Streats, 30 July 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 30 July 2001 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • 464 1  -  by WINSTON CHONG IF you think an economic slump means more business for pawnshops, you’re wrong. Figures indicate that more items are pawned when the economy booms. In 1999, it was 2.74 million items, last year it was 2.7 million.
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  • 214 1 -AFP TOKYO Japan- ese Prime Minik ster Junichiro (Koizumi’s Jpop star looks and no-non-sense style have worked f their magic. Japanese vot- ers look set to give his coalition a comfortable majority in a key upper house election held yesterday. The results would
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  • morning rush
    • 99 1 MOST HDB households should have about $3OO to $5OO extra over the next 10 to 12 months, when Budget rebates start to kick in. Education and Second Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean said yesterday the figure is a result of adding up the rebates on utilities and
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    • 106 1 BISHAN andToa Payoh residents can now use one card to get benefits at all seven community clubs (CCs) in their group representation constituency (GRC). The cc Link Card, which stores a member’s details in bar code form, gives cardholders discounts at cafeterias and other activities and
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    • 48 1 Grant finish Australian Grant Hackett did something many felt could never be done. He shattered his countryman Kieren Perkins' seven-year-old 1,500 m freestyle world record yesterday. The 21 -year-old cut by more than seven seconds the existing record of 14:41.66. Hackett clocked 14:34.56. PAGE 18 SEE 1 Pic:AP
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 310 2  -  by SONNYPHUA STRONG support from the community is vital in making a school an institute of excellence. Relocating a top school is not the answer, Education Minister Rear Admiral (NS) Teo Chee Hean said yesterday after a
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    • 167 2 THOUGH the Singapore Armed Forces has never been tested in combat, it has proved itself in several United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. SAF troops have performed well in these operations, enhancing
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    • 218 2 THE crowd at a skills development exhibition on Saturday indicates that more workers are taking lifelong learning seriously. Despite rain in the afternoon, about 1,500 people turned up at the exhibition thrice the expected number. The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), the organiser, also noted
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    • 56 2 morningsmile IN the supermarket was a man pushing a cart which contained a screaming, bellowing baby. The gentleman kept repeating softly: "Don't get excited, Albert; don't scream, Albert" A woman said: "You certainly are to be commended for trying to soothe your son Albert." The man looked at
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    • 404 3  -  by 'ADAM HASHIDY TWO recent complaints by customers have helped Sim Lim Square hang on to the top spot in the Consumers Association of Singapore’s (Case) blacklist. In the past six months alone, Case has received 14
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    • 47 3 °nekindact. Foo four months pregnant and am grateful to the olay lady who offered me her seat on the train n e morning. Most people don't give up their **ats to needy people these days, leaving me wonting what happened to civility taught in school.
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    • 274 3  -  by < ZUBAIDAH NAZEER WENDY Tay Hwee Wen, 14, fell to her death on Saturday night from her ninth-floor flat at Tampines Street 22. Neighbours said Hwee Wen, a student of a secondary school nearby, was still conscious after she landed on the
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    • 118 5 THE force certainly was with wheelchair racer Dr William Tan (centre) yesterday. He took part in a fund-raising event... escorted by 800 members of the Police Force. The participants made a 100 km circuit, passing by 12 police stations along the way. The ultra-marathon a
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    • 338 5 BIG changes are coming to a mature estate off Upper Paya Lebar Road. More than a thousand households in Tai Keng Gardens will see major enhancements to the three parks in their area over the coming two years. The Government’s coming
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    • 83 5 Our weather girl says Do you know that an umbrella can be a fashion accessory? I hope you have one handy as you go to work this morning because there'll be thundery showers all over Singapore. Temperatures range from a cool 25°C to a warm 32°C. You can catch high
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    • Just a minute
      • 41 5 CPF accounts can now be accessed online. Just log on to www.cpf.gov.sg to get detailed transactions of your account by the month, going back 14 months. The half-yearly statement of accounts will still continue to be posted to members.
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      • 58 5 Residents in Bishan-Toa Payoh, Jalan Besar and Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC and the Kampong Glam constituency can carry out transactions with government agencies, do Internet banking and buy goods online at CentralSingapore.org, set up by the Central Singapore Community Development Council. Surfers can also read the latest news, buy an
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      • 60 5 Residents in the Aljunied, Tampines and Pasir Ris GRCs can pay their bills with smart cardsthrough the North East CDC website northeast.org.sg. All RCs in the district will be installed with computers I with smart-card readers I so that everyone can I have equal access. The site will also
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  • Streatsmart interchange
    • 188 6 I THINK that whoever is in charge of giving away National Day Parade tickets should find another way to do it. Every year, the same people get to see and join the parade. Even though they’re there early for their tickets, I still don’t think
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    • 172 6 I REFER to the letter headlined “More buses please” by KaLinda Wee (Streats, July 23). Service 200 is a trunk service that plies between Kent Ridge Terminal and Holland Drive. The service also provides a link from South Buona Vista Road and Pasir Panjang Road to
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    • 153 6 I REFER to the article headlined “Singaporeans will be hit if rate is reduced” (Streats, July 23). According to Mr Lim Boon Heng, the secre-tary-general of the National Trade Union Congress and Minister without Portfolio, a cut in the foreign worker levy might make it even
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    • 148 6 WE refer to the letter headlined “Pavements needed” by Mr Kan K F (Streats, July 23). We thank the writer for his suggestion. A pedestrian footpath could be provided fof behind bus stops if there was a need and where space permits. Given our limited
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    • 257 6 OPENTALK Friday 3 Aug 2001 at 7.00 pm Dr Stephen McKenna B.A (Hons) Wales, M.A, Ph.D (Warwick) Director of Studies More choice More attention More dedication Be taught by Dr. Stephen McKenna tor Management or HRM. Dr Ellis Finkelstein for Organisation Theory or our other top full-time lecturers for over
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    • 298 6 hovevoursav Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, e-mail us atstreats@sph.comsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 82 denting Lane, Singapore *****7. You should include your name, address and contact number. <^-NUS Centre for Clinical Pharmacology Pte Ltd A partnership of Lilly Research Laboratories and The National
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 332 7 Wire services MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has warned Malay students that the government may start a system based on merit as early as next year. “Many Malay students nowadays are so convinced that they no longer
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    • 195 7 Wire services US recalls book on Indon communist purge from libraries JAKARTA A history book that details the US role in Indonesia’s purge of communists in the 1960 s will not affect relations between the two countries, the Indonesian government said. Washington is in the process
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    • 178 7 Reuters SYDNEY Australian authorities were investigating yesterday how one of the country’s mostnotorious arsonists was allowed to work as a firefighter for the past 10 years in aprison work-release scheme. Convicted arsonist and murderer Reginald John Lyttle had trained as a volunteer firefighter for
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    • 135 8 -AP JOHOR BARU Seven members of an ethnic Indian family were found murdered in their Taman Johor Jaya house on Saturday. The bodies of two women were found in the prayer room, two more in the dining room, two men in the living room
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    • 364 8 -AFP SYDNEY Ethnic Middle Eastern gangs here are raping teenage Caucasian girls in a new race-based crime wave, the Sun Herald newspaper reported yesterday. More than 70 girls have been attacked in the past two years. The victims, aged between
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 287 9 Wire services BEIJING US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday he had narrowed differences with China over military exports. He said that he “was able to move the ball forward”. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr Sun Yuxi, said
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    • 101 9 Reuters LOS ANGELES Police are probing allegations that boxer Mike Tyson raped a woman on July 16. “There was an assault charge made,” said Cindy Beavers, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Police say a woman alleged that Tyson raped her at
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    • 38 9 Physical education teacher Zhang Jian, 37, wants to be the first Chinese to cross the English Channel. He started on his journey from Dover in England to Calais in France yesterday as friends cheered Pic: AFP
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    • 161 9 -AFP Top Lanka airforce men fired as probe begins COLOMBO Two top air force men have been fired after a Tamil Tiger attack on Colombo airport, officials said yesterday. The commander of Katunayake air force base was relieved of his duties as a probe into
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    • weird world
      • 72 9 A VIDEO shop owner in England has been fined £5,000 ($12,778) for not renting out hard porn, BBC News Online reports. Local trading standards officers brought the prosecution after complaints that Confessions Of A Sex Maniac was too soft to be in the Hard Core section of the
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      • 99 9 A PLAGUE of vandalism has prompted a Perak school to move to privatise its toilets, the Star reported yesterday. A motion tabled by Abdul Malek Abu Bakar, a teacher at SMK Simpang in Taiping was unanimously approved at the school’s Parent-Teacher Association AGM on Saturday. He
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      • 100 9 A TENANT who moved after his ex-wife’s lover was housed next door has been compensated by the local council, the Yorkshire Post reported. The disgruntled man in north-east England, called in the ombudsman, claiming it would be unbearable living next to his love rival. The lover moved in
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      • 81 9 AN ex-stripper is to appear naked on stage in Hongkong to encourage people to think seriously about sex. Japan’s Ms Ichijo Sayuri will take off her kimono at the Cultural Centre in a dance routine as part of a performance called the Naked Para Para,
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  • easy STREATS
    • 599 11  -  TVWorks' The Big Break ends tonight. We ask 2 star-groomers which contestants have what it takes to make it in showbiz. Surprisingly, their top choices didn't even reach the finals by YVONNE KWOK The Lams have it THEY are not related, but both Elaine and Shanna have what
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    • Article, Illustration
      387 12  -  ippppgl m jL Wpiu&p*^ wo shoes by. r Judi Low Picky foodies are even pickier about where and what they eat these days -no thanks to the economic slowdown. But does this mean you have to settle for less than tasty, nutritious fare until the economic storm clouds
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
        • 68 12 8.30 pm, TV Works These warblers have come so far... now who will walk away with the first prize in the finals of the Big Break? Will it be Norain Khan or L Shimona Kee? Will the k Flutterbies flit through the group competition or I
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        • 46 12 10pm, TV Works Becker is kicking himself for not trusting his instincts after he reluctantly goes on a blind date and learns the woman likes line-danc-ing, karaoke and aromatherapy. And Reggie’s evening goes south when she realises the guy she’s seeing is just too nice.
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        • 50 12 3.30 pm, Channel U Graduates, fresh into society, struggle to carve careers for themselves while at the same time juggling love and friendship. In the process they learn about life and love, as they mature with real life experiences. Stars Li Ya Peng and Wang Yu Wen.
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        • 24 12 10pm, Central Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, the stars of the hit musical The Producers, host this theatre awards ceremony.
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    • 383 12  -  by CARA van MIRIAH YOU'RE at a club, partying the night away. You’re having the time of your life when, suddenly, the fire alarm rings. What should you do? Scramble for the nearest exit in a state of panic? Or stay calm and evacuate in
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    • 188 13 HONGKONG singer-actor Eason Chan had two surprises at his birthday party last Friday, no thanks to the local police. The 27-year-old star was entertaining his celebrity friends at a hotel when the police conducted two raids, reported Hongkong’s Oriental Daily News. Chan’s guests included his father, his
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    • 108 13 HONGKONG actor Chow Yun Fat looks set to be the I next Doctor Zhivago. He is negotiating with I Hongkong director Chen F Kexin to star in a movie entitled Waiting. In the movie, set during the Cultural Revolution, Yun Fat will play a military doctor
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 212 17 AMSTERDAM Gerard Houllier (below) astonishingly surrendered the Premiership title race to Manchester United yesterday night three weeks before the new season gets under way. “I am not a dreamer,” the Liverpool boss was quoted by soccemet. “United will win it because they will put
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      • 263 17 -AP EDMONTON, Alberta Sprint queen Marion Jones is all geared up for the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships starting from Friday. Along with men’s star sprinter Maurice Green, Jones is expected to bring in the crowds to the meet at the refurbished Commonwealth Stadium. “I
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      • 358 18 -AFP World Swimming Championships 2001 FUKUOKA, Japan Australian Grant Hackett (right) swam one of the greatest races of all time yesterday to shatter Kieren Perkins’ 1,500 m freestyle world record. The 21-year-old chopped more than seven seconds off a record
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      • 517 19  -  by 'TAN KIM HAN IT'S been a week of upsets in the SLeague. Title-challenger Home United was stunned 2-3 at home by Clementi Khalsa. Tanjong Pagar United saw its 12match unbeaten run in the league grind to
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      • 251 19  -  by' TAN KIM HAN TEAM Singapore can help in the economic development of the country, particularly in these difficult times. So said Minister for Community Development and Sports, Abdullah Tarmugi at the launch of Team Singapore’s official website (www.teamsingapore.com.sg) at Plaza Singapura yesterday. He said: “The
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      • 136 19 •MOTOR RACING -AP HOCKENHEIM, Germany Ralf Schumacher became the second German after older brother Michael to win at home. It was a wild German Grand Prix yesterday that saw many crashes and retirements of top drivers. Michael, the defending Formula One champion, was involved in
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      • 65 19 •soccer -AFP BANGKOK It wasn’t a walkover for the star-studded Manchester United team that faced Thailand yesterday at the Rajamangala Stadium. The Red Devils won 2-1, which showed that the Thais offered some stiff resistance. United scored through Ryan Giggs (29th) and Dwight York (78th), while
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      • 77 19 •boxing -AFP NEW YORK Hongkong may host the heavyweight boxing world title rematch between American champion Hasim Rahman and former British champion Lennox Lewis. Promoter Don King told Internet reporters that he was scheduled yesterday to meet with a Hongkong firm interested in paying for rights to host
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 479 13 W: yu Ml CD Witt na/Dif/j iry3v/yn Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You may be a little too fixated on your professional life. Don’t push others away from you, even if you do it gently. Long lost friends may be trying to reclaim you. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 377 14 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, from baseball matches to flower arrangement classes. Most of all, he never expected
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 266 15 MONDAY0 30 July 2001 easy The story today... The needle container is actually empty. Xiao Yuer has tricked Jiang Yulang again. While Jiang is enraged by his naivete, Xiao Yuer reaches for the Heavenly Water of Five Poisons and points it at Jiang. "You know this thing is loaded with
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