Streats, 20 September 2000

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 20 September 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 517 1  -  by Sarah Ng If you persist in throwing things out Q staying in another 1 flat for five years. •If you've committed I 4* a "serious" offence. You will be be given six months to move out. a No buying or renting a flat
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  • 77 1 I People are going to say, oh she's a model, so she's bound to be a bimbo in real life as well. And my role in Making Love is not going help things. But I took the role because l*m still a nobody and I
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  • morning rush
    • 52 1 THE late Justice M Karthigesu will be remembered through the M. Karthigesu Gold Medal and Memorial Prize launched on Monday by one of the biggest shipping law firms. A 14karat medal will be presented each year to top law student specialising in shipping law at the National University
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    • 54 1 NEXT July, the NUS will start its own gifted education programme, called the University Scholars Programme for 300 hand-picked students. They will study a wide range of subjects and decide on their degree course only at the end of the first year. They’ll also spend one at
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    • 55 1 MAJOR Lim Sok Bee (right), 36, is the first female commanding officer of a combat unit in the army. The former lawyer and national hockey player, a graduate of the NUS, is the new CO of the 21st Battalion, Singapore Artillery which handles 120 mm mortars
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  • Streatsmart pictorial
    • 419 2  -  by Sarah Ng by Charles Ng Ĕ M'Jo you know about boy-girl relationships; love-making, and who undresses first during love-making? A man, pretending to be a govenment official, to girl NEVER tell strangers you’re home alone. You’ve told your kid that so many times.
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 331 3 Paid maternity leave also a hot feedback topic THE Baby Bonus and paid maternity leave for a third child were hot topics last month, according to the Government’s Feedback Unit. Of 1,100 people who took part in a straw poll by the unit on the two policies,
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    • 368 3 Befairat workdays Streats reader in letter €oes not matter if maternity e were granted to third pregnancies; or if more infant/child care centres were established; or that monetary incentives are being dished out by the Government. Give us mothers-to-be and mothers what we really need a’
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    • Interchange
      • 259 3 Background: In response to The Straits Times article,"Where's the cab when I need one?'/a reader sent in his opinion that the suggestions in the article were neither new nor creative. He proposed instead private motorists be allowed to turn taxi-drivers during
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    • 439 3 LOSE my flat? •Move out of my flat? •Or be given a written waring? If you wonder what will happen to you if you were convicted of killer litter offences under HDB’s revised guidelines, here are examples of nine convicted cases
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    • 220 4 YOU'RE in a hurry, but you’re caught in a traffic jam. The cause of the jam two drivers involved in a small accident arguing away in the middle of the road. So aren’t you frustrated? Well, help is on the way. Lee Lee Electronics has
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    • 201 4 onekindact Ms Liu Mel Ying, 31, a British teacher working in Singapore: I LOST my way while looking for the Cairnhill Arts Centre last Monday. Although I had a map with me, I couldn't find the arts centre as it was my first time there. After
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    • news scan
      • 182 4 WHAT first appeared to be a fast and easy way to make a quick buck turned out to be a con job instead. At about 11am yesterday, Mr Sin Meng Kong, 63, was cycling along Crescent Road when he met another cyclist, who showed him a 4D
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      • 90 4 AN office at Suntec City Tower 3 was ransacked and drawers were forced open. The result: two notebooks worth $B,OOO and $l,OOO cash were stolen. The staff of Knowledge Engineering had locked the office on the 34th floor at 8.35 pm Sunday night. But when one
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      • 128 4 A TRAFFIC accident along the KJE involving four vehicles left a 22-year-old Malaysian man seriously wounded and unconscious. On Monday at about 5.10 pm, a prime mover was travelling on the left lane along the KJE towards Choa Chu Kang when the driver apparently lost control of the
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      • 167 4 A MAN who broke down his own front door and threatened his wife was fined $2OOO. Santhakumar s/o Govindasamy, 32, returned home to his flat at Block 144, Viking Road on Aug 8 at around 2.50 am and began to pound on his front door. His wife, Madam
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    • 318 5 A WIDOW who said a drunk driver caused her husband’s death won her case yesterday. The High Court found the motorist, Mr Lee Chin Ngee, 38, a catering manager, totally at fault for the accident. Housewife Gou Xiuhua, 39,
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    • 192 5 YOUR mobile phone is running low on battery? You may be able to charge it in public. A carousel-like charging station was recently launched in Taiwan and can charge up to 24 phones and 40 different models at one time. It is one of dozens of business ideas on
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    • 75 5 Our weather girl says Hi! No luck with the sun again today as skies will be partly cloudy. No chance of leaving your umbrellas at home or in the office either as there will be showers with thunder in the late morning and afternoon. The temperature will reach 32 deg
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    • Just a minute
      • 59 5 From this month The Government will give all motorists a road tax rebate of $l5O per passenger car unit (PCU) to August next year. This is part of the five-year road tax rebate package that the Government is giving out to help motorists adjust to the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)
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      • 69 5 The September holidays are already over. However, the year-end holidays will be around in a blink of an eye. Those of you who are planning to go on an overseas trip should start making plans now. The k Pre-Natas Travel Fair Wk Promotion is on till Oct 1. Head
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      • 47 5 Head to the Botanic Gardens Symphony Stage at 6pm this evening and be entertained by the US Air Force i Strolling Strings. wikThe band of 22 talented musicians m will play a wide range ill of music, all from Wmemory! No mil admission charges.
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    • 99 4 STUD AEO Singapore Saturday, Sept 23 Exhibition 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pan Pacific Hotel Pacific Ballroom 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square 1 i U.S.A, States Represented Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin State Universities, Private Universities,
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  • Streatsmart column
    • 227 6 betweenthelines Jflhtil five or six years ago, HDB mortgages were not a major drain on the CPF, even when the market for resale flats was booming. Today, some 40,000 HDB resale flats, and a slightly smaller number of new flats, are sold each year almost
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    • 599 6 FOR far too long, my idea of charity was filling out some cousin’s walkathon card. Or making that impassioned plea for you to dial the 1900 number, depending on whether or not I was involved in the televised and glamorised fund-rais-ing efforts. So three weeks ago,
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 329 7 Reuters Likelihood of rescuing hostages decreases as operation continues JOLO, Philippines Thousands of people were trapped yesterday by a Philippine military attack on rebels, refugees from the fighting said. Food and water were scarce and the wounded could not be taken to hospital because
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    • 107 7 -AFP COTABATO, Philippines Unknown gunmen abducted a grocer here in the third kidnapping on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in a week, police said. The gunmen blocked 28-year-old Michael Ang’s car while he was on his way to his shop and forced him into another
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    • 162 7 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian media yesterday backed the Philippine military attack on the Abu Sayyaf. The Utusan Malaysia daily said Manila “has given ample chances to the Abu Sayyaf rebels through negotiations but they continue to kidnap”. A government faced with such a
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    • 195 7 -AFP JAKARTA Police may ask President Abdurrahman Wahid what he knows about the alleged involvement of a son of former president Suharto in a spate of bomb blasts in Jakarta. “There is a possibility we will consult with the president to get more in-depth information
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    • know or not
      • 65 7 Your voice has a higher pitch when you speak after inhaiing heiium. That's because the gas is much lighter than air, so sound waves can vibrate very rapidly in that medium, causing the higher pitch. So, would your voice be lower if you inhale a
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      • 63 7 In 1620, Cornelius van Drebbel, a Dutch inventor, built the first submarine, according to didyouknow.com. He wrapped a wooden rowboat in waterproof leather and had air tubes which floated to the surface to provide oxygen. The oars went through the hull at leather gaskets, and Mr van
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    • news scan
      • 106 7 Reuters WASHINGTON -Fifteen women filed a class action lawsuit against Japan in a US federal court on Monday, seeking compensation and an apology for being forced to work as sex slaves for Japan’s army in the 1930 s and 40s. The suit represents “all women
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      • 87 7 Reuters HANOI Water levels in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are still rising and there are likely to be more casualties from the worst floods in the region in decades. An official in An Giang said water levels, already above five metres, rose another three cm overnight as flood
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      • 72 7 Reuters PHNOM PENH The flooding in Cambodia has claimed nearly 120 lives, destroyed more than 100,000 hectares of crops and caused more than US$5O million (SsB7 million) in property damage. “Water is everywhere Infrastructure is seriously damaged,” said Asian Development Bank resident representative Urooj Malik. Mr
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      • 84 7 Reuters WASHINGTON US and North Korean officials will neet in New York this month to discuss Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes, and what Washington calls its support for terrorism. A senior US official said Washington was hoping to get more clarity on an offer
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      • 66 7 Reuters NEW YORK The US urged the Chinese government to release Bishop Zeng Jingmu of the underground Roman Catholic church, reportedly arrested last week for his religious activities. “The persecution of an 81-year-old clergyman who has already spent more than 30 years in prison is unacceptable and
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    • 274 8 -AFP Singapore posted growth of 5.4 per cent in 1999. That pace will accelerate to 7.9 per cent in 2000 and s.9per cent in 2001 PRAGUE The economic recovery is accelerating in Asia, which will see average growth above 6 per cent for
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    • 135 8 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand plans to develop global Thai food franchises along the lines of McDonalds, reports said yesterday. Thailand’s Department of Export Promotions will open discussions next week with US hotel groups Marriott and Starwood about partnering Thai food franchises abroad, the Nation daily
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    • 136 8 Reuters SYDNEY Police on Sydney Games duty have warned that they may take industrial action over the small portions of food they receive at Olympic sites, Australia’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday. “They must think we’re Oliver Twist with what they are giving us
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    • 123 8 -AFP YANGON UN special envoy Razali Ismail is expected to visit Myanmar early next month, the local press said yesterday. Mr Razali, who first came to Yangon in early July, is expected to visit again next month, the Myanmar Times said. On his first visit,
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    • web cites
      • 39 8 Realgames.org and Sydney. indymedia.org are disseminating alternative information and views on the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games. The sites are intended for people who want to taste the reality under the "icing manufactured by the Olympics propaganda machine"
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      • 26 8 Want to know more about our contingent for the Olympics? Read profiles of our athletes, competition schedules and results of events at www.wwc.gov.sg/olympics.
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    • 148 8 roster’s brings the Olympics to Singapore! '-a*** m Foster's brand of tongue-in-cheek humour is relevant everywhere in the world. Like Singapore, for instance. AUSTRALIAN FOR OLYMPIC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP mm AUSTRALIAN FOR BEER Last week, while the Foster's team was at a friend's house, they could not resist taking a picture
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 220 9 Reuters WASHINGTON A senior US official, speaking amid heightened fears of Iraq aggression, reiterated US demands that President Saddam Hussein and top aides be brought before an international court. “Our primary objective is to see Saddam Hussein and the leadership of the Iraqi
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    • 268 9 Reuters BELGRADE Yugoslavia put Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac in the dock on Monday, accusing them and 11 other Western leaders of war crimes during last year’s Nato air strikes. The names of the leaders, Who also included US Secretary of State Madeleine
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    • 49 9 gofigure. How many Americans really believe in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)? Apparently, Fox Mulder has a large following. Between a third to half of Americans believe in UFOs. A smaller percentage believe that aliens have actually landed on earth. Science and Engineering Indicators 2000
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    • 238 9 Reuters Dirtiest hands are in New York TORONTO Americans may claim they wash their hands, but one-third are still skulking out of public toilets without even a glance at the sink. They do not keep their hands clean at home either, and are passing around
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    • 273 10 Reuters Most of the commuters affected by the strike are among the city's poorest LOS ANGELES Thousands of the City of Angels’ poorest residents walked or cycled in the blazing sun, shared cars and cabs and in some cases stayed home on Monday as a strike by
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    • 149 10 Reuters AMMAN Jordan’s State Security Court on Monday sentenced to death six militants it linked to Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden for plotting attacks against Israeli and US targets in the kingdom. The six, four of whom are at large, were among 28
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    • 174 10 mb. Reuters It should not be done until stringent standards and rules are in place WASHINGTON The modifi cation of human genes that can be passed to future generations is not safe at this time and should not be undertaken, the world’s largest federation of scientists
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    • 137 10 Reuters LONDON Lack of sleep can cause the same physical and mental impairments as being drunk. Australian researchers said reaction times, accuracy, co-ordination and attention span in people who stay awake for up to 19 hours are as bad, or worse, than those of drinkers
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    • 93 10 Reuters LONDON British doctors added olive oil to the list of foods that may help prevent colon cancer. A study by University of Oxford scientists adds to evidence that olive oil is as good as fruit and vegetables in preventing colon cancer. Dr Michael
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    • news scan
      • 108 10 COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa A lonely 76-year-old ex-convict demanded two $5O bills from a bank teller and then said he would be outside in his car smoking a cigarette waiting to be returned to jail. Police said Mr Marvin Stewart walked into the People’s National Bank
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      • 108 10 HAMBURG, Germany A judge waging a one-man war on crime in Hamburg was put on trial himself, charged with perverting the course of justice. Mr Ronald Schill, dubbed “Judge Merciless” by the media for his severe sentences, was accused of ignoring an appeal by two visitors to
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      • 86 10 BUDAPEST A Hungarian World War II prisoner who spent 53 years in a Russian psychiatric hospital has found his long lost family. “I think there’s no doubt he’s my brother it’s incredible,” said Mr Janos Toma, 62, living in the tiny village of Sulyanbokor in
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      • 77 10 BEIJING After surviving 2,000 years of wars, quakes and revolutions, China’s terracotta warriors are battling their worst enemy yet a fungus. Mould is eroding 1,400 of the life-size terracotta warriors and horses that guard the tomb of China’s first emperor Qin Shihuang, who ruled from 259 to
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      • 89 10 MILAN A second octuplet born to an Italian woman has died. The baby girl, Cristina, had suffered from blood problems overnight. Ms Marinella Mazzara, 31, gave birth to the first of the octuplets, a girl, who was born naturally last Wednesday. One baby, a boy, was born
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 139 11 Nice guy Andy Lau is ticked off. He’s angry with the person who is lr hpersonating him. He discovered that there is a fake chatting up girls on his web site’s c hatroom. 1 The fake Andy Lau had managed to Convince a few of Andy’s
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    • 149 11 THE things people do just to get a chance to become a movie star. Hongkong King of Comedy Chow was in Shanghai 'ast Saturday, auditioning potential actors and actresses for his n ew movie, The Football Wonder Of Shaolin. In a bid to catch his attention,
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    • 107 11 Tennis millionaires Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles have abandoned the luxury °f five-star hotels to enjoy a more down-to-earth existence in the Olympic athletes’ village. The two tennis stars, who have 12 Grand Slam titles between them, are used to travelling •n style to tournaments
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    • 113 11 CRIME pays, at least on television. That’s what Emmywinning Sopranos star James Gandolfini has discovered. Gandolfini, who plays minor New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano in the dark, gritty drama just signed a renegotiated contract worth US$lO million ($l7 million) for the next two seasons, Daily
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    • 140 12 WEDNESDAY O 20 September 2000 on mm i s 11 o #L ■S" 2 sHtatv l®s BIS Hi the per n< P FACE NEW 0 0 0 2 PRESENTED BY: ever To be the first New Face discovery of the new millennium, simply cut out and send this completed form
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  • easy STREATS
    • 44 13  -  hour by Cara van Miriah KamalSidhu will soon be much more than a pretty face in your living room. She'll bring with her the Canada-based TV Much Music TV to Singapore. Flip the page for The Witch's Hour
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    • 405 14  -  tffewitchs hour by Cara van Miriah MUCHMUSIC TV Don’t be confused by its initials. It is NOT MTV No way. It’s better. And soon, Much Music will take Asia by storm. Starting with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia in the coming months, India before coming
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    • 539 15  -  by' /Yvonne Kwok SHE is one of Singapore’s top models, soon to be TV’s newest flavour. Already, she has made people sit up with her acting in Stories About Love, her maiden movie project, where she played Lisa, the receptionist and fantasy woman to Gerald Chew’s David.
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
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          44 15 10pm,TCS5 More bosom-heaving antics as Cupid’s ring is stolen by a warlock, fermenting discord between the sisters and their respective light-o-loves. Cupid 1 himself must convince the Halliwells to help him get it back before all rela- tionships are destroyed and Cupid dies.
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        • Article, Illustration
          75 15 10.35 pm, TCS 8 L It’s the very last VL episode and several Wk questions still m remain. Will Elyn sail away with llj™ James on his fE newly-built boat? M Will Haze and Pier M get married and live Y happily ever after? Who gave
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        • 68 15 10pm, Arts Central This film, directed by Huang Jianxin, was voted one of the top 10 Chinese movies of 1997 by Hongkong cinema critics. Two security officers, assigned to help the police solve a murder case, are put in charge of surveillance at an abandoned water tower. When the
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        • 59 15 7pm, Star Movies (SCV 58) Brad Pitt stars in this trilogy of nerve-jolting A adventures: Show- f down relives the M glory days of the JM Wild West; King E of the Road 1 j centres on drag i racing; while 1] Yellow is a story w
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        • 69 15 9.30 pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) This one is for the movie buffs. If you want to know how some of cinema’s best sci-fi films are shot, this is your chance to get into the know. From futuristic rockets to explosive supernovas, enjoy a close
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    • Streats Life
      • 367 17 Guess his job, win a Swatch! Name: William Yee Age: 27 Gets on MRT at: Sembawang Gets off at: Aljunied lam... A different person to different people. To some, I’m plain Mr Nice Guy. To others, I’m the guy with the great love for music.
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    • easyStreats pick & choose
      • 425 18 at tire movies CLINT EASTWOOD is one squinty, grizzly old man. And he knows it. The Great Wizened One is probably acquainted with every groove and furrow above his brow as well as he knows that trademark smirk of his. In his latest directo-
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    • easyStreats sports
      • olympic scan
        • 72 22 Reuters SYDNEY Pieter van den I Hoogenband (left) of Holland broke the world record in the men’s 100 m freestyle semi-finals yesterday. He clocked 47.845ec to beat the previous mark of 48.18 seconds set by Australian Michael Klim during Saturday’s 4xloo metres freestyle relay final. He had
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        • 76 22 -AFP SYDNEY France’s former Australian Open finalist Amelie Mauresmo became the first seed to fall in the Olympic tennis tournament yesterday when she crashed out in the first round to Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia. Mauresmo, seeded ninth in the women’s singles, lost 3-6, 6-3, 2-6.
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        • 74 22 -AFP SYDNEY German swim queen Franziska van Almsick’s (right) dream of capturing an elusive Olympic individual gold medal ended in tears yesterday when she failed to even qualify for the semi-finals of the 200 m butterfly. The German champion finished a lowly 28th out of
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        • 87 22 -AFP SYDNEY China’s Lin Weining won the gold medal in the women’s 69kg weightlifting category yesterday. Hungary’s Erzsebet Markus took silver, while India’s Karnam Malleswari won bronze. Lin won the gold on bodyweight after both her and Markus hoisted an overall total of 242.5 kg. Lin weighs
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        • Article, Illustration
          80 22 -AFP SYDNEY Chinese weightlifter Chen Xiaomin (left) smashed two world records to take the gold medal comfortably in the women’s 63kg category yesterday. The 23-year-old set a new world mark of 112.5 kg in the snatch section of the competition, beating the 110 kg mark of compatriot
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      • 379 22 -AFP SYDNEY Brazil will seek to banish the ghost of its shock 0-1 Olympic football defeat against Japan in 1996 when they take on the Asians in a crunch qualifying round showdown today. Wanderley Luxemburgo’s young side must win against the Japanese to be sure of having
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      • 227 23 -AP He gives the host its second relay gold in world record time in the 800 m freestyle relay SYDNEY Sent off by rousing cheers of “Thorpey! Thorpey!,” lan Thorpe gave the Aussies a huge lead as they broke the world record in winning the Olympic
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      • 183 23 GS B T United States 7 6 5 18 Australia 6 5 6 17 China 6 2 7 16 France 5 6213 Japan 3317 Italy 3 2 3 8 Holland 3 115 Russia 2 4 3 9 Germany 2 3 2 7 Ukraine 2 3 0 5 Romania
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      • 256 23 -AFP LENNY Krayzelburg, the triple world record-holder, heads the list as he goes for his second gold today. Also in action will be Inge de Bruijn and Penny Heynes. Men: 200 m backstroke (OC Brad Bridgewater (USA), WR Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 1:55.87): Even though California
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      • sport scan
        • 95 23 -AFP SYDNEY When American Michael Johnson (right) puts his best foot forward in the men’s 400 m it will be a gold one. The reigning Olympic champion is keen to make a bold statement when he takes to the track and is rumoured to be wearing running
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        • 75 23 -AFP SYDNEY American sprinter Marion Jones rings her dogs every day and they wag their tails back. Jones really misses her .“babies” Izzi and Polly, a chow and a mastiff so she makes a daily phone call to her home in North Carolina. A friend minding
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        • 67 23 -AFP SYDNEY Romanian weightlifter Andrei Mateias, facing expulsion from the Olympics as a drugs cheat, said yesterday that he had gone on hunger strike in the fight to clear his name. A second Romanian lifter already kicked out of the Games for doping offences, Traian Ciharean, said
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    • 300 14 favehappenings Bar None Singapore Marriott Hotel Singapore *****5 Tel: *****56 Today Coupling its first anniversary bash with a charity drive to raise funds is definitely a good call. The cover charge of $2O will go to the children's charities. The target is to raise $70,000. No 5 Cocktail Bar 5
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1539 16 <m>-El-Bugis UA Bugis Junction 337-9655 El 1 Tampines SHAW Century 738-0555 r<mfH) N 1 Dhoby Ghaut GV Plaza 1900-912-1234 Space Cowboys 10.45 am, 1.20 pm, 4, 6.45, 9.30 The Art of War 11am, 1.30 pm, 4.10, 6.40, 9.15 Hollow Man 11.45 am, 4.15 pm, 9 Nutty Professor 2 The Klumps
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    • 292 17 YOU take the spotlight every Weekday, as the face omong the commuters that captures our photographer's eye. Today, our StreatStaris William Yee. What's his line of work? Guess ondwina Swatch Call 1900-911-0005 by midnight today, three correct callers will each *in a Swatch. Each call will be charged 20 cents.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 518 18 w it's your birthday tc youshare it with Wj Maggie Cheung Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 How dare you be so beautiful? Star-crossed lovers throw themselves at your feet besotted. You have the golden touch in your sensuous hands. The Gemini Moon has obviously spiked the water
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 339 19 The story so far... Jia Yuzhen is a 69-year-old renowned antique dealer. He buys an ancient screen for US$3 million. A year later, jet black hair he looks 30 years younger... Has Jia Yuzhen discovered an anti-ageing agent? Or, has he transcended time and One evening, two months later... Hey,
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 245 20 easvStreats Rushing along the forest path, Van Nantian heard the cries of a baby. He headed in the direction of the sound and was greeted by the sight of bodies strewn everywhere. After surveying the scene, his eyes finally came to rest on Jiang Feng's body. Bad at the tavern,
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    • 315 22 Here are the answers to the Streats Search Word Puzzle Cf 1 contest (Sept 15) held with Coca-Cola, a worldwide jinZUlb 1 sponsor of the Olympics. beatCn Winners will be announced on Friday (Sept 22). 1. The rings on the Olympic flag symbolise the five Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and
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    • 29 23 Log on to www.asiaone.com !or,he latest updates™»* Sydney 2000 cash asiaoine.coto The Olympics special on Straits Times Interactive is brought to you by SING APOR It UR F CLUBI
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 70 23 TV times: Day 5 6 AM: Today at the Games 7AM: Swimming heats (live) 9 AM: Volleyball women (live) 10.30AM: Boxing (live) 11AM: Badminton women (live) 1.00 PM: Lunchtime update 1.30 PM: Basketball women (live) US v Russia 3 PM: Cycling (live) 4 PM: Swimming FINALS (live) 6.30 PM: Boxing
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    • 369 24 WEDNESDAY Q 20 September 2000 More than meets the eye. 'T A *\r si I» as m S'» A ■im A m /C Q an r, a c <s The New DBS American Express Credit Card. More benefits than you can imagine. Lowest Introductory Interest Rate At only 11%* on
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