Streats, 19 March 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 19 March 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 647 1  -  by CARRIE HO SEX. Say it out loud and don’t apologise for it. If you are a woman from Singapore, chances are: You no longer shy away from making the first move for sex. In fact, you
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  • morning rush
    • 98 1 MOST companies are yet to bring in a monthly variable component into their wage structure, said NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday. He said he was concerned that fewer than 300 unionised firms have introduced the scheme. Companies which do so will be able to adjust
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    • 101 1 SINGAPORE is the least corrupt Asian country, followed by Japan and Hongkong. Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Thailand, the Philippines and China are the most corrupt, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) said in a survey. On a scale of zero to 10, with zero being
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 379 2 ALTHOUGH the incidence of breast cancer in Singapore has more than doubled over the last 30 years, a worryingly small proportion of women are aware that a simple check can save their lives, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said
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    • 367 2  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH DO you give your child assessment books one after another? That is a mistake, Dr Low Guat Tin, an associate professor in Policy and Management Studies, told the 50 parents who attended her talk yesterday. Titled Understanding Motivation and Learning
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    • 281 3 $l,000 it was hers for the taking IF you forgot to pick up your $l,OOO from the DBS Bank ATM at Paya Lebar MRT station, fret not: Your cash is safe. The woman who found the stash of $5O notes waited for the owner to come back, and then gave
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    • 207 3 THREE female students found a camera hidden in their bathroom, allegedly planted by their landlord to spy on them as they showered. The three, from China, called the police and left after the landlord was taken in for questioning. One of the three, a 22-year-old tourism
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    • news scan
      • 81 3 A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious spinal injuries when he rode into the back of a bro-ken-down truck parked on Woodlands Avenue 8 on Saturday at 8.45 am. Malaysian Mr Goh Kok Keong, 30, a factory supervisor, was travelling in the left lane of a three-lane carriageway towards
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      • 114 3 TWO gold rings worth $6OO each, one gold I bracelet worth $3OO and two credit cards were stolen in a break-in at a factory unit at Block 135 Jurong East Street 13. i The break-in was discovered by the factory administration manager Mr Lee Ah Toi, 51,
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    • 102 3 onekindact Usha Rao FORGOT my handbag about two weeks ago at Yishun Stadium bus stop. A taxi driver who took me to search for the bag offered me the use of his handphone and waived his fare after I found that it was gone. My bag
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    • 420 5  -  by l CARRIE HO OFFICERS at the Thomson Garden Neighbourhood Watch Zone (NWZ) used to receive many complaints from residents about the foreign workers in the area. But now, the local and foreign neighbours are a chummy bunch. You can even catch the
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    • 72 5 Brace yourselves for thunderstorms over many areas in the late afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will hit a high of33°C.< High tide will reach 2m at 9.50 pm. The PSI is 42 as scattered > hotspots have been detected over central Sumatra and Kalimantan. Our weather
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    • 65 5 Go on, have a bite... After all, it's your birthday bash, right? Yup! Sang Raja, the zoo's adorable jumbo, will soon be two. And the kids were there to celebrate with him. The elephant, which was born on March 24, 1999, happily lapped up all the
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    • Just a minute
      • 65 5 The Mammobus is parked at the Tiong Bahru Community Centre till March 30. It will screen women aged 45 and above for breast cancer. Residents pay $25, but those under public-assistance schemes will get free screenings. Contact Madam Wu Sam Moi at 223 0748 for further details. The
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      • 67 5 If you patronise Tibs' Nightßider (NR) sĕrvices this month, you are eligible to enter a lucky draw. All you need to do is to send one NR bus ticket (dated March 2001) with your particulars (name, NRiC, address, telephone number) on an envelope to Tibs'Pß Department at 6 Ang
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      • 58 5 Catch a plethora of works by the staff of the LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts'School of Design at an exhibition entitled "Distinctive Transitions" from tomorrow until Friday at 11 am- 7pm at the Earl Lu Gallery, 90 Goodman Road. For more information, call 344 4300 or visit
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  • Streatsmart column
    • 657 6 TWO Saturdays ago, before I slipped on my comfy shoes to check out what’s new in the stores, a Straits Times column “Has POSBank given up its mission to promote thrift?” caught my eye. In his column, deputy news editor Sonny Yap, lamented the
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  • Streatsmart Interchange
    • 181 7 AS an avid fan of wrestling on the television, I disagree with the perception and opinions of those who want it axed (Do you think WWF matches should be banned from prime time TV? March 8). No offence intended, but I think it is wrong to
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    • 85 7 ON March 14, I flagged bus 125 (licence plate no SBS 346 D) at 7.50 am at the bus stop along Sims Avenue. The bus captain didn’t signal left before slowing down to a stop. When bus captains don’t signal before stopping, passengers may think the buscaptain
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 207 8 -AP But more survey respondents say they have no debt SYDNEY More Australians are spending their savings or sinking into debt as the economy slows, according to survey results released yesterday. Almost 13 per cent of respondents to the ING Melbourne
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    • 171 8 -AFP Malaysian Bar Council alarmed over high number of fatal shootings KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's police shoot dead an average of 1.3 people every week and the country’s lawyers demand that an inquiry be launched, the Sun newspaper reported yesterday. Mr Mah Weng
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    • web cites
      • 62 8 Singaporeans and other Chinese the world over can now go to a locally-based website to trace their roots. By entering the names of their parents or other ancestors, chineseroots.com lets people build a family tree that can stretch as far back as the time of Confucius 2,500 years ago.
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      • 45 8 www.pianetproject.com is apparently the largest poll. Over 200 questions were asked to 1.2 million participants in 251 countries. Findings: 21 per cent of Singaporeans say they have never been kissed, while fewer than one in 10 is willing to donate their organs.
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    • 293 9 Reuters 'Breakdown' of law and order prompts citizens to wonder: Are the painful economic reforms really worth it? BEIJING At least 108 people were killed in a series of explosions in Shijiazhuang city on Friday night. The simultaneous,
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    • 143 8 ENGLISH PLUS! I 1 I Stansfield School of Business is pleased to offer the ENGLISH PLUS! j programme for foreign students. This is a special programme designed for j non-English speakers who are keen on pursuing a prestigious University j I of London degree or diploma. The ENGLISH PLUS! programme
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 287 10 -afp NEW YORK The continued downturn of the US stock market, coupled with fears of an imminent recession, has prompted most Americans to hold off on big purchases, a Newsweek poll shows. The likelihood of a recession within the
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    • 289 10 AP ST AUSTELL, England A multi-domed bubble billed as the world’s largest greenhouse made its debut on Saturday, bringing together the earth’s horticultural diversity to a former clay pit. Thousands of visitors flocked to the Eden Project, in Cornwall, south-western England, on its opening
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    • 115 10 Reuters LONDON Ants, crickets and scorpions coated in chocolate and sold as a high-protein snack are a hit in London. Chef Todd Dalton has acquired a taste for insects on his travels in Asia and Central America. He says he has sold 5,000 chocolate-coated
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    • 120 11 Reuters NEW DELHI Eleven people, including two policemen, were killed in Bihar state during a battle between police and an MP’s supporters, newspapers reported yesterday. Army and paramilitary units have been rushed to Siwan, about 120 km north-west of Patna, the state
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    • 276 11 AP THE high-tech industry may be struggling in the US but it’s positively bustling in Ireland. That’s the message from an Irish government-sponsored job fair that kicked off over the weekend in New York City. Jobs Ireland hopes its around-the-world roadshow to recruit
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    • news scan
      • 117 11 AP NEW YORK A doctor who operated on a man’s healthy hip in 1996 has operated on another man’s good knee, even though the leg for surgery was marked “Yes”. Dr Craig DuMond of Adirondack Medical Center said he was embarrassed by his latest boo-boo. After
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      • 110 11 Reuters ROME Thieves have stolen the body of Enrico Cuccia, one of Italy’s top bankers who died last year, police said. “The grave has been robbed. We don’t know where the body is,” a police spokesman said. The grave was found open on Saturday, but police said
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      • 94 11 -AFP BANGKOK -A rare twin elephant has died in a Thai zoo, leaving her sister grief-stricken and baffling vets who had tried to save her, reports said yesterday. Nine-year-old twins Joom and Jim may have been unique in the world, vet Alongkorn Mahonnop said. Joom fell ill
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      • 88 11 AP LONDON As FMD continued to spread, the Blair government faced farmers angry that hundreds of thousands of healthy animals are to be slaughtered. The RSPCA joined mounting opposition to the mass cull, which calls for healthy sheep and pigs to be destroyed within 3km of infected
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 245 12 Reuters LONDON Britain’s ruling Labour Party will use a spoof horror video based on the cult 1970 s horror film, The Omen, to support its bid for re-election. A Labour Party spokesman told Reuters yesterday that the video, Economic Disaster N, attacking
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    • 143 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR treating Anwar .JL Ibrahim said surgery for his injured back k recommended by a foreign specialist lcould be performI ed locally. f The New Straits Times yesterday quot- jr ed Dr Adbul Razak Kechik as saying that almost all the equipment
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    • 196 12 AP ROME A Palermo prosecutor has been quoted as saying that Mr Silvio Berlusconi, the media baron running to be Italy’s next premier, will be questioned after the May 13 elections in connection with a probe of suspected Mafia ties. A former official of one of
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  • easy Streats
    • Article, Illustration
      606 13  -  by DIANA SER Cleavage now you see it, now you don't Actress Jane Russell mesmerised tycoon Howard Hughes into getting a cantilevered bra engineered for her. Fifty years on, it's the push-up bra that has lingerie makers engineering new ways to give women the cup-runneth-over effect IT USED to
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    • 322 15  -  tip l two shoes by Judi Low THE story goes that Hwa Heng, of Hainanese descent, was one of those great cooks who churned out curry tiffins, pork chops and chips and such-like delicacies for the colonial masters of old. When the
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
        • 50 15 10pm, Channel 5 After replacing her furniture with Greg’s stored bachelor stuff, Dharma is a changed woman. But not necessarily for the better she becomes strangely possessed with material ambition. Meanwhile, Edward finally rebels against the fact that even his private den is entirely decorated by Kitty.
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        • 83 15 10.30 pm, Channel 5 Amy and Michael wind up having one last romantic fling just as their divorce is finalised. Although Amy is finally ready for an official divorce, she finds herself deeply attracted to Michael and decides to give in to her feelings for him. In other
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        • 56 15 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Xiasheng warns Wucang that Xiaoling will not change his mind, but he continues his petition to save the bus company. Xiaocilang agrees to let Xiasheng return to the bus project. Meanwhile, Wucang challenges Xiaocilang to ride on the bus to understand the value of
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        • 48 15 3pm, VV Entertainment (SCV 56) The underworld’s most influential figure, Fuhou, is the police’s most wanted man. Andy and Tinly are entrusted with the task to arrest him. A fierce battle between good and evil breaks out when they come face to face with each other
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        • 38 15 10pm,V V Entertainment (SCV 56) A heart-wrenching tale set on a deserted island, this film tells the story of a mother who singlehandedly raises her three subnormal sons and tries relentlessly to find wives for them.
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    • 325 17  -  'CARA van MIRIAH fi HEY are hot. They are sexy And, boy, can Jey move. I Crush is a three-piece girl band who r Q Spice Girls and Destiny’s Child rolled p one. And they are more than just r etty faces. Claudine, Cristal
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    • 337 19 Just one question No I don't think so. If you go to European countries, you will see that their news-stands are filled with uncensored pornographic pictures. Our print media is so much tamer by comparison. -Ms Sabrina Wee, 21, student No.
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 507 21 AFR Reuters London David Pleat emerged 9s an outside candidate for the Tottenham managership on Saturday after guiding the team to 9 comfortable 3-0 win over relega-tion-threatened Coventry at White Hart Lane. Pleat, Tottenham’s director of football, adopted the role of ’’Caretaker coach
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      • 218 22 -AP SEPANG, Malaysia Three-time world champion Michael Schumacher, overcoming a farcical pit stop that lasted more than a minute, won ,a mishap-laden Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, beating Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello and capturing his sixth straight Formula One race. David Coulthard, who briefly
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      • SOCCER
        • 83 22 -AFP LONDON Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge resigned as manager of First Division struggler Tranmere Rovers. His decision came following the re-legation-threatened club’s 3-2 home defeat by Barnsley on Saturday. Tranmere’s latest league defeat leaves it rooted at the foot of the First Division, one point behind Queens
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        • 65 22 -AP BRADFORD, England Police have charged four Manchester City fans with singing racist chants at Saturday’s Premier League game against Bradford City as part of the latest crackdown on racism in English soccer. The charges are believed to be the first in the country. West Yorkshire police said
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      • 113 22 BASKETBALL MILWAUKEE Tim Thomas came off the bench to score 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 87-78 on Saturday. Philadelphia, with the NBA’s best road record, started a four-game trip without its coach and best player. 76ers
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      • 340 22 by PETER SIOW HIS appearance was like a meteor Now you see it. Now you don’t. Brazilian Renato Martins showed up for just one S-League match in Tampines Rovers’ 1-2 defeat against Geylang United last Thursday before packing his bags and heading home. There was no warning
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      • 410 23  -  by' TAN KIM HAN SHE looks just like any other schoolgirl. Fresh-faced and enthusiastic. Standing at a petite 1.54 metres, Daeng Nur Amelia’s soft-spoken and gentle demeanour will melt the coldest of hearts. But as she changes into her football gear, the 17-year-old transforms into
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 132 18 ■V MONDAYQI9 March 2001 X J I. matches to flower arrangement classes. cannot seem to drop at will. And as the The author. Publishing Pte Ltd All rights reserved. '""NO, mi M m o m ol rr% fc> O C 3 x Wha was that for!' X You started t
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 345 19 if The story today, The Giant Sword Sect has caught up with Xiao Yuer and Emerald Snake Fiend. Creeping up silently behind them is Shadow Man HuoZhao. With the arrival of all the top men misti &M 7 SK A l§ MM3: m w m i? 7M fell m n
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 411 20 Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 SEMIN!! MAY 21 JUN 21 LIBRA SEP 23 OCT 22 You may feel confined in some way today. There could be restrictions placed on you or someone may be preventing you from completing a task. Relax, tomorrow
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    • 28 22 Inthelivingroom DELAYED TELECAST GOLF PGA Bay Hill Invitationalfinal rd (Star Sports Ch24,11.30pm). SOCCER Italian Serie A: Lazio v Juventus (ESPN Ch23,Bpm). TENNIS Indian Wells, Men's final (ESPN Ch23,l2mn).
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