Streats, 15 January 2001

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  • 22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 15 January 2001 j Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 439 1 THE Minister-In-Charge of Muslim Affairs had a message yesterday for everyone in general, and Muslims in particular: Islam is NOT Fanaticism. It is NOT conservatism. It is NOT rigidity and exclusiveness. Mr Abdullah is the third minister in two days to touch on race
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  • morning rush
    • 68 1 CHECK out your dream flat by checking out the Housing Board’s website, starting from 8.30 am today. The site features a virtual tour of the four- and five-room HDB showflats in Jurong West and Sengkang. You can see details from the floor plan to the bedspread
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    • 72 1 THE HDB is working on a solution for buyers with problems taking up HDB flats that are ready ahead of schedule. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said this was a dilemma faced by young couples who may not be financially ready or not yet married
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    • 172 1 -AFP THE death toll from an earthquake which rocked Central America rose yesterday to at least 138 people. But 1,200 more were missing in the residential neighbourhood of Las Colinas in El Salvador, where a landslide triggered by the quake buried hundreds
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 251 2 COLD leftovers scavenged from coffee-shop tables were all Mr Lee Hon Khiong, 62, had to eat, after severe leg pains forced him to retire early a decade back. But two years ago, the former cook began enjoying hot meals all because of a
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    • 148 2 Finance ministers at the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) in Kobe agreed yesterday that world economic growth won't be derailed by a US slowdown and that Asia doesn't risk a new crisis {ong-term growth prospects in Asia and Europe have improved over the past two years, vulnerability
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    • Interchange
      • 187 2 WHILE it was nice to read of the kindness extended by strangers to your reader, Ms Peh Seow Cheng (One Kind Act, Jan 8), it is sad to find that their actions are seen as “abnormal" in Singapore. The signs "Please give up this seat
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      • 65 2 ON Jan 10 at 6.45 pm, the MRT train at Aljunied station stalled fora while. I would like to commend the officer on duty at the platform and the on-coming train driver for their alertness in signalling each other to stop. Imagine what would have happened if
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      • 180 2 ON Dec 26, my wife bought a Nokia 3310 handphone from a WYWY affinity shop, at The Concourse. After three days, it malfunctioned. So she took it to the WYWY Service Centre at Redhill. There the technician advised my wife to get it exchanged, as it was still
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    • 344 3 Another biker dies the fifth in six days Last week, four men died in separate accidents on four consecutive days by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM ANOTHER biker died on the roads over the last weekend the sixth fatal crash just two weeks into the new year all involving motorcycles. Last week, four
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    • 116 3 THIS bus won’t just take you to the post office, it’ll also post your letters for you. Yesterday, Trans-Island Bus Services (Tibs) launched a postal service called PosTibs on all 13 of their No 857 buses. For a three-month trial, commuters can now post
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    • 125 3 A SIMPLE cabin at the back of Manjusri Secondary School at Sims Drive has become a haven for some young people. The 8m by 4m zinc structure is a central part of a scheme known as the Youth Champions Programme. It was started in February
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    • news scan
      • 71 3 A MAN driving along Clementi Road towards Pasir Panjang Road crashed into the railing at the centre of the road while negotiating a left bend. Mr Tan Kok Seng, 48, had cuts on his forehead and a swelling on his right eye as a result of
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      • 76 3 A PUBLIC medical group has announced that it is opening a specialist clinic in a private medical centre. Singapore Health Services said it had leased space at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre to operate an outpatient eye clinic. The 3,300-sq-ft clinic will probably being operations in April. The
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      • 96 3 HOUSING Board tenants living in Block 805, King George’s Avenue, will get to buy over their units at a discount of up to 30 per cent. They will be offered a 3 per cent discount for every year of tenancy, subject to a maximum of 30
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    • 118 3 onekindact Jennifer Quek On Jan 6,1 was at Giant hypermarket in Jurong with my family. My son was coughing quite badly and I decided to buy some menthol cough sweets for him. As the supermarket was packed with customers, I asked one customer in
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    • 328 5 Such sessions are part of PM's plan for greater community involvement A CHILD-CARE cooperative where housewives work as nannies; wellness centres for senior citizens; using drama to reach out to the community. Ideas came thick and fast at Singapore’s first district meeting a session held
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    • 75 5 Hi! It's going to be another wet day. Showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon and early evening over many areas. The temperature will reach a high of32°C. If you still intend to hit the beach, high tide will reach 2.9 m at 2.56 pm.
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    • 112 5 IF your pictures speak a thousand words on how great your life is, share that moment with Great Eastern and even greater things might happen. Together with Canon and the Photographic Society of Singapore, Great Eastern launched its Life is Great photo competition at
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    • Just a minute
      • 63 5 Good news for all ladies. On the fourth Friday of every racing month, the Singapore Turf Club will hold a Ladies' Night. Ladies get complimentary admission to selected areas of the grand stand. You'll also get to enjoy fashion shows, lucky draws and performances by celebrities. The
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      • 47 5 You can help the youths from the Students Care Services (SCS). The SMRT has adopted the SCS as its charity and donation boxes have been placed at all MRT stations. The money will help SCS run educational and social programmes for these youths Until Jan 26.
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      • 54 5 If you're interested in art which explores the forces of nature such as tornadoes, I landslides and cloud I formation, head to the Lasalle-SIA Gallery where an 1 art show Weather'is on. k Until Feb 3.11 am to 7pm (Tue-Fri), 10am to spm (Sat, Sun, public holidays).
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  • Streatsmart column
    • 317 6 betweenthelines ffow pervasive is globalisation in Singapore, I wondered as late my Kelhg's cornflakes washed down with Australian low-fat milk and a US-made multivitamin. For only globalisation can make us strong, a David whotriumphs over Goliaths. We shall be strong. We shall be unbreakable. Unbreakable?
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    • 554 6 TO THE free-thinking and fun-loving Americans, Temptation Island is a gawk fest involving four “deeply committed” couples lured to go astray by 26 bikini-clad babes and lusty hunks. To me, a thoroughbred Singaporean, it may well be the name of Swensen's latest
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    • 200 6 Do You Know WHY-Series #OO7 FANCL products have freshness periods Every FANCL product portion sold has its own freshness period for effective use. Why apply time limits to skincare products? After all, lesser products containing preservatives and anti-bacterial agents are used indefinitely after they’re first opened. But the use of
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      • 99 7 AP BRISBANE About 100 protesters puckered up in public yesterday to protest against restrictions on kissing at a Brisbane city park. The mass smooch at which 50 couples kissed was a show of solidarity with two gay men who were ejected from the South Bank Parklands last
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      • 78 7 -AP KUALA LUMPUR About 300 people held a protest rally against a move to shut down a Chinese school on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Police cordoned off all entry points to the school but did not arrest the protesters, mostly former students. On Saturday, authorities
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      • 90 7 -AP HONGKONG Falungong staged a global conference in Hongkong yesterday with followers saying they are locked in a struggle between good and evil. “Over 100 of our great Falun members have lost their lives to spread the truth,” said adherent John Hu. “But this won’t change our
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      • 70 7 -AFP BANGKOK Pattaya beach resort has been declared safe for swimming as a new sewage treatment plant has stopped raw human waste being discharged at sea, a report said yesterday. Pattaya’s bacteria levels are now within safe limits, the Pollution Control Department told the Bangkok Post. But
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      • 69 7 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has criticised as biased a US warning to travellers heading to Sabah. ThsMJS State Department extended a warning to citizens to “exercise extreme caution” if they travel to Sabah or offshore islands. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar called the US statement
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    • 335 7 -AFP SYDNEY Australia’s dotcoms are reeling from a series of blows as thousands of jobs dis T appear, earnings fall and the tech dream is shattered. Some estimates suggest thousands of IT jobs have ceased to exist in the past four months, many disappearing from online advertising
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    • 147 7 -AFP HONGKONG Six former flight attendants have launched a sex discrimination lawsuit against Cathay Pacific, it was reported yesterday. The Sunday Morning Post said the women attendants were suing the airline for unspecified damages over its now-aban-doned retirement policy. It said Hongkong’s Equal
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    • 47 7 webcites If you are familiar with the original, glossy lifestyle publication, you will expect its site at wallpaper.com to be no less revolutionary in its web design Every Wallpaper web page takes up only about half the space available within your browser window.
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      • 96 9 Reuters CHICAGO Aggressive behaviour can be “unlearned” if children cut down on TV, video and e-games, says a report released yesterday. “What’s encouraging is that, in children, some of the effects of exposure to media violence can be reversed solely by decreasing that exposure,” said Tom
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      • 88 9 -AP BOMBAY Stephen Hawking, the world’s best known physicist, predicted yesterday that the human race would colonise other planets in 100 years and design an improved human race by the next millennium. “Someone will design improved humans somewhere,” he told an audience at a public lecture
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      • 70 9 -AFP ALLAHABAD, India More than three million Hindu pilgrims plunged into the icy waters of the Ganges River yesterday for a bath they believe will cleanse their souls and provide salvation. Up to 70 million devotees watched by television cameras from around the world are expected
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      • 97 9 -AP WASHINGTON The United States and the European Union made little progress in talks to resolve a dispute over financing of a new superjumbo jet being built by Airbus Industrie to challenge the dominance of the Boeing 747. The US is disturbed that the US$2.5 billion ($4.3
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      • 78 9 AP PHILADELPHIA Two men were charged on Friday with killing seven people in a drug house last month over what police called “nickel-and-dime drug-dealing”. Two others were charged with weapons and drug offences.The massacre stemmed from one group of dealers undercutting the other’s prices. Four masked
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    • 247 9 LONDON The woman who murdered a child in her care, eight-year old Anna Climbie, may have abused two others too. Anna’s great aunt Marie Therese Kouao, 44, and her lover Carl Manning, 28, beat Anna and kept her bound and naked in
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    • 234 9 Reuters AMSTERDAM A Dutch production team is considering creating a TV show in which unmarried women choose between potential sperm donors. The show, believed to have the working title I Want Your Baby, would be the latest in a string of
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  • easy STREATS
    • 703 10  -  by SARAH NG YOU too can have smooth silky hair, just like in a shampoo ad. All you need are at least three hours, a few hundred dollars and the latest technique in hair straightening called rebonding or iron perm. The latest follicle fad took root
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    • 254 12  -  fmnlle by Judi Low ARE you one for instant gratification? Do you love ice kachang but cannot wait to get at the goodies that lie buried beneath the mountain of shaved ice? And do you love lots of those goodies? If you’ve answered “yes” three times, here’s
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          86 12 7.30 pm, Channel 5 This was Val Kilmer’s only lonely outing as Batman in this kiddie-like version l of the best-selling fran- chise. Chris O’Donnell plays Robin, while Nicole Kidman slips in V as the requisite love interest, Dr Chase Meridian. Still the special effects are worth catching
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        • 68 12 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Xiasheng is assigned to collect data from one of her company’s subisdiaries, which happens to be where Wucang works. He overhears her making a golf date with Qianxian and thinks of impressing her by hitting the green as well. Meanwhile, his colleagues make fun
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    • 291 15 Just one lquestioni Do we really need something like this, why don't they just install more ATMs? It also would slow down queues in the supermarket. Actual ATMs also do more, like tell you the balance. It could also be riskier for
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 414 17 -AFP LONDON Veteran striker Teddy Sheringham moved Manchester United closer to yet another English Premiership title by breaking the deadlock in a 3-0 win at basement side Bradford City on Saturday. He struck his 17th goal of the season on 72 minutes after a
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      • 286 17 Reuters FLORENCE Fiorentina took second place in the Serie A on Saturday after Portuguese international Rui Costa inspired it to a 4-0 victory over AC Milan. Fiorentina moved ahead of Juventus on goal difference. Fiorentina has now picked up 14 points from its last six
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      • 255 18 -AP NEW YORK -Maybe a mismatched band of relentless defenders can challenge for a National Basketball Association title after all. Reality may set in when the New York Knicks host defending champion Los Angeles Lakers on Jan 28. But till then, Saturday’s
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      • 293 19 -AP MELBOURNE The talent rich Australian Open field includes defending champion Andre Agassi, US Open champion Marat Safin, Olympic gold medallist Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustavo Kuerten, who finished last year as No. 1. Yet none is the favourite of Australian odds makers. At
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      • 386 19 -AFP KAPALUA, Hawaii Rory Sabbatini looked like one of the best players in the world while fellow South African Ernie Els resembled an also-ran on Saturday at the Mercedes Championships. Sabbatini had six birdies and an eagle from the fairway at
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 496 12 J Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com GEMINI MAY 21 JUN 21 If one person doesn’t understand what you’re doing, move on to someone else who really does get it It’s so much easier to act than it is to explain. The right music
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    • 306 14 MONDAY Q 15 January 2001 i The story is about YuanJianF bargained Ren Pre-U. Anatur himself involved in everything, from girl make two bosom friends. Plus a bevy of girlfriends he cannot seem to drop at will. And as the number accumulates, so do his problems... The author. Born in
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