Streats, 26 January 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY 26 January 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 159 1 SOME families in Bedok had a Chinese New Year eve dinner with a difference: A candle-light reunion that they will remember for some time to come. Memorable no doubt, and maybe even a little romantic, though no one planned it that way. The households in Blk 108
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  • morning rush
    • 69 1 SINGAPORE'S chemical industry is preparing to meet new emission standards. The new measures, which took effect on Jan 1, greatly reduce the amount of chlorine, lead and sulphur that can be released into the air. Existing industries will have three years to comply with the
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    • 77 1 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew will attend the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, from today to Jan 31, at the invitation of the WEF Mrs Lee will accompany him. Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, Rear-Admiral (NS) Teo
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  • 343 1  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM IT was the second morning of the Lunar New Year, and Mr Teng Chee Beng and his wife decided to spend time together doing what they both loved: Bird-watching. But
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 316 2  -  by ARTI MULCHAND IF you’re working in a British company, the Year of the Snake may bring good fortune. A survey undertaken late last year by the British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham), Singapore, has revealed that British businesses believe Singapore will continue to strengthen
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    • 181 2 TO usher in the Year of the Snake, long queues of punters snaked their way around betting outlets for a chance at winning the special $lO million jackpot. Yesterday was the first day of ticket sales at Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club outlets
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      • 150 2 ATRIP on the eve of the Lunar New Year to pay respects to a deceased family member resulted in the death of a four-year-old boy. Yeo Kai Chuan died in hospital at about lam on Wednesday, a day after the truck being driven by his father,
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      • 114 2 POLICE on a stakeout arrested a lift technician on suspicion of involvement in a series of burglaries at flats on the Toa Payoh North industrial estate. Nine break-ins were reported over the last two months at three out of the five blocks of flats on the estate.
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      • 83 2 TWO separate fires broke out in the same residential building on the first day .of the Lunar New Year holiday. At about 12.50 am on Wednesday, discarded furniture caught fire on a staircase landing of Block 532 Upper Cross Street, Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday. Another
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      • 60 2 A FIRE started in a three-storey apartment block on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Unwanted household items that had been discarded on a staircase landing of the block at Geylang Lorong 8 caught fire at about 8.40 am on Tuesday, Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday.
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      • 77 2 GET ready for the bright lights and kaleidoscope of this year’s Chingay parade. The Feb 10 night parade is organised by the People’s Association and will start at City Hall and wind its way towards Suntec City. Fifteen vintage cars, 40 motorcycles, opentop trolley buses, 60 bicycles,
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    • 383 3 Increase in bookings compared to lastyear NEW car prices have plummeted since September, dropping by as much as $19,000. And car showrooms are packed as a result. Because the vehicles cost less, dealers are registering significant increases in bookings compared to the same period
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    • 344 3 Difficult to find cabs during peak hours, rainy days THE level of service offered by taxis has not risen in line with fare hikes, a recent survey of 500 cab commuters indicates. More than half the taxi users surveyed by The Centre for Quality Innovation
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    • 90 3 onekindact Esther Tan: On Jan 15,1 boarded a double-decker express bus service 501 in the evening at Fullerton Road. As the bus was about to enter the CTE, a passenger approached the bus driver to ask him whether the bus would stop at Orchard Road. To my surprise,
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    • 70 5 "FANS" of President S R Nathan and the First Lady gave the couple the “rock star” treatment yesterday. Hands shot out from everywhere to greet the cheerful First Couple who were happy to meet well-wishers who decided to drop by at the Istana yesterday The Istana grounds
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    • 299 5 THERE'S been a drop in the number of new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Singapore. The average number of cases reported daily fell to 25 last week, from 28 the week before, according to
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    • 93 5 Our weather girl says Some of you might be thinking of skipping lunch today after two days of festive feasting. But for those of you who're not, remember to take along 1 your brolly when you go out for lunch. Showers with thunder are I expected in the afternoon islandwide.
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    • Just a minute
      • 33 5 'Catch our hot Taiwaneseexport Stefanie Sun in person in Bugis Square, if Parco Bugis Junction fat 6pm today. The home--grown star will promote E her lastest album and usign autographs.
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      • 56 5 From this month The Tanjong Pagar Community Development Council has launched a new network called The Learn Network which provides courses in investment, law, mathematics, English, information technology, personal grooming and safety and security for those interested in these subjects. Just get an application form from your nearest community club
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      • 78 5 Those of you who missed the Jan 1 deadline to set up a new DBS account that can be topped up with CPF funds to stay above $5OO can still do so. But you have to be working and earn less than Ik 1,500 a month to do so.
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  • Streatsmart column
    • 245 6 betweenthelines. 0i January 17th, one-hour black-outs rolled round the area of northern California. And Governor Gray Davis declared a state of emergency, authorising the state water department to buy power. This is a dreadful mess for a state that is held up around
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    • 664 6 OH GOODY. Now that they have installed public cell phone chargers all over the island, we can practically live on the streets. No need to go home just to recharge the phone, which should have contained an "ever-lasting" battery in the first place. The
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 314 7 Wires Defence Secretary quits MANILA Even before Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo finished filling her Cabinet, she got her first defection yesterday. Defence Minister Orlando Mercado quit over the appointment of a national security adviser who he claimed was tainted. “I resigned today,” said Mr Mercado. “One
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    • 157 7 -AP JAKARTA Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation, formerly headed by President Abdurrahman Wahid, has come to his rescue in his time of need. It has warned of social chaos if Parliament succeeds in ousting the President, popularly known as Gus Dur, for
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    • 165 7 Reuters ADELAIDE Southern Australia baked yesterday in a recordbreaking heatwave. The heat has sent power consumption soaring and even caused discomfort. “Anyone who says it hasn’t been hot is crazy,” said Shirley Oldfield, a cafe owner in the remote outback town of Marree which broke a 61-year-old
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    • 144 7 AP f pAS wants to jo in NF, it is up to the other NF component parties to decide. Umno will not stand in the way -Dr Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he would not stand in
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 224 8 Wire Services Verbal tit-for-tatover Falungong WASHINGTON The very first “ticking-off” from the new Bush administration on Beijing’s policy towards Falungong members has earned a swift response from China. In a response that came within hours, China blasted the new administration, for making
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 8 The pupils of Soderportens school in Kristianstad, Sweden, took part in the biggest hug in history on Tuesday. Altogether 901 pupils took part in the hug which was officially noted by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records Pic: AP
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    • 87 8 -AFP PARIS Buying cologne or perfume for another person could be a mistake. German researchers believe a perfume is a purchase driven by an individual’s genes a person will subconsciously choose a type of scent that actually magnifies his body odour. The research involved
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    • 113 8 AP NEW YORK Thirty -three per cent of New York’s young gay or bisexual black men are infected with HIV, according to a survey. Only 2 per cent of the city’s white gay men in the same age group
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    • 68 8 Reuters NEW DELHI -The government of the western Indian state of Gujarat has decreed that all ministers must rear at least one cow at their official residences to save the animals from a severe drought "It was decided that leaders of the state should take the lead
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    • news scan
      • 109 8 -afp PUERTO BAQUERIZO MORENO, Ecuador Ecuador said on Wednesday it has arrested the captain and crew of the oil tanker responsible for a spill threatening the Galapagos Islands. The arrests came as an international crew of workers cleaned up some seven tonnes of oil off the beaches
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      • 71 8 -AP BOSTON Super-aspirin is turning out to be a super-failure, perhaps even a deadly one. In 1996, when large-scale testing began, researchers were optimistic that the drug would improve on the plain two-cent variety, still the most important medicine for heart disease. But study after study has ended
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      • 97 8 AP KABUL The Taliban religious police have jailed 22 hairdressers accused of propagating a western-style haircut, referred to among young men in Kabul as “the Titanic”, residents said. The hairstyle mimics that of Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and the haircut is named for his movie hit,
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      • 97 8 -AP NATCHEZ, Mississippi The skeleton of a would-be burglar was found lodged in the chimney of a gift shop, solving the case of a man who disappeared in 1985. The fully clothed remains of Calvin Wilson were found by masons renovating the building in the city’s historic
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      • 81 8 AP SEATTLE A Microsoft technician’s error jammed company computer systems responsible for directing online traffic, resulting in hours of problems for people trying to access some of the software giant’s web sites. Microsoft Corp said it had fixed the problem, which began late on Tuesday. It
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 273 11 Reuters LONDON Britain’s Peter Mandelson, the minister in charge of Northern Ireland and Prime Minister Tony Blair’s closest political ally, quit the government on Wednesday, scuppered by a passport scandal. The resignation ripped a hole in Mr Blair’s administration, robbing him of a key architect
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    • 184 11 -AP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian gov- J ernment has rejected jailed po- t litician Anwar i Ibrahim’s request I to undergo back I surgery in Ger- many. V Deputy Prime Mi- nister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that medical experts felt the operation could be
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    • 168 11 Reuters WASHINGTON Former US Vice-President Al Gore has accepted a teaching job at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, said a former aide. The aide, said that Mr Gore, who worked as an investigative reporter in Tennessee before being elected
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    • 208 11 -AFP PARIS Veteran British guitarist Mark Knopfler has occasionally been dubbed a dinosaur and now the label has ironically come true. A unique dinosaur whose remains have been unearthed in Madagascar has been named after him. The snaggle-toothed reptile has been named Masiakasaurus knopfleri,
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    • 391 12 11 m 2 10 3 4 5 6 i ii l I 1 I'm meeting Jill at 5 o'clock. drink.shop.relax "We'll start off with a leisurely drink and then proceed to shopping before taking in a movie. And end the evening at the spa." From 15 November '00 to 15
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  • easy STREATS
    • 737 13  - Behave yourself the world (and your wife) is watching Did you know that while you party at Venom, its webcams showcase you to the world. Similar initiatives in the US got canned after celebrities complained of privacy issues petty or a real problem? by ART! MULCHAND YOU walk into Venom
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    • easyStreats treats
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        396 14  -  liSmX m two shoes by Wileen Chang TOSSING yu sheng (raw fish salad) high into the air while uttering auspicious sayings is supposed to bring good luck. Restaurants which first introduced that New Year delight, yu sheng, also packed it with condiments like pepper, sesame seeds and
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    • 152 16 IF you think heart-throb Takeshi Kaneshiro, otherwise known as Aniki Jin, is fizzling out in Japan, think again. The actor-singer is reentering J-pop land with a big bang this year First up, he has been chosen by Internet search engine Lycos to be their spokesperson in
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    • 184 16 HONGKONG Heavenly King Aaron Kwok is makk ing sure he has a fruit- ful Year of the Snake. I On Monday, the I singer-actor will be I doing four concerts fin Hongkong. And if all goes well, he does- f n’t intend to stop there. Aaron,
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
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          70 16 10pm, Channel 5 l Detective John i Hobbes (Denzel 1 Washington) is an r honest cop who manages to secure W the execution of a serial killer. But before long, corpses bearing the dead man’s modus operandi start turning up in bath-tubs everywhere. Ultimately, the snaky trail leads to
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        • Article, Illustration
          77 16 10pm, AXN (SCVI9) A young gambling addict gets into serious debt. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle gets him a job working for a gangster who needs a runner to place bets. However, the temptation of walking around with large sums proves too i
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    • 234 19 r Just 1 ll* I would like to be greeted when I get into a cab. Or at the very least, they shouldn't be yelling at me. I've had cabbies who've 1 scolded me because they have had to wait for me
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 235 20 Reuters MELBOURNE Jennifer Capriati is sick of talking about the dark days. The times when, seemingly burnt out, she tumbled from teenage starlet to rebel and made the newspaper front pages for everything but her tennis. Now the American is hitting the headlines
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      • 296 21 Reuters LONDON Liverpool thrashed First Division side Crystal Palace 5- at Anfield on Wednesday for a 6- aggregate win and a place in the League Cup final. The Reds ripped through the visitors with three goals in five first half minutes from Vladimir Smicer, Danny
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      • 443 21 BIRMINGHAM Sven-Goran Eriksson, the England coach, was finally treated to an absorbing match in England yesterday morning (Singapore time). He was also shown the fickle nature of the game when Aston Villa, driven on by the marvellous Paul Merson, was beaten by lan
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      • 342 23 -AFP ADELAIDE Australian batsman Mark Waugh, who has agreed to face questioning over his alleged role in cricket’s match-fixing scandal, conceded yesterday that he is under pressure. His manager Leo Karis had earlier indicated Waugh would co-operate with investigators. A letter was
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      • 281 23 Reuters CHARLOTTE, North Carolina-Jamal Mashburn had 31 points and 13 rebounds as the Charlotte Hornets snapped their five-game losing streak with an 81 -67 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. The Knicks have lost three straight games for the first time since early last season,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 490 15 If it s our \ou sham with De eres Your Daily Horoscope PkQumms JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com GEMINI MAY 21 JUN 21 On the cusp of the weekend, this world is yours to rule. People in love with your strange ideas always want to hear more.
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    • 162 16 «111» Celebrate the New Year with this treat! Everyday, 8 contestants will each win a $lOO product hamper from GohJoo Hin km ■1 v w 'V'-::;:.: V.U I WĔMĔMmm 1 In Singapore ■as. *isjg m oOtl j€N» Hist Pte Ltlt mgJ Since 1940 i& 0 0 Nf W Mcm H
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 184 18 FRIDAY Q 26 January 2001 easy i vvnv vviw A natural busybody, he suddenly finds problems to gang fights; from baseball matches to flower arrangement classes. make two bosom friends. Plus a bevy of girlfriends he cannot seem to drop at will. And as the number accumulates, so do his
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    • 352 19 OTC ■> C 4 Its»*# m sassia mats «r 5E m «¥BftSi, TI S M ift 7 ife The story so far Little Fairy Zhang Jing coi to hit Xiao Yuer until Mat fR 11 7 asr. ft a Xiao Yuer had tricked Zhang twice. Murong thought Xiao Yuer's skills
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