Streats, 24 March 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets SATURDAY 24 March 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 306 1  -  reports by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE price of a loaf of bread: $2.50. The penalty for petty thief: $BOO, or a week behind bars. The story that came out of Hannah Teo Ah Lian’s conviction yesterday: Pitiful. The 50-year-old appeared in
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  • 149 1 HE said he was worried about is son. So, irritated by a kitten sniffing at his feet, he kicked it to death. At about 8.30 pm on Oct 10 last year, Indian national Kathan Govindaraj, 36, called India from a public telephone
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  • morning rush
    • 137 1 THE government has set aside more money to top up funds raised by Mendaki, the Association of Muslim Professionals and all other Malay/Muslim organisations. The annual cap on the dollar-for-matching grant scheme goes up from $3.5 million to $4 million for the next two years
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    • 59 1 THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has reminded GSTregistered retailers to show only one price, which includes GST, so that consumers will not be confused. Those who fail to do so could be fined up to $5,000. This reminder follows several complaints from comsumers about
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    • 113 1 AFTER almost two years at the helm, John Koh has retired as Chief Operating Officer of the Football Association of Singapore. But when contacted yesterday, Koh, 61, refused to confirm or deny it. During his term, Koh led the worldwide search for a Goal 2010 project director to guide Singapore
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 363 2 IN an attempt to lend an air of innocence to his drug dealing ways, a 34-year-old man carried his nine-month-old baby son to the transaction. It didn’t fool Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers. At 9.10 pm last Thursday,
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    • 219 2  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE three friends had something in common. They were all facing drugs charges and being repeat offenders knew they would go to jail. To push the thought away, Hairunizam Hamzah, 28, Susalee Selamat, 28, and Yusman Mohhamad Yusoff
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    • 173 2 A SINGAPOREAN couple have been arrested on drugs charges in Malaysia’s Johor Baru and could face the death penalty. The couple, a man aged 40 and a woman aged 20, are both Chinese, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. They were held
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    • 148 2 onekindact Tham Lai Yee MY boyfriend and I found an albino rabbit in a neighbour's garden on March 18 that appeared to be in poor condition and called theSPCA. We were dismayed and surprised to hear that SPCA staff members do not work on Sundays. It angered
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    • 33 2 morningsmile The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had to do it over again. "Sure,"she replied, "but not the same ones."
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    • 337 3  -  reports by SARAH NG imhenyour resistance is low, the chances of getting infected in crowded and enclosed places may be higher. Dr Mabel Cheng, general practitioner TODAY is World TB Day. If you’ve always squirmed in your seat, wondering if you’ll catch tuberculosis (TB) whenever
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    • 203 3 GENERATIONS ago tuberculosis was among the most-feared infectious diseases. Now, thanks to immunisation, early detection and treatment, TB is no longer a public health threat in most developed countries. In Singapore, 1,525 new cases of TB were reported last year, 16 per cent fewer
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    • 231 3  -  by 'CARRIE HO OPERATORS of an innovative mobile gambling den used ushers to meet and escort customers to their secret den from nearby coffee shops. But they were still busted after a week of operation in the Tanjong Pagar area. Police raided
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      • 49 3 THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) will corporatise its revenue-generating divisions from next month. Two companies PSB Corporation and PSB Certification will be set up to run the business. PSB Corporation will offer training, consultancy, testing and technology services, while PSB Certification will offer system-certifica-tion services.
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      • 131 3 SHE felt a tug at her handbag when she was about to enter an underpass to Dhoby Ghaut MRT on Wednesday at about spm. Ms Lina Sugianto, 29, an accountant, turned around and saw a “16 to 17-year-old boy” holding on to one end of her
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      • 134 3 A THIEF seemed to have an eye for coloured handphones. At about noon on Feb 23, Vikneswaran P Balasubramaniam, 24, a full-time NS man, approached Mr Lu Wenjie, 16, at Bukit Batok Polyclinic and asked to use his silver Motorola handphone. When Mr Lu wasn’t
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    • 371 5  -  by CARRIE HO IF you have fond memories of care-free days frolicking among the scientifically-labelled trees and bushes of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, you can look forward to making even better memories in four years’ time. That is when the Heritage Core or Tanglin section the
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    • 231 5  -  by SARAH NG A WOMAN who forgot to terminate her ATM transaction found herself poorer by $l,OOO. She went to a DBS ATM lobby at Peninsula Plaza on Friday last week at 9am to electronically transfer $B5 to her friend. When she updated her passbook at
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    • 72 5 Keep an eye on the skies today as thunderstorms are expected over many. areas in the morning. Temperatures will reach a high of 32°C and high tide will hit 2.6 m at 11.48 pm. The PSI stands at 49. Our weather girl is Streats reader Elaine
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    • Just a minute
      • 131 5 It's the start of the Qing Ming observances which run till April 15. Please note the traffic arrangements for tomorrow, March 31, April 1, 5, 7-8 and 13-15: Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery (4am to 12.30 pm) A one-way traffic system within the cemetery; No heavy vehicles allowed;
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      • 57 5 Commuters will get an additional bus service on March 24,25 and 31. SBS service 405 will go from Boon f Lay Interchange to Lim Chu Kang via Jalan Boon Lay, Jalan Bahar, Choa Chu Kang Road and Lim Chu Kang Road. The bus leaves every 25 minutes. The service
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 231 6 Reuters KOROLYOV, Russia Remnants of Russia’s Mir space station plunged into the Pacific Ocean yesterday, thundering spectacularly over Fiji with a huge smoke trail after engineers ended the laboratory’s “triumphant” 15year mission. Mission Control outside Moscow said a final signal at 1.07 pm Singapore
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    • 86 6 justbelieveit. EDMONTON A man took his dog to get a routine shot but his pet was put down instead. Jamie Kerr and his 10-year-old yellow Labrador retriever arrived early for the appointment. When the vet administered the shot, he saw his dog's head drop and questioned
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    • 104 6 AP TOKYO J-Phone Group announced it will start selling cellphones that can show 3D images. Japanese cellphones already show colour pictures and photos, which can be downloaded from the Internet along with text such as news, e-mail and restaurant guides. The new
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      • 116 7 Reuters SYDNEY Aussie boozers have flocked to their garages to turn them into home breweries after pub beer prices jumped last year. “We’ve had huge sales of home brew kits in the last eight months,” Mr Alec Hill of Pacific Brewing Pty Ltd said. Australia’s largest
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      • 82 7 AP SYDNEY A municipal gardener riding a lawnmower escaped with minor injuries yesterday after he plunged 6m off a cliff, officials said. An ambulance spokeswoman said the man, in his 30s, was mowing grass in a park in one of Sydney’s harbourside neighbourhoods when he plummeted
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      • 99 7 AP SYDNEY An Aboriginal leader called yesterday for Australia to stop sheltering his people with welfare and gifts and help them to start businesses and face the same challenges as other Australians. Joseph Elu, chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corp, said
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    • 177 7 -AFP BEIJING The deaf-mute suspect in four bomb blasts that killed scores of people on March 16 has been arrested near China’s border with Vietnam and confessed to the crime, police said yesterday “Jin Ruchao was arrested at about Bam this morning on the
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    • 260 7 AP BRISBANE Australia’s far-right firebrand Mrs Pauline Hanson said yesterday that Australia must stop aid to Asia. One Nation party leader Mrs Hanson said Australian taxpayers were unhappy about seeing their money donated to other nations. The money should be used to reduce Australia’s national
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 158 8 AP Two teachers; three students hurt SAN DIEGO California It was back to San Diego for this week’s US school shooting. An 18-year-old opened fire at his school, wounding three classmates and two teachers before he was shot by police in a gun battle, police
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      • 90 8 Reuters FRANKFURT A German sauna has banned a man caught filming naked clients with a tiny camera hidden in his shower gel bottle, police said. He had wanted to use the material “for artistic purposes”. The 37-year-old man had built a wireless device which sent video
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      • 82 8 Reuters LAS VEGAS Imagine a world where I bracelets monitor body temperatures and heart rates, tie clips store personal informa- tion and badges help people find their ideal I mates with a pheromone match. Charmed Technology, a wearable Internet products and technology developer, already has. The Beverly
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      • 120 8 Reuters ROME After being covered up for centuries in a chaste, striped robe, a Florentine Renaissance Venus has regained her naked splendour. Venere e Amore (Venus and Love), a painting from the mid-1500s by Michele di Ridolfo di Ghirlandaio, was unveiled by Italy’s Arts Council after a complex
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      • 70 8 -AFP KATHMANDU A fire which has raged for days around Mount Everest, destroying acres of vegetation, was doused by a day of rain and snow, officials said yesterday. Chief District officer Horn Prasad Paudel said: “The devasting fire which had destroyed 30 sq km was
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    • 72 8 IN THE SUNDAY TIMES TOMORROW No thank you Madam Lim Joo Lian, 56, has never taken a day of sick leave in her working life. More companies are trying to keep workers healthy like her, to WT save over $65 million a year in productivity losses. Paula McCoy has the
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  • Streatsmart people
    • Article, Illustration
      286 9 UN secretary-general meets friends in high places Reuters UNITED NATIONS I Fresh r. f r o m I announcI ing that f he would seek reelection as the world’s top diplomat, UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan yesterday met US President George W Bush on a host of international issues.
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    • 188 9 Reuters WASHINGTON The US millionaire with a ticket to ride aboard the Russian Soyuz spaceship said on Thursday that he is ready for his planned US$2O million ($35.6 million) flight to the International Space Station. American investment manager Dennis Tito, who will become the first tourist
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    • 173 9 -AFP MANILA A manhunt was launched yesterday for a convict known for killing an Italian priest and eating part of his brain after he escaped from a Philippine prison. Norberto Manero, convicted of the 1985 murder of Reverend Tulio Favali, fled on Thursday from Sarangani provincial
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    • 102 9 -AFP LOS ANGELES Animation pioneer William Hanna, who helped create Yogi Bear, Tom and Jerry, Fred Flintstone and hundreds of other cartoons, died here on Thursday, broadcast reports said. He was 90. Mr Hanna and partner Joseph Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1957 and produced
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  • STREATS
    • 460 11  -  by Diana Ser FROM a sexually liberated doctor to a stepmother who has a quasi-incestuous relationship with her stepson, you might say that singer Kit Chan’s acting career has gotten off to an unusual start. No sweetie-pie roles for Singapore’s premier
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    • Go travel
      • 392 12  -  by SARAH NG IF Holly Hunter can play her piano on the beach, you can have your gourmet-styled picnic lunches (with fold-out chairs and table) on Bales Bay. Or under soaring trees in the Flinders Chase National Park, for that matter. That’s the kind of holiday
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      • 365 12 AR Reuters LOS ANGELES Scaffolding along the red carpet for the Academy Awards ceremony collapsed on Thursday, injuring five workers, one seriously. Most of the mangled metal fell just behind an area where fans and reporters will sit to watch celebrities enter
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      • 38 12 Oscartrivia Art school graduate George Stanley sculpted the first statuette, a naked man plunging a sword into a reel of film with five holes. The five holes represented the five branches of the Academy.
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    • Go havoc
      • 264 14  -  by Cara van Miriah EAST Coast Park that’s where the young hang out on the weekends and during school holidays, cycling, roller-blading and swimming. Or will they be guzzling beer by the seashore? By now, the Beach, a 376 sq metre “live” pub
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      • channel scan
        • 68 14 Sunday, 4.30 pm, Channel 8 The Ming Emperor sends his brother King Cheng on a mission. Granted access to the three star-shaped keys and the Ming royal tomb, King Cheng employs the help of Lu Ding Wen to locate the manuscripts of the Tai Kung Heaven Bible. However,
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        • 66 14 Sunday, 11 pm, Central The story examines the marriage of John and Ann who appear to have everything. Then Ann confides to her analyst that she finds sex overrated. Into this comes Graham, a college friend of John’s, who enjoys listening to women’s sexual confessions. He
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    • Go play
      • 392 18  -  by Peter Siow FAS boss refuses to confirm or deny the news JOHN Koh has called it a day as chief operating officer of the Football Association of Singapore. The 61-year-old soccer supremo is believed to have opted for early retirement But when contacted yesterday, Koh
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      • 427 18 Geylang United 1 Balestier Central 0 by TAN KIM HAN GEYLANG United kept pace with early season pace-setter Sembawang Rangers with its second straight win yesterday. An 11th minute goal by midfielder Brian Bothwell against Balestier Central at Bedok Stadium was all the Eagles needed to
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      • 345 19  -  by' TAN KIM HAN HOW much is a place in the Champions League worth? According to Liverpool assistant manager Phil Thompson, it is worth more than three cup trophies. Yesterday, the former Reds legend and England international said he would
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      • 132 19 Reuters BUCHAREST Valencia striker Adrian llie will return to bolster a depleted Romanian attack for tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier against Italy. Romanian coach Ladislau Boloni said llie, who has been out for two months after tearing a leg muscle, should be fit enough to play at
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      • 92 19 Group One: Luxembourg v Faroe Islands; Yugoslavia vs Switzerland; Russia vs Slovenia Group Two: Andorra v Holland; Cyprus v Republic of Ireland Group Three: Malta v Denmark; Northern Ireland v Czech Republic; Bulgaria v Iceland Group Four: Sweden v Macedonia; Turkey v Slovakia; Azerbaijan v Moldova Group
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      • 88 19 •BASKETBALL Reuters Atlanta The San Antonio Spurs beat Atlanta Hawks 115-101 to take a half99me lead over Philadelphia 76ers for the be st record in the league on Thursday in NBA Championships. The Spurs got 23 points from Derek Anderson. Other results: Los
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      • 289 20 Reuters England should emerge unscathed, going by present form WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS England v Finland LIVERPOOL England takes on Finland in a World Cup qualifier tonight in a far more positive frame of mind than when it was held to a goalless draw in the corresponding
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      • 104 20 Reuters LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard’s participation in the match against Finland has been thrown into doubt after the midfielder was unable to train fully on Thursday. The injury-plagued 20-year-old, who has a history of back trouble, joined training late and took part only in some light jogging.
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      • 128 20 -AFP LONDON Former England coach Kevin Keegan on Thursday warned new boss Sven-Goran Eriksson that he will need to call on all his experience if he is to be successful as the national team coach. Eriksson’s predecessor resigned as coach minutes after the
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      • 140 20 Reuters CHESTER An adamant England captain David Beckham said that he was ready to lead his country in its matches against Finland and Albania. England will be hoping a revitalised Beckham can fire it to two victories in the next few days. “Not winning these games would be
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 406 13 V vlfcn ncr Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20- FEB 18 fou may find yourself learning of big houses and fancy cars Jnless you have a a )lan, your ideas may see completion. Good today, solid not FEB 19- MAR 20 hs N A high energy
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 229 16 SATURDAY^^Marcj^OOI li h*K*t a <F\ ■"V C mon, Step on it! The bus is moving away! V' The story is about A doe-eyed schoolgirl who teaches a bunch of school bullies a lesson after she sees them terrorising other kids. Out of vengeance, the bullies follow her home one afternoon.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 264 17 The story today... While taking a break at an inn, Wei Xiaobao and Mao Shiba overhear a conversation by some men who work for a notable official, Wu Sangui. They think the local food is lousy compared to those served in the official's mansion. Mao Shiba becomes furious and starts
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 104 19 Inthelivingroom &ASKETBAL NBA: Phoenix Suns v Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN Ch23,10am). HORSE RACING: Emirates World Series (SportsCity, tomorrow, 1am). SOCCER: NTUC Income S-League: SAFFC v Home United (SportsCity, 7pm). Cup qualifiers: England v Finland (1 0.55pm), Romania v Italy (tomorrow, 3 25am) FC Ch22. Northern Ireland v Czech Republic (10.55pm), Germany
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