Streats, 3 August 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY 3 August 2001 Mother quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • morning rush
    • Article
      Lock icon Govt Asia's best
      62 1 the Government has been rated as Asia’s best in implementing economic policies by the Hongkong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) The report, based on a poll of expatriates around Asia, rated the quality of government policies, how these were implemented, and the consistency of the policies
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      Lock icon Last late power bills
      76 1 SINGAPORE POWER sent its last batch of belated bills to customers this week, ending a 12-month saga. The utilities authority repeated that it will not cut off utility supplies to customers who are unable to settle the bills which have accumulated during the period of delay.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Six books a year
      72 1 THAT'S all the average Singaporean reads. Singapore is 25th in the world where book-reading is concerned. At the top of the list, residents of Finnish capital Helsinki read about 17 books a year on average. “We can do much more to encourage reading in school and
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  • Engaging the dragon
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      Lock icon BIG OPPORTUNITY
      76 1 ||p" ...It is far better to trade with an affluent partner than an impoverished one. A more prosperous China will mean a bigger market, more investment opportunities, and a bigger trading partner. As China exports more, it will also import more because China cannot run a balance of
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      Lock icon BIG PUSH
      58 1 It (working with China) must bed concerted effort. Front-line agencies like TDB have a role to So, too organisations like NUS, NTU and otner research institutes, which can undertake research projects and executive education programmes relating to China to help Singaporeans better understand the Chinese business environment and
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    Lock icon Big spenders
    452 1  -  by KAREN CHEN CALL them “cheena”, as the young are foolishly wont to do, but they are fast becoming manna, or a god-send, for shops and businesses in Singapore. So say huanying (welcome) and ninhao (hello) because the folks often stereotyped as swa-ku (country bumpkins) will be crucial
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  • Streatsmart local
    • Twin strategies for Singapore's future
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        Lock icon Tackling the new China
        321 2 WHY are we losing jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector? And, why are investments being sucked away from countries such as Singapore. The answer: China and its cheap workforce which has taken the international marketplace by storm with its cheaplyproduced goods. Rather than fret over this
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        Lock icon Recipe for GLCs
        153 2 SINGAPORE must develop a more vibrant local enterprise to succeed, BG Lee said yesterday. For this Government-linked corporations (GLCs) to focus on becoming global champions “to adopt a global mandate and formulate a global strategy”. “GLCs in Singapore are criticised for many shortcomings, which sometimes amount almost
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      Lock icon 'Back off for better results'
      213 2 THE Singapore government has to back off from its driving role in the economy and let the private sector take charge. Prof Michael Porter (right) from Harvard University said:“Singapore has to reduce government involvement in the economy.” The expert in competitive strategy was speaking at
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      Lock icon Musical note
      27 2 morninqsmile. Why is an 7 1-foot concert grand better than a studio upright? Because it makes a much bigger kaboom when dropped over a cliff.
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      Lock icon Hit-and-run driver kills elderly lady Cruel end to a hard life
      387 3  -  by ADAM HASHIDY THOUGH hunched from leading a hard life and frugal almost to a fault, it never stopped Madam Loo Ah Chue (left) from being generous and a model worker. Sadly, those will remain just memories of the
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      Lock icon Burglar hits security's weak spots
      174 3  -  -Adam Hashidy A BURGLAR got past substantial security measures to steal from aYishun flat. Technician Mr Lok Shih Chang, 29, secured the windows and doors of his four-room flat before he left at 10am on Wednesday. He even padlocked and chained the window grilles. But
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    • news scan
      • Article
        Lock icon He stole, sold python
        120 3 A 25-YEAR-OLD Malaysian who was rejected for a job at Jurong Reptile Park stole and sold the park’s I.Bm Burmese python. Kandasamy, alias Kaliopam, worked casually as a reptile-handler at the park from June while he waited for a work permit. After Kandasamy was rejected on
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        Lock icon He stole from mosque
        120 3 A CLEANER pilfered a total of $4,130 in cash from a mosque’s safe on four separate occasions before he was caught. A district court heard yesterday how Sudirman Abdullah, 38, took the cash from the Al-Istiqamah mosque on Serangoon North Avenue 2 from March 26 to
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      Lock icon Thanks to our rescuers
      47 3 onekindact. Grateful WOULD like to thank some people who helped my boyfriend and I when we had an accident at Napier Road on July 11. One person helped us to call an ambulance, one gave first aid and another, a journalist, offered help.
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      Lock icon General Election PAP vs 3 opposition fronts
      331 5 THE People’s Action Party (PAP) will face three opposition fronts in the next General Election. This is because the Workers’ Party (WP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) have said no to joining the newly-formed Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA). SDA chief Chiam See
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      67 5 Our weather girl says I hope the rain won't make you feel blue. Do keep an umbrella ready for the thunderstorms expected in the late morning and early afternoon islandwide. Temperature will range between 23°Cand 31°C with the tide reaching 2.7 m at 10.45 pm. August's weather girl Streats reader
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      Lock icon WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE:
      59 5 Water shot up to the fourth storey at Blocks 323 and 324 Hougang Avenue 3 on Wednesday afternoon when the underground mains between the two blocks hurst. A PUB contractor had been working on water supply to the community toilet at Block 324. The burst pipe was
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    • Article
      Lock icon Check this out...
      142 5 Just a minute The Italian Navy ship San Giusto is open to visitors until tomorrow from 3-6 pm at Berth 3 of the World Trade Centre. This advanced logistics ship, built for troops and material transport, is on a training cruise in Asia. It has a flight
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Markets get jittery Horse-trading delays Cabinet
      182 7 -AP JAKARTA Horse-trading among rival political parties has forced new President Megawati Sukarnoputri to delay the naming of a coalition Cabinet by another week, officials said yesterday. Financial markets, which initially rose after her election to the top job on July 23, reacted nervously
      -AP; Pic:AP  -  182 words
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      Lock icon Dr M: I never rejected Bush meeting
      209 7 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he has not sought a meeting with President George W Bush and is unaware of any US preconditions for such talks. “There has been no request,” Dr Mahathir told reporters,
      -AP  -  209 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Philippine MP to sue tabloid for sex story
      95 7 -AFP MANILA A Philippine MP yesterday denied a tabloid report that he was forced to run naked through a hotel lobby after being caught having sex with a married television news anchor, and vowed to sue the Abante paper. Congressman Prospero Nograles
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    • Article
      Lock icon Arroyo hits back at US impatience
      62 7 -AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo yesterday hit back at the US over its impatience with the unresolved kidnapping of three Americans by the Abu Sayyaf. “Patty Hearst, how long did it take for them to bring her out?” she asked. It took a year
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    • weird world
      • Article
        Lock icon Breaking the ice
        82 9 Reuters TWO condom machines are being sent to scientists and workers at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica. The machines are being sent to the research base next month, supplier Kevin Ashton said. “It’s pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if
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      • Article
        Lock icon Is she or isn't she?
        101 9 -AFP THREE pandas maybe. Those tricky pandas. The females may build nests and lose their appetite... and then there is no baby. Or they may give no sign at a 11... and pop, a baby panda happens. San Diego Zoo is holding its breath. Its
        -AFP  -  101 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Are you a Homer?
        121 9 AN interactive TV channel is advertising a position for a real-life Homer Simpson to help its product testing. They want a full-time couch potato to give viewer feedback on Play Jam programmes, an interactive entertainment channel on cable TV, reports Ananova. The winner must love TV
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    • Article
      Lock icon Five women victims Wheelchair-bound man led Net rapists
      192 9 -AP TOKYO -A company employee who used the Internet to recruit a gang of rapists was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for his role in the rapes of five women, a court official said. The Yokohama District Court found 27-year-old
      -AP  -  192 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Reef-fish risk
      113 9 -AP HONGKONG Health officials are warning against eating reef fish following several cases of ciguatera poisoning that affected 20 people. The warning was issued on Wednesday, following reports that residents had fallen sick after eating various types of large coral reef fish, such as leopard coral groupers, wrasse
      -AP  -  113 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Dr Death to develop suicide pill
      91 9 -AP CANBERRA A man dubbed Dr Death said yesterday he is hoping to develop a make-it-yourself suicide pill as a way to sidestep Australia’s anti-euthanasia laws. Right-to-die campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke said he had received US$3O,OOO ($54,000) from US supporters. “It’s relatively straightforward, but
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  • Streatsmart global
    • Article
      Lock icon Iris recognition technology could make passports, visas redundant Entry in blink of an eye
      184 11 Travellers just look into a camera; uad they're Processed LONDON Heathrow Airport is planning to try out iris recognition technology. If it works, passengers need never wait in immigration queues, or have passports and visas. A
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    • Article
      Lock icon Clone firm sees exodus
      115 11 -AP S AN FRANCISCO -The US can e xpect a scientific exodus if Congress bans so-called therapeutic human cloning for medial purposes, a biotechnology executive predicted yesterday. “If this is outlawed in the US, w e will see our best scientific moving overseas,” said Mr Tom
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    • Article
      Lock icon 150,000 computers hit
      73 11 -AP Code Red will try to infect computers until Aug 19, after which date it launches attacks WASHINGTON The Code Red worm infected computers around the world, but not as badly as predicted. Almost 150,000 Internet-con-nected computers running Microsoft’s NT or Windows 2000 operating system were infected
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    • Article
      Lock icon Incense may cause cancer
      172 11 -AFP PARIS Burning incense could cause cancer, say Taiwanese researchers, who found high levels of carcinogens in the incense smoke in Buddhist temples. In the study, which appears in the current New Scientist magazine, the team from Taiwan’s Cheng Kung University analysed smoke from a Taipei
      -AFP  -  172 words
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Remember this odd romance? It's over
      324 13 TAIWAN'S odd couple have broken up after an eight-month-long romance. Karaoke-lounge owner Ms Lily Chao, 51, told the Taiwan media at a press conference on Wednesday that she has had enough of her 18-year-old lover, Mr Cheng Yu-hui, and that even if he comes
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      Lock icon Heart patient doing well
      286 13 -AFP Louisville, Kentucky One month ago, a terminally-ill man barely had the strength to even lift his head to speak to his doctors. A diabetic with end-stage heart disease, he needed the attention of four nurses. It looked like death was going to claim another victim.
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      Lock icon Gus Dur to write book
      70 13 -AFP JAKARTA Want to know what made deposed President Abdurrahman Wahid do the things that he did? Then, look out for his book. He is planning to write a “white book” about his tumultuous 21- month rule, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. His
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  • easy STREATS
    • Stephanie @ the movies
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        Lock icon Fighting for survival
        355 15 Kiss of the Dragon Directed by Chris Nation Starring Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky Karyo JET Li hits hard and misses. Not that he misses any of h‘ s countless big bad French °Pponents. For if there’s anything the Jetster can do, it’s overpowerlng massive Caucasians with
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        178 15 Reviewers'takes J ...Dragon is an awesomely botched bore that should, in fact, not be seen by anyone (or at least not anyone with expectations of quality action cinema) because of its overwhelming idiocy. Mr Showbiz reviewer Cody Clark Rating: 1 out of 5 I like the movie on
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      Lock icon Do the salsa, but where?
      362 16  -  by CARA van MIRIAH THE salsa, merengue and rumba are, no doubt, the hottest dances around. Not so Latin clubs which have a very short life span. Since 1998, Mambo King at Scotts Road, Te Amo at Robertson Quay, Tequiero at Holland Road and Latino
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      Lock icon 'Carey didn't attempt suicide'
      305 16 -AP NEW YORK Mariah Carey had a breakdown but did not attempt suite*. cide last week, her publicist said. Ms Cindi Berger was responding to tabloid reports that the singer, 31, had attempted to end her life just before a breakdown that landed her in hospital.
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      Lock icon Sun bags seven nominations
      170 17 NTU graduate Stefanie Sun garnered nominations in seven of the 17 categories, making her the hot favourite for this year’s Singapore Hit Awards show, presented by Media Corp Radio YES 93.3 FM. The names of the winners will be announced on Sept 8 at Hall 602
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV
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          Lock icon HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT
          56 17 7.30 pm, TV Works A graduate student goes to her grandmother’s home for the summer. Initially there to work on her thesis, she also has to pon- der a mary riage pro- posal and i what life I is about, i Starring Winona fRy
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          Lock icon RISING DRAGON
          53 17 5.30, Channel U Feihu forcesYuhong to marry him in exchange for Feilong’s life. On the wedding day Feihu learns that Yuhong poisoned the wine in the hope that they would die together. He reveals that although Feilong was not executed, he would spend the rest of his days
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          Lock icon BEACHES
          57 17 11pm, Channel 5 Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey are lifelong friends who come from opposite tracks of life. The former is a carnival girl who makes it as a singing star, and the latter is a poor little rich girl dying of a terminal disease, leaving Bette her child
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          Lock icon DARK CITY
          67 17 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) A brilliant complex futuristic thriller with great special effects. John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes up in the bathtub of a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of bizarre murders. Pursued by Detective Bumstead (William
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      Lock icon Golden oldies
      325 21  -  two shoes by Wileen Chang A TRIP to Loh Mei Specialist is a stroll down nostalgia lane. The walls are lined with prints of old Chinatown, and you’ll find kerosene lamps and wooden tables and chairs. You half expect the waiters to be flip-flopping around in chakiak (wooden
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Teach sports industry to fly, SIA
        455 24 AS some of you might have already known, Sri Lanka’s international airport was badly bombed last week. I was there for the Asian netball championship when the bombs went off and created havoc. It was a truly frightening experience for the Singapore netball girls.
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        Lock icon Brawl of a time at Giggs testimonial
        257 25 Wire services Manchester The Manchester United-Celtic match was billed as the unofficial Battle of Britain, although Ryan Giggs’ testimonial, marking the 10 years the Welshman spend at United, was more like a war. Tackles flew in, tempers were frayed and the crowd was
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      • SOCCER
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          Lock icon Wenger happy despite loss
          75 25 VIENNA Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was Pleased with his friendly against AS Roma even though the game ended in a 0-1 defeat for his team. He said: “The important thing is to get good exposition and play the right pace. It was a good Same, the
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          Lock icon Newcastle, Villa win
          104 25 -AFP London Newcastle United and Aston Villa both edged closer to a place in this season’s Uefa Cap competition after securing aggregate wins °n Wednesday. Newcastle beat 1860 Munich 3-1 to go through 6-3 on aggregate, while Villa managed a 1-0 home win over France’s Rennes to
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        Lock icon Szabo threatens to pull out
        154 26 Wire services OLYMPIC champion Gabriela Szabo has threatened to pull out of the World Championships. The Romanian says that she will refuse to run in the 5000 m if Russian OlgaYegorova is allowed to compete. Yegorova tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) in Paris last month,
        – Wire services  -  154 words
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        Lock icon No more 'amateur' in IAAF
        89 26 -AP TRACK and field’s world governing body, the lAAF, voted on Wednesday to drop the word ‘amateur’ from its name after 89 years while leaving the acronym unchanged. In a long-overdue move, the lAAF Congress agreed to call the group the International Association of Athletics
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      • Article
        Lock icon False start rule sparks row
        147 26 -AFP A DRAMATIC change in the false start rule has angered athletes and promoters alike. Under the new rule, which applies to all races up to 400 m, only one false start by a single athlete will be permitted after that any athlete guilty of
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        Lock icon Jones targets 200m gold, too Double standards
        464 26 -AFP EDMONTON, Canada The two most marketable athletes in the sport, Maurice Greene and Marion Jones (right), go back into championship mode at the lAAF world championships which begin today. Both are targeting a 100/20Qni dou- ble which will add a frisson of
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        Lock icon Boldon: Greene will not run 200m
        245 26 Reuters EDMONTON Olympic 200 m bronze medallist Ato Boldon (left) said on Wednesday that he did not believe injured training partner and 100 metres world record holder Maurice Greene would defend his 200 m world title next k week. 1 He said: “I don’t
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        Lock icon SAFFC, Woodlands express interest Dane in demand
        436 27  -  by TAN KIM HAN TWO S-League clubs have jotted the name Tommy Moller-Nielsen in their appointment books. Both Singapore Armed Forces FC and Woodlands Wellington are keen to interview the Danish coach, who is currently working for English Premiership club Everton as its
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      • Article
        Lock icon Gombak loses match and coach
        378 27  -  by TAN KIM HAN NTUC Income S-League Tampines Rovers 5 Gombak 2 GOMBAK United bid goodbye to coach Moey Yok Ham last night. But there was no farewell present for the Malaysian coach as the Bulls of Gombak crashed 2-5 toTampines Rovers. Without Nigerian goalkeeper
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