Streats, 24 May 2001

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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets THURSDAY 24 May 2001 Another quality publication of or Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Govt accepts NWC call
      84 1 the Government has accepted the National Wages Council’s recommendations for 2001-2002 announced by the NWC on Tuesday. It has also backed NWC’s specific recommendations on wage increase based on companies’ performance and profit status. NWC has recommended lower wage rises next year, and called for firms
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      Lock icon Singapore signs pollutants treaty
      83 1 SINGAPORE has joined 99 other countries to sign the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Singapore’s Ambassador to Germany, Prof Walter Woon, signed the convention in Stockholm yesterday on behalf of Singapore. The Stockholm Convention, the first environmental treaty to be adopted this century, calls
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    Lock icon Case managers to help patients focus on getting well Health's angels
    548 1 Health agencies have Singapore's top killer diseases cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and asthma in their sights. The National Healthcare Group and the Health Ministry are planning a large-scale disease management programme to do this IT'S bad enough having
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      9 1 f Privilege abused PAGE 4 Privilege abused? PAGE 5
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      50 1 What the neck is that? Is it... A. A neck brace for the fashion conscious? B. A gravy-stain protector C. A ***** collar D. A sleep inhibitor that prevents you nodding off during that morning bus ride E. George W Bush's new missile defence system THE ANSWER ON PAGE 2
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    • Here's the award for...
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        295 2  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH WELCOME to the innovation nation. If you have come up with a highly successful product or service, you could win the world’s first national innovation award. Innovations like the Soundblaster Card and the nonexplosive firecracker are examples of successful innovations, said Mr Ko Kheng Hwa, chairman
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        Lock icon Volunteers
        180 2 PEOPLE who work for others out of the goodness of their hearts deserve a pat on the back. So here’s a new award for them the President’s Social Service Award. The National Council of Social Service, whose idea it was, and the Ministry of Community Development and Sports, who
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        Lock icon DBS axes many MDs
        230 2 DBS Bank has fired many of its managing directors and two others have resigned in an attempt by the bank to tighten its “top-heavy” management structure and trim costs, according to a report yesterday. The Business Times, quoting unnamed sources, said some of the managing directors
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        Lock icon Playing a part
        71 2 morningsmile MATT'S dad picked him up from school. Knowing the parts for the school play were supposed to be posted that day, he asked his son if he got a part. Matt announced that he'd gotten a part "I play a man who's been married for twenty
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      Lock icon Chores won't be backbreaking with correct posture Watch your back
      517 3  -  by SARAH NG Homemaker Mary oiy ong knew her back pain had something to do with housework, but she was unable to pin it down to any particular cause. Until an occupational therapist observed her doing her chores at her
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      Lock icon Sharon Au banned, fined for using handphone in car
      188 3  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER MEDIACORP celebrity Sharon Au, 26, was banned from driving for six months and fined $BOO for using a handphone whilst driving. Her handphone was confiscated. A court heard yesterday that on March 24 Au was caught using a
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      Lock icon Thanks for the shelter
      72 3 onekindact. Prasad I WAS waiting for a taxi at the security post of the Malaysian High Commission. It was raining heavily. A lady passing by with a big umbrella gave me shelter. Thank you very much, whoever you are. If you wish to highlight a kind
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      Lock icon Vandal scatters 3,000 copies of Streats at Toa Payoh bus interchange Privilege abused
      358 4  -  by KAREN CHEN IF you were deprived of your copy of Streats at the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange yesterday morning, please accept our apologies. We apologise, too, if you are the poor old cleaner who had to
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      Lock icon Kumar at Speakers'Corner Ruse or abuse of privilege?
      620 5  -  the its with Yvonne Kwok IF you were around Hong Um Park yesterday, you Would have been treated to a free show by Singapore’s most outlandish entertainer. It was a show dressed as a serious event. Kumar had sent a release to
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      77 5 Our weather girl says Looks like the East is the place J to be if you want to stay dry. a Showers are expected in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over southern, western and central Singapore. Temperatures will range between 26°C and 33°C. High tide will hit 2.6
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      Lock icon Remember...
      83 5 Just a minute For families in crisis, the Family Conciliation and Resolution (Famcare) Centre offers information, counselling and programmes. Part of the Family Justice Division of the Subordinate Courts, Famcare works towards promoting the welfare of children and enhancing relationships between them and their parents, especially in divorce and
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Brother and sister: Love me, love me not Love me again
      459 6 Wire services PUTTING a label on the fickle relationship between the No 1 and 2 of Indonesian politics has become an increasingly daunting task for observers. “My personal relations with Mas (older brother) Dur are good,” VicePresident Megawati Sukarnoputri
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      Lock icon Denials and denials... in last 24 hours
      209 6 Wire services PRESIDENT Abdurrahman Wahid has made friends with the army once again, just a few days after rumours hit Jakarta that he planned to sack the army chief. He held two meetings yesterday with the top brass in the army where he
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    • weird world
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        Lock icon 'Dead' set on sis
        117 9 -AFP RIGA-A Latvian man kept the decomposing body of his sister is his one-room apartment so he could spend the holidays with her. Two boys notified police after they noticed a strange odour and then looked into the apartment and saw the woman’s body lying on
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        Lock icon Lewinsky seeks 'redress'
        120 9 WASHINGTON Monica Lewinsky says she wants back her infamous stained dress that almost cost Mr Bill Clinton the US presidency. Experts say the navy Gap dress could be worth more than £350,000 ($913,395) to a collector though Lewinsky’s spokeswoman said the former White House intern, now 27,
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        Lock icon Throat lozenges robbed
        112 9 -AP KUALA LUMPUR An itchy throat can drive sufferers to distraction, maybe even to crime. Malaysian police are mystified why robbers who broke into a warehouse near Kuala Lumpur stole RM 2 million ($952,533) worth of super-strong throat lozenges, but did not touch other items stored inside.
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        Lock icon Cow does a raging bull
        72 9 Reuters STOCKHOLM An escaped cow stormed onto a Swedish golf course and charged a player and its two pursuing owners, the TT news agency reported. A vet called to the scene in Uddevalla, southwest Sweden, managed to inject the cow with a tranquiliser. But the
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      Lock icon Train gropers may get hard labour
      182 9 TOKYO Sex pests on Tokyo’s trains are facing a crackdown, as the Metropolitan Police Departmentstudies plans to toughen penalties under the city’s by-laws. “We are considering revision of the ordinance to impose prison terms for first-time offenders,” said a police spokesman, adding that if
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      599 10 RINGTONES Hip Up all night By your side Californication Could I have this kiss forever Mambo italiano Ain't no mountain high enough Everything that you do Feel the beat Theme from friend's Funky ***** I will survive In the navy Its raining man Everything that we do Love don’t cost
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      Lock icon Taleban continues stirring up religious controversy First the Buddhists, now it's Hindus
      394 11 -AFP Kabul -Two months ago, Afghanistan’s ruling militia blew into rubble Buddha s tatues which had stood for 16 centuries. This month they may make Hindus yellow stickers. Taleban Information Ministry spokesman Abdul Hanan Hemat said a formal
      -AFP; Pic: Reuters  -  394 words
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      Lock icon California's 'flower children' grow up
      294 11 -Wire services FRESNO-The state that celebrated free love, and beat a path to divorce court, may be settling down as it grows older and more diverse. The Golden State seems to have moved from trendsetter to traditionalist, according to its 2000 census figures released yesterday.
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      Lock icon India's biggest security revamp New command for nukes
      281 13 Reuters NEW DELHI In its biggest-ever national security revamp, India is setting up a strategic command to manage its nuclear forces, tighten up border management and establish a defence intelligence agency. A report put together by a group of ministers has defended
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      Lock icon Rat poison threatens marine life
      191 13 -AP WELLINGTON It was actually meant to kill rats but sadly the victims turned out to be whales, dolphins and seals. This happened when a trailer carrying lethal rat poison plunged into the sea off Kaikoura on New Zealand’s South Island yesterday. The drowned trailer
      -AP; Pic: Reuters  -  191 words
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      Lock icon 'Drop your drunks here'
      93 13 LONDON Bangor, in Wales, is making news. It is becoming a drop-off point for drunken passengers by international flights. According to The Independent newspaper, the first incident happened on Friday when a Britannia Airways flight from Manchester to Cancun was diverted after a man and his
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      Lock icon Wedding cards out, but...
      170 14 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Have you heard? Siti Nurhaliza’s wedding invitations are circulating in Kuala Lumpur. And the big day is... June 3. But if you’re thinking of rushing north to gatecrash her wedding, forget it. The popular singer, who is known for her beauty, songs and
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      Lock icon New zest in British polls The Mummy Returns
      253 14 Reuters PLYMOUTH, England Britain’s former Conservative prime minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, breathed new life into the Tory campaign on Tuesday. She hit out at Prime Minister Tony Blair, accusing him of planning to drag Britons into the euro “by the nose” and
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      Lock icon Topless model to run for parliament
      168 14 -AFP LONDON Katie Price, better known as Jordan, is known for being a topless model. She’s also known as the woman who’s dating Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke. Now she wants to be known as a politician. The 23-year-old is to run for parliament,
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      Lock icon Would you adopt a baby who has Aids?
      259 14 A local couple has decided to adopt a baby boy who has been diagnosed with Aids Just one, j A No I wouldn't. Bringing up a normal child is already so expensive. I cannot imagine the financial burden I will have to
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  • easy STREATS
    • Stephanie @the movies
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        Lock icon Tanglin's treasure trove
        642 15 if you cringe at the limited variety of films and television series offered at your neighbourhood VCD or video rental shop, go down to Tanglin Shopping Centre fora refreshing change ARE you suffering from post-Film Fest withdrawal syndrome? Sick of the typical blockbusters screening at your nearest
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        93 16 Stephie's Choice Directed by Robert Rodriguez Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Camming, Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin Latino hunk Antonio Banderas and va-va-voom Carla Gugino take a back seat to the kids in this livewire act about two streetsmart children having a blast while saving their kidnapped parents
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        62 16 Golaugh Directed by Francine McDougall Starring Marley Shelton James Marsden, Mena Suvari, Rachel Blanchard, Melissa George We're the A-squad cheerleaders from Lincoln High. We're cute and we're perfect and we make guys sigh. Diane s like the cutest, but she's oh, really pregnant. So we're gonna rob
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        Lock icon Forever and Ever
        62 16 Gocry Directed by Raymond To Starring Sylvia Chang, Chris Lee Your tear ducts will work overtime. Based on the true story of Hongkong playwright Chi Mo who contracts Aids through a blood transfusion, the acclaimed playwright Raymond To makes his foray into directing with this touching film.
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        Lock icon The Mummy Returns
        72 16 Gothrill Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, The Rock, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo Look who's back from the dead. Brendan and voluptuous partner Rachel kick some really ancient ass as they try to save not only the world (again) but their petulant son who
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        Lock icon About Adam
        71 16 Goromance Directed by Gerard Stembridge Starring Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, Tommy Reman, Frances O'Connor Magnetic Snag (Sensitive New Age Guy) charms the pants off a singing Dublin waitress (Kate Hudson), so that the sweet girl wants to marry him. Unfortunately, Adam the Snag seems to think he's charismatic
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      Lock icon Ghostly voice in Utada's song
      274 17 J-POP R&B princess Utada Hikaru’s hit song, Can You Keep A Secret, apparently does contain a secret. In the theme song for Takuya Kimura’s drama, there reportedly is a ghostly voice whispering Utada’s name. Although the low whisper lasted for less than a second, those
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME SPECIAL
          75 17 9.30 pm, TV Works We’re so excited about this wacky sitcom that debuts on Sunday at 8.30 pm, that we’re recommending that you catch this 15-minute special tonight. It’s Britain’s first all-Asian TV sketch show whch has proven to be a hit especially with Britons from
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          Lock icon STRICTLY BALLROOM
          68 17 10pm, Central One of Australia’s biggest international hits, this film has won three British Academy Awards and eight Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Picture. It also took the Prix de Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992. Strictly Ballroom is a romantic comedy that tells the
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          Lock icon ON THE INSIDE: THE REAL RAIN MAN
          102 17 7pm, Discovery (SCV 12) George Finn knows what day of the week any particular date would fall on for the next 40,000 years. He also remembers the weather conditions from every day of his life. He suffers from the savant syndrome, one of
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      Lock icon Pearl Harbor cut for Japan, Germany See no evil, hear no evil
      317 18 BLOCKBUSTER war film Pearl Harbor is to be released in three versions: one for Japan, one for Germany and one for the rest of us. For the Japanese, a closing speech by lead actress Kate Beckinsale is being
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      Lock icon Home-grown classical artiste Rebel dancer
      419 20  -  by, AMBIGA RAJU VESHNU (left) is a rare breed. When in Melbourne, where he works as a fashion choreographer, he’s the hip-and-modem dancer directing catwalk models. On stage, while he is performing Bharatanatyam, he is a classical performer who will not compromise on his art.
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        Lock icon To retain Ferguson... Charlton offers to talk
        559 25 The manager's threat has been overstated, feels the legend MANCHESTER-Sir Bobby Charlton (left) has offered to play the role of peacemaker as part of a bid by Manchester United’s directors to keep Alex Ferguson at OldTrafford. Ferguson’s contract runs out at the end
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        Lock icon Boro twist to McClaren's West Ham move
        302 25 LONDON Middlesbrough has made a dramatic late bid to hijack Steve McClaren’s (right) move as manager of West Ham United. Boro chairman Steve Gibson approached Manchester United No 2 McClaren on Tuesday, and spoke to him about becoming coach, according to report in
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        Lock icon Arsenal signs goalkeeper Dudek
        138 25 LONDON Arsenal has signed goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek from Feyenoord, the Dutch club has confirmed. The Gunners have lined up the Poland international as a replacement for David Seaman, Ananova reported. Manager Arsene Wenger had previously admitted his interest in the player, and Feyenoord confirmed his departure
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        Lock icon Iverson scores game-high 34 points Philadelphia holds off Bucks
        502 26 -Reuters PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson started slowly, but wound up with a game-high 34 points as Philadelphia 76ers held off Milwaukee Bucks 93-85 in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday. Iverson, NBA’s Most Valuable Player, was scoreless in the
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        Lock icon COMEBACK QUEEN:
        31 26 COMEBACK QUEEN: Jennifer Capriati arrives at the Laureus World Sports Awards Gala in Monaco on Tuesday. She won the World Comeback of the Year Award Pic: Reuters Pic: Reuters
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        Lock icon Woods is Sportsman of the Year
        111 26 -AFP MONTE CARLO Tiger Woods extended his domination of major titles by winning the Sportsman of the Year award at the Sporting Oscars on Tuesday, while Cathy Freeman claimed the women’s prize after providing the defining moment of the Sydney Olympics athletics competition. Woods
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        Lock icon Barca spoils Seaman's party
        58 26 soccer -AFP LONDON Spanish giant Barcelona spoiled English goalkeeper David Seaman’s testimonial party when it beat Arsenal 2-0 at Highbury on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Seaman received a rousing reception from the 33,000 crowd in recognition of his 496 appearances over 11 years for Arsenal. Alfonso scored
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        Lock icon Ruud to be part of Man U squad for Courts Cup
        417 27  -  by LIM HAN MING MANCHESTER United fans, rejoice. New signing Ruud van Nistelrooy, will be coming for the Courts Cup in July. This was confirmed by Peter Draper, United’s group marketing director yesterday. The 49-year-old was in Singapore to
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        Lock icon Fairy-tale season for Cobras Golden 'oldies'
        481 27  -  by TAN KIM HAN IT is branded as the S-League’s old folks’ home. The joke came about when Jurong FC signed on players like Velimir Crljen,V Selvaraj, Marko Kraljevic and Toh Choon Ming, who are in their 30s. But as the first round of
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        Lock icon s-league fixtures
        54 27 Today: Woodlands Wellington v SAFFC (Woodlands Stadium); Marine Castle v Sembawang Rangers (Hougang Stadium) Tomorrow: Home United v Gombak United (Bishan Stadium); Jurong FC v Geylang United (Jurong East Stadium) Saturday: Tampines Rovers v Clementi Khalsa (Tampines Stadium); Balestier Central v Tanjong Pagar United (Toa Payoh Stadium) All
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      480 18 wm Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 Accept reality for the sumptuous, sensual feast that it is. Who needs order when chaos is so lovely? If you’re not already in a relationship, however deep or shallow, the Gemini moon will do something about it. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20
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