Streats, 4 January 2002

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  • 19 1 STREATS FRIDAY 4 January 2002 I Mr >otner quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 468 1  -  by KAREN CHEN A RESIDENT'S Committee (RC) New Year’s party soured by food Poisoning has resulted in the death of one of the four victims. Madam Fong Oi Lin, 61, one of four people who collapsed at the
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  • 192 1 morningriffA MORE parents are using their Central Provident Fund to pay for their children’s tertiary education. As of last September, 10,894 parents applied for the CPF Education Scheme an increase of almost 30 per cent from the previous year. The CPF Board’s public affairs
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  • LOCAL
    • 525 2  -  by SARAH NG A CHILDLESS, retired couple living in a one-room flat on $2OO a month became saddled with a $4,290 set of Italian stainless steel pots and pans (picture). It is a luxury they cannot
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    • 232 2 THREE polytechnic lecturers who made a documentary film about opposition politician JB Jeyaretnam could have broken the law. Under the Film Act, those who make, distribute and show party political films can be fined up to $lOO,OOO or jailed for up to two
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    • 287 3  -  by SARAH NG more than half a million people visited Singapore in November last year, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday. That’s 533,499 visitors, but it was a 15 per cent fall compared with November
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    • 286 3  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM "I HATE my parents! They’re always fighting... I hate going home!” Those could well be the words a troubled teenager types in a virtual chatroom. In a new initiative, called cyber-coun-selling, teens who have a problem and Want a sympathetic ear
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    • 258 3 THE number of people applying to be teachers has more than doubled, so an extra intake of 250 candidates for training has been organised for this month. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the National Institute of Education (NIE) usually accept candidates
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    • 551 4  -  by SONNY PHUA Hardly a day passes when a house is not broken into in Singapore. Often, this takes place in broad daylight while the occupants are at work or school. But on Wednesday, a national serviceman who was at home witnessed a housebreak in
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    • 208 4 LUAN YUANXIN, 33, a mechanical design engineer, came to Singapore from China in 1995 to find a better life for himself and his family. But he had problems at work. At home, his relationship with his wife soured after her mother came from China to live with
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    • 206 4  -  reports by t Khushwant Singh THEY had known each other for more than a year. Ahmad Tihamy Ahmad Fathi, 20, and his 14-year-old girlfriend were lovers and had developed an intimate relationship, defence counsel Ismail Hamid told a court yesterday. While they were alone in the bedroom
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      • 111 4  -  Khushwant Singh FOUR alleged gangsters were charged with murder yesterday. They are alleged to be among those responsible for stabbing Mr Tan Hock Chye, 21, in the Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association (SafraTown Club) at Wheelock Place, at about 3am on New Year’s Day. Ruddy Muhammad
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      • 89 4  - $18, 000 robbery Sonny Phua A BILLIARD centre cashier was robbed of $lB,OOO of the centre’s money on Wednesday. The 19-year-old was walking towards a bank near City Plaza Shopping Centre with the cash in an envelope when a man snatched the money and ran away to a taxi with
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      • 90 4  -  Winston Chong PUNTERS across the island had to wait for half an hour on Wednesday afternoon to place their bets and collect winnings. Betting at all 180 bookies was suspended when an office fire caused the Singapore Pools mainframe computer system in Paradiz Centre to be
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    • 105 8 I WISH the Housing Board authorities would look into introducing a simpler coupon parking system for HDB estates. The season-parking system that we have for parking in the estate where we live should be extended so that we can be charged in a similar
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    • 158 8 AFTER my family and I returned from an overseas vacation early on Jan 1, we inadvertently left behind a leopardskin-pattemed bag containing personal possessions near the Changi airport Terminal 1 taxi stand. When we returned, the bag was gone. But we would like to thank the
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    • 120 8 MR Alex Kwok raised very pertinent points in his letter about through trains to Expo station, “Make Expo-bound MRT passengers alight” (Streats, Jan 2). While it may be the intention of SMRT to “educate” commuters in preparation for the extension of the line to Changi
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    • 70 8 I REFER to “Give deaf a fairer deal on SMS” (Streats, Dec 28), a letter by Mr Goh Kar Whee. We are pleased to inform Mr Goh that Ml offers “Message Plan” to those registered with the Singapore Association for the Deaf. It gives
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  • FINANCIAL
    • 156 6 AS AT 9AM Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 0.9500 0.9750 Canadian dollar 1.1480 1.1720 Euro 1.6680 1.6840 NZ dollar 0.7760 0.7980 Sterling pound 2.6660 2.6930 US dollar 1.8460 1.8580 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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    • 326 6 Wire services NEW YORK Worldwide semiconductor sales in November rose 1.6 per cent to US$lO.6 billion ($2O billion) from U 5510.44 billion in October, the Semiconductor Industry Association yesterday. The association said this is the second consecutive
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    • 449 6 STI: 1,653.71 28.02 -AFP STOCKS closed 1.7 per cent higher yesterday on buying of blue chips and technology stocks after gains on Wall Street. The Straits Times Index gained 28.02 points to 1,653.71 while the broader AllSingapore Equities index was up 7.66 points
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      • 67 6 NISSAN dealer Tan Chong International sold a record of 18,580 vehicles in Singapore last year. This is a record in Tan Chong’s 40-year history, the company said in a statement yesterday. Nissan’s sales accelerated by 9 per cent, compared with Toyota’s 3.2 per cent
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      • 70 6 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) breached volume targets for 2001, handling more than two million 20ft equivalent units (TEUs) in its first full year of operation. “The 2.05 million TEUs represent an increase of approximately five-fold over year 2000’s 418,000 TEUs,”
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      • 72 6 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s November trade surplus fell to a narrower-than-expected RM3.9 billion ($1.9 billion) due to a drop in exports, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The surplus is smaller than economists’ expectations of RM4.B billion, due to a more moderate-than-expected fall in
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      • 73 6 TOKYO Eighty per cent of top executives at Japan’s biggest corporations predict that unemployment already at a record high will rise above 6 per cent in 2002. A survey by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper showed that 24 out of 30 heads of the
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      • 35 6 -AFP BEUING Soaring above the official exchange rate, the euro made a stunning debut on China’s currency black market which has long been dominated by the US dollar. afp
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    • 187 8 1 Dec 2001 to 20 Feb 2002 Great value discounts, prizes and freebies so you can live it up in Singapore. For more information on these great deals, contact your nearest Visitor Information Centre now! Or visit any of these centres for exciting tips on what to do and see
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    • 38 8 Interchange Ipjl’have your say Streets is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. You should include your name, address and contact number.
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  • MEDICAL
    • 296 9 Reuters NEW YORK Elderly people who have a healthy diet may be less likely to suffer symptoms of dementia as they age a study has found. The findings were published in the December issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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    • 129 9 Q, MY sister always gets antibiotics for her acne breakout Will there be any side effects? A* Antibiotics prescribed for acne are usually safe in the doses recommended by the doctor. However, as with any medication, side effects can occur, although they are rare. They vary from one
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    • 44 9 healthfact OVER-WASHING can aggravate acne. Keep to a simple skin care routine of twice-daily washing with a gentle soap or cleanser. Use water-based cosmetics and avoid products like scrubs, astringents and "masks" Don't squeeze, pick or apply heat to the pimples.
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    • 278 9 AFTER Hari Raya, after Christmas, after New Year, and with Chinese New Year on the way, this is the season for putting it away. So now’s as good a time as any to attack a diet. But where to start? Most diet advice does have two things
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    • 182 9 GOING by equivalents given by the American Dietetic Association, an average bagel should fit on the rim of a coffee mug. A cup of fruit should be the size of a small styrofoam drinks cup. A IOOg grilled fish is the size of a
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  • REGIONAL
    • 298 11 They were copying a TV scene -AP BANGKOK -The alleged gang rape of a 10-year-old girl by eight boys who said they were copying a scene from a TV soap prompted calls for media to tone down portrayals of sex. Police Lt-Colonel Suthee Naerakantee,
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    • Article, Illustration
      45 11 LUCKY RUSH: Customers swarming a Tokyo department store counter for 'fukubukuro', or lucky bags, yesterday, on the store's first business day of the year. A lucky bag contains items worth up to three times the price of the bag Pic Reuters Pic: Reuters
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    • 206 11 -AFP BEIJING More than half of China’s elderly would like to live alone rather than with their children, marking revolutionising changes in local family values. In a recent survey, over 50 per cent of the ageing respondents said they valued their independence and would
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    • 152 11 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has given almost one million public sector employees until March 30 to sign a loyalty agreement or face penalties. The agreement to be signed by all 950,000 public servants pledges loyalty to King, the country and the government and states
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    • 293 13 Reuters SYDNEY Sexually frustrated teens and men seeking power through fire are the most likely culprits behind some of the Sydney bushfires, experts said. Ttventy-two men and boys have been arrested for setting fires which destroyed more than 160 homes and burnt vast areas of bushland.
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    • 105 13 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s former president Abdurrahman Wahid will be quizzed over claims he was bribed to pardon Tommy Suharto, police said Thursday. Jakarta police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said the former president would be questioned on Monday as a witness in the
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  • GLOBAL
    • 315 14 Pakistan will never shun terrorism: Vajpayee Wire services INDIA'S war of words with Pakistan escalated dramatically yesterday. Leaders of the two countries indulged in a game of dangerous brinkmanship that threatened to spark off war. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said Pakistan would never shun
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    • 167 14 Wire services KABUL Mullah Mohammed Omar may be negotiating a surrender with Washington’s Afghan allies, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. There is no word on Osama bin Laden he appears to have disappeared, a US coalition official said. But the Taleban chief is reportedly
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    • 220 14 Reuters PARIS Bringing the latest news to your armchair can often be dangerous. Thirty-one journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2001, a media watchdog said. Also, the number jailed or attacked for their work rose dramatically last year,
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    • weird world
      • 81 14 DOZENS of passengers on every flight to London from Jamaica are drug smugglers, British diplomats said. Deputy High Commissioner Phil Sinkinson suggested that more than one in 10 passengers from Jamaica was smuggling drugs. Mr Sinkinson told the BBC: “Many passengers on board any flight have got cocaine
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      • 72 14 Reuters HUNDREDS of Cypriots ended up in hospital after a New Year binge on food and booze, papers said yesterday. In Nicosia, more than 530 people visited the hospital casualty department suffering from over-eating, the daily Philelephtheros reported. In what has become a national tradition,
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      • 62 14 A CAT is recovering after surviving a piranha attack while drinking out of a fish tank. When Pebbles dipped her head in the tank at a pet shop in Wigan, near Manchester, an 18cm piranha bit her on the nose. Her owner said Pebbles refuses to drink
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  • easy STREATS
    • 523 15  -  by DIANA SER What happens when one of Hongkong's showbiz icons, Lydia Sum, plays tour guide in her hometown? You eat, see stars and eat some more. The cast of Channel s's Living With Lydia spill the beans OH, to be rich and famous. Lunch
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    • 117 16  -  by STEPHANIE GOH If you were a fan of David Cronenberg's visceral world in eXistenZ (1999), don't miss this. This is more visually spectacular. Japanese director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor) explores the slippery line between virtual reality and the real world. It's no Matrix. Oh
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    • 45 16 Golaugh. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Starring Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Takeshi Naitou, Yasuko Sawaguchi Get acquainted with spellbinding creatures from the East, as lovable and hilarious animated beings from director Hayao Miyazaki's ripe imagination populate a world of weary gods and fearsome sorceresses.
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    • 82 16 Goscare Directed by Alejandro Amenabar Starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley While her ex has been getting flak for Vanilla Sky, critics are raving about the former Mrs Tom Cruise's performance as a paranoid mother of two in this spooky psychological thriller. While Cruise worked
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    • 99 16 GothrilL ,i:or Directed by Peter Jackson Starring Elijah Wood, lan McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean Forget Santa's elves. The ethereal and exceedingly wise elves in JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth are far more enchanting.
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    • 58 16 f V Goromance Directed by Cameron Crowe Starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee Young publishing hotshot David Aames (Cruise) falls hard for puckerlips Sofia (Cruz) and starts neglecting his crazed sometime bed-partner Julie Gianni (Diaz). Not that good an idea, when the spurned Julie suddenly
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    • 341 18  -  foodieTWO-SHOES by WILEEN CHANG IT'S winter in many parts of the world. In Singapore, we are experiencing our own version of winter gusty winds and heavy rain. In this cold damp weather, the steamboat’s allure bubbles. The thing about steamboats is that as long as
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    • 96 20 This week is almost too good to be true. My umbrella is getting dusty not that I'm complaining. Tonight, you can deck out in your best party wear without having to worry about getting your make-up watered down by the rain. Temperatures will range between 23°C
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    • Just a minute
      • 80 20 If you need to throw away your junk mail and flyers, you can use any of the 15 paper recycling bins at Raffles Place, City Hall, Outram Park and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations. The bins will be there till next month. The stations were chosen as they are among
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      • 78 20 The people behind the Making A Difference (MAD) movement aims to encourage youths to contribute good deeds, which is modelled after the heart-warming movie, Pay It Forward. So if you are a young Singaporean, why not go to www.heartware-network.org and select from a list of 36 good
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    • Happenin'
      • 73 20 RAFFLES INTERNATIONAL RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY Raffles City Shopping Centre, Atrium, Level 1 Sunday, 9am Raffles International commemorates the re-naming of the Westin Stamford and the Westin Plaza by attempting to get into the Guiness Book of records for the most number of participants at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. To take part,
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      • 45 20 SUPERCROC Plaza Singapura Atrium Tomorrow till 28 Jan, 10am-9pm Free Get up close and personal with a reconstruction of the SuperCroc, a gigantic reptile that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. SuperCroc, the programme, premieres on SCV Channel 35, on 13 Jan, 9pm.
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      • 64 20 STREATS MONTHLY MOVIE TREATS CORKY ROMANO Shaw Bugis Hall 2 (Bugis Junction) Jan 9,7 pm Corky Romano, the loser son of underworld crime lord, Pops, has a mission to go undercoverfor the FBI. Catch this exclusive preview of the movie and be prepared to be entertained by Saturday Night
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        63 20 BEFORE YOU SAY'I DO' Wedding and Marriage Preparation Workshop Shangri-la's Rasa Sentosa Resort Tomorrow, 1.30-6.30 pm $6O per couple Recession-proof budgeting and money-saving tips are just some of many useful topics covered in this seminar organised by Fei Yue Counselling Centre and supported by Her World Brides. The price
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      • 47 20 ACUPUNCTURE AND THE TREATMENT OF COMMON AILMENTS Jurong East Community Library, Meeting Room Today, 7.30 pm Free Come and listen to Mr Ni, an experienced acupuncturist, who will share his knowledge on the curative properties of the silver needle for such ailments as stroke and arthritis
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      • 29 20 ARTS IN THE CITY LAVENDER TRIO Raffles City Shopping Centre Today, 1-1.45 pm Free Let three musicians from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra regale you with lunchtime classical music.
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    • Tune in TV & Movie news
      • 57 21 s Pm, Channel U Heaven and Earth Clan holds wives hostage, forcing him to lo °k for the treasure. Bao tells Quan Shuang to make a fake treasure kill. Kangxi thinks Bao is leading the c lan to the treasure and orders his troops to kill
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      • 32 21 LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 7 7 Pm, TV Works A teenage girl’s claim that a man befriended her on the Internet faulted her leads to a sting operation involving paedophilia.
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      • 56 21 °Pm, Channel 8 those who missed Cassandra See on TV, here’s a chance to :m c atch her in Channel B’s newest J s itcom. In the pattern of local P e riod comedies like House of J show and Happy Family, the J will feature a
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      • 130 21 ACTRESS Mira Sorvino has shockingly claimed some top Hollywood stars have sex for real during movie sex scenes. According to IMDb.com, the Oscarwinner, who is as noted for her striking looks as her brains, says that a couple of her showbiz pals have confided to her
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      153 21 d EVILS' BAR RED CAFE 1 Tanglin Road r chard Parade Hotel #O2-01 T *l: 732-0819 barest MRT: Orchard IF you are a fan of veteran rock chick Koh, this is the place for you. But this three-in-one nightspot has than just that to offer. Besides a live
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    • 265 22 IT'S official: Gongfu sells, In Jackie Chan’s case, it raked in about $llB million in 2001 alone. Hongkong’s The Sun yesterday released its annual survey of Hongkong stars’ earnings, and the star of Rush Hour and Rush Hour II topped the list as the
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    • 311 16 Calling all GCE ‘N’, ‘O’, ‘A’ level students University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate Established in 1858, the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) is a world leader in today’s field of educational assessment Every year, more than one million candidates around the world enter for the high standard
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    • 199 18 STREATS BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION Call 1900-911-0005 Win Tickets to an Exclusive Preview Catch all the action in this hilarious comedy. Complimentary tickets for 120 lucky Streats readers are up for grabs. Just call us with the correct answer and you could win! QUESTION: In Corky Romano, Chris Kattan plays
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 489 21 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUAftIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You call it as you see it Associates may be turned off by your style, but they can’t deny its positive effect The most satisfying alliances are those that you’ve earned. Smart Aquarians know a friend when they find one. PISCES
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  • Sports
    • 444 23 Lakers struggles to tarnish Nuggets r NBA Championship Nuggets 86 Lakers 87 ■■*-■■■»*> mini iliM DENVER Kobe Bryant is trying to fill the offensive hole left by Shaquille O’Neal and do his part on the boards as well. He scored 22 of his 28 points in the
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    • 377 24  -  Three clubs express interest in Rafi Ali by ADAM HASHIDY JUST a month ago, no club was interested in Rafi Ali. Demoralised, the international midfielder with astute vision contemplated retirement. He was even toying with the idea of helping his parents in their food business. Today, things are
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    • 221 25  -  by ADAM HASHIDY jury is still out. Despite meeting for the sec°nd time yesterday, there was s till no decision by the Football Association of Singapore’s disciplinary committee on the Singapore Cup final fiasco. The committee, chaired by lawyer Mohamed Muzammil, first met on
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      572 25 Heskey's poor form is telling on Reds'chances LONDON -The cruel irony will not have been lost on Liverpool fans as Robbie Fowler claimed the latest goal in his flourishing Leeds career. As Fowler’s wonder lob sealed a 3-0 win over West Ham and took Leeds to the top
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    • SOCCER
      • 67 25 LONDON Jonathan Woodgate is being tipped to win an England recall once he has completed 100 hours of community service. The Leeds defender was handed the punishment after being found guilty of affray following an attack on an Asian student Sarfraz Najeib. Several British newspapers even suggested
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      • 48 25 MARINE Castle United FC will be holding trials for its under-16 and under-18 teams this weekend at Hougang Stadium. The under-16 trial will start at 2pm tomorrow and the under-18 at Bam on Sunday. For more details, contact the club at Tel: 385-5667.
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