Streats, 28 March 2001

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  • Title Section
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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 28 March 2001 Another quality publication of JT Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • Article
    Lock icon Case warns of radiation dangers, asks MOH, IDA to act Hello, it's your call
    431 1  -  by STEPHANIE GOH HELLO, are you frying your brains with radiation while you yak on your handphone? Should your handphone carry a warning telling you how much radiation is being sent out? Do you really care?
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    Lock icon Sharon caught chat-driving Hello, please hang up
    158 1 MEDIACORP artiste Sharon Au is alleged to have been using her handphone without an earpiece while driving along Bras Basah Road on Saturday at 4.25 pm. Her handphone was confiscated on the spot and she was issued a summons. If found guilty, she
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Jakarta on alert
      155 1 JAKARTA Thousands of Indonesian police and soldiers were marshalled and put on alert yesterday as legislators prepared for an impeachment showdown with President Abdurrahman Wahid. Mr Abdurrahman is scheduled to meet with the legislature today to present his response to last month’s parliamentary censure for his alleged
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    • Article
      Lock icon 8 die in train crash
      70 1 EIGHT people were killed and a dozen injured yesterday when two Belgian commuter trains collided after one driver ignored a red signal. An empty train crashed head-on into a passenger train at about 8.45 am (2.45 pm Singapore time) as it ran along the same
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  • Streatsmart local
    • Thumbs up for Singapore
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        Lock icon Tops for business: Survey
        289 2 -AFP THIS is the best place to do business. In a Time Asia and Fortune Asia poll, 80 per cent of respondents k ranked Singapore as “good” or “excellent” in terms of busiI ness, trade and investment. m The poll found that the f most important
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shoppers a caring lot, too
        258 2 Shoppers a caring lot too -afp WE want a good bargain. But we have a heart, too. Singapore shoppers are world leaders when it comes to concerns about ethical business practices. This is the finding of a global survey released yesterday. Although Singaporeans rated low prices and reliable products as
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      Lock icon Helpful and trusting
      96 2 on.ekinda.ct Eileen It was raining heavily at Somerset when I reached the MRT station. Desperate to keep to my schedule, I asked the station staff if I could borrow an umbrella. They sought out an umbrella in the back office and said that it was not necessary
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      Lock icon Two weeks' jail for ramming rival's car
      226 3  -  by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM SHE looks meek and mild, but lashed out in a fit of anger when she found out that her husband was cheating on her. Petite Chan Peck Chan, 37, was before the court yesterday for ramming the car of the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Van thief drove over owner
      264 3  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH IT could have been a scene from a Hollywood action movie. A man hanging onto the open window of a speeding van. The driver desperately trying to make him lose his grip. The clinging man falls. The van brakes with a screech,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cheap shots
      81 3 morningsmile. Man: I want to give myself to you. Blonde: Sorry, I don't accept cheap gifts. Man: Just cheap perfume? Man: Haven't I seen you some place before? Blonde: Yeah, that's why I don't go there any more. Man: Well, I guess you really don't belong in the
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      Lock icon He kicked her as she tried to get off bus
      214 3  -  by I KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Night Rider bus was about to reach Teck Whye Avenue on Jan 21 at 3.35 am when Ms Faidzah Azah Mohamed Ali, 26, got up from her window seat to get off. However, Lee Yang
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      Lock icon New move to make e-trading safer
      221 4  -  by STEPHANIE GOH YOU want to try out e-commerce but still have doubts about how safe e-transac-tions are. You’re not alone. The National Trust Council (NTC) is so concerned about our reluctance to etransact that it has launched a project to boost trust and
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Foul play suspected as woman dies in flat
      237 4  -  by KAREN CHEN MADAM Nagalingam Anjella was supposed to have left on a trip to Malaysia on Monday. But at around 9.40 pm, she was found lying unconscious on the bedroom floor of her fifth-floor flat at Blk 121, Teck Whye Lane.
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      Lock icon Out of the cold... Into the warmth of well-wishers
      326 5  -  by STEPHANIE GOH EVEREST hero Khoo Swee Chiow was filled with warmth when he spoke to the media at the Singapore Sports Council’s Silver Room yesterday. Back from his widely-publi-cised aborted 800-km North Pole trek, the 37-year-old adventurer said he was
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      79 5 Hopefully by the time you read this, your mood will not be dampened by the showers in the pre-dawn hours and early morning. The rest of the k day should be fine. The temperature will reach a high of 32°C and the tide will I reach
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From today...
        97 5 From today Residents of Marine Parade GRC and MacPherson constituency, especially those without computers, will be able to carry out transactions online at web-enabled stations in some neighbourhoods. They can check their CPF accounts, pay service and conservancy bills and even book their wedding dates using these terminals. So far,
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        33 5 Check this out Fans of 15-year-old Compass Rose restaurant now have till Saturday to pay it one last visit. The Westin Stamford hotel's 69th floor restaurant will be closed for a six-month-long revamp.
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  • Streatsmart column
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      Lock icon 'Castrate' handphone pests
      673 6 Castrate' handphone pests IT'S the latest scourge. And you’ve probably been a victim of handphone harassment yourself: Handphones ringing and people yakking loudly away on their handphones with total impunity in public places. When all you really wish is for some peace, if not quiet. Question: Is this going to
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      816 6 wacky mobile club CARTOON THEMES Sesame Simpsons Oh Susanna She be coming TOP 10 HITS Against all odds Jumpin jumpin My love Same old brand new you The way that I am Its gonna be me Never be the same again Rythem Divine Mirror Mirror Lucky Stop NEW RINGTONES *****
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Leader's response unlikely to appease parliament Gus Dur in a corner
      203 8 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is unlikely to oppose moves to dump him when he responds to a parliament censure today. Many legislators are fed up with his erratic leadership. Parliament on Feb 1 rebuked Mr Abdurrahman for
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      Lock icon Japan admits nuclear dangers
      172 8 Reuters TOKYO The Japanese government admitted for the first time yesterday that there are dangers inherent in the use of nuclear power and acknowledged criticisms that the industry has been complacent about safety. “The use of nuclear power has many benefits, but there are potential dangers
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      Lock icon KL may cut growth outlook to 6% from 7%
      200 8 ap KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said that Malaysia might cut the growth rate forecast of 7 per cent for 2001, possibly to 6 per cent, but that the RM3.80 peg to the US dollar would
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    • news scan
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        Lock icon Aussie ban on online bets
        100 9 -AP CANBERRA Australians are to be banned from online betting, but Australian firms will be allowed to offer such betting abroad. Communications Minister Richard Alston said he will soon introduce legislation to ban all gaming services that are offered over the Internet, through mobile phones
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        Lock icon Going batty over bats
        73 9 -ap MELBOURNE A Melbourne bat colony will be exterminated despite threats by radicals to axe a tree for every dead bat, officials said yesterday. The colony of some 20,000 flying foxs has been destroying plants and frightening people at the 155-year-old botanical gardens, which houses a
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        Lock icon Knife saves man from croc
        94 9 AP DARWIN The survivor of a crocodile attack said yesterday he was saved from death by a knife strapped to his leg. Mr Chris O’Neil, 51, was attacked by a 2.5 m saltwater crocodile on Sunday while snorkelling off an island in Arnhem Land, in
        – AP  -  94 words
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        Lock icon Ned Kelly's head is back
        91 9 -AP MELBOURNE A man who claims to have the skull of Ned Kelly said yesterday he will return it for a proper burial. Tom Baxter said he has been minding the skull of Ned Kelly, which is officially the property of the state, until he
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      Lock icon 10% of Thai monks are drug addicts
      181 9 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s drug crisis has spread to its temples, where one in 10 monks and novices have sought help, reports said yesterday. Efforts to protect the nation’s 1 300,000 Buddhist clergy from the drugs scourge have failed due to a lack of
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon UK tourism counts cost of epidemic
      295 10 ar afp Industry losing USslsom a week as people stay away from countryside CHIPPING NORTON, England When foot-and-mouth disease struck, the government told people to stay out of rural areas. They did, and tourism died. Now, government advertisements are urging people to go back
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      Lock icon Curry a day keeping the racists away
      99 11 Reuters LONDON It’s a cushy job for London’s bobbies: Undercover dining at top restaurants in case any waiters are racially abused by clients. Instead of pounding the streets on a cold wintry night up to 20 officers settled down to eat at 10
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    • news scan
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        Lock icon Cab strike over clean fuel
        87 11 Reuters NEW DELHI Taxis in New Delhi will go off the roads tomorrow to protest against a court ultimatum to switch to cleaner fuel. A Federation of Transport Unions spokesman said 15,000 taxis and 50,000 three-wheelers will join the strike because they are unable to
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        Lock icon Get-rich books losing cash
        90 11 Reuters NEW YORK The “get-rich-quick in the stock market” books so popular this time last year are piling up at bookstores, and publishers are taking a hard hit. At a bookstore in lower Manhattan, stacks of The Day Trader’s Survival Guide and The 100 Best Internet
        – Reuters  -  90 words
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        Lock icon Poets heed UN call
        101 11 Reuters UNITED NATIONS From Allahabad in India to Zilina in Slovakia, poets are gathering around the globe this week for a poetry festival based on a UN appeal for a “dialogue among civilisations” this year. Some 240 readings are planned in 200 cities, from Bath, England,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Trouble in slumberland
        108 11 -AP WASHINGTON Americans are sleepdeprived workaholics, with only a third sleeping eight hours a night. About two in five say they have trouble staying awake on the job, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The survey by the National Sleep Foundation said Americans are spending more
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Aussie minister to undergo radiotherapy
      164 13 -AP CANBERRA Australian Finance Minister John Fahey is to begin radiotherapy after having a cancerous lung removed and is unlikely to resume work soon, a government spokesman said yesterday. Surgeons removed Mr Fahey’s right lung early last month after it was found to be cancerous.
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      Lock icon 'Bob' Hasan moved to island prison
      228 13 -afp JAKARTA Mohammad “Bob” Hasan, a close confidant of former President Suharto serving six years for graft, has been moved to an island prison off the coast of Central Java, a jail warden said yesterday “He (Hasan) arrived on a special jail ferry from
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      Lock icon HK legislator pays up
      172 13 -AFP HONGKONG Hongkong pro-democracy legislator Emily Lau settled a legal bill owed to a Chinese official just ahead of a bankrupcty hearing scheduled for yesterday. Ms Lau, who heads the Frontier Party in Hongkong’s Legislative Council, told reporters she had made the final payment of HK$l.6
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      Lock icon Pills and golf keep her going
      145 13 Even the president needs to relax. Mrs Arroyo does this by hitting the fairways MANILA Diminutive Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that sleep, golf and a big dose of post-menopause drugs keep her going in the difficult task of ruling the Asian nation
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      337 14 14 WEDNESDAY 028 March 2001 p-o-d turned One: not only one year old, but one of mind, one of soul, one of passion, Indeed, pod celebrates the collective that has maintained constant contact, pod salutes those that have kept the flame burning the dreamers, the adventurers, the mavericks: the generation
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  • easyStreats
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      Lock icon Fashion fever goes hip
      468 16  -  by by Cara van Miriah YOU don ’t have to burn a hole in your pocket just to look hip. Being hip is about being larger than life. Sometimes even larger than the brands you are wearing. As fashion enthusiasts who showed up at last Saturday’s
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      Lock icon How Oscar style can work for you
      644 17  -  by DIANA SER IT'S the day after and you’ve had your fill of eye candy at the 73rd Academy Awards the youthful Zhang Ziyi looking slim and statuesque, Julia Roberts in conservative black and Halle Berry showing off a lot of skin, as
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon THIRD WATCH
          83 19 11pm, Channel 5 Bosco and Yokas get caught up in an armed robbery at a cheque cashing business and, with the help of Sully, Davis and “Candyman” chase the perpetrators through the back alleys. “Candyman” saves Davis from one of the automatic-wielding robbers while Bosco plays the superhero
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          Lock icon HEALING HANDS
          72 19 9pm, Channel 8 Zili hides the fact that she has a brain tumour from her family. Instead she buys an insurance policy and applies for extended leave. She also decides to resign from her job. Zhimei tries to dissuade her but Zili believes that he is patronising her.
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          Lock icon IL POSTINO (THE POSTMAN)
          88 19 10pm, Central Mario is a middle-aged melancholic son of a fisherman who refuses to follow in his father’s footsteps. His only alternative would be to migrate, but that is more of a dream than reality. His meeting with poet Pablo Neruda will drastically alter his life.
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          Lock icon SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
          73 19 9PM, TCM (SCV 17) Set in 18th century America, the story begins when Howard Keel decides it’s time to find a wife and discovers the perfect match in Jane Powell. However, his bride is surprised to find that she must also live with her husband’s
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          Lock icon MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
          105 19 Bpm, Disney i Channel (SCV 33) m Joe, an unusually w large gorilla, and Jill 1 Young, the daughter of a primatologist develop a strong bond after they wit- ness their mothers being killed before their eyes by evil poachers. Jill becomes determined to honour her mum’s
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      Lock icon Singapore boy's Malaysian hits
      215 19  -  by YVONNE KWOK FERHAD Ibrahim has made it big across the Causeway. His debut album, a mixture of pop and hip-hop, has spawned five hits, four of which scored the top spot on Malaysia’s premier English music station, Hitz.FM. Kasih Berubah (Changing Love), the only Malay
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      Lock icon Would you use the services offered by e-terminals?
      317 23 r Just 1 one question I Since I share a computer with my three brothers, it's a convenience j I'll look forward to. I can use it to check emails and pay the bills. j They should locate the stations I in
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        Lock icon Give me one more chance
        528 24  -  by Tan Kim Han HE is a Premium Player the only S-League footballer who pockets about $lO,OOO a month this season. Naturally, a lot was expected of Brazilian striker Adilson de Paula. But he fired blanks in his debut against Sembawang Rangers last week, and
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        Lock icon England faces tough Tirana test
        647 25 -AFP Owen said that playing a more withdrawn role just behind the main striker will not prevent him from getting into goalscoring positions TIRANA England will be looking to take vf!l|l a step closer to qualifying for the 2002 World Cup finals here today when
        -AFP  -  647 words
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        89 25 Group One Russia v Faroe Islands Switzerland v Luxembourg Slovenia v Yugoslavia Group Two Andorra v Republic of Ireland Cyprus v Estonia Portugal v Netherlands Group Three Bulgaria v Northern Ireland Czech Republic v Denmark Group Four Slovakia v Azerbaijan Macedonia v Turkey Moldova v Sweden Group Five
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        Lock icon Watch out for Figo
        178 27 PARIS Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal has warned his players to beware of Luis Figo as the Netherlands prepares to face Portugal in the pick of European World Cup qualifiers today. Van Gaal who coached Figo at Barcelona before leaving Spain to take up the Netherlands
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        Lock icon Thorpe reclaims world record
        57 27 •SWIMMING AP HOBART, Australia lan Thorpe reclaimed the world 200-metre freestyle record at the Australian swimming championships yesterday. Thorpe, who broke the 800-metre world record Monday, clocked 1 minute, 44.69 seconds to better the previous mark of 1:45.35 set by Pieter van den Hoogendband of the
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        Lock icon Phoenix ends losing streak
        96 27 •BASKETBALL PHOENIX Shawn Marion scored 27 points and Jason Kidd had 22 points and 11 rebounds as Phoenix snapped a seven-game losing streak to Los Angeles, winning 104-83. It was the Lakers’ first loss in three games since Kobe Bryant was knocked out of the lineup
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        Lock icon Tiger wins again
        75 27 •GOLF Reuters PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida Tiger Woods registered a one-shot victory over Masters champion Vijay Singh of Fiji in the rain-delayed US$6 million (Sslo million) Players Championship on Monday, adding golf’s richest event and unofficial fifth major to his resume. It was the second consecutive PGA
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        Lock icon Litmanen out
        82 27 •SOCCER Xinhua LONDON English Premier League side Liverpool’s bid for triple cup glory has been dealt a blow with the news that Jari Litmanen will be out for six weeks after breaking his wrist in Finland’s defeat by England. Litmanen will miss the FA Cup semi-final against Wycombe
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      Lock icon IT means the world for her
      385 28 Despite her blindness, Ms Serene Ng plans to surf the worldwide web after her computer course SHE has been blind since birth. Today, this plucky 32-year-old is taking up a computer course offered by the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH). Ms Serene
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