Streats, 11 June 2001
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Title Section23 2001-06-11 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 11 June 2001 Another quality publication of fjp 9 Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200023 words
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Article, Illustration409 2001-06-11 1 t SARAH NG - by t SARAH NG SINGAPORE'S public transport is efficient, reliable and convenient. But it is still short of world-class standards. These findings emerged in a survey on local public transport conducted for Lianhe Zaobao by Singapore Press Holdings’ Marketing Planning and development (Research). Almost409 words
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Article, Illustration313 2001-06-11 2 SONNYPHUA - by SONNYPHUA ONLY a year old, Project Bridge, a programme for early school leavers, is showing results. Two of its boys won consolation prizes in stunt biking at the Asian Extreme Games last year. Others wonPic: Wu Lifen - 313 words
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Article210 2001-06-11 2 LAKSA In Penang, it is sour with assam stock and fish. In Singapore, it is rich with coconut milk and cockles. Either way, it’s yummy. The moral behind this is that we are the “same, yet different”, said Mr David Lim, Minister of State210 words
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Article33 2001-06-11 2 morningsmile. LIFE is an endless struggle full of frustration and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.33 words
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384 2001-06-11 3 KHUSHWANT SINGH - by KHUSHWANT SINGH §fian emergency; another warden and I will carry Mr Lee in his wheelchair down the four flights of stairs. -Volunteer warden Mr Andy Woo Hin Loong A FIRE last year in a block that houses384 words
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Article91 2001-06-11 3 onekindact Serene LEFT my wallet in Bras Basah Road Kopitiam on May 26. Gary, who found it, waited for an hour for me to return but failed to contact me. He did manage to get in touch with Citibank after finding my credit card in the wallet. Citibank91 words
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Article198 2001-06-11 3 -AP CONJOINED twins Jamuna and Ganga Shresthra from Nepal, who were separated in marathon 97-hour surgery at Singapore General Hospital in April, have had the bandages removed from their heads. Plastic surgeons have worked for six to eight weeks to cover the girls’ skulls with skin-AP - 198 words
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Article113 2001-06-11 3 ■Sonny Phua - ■Sonny Phua THE driver of a pick-up truck was involved in a fatal collision with a lorry at the junction of Bishan Road and Braddell Road at about 7.30 am yesterday. Odd-job labourer Mr Seah Geok San, 42, was trapped in his vehicle and had113 words
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Article99 2001-06-11 3 Sonny Phua - -Sonny Phua AN elderly woman died yesterday after being hit by a car while crossing Marine Parade Road on Saturday evening. Madam Chng Mei Lien, 69, suffered head injuries in the accident just after 11pm as she crossed the road to her home at Marine99 words
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Article95 2001-06-11 3 FLOUNDERING Beng Ooi Medical Services has made an application for legal protection from its debtors. The firm, which is partly owned by gov-ernment-linked company Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation, has applied to be placed under judicial management as an alternative to bankruptcy. Beng Ooi Medical Services runs95 words
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Article, Illustration143 2001-06-11 5 KHUSHWANT SINGH - by KHUSHWANT SINGH ONE hundred and ninety-eight people stepped up to donate blood yesterday at the mega blood donation drive held by the Khadijah Mosque. The blood donation drive the first blood donation programme organised by the Muslim community was held in conjunction with143 words
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290 2001-06-11 5 My number one problem was the heat. I'm more used to cold climates. adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow, who rode in the cycling marathon RIDING For Life 2001, a fiveday cycling marathon ended yesterday, raising more than $50,000 towards the medical care of Aids290 words
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Article, Illustration66 2001-06-11 5 Our weather girl says There'll be thundery showers in the north, east and i west in the morning and 1 afternoon. Temperatures will range from 2S°C to 32°C. The tide will peak at 2.8 m at 1.30 am and 2.3 m at about 3.20 pm. ThePSlis a moderate 55. May'sPic: Wu Lifen - 66 words
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Article88 2001-06-11 5 From this month You can request for the postal code of a particular address via SMS for free. For example, to get the postal code for Block 358, dementi Avenue 2, you key in "post 358 dementi Avenue 2"and send the SMS to Worldßemind at 9824 7169. You don't need88 words
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Article, Illustration662 2001-06-11 6 IF THERE is anything that recent letters to the press, such as“NUS gifted scheme will lead to elitism” and “Tread gently when creating an elite class”, tell us, it’s that Singaporeans have not quite gotten over the bond-breaking saga from last year. Mention “scholars” or662 words
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194 2001-06-11 7 I REFER to the letter from Mr Norvin Ng headlined “Giant signs a waste of money” (Streats, May 31) commenting on the Rail Travel Information System (Ratis) signboards located at MRT stations. Their primary purpose is to disseminate real-time information to passengers. The system is194 words
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153 2001-06-11 8 TOKYO Three men kidnapped and repeatedly bashed a co-worker for a month because he wanted to leave their company, Mainichi Shimbun reported yesterday. Shuichi Ozawa, 37, president of a construction company, of Fuchu, Tokyo, and Koko Kishimoto, 31, his employee were arrested on Saturday153 words
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254 2001-06-11 8 Reuters MANILA Philippine troops shot dead two rebels yesterday while an emissary talked with Abu Sayyaf to stop the threatened execution of three US hostages. Abu Sayyaf has said it would behead the Americans today if Manila does not yield to– Reuters - 254 words
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296 2001-06-11 9 Family planning initiative a first for the country GUJARAT -The Indian state of Gujarat has taken the first steps towards introducing legislation to limit the size of a family to a maximum of two children per couple. The plans, currently296 words
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Article178 2001-06-11 9 EDMOND, Oklahoma A police officer hounded a fleeirfg suspect into surrendering by growling and barking like a dog. Police arrested Donald Eugene Frazier, 32, after finding him on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma, from which he had been barred. He tried to escape178 words
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167 2001-06-11 9 Wire agencies KATHMANDU Nepal’s Crown Prince Dipendra was under the influence of cocaine as well as alcohol when he massacred nine members of the country’s royal family. The Sunday Times newspaper quoted an unnamed source close to the family as saying that cocaine had been– Wire agencies - 167 words
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Article70 2001-06-11 9 MOSCOW Women are likely to be barred from any Russian mission to Mars because they would increase the “probability of conflicts” among the crew. A single-sex crew is likely to be more “serene” with a lower probability of conflicts, the BBC reported Anatoly Grigoryev, director of70 words
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Article75 2001-06-11 9 LEEDS An English magistrate has revealed that he is also a witch. Steve Jones is founder of the Wakefield Pagan Moot, a group of witches who meet once a month. The 44-year-old told the News of the World he never mixes his work at the magistrates75 words
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Article87 2001-06-11 9 MADRID -Tourists in Marbella, Spain, can now confess sins and gain absolution by filling out a multiple-choice form. It is an idea from church authorities struggling to offer confessions to tourists who don’t speak Spanish, reported The Sunday Telegraph. The confession form is in English, French, Italian and87 words
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Article, Illustration243 2001-06-11 10 -AFP SYDNEY It isn t always easy following in your father’s footsteps. And junior media moguls James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch are learning that the hard way. They are under pressure from the Australian government to help laid-off workers after the collapse-AFP; ’PicAP - 243 words
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Article128 2001-06-11 10 Reuters ELMONT, New York From the world’s most powerful man to a globe-trotting sports fan. Former US president Bill Clinton has taken to the sports scene with a vengeance. Mr Clinton, with wife Senator Hillary Clinton, watched Point Given storm to victory in the Belmont Stakes– Reuters - 128 words
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Article, Illustration478 2001-06-11 11 DIANA SER - Celebrity traveller Celia Teh danced with eels; battled mangrove swamps and braved the seas to go lobster-fishing in Papua New Guinea; the land of the headhunters Was she brave or foolish? jersonality- by DIANA SER uy umnn THE crocodiles would have loved to sink their teeth intopk:Wulffen A; CT.. - 478 words
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Article57 2001-06-11 12 3.30 pm, TV Works Hanky time as this beyond-popular 1983 Japanese soap makes a return to our small screens. It’s the bittersweet story of Ayako Kobayashi, a girl from a tenant farming family who is sold into bondage and forced to live in poverty. She grows up to become57 words
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Article54 2001-06-11 12 10am, Channel U If you haven’t enough of medical dramas like Healing Hearts and Hands and so on, this one will top up your quota nicely. The wife of a well-respected doctor is admitted to hospital with a slit wrist and Yang Ge realises she is suicidal because54 words
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Article, Illustration349 2001-06-11 12 Judi Low - two shoes by J Judi Low A YOUNG girl manages the stall-front while three women stir huge, sizzling pots in the small kitchen. Plates of food in the display cabinet are constantly replenished. It was after 2pm and a line of people waited patiently for their or-Pic: Wu Lifen - 349 words
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Article, Illustration203 2001-06-11 13 FORMER Taiwanese movie queen Lin Ching-Hsia gave birth to a healthy daughter in Hongkong on Saturday. The 3.2 kg baby is Lin’s second child with husband Michael Ying Lee Yuen, Esprit Asia’s boss, whom she married in 1994. Lin’s father, who lives in Taiwan, told reportersPic: Apple Daily - 203 words
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Article, Illustration189 2001-06-11 13 -AP LOS ANGELES He may be starring in his first film comedy, but when it comes to punctuation, David Duchovny is serious. The actor claims improper punctuation caused him to flub US$5OO,OOO ($900,000) answer on a May 2000 celebrity edition* of ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.-AP; Pic:AP - 189 words
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Article, Illustration505 2001-06-11 17 NBA Finals Game 3: l Philadelphia 76ers v Los Angeles Lakers -AP PHILADELPHIA If Kobe Bryant is the villain here, someone should have told the bride-to-be, the young woman in white whose elevator door opened on the ground floor of a downtown hotel to-AP; Pic: AFP - 505 words
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Article, Illustration383 2001-06-11 18 f LIM HAN MING - by f LIM HAN MING HE wanted an undershirt with the words “Egmar, 100 goals” on it. The shirt never came, but the goals did. Home United striker Egmar Goncalves (right) became the first player in the S-League to hit the century markPic: Wu Li Fen - 383 words
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Article111 2001-06-11 18 •ATHLETICS -AFP PALO ALTO, California Stacy Dragila upstaged compatriot Marion Jones as the star of the US track and field meet on Saturday. She set a new pole vault world mark of 4.71 m and 30 minutes later broke it again at 4.81 m. Her-AFP - 111 words
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Article94 2001-06-11 18 ►SOCCER Xinhua RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian coach Emerson Leao was sacked by the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) after his team’s poor performance in the Confederations Cup. In the tournament, Brazil lost to France 1-2 in the semi-finals and to Australia in the third-place play-off. The CBF– Xinhua - 94 words
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Article, Illustration378 2001-06-11 19 CONFEDERATIONS CUP FINAL Japan 0 France I -Wire services Japan has learnt fast. We have to stress that they lost 5-0 to us in March. Roger Lemerre, France's coach YOKOHAMA France has completed a triple of international titles. Relying-Wire services; Pic: AFP - 378 words
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Miscellaneous478 2001-06-11 13 mm you/ m Jo C Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Change is in the air as the moon transits from Aquarius to Pisces. In your last few hours as undisputed master, assemble a set of liveable conditions. Fill your lunch box with enough goodies to last you for478 words
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Miscellaneous436 2001-06-11 14 m Asm p? I P/ Not \J bad! It's a f? So Very So, whaddaya -XV J think? My girlfriend's LgT' quitea life «y how good! How *0 m pity she s too good for the guy beside k her! J treating about you!? you 'SS, > m ■y y436 words
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Miscellaneous316 2001-06-11 15 The story today... Xiao Yuer explains that the wild monkeys will pick up the treasures and take them away. "Somebody will see them with tfie treasures and will come looking for more. Ihen well have a way out/' he says. The three begin to feel restless after a week passes316 words
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Miscellaneous58 2001-06-11 18 BASKETBALL NBA Finals, Game 3: Philadelphia 76ers v LA Lakers (ESPN Ch 23, 7.30 am and City TV, 7.45 am). DELAYED TELECAST BASEBALL: NCAA College World Series, Game 4 (ESPN Ch 23, Warn); Atlanta Braves (ESPN Ch 23, June 12,3.30 am). GOLF: PGA Tour: FedEx St June Classic, final rd58 words
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