Streats, 10 July 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 10 July 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 679 1  -  Your morning rush: Better... Expect better service, said SMRT and Tibs, following the merger of the two public transport companies. Look forward to more efficient bus and MRT services, shorter waiting times, complete travel info and loyalty programmes. Friendlier... A new breed of buses promises to be friendlier and
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    • 339 2 WORKERS should be taught new skills, not sacked at the first signs of economic difficulty, said Manpower Minister Dr Lee Boon Yang. “What we want to do is to encourage employers to hold on to their workers during this difficult
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    • 226 2 RETRAINING will not help retrenched workers from the manufacturing sector, said the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in a letter to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. The current economic slowdown will also last longer than the 1997 crisis, it predicted. Therefore, the NSP says, it’s time
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    • 167 2  -  by SARAH NG JOB cuts and the economy will feature prominently in Parliament tomorrow. Mr S Iswaran (West Coast GRC), Mr Tay Beng Chuan and Mr Zulkifli Bin Baharudin (both NMPs) will ask the Minister for Trade and Industry if the Government will implement off-Budget,
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    • 77 2 morningsmile A YOUNG man at a construction site was bragging about his strength. After several minutes, Morris, one of the older workmen, had enough. He said:"! will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow that you won't be able to wheel back." "You're
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    • 324 3  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER A FORMER Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) bank manager was yesterday fined $30,000 for accepting bribes of $35,000 over two years. In April 1995, Mohd Amin Bin Ibrahim, 52, as vice-presi-dent of the credit marketing team, accepted
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    • 264 3  -  -Zubaidah Nazeer Yerdict District judge Adrian Soon found Ong Kim %e guilty of v oluntarily causing hurt and fined him the maximum uoiount of $l,OOO. SIBLING rivalry reached a sharp point when two brothers argued over TV channels, leading the older one
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    • 268 3 -AFP SINGAPORE The Indonesian-led investigation into the Silk Air plane crash had ignored evidence that the accident was intentionally caused by the cockpit crew, the High Court was told yesterday. Mr MacArthur Job, an Australian air safety consultant and author of several books on
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    • Menace no more
      • 318 4 AFTER 13 days on the run, Geylang loanshark Chua Tiong Tiong, better known as Ah Long San, surrendered at Bam yesterday at the office of his new lawyer, Mr Edmond Pereira. Chua, 44, is now in Changi Prison Hospital. Said Mr Pereira to STTV: “Even the
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      • 219 4  -  by ADAM HASHIDY ELDERLY women in Bedok can breathe a little easier; the police have caught a man who may be the bully who terrorised them. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a relative’s place where the man, 29, was living, at 2.30 am. Woken
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    • 141 4  -  Adam Hashidy A MAN collapsed and died near the Jalan Besar Neighbourhood Police Post at Kelantan Lane on Sunday night. Mr Wan Ah Soo, 59, an oddjob labourer in a shipyard, was found bleeding from the nose and mouth. He was clutching a set of keys.
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    • 360 5  -  by SARAH NG LOOK out for a new signage system of red, green and grey when you travel on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT). From July 31, these three colours will replace the existing MRT line colours of red
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    • 82 5 Our weather girl says Brace yourself- Singapore could be hit by haze this week. Smoke pollution from fires in Sumatra is choking the south of Thailand and could move this way. But for today, it will be sunny and hot here, with temperatures reaching 34°C. The tide will hit 2.4
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    • 164 5 Just a minute Commuters on SBS bus services 85,111 and Express 502 can look forward to a more comfortable ride. From today, 15 new Superbuses will ply these routes. These buses have a builtin seat counter device which indicate how many seats are available on the upper
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    • 282 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR More than 90,000 workers could lose their jobs this year if the US economy does not recover, Malaysia’s trade union chief said yesterday. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Zainal Rampak said the union’s records showed an
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    • 168 6 Reuters BANGKOK Smog from fires in Sumatra has spread to Thailand and is expected to last a few more days, officials here said yesterday. “Satellite pictures show the fires may continue at least for another day or two in the south,” said Mr Wanchai Sakudomchai,
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    • 271 6 KUALA LUMPUR An Umno leader has urged parents of young children to use the party anthem as a lullaby so infants will join the party when they grow up. The Sunday Star reported that Umno Youth chief Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein said: “Parents are the most influential
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    • 95 8 HONGKONG Comedian Eric Tsang was beaten up by 10 louts in Hongkong on Friday. He was having drinks in a pub with some friends, when more than 10 men armed with wooden sticks and beer bottles rushed in and attacked him. “This is to
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    • 278 8 -AP HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways has toughened its stance against the striking pilots. It sacked 49 pilots yesterday and said it would introduce a new pay package and benefits immediately. “Under the circumstances, we need to take prompt and firm action to resolve
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    • 133 8 Wire services JAKARTA More than 100 middle-ranking Indonesian police officers yesterday spoke out against their chief, who has defied his sacking by President Abdurrahman Wahid, accusing him of disobedience. In a petition, the officers stressed the Indonesian police were under the ultimate command of the president.
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    • 119 9 -AFP CALCUTTA They are named after Hindu gods, but their deeds aren’t any holy. Three sacred bulls named Dharma, Karma and Shankar have unleashed a reign of terror in a village south of Calcutta. So far four people have been gored to death and 70
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    • 253 9 AFP NEW DELHI BJP, the party ruling India, is red-faced after a map published in its official party newsletter showed parts of the state of Kashmir as Chinese territory. The full-page map of India, which appeared in the June 15 issue of “BJP Today”,
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    • 122 10 EDINBURGH Do blondes really have more fun? University of Edinburgh scientists want to find out. And they’re looking for volunteers. The team, led by Professor Jonathan Rees, is trying to discover why there are differences in human hair colour. They also want to know what
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    • weird world
      • 91 10 LEEDS She slept with five men, and had a baby. Big question: Who’s the dad? The five lovers will have their DNA tested to find out which of them fathered the boy, now seven years old. The lad’s mother, 45, began sleeping with other men after
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      • 94 10 AUCKLAND He was naked, but wouldn’t let the burglar get away. Craig Campbell’s wife woke him up at 1.15 am on Friday after hearing noises in their Fairview, New Zealand, home. Mr Campbell was naked, but leapt out of bed, the stuff.co.nz website said. The
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      • 73 10 WELLINGTON Police stopped a nude teenage motorcyclist last week as he whizzed along a New Zealand beachside street. Senior Constable Wayne Broadmore said the biker was, however, wearing a helmet, which he used to cover his more private parts. Mr Broadmore said the youth explained the
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      • 64 10 LIVERPOOL Hospital patients looked on in disbelief when the latest case was wheeled past on a trolley a 115 kg gorilla. Lomie, 31, was taken from Blackpool Zoo to the town’s Victoria Hospital for a scan on a stomach tumour, The Sun said. Patient James
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 225 11 Reuters MANILA The Philippine police have arrested a ranking officer of Abu Sayyaf, officials said yesterday. Police chief General Leandro Mendoza told reporters that Nadzmi Sabdulla, alias Commander Global, was arrested on Sunday with three other Abu Sayyaf members in the southern city of General Santos.
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    • 355 11 Students at Cambridge University had to analyse a Bee Gees song for a literature exam. Some called it "dumbing down'' others that the lyrics were comparable to Shakespeare's King Lear. r Just question It's interesting. They're not
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    • 188 11 Reuters COLOMBO A pro-Libe-ration Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) electronic bulletin has asked Tamils all over the world not to worship Indian religious leader Sathya Sai Baba, alleging he was against the Tamils’ struggle in Sri Lanka. The Circle Digest, a daily bulletin sent
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  • easy STREATS
    • 315 13 IX Shen’s charisma and Irin Gan’s charm had nothing to do with boosting Channel U’s newsroom drama Making Headlines to an all-time viewership high on Sunday. Instead, a svelte 22-year-old undergraduate with no prior acting experience pulled it off. Judy Lee, a banking
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    • 538 14  -  Ml} tubby by Yvonne Kwok If you think there's nothing good to watch on TV Works, here are some of the best programmes on the channel, most of which you wouldn't have caught unless you stayed awake after 10pm FOR the last two months, I’ve had uncles,
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    • 173 17  -  by DIANA SER THE good news: Sizzling songstress Stefanie Sun will turn up the heat at her biggest outdoor performance here on July 28. Even better news: It’s free for the first 10,000 people to arrive at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. And Warner
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      • Today's must-see TV...
        • 52 17 9.30 pm, TV Works TV Works’ first sitcom premieres today. Ah Girl (Cynthia Lee) wants to take Saturday off for her 21st birthday, but her boss Mrs Fernandez (Nora Samosir) won’t let her. Good acting and likeable characters make this show one to be reckoned with. Also starring
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        • 37 17 LAW ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 11 pm, TV Works New spin-off from the long-running series featuring sex crimes. In this first episode, detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a cab driver.
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        • 27 17 8.30 pm, Channel U The Zulu tribe will kill a goat to celebrate the 21st birthday of one of their boys. Watch the Quahs squirm.
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        • 70 17 10pm, Central This movie is not the current one starring Nicole Kidman. It’s a 1952 production, and won three Oscars, including Best Costume Design. The action is in the 19th century, and follows the story of a crippled artist who finds forgetfulness amongst the dancers of the Moulin
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 487 15 you oi Jcidl Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Someone who seemed to fade away now comes back in full force. Admit your feelings so that others can begin dealing with them. By keeping accurate records, you set the tone for later triumphs of fact. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20
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    • 1569 16 Oast)El- Bugis Vm UA Bugis Junction 337-9655 Moulin Rouge 10.45 am, 1.20 pm, 4, 6.40, 9.20 Save The Last Dance 11.30 am, 2pm, 4.30, 7, 9.30 Dr Dolittle 2 11am, Ipm, 3, 7.10 Tomb Raider spm Evolution 9.10 pm UA Beach Road 391-2550 Moulin Rouge 1.30 pm, 4.10, 6.50, 9.30
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    • 371 18 TUESDAY p 10 July 2001 easy: VA HU m i s I m I The story is about. Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargains for when he enrols at Zhong Ren Pre-U. A natural busybody, he suddenly finds himself involved in everything,from girl problems to gang fights,
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    • 246 19 The story today Xiao Yuer picks up an urn of wine and begins to drink like there's no tomorrow. He tells Jiang Yulang:"l nearly died a few times. I'm glad I an still live for another 15 days. Let's celebrate my good fortune!" Xiao Yuer then turns to help himself
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