Streats, 31 March 2001
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Title Section21 2001-03-31 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets SATURDAY 31 March 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200021 words
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Article, Illustration571 2001-03-31 1 WINSTON CHONG - O Wider, funkier seats O More standing room ONoTVMobile by' WINSTON CHONG IF YOU are one of the 250,000 commuters living in the North-east, you can expect a stylish, spacious and silent (no TVMobile!) ride on the new MRT linePics: S. Sugumaran - 571 words
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Article, Illustration152 2001-03-31 1 Nor are they businessmen > though they must understand business and the economy. Most fundamentally, they are trustees and guardians, who must feel an abiding commitment to Singapore, and have the desire152 words
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Article76 2001-03-31 1 TWELVE thousand HDB homes will rise over land now occupied by about 140,000 graves at the Bidadari Cemetery at the Upper Serangoon Road-Upper Aljunied Road junction. The new estate will be fully integrated with Woodleigh MRT station on the North-East line, revealed the Law Ministry yesterday.76 words
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Article77 2001-03-31 1 FROM tomorrow, funding for medical postgraduate training will be beefed up by $23 million, announced Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang at the Singapore General Hospital’s 180th anniversary celebrations yesterday. The money will be used to employ additional doctors to meet hospital needs and will free specialist77 words
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422 2001-03-31 2 CALVIN LOW - fay CALVIN LOW IF you hate being shunted from government department to government department in the course of solving a particular problem, remember this word: ZIP That’s the acronym for Zero-In Process, one of the ways422 words
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229 2001-03-31 2 WINSTON CHONG - fay WINSTON CHONG HATE the morning crush with people shoving to get into MRT trains before the doors squeeze you out? Well, here’s some good news. From Tuesday, there will be more trains during peak hours. What’s more, you will get more time to board229 words
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Article54 2001-03-31 2 WE inadvertently ran a dated report, “Good CPF news”, about CPF members getting back another four percentage points from their employer’s contribution from January. The report was repeated yesterday due to a technical glitch. The employer’s CPF contribution remains currently at 16 per cent of the salary. We are54 words
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Article135 2001-03-31 2 Feyone Ng - one act. Feyone Ng I WOULD like everyone to know about the kindness and understanding of Miss Tan, the principal of Serangoon Garden Secondary School. My younger sister is one of her pupils. No matter how small a problem a student has, Miss Tan is always there135 words
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Article, Illustration191 2001-03-31 2 WHEN Mr Peter Ong found out s that he would be posted to the Civil Service College, he felt like he “had been delivered a death sentence”. But Mr Ong, 39, now the Defence Ministry’s second permanent secretary, was proven wrong. The sheer variety offered191 words
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Article44 2001-03-31 2 THE left lane of Thomson Road, near Novena Square, caved in at around 11.40 am yesterday. Police blamed the collapse on underpass work being carried out in the area. There were no reports of injury. Police were at the scene, re-directing traffic.44 words
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Article152 2001-03-31 2 THE draw of Indian stars A R Rahman and Manisha Koirala proved too strong for three fans they stole to satisfy their passion. Yesterday, three Indian nationals were charged in court for shoplifting from Mustafa Centre on Nov 21. Dawn Sasikumar, 20, an assistant engineer; T152 words
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Article, Illustration338 2001-03-31 3 STEPHANIE GOH - by /STEPHANIE GOH SHE looks shy and fetchingly demure. But listen to this year’s HSBC Youth Excellence Award winner Vinothini Apok speak, and you will learn that she’s no shrinking violet. After all, the 20-year-old medicine undergraduate made history in 1999 by becomingPic: Francis Lee - 338 words
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163 2001-03-31 3 SONNYPHUA - by SONNYPHUA HE awarded a ship repair contract to his mate. His mate gave him a loan. Loy Hwee Chow, 51, a technical and safety vice president with Ocean Tankers, and Chan Fook Choon, managing director of Mariner Engineering, were shipmates163 words
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Article118 2001-03-31 3 KHUSHWANT SINGH - ■by KHUSHWANT SINGH TWO thieves got cold feet the day after they committed their theft and dumped the loot 12 fish worth $120,000. Joseph Choy Peng Leong, 29, and Soh Han Seong, 24, netted the fish from display tanks in the atrium of Tanglin Mall118 words
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Article36 2001-03-31 3 Fair game Boy: Will you punish me for something I didn't do? Boy: Good, 'cause I didn't do my homework! Classic ad Four-poster bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover. -Recent classified ad36 words
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Article, Illustration315 2001-03-31 5 KAREN CHEN - by I KAREN CHEN YOU'RE in a hurry. You park your car and rush off, leaving your valuables in your car and in clear sight. Big mistake. On Thursday Mr Cheong Min Hoow, 26, parked his car along Wallich315 words
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Article247 2001-03-31 5 KHUSHWANT SINGH - by I KHUSHWANT SINGH A SECURITY guard claimed that the strain of supporting two educationally sub-normal children drove him into cheating a man of $5,000. Khor Kheng Chye, 47, told Mr Veeriah Selvam that he could get work permits for the latter’s relatives from India247 words
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Article, Illustration80 2001-03-31 5 Today is a good day to snuggle up in bed with a book as there will be showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. Temperature j will reach 32 °C, and the tide will be at 2.3 m at 3.41 pm. The PSI standsPic: Francis Lee - 80 words
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Article71 2001-03-31 5 From Monday Motorists using Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Central Expressway (CTE) and PanIsland Expressway (PIE) will have to pay an extra 50 cents in ERP charges. The increase applies to the AYE from 8.30 am to 9.30 am and the CTE and PIE from 8.30 am to 9am. However, those71 words
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Article118 2001-03-31 5 Check this out Need to renew your wardrobe? Then make a trip to Suntec City for the official opening of U 2 mega store. There will be 50 per cent off selected items today and U 2 will hold a 10-minute mad sale rush three times between 2pm and 4pm.118 words
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Article99 2001-03-31 6 GOLF consultant Sivakumar Madasamy, 28, used his own money to place illegal bets for two S-League footballers. He was jailed for four weeks yesterday for his part in the corrupt practice. The offences took place in June and July last year. Sivakumar placed bets amounting to $17,00099 words
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237 2001-03-31 6 NETS has tied up with an Internet company to launch a loyalty programme. Cash Card holders will get “cool-perks” points which they can redeem for items like movie tickets and petrol. You get one point for every $1 to $lO you237 words
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Article165 2001-03-31 6 KAREN CHEN - by! KAREN CHEN TEN suspected drug traffickers and 120 drug abuse suspects were arrested during three Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) operations spanning two days. On Wednesday, two trafficking suspects in a Honda Civic were arrested after they were followed from a carpark near Block 4165 words
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Article, Illustration247 2001-03-31 8 -afp Andyou thought the John Travolta movie was just fiction SYDNEY Babies are capable of sophisticated communication among themselves when left to their own devices, according to a ground-breaking Australian study. And they may not necessarily focus solely upon their mothers as the centre of the universe,-afp; Pic: AFP - 247 words
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252 2001-03-31 8 Wire services. Chinese ambassador smooth-talks his way to US goodwill WASHINGTON China’s new ambassador to the US has gently scolded US lawmakers who tried to bring up Beijing’s human rights record to try and block its bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.– Wire services. - 252 words
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Article243 2001-03-31 8 Wire services JAKARTA Indonesian lawmakers are mulling over what to do next following President Abdurrahman Wahid’s halfhearted apology this week. In their search for a face-saving way out, they are toying with several possibilities. Some want the president to go for a medical tests– Wire services - 243 words
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Article94 2001-03-31 8 AP HOBART A sculpture perched above a beach as part of an art exhibition is creating a stink in Tasmania. The work, titled Catch of the Day, by Tasmanian sculptor Josh Meyer consists of two headless, armless, life-sized human figures plastered with anchovies. Earlier this week, Tasman– AP - 94 words
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Article97 2001-03-31 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A group claiming to represent Malaysian Indian Congress president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu has been going round advising residents in squatter areas to move. The matter came to light when a resident of Taman Medan Baru was informed by her friend from a– Bernama - 97 words
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Article80 2001-03-31 8 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian women’s groups are demanding a law against sexual harassment at work after only one in 100 employers adopted a voluntary code, they said yesterday. The code dates from 1999 but only 4,500 workplaces, mainly multinational firms, have adopted it, and reports of– Reuters - 80 words
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Article109 2001-03-31 8 -AP GENEVA In the first tussle over Internet Asian script domain names, a UN panel has ruled in favour of Japan’s Sankyo. The World Intellectual Property Organisation ordered the transfer of the name, which had been registered by Mr Zhu Jiajun of Shantou, China. Sankyo said-AP - 109 words
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Article94 2001-03-31 8 AP SYDNEY Australian authorities are promoting snails as a potential export. A report issued yesterday by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation said there is a small snail farming industry in Australia supplying focal restaurants with high quality product. The report showed demand for snails– AP - 94 words
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Article86 2001-03-31 8 Reuters BRISBANE British rower Jim Shekhdar became the first man to row unassisted across the Pacific yesterday, but only after his boat was swamped in sight of land and he was forced to swim ashore. Mr Shekhdar, 54, finished the epic 275-day journey when he swam– Reuters - 86 words
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Article, Illustration49 2001-03-31 9 A police officer keeps watch over a crowd dressed as cows demonstrating outside the hotel where 34 environment ministers of the Americas are meeting in Montreal, Canada. The protesters were trying to highlight environmental problems and the mad cow disease spreading across Europe. Pic: APPic: AP - 49 words
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181 2001-03-31 9 -AFP PARIS Who says size doesn’t matter? Recent scientific studies have identified a possible advantage for larger men in sex and socialising. The studies found that small babies are less like+y to wed than bigger ones when they grow up. Epidemiologists from-AFP - 181 words
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Article, Illustration275 2001-03-31 9 Wire agencies WASHINGTON When George W Bush gives a speech, the world listens... and laughs a bit. But those who would poke fun at his verbal stumbles must first beat him to the punch lines as he demonstrated on Thursday in the second solo news– Wire agencies - 275 words
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Article132 2001-03-31 9 Reuters OKLAHOMA CITY The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing sparked a baby boom, possibly in reaction to the deaths of 19 children among the 168 victims, researchers said. Sociology professor Craig St John and psychologist Joseph Lee Rodgers found that, starting about 10 months after the April– Reuters - 132 words
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Article67 2001-03-31 9 -AFP LONDON A man who hid behind a cathedral organ for over a day so he could secretly film the christening of Madonna’s baby son Rocco was fined £l,OOO ($2,380) yesterday. Security adviser Robert Podesta, 51, hid behind the organ 24 hours before the US singer and-AFP - 67 words
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Article125 2001-03-31 9 -AFP STOCKHOLM Norway’s after his blood, but Sweden will give him asylum, and he won’t need a passport. But the fugitive, known only as Martin, is unlikely to be the subject of a diplomatic rift because he’s a wolf. “This unfortunate wolf, a Norwegian national due-AFP - 125 words
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Article88 2001-03-31 9 Reuters KINGSTON A Jamaican man has been released after spending 29 years in jail for smashing a pane of glass. Officials said Mr Ivan Boroughs, 76, had not been forgotten, but a court had been slow to act on his case. The offence carries a– Reuters - 88 words
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Article82 2001-03-31 9 -AFP VENICE Two electricians were found guilty on Thursday of setting fire to the Venice opera house five years ago. They are believed to have burned the building because they faced fines due to delays in its restoration process. Enrico Carella and his cousin Massimiliano Marchetti-AFP - 82 words
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Article76 2001-03-31 9 -AFP ALCAMO, Sicily An eight-month-old infant girl, who was kidnapped in Sicily, was found unharmed in a cardboard box 14 hours later. Police, acting on a tip-off, said Caterina Provenzano was found in a blanket in the box left on the side of a road near Alcamo.-AFP - 76 words
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Article, Illustration232 2001-03-31 10 -Reuters^ UNITED NATIONS It’s now a “foregone conclusion” that the next United Nations Secretary General will be Mr Kofi Annan. The regal-looking Mr Annan, who is from Ghana, won support yesterday for his re-election from 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Earlier this week,-Reuters^; Inc? Reuters - 232 words
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Article, Illustration181 2001-03-31 10 -Reuters MANILA In just over two months, Mrs Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appears to have won the hearts of many in her country. They’re now hailing her as “the best”. A nationwide survey, conducted early this month, said 42 per cent were satisfied with Mrs Arroyo’s-Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 181 words
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Article, Illustration353 2001-03-31 11 CARA van MIRIAH - by CARA van MIRIAH THE Fashion Festival comes to a close tonight. The grand finale of the two-week--1 long affair at Fullerton Hotel will feature jjphristian Dior’s Spring and Summer fj 2001 collection. The dress code for the night: Rock ~Chic. Does that mean you dress up likesPTc: Wu Lifen; Pic: ST - 353 words
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Article, Illustration205 2001-03-31 14 Christy bares all and more HONGKONG actress-model Christy Chung will not only discard her svelte figure for a new film but her wardrobe as well. Currently working on the film Jan Dara at Thailand by Applause Pictures, she revealed that there will be some scenes where she appears in thePic: Oriental Daily News - 205 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-03-31 17 SARAH NG - by SARAH NG DO something different in Sydney this autumn. Besides the usual shopping and sightseeing, get yourself into some action and soft adventure. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, affectionately known as the Coathanger by Sydneysiders, is a good start. A daunting task it may seem it’s the world’s300 words
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Article, Illustration334 2001-03-31 17 LONDON England’s renaissance under Sven Goran Eriksson is hanging on the wishes of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Fergie’s assistant Steve McClaren (above) has been instrumental in revitalising the England side, but thePic: AP - 334 words
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Article100 2001-03-31 17 BASKETBALL Reuters HOUSTON Jason Kidd may be leading the NBA in assists again this year but on Thursday he decided to take it to the hoop himself. Kidd scored 18 of a careerhigh 43 points in the fourth quarter to carry the surging Phoenix Suns– Reuters - 100 words
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Article, Illustration389 2001-03-31 18 -AFP Reds'aim fora second win over Man U could be a tad ambitious PREMIER LEAGUE Liverpool v Man United LONDON Liverpool will find itself in the rare position of chasing a second League win against champion Manchester United at Anfield today, in a match set-AFP - 389 words
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Article, Illustration427 2001-03-31 19 TAN KIM HAN - by 'TAN KIM HAN Sembawang Rangers 0 Singapore Armed Forces FC 6 HE grabbed not one, not two, not three but four goals at Yishun Stadium yesterday. In the process, Singapore Armed Forces FC sharpshooter Mirko Grabovac showed just why he was the top marksman inPic: Francis Lee - 427 words
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Article127 2001-03-31 19 POOR Rudy Khairon. The midfielder wore the hero’s tag on his chest for Tanjong Pagar when he steered it on the right path with a 25th minute goal. Then, to his horror, he took on the villain’s role 43 minutes later by deflecting a shot127 words
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Miscellaneous168 2001-03-31 12 SATURDAY Q 31 March 2001 Wmmm. The story is about... A doe-eyed schoolgirl who teaches a bunch of school bullies a lesson after she sees them terrorising other kids. home one afternoon. They have hatched a sinister plan to scare the petite girl. They want her to stay out of168 words
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Miscellaneous122 2001-03-31 13 £6 n fT TT. f 53T <- i Wu Sangui's men, but Mao's injured leg gets In the way. f\ attacks. Wei Xlaobao, who has been hiding under a table, decides to help him out by slashing the men with a sabre... I IF4B. X o I ttzt? i N-122 words
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