Streats, 14 November 2000

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 14 November 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Going... going... Erap impeached
    484 1  -  'Coup' 1: Philippine President Joseph Estrada by AMBIGA RAJU NOTICED the smile on your Filipino maid’s face lately? It could be due to the fact that her Sings salary today is worth much, much more than it was about a month ago. The reason, however, is
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  • parliament moments
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      Lock icon No to poly degrees
      46 1 THE Education Ministry has said no to a proposal for polytechnics to offer degrees. This is because universities and polytechnics serve different groups of students and different needs of the economy. About 1,200 poly graduates go on to local universities every year.
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      Lock icon Singtel shares
      58 1 THE Commercial Affairs Department is investigating the 30 per cent increase in the share price of Singtel on Oct 13. The surge came from a lastminute order to buy two million shares at $3.50 each by Nomura Securities. The Singapore Stock Exchange had confirmed that there could have
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    • Article
      Lock icon Facilities for old
      50 1 THERE are enough day rehabilitation centres for the elderly for the next 10 years. Based on 3.5 places per 1,000 elderly, there is currently a slight over-provision of about 150 places, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said. Rehab centres are only 60 per cent occupied at present.
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    Lock icon Coming... coming... Home
    122 1 Coming coming Home m*bup'2: Creative genius Dick Lee SINGAPORE icon Dick Lee is SPH MediaWorks'latest coup. The creative genius behind hit musicals Beauty World, Nagraland, Fried Rice Paradise and Mad Chinaman, starts work as Creative Director in February. Ms Andrea Teo, Senior Vice-President of SPH Media Works said: "To entice
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      Lock icon Easier: Demerit-point system for pubs
      206 2  - Easier Demerit-point system for pubs by 'Sarah Ng OPERATORS of pubs, nightclubs, discos and games parlours will soon know the exact penalty for each licensing offence they commit The police will be introducing a demerit point system for public entertainment licences of permanent establishments. Depending on the number of demerit
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      Lock icon Faster: No licences for community events
      139 2 ORGANISING your neighbourhood events will now be easier as no public entertainment licences are now needed. These include getai and wayang performances during the Seventh Month Ghost Festival, charitable distributions, auctions and sales of goods for philanthropic or charitable purposes, garden parties and trade
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      Lock icon Faster... flats surprise for couples
      54 2 FLAT applicants have found that their flats were ready sooner than expected and they were caught financially unprepared. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said that the HDB will be looking into this and into ways and means of being able to match supply
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      Lock icon Fewer... teachers quit jobs
      50 2 FEWER teachers have quit their jobs. In 1999, 465 trained teachers resigned, compared to 576 in 1995. At the same time, more foreign teachers are being employed 47 in 1995 and 71 in 1999. In the first half of this year, 92 foreign teachers were hired.
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      Lock icon Limit to foreign workers
      95 2 &HERE are more than4so,ooo low-skilled foreign workers in Singapore. Unlimited inflow of low-skilled foreign workers is not sustainable and may undermine economic restructuring. Employers with easy access to low cost foreign workers may lose the incentive to invest in labour-saving technology, participate in workforce development, or
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      Lock icon Smaller... families but flats same size
      81 2 AVERAGE household sizes over the last 10-15 years have come down. It is now about four “But there is no intention at this point in time for HDB to further downsize its flats,” said Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan. HDB will continue
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        Lock icon When police can shoot
        88 2 POLICE can only use firearms in three situations, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, the Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs) said yesterday. The suspect has the means to inflict grievous bodily harm on the officer or any member of the public. The suspect makes threatening
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        Lock icon 9,600 apply for flats
        64 2 THE HDB received 9,600 applications for flats in the first nine months of this year, Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said. The average monthly applications for new flats this year is about 1,100, compared to about 800 last year and 700 in 1998. As
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        Lock icon HFMD under control
        66 2 THE outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has been brought under control, Mr Lim Swee Say, Acting Minister for the Environment, said. “The most effective measure to prevent future outbreaks is to maintain a high standard of hygiene in pre-school centres and at home,” he said.
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        Lock icon Tax exemption review
        70 2 THE Ministry of Finance is reviewing the limit at which CPF contributions of self-employed people are taxed. At present, they are allowed tax exemptions up to 20 per cent of their net trade income, subject to a maximum of $14,400. Dr Lee Boon Yang, the Minister for
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        Lock icon SQ probe will take a year
        114 2 THE full results of the investigation into the SQOO6 crash in Taipei last month will only be known in about a year, Communications Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. Updating the House, he said: “The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of Taiwan is leading the
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      Lock icon Modern care for aged
      334 3 CONSTRUCTION of a new country club-style nursing home will be launched early next year. The home will be built on the first of 17 sites earmarked by the government for such homes as part of its planning to cope with greying of Singapore’s population. The site,
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      Lock icon Get real, real estate
      95 3 morningsmile When we were looking to buy property I had this over-zealous house realtor show us what could only be described as a totally worn-out old farm. I mean, the land had just been worked to death. The weeds were hardly even growing. The smiling super
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      Lock icon Demand set to rise
      187 3 SOARING demand for nursing homes is expected as the number of Singapore’s elderly increases. The current 7 per cent of the population aged over 65 is expected to balloon to 19 per cent by 2030. The Ministry of Health has estimated that this greying of the
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      Lock icon Waiter's treat to friends: free drinks
      239 3 A GENEROUS waiter served about 30 jugs of alcoholic ages to his friends all at his employer’s expense. Yesterday, Mohamad Ridzuan Saad, 28, landed himself behind bars for 12 months for cheating the head barman of Lox Entertainment at Clarke Quay, of drinks costing
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      Lock icon Police support
      123 4 onekindact Tan Kim Beng, 46, human resources clerk WOULD like to thank two police officers. One night in September around lam, my daughter was sick with 41° C fever. My wife and I tried to find the way to National University Hospital. At the junction ofKranji Expressway and
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      Lock icon Bathroom shock kills Malaysian
      213 4 Electrocution was apparently caused by faulty wiring A MALAYSIAN man was electrocuted in his bathroom on Sunday in what was an accident apparently caused by faulty wiring. Mr Ong Kah Gim, 23, was taking a bath and washing laundry in the bathroom at his house at
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        Lock icon Break-in at KTV lounge
        98 4 ABOUT $lO ,000 and several cartons of liquor were stolen from a MacPherson Road karaoke bar on Sunday morning. Mr Leong Ding Feng, general manager of House of Cognac KTV and Music Lounge at the Windsor Hotel, said he closed the premises that day at 3.20
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        Lock icon Cash, valuables stolen
        67 4 A BEAUTICIAN lost about $15,500 worth of cash and valuables when her house was burgled on Saturday. At 11.30 am, Madam Loke Ah Chen, 59, left home at Hertford Road to go to work. When she returned at 10.30 pm, she found that her bedroom had been
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      Lock icon Oops!
      45 4 In the Just a Minute column on Page 5 yesterday, it was stated that tickets to the Singapore French Film Festival were free. They are not and can bought at Cathay Cineplex Orchard Box Office and Sistic outlets. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Mr Green sees red over swamp trash
      399 5 He takes litterbugs and even teachers to task GRANT Pereira, 51, gets all protective when talking about Singapore’s mangrove swamps. The conservationist has no qualms in ticking off those he catches contaminating the fragile habitat of the 32 out of 46 mangrove species
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From this month...
        36 5 From this month Singapore has been officially declared polio-free by the World Health Organisation. But you still have to make sure that your children take the oral polio vaccine until the disease is wiped out worldwide.
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        62 5 If you have ever forgotten to take a fax with you to an important meeting, this service is for you. For a fee, customers of2bsure.com, a unified messaging service (UMS) provider, can retrieve a printed copy of an email or fax from any fax machine. 2bsure.com offers basic UMS
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        50 5 If you want to relax after a long day's work, head down to the Voodoo Shack at Clarke Quay tonight. From 9.30 pm, JJMilteau, billed as one of the greatest harmonica players in Europe, will delight you with the blues. It's free. f Call 337-3292 for details.
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      70 5 Our weather girl says You might want to throw on a sweater today 'cos it could get nippy. Skies will be partly cloudy with some showers in the afternoon and early evening over most areas. Temperature will reach a high of 31 degrees Celsius. High tide will hit 3.2 m
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      5 2 Parliament will sit again today
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  • Streatsmart column
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      Lock icon Just what Bush, Gore deserve
      126 6 betweenthelines Whe electus interruptus was no accident We wanted an outcome that would be a true reflection of the terrible extent to which we were dispirited by the choices. An election straight from Freedonia was an expression of a national anhedonia, a mass loss of
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      Lock icon What a pity, Emma
      782 6 THIS is the story of a fallen Superman, an enlightened mind trapped in an old body, and a young girl who wants to fly Two make do with their useless legs while the third just stretched hers, literally. In between, there’s a precious lesson for the
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Army on alert for anti-Estrada strike
      223 7 MANILA -The Philippines is bracing itself for a major strike across the nation today, a day after President Joseph Estrada was impeached in the House of Representatives. People from all walks of life unionists, office workers, students, opposition groups and members of the church
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    • Article
      Lock icon Will Estrada survive?
      177 7 Wire services MANILA Will Mr Estrada survive the Senate trial? That depends who you’re talking to. Analysts in the Philippines said, at the moment, Mr Estrada looks fairly safe. He has just enough support in the Senate to stay in office. Earlier reports said the numbers looked
      – Wire services  -  177 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia raids pro-reform newspaper
      146 7 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian authorities raided the newsroom of a pro-opposition publishing firm and confiscated hundreds of copies of a tabloid that the government has declared illegal, an editor said yesterday. About 13 officials of the Home Affairs Ministry entered the headquarters of Pemuda Publications with
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      Lock icon China: Mexico blocking us
      137 7 -AP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN China accused Mexico yesterday of blocking its attempt to join the WTO. Mexico is the only major WTO member that hasn’t agreed on entry terms with China. “Mexican demands are too high. They are higher than any country has asked for,” Chinese
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      Lock icon Indon House trashed
      234 8 Reuters Angry protesters demanding president's resignation smash furniture JAKARTA Thousands of angry protesters demanding President Abdurrahman Wahid’s resignation vandalised part of Indonesia’s Parliament yesterday. Wearing white headbands, the demonstrators smashed lamps and chairs in the lobby of the parliamentary complex. Outnumbered police stood by and the violence
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      Lock icon Aceh fighting rages on
      142 8 AP JAKARTA Violence continued in Indonesia’s war-ravaged Aceh province yesterday. The government meanwhile urged separatist rebels to attend peace talks in Switzerland this week. Rebel leader Mr Amni Marzuki has said the insurgents would not attend the next round of talks until violence stops. A decision
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      Lock icon Aborigines may sue over damaged reef
      159 8 AFP SYDNEY -Angry aboriginal owners of Australia’s foremost natural wonder, the Great Barrier Reef, threatened legal action yesterday after part of the reef was blown up in a bid to free a stranded ship. Conservationists criticised Queensland State transport authorities for allowing the attempt
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      Lock icon Spiders sour grape trade
      122 8 AP WELLINGTON New Zealand yesterday threatened to ban Californian grapes from New Zealand after venomous spiders were found in the fruit. Red-backed jumping spiders were found among cartons of an American grape shipment last week and two live black widow spiders also were found recently. The
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      Lock icon Why can we see through glass?
      87 8 knowornot Glass is really a viscous liquid A viscous liquid stiffens when cooled\, but never becomes solid Unlike in solids glass atoms just hang out Light can pass between them. The molecular make-up of glass also keeps it from absorbing visible light Its structure
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        Lock icon Dr M: Study reason for loss
        76 8 Bernama DOHA, Qatar Malaysia should study the reasons why Kuala Lumpur was not chosen to host the Asian Games in 2006, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. “We feel sad, we thought we will be selected but we were not,” he said
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        Lock icon Tourist's body recovered
        105 8 AP BANGKOK The body of a Malaysian tourist who drowned while celebrating Loy Krathong has been recovered from the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok. Lim Hok Hye, 57, drowned on Saturday night when the motorised long-tailed boat on which he and a dozen other tourists were traveling
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        Lock icon HK: Tackle smugglers
        69 8 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong security secretary Ms Regina Ip called for concerted international co-operation to tackle the growing problem of people trafficking. It is “a global issue” that can only be dealt with effectively through concerted international co-operation, she said. Six of the 11 cases of illegal immigrants
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        Lock icon Armed robbers kill 3
        96 8 -AFP BEIJING Three people were killed after masked gunmen pulled off a raid on a bank in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi and escaped with 500,000 yuan (*****,773). The robbery occurred on Saturday evening at a branch of the China Agriculture Bank in Nanchang city
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        Lock icon Japan's PM safe for now
        125 8 -AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is safe for now despite mounting pressure for him to resign, political analysts said yesterday. It is virtually impossible for serving government ministers to mutiny against Mr Mori. It is not clear that Koichi Kato who stepped up
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      Lock icon Jealous acid attacks on rise
      351 11 Teenage hostess latest to feel wrath of lover's wife in Cambodia AP PHNOM PENH In Cambodia there are many ways to take revenge. But for those who use acid, the aim is not to kill but to strip a woman of her beauty. “I’ve little
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      114 10 EJ T 6 out of 10 diabetics in Singapore do not know they have diabetes. Are you one of them? If you’re over 40, overweight, or have a family history of diabetes, go for a blood sugar test every year. People with diabetes often don’t have any symptoms. If left
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon New Net suffixes planned
      256 13 -AP MARINA DEL REY, California To relieve overcrowding in dotcom addresses, the international organisation in charge of Internet names could select several new suffixes. The move would represent the first major expansion of Web names since the existing structure was developed in the ‘Bos. The Internet
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      Lock icon Family vs work
      49 13 gofigure. If there was an extra hour each day, what percentage of Malaysians would spend it with their loved ones? Sixty-six per cent, same percentage as Singaporeans. Only eight per cent of Malaysians would use it for more work. Survey of 400 consumers by MasterCard Internationa!
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      Lock icon Noah's Ark brings animals home
      136 13 Reuters DURBAN A ship docked in South Africa yesterday, bringing 22 giraffes and three rhinos home after 40 days’ sail around Africa. Twenty-two necks protruding from bright yellow containers on the stern drew stares from harbour workers. “The image of these creatures marooned at sea
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      Lock icon Web access from the skies
      142 13 -AP GERMANTOWN, Maryland For consumers in remote areas, the brightest hope for quickly joining the next Internet revolution is sky-high. A handful of companies are behind a drive to use satellites to beam down Web pages at high speed. Satellites, with their high capacity and
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      Lock icon Candidates brace for legal showdown
      271 14 AP -AFP TALLAHASSEE, Florida Al Gore and George W. Bush braced for what could be a drawn out legal face-off in Florida as one of the state’s 67 counties ordered the labour-intensive manual vote recount sought by the Democrats. Other counties have also considered recounting
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      Lock icon Dutch disgusted at high-rise pig farm
      139 14 THE HAGUE High -rise farming has stirred Dutch passions. Opponents decry the mammoth, six-story “Agropark” of pig pens, chicken coops, salmon tanks, mushroom beds and a greenhouse. “Minister Brinkhorst has lost his marbles,” said Maaike Wermer of the Animal Protection Party, refer- ring to
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      Lock icon Two US ballot papers turn up in Danish town
      128 14 justbelieveit -AFP COPENHAGEN Two ballot papers for the US presidential elections have turned up mysteriously in the letter box of a family in the Danish town of Odense, the local newspaper reported yesterday. Brian and Helle Kain received an envelope containing
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        Lock icon Ferry and tug collide
        88 14 -AFP LONDON A ferry carrying 21 passengers collided with a tug in the English Channel yesterday, causing slight damage to both vessels, British coastguards said. The ferry Neptunia, owned by Estonian Shipping, and the Dutch tug Pieter collided off Dover as the passenger vessel was en
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        Lock icon Robber poet loses appeal
        88 14 -AP PRETORIA One of South Africa’s most famous poets has lost an appeal against his conviction for bank robbery, media reported on Saturday. Mzwakhe Mbuli is serving a 13year sentence for a 1997 bank robbery. “I like this man and think he is worthy,” antiapartheid activist
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        Lock icon Irish seeking workers
        111 14 Reuters DUBLIN Ireland has begun a global recruitment drive as it runs out of workers to fill jobs in its booming economy. The state employment agency FAS plans job fairs in South Africa at the end of the month and London early next month as Irish-based businesses
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        Lock icon Asian women's US ordeal
        121 14 -AP SPOKANE, Washington Three young Japanese women students were abducted in eastern Washington state, police said. Two were held for nine hours before being released, they said. It was unclear if the two women were harmed in the kidnapping on Saturday, police said. The three women
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        Lock icon Russia wants Gusinsky
        64 14 Reuters MOSCOW Russia’s general prosecutor issued an arrest warrant yesterday for media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky, Russian news agencies reported. Interfax quoted the prosecutor’s press office as saying that large-scale embezzlement charges were being made against Gusinsky. Gusinsky’s lawyer had earlier said that prosecutors had refused to outline
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      Lock icon 2 US fighters collide
      221 15 One pilot missing as jets plunge into sea off northern Japan TOKYO Two American air force fighter jets collided over the waters off northern Japan early yesterday, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said. One of the two pilots, who both ejected before their aircraft fell in
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        Lock icon Start your engine
        37 15 With Speed.com.sg and www.Juzclkkcar.com.sg you can bid for second hand cars and read about the latest happenings in the automobile industry. They also tell you how you can get finance and insure your cars.
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        Lock icon 4WD
        60 15 Let's talk about those monsters called jeeps. AtJeepnation.net, aficionados of the four-wheel-drive can have a wild spin in cyberspace. They can mingle with other fans and participate in upcoming events. There are also links to other online articles on the latest developments in jeepland. There is even a virtual
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      Lock icon On sale: portable lie detector
      188 15 Reuters SEOUL South Korea has developed a portable lie detector that can nail the nefarious without them being any the wiser. The Handy Truster lie detector; a hand-held device that measures the stress in a speaker’s voice, has been on the shelves in Seoul since
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      Lock icon Organ-grabbers had 400 foetuses
      131 15 Reuters LONDON A UK children’s hospital, suspected of removing organs from dead kids, kept 400 foetuses without parents knowing. The BBC reported that Pity 2, which represents people whose kids’ organs were removed without permission, uncovered the foetuses at Liverpool’s Alder Hey hospital. Last year, the
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      Lock icon Firm favourite:
      25 15 Miss World contestant, Miss India Priyanka Chopra, who is the favourite, poses for photographers at Full Moon Island in the Maldives Pic: Reuters
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        Lock icon Inferno: bodies recovered
        89 15 -AFP KAPRUN, Austria Rescue workers have recovered the first 30 bodies of victims of Austria’s funicular tragedy and put them in a side gallery to the tunnel where the fire took place, rescue workers said yesterday. The bodies were brought out of the tunnel and airlifted by
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        Lock icon 13 UK copters grounded
        100 15 -AP LONDON The Royal Navy has grounded its 13 new Merlin patrol helicopters while it investigates why one of the aircraft crashed into the sea last month, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. “We have no reason to believe there is a general fault, but as
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        Lock icon Mild quake jolts Turkey
        78 15 -AP i ISTANBUL A mild quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted north-west Turkey yesterday, terrifying residents who hours earlier had commemorated the victims of a massive earthquake last year. The trembler struck Duzce, sending people rushing out of their homes. There were no reports
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        Lock icon Down births: No N-link
        107 15 -AFP PARIS Investigators yesterday said a series of Down’s Syndrome births, among women who went to a school in an Irish town in the ‘sos, was not linked to a fallout from a British nuclear plant. The high rate of abnormal births more than 30 times
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        Lock icon Tests for Kursk divers
        84 15 -AFP MOSCOW The Russian team that took part in the recovery of bodies from the Kursk sub will go through medical and psychological tests, it was reported yesterday. The divers would be tested in Russia’s research institute on emergency rescue and diving, the institute’s head Vice-Admiral
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      278 16 -AFR AP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Malaysian Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz and US trade representative Charlene Barshefsky had an undiplomatic war of words over global free trade during the Apec ministerial meeting on Monday, an official said. “They exchanged words that can be considered not
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      183 16 -AFP WASHINGTON Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader plans to continue to build a “longrange political reform movement” in the United States. Unapologetic about his presumed role as a spoiler in last week’s stillundecided US presidential election, he remained optimistic about the future
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      169 16 AP VISTA DEL MAR, California Martin Sheen (left), America’s favourite television president, told a group at a California treatment centre that he thought US presidential candidate George W. Bush was a “white-knuckle drunk”. Sheen, an alcoholic under treatment, said on Saturday that he
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      145 17 Reuters LOS ANGELES -Jenna Elfman, who plays Dharma in the hit television sitcom, Dharma and Greg, and her husband, actor Bodhi Elfman, have bought pop superstar Madonna’s Hollywood Hills home for about US$4 million ($7 million). The 5,000-square-foot home had been on the market since June,
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      430 19  -  by WINSTON CHONG THE leader of the next generation of Heavenly Kings is never far from controversy. Nicholas Tse’s maiden Viva Live concert last Saturday at the Hongkong Coliseum may well put outspoken rapper Eminem to shame. With dildo in hand, Nicholas peppered his concert with
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        327 32 -AP NEW YORK Jennifer Capriati has no time to dwell on who’s playing. She’s too excited about being back herself at Madison Square Garden and the Chase Championships, the season-ending tournament for the top 16 women in the world. “Deep down, this was one
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        637 33 Reuters AUBURN HILLS (Michigan) -Jerry Stackhouse scored 38 points as the Detroit Pistons held on for a 101 -92 victory over the struggling Seattle Supersonics on Sunday. Having lost three of four on a five-game road trip, the Sonics got off to a
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        488 34 AP SOTOGRANDE (Spain) The diabolical par-five 17th hole at Valderrama took its toll. Canadian Mike Weir managed a partherejust minutes before winning the US$l-million (551.74-million) cheque at the World Golf Championship, shooting a three-under 69 to win by two
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        339 34 AP LONDON Francesco Totti scored one goal and created another to put AS Roma on top of the Italian Serie A on Sunday but then was ruled out of Italy’s team to face England because of injury. The Roma
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        375 35 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded yesterday after their country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar. “It’s really incomprehensible how this happened,” a spokesman for the Olympic Council of Malaysia said after Doha pipped Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong
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        553 35 Bernama SONGKHLA Malaysia entered the semi-finals of the third Tiger Cup Football tournament after notching a narrow 1 -0 win over arch-rival Singapore in its last Group B match atTinsulanon Stadium here yesterday. It had substitute Azman Adnan to
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