEAGUE- Liverpool vs Barcelona 'I LIVERPOOL Seven months after losing here in the Uefa Cup semi-final, Barcelona returns to Anfield with Champions League points the prize on offer. After defeating Wisla Krakow in the qualifying round,– Wire services - 549 words
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Article484 2001-11-20 19 Wire services LONDON Leeds United manager David O’Leary has repeated his claims that he needs a bigger squad to mount a realistic challenge for the Premier League title. Leeds was without Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell who were away in Australia for the World Cup– Wire services - 484 words
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Miscellaneous447 2001-11-20 14 mi x If its your birtnafiftoi k you share itwith Chor Mena Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20-FEB 18 These are the best of times and no, the worst of times aren’t happening this week. You pulse with energy and are ripe with the spirit of447 words
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Miscellaneous253 2001-11-20 16 Br The story today Thinking back, Xiao Yuer is puzzled by his over-confidence about winning the wager. He had presumed that Jiang Yulang was easy to manipulate and could never escape from his control. Until he met Jiang's friends, whose skills were beyond his imagination. Needless to say, Xiao Yuer253 words
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Miscellaneous46 2001-11-20 18 Inthelivingroom SOCCER Worm Cup play-off: Australia v Uruguay (Super Sports Ch22,5.10pm). Uefa Champions League: Bayern Munich v Manchester United (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 3.30 am), Liverpool v Barcelona (City TV, tomorrow, 3.30 am). DELAYED TELECAST Uefa Champions League: Liverpool v Barcelona (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 6am).46 words
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