Streats, 4 July 2001

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  • 19 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets mmnm&f mm Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 699 1 be it ever so humble, there’s no place that’s perfect. Yes, Singapore boasts of being the best in many areas. Yes, despite the accolades, Singaporeans continue to be critical about almost everything. And yes, even as the government strives to make Singapore the best home to its people,
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  • morning rush
    • 58 1 Reuters BANGKOK Mercury levels found in shark fins for sale in Thailand are as much as 42 times more than safe limits for humans, international environmental watchdog Wild Aid said in a report yesterday. It said that shark fins exported mainly from Hongkong and sold in restaurants
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    • 52 1 -AFP LONDON Singapore is the ninth most expensive city in the world, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report published yesterday. Five of the world’s 10 most expensive cities are in Asia, with Tokyo and Osaka leading. Hongkong was third; Taipei and Tel Aviv share ninth spot with
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 362 2 -AP SILKAIR Captain Tsu Way Ming’s behaviour “scared” his co-pilot Lawrence Dittmer on a flight to Manado, Indonesia on March 3, 1997. Capt Dittmer, a key witness for the plaintiffs, testified on the second day of the lawsuit yesterday that Capt
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    • 48 2 morningsmile A LITTLE boy went with his dad to see a litter of kittens. He informed his mother: "There were two boy kittens and two girl kittens." "How did you know?" his mother asked. "Daddy looked underneath them ."he replied. "I think it's printed on the bottom."
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    • 124 2 -AP IN another indication of the global economic downturn, HewlettPackard has asked 14,000 of its workers in Asia to take pay cuts or use additional vacation days in an effort to trim costs. Here in Singapore, all local staff have been asked to take six days
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    • 401 2 BG Lee on His relationship with SM Lee: Q: I had the great pleasure of lunching with your father during his recent visit to Hongkong and it occurred to me that it might be quite something to speak to him as a private man. Is he ever just a father
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    • 563 3  -  by KAREN CHEN IN these lean times when a 10-cent hike in bus fares is cause for national debate, the likes of Mr Zhang Huasheng are a rarity. The nurseryman lets his customers decide what they want to
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    • 70 3 Nothing beats a cool T-shimi on this warm and cloudy y day, with temperatures soaring to 33°C. It may be slightly hazy, but fret not, the PSI is still at a healthy 44. If you are not working, chill out and have some funM at the
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    • Just a minute
      • 48 3 The Mammobus will be at Mei Ling Zone Residents' Centre until July 7 7. Women aged 45 and above can visit it for breast<ancer screening. Residents pay $25 and it's free for those under public-assistance schemes. For details, call Mr Kia Siang Wei at 474 8692.
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      • 62 3 Check it out Great S'pore Bargain Fancy getting an LG fully automatic washing machine forjust 7 instead of the usual $339 (model WF-SS7BBPCX)? Now you can, if you buy a System Three or five LG air conditioner. Terms and conditions apply. The promotion at authorised dealers ends on July 3
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    • 464 4  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER TEACHING swear words here? No way! That was the overwhelming reaction when Streats polled 30 people on whether Singapore students aged 11-16 years old should be taught the meaning of swear words that they use or know
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    • 174 4  -  by SONNYPHUA WANT to know what’s in store at the National Day Parade? Head to a shopping centre near you. Starting from July 10 to 22, a travelling song-and-dance show will be staged by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Music and Drama Company at six venues Caltex
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    • 153 4  -  onekindact Sanda Moe THANKS to the drivers of one NTUC taxi and one truck for letting me retrieve my son's cap from the middle of the road a fter I dropped it My appreciation also to the driver of Tibs bus No 912 who waited patiently for us
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    • 222 5  -  by I DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM AN English-language instructor had just wanted to befriend a woman he molested, his lawyer told a court yesterday. Chew Kar Foon, 30, was sentenced to 15 months’ jail for outraging the modesty of a 28-year-old Japanese woman at her apartment
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    • 139 5  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam A RENOVATION contractor claimed yesterday that fear of his strict boss drove him to commit criminal mischief and theft. A lawyer for Ng Swee Kok, 35, told a court that Ng woke up late on the morning of May 14, 1997. He
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    • 83 6 HOT JULY U FATHER CHRISTMAS IS INDIAN!” “Think about it: big beard, huge belly, terrible suit Indian!" For more age old Indian wisdom, watch... GooK Giilcimis BBC Asia Award for ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDIA British Comedy Award for BEST COMEDY SERIES MORE SITCOMS Becker MONDAY 11, HPi 3rd Rock From The
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 183 7 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand is on “full alert” over an outbreak of dengue fever that has claimed 79 lives so far this year. The disease, which is carried by the Aedes mosquito, has infected nearly 40,000 people in the country so far. Many more are expected to
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    • 113 7 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR A gang of robbers was caught after they stopped for a drink near a shop they had just raided. The shop’s owner was going to make a police report when he saw the thieves’ car at a roadside drink stall. Police arrested
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    • 137 7 Reuters PHNOM PENH Cambodia’s only sex shop was shut down one day after it opened yester-' day because of the dangers posed by its merchandise. “This is very dangerous look how large those rubber penises are,” Phnom Penh police chief Yim Symany said at police
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 135 8 CHELTENHAM, England -The Lord’s Prayer has been translated into text message language for people who are too busy to go to church, reported The Times of London. “Our Father who art in heaven”, has become “dad@hvn” and “forgive us our trespasses”
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    • weird world
      • 79 8 LONDON -“Consent condoms”have a plastic insert where a woman can mark a thumbprint to denote consent before having sex. Inventor David Morrow believes they could insure men against date rape charges, reported the Evening Standard. But legal experts and women’s groups have challenged his claims.
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      • 73 8 BRISTOL, England Surgeons are planning to transplant a hollowed-out tooth to an eye socket to give a blind man sight again. Doctors will transplant the tooth and a piece of jawbone to builder David Emmott’s eye socket to connect it with an artificial lens attached
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      • 68 8 YORK, England -Train services between York and Harrogate suspended on Monday morning because of a body on the line resumed after the “body” woke up and walked away. A police spokesman told online news service Ananova: “When we got there, the body was not deceased it was
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      • 71 8 MADRID A 69-year-old Spanish bullfighter who came out of retirement to supplement his pension had a heart attack during his first comeback fight. Antonio Chenel, known as Antonete, withdrew to the Burgos bullring’s fence and collapsed after several preliminary charging passes, Ananova online news service reported.
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 297 9 Wire services MEXICO CITY President Vincente Fox’s spokeswoman is moving in with him. And you can stop screaming “scandal”: They’ve just got married. President Fox, Mexico’s most eligible bachelor, ended months of speculation by marrying long-time lover Martha Sahagun on Monday.
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    • 230 9 Reuters Bangkok You can’t box, y°u’re a girl. That was what Parinya Kiatbussaba has been told. She is what Thais call a “katoey” a term that loosely covers transvestites and transsexuals. As a boy, Parinya dreamed °f becoming a famous kickboxer, and went on
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  • easy STREATS
    • 522 11  -  Should bare breasts be allowed in an NC-16 movie? Streats reader Caleb Sim wrote in on Monday to complain about teens being allowed to view Halle Berry's assets in the movie Swordfish by Stephanie Goh A PAIR of perky mammaries stand
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    • 398 11 OTHER READERS REACT CecjligLee STOP being a prude. It’s not as though such scenes are broadcast on national television. There’s so much censorship on television and in movies that some programmes do not make sense any more. I’m deeply concerned about Singaporeans like Caleb Sim being
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
        • 44 12 9.30 pm, TV Works Chunky LaFunga, hearthrob veteran of 4,000 Bollywood movies, brings his melodramatic style to Pride and Prejudice. Meanwhile, the Coopers (Kapoors) are so determined to be taken for English that they boast about how sexually repressed they are.
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        • 58 12 10pm, Central Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks and to run through the city to rescue her true love. There are three endings to this highly energetic film. Hitting number 2 at Germany’s 1998 box office, it swept almost all the German Film
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        • 89 12 9pm, Star Movies (SCV 58) From the depths of obscurity, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) has risen to unprecedented fame. He takes up acting and appears in numerous commercials. He shows up at a benefit and even grapples with the colossal wrestling champ, Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan). Now the reigning heavyweight
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    • 356 12  -  by CARA van MIRIAH TUCKED away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Brauhaus is a cosy, informal pub-cum-restaurant. Last Sunday, more than 300 friends and long-time regulars celebrated'its 12th anniversary, guzzling down Kristal Schofferhofer German wheat beers, feasting on a sumptuous spread of German cuisine
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    • 212 13 local model Christepher Wee Jay not have signed on with f*H Media Works like he once Jtended, but he is gearing up r the big time in Hongkong. Chris signed in April a threeyear contract with gongfu star ac kie Chan’s movie company, Jsentially
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    • 192 13 CHILDREN and how to raise them were at the centre of the break-up between Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt, sources told the New York Post’s PageSix.com. Apparently Julia has been encouraging her 10-year-old niece, Emma, the daughter of her estranged actor brother Eric,
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    • 96 13 HONGKONG comedy king Stephen Chow is keen to get married but he hasn’t found the right girl yet. The 39-year-old says that he’s looking for a girl who is “quail-like”. No, she doesn’t need to look like a bird nor lay spotted eggs. His dream
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 194 18 -AP WIMBLEDON French Open semifinalist Justine Henin outplayed 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez 6-1, 6-0 yesterday to become the first player into the semi-final. In a one-sided match, the 19-year-old Belgian No. S seed overwhelmed the 29-year-old Spaniard with her power hitting from the baseline
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      • 487 18 Wire services WIMBLEDON After it was all over, Pete Sampras paid homage to the Duke of Kent, then noticed that his giddy young conqueror, Roger Federer (right), was walking hurriedly, almost skipping, toward the exit without the obligatory bow to the
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      • 202 19 LONDON England defender Sol Campbell (right) has joined Arsenal from Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year contract. Campbell turned down lucrative offers from Inter Milan and Barcelona because he wanted to remain in England, BBC online reported. He told a Highbury news conference that it was a
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      • 344 19  -  by LIM HAN MING IT was dropped as one of the core s Ports in the Singapore Sports Council’s Spex2l Programme last Year. But local athletics is by no fPeans down in the dumps. Yesterday, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) received a shot in the
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      • 96 19 all 16 swimmers nominated for the South-east Asia Games have been given the go-ahead by the Singapore National Olympic Council. But a big question mark still hovers °ver the fate of swim coach Ang Peng Siong. Ang, who has eight swimmers under his wing, has not
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      • 117 19 lAN Thorpe and fellow Olympic stars, including Michael Klim, Grant Hackett and Kieren Perkins, will be in Singapore from July 9-16 to prepare for the Fina World Championships in Japan at the end of the month. While here, they will train at Changi
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 507 14 r m Your Daily Horoscope mmmm JAN 20- FEB 18 Instant karma seems to have caught up with you today. Recognise the consequences of your actions while there is still time to reverse them. An interruption changes the picture dramatically. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 K xi N Today you find
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    • 193 15 G lORDANO ir rek 2pm, 4.10 1 1 V 30 UtiOn Uarr >. 2pm, 4.30, 7, 9.30 <v cpm n^ish ua "l. 1.45 pm, 4, 6.30, 6.55, 8.45, 9.25 Dr Dolittle 2 11am, 2.30 pm, 6. 7.45, 9.30 Shrek 12.45 pm, 4.15,6 Swordfish 11.15 am, 1.15 pm, 3.15, 5.15, 7.15,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 251 16 The story is about. Ren Pre-U. Most of all, he never expected to make two bosom friends. Plus a bevy of girlfriends he cannot seem to drop at will. And as the number accumulates, so do his problems... The author... Bom in 1954 in Kaohsiung,Taiwan, Lin Cheng Te is one
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 279 17 WEDNESDAY 04 July 2001 mitf 1 m 1 jj The story today. While Xiao Yuer falls asleep, Jiang Yulang Wes to move his legs but he fails. Then he Picks up a book and flips its pages. He removes a note from the book, folds and hides it in his
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 24 19 Inthelivingroom TENNIS: Wimbledon Championships:Men's q-finals {Star Sports Ch 24 and City TV, Bpm). DELAYED TELECAST: TENNIS: Wimbledon Championships: Day 8 highlights (Star Sports Ch24,Bam).
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