Streats, 18 May 2004

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  • 10 3 Streats TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 E-mali: streats@sphxom.sg» mita (p> 196/03/2004
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  • 656 3  -  Long-overdue move will help private hospitals, clinics here catch up with aggressive regional rivals By_ Chua Kong Ho THE Government has lifted a longstanding ban on advertising by private hospitals and clinics, a move aimed at regaining ground lost to hospitals in the region that have
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    • 198 3 Strea TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 E-mali: streats@spti.com.sg mita <p) 196/03/2004 SHAKE YOUR PAPER welcome news Reward workers, NWC tells profitable companies PAGE 4 'oung born repreneurs Hong Leong Finance usinessman Henry Hsu never lets a business opportunity pass PAGE 13 After 27 years, Scott Squires still relishes ‘special effects’ challenge
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  • Morning Rush
    • 553 4  -  Employers expect average raise to be slightly less than 3% By Khushwant Singh THE time is now right for companies which have done well to reward their workers with moderate wage increases. This recommendation was made yesterday by the National Wages Council (NWC), its first
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    • 467 5 Jittery foreign funds pulling out as left-leaning govt takes power, say analysts j Wire services MUMBAI India’s stock market took the biggest plunge in its 129-year history yesterday, prompting a halt in trading as investors panicked over how Left parties would influence the policy
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    • 355 6 Ruling council head had fought to oust Saddam Wire services BAGHDAD Iraq’s foreign minister vowed yesterday not to be intimidated as politicians around the world expressed sorrow and anger over the killing of the US-appointed president of the Iraqi Governing Council in an apparent suicide
      – Wire services; AP  -  355 words
    • 345 6  -  By Sarah Ng A MAN, out on bail for allegedly stabbing his wife with a kitchen knife in their home last month, surrendered himself to the police nine hours after his wife was fatally slashed near her Tuas workplace yesterday. Krishnasamy Naidu, 43,
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    • 492 8 ‘Super teacher’ post means good teachers don’t need to become administrators to be promoted SHAH ALAM Teachers in Malaysia will no longer have to become administrators in order to be promoted under a new plan being drawn up by Malaysia’s Public Service Department.
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    • 121 10 BUZZSTOP SOME kinks in the law covering hirepurchase agreements will be ironed out when amendments that have been drafted become law. Key changes will allow consumers the option of refinancing if they can find a better deal and permit finance companies
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    • Article, Illustration
      60 10 Three-year-old wannabe violin virtuosos looking at their teacher as they put on a demonstration at the Fulton Performing Center in Washington on Sunday. The pre-twinkle tots, as they are called by their teachers, were part of a larger concert of about 100 young violinists up to age
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    • 143 10 11 Help for patients, survivors THE National Cancer Centre will set up a new support network for cancer patients and survivors, The Straits Times reports today. It will organise forums and meetings where they can meet, seek help and share their experiences and problems. The
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    • 131 10 Malaysia under fire now -AP ALLEGED Jemaah Islamiah members who are being held without trial in Malaysia were routinely stripped naked, slapped, kicked and subjected to sexual abuse by police interrogators, according to a human rights document obtained by AP. Security officials have said the
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    • 126 10 Lifts, WCs most important FUNCTIONALITY and practicality are the most important aspects of work carried out when the Housing Board upgrades HDB estates, the results of a survey indicate. Residents want improvements to their lifts, letterboxes and toilets. They are not so concerned about block facades,
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    • 87 10 PARLIAMENT will debate the topic of worksite safety tomorrow. Two MPs, Dr Teo Ho Pin of Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC and Ms Irene Ng of Tampines GRC, have filed a motion urging the Government to do more to protect construction workers, reports The Straits Times today. This comes
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    • 95 10 FORMER University of Singapore lecturer Andrew Ang has been appointed a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court for a term of one year. Mr Ang, 58, graduated with an LLB (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore in 1971. He also received an LLM degree from Harvard
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    • 92 10 -AP MILITARY-RULED Myanmar’s main opposition party yesterday urged the United Nations to resolve the country’s political deadlock. The call came after the party boycotted a constitution convention in protest against the detention of party leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “The ball is now in the court
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    • 103 10 MS Xiao Yu’s husband had no idea that she had had top-to-toe plastic surgery. Mr Jian Feng, 36, met Ms Xiao, in her 30s, while on a business trip to Qingdao, China, more than two years ago, Xinhua reported. But when she gave birth to a
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  • Financial
    • 493 12  -  Advertising wizard says productions, like pizza, must be tailored to appeal to individual markets By Khushwant Singh ADVERTISING today is like selling pizza. You add more cheese in Western countries, add pineapple in Hawaii, and add spices for Asian consumers. This is the tasty
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    • 241 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines, the world’s secondlargest airline by market value, said yesterday that it will impose a fuel surcharge by raising passenger fares on some South Pacific-London routes. “We will do so. We don’t have details yet. This will only be
      – Reuters  -  241 words
    • 23 12 *AS AT MAY US$: 551.719 553.044 EURO: 552.071 Ss: 65.97 YEN Ss: RM2.210 Ss: HK54.537 Ss: 23.76 BAHT Ss: 5,246 RUPIAH
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    • 630 13  -  From organising tours to running cellphone sales channels, MCSCEO Henry Hsu is always on the lookout for new business opportunities. m q ■repreneurTa By Janice Wong TO ask Mr Henry Hsu why he became an entrepreneur is to ask why fishes swim and birds fly. When the
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 14 Labourers walking by a Roman-themed statue outside a new luxury condominium in Beijing yesterday. Chinese developers have been pouring money into new projects at a frantic pace, raising fears of a real estate bubble and adding to concerns that the cooling-off of the economy may result in a
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    • 288 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) would rather buy back its stock than acquire rivals, given existing valuations, said CEO David Lim. “The priority is to grow the business, but to grow it in a sensible way,” said Mr Lim in an interview. “I
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    • 139 14 Wire services MELBOURNE Virgin Blue, Australia’s second-biggest airline, said fiscal 2004 earnings rose 47 per cent as it attracted passengers from Qantas Airways, its bigger rival. Net income in the 12 months ended March 31 climbed to A$ 158.5 million (SslB9 million), or 17.3
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  • Comment
    • 652 16  -  By VIKRAYI KHANNA The Business Times MANY of those who object to Singapore or any place opening up to casinos (or who want such establishments confined to tourists) do so on the grounds that this would accelerate “problem gambling”. They fear that individuals would become pathological
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    • 257 17 m mmmsM Media Corp Artiste Xie Shao Guang, A satisfied Beijing i 101 client 1 mmmsm wmM ■BWaWSS W lA'.*• mmmm Media Corp Artiste Edmund Chen Zhi Cal, A satisfied Beijing 101 client m cpH THE BUSINESS TIMES Article Courtesy of SPH Shin Min daily news article Courtesy of H6AITH
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  • Vocal
    • 171 18 WE refer to Mr Chen Junrong’s letter, “Manager’s poor attitude” (Streats, May 14). Mr Chen has written to us about the incident at Kallang KFC and we have already offered our sincere apologies. We regret that Mr Chen did not have the chance to
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    • 193 18 I REFER to Mr Vijay Ganesh’s letter “Too petty to grouse about” (Streats, May 17), about the experience of Mr Chen Junrong at the KFC outlet in Kallang. I am sure Mr Ganesh is not in the service industry. If he was, he would not have written
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    • 217 18 I TOOK a City Cab taxi from Parkway Parade on May 11 at about spm to my home at Übi. My hands were full with my 10-month-old son, a stroller, my bag and a Giant supermarket bag. At the taxi stand, the security guard helped
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    • 347 20 IF you don’t expect much from a film, a Bollywood movie will do. A friend once told me this. As a member of the Malay community, I had a great fondness for Bollywood (Hindi) films, and I felt annoyed by this comment. Though I
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    • 227 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@Sph.COm.Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 334 22 Beijing vows to crush independence ‘at any cost’, but is open to talks Reuters BEIJING China yesterday warned Taiwan, just days before President Chen Shui-bian starts his second term, that it would crush any steps towards independence “firmly and thoroughly at any cost”. But Beijing dangled
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    • 165 22 -afp BANGKOK Fears of mounting sectarian violence grew in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand yesterday after bomb blasts rocked three Buddhist temples overnight, officials said. Police commissioner Prang Boonpadung said the attacks on the symbols of Buddhism marked a new turn in the violence in the south where
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 22 Jayson Hugman preparing to give a free hug, something the financial analyst has been offering in New York's Washington Square Park on Sunday afternoons for the past month just because he thinks New Yorkers need one AFP
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    • 85 22 SYDNEY An Australian Parliamentary inquiry has recommended that bosses found responsible for workplace deaths should face jail, under proposed new laws. In a report yesterday, the Australian Daily Telegraph said it had learnt that the panel, which is to make its recommendations this week, is
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    • 264 24 Ex-president fails medical test for election bid Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian presidential contender Wiranto may get backing from former president Abdurrahman Wahid’s party, an official said yesterday. Mr Abdurrahman, popularly known as Gus Dur, failed a medical test for the July 5 election. Endorsement from Mr
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  • Medical
    • 317 25 -AP LONDON Giving support to advocates of breast-feeding, new research bolsters the theory that rapid growth in infancy, encouraged by enriched infant formulas, might increase the risk of heart disease and stroke later in life. The study, described this week in The Lancet medical
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  • EasyStreats
    • 625 26 Van Helsing special effects veteran Scott Squires tells SHARLENE TAN how new software had to be written to generate the human-to-creature visual transformations AT the tender age of 19, while others were thinking of college and parties, Scott Squires was busy working on the special effects for Steven
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    • 98 26 THERE’S a new cultural revolution among the Chinese and it features the return of the country’s art and artifacts, reported The International Herald Tribune recently. Auction rooms are increasingly featuring Chinese bidders. In one auction in London last November, the star lot a rectangular plaque of
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    • 93 26 Coming: Law Order version 4 AMERICAN network NBC has secured the services of Law Order creator Dick Wolf through to 2008 and has ordered a fourth edition of the successful franchise, to be called Law Order: Trial by Jury. Meanwhile, popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond will film a ninth and
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    • 394 27  -  By Yvonne Kwok THERE will be no lions, tigers or chimpanzees, but the Great Moscow Circus still promises to thrill audiences of all ages with its nail-biting aerial acts, limber contortionists and football-playing dogs when it comes to Singapore in June. This is the
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    • 100 27 SEVERAL top directors including Ridley Scott and John i Woo (pictured) have been roped in to make films for children’s charity Unicef. Their films will be two of seven shorts for a project called All The Invisible Children, about the plight of children around the world,
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    • 85 27 KFC has introduced its new Extra Tasty and Crispy chicken. The chicken pieces are marinated with special spices, breaded and cooked with light crispy flakes to give an added crunch. It is available at all KFC outlets and for delivery. From now to the end of the
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    • 482 29  -  Janice Wong 4 FOOD writer once took me l o an excellent eatery she has never written about. She that spreading the on this rare find would deny ner a seat on her next visit. I faced this dilemma when I dined the Silk Road at
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    • 128 30 If you think it’s hot, just imagine what it’s like for Fluffy or Rufus. When the mercury i is on the rise so is your pet’s chance of getting a potentially fatal heatstroke. > So protect your pets by making sure they always have plenty of
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    • Happen in'
      • 56 30 ENCHANTING MYANMAR On till June 30, llam-7pm The Myanmar Gallery of Contemporary Art, 280 South Bridge Road Free (Tel: 6221-1800) View the stunning landscapes of exotic Myanmar in this newly-opened art gallery that features the works of 11 artists, including Min Zaw and U Tin Win, who use different
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      • 53 30 MASSAGE WORKSHOP From tomorrow, 7-30pm-9.30pm Ecnad Project, TelokAyer Performing Arts Centre Fee: $l5O per couple (four sessions), Tel: 6226-6404 Forget expensive spas and learn how to do it yourself. Treat yourself and your partner to this tranquil and holistic workshop which will focus on a fusion of Thai and
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    • 491 29 IS 20 May 2004 (Tuesday till Thursday) D' Marquee, Downtown East GAMES SCHEDULE 18 May 2004 Tuesday 09.30 am 09.45 am 10.30 am 11.00 am 02.30 pm Opening Ceremony Intelligent Robot Contest Challenge Course Open Category Robot Sumo Competition (Prelims) Robot Soccer Competition (Prelims) 19 May 2004 Wednesday Legged Robot
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    • 241 30 INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Sec One Q m y/-* uptotoV »xc\uswe mm*. an tot preview Ethical Hacking and Cyberforensics. Certifications that will put you at the forefront of technology. Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator C HFI extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks. CHFI investigators
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    • 26 30 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191- Please check with organisers for latest status of events.
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 453 30 Yourdailyhoroscope Ip AQUARIUS PISCES JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19 -MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ARIES MAR 21-APR 19 APR 20-MAY 20 Older people are laughing, and you can see the humour in the situation, too. Find your own balance between joking and reverence. The past is still important to
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      519 31  -  Maldives’ league champions set for Home battle By Tan Kim Han MENTION football in the Maldives and the name Ashad Abdull Gani is likely to crop up. It is easy to see why, for the 27-year-old skipper-cum-midfielder led his country to a shock 0-0 draw against South Korea
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    • 233 31 AFP LONDON England coach SvenGoran Eriksson turned to Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher and Tottenham’s Ledley King to shore up his side’s defence when he announced his provisional squad for the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal yesterday. Eriksson overlooked the claims of Gareth Southgate even though the
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    • 52 31 Goalkeepers: David James, Paul Robinson, lan Walker Defenders: Gary Neville, Phil Neville, John Terry, Ledley King, Jamie Carragher, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Wayne Bridge Midfielders: David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Kieron Dyer Forwards: Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey,
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    • 223 32 -AFP JAKARTA Denmark’s head badminton coach has called for shorter games to help promote the sport worldwide after the Thomas and Über Cup tournaments saw some fixtures drag on for more than five hours. Steen Pedersen, whose men’s team were beaten 3-1 by China
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    • 445 32 Pistons, Kings triumph to force Game Seven Wire services NEW YORK Richard Hamilton (below) scored 24 points and Ben Wallace pulled down 20 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons forced a Game Seven in the NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals with an 81-75 road win over the New
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    • 431 33 Valencia out to erase memories of successive Champions League final losses Reuters UEFA CUP FINAL PREVIEW Valencia v Marseille GOTHENBURG, Sweden Three years ago, they suffered the heartache of losing a second successive Champions League final, against Bayern Munich. The year before, they had lost out to
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    • 238 33 Reuters IRVING, Texas Spain’s Sergio Garcia won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday after holing a short par putt on the first playoff hole to hold off the challenge Of Robert Damron and Dudley Hart. Garcia, whose last win on the US PGA Tour
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    • 222 33 AP NEW YORK With each question Marion Jones gets about steroids, her denials become more emphatic. She took everything a step further on Sunday, saying she will go to court if the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) bars her from competing in the Athens
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    • 75 33 RUGBY THE national women’s sevens rugby team had targeted a top-four finish in the Asian Women’s Sevens tournament in Kazakhstan. They surpassed all expectations when they reached the final on Sunday, even though they lost 5-48 to hot favourite and host Kazakhstan. Earlier, the Singapore team had
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    • 109 33 FOOTBALL LONDON Liverpool striker Emile Heskey is set to sign for Birmingham City in a £3.5 million (5510.6 million) deal. The fee could rise to £6 million depending on appearances and Birmingham’s success, reported Soccemet yesterday. Heskey, who joined Liverpool for £ll million from Leicester City
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    • 184 32 m Healthy Participants Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study involving two marketed medicines and one investigational medicine. Participants will receive doses of one of the two marketed medicines for several days, followed by one dose of the investigational medicine. The purpose of
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 42 33 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: EPL highlights (Channel i, 7.30 pm). Italian Serie A highlights (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm). Nationwide Division One Play-off sfinals, 2nd leg: West Ham United v Ipswich Town (Live, Super Sports Ch 22, May 19, 2.40 am)
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