Streats, 8 January 2001
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Title Section22 2001-01-08 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 8 January 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com sg MiTA (P) 103/06/200022 words
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Article, Illustration188 2001-01-08 1 THAIS will have to wait a while to find out if a billionaire will show them' and the economy the money. Telecoms tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra was ready to celebrate his victory in Saturday’s polls when news came of the Elections Commision’s refusal to confirmPic: Reuters - 188 words
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150 2001-01-08 1 INFECTIOUS diseases know no boundaries. That’s why Singapore and Malaysia are cooperating to monitor the hand, foot and mouth disease situation on both sides of the Causeway. “Diseases have no certificate of origin, so it doesn’t really matter where it originated from. I150 words
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362 2001-01-08 1 Elderly men ignore Govt's Medishield premium offer THIS Lunar New Year, don’t just wish your father or grandfather longevity and good health, tell him to take better care of himself. As for your mum or grandma, don’t worry. They’re likely to be more careful and362 words
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290 2001-01-08 2 THE Government has forecast economic growth of between 5 and 7 per cent for this year, but it should not be taken as a guarantee, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Brigadier-General Lee said: “We can’t be too sure. “Last year, we290 words
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198 2001-01-08 2 AN international advisory panel on university education will begin a series of meetings with top political leaders, academics and others here today. On the op of its agenda is the setting up of a fourth university, continuing education and training for students and198 words
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Article240 2001-01-08 2 WAS in a crowded Sentosa-bound bus together with other holiday-makers on Dec 25 at Ipm and witnessed how the authorities handled a customer complaint That day, the bus was very crowded and the air-conditioning was not working well. A male American tourist carrying a young child stood throughout240 words
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Article209 2001-01-08 2 I REFER to the article, Crushdown Party, in Streats, Jan 2. The Countdown Party at Suntec City has become a celebration which Singaporeans at large look forward to at the year's end. It is and has been organised with consideration given to both entertainment and safety.209 words
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243 2001-01-08 3 JOYCELYN WONG - by JOYCELYN WONG Police find no trace of forced entry; rooms ransacked andjewellery missing A WOMAN returned home on Saturday evening to find her mother stabbed to death and dumped on her own bed. Madam Zeiton Abu Bakar, 49, a production operator, was alone in the243 words
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Article, Illustration245 2001-01-08 3 KHUSHWANT SINGH - by KHUSHWANT SINGH kids just want to have fun. It’s their “kiasu” parents who push them into tuition classes. Right? Wrong, if you check out the registration for the Sinda’s Tutorial for Enhanced Performance (Step) programme for primary and secondary school students. Parents at thePic: Drew Fritz - 245 words
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145 2001-01-08 3 SYNDICATES are using com-pany-registered vehicles to ship illegal immigrants into Singapore. They are also trying to get them in through the Tuas checkpoint instead of Woodlands, said immigration authorities. “There seems to be a new trend where smuggling syndicates are approaching drivers of compa-145 words
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Article99 2001-01-08 3 A MAN was killed and his pillion passenger injured on Saturday when they fell from their motorcycle on the Bukit Timah Expressway while heading towards Woodlands. Mr James Lim Yu Gum, 52, lost control of the vehicle on a wet road surface when he tried to99 words
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Article113 2001-01-08 3 A MAN who is alleged to have collected debts for a loan shark was charged in court on Saturday with harassing a woman. The woman called police on Thursday at 10pm and said she was being harassed at the void deck of Block 705 Jurong West Street113 words
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232 2001-01-08 3 onekindact. Peh Seow Cheng On the Dec 18,1 boarded SBS express service 502 along Orchard to go to Hougang. As it was a peak period, all seats in the bus were taken and I had to stand. While on CTE, the heavy traffic caused232 words
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Article, Illustration241 2001-01-08 5 WINSTON CHONG - by WINSTON CHONG FIRE destroyed a market and hawker centre at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 in the wee hours of yesterday morning, turning thousands of dollars worth of Chinese New Year goodies into ashes. Two fire-fighters who battled the blaze were slightly injuredPic: Lianhe Wanbao - 241 words
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147 2001-01-08 5 BACKPACKER land continues to be eroded as closure looms for two more budget hostels on Bencoolen Street at the end of this month. At least three have already closed because the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) did not renew their permits. The URA says new permits147 words
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Article58 2001-01-08 5 You can use your CPF Special Account to invest in long-term bank deposits, deferred annuities, government and statutory board bonds, as well as 22 unit trusts and 25 investment-linked insurance products. You can check the amount you can use for investment via PAL-Phone, PAL-Internet or at CPF58 words
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Article56 2001-01-08 5 Interested in helping ex-prisoners turn over a new feaf? If so, you cart still sign up as a volunteer with the Singapore After-Care Association, which looks after ex-prisoners and their families. You'll have to be at least 25 years old. Training will be provided from February to March. Call56 words
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Article48 2001-01-08 5 Today's the last day to head down to Heng Artland at Paragon and let Chinese artist and professor Wang Xin take you into his fascinating artworks created on tiny canvasses. His works have also been shown in Beijing, Zurich, France and Japan. From 11.30am Tcm^nner48 words
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Article, Illustration65 2001-01-08 5 Our weather girl says Remember to grab an umbrella if you plan to venture out at lunch time. There'll be thunderstorms in the northern, western and j eastern parts I of the island. Temperature will reach 31°C. High tide will reach 2.6 m at 11.15 pm 1 Your weather girlPic: Charles Ng - 65 words
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Article135 2001-01-08 4 betweenthelines_ fjhe reason I'm going to miss Bill Clinton is that watching him these past eight years has given me the same unbridled, child-like joy as watching a cartoon. Clinton was our first cartoon president He ran off cliffs, was crushed by anvils and flattened by135 words
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Article, Illustration619 2001-01-08 4 WITHIN a few short weeks, the murmurings of a recession have escalated into a deafening roar. Analysts and newspaper columnists alike have sounded the death knell on spending, cautioning all and sundry to brace themselves for a “hard landing”. Then, all of a sudden, these very619 words
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Article, Illustration332 2001-01-08 6 Reuters Up? can't announce any official count and can't say when the official count result will be released because there were many complaints; and objections in many constituencies. Thai Election Commissioner Yuwarut Gamolvej BANGKOK Telecoms tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra bought coffee for reporters to celebrate– Reuters - 332 words
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165 2001-01-08 6 AP BANGKOK More than 500 residents in south-eastern Thailand stopped a local vote count for a fourth time yesterday, a television station said. Similar protests were staged in at least two other provincial areas. The protesters in Rayong Province claimed ballots of various colours had– AP - 165 words
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Article122 2001-01-08 6 Wire services BANGKOK Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has conceded defeat in the polls. “I’d like to thank the public for having supported us for some time, but now you say you want a political change and I respect that. However, we will continue to serve as– Wire services - 122 words
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Article173 2001-01-08 6 Reuters HONGKONG A Hongkong university don has ticked off college students for their bad manners, saying they yawned without covering their mouths and lacked the most basic of social etiquette taught to kindergarten children. Local media reported yesterday that Professor Edward Chen, head of the Lingnan– Reuters - 173 words
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Article50 2001-01-08 6 gofigure Which was the most-visited internet shopping site this holiday seasonl Amazon.com boosted by its partnership with Toys 'R' Us, won the holiday season e-shopping sweepstakes. There were 123 million visits from customers in the period from the first week of November to Dec 24. Survey by Nielsen/Netßatings Inc50 words
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Article191 2001-01-08 8 Bernama PENANG Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday hit out at critics who were frustrated over the agreement by the Malaysian Chinese Organisation’s Election Appeals Committee (Suqiu) to retract its demands pertaining to the special privileges of the Malays. It was possible that those crit,ics were– Bernama - 191 words
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103 2001-01-08 8 AP JAKARTA Police have arrested a former bodyguard and business associate of the fugitive son of Indonesian ex-dictator Suharto, reports said yesterday. Police Col Harry Montolalu said officers raided Indra Hasan’s home early on Saturday morning and arrested him for illegal possession of a pistol,– AP - 103 words
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341 2001-01-08 9 AP CRAWFORD, Texas Presidentelect George W Bush hinted on Saturday that he wants to fasttrack tax cuts in a bid to re-invig-orate the wilting US economy. He was especially troubled by high consumer debt. “I hear a lot of concern from the business– AP - 341 words
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198 2001-01-08 9 -AFP LONDON The BBC is “hideously white” and has a problem with race relations, the corporation’s director-general said in an interview. Greg Dyke said the management at the British Broadcasting Corporation, which has traditionally enjoyed a reputation for impartial-AFP - 198 words
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Article, Illustration146 2001-01-08 9 -AFP LAS VEGAS Microsoft chairman Bill Gates showed off the company’s yet-to-be released Xbox video game console during his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas on Saturday. “There’s a revolution about to take place in game consoles,” Mr-AFP; Pic: Reuters - 146 words
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Article83 2001-01-08 9 -AFP JOHANNESBURG Johannesburg police want to drain an artificial lake where five bodies have been found, because they fear a serial killer is on the loose, a spokeswoman said. The latest two bodies were found this week both middle-aged men. The lake is surrounded by a shopping development-AFP - 83 words
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Article76 2001-01-08 9 -AFP LONDON -A new government agency to investigate suspect doctors is to be launched next week, days after an official report said a general practioner may have killed almost 300 patients. The National Clinical Assessment Authority is slated to start work in April. Harold Shipman, was jailed-AFP - 76 words
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Article98 2001-01-08 9 AP NEW YORK Rescue crews continued to search for a small aircraft, one day after two women reported seeing the plane crash into the Hudson River. But on Saturday, with air-sea rescue squads still at work, there was no sign of a singleengine, high-wing aircraft with– AP - 98 words
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Article113 2001-01-08 9 Reuters DALLAS Seven Texas prison escapees, including killers and sex offenders, broke out of jail on Dec 13 after being left unsupervised, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The incident was revealed in an internal prison memo obtained by the Dallas Morning News. The seven inmates, wanted for the– Reuters - 113 words
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Article72 2001-01-08 9 Reuters STOCKHOLM Microsoft has closed a private Swedish website it hosted after being alerted by police that it contained child pornography. Swedish police alerted Microsoft that there was a web page with child pornography on Dec 26, but the site was not closed until Jan 5.– Reuters - 72 words
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Article, Illustration208 2001-01-08 10 -AFP LONDON After losing his bid to run Britain’s official National Lottery, tycoon Richard Branson is thinking of setting up a rival non-profit-making version, newspapers reported yesterday They said Sir Richard, who lost out to incumbent operator Camelot, could be ready to launch his-AFP; Pic Reuters - 208 words
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Article, Illustration131 2001-01-08 10 -AR Reuters LONDON Prince k Charles, heir to the 9k British throne, broke a shoulder bone I during a fox hunt I on Saturday t Charles, 52, was priding with the Mey Nell Nunt in f Derbyshire, in central England, when Uphis horse-AR; ’ Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 131 words
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Article, Illustration152 2001-01-08 10 .SANTA MONICA Courtney V Love is suing her boyfriend’s former wife, claiming she ran over her foot with a car costing her a movie role and is “on a mission to destroy her”. She claims that Lesley Barber blames her for the end of her marriagePic: AP - 152 words
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Article, Illustration378 2001-01-08 11 CARAVAN MIRAH - by CARAVAN MIRAH ISN'T she a lucky girl? She booked the Pavilion Hall at Far East Square for $1,500 to celebrate her 21st birthday in style. Close to 1,000 people were on the guest list for Pebbles Lim’s six-hour dance-cum-birthday party, Blue Foetus.: Rc: Charles Ng - 378 words
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Article, Illustration239 2001-01-08 12 Judi Low - twoshoes by Judi Low IT is just a small market stall run by a quiet man, whose wife and daughter help out on weekends and public holidays. But regulars will tell you his customers come from across the island, and even overseas, to eat wonton mee costingPir Francis Lea j - 239 words
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Article, Illustration72 2001-01-08 12 7.30 pm, Channel 5 Steven Seagal returns as i. Casey Ryback, US ex- navy Seal who must i stop two terrorists, I Travis Dane and I Penn, from destroyI ing a big chunk of f the US. Seagal is thrown off a train, Jr tossed72 words
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Article53 2001-01-08 12 9pm, TCM (SCVI7) This is a new version of the 1970 film. A lot of additional footage was discovered and TEC/TCM undertook to reconstruct the film. With extra footage, the film takes a more personal look at the King preparing for his opening-night performance53 words
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Article42 2001-01-08 12 10pm,VV Entertainment (SCV 56) A gambler loses his sight and his status in the gambling world because of the woman he loves. When he tries to regain his status, he loses her Stars Nick Cheung and Shu Qi.42 words
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Article, Illustration541 2001-01-08 16 LAS VEGAS T'h<? white jumpsuit w ith its gaudy jewels is undipped to reveal iust the right amount of have chest Hairstyle sick. black and out of date Then those unmistakable sideburns Perfect ft’s showtime for Pen Dev'a; "Do i’u both agree to adopt each other's541 words
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177 2001-01-08 18 Reuters TURIN Second-placed Juventus was held to a 3-3 draw at home to Fiorentina, coming back from two goals down after just 18 minutes. The Turin club fought its way into the lead, with Fillipo Inzaghi on target twice,– Reuters - 177 words
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Article, Illustration694 2001-01-08 18 Reuters LONDON Minor league side Dagenham and Redbridge came close to pulling off a major shock against Charlton Athletic, but Premier League sides overall survived Saturday’s FA Cup third round action with their reputations intact. The minor league side, which was making its third round debut– Reuters; Pic: ALLSPORT - 694 words
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Article, Illustration288 2001-01-08 19 Reuters, AFP MELBOURNE American Steve Strieker won the Accenture World Matchplay Championship final two and one on the 35th hole against Swede Pierre Fulke yesterday. The 55th seed broke away with wins on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes before Fulke picked up a birdie on– Reuters,; ;, AFP; Pic: REUTERS - 288 words
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270 2001-01-08 19 Reuters CLEVELAND Allen Iverson keeps taking his game to new heights and carrying the Philadelphia 76ers along with him. One night after scoring 41 points in a Philadelphia rout of Seattle, Iverson poured in a career-best 54 points more than– Reuters - 270 words
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Miscellaneous454 2001-01-08 12 Sl, ESH^ P If it's your yousha Stephen Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com GEMINI MAY 21 JUN 21 This may be a good time to catch up with siblings and family or really just about anyone. Watch out for those Leo males; there454 words
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Miscellaneous381 2001-01-08 14 m, ill f%< /.'I-. If I' It. m mJf iyji |||f Wm mMm The story is about Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargained for when he enrols at Zhong Ren Pre-U. A natural busybody, he suddenly finds himself involved in everything, from girl problems to gang fights;381 words
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Miscellaneous259 2001-01-08 15 MONDAY Q 8 January 2001 §jf 11lr 8 Jr ?m m m am am- am am. am am am i The story so far. This time, Xiao Yuer fought as if there was no tomorrow. He had onfy one aim: To give Zhang Jing a taste of his fists. Surprised259 words
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Miscellaneous38 2001-01-08 19 Inthelivingroom BASKETBALL Conference Basketball: ÜBA v Tulane (ESPN Ch 23, 10.30 am). SOCCER FA Cup, 3rd rd: Bradford City v Middlesbrough (EC Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.55 am). AMERICAN FOOT Titans v Baltimore Ravens (ESPN Ch 23, 10pm, delayed).38 words
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