Streats, 11 August 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets SATURDAY 11 August 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Creative bosses take pay cut
    165 1 -AFP "WE have to take the lead.* With that, Singapore’s most celebrated technopreneur, Mr Sim Wong Hoo, initiated a sizeable pay cut for himself and his senior executives at Creative Technology. The multimedia firm reported a U 5573.44 million ($132 million) loss for its fourth
    -AFP  -  165 words
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    Lock icon Poor second-quarter performance, but there's a ray of hope Clearer skies ahead?
    451 1  - Poor second-quarter performance but there's a ray of hope Clearer skies ahead? by SARAH NG THE latest economic report read like a weather forecast. Storm clouds overhead. Signs of clear skies ahead. Talk of rainbows and blue skies. As Singapore entered the first day of its 36th year, the weathermen
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      Lock icon Good news
      71 1 Stable investments Manufacturing investment commitments amounted to $2.7 billion in fixed assets. This would create 5,233j0b5. Investment commitments in the services clusters totailed $212 million. This would create 1,393j0b5. New jobs in services The second quarter saw 12,500 new jobs in the service sector. Consumer prices stable Cheaper
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      Lock icon Bad news
      145 1 Unemployment up Unemployment rose from 2.4 per cent in March to 2.6 per cent in June. Retrenchment up Around 5,600 workers were retrenched in the second quarter 72 per cent higher than the 3,248 laid off in the previous quarter. Two out of three workers L. retrenched in
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Singapore rejects charge of spying on Australia 'A baseless allegation'
      245 2 -AFP SINGAPORE yesterday rejected as “absolutely baseless” accusations that it has had spies active in Australia for the past 20 years. A former assistant secretary at Australia’s defence department, Ross Babbage, said Singaporean intelligence has been implicated in “not just
      -AFP  -  245 words
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      Lock icon Creative shift in strategy
      196 2 -AFP CREATIVE Technology will now focus on computer audio peripherals following a hefty fourth quarter loss. The company yesterday reported a U 5573.44 million ($129.21 million) loss for the fourth quarter, citing an “unexpected downturn” in Asian and European sales. The net loss for the year
      -AFP  -  196 words
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      Lock icon No 30% down payment, no car
      185 2 IF you can’t make the 30 per cent down payment to buy a car, you will have to continue riding trains and buses. Sources told The Business Times that the Monetary Authority of Singapore had instructed car dealers to insist on the 30 per
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      Lock icon One-off commuters mainly affected
      223 2  -  by 'KHUSHWANT SINGH ONE-OFF commuters may need time to get used to the new MRT signages but regular commuters have no problems, Streats discovered yesterday. Mr Augustine Tan, 73, a retiree, told Streats at the City Hall Station MRT that he came to town once a
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        Lock icon Bag snatched
        73 2 Winston Chong A 36-YEAR-OLD licensing operation specialist fell prey to a snatch thief while waiting for a bus at Napier Road, opposite the former Tanglin Police Station. On Aug 8, the culprit was standing behind her at the bus-stop. He snatched her handbag containing personal documents, cards and
        – Winston Chong  -  73 words
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        Lock icon Van crashed into lorry
        68 2 Winston Chong A BUSINESSMAN was driving his van along Kranji Expressway towards Woodlands when he crashed into the back of a lorry just after the SungeiTengah flyover at 4.19 am yesterday. Van driver Ling Heng Zi, 34, died before SCDF personnel arrived at the scene. SCDF
        – Winston Chong  -  68 words
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        Lock icon Cyclist dies in accident
        127 2 A NATIONAL serviceman on a late night bicycle ride to his friend’s house was hit by a car and died on National Day at 12.43 am. Mr KohYi Min, 21, left his house after he received a phone call from his friend. Two hours after he
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        Lock icon Man found dead in flat
        100 2 A 25-YEAR-OLD man was found dead in his flat at King’s Road on Thursday morning. At 11.45 am, the man’s mother had tried to awaken him but found that his limbs were cold and his body had turned purple. The Singapore Civil Defence Force rushed
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    • Article
      Lock icon A kind bus driver
      76 2 onekindact. Dottie Massengill Thank you bus driver Tey Kang Han, Bus 28, SBS, 628 R He saw me running to get to the bus stop, so stopped (and waited a few seconds) even though no one was getting off That made my day. If you wish
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      Lock icon Signed Liverpool jerseys, anyone?
      227 3 CALLING all football fans. How would'you like to own a Liverpool jersey personally autographed by your favourite stars? Hey, did someone just scream? Okay, okay, here’s the deal. Thanks to IMG Singapore, The Society for the Prevention °f Cruelty to Animals has two °f these precious
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      73 3 Finally, the weekend is here for you to enjoy your much-deserved rest. There is no need fret about the weather today as only the northern and eastern areas will experience showers in the morning. Temperatures will range between 25°C and 33°C, with the tide reaching 2.4
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      Lock icon More turning to Muis for help
      264 3 THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is providing financial assistance to more people during these troubled times. Cases of people needing such assistance rose to 1,800 for the first six months of this year, which is 300 more than the same period last
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        76 3 National servicemen and active servicemen in the armed forces can now sign up for a free IT literacy programme. The course is conducted in three modules and those who complete at least two of them will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement. Funded by the Manpower Ministry
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        Lock icon Remember...
        75 3 Single-parent families who find it tough to cope can seek help from these agencies: Help Family Service Centre located at Block 570, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, HOI-3317, tel 457 5188. A member of the National Council of Social Service, it counsels and organises activities for families. Centre For
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      Lock icon Insanity plea is rejected Cabby-killer to hang
      292 4 Accused was mentally ill and had a relapse, claims defence A CABBY was murdered for $6O. Now his killer will hang. Khwan-On Natthaphon, a 26-year-old carpenter, claimed that he was mentally ill when he bludgeoned the 65-year-old taxi driver over the head with
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      Lock icon Secret code to call for help
      210 4 THE recent murders of two cabbies have brought the issue of driver safety to the fore, but cabbies said they have always been safety-conscious. Mr Jason Ong, 40, said: “If I have to drive a fare to some places which are very ulu (farflung),
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      Lock icon Hear, hear
      85 4 morningsmile AN elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor; who fitted him with a hearing aid that allowed him to hear clearly. The man went back in a month to the doctor, who said: "Your hearing is perfect. Your
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      Lock icon Recent cases
      82 4 STABBED: Cabby Koh Ngiap Yong was murdered with a bayonet last August in Upper Bukit Timah. BLUDGEONED: Thai Khwanon Natthaphon, 26, was convicted yesterday for bludgeoning to death 65-year-old cabby Ong Huay Dee. He will hang. DRUGGED: Mohammad Saifuddin Osman, 33, was sentenced to nine years'jail and 12
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      Lock icon Medical costs help for drivers
      214 4 CABBIES haven’t escaped the economic downturn. Their average earnings have plunged by 20 to 30 per cent, said Mr Ong Ah Heng, assistant secretary general of the National Trades Union Congress. “I have gathered feedback that even with drivers putting in longer hours there are
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    • Teenage terrors...
      • Article
        Lock icon He hit friend with rod
        152 4 A LANKY teen hit another with a metal rod because he felt he was being “disrespectful” to his grandmother. On Oct 17 last year atTampines Central, Nigel NgTian Qing and his 15-year-old classmate from Tampines Secondary School, saw Wong Ying Sheng giving out to his
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        Lock icon She stole while in jail
        166 4 A SCHOOLGIRL stole while in a police lock-up. In the early hours of Sept 5, Lee Pai Juan, 17, was brought into the holding bay at Central Police Division. A police spokesman told Streats that Lee was put there while police tried to contact her
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        Lock icon He robbed phones
        168 4  -  Reports by Deepa Vijiyasingam ON May 11 Liau Shin Shan, 17, and his 12-year-old friend approached a 13-year-old on a basketball court. They made the boy follow them to a nearby block of flats, where they told him to hand over his handphone or get beaten up.
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  • Streatsmart interchange
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      Lock icon Advice to media panel Watch, don't dog the newspapers
      622 5 I WELCOME the recent restructuring of the government-linked Publications Advisory Committee, though it is a move overdue since the day our media was opened up I support chairman OngTeck Chin’s vision of tracking accuracy and balance of our newspapers. These are
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      Lock icon New MRT signs: Think of the elderly
      244 5 THE changes in the colour and number coding for the MRT and LRT network is more a pain in the neck than being user-friendly. Is it necessary to use a single colour for both directions? Singaporeans using the interchanges are so familiar with
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      Lock icon Surveys show service meets demand
      254 5 WE refer to Mr Mohamad Haji Ani’s letter “Buses too crowded” (Streats, Aug 6). We wish to assure Mr Mohamad that bus schedules are planned to maintain regular interval between bus arrivals. At the same time, regular checks to monitor the timings of the services
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Tommy will surrender, sister says We'll shoot if he resists, police say
      349 6 Wire services JAKARTA Indonesian police have dropped a deadline for the fugitive son of ex-President Suharto to turn himself in and said they would shoot on sight if he resisted arrest. “The search for Tommy will be intensified
      – Wire services  -  349 words
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      Lock icon Mega and all the president's men
      183 6 -AP JAKARTA New President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday inaugurated a 32-member ministerial line-up that she described as the Cabinet of “mutual cooperation”, a label her father, Sukarno, Indonesia’s founder, used for his own Cabinet decades earlier. “Let us put aside our personal interests and work
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      Lock icon M'sia to use ISA against porn peddlers
      232 6 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police will use a law allowing detention without trial against peddlers of pornography who have threatened officers enforcing a nationwide crackdown. Over the past month, senior officials responsible for a clampdown on street stalls selling illegal and pornographic video
      -AP  -  232 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nina Wang 'confessed to extra-marital affairs'
      169 6 -AFP HONGKONG Asia’s richest woman Nina Wang is said to have confessed to an extra-mari-tal affair with a warehouse owner who had business dealings with her late husband, Teddy Wang. Giving evidence in the Court of First Instance yesterday, her father-in-law, Wang Din-shin, 90,
      -AFP  -  169 words
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      Lock icon Sole-candidate Koizumi is re-elected party president In a class of his own
      331 7 -AP TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s reform policy won renewed backing yesterday as he was re-elected, unopposed, president of the ruling party. The Liberal Democratic Party’s MPs chose Mr Koizumi for a two-year term ending on Sept 30,2003,
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      Lock icon Fridge a necessity, not luxury
      190 7 -AFP TOKYO A welfare office in western Japan was forced to recognise the cold truth refrigerators are one of life’s necessities, not little luxuries. Social welfare officials in the Osaka prefecture have decided the city must provide two middle-aged women on welfare support with refrigerators.
      -AFP  -  190 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Want to sleep? Get the alarm
      183 7 -AFP TOKYO This alarm clock doesn’t wake you up, it lulls you to sleep. Rather than allowing for an all-too-short extra 10 minutes in bed, the snooze function on Seiko’s Good Sleep alarm clock comprises a selection of six soothing sounds designed to lull
      -AFP  -  183 words
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      Lock icon Family moves into the spotlight
      268 7 -AP TOKYO Mr Junichiro Koizumi has become Japan’s most popular prime minister in decades by promising to do away with old-fashioned practises and put Japan’s economy on a recovery path. And the media spotlight is moving into territory largely considered off-limits until now in Japan:
      -AP  -  268 words
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Bush okays some stem cell research "Proceed with great care, please"
      349 8 Reuters DALLAS President George W Bush’s compromise decision to allow limited federally funded stem-cell research sparked a broad debate yesterday. “I have made this decision with great care, and I pray it’s the right one,” Mr Bush said on
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      Lock icon Cheer and jeers for decision
      316 8 -AP WASHINGTON Several prominent US right-wingers greeted the decision with relief. Reverend Jerry Falwell, a prominent religious activist, declared: “What I heard him say tonight I can live with.” Senator Sam Brownback, who had opposed federal funding for stem cell research, said he was “pleased
      -AP  -  316 words
    • Article
      Lock icon What are stem cells?
      149 8 Wire services STEM cells are basic body cells that can develop into many different cells, such as blood, liver and muscle cells. Scientists hope that they can one day be used to repair damaged organs or cure diseases such as Parkinson’s, diabetes and Alzheimer’s and help
      – Wire services  -  149 words
    • weird world
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        Lock icon F-word on shirt irks MP
        100 9 A MOTHER, who doesn’t speak English, bought her teenage daughter a T-shirt, only to be told what it means in English. The Lithuanian mum was shocked when the phrases “F*** me, I’ll make you famous” and “F*** me, I’m good” emblazoned on the T-shirt were
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        Lock icon Lucky fare: Long-lost son
        95 9 A TAXI driver was stunned when he realised that the man in the back of his Brighton cab was the son he last saw 34 years ago. Barry Bagshaw, 61, was so shocked he had to stop the car and end his shift, reported The Telegraph
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        Lock icon Stripping to avoid arrest
        71 9 FEMALE pickpockets in Hongkong have hit upon a novel idea to avoid arrest: Strip and run off. Police say suspects rip off their clothes when they are chased by officers, reported the Malaysia Star. The pickpockets think officers will give up the chase, fearing the women
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        Lock icon Toddler alerts parents
        71 9 A TWO-year-old boy made the sound of a fire engine to wake his parents after smoke filled his bedroom. Zavier Lawson-Smith came downstairs and kept saying“Nee naw, nee naw”until his mother Rebeca got up, reported the Daily Record. When she went up she saw Zavier’s and his
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        Lock icon Beer cooler to the rescue
        82 9 -AP FOUR men spent 17 hours in Lake Ontario clinging to an empty beer cooler after their fishing boat had capsized. The New Yorkers were rescued on Wednesday morning after a man living near the lakeshore heard their faint cries for help and took out
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      Lock icon A day after a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem Israel counter-attacks
      287 9 -AFP RAMALLAH, West Bank Israel launched swift and hard-hitting strikes on the Palestinian Authority yesterday in retaliation for a Palestinian suicide bomber who killed himself and 18 others in Jerusalem a day earlier. The Palestinians have also vowed to step
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      Lock icon US and allies launch attack on Iraq
      137 9 -AP WASHINGTON US and British warplanes yesterday bombed three sites in southern Iraq. About 50 warplanes attacked Iraqi communications, radar and missile sites. Three sites were bombed in response to increased efforts by Iraqi air defences to shoot down allied pilots, US defence
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      Lock icon Ancient Hindus ate beef, says controversial book
      209 9 NEW DELHI “Beef” is a verysensitive subject in India. Now hardline Hindu groups are up in arms against the publication of a book which says that ancient Indians ate beef. A spokesman for the rightwing World Hindu Council alleged that the motive behind
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Mega makes a splash
      342 10  -  by, AMBIGA RAJU GOLDEN yellow, royal purple, pleasing pink and bright blues. Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri’s presidential wardrobe has been a flush of bright colours since she took over as the country’s leader on July 23. She chose a not-to-be-missed white and royal purple kebaya for
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      Lock icon Bye, mates, I'm moving
      244 10 JAILED author Jeffrey I Archer has “moved house”. Instead of the high- f security Belmarsh jail in London, he now r resides in Wayland in Norfolk. The move brings him closer to his family as the jail is only about 64km from his country house, thus
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      Lock icon Writer's block? No way
      131 10 J K ROWLING, the author of the well-known Harry Potter books, has denied reports that she has writer’s block. And she is not struggling to complete the fifth book in her Harry Potter series either, reported the Electronic Telegraph. The author decided to protest after reading
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Planner of the Apes
      613 11  -  He taught actors to walk the walk so well, some of them are still doing it by STEPHANIE GOHi EVER thought of running off to join the circus? Terry Notary did. And went on chalk up five years of experience performing in crowd favourite Cirque du
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      Lock icon Cruz in control
      781 12 The woman who Tom Cruiseftftned to after his highly-publicised divorce talks of life in Hollywood and her charity work Reuters PENELOPE Cruz was feeling the heat. The dark-haired Spanish beauty had spent all day in the blazing Malibu sunshine fending off questions about her romance with Tom
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      • Must-see TV...
        • Article
          Lock icon ACTION
          36 14 Saturday, midnight TV Works There’s a nasty rumour circulating about Peter and a frog. He leaves Wendy for Jane but she leaves him to get back with Bobby G. Is Peter finally getting his comeuppance?
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          Lock icon BIG CHALLENGE
          74 14 Saturday, 7pm, Channel U Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic students compete against each other to be the champions. Not only do they have to W battle against treaty cherous tiles that refuse to stay in i place, they must I also fight again--1 st the spectre I of
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          Lock icon RUMBLE IN THE BRONX
          57 14 Sunday, Bpm, Channel 8 Keung, a Hongkong cop, is in New York to attend the wedding of his uncle, Bill. Elaine, who bought a supermarket from Bill i after his marriage, soon finds out that the store is plagued by petty thieves. Keung comes to her
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          Lock icon OLD BOYFRIEND
          76 14 Sunday, 10pm,V V Drama (SCV 55) Akari Hara works in a jewellery store and her relationship with Hayato Kitazawa holds little hope for the future because he is not interested in getting mar- ried. On the other hand, she also falls for Ilk Ikeda. In a twist of
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          Lock icon NORTH SQUARE
          66 14 Sunday, 11 pm, Central Debut episode of this British drama about a group of young, irreverent and successful barristers. They like the thrill of victory but find that helping acquit vicious and dangerous criminals is fraught with moral dilemmas. Mixing with the dregs of society can also have
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      Lock icon Sex and drugs claim upsets Taiwan stars
      156 14 THE notorious entertainment magazine, Next, has upset four Taiwanese celebrities singer Mavis Fan, comperes Xiao-S j and A*Ya, and j top billiard player Jenni- fer Chen with claims that they had taken drugs and had sex in public at a party on Aug
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      Lock icon Whitney's woes
      184 14 LIFE can’t get much worse if you are pop diva Whitney Houston. First her husband Bobby Brown once busted for drugs had a fit and had to be rushed to hospital. Then her brother Michael was held with drugs on Wednesday. Police and medics dashed to the couple’s
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      Lock icon 'Jackie's not my type'
      146 14 JACKIE Chan’s cassanova image seems to have killed his chances of a possible romance. Xiang Hailan, a Hongkong ex-beauty queen said that she would never get involved with Jackie Chan because he’s too much of a playboy. Scotching rumours that she was involved with him, she
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Three reasons for Sim's inclusion
        588 16  -  m v S V. |l|L [fay PETER SIOW SCHOOLBOY Alfred Sim (below) thought he did enough to deserve a ticket to Kuala Lumpur for next month’s South-east Asia Games. But he was wrong even though his time was joint fourth fastest among the eight hopefuls
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        Lock icon Kammann in the lead
        107 16 GOLF -AFP KUALA LUMPUR American Scott Kammann emerged as the surprise half-way leader at the U *****,000 ($488,400) Malaysian Masters yesterday after firing his second successive five-under-par 67. The 28-year-old, playing in only his third event in Asia this year, enjoyed a bogey-free outing to lead
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        Lock icon Brazil wins farcical friendly
        111 16 •SOCCER Reuters CURITIBA, Brazil Brazil was involved in a footballing farce on Thursday when it beat Panama 5-0 after a controversial penalty awarded by a Brazilian referee. The floodgates opened for the four-times world champion in this friendly international, but only after referee Carlos Eugenio Simon
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        Lock icon Arch rivals have old scores to settle No charity here
        484 17 -AFP CHARITY SHIELD -Man United v Liverpool tomorrow LONDON Manchester United renews hostilities with arch-rival Liverpool in the Charity Shield tomorrow the Premiership season’s curtain-rais- er that pits Alex Ferguson’s reigning champion against Gerard Houllier’s FA Cup holder. Although there
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        Lock icon Hargreaves gets England call-up
        230 17 Reuters LONDON Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been named in the England squad for next Wednesday’s friendly match against Holland. England coach Sven Goran Eriksson called up the 20-year-old Canadian-born player for the first time when he named a 26-strong party for the game at
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      • WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001
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          Lock icon Jones: No mistakes this time
          200 18 -AFP EDMONTON Marion Jones (right) crusied into the final of the 200 m here on Thursday, and promptly vowed that she will not let the title get away from her. Still smarting from her defeat in jj| the 100 m, Jones is now just a
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          Lock icon Kederis pulls off stunning double Greece lightning
          510 18 -AFP EDMONTON, Canada Konstadinos Kederis added the world championship 200 metres gold medal to his Olympic title in a stunning final here on Thursday (yesterday, Singapore time). While there was no doubt that the 28-year-old Greek had pulled off the double, the battle
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          Lock icon Athlete tests positive
          107 18 -AP AN athlete at the World Championships tested positive for the endurance-boosting hormone EPO but it was not Olga Yegorova, the Russian runner whose overturned drug suspension nearly led to a boycott of her event, the 5,000 metres. The name, event and nationality of the athlete who
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          Lock icon Johnson takes title
          98 18 -AFP AMERICAN hurdling legend Allen Johnson rebounded from his Sydney Olympics failure to end a four-year title drought when he won the men’s 110 m hurdles world title for the third time on Thursday despite hitting seven of the 10 hurdles. The 30-year-old, who beat Olympic champion
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          Lock icon Markov vaults to gold
          76 18 -AP DMITRIY Markov of Australia won the pole vault title on Thursday, and then, driven by pride and determination only, cleared 6.05 m to join Maksim Tarasov of Russia as the secondhighest jumper of all time. Alex Averbukh became Israel’s first medal winner at the championships
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          Lock icon Ivanova wins 20km walk
          79 18 Reuters RUSSIA'S Olimpiada Ivanova was a convincing winner in the women’s 20 km walk on Thursday after a race of attrition among the main medal contenders. Ivanova, who had the two fastest times this year ahead of the championships, lead from the start to win in
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        Lock icon Balestier midfielder takes on new role Ali strikes
        535 19  -  by TAN KIM HAN w SINGAPORE POOLS CHALLENGE CUP Singapore v Thailand J Monday, Bpm, National Stadium FIRST, his sterling performances in the S-League earned him a national call-up last year. And Ali Imran Lomri responded with a commanding display as a
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        Lock icon Jaguars on target with air missile
        403 19  -  by -TAN KIM HAN NTUC Income S-League- Tanjong Pagar 1 Balestier Central 0 AS the S-League battle heats up, Tanjong Pagar United unleashed a new air strikeforce last night. Said club manager Richard Woon: “I’ve said before the season began that we are using
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