Streats, 9 July 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 112 1 ‘When the dog is cooked alive with an acetylene torch as had indeed happened in Singapore... it offends our social norms, our sensitivity as what is appropriate in our culture.’ Minister of State (National Development) Vivian Balakrishnan on the need for the Animals and Birds (Amendment) Bill, which
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  • 542 1  -  Singapore tightens rules on accountability Another US financial scandal breaks By_ Deepa Vijiyasingam EVEN as Parliament was passing laws to make companies more transparent in the way they conduct their business, another creative accounting scandal shook world financial markets yesterday. Hot on the heels of cooked-up numbers
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 113 1 -AFP ASIAN markets were unnerved yesterday by new reports of accounting troubles in the US, pushing most stocks lower. In Singapore, The Straits Times Index closed 1.2 per cent, or 20.25 points, weaker at 1,621.28. In Tokyo, shares were also hit by a rise
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  • STREATS local
    • 288 2  -  B y Zubaidah Nazeer MUMS-TO-BE can now get their confinement nannies’ temporary work permits approved immediately or in advance. Previously, it took seven days. And mums-to-be had to produce a Personal Accident Insurance, a medical check-up and fingerprinting for the nannies. Not anymore. The Manpower Ministry
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    • 123 2 DAVID DeArmond murdered his Singaporean wife and her mother, but his family wants custody of his children. The three children, Daniel, five, Courtney, three, and Brandon, two, are in a foster home in Honolulu, Hawaii. David, 33, a US Navy technician, has admitted to
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    • 307 2  -  By Khushwant Singh EYES red from a sleepless night, she arrived at the High Court, worried that her favourite brother might be sentenced to death. Sitting next to her father in the back row of the public gallery, the 26-year-old machine operator who
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    • 428 3  -  SMS, quizzes suggested to end NDP ticket fiasco By Gary Lim LONG, overnight queues. Flared tempers. Wasted time. It is an annual ritual that has become part of seizing the prize of tickets to the National Day Parade. It was no different on Sunday,
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    • 71 3 IT’S time to beat the queue. Give us your ideas on how best to distribute National Day Parade tickets and win one of 10 pairs of tickets which Streats is giving away for the best ideas. E-mail your suggestions to
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  • STREATS parliament
    • 371 4 Bank balances will be kept secret THE Consumer Credit Bureau will not reveal how much money credit card holders have in their bank accounts, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. He said the function of bureau, to be set up in September by
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    • 152 4 THERE are no plans to build any more three-room HDB flats despite an apparent increase in demand for them. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday that there are currently about 200,000 such flats for sale in the open market. He was answering Dr
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    • 189 4  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam ANOTHER 800 polytechnic places will be available when Singapore’s fifth polytechnic opens its doors next year. The new Republic Polytechnic will cater to the rise in the numbers entering Primary 1 each year, Education Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament yesterday. It
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    • 89 4 -AFP SINGAPORE expects no change in relations with Malaysia when Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad steps down next year, acting Foreign Minister Lee Yock Suan said yesterday. “We see no reason for any significant change in bilateral relations either immediately or in the long-term,” Mr
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    • 126 4 FOR two years running, the US State Department has identified Singapore as a destination country for the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. So Singapore has been classified “Tier 2”, alongside countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Angola. Mr Tan Soo Khoon (East Coast GRC),
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  • STREATS financial
    • 173 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Maxis Communications marked its first day of trading on Monday with an 18 per cent gain, boosted by foreign and local institutional interest and defying the downward pull of a weaker market. Stock in the top mobile operator closed at
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    • 26 6 *AS AT JULY 8 US$: 551,764 552.702 EURO: 551.738 Ss: DM1.256 Ss: 67.36 YEN Ss: RM2.154 Ss: HK54.421 Ss: 23.49 BAHT Ss: 5,038 RUPIAH
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    • 510 6 STI: 1,621.28 20.25 Reuters SHARES closed lower yesterday, nipping a promising rally in the bud, as a resurfacing of worries over accounting issues and Wall Street's direction stoked profit-taking. Technology stocks like Venture Manufacturing gave up initial gains as US stock futures dipped on a
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    • 270 6 Partner Sing Tel eyes foray into interactive TV Wire services SINGAPORE Cellular phone services provider Virgin Mobile has decided to pull the plug on its Singapore operations due to continued weakness in the retail sector, the company said yesterday. The joint venture between Britain’s Virgin
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    • 285 6 HONGKONG Indonesia themed mutual funds roared ahead of regional rivals in the first half of the year, while Taiwan focused products were the only Asian funds to suffer six-month net losses, the latest industry data has shown. Indonesia funds returned a rocketing 71.78 per cent
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    • 407 9 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES Ms Carolyn Brancato was supposed to advise the top officials of the oil-rich sultanate of Oman on how to clean up their stock market. Instead she found herself fielding offers of condolence. “Everyone was dressed in their robes
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    • 137 9 Reuters WASHINGTON -Eager to shed a pro-business image that has become a liability following a wave of accounting scandals, US President George W Bush is finalising new measures to crack down on corporate misconduct with criminal penalties and jail time for the worst offenders. Mr
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 309 11 THE recent brouhaha over investigations into alleged defamatory articles on the Internet surprises me. I find the fears of some regarding the recent probes quite unfounded and baseless. I surf the Net regularly and post my comments and articles on several
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    • 115 11 I REFER to “What goes up” by Deepa Vijiyasingam and Ms Katherine Koh’s letter (Both in Streats, July 8). I feel it is time that the Ministry of Transport reshuffle the Public Transport Council. I have a few questions: How many of the current
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    • 151 11 THE suggestion in Mr Vincent Lim’s letter “Fare policy is fair, says SBS” (Streats, July 8) that it is only fair that a commuter pay the fare based on the ez-link charge if the reader is out of order. Mr Lim spoke for his
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    • 70 11 EXPANDING on Ms Katherine Koh’s letter “How is PTC selected” (Streats, July 8), I want to point out that of the present PTC members, three hold senior positions with transport companies SBS Transit, SMRT and Tibs. Is it a good idea to have them on the council, as
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    • 136 11 DBS has said that it is making good to customers, on “a goodwill basis”, the $62,000 stolen by a hacker recently. Ms Elsie Foh, managing director of the DBS consumer banking group, even warned that if online banking customers do not take precautions, the bank
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    • 37 11 IN our story “Home tele-visits a world first” (Streats, July 5), the name of Mr Koh Tong Hai, head of the Technology Branch at the Singapore Prisons Department, was misspelled. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 50 11 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. E-mail us at streats@spkcom.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should be no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other publications will not be published.
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  • STREATS regional
    • 237 13 Aussie universities to get tough on overseas students SYDNEY Overseas students who struggle with English may find it harder to get into the country after a planned shake-up of the education system. The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday that reforms could include toughening the
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    • 151 13 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is ready to rework the pricing formula for water after a proposal to make Singapore pay 100 times more was rejected, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. He said that the current proposal was no longer being pushed.
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    • 69 13 Reuters BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he was outraged by Thai intelligence reports saying members of the militant A 1 Qaeda network were hiding in the Muslimdominated south. Mr Thaksin said that Thai intelligence officers used “a lot of imagination” in presenting
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 13 Rescue workers removing the body of a man killed in afire that engulfed a karaoke bar in Palembang, Sumatra, yesterday. Twenty people were killed, while others managed to escape after rescuers blasted through the wall of the club Reuters
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    • 167 13 -AFP SINGAPORE Hongkong has replaced Tokyo as the world’s costliest city, and Asia is the most expensive region, a global survey revealed yesterday. High prices of goods in the personal care, domestic supplies and transport categories saw Hongkong being ranked as the most expensive
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 49 13 -AFP HONGKONG’S government will press ahead with a law to cut civil servants’ pay despite protests, Mr Michael Suen, acting chief secretary for administration, said yesterday. He said it was time to move on after Sunday’s demonstration by some 30,000 public sector workers. afp
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      • 58 13 THE Syariah Bill being debated by Terengganu’s state government has been passed in an amended version, malaysiakini.com has reported. Two provisions calling for lashing or death by stoning, if a rape victim was found to have made a slanderous accusation, were deleted from the Bill. The Bill
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      • 43 13 -AFP A CHOKING haze blanketing Pontianak has caused flight delays, officials said yesterday. Mr Kosasih, an airport official at the city in West Kalimantan, said one landing was delayed yesterday and about six flights were delayed over the weekend. afp
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  • STREATS global
    • 135 14 afp NEW DELHI An Indian housewife’s palms were burnt when she was made to undergo a fiery test to prove her fidelity after she returned from a holiday with a male friend. The parents-in-law of Ms Sangeeta ordered her to hold a red-hot iron
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    • 279 14 Bush against peacekeeping role in Kabul Wire services WASHINGTON The Bush administration is turning aside suggestions that it increase the US military role in Afghanistan after the assassination of Afghan Vice-President Haji Abdul Qadir. US President George W Bush wants to focus on training the
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    • 194 14 Wire services BARCELONA A potential Aids vaccine and a new drug to help people suffering from the disease will be in the market soon. US company Vax Gen says the vaccine could be available within five years not 10 as previously thought. At the Aids
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    • 145 14 Wire services TEL AVIV Israel’s departing military chief of staff has said that only the replacement of Mr Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader might prompt an Israeli withdrawal from the seven West Bank cities it now controls. “As long as Mr Arafat and
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  • easy STREATS
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      732 16  -  Tellytubby YVONNE KWOK If Channel 5’s new drama Heartlanders is a true reflection of how Singaporean police work and of Singaporeans in general, please get me out of this country MIDWAY through the fiasco that is new Channel 5 drama, Heartlanders, I wondered why MediaCorp didn’t call the
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    • 164 16  -  Yen Feng THEY recently spent three long weeks with each other filming for the new travelouge series Pure Fun. They were also spotted partying at a Sydney club. Small wonder then that there have been rumours galore about lx Shen and Ericia
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    • 138 16 TWO days after actress Cecilia Cheung broke down at an autograph session, her ex, Daniel Chan, spoke out against Nicholas Tse, the man who allegedly caused her outburst. Without referring to Nicholas by name, Daniel told reporters on Sunday that he has advised
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    • 136 18 THE whole island will enjoy partly cloudy conditions. Temperatures, however, will be a hot 26-33°C. High tides will be at 11.28 am (2.3 m) and 10.09 pm (2.7 m). But that’s I nothing compared to the I water level in Lituya Bay, I Alaska, on this
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    • Just a minute
      • 96 18 Didn’t manage to get NDP tickets? Try winning them instead. Take part in games and quizzes based on Singapore’s history at www.ndp2oo2.org.sg While you’re there, wish Singapore a happy birthday at the NDP Cafe, a first of its kind forum where you can leave congratulatory messages on
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    • Happenin’
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        121 18 ANG TAD MUI Action Theatre The Room Upstairs July 17 till Aug 11,3pm and 8pm Tickets at $25 (Preview) and $29 (Evening and matinee shows) Call TicketCharge at 6296-2929 Single and fighting her 40s, Ang Tau Mui (Red Bean Girl) is fast on the way to becoming an “auntie”.
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        62 18 ASIA ON MY MIND BY HANS HOEFER CoChine Galleries (Club Street) Friday till July 31,12pm-9pm Free Hans Hoefer, founder of Insight Guides, displays collections from his personal visual diary while travelling through Asia. He has travelled to over 120 countries in search of adventure. His photography technique involves scratching
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      • 77 18 ORANG ORANG Sculpture Square Friday and Saturday, Bpm Tickets at $l6 and $ll (concession) Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Zai Kuning is the main man in this three-part performance that focuses on vocal and drumming improvisation. Based loosely on a mixture of Malay, Korean and Japanese rhythm, Zai found
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      • Article, Illustration
        132 18 TRIO RECITAL Victoria Concert Hall Tomorrow, 8pm Tickets at $51 and $26 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The concert will feature Ayumu Kuwata (on cello), Takashi Nagamine (violin), and Tsutomu Komatsu (piano). The trio will perform Mozart’s Piano Trio No 1 in B flat major K254, Martin’s popular Irish fold
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 82 19 10pm, Central This is a romantic comedy about a French cellist (Audrey Hepburn) who is intrigued by international playboy Flannagan (Gary Cooper), whom her detective father has been investigating. She overhears an enraged husband say he will kill Flannagan for stepping out with his wife. She
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        68 19 7pm, Channel 5 Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but when they return, they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking
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      • 161 19 Reuters HOLLYWOOD siren Marilyn Monroe was “God-awful to work with,” said actor Richard Widmark, one of the last survivors of the golden era. He described her to the Daily Telegraph as “impossible”, saying: “She would hide in her dressing room and refuse to come out.” Richard, who
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    • Article, Illustration
      121 19 SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR Read My Lips www. sophieellisbextor. net SHE could have been a model if she had wanted to. You might have come across this sophisticated and stylish 22-year-old before. Sophie contributed the vocals to Spiller’s Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love), transforming the Italian deep house into
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 461 19 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 If things continue as they have been, there could be big trouble. Competition is futile. Cooperation is the wave of the future. By trusting others, you liberate the part of your mind that was busy worrying. PISCES FEB 19- MAR
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  • STREATS sports
    • 677 21 Former England manager signs two-year deal Wire services LONDON Former England manager Terry Venables was named yesterday as the new manager of Premiership side Leeds United, signing a twoyear deal, the club said. Venables, 59, takes over from David O’Leary, who was suprisingly sacked 11
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    • 323 21 Wire services LONDON David Seaman (above) will be offered a new deal at Arsenal following his outstanding display for England at the World Cup. The experienced goalkeeper, 38, is currently on holiday and the deal, which is expected to be for a year, will
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    • 419 22 Reuters SYDNEY Lleyton Hewitt’s past indiscretions and often fragile relationship with the Australian public and media were forgotten after he won the Wimbledon men’s singles title, beating Argentina’s David Nalbandian on Sunday. Pictures and reports of Hewitt’s historic win were plastered over the front pages
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    • 356 22  -  Striker will be ahai|Sfil By- 'Adam Hashidy WATCH out for Europeantrained striker Akmal Rizal Rakhli (above) or pay a heavy price. That was the warning given by Goal 2010 Assistant Director PN Sivaji to the Singapore Lions who face Malaysia in a friendly in Kuantan
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    • 102 22 AKMAL Rizal’s strike partner in the Malaysia national team, Khalid Jamlus, has also been earning rave reviews in Europe. The 24-year-old, winner of the Golden Boot Award with 17 goals in the Malaysian Premier I for Perak, is now mulling over two offers from Germany.
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    • 524 23  -  Du, Zhang ineligible as they have not been granted citizenship By. Lim Han Ming CHINA-BORN throwers Du Xianhui and Zhang Guirong will not wear Singapore colours at the Asian Games in Pusan in September despite outstanding performances in Hongkong. Du, 21, won two gold medals
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    • 324 23 -AFP SAARBRUECKEN, Germany Oscar Freire of Spain won yesterday’s second stage of the Tour de France following a sprint at the finish. Freire, of the Mapei-Quick Step team, clocked 4 hr, 19 min and 51 sec, to win the stage, a 181 km trek through
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • SOCCER
        • 133 23 Reuters EINDHOVEN, Holland Guus Hiddink, who took South Korea to the World Cup semi-finals, is to return as coach to Dutch First Division side PSV Eindhoven. “Coach Guus Hiddink has given a definitive answer and will coach the club’s first team for the next two seasons,” PSV
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        • 113 23 Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona is on the brink of closing a deal to sign Boca Juniors midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme, Spanish papers reported yesterday. They said that the Catalan club would pay 13 million euros (5522.53 million) for the highly-rated 24-year-old Argentine. He will then sign a five-year
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        • 100 23 LONDON Nuno Gomes is on the verge of completing a move to Tottenham following lengthy discussions with club officials in Portugal over the weekend. Gomes, his agent and representatives from Fiorentina met a Spurs contingent late on Friday for negotiations that went on until Saturday, reports Soccemet. The
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 25 23 IN THE LIVING ROOM GENERAL: Sportscenter Asia (ESPN Ch 23, Bpm). DELAYED TELECAST CYCLING: Tour De France highlights: Stage 2 (ESPN Ch 23, 12.30 pm).
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