Streats, 16 August 2001

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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets THURSDAY 16 August 2001 Another quality publication of gp Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • One Country...
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      Lock icon Two Questions...
      86 1 this next election, what is important is to get the people focused on: What are you voting for? Why must you vote for the PAP? Not out of habit but because you must get in a new team of young MPs, who will be closer to the younger
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      Lock icon Three Challenges...
      154 1 irst, very serious instability in the region which may cause great disturbance and affect our economy and our own stability It has not happened yet and let's hope it will not happen but I would put that as one of the great problems. Second, internally, an inability to
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Down: MRT trips
      44 1 FEWER people are travelling on the MRT as commuters cut back on unnecessary trips, said SMRT president Rear-Admiral (Retired) Kwek Siew Jin. He expects the annual growth in passenger trips this year to be lower than the usual 6 per cent.
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      Lock icon Down: Car sales
      51 1 -AP FEWER people are buying cars and luxury items. This is largely the cause of a 3.0 per cent fall in Singapore’s retail sales index in June from a year earlier, and a one per cent dip compared to May, said the Department of Statistics on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon SM's biggest worry The young and the rootless
    404 1 THE young and the restless. It is an old TV soap title that captures the essence of youth. Can one be so without the other? Can restlessness be tempered with rootedness? Singapore hopes so. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew calls this “the
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      Lock icon Civil society activist says he's retiring 'My heart is not in it anymore'
      342 2 ONE of Singapore’s leading advocates of civil society and free speech is giving up. Dr Tan Chong Kee says he’s tired. “I am not going to be involved in civil society for the foreseeable future.” He posted
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      Lock icon Builders at a loss about help schemes
      299 2  -  by KAREN CHEN FOUR out of five firms in the building industry don’t know about the assistance schemes offered by the Productivity and Standards Board (PSB). Among those who do know, some believe the schemes are not applicable to them. Others say application
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        Lock icon Low's case adjourned
        123 3 FORMER television actress Michelle Low (right), who is the first person to be charged with cocaine possession in Singapore, appeared before a subordinate court again yesterday. Her lawyer sought an adjournment to receive further instructions from his client. It was still not clear whether she would plead
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        Lock icon Fined for selling sex
        58 3 TWO men were arrested when they offered to have sex with an undercover policeman in return for money. Ismail Abu Talib, 34, and Mohd Ali Mohd, 46, were fined $l,OOO and $5OO respectively yesterday for soliciting for immoral purposes. The offence took place at about 2am
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        Lock icon He groped girl, 10
        67 3 A GENERAL worker with a history of sexual offences molested a 10-year-old girl. A court heard yesterday that Bay Teck Huat, 22, groped the girl’s bottom as she was about to exit the lift to go home to her flat at Woodlands at 2pm on June
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      Lock icon Oops!
      89 3 IN the article“No more jabs forTze Sun”(Streats, Aug 14), it was stated that the cord blood transplant was carried out by Dr Tan Poh Lin of the National University of Singapore (NUH). We would like to clarify that the transplant was the work of a combined team from the
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      Lock icon Only neighbourhood school to win elite Best Practice Award Xinmin's winning edge
      316 3  -  by Sonny Phua WHEN Peh Kai Wen, 15, applied to Xinmin Secondary School at Hougang four years ago, it was only his second choice. Today, the Secondary 3 student would not consider going to a ‘branded’ school even
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      Lock icon My card returned
      79 3 onekindact. Nisha THANK you so much to the kind person who found and handed in my ATM card after t left it behind at the POSB Bukit Merah branch on July 31. It was returned to me after I rushed back to the branch 30 minutes later.
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      Lock icon RI tops rankings for 5th year
      104 3 THE annual ranking for secondary schools is out. Raffles Institution retained top position for the fifth year running, followed by Raffles Girls’ Secondary, Nanyang Girls’ High, The Chinese High and Dunman High. River Valley High, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’, Methodist Girls’ Secondary, Singapore Chinese
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      Lock icon She gave birth in toilet, with colleagues' help
      320 5 A PRODUCTION operator gave birth in the toilet of her workplace on Tuesday, with the help of four colleagues. The drama began at 7am when Madam Bao Genying, 29, felt a tremendous abdominal pain when she arrived at her electronic company, Venture
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      Lock icon MRT-bus card test at end of year
      201 5  -  by 'SARAH NG A SMALL group of commuters will be selected to test the full contactless smartcard system at the end of the year. They will be using the card, also known as ez-link, at all MRT and LRT stations, and on selected
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      Lock icon Barber barbered
      83 5 morningsmile. A MAN and a little boy entered a barbershop together. The man had the works shave, shampoo, haircut and then he put the boy in the chair. "Back in a few minutes,"he said. When the boy's haircut was done and the man hadn't returned, the barber said:
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      84 5 Our weather girl says As unpredictable as the weather? Not here in Singapore at the moment, where, yet again, there will be thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon. Today they will be in the northern and eastern areas, and other areas will have hazy skies. Temperatures will range
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      150 5 Just a minute NTUC Elder Care is organising a series of free public education workshops on elderly issues. Saturday's workshop in English is on Healthy Lifestyles for the Elderly and covers common illnesses and their prevention, diet and exercises. It's on at theMarsiling Community Club from 2pm
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      Lock icon Businessman finds bullets and threat in mailbox Trio nabbed by S'pore, KL cops
      211 6  -  by 'KHUSHWANT SINGH ON Aug 6 a Singaporean businessman coming home after work to his East Coast semi-detached house received a nasty shock. The 41-year-old man checked his mailbox and found a green airmail envelope with neither
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      Lock icon Kidnap victim now longs for low profile
      270 6 Millionaire may sell house, cars to avoid media glare EVERYBODY is talking about the kidnapping of businessman TayTeng Joo last Friday, but the man himself so far has been tight-lipped. But MrTay, 33, a director in the family-run SUTL group of companies, relented
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Group becoming 'too large to be effective' US working out new Asean strategy
      307 8 Reuters But there are no plans to pull out, say US officials WASHINGTON The US is rethinking its relationship with Asean and other regional organisations, officials said here yesterday. The new strategies are being worked out amid
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      Lock icon Mega's choice for AG slammed
      202 8 -AP JAKARTA Human rights activists have slammed President Megawati Sukarnoputri’s decision to appoint a prosecutor as the new attorney-general (AG). Ms Megawati rounded off her 33member Cabinet on Tuesday, when she named Mr Muhamad Abdurrachman, a senior official in the AG’s office, to fill the
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      Lock icon Year's maternity leave for varsity staff
      160 8 SYDNEY Women staff at an Australian university have won the right to a year’s paid maternity leave. The Australian Catholic University said the entitlement will be available soon to all its female staff, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. Under the deal, women with
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      Lock icon Shrine visit: Koizumi to meet China, S Korea leaders Fence-mending starts
      311 10 -Wire services Protests continue in HK, Beijing, Seoul, Taipei andKL TOKYO Japan’ s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will hold talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in October to mend sour ties with
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      Lock icon Police seize severed fingertips
      151 10 -AFP SEOUL South Korean police have confiscated the fingertips cut off by 20 men this week to protest against Japan’s wartime past, a newspaper said yesterday. The gesture, in a park here on Monday, made news internationally, but the Joongang Ilbo newspaper said police and others
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        Lock icon Stink in bank
        61 10 -AP AN ANGRY man smeared himself in human excrement and walked into a Thai bank to close his account, reported the Bangkok Post yesterday. Speaking through a loudspeaker, Chuay Kotchasit, 65, said the stench from his body was far more bearable than “the stink of mismanagement”. He
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        Lock icon Toilet rolls out
        72 10 A MAN was arrested for urging people to throw rolls of toilet paper decorated with Mr George W Bush’s face during the US President’s Colorado visit, reported Ananova. John Fischer, who had wrapped himself in toilet paper, said he was held for four hours and interviewed by
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        Lock icon Top cop's pocket picked
        55 10 -AFP A PICKPOCKET snatched the wallet of the Central Jakarta police chief during a visit by a senior minister to a market. Police Chief Senior Commissioner Mathius Salempang found his wallet missing after a visit toTanah Abang market onTbesday. Mr Salempang was in full police uniform
        -AFP  -  55 words
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      Lock icon Arrests of 3 men in Colombia heighten doubts about group 'IRA on war footing'
      252 11 -AFP LONDON -The IRA is on an “active war footing”, London’s Daily Telegraph said yesterday as details emerged of three IRA suspects held in Colombia. The arrests, together with the IRA’s withdrawal of an offer on
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      Lock icon India unveils $3.5b jobs plan
      195 11 -AFP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced a US$2.l billion ($3.5 billion) plan to create jobs in the country’s poverty-strick-en rural belts. He also sought to ease concerns over a slowdown in the national economy and pledged reforms to safeguard the interests
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      Lock icon Woman can destroy fertilised eggs: Court
      206 11 -AFP WASHINGTON New Jersey’s Supreme Court has allowed a woman to destroy fertilised eggs she and her ex-husband had frozen while trying to conceive, despite her ex-husband’s objections. The court ruled that the fundamental right of JB (the woman’s initials) not to procreate outweighed
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      Lock icon Peace hopes up as minister meets rebels
      126 11 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s first ministerial talks with Tamil rebels in 11 years have raised peace hopes the country. On Monday, Aviation Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle travelled to an area held by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to hold talks with
      -AFP  -  126 words
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      Lock icon 'Cloning' doctor wants to sue minister
      232 12 Reuters PARIS The Italian doctor whose plans for human-clone trials have caused worldwide concern said on Tliesday that he was suing France’s Health Minister for US$25 million ($43.9 million). Dr Severino Antinori, a flamboyant embryo specialist, said he was starting legal action after French
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      Lock icon William, the skirt-chaser
      212 12 YOU know the saying gentlemen prefer blondes. So do princes, it seems. Britain’s Prince William, for one, is said to have a distinct preference for them. Tall, leggy blondes are high on his list. Better still if they look like his mum. The 19-year-old son of Prince
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      Lock icon What do you think are the pressing issues in the region?
      226 12 In an exclusive interview for the PAP website, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew expressed concern that young people do not keep up with events in the region r Just 1 one. Question In Indonesia, the main issue is usually
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Midnight cowboys
      512 13  -  These bus drivers work the graveyard shift} fenyingjwb-hopping party animals. Their job makes themJhe ffest source oflnfo on the most happening places in town byi CARA van MIRIAH IT'S 3am. You are drunk. Cab drivers won’t take you home even if you flash a $5O note. But someone
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      Lock icon Jackie's Hollywood gold rush
      470 14  -  by STEPHANIE GOH HE'S worth more than a million bucks US$20 million ($35.26 million) to be exact. Now the third most bankable Hollywood star, after the superachieving Toms (Cruise and Hanks) as reported by the Chinese Sina.com website Jackie Chan is apparently wasting no time to
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        Lock icon Rush Hour 2
        83 14 Stephie's Choice Directed by Brett Ratner Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi One can't stop talking. The other can't stop moving. Loud, black guy returns to team up with Chinese gongfu machine, and the results are nothing short of chortling good fun. Jackie Chan,
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        Lock icon Bridget Jones's Diary
        71 14 Golaugh Directed by Sharon Maguire Starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth If you think that neurotic chicks only come in emaciated sizes, Jones is out to prove you wrong. Squinty-eyed Renee drops Texan drawl and goes Brit (the accent's spot on), trying her darndest to charm
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        Lock icon Full Time Killer
        64 14 Gothrill Directed by Johnny To and Wai Ka Fai Starring Andy Lau, Takashi Sorimachi, Keliy Lin, Simon Yam Two professional killers with different ideals pit themselves against each other, and only one can emerge alive. It's action and eye candy galore, and fans of Jap hunk Takashi
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        Lock icon Final Fantasy
        70 14 OmA Gocry Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi Starring Ming-na Wen, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Donald Sutherland For those of you who still have not seen this film, the breathtaking dreamscapes and stunning lifelike computer animations will make you weep. DrAki Ross and gang will leave you spellbound
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        Lock icon Planet of the Apes
        56 14 Goromance Directed by Tim Burton Starring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren Lovelorn ape (Helena Bonham Carter) and lovelorn savage girl (Estella Warren) swoon over astronaut (Mark Wahlberg). But if you're looking for inter-species fornication, you won't find it here. You'll have to
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          Lock icon PARADISE
          32 17 9.30 pm, TV Works A mysterious femme fatale arrives on the island and takes a romantic interest in bellboy Badong. Has he finally met the woman who will appreciate his charms?
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          Lock icon MAN'S BEST FRIEND
          43 17 9pm, Channel U Yan is entangled with a client, who in turn thinks Lang is jealous of her. After observing one ofYan’s consultations, Lang thinks Yan only k wants to make money and does f not care about the animals.
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          Lock icon GOGGLES: GTO
          37 17 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Azusa is planning to spend her vacation abroad with her friend but just before she buys her tickets the deputy headmaster tells her to stay back to teach the graduating class.
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          Lock icon TOMORROW'S WORLD
          25 17 9.30 pm, National Geographic (SCV 35) Find out more about a controversial treatment that gives organ transplant patients a chance to live longer.
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          40 17 10pm, VV Entertainment (SCV 56) Salmon Fish and Ruby are on holiday when the triad captures him for losing a huge sum of money. Ruby has to raise $380,000 in one hour to save him. Stars Anthony Wong.
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      Lock icon A little bit of S'pore
      435 17  -  You won't see any kopitiams or ah bengs in this movie, but US-based Singaporean Meng Ong insists that his award-winning debut film Miss Wonton is, in many ways, Singaporean by STEPHANIE GOH A STORY revolving around a Chinese immigrant in the US might not strike
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        Lock icon Slump? What slump?
        438 20 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Woods confident about another Major title -AP DULUTH, Georgia When Tiger Woods (below) doesn’t win for a while, folks start to get nervous. Eveiyone wants to put him under a microscope, and get a closer look at what lies beneath that custom shirt. What’s up
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        Lock icon Last-minute goal sinks Real
        318 21 Wire services MADRID Real Madrid, playing without two of the most expensive footballers, failed to get past Inter Milan. It lost 1-2 at home, as the team minus Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane struggled to create chances against the Italians. A last minute freekick from Adriano
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        Lock icon More artistes, fewer artisans
        543 22  - More artistes fewer artisans Clubs should do their homework before hiring foreigners fly JlH*. -s-iife» iiyisi, tiliy mrm WlFmrm. Jrfl■ns!*®; y T; "v -V if HH m« [by PETER SIOW SOME S-League coaches don’t seem to know how good a foreign player is compared to how good he once was.
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        Lock icon Uruguay helps Brazil
        72 22 •SOCCER Reuters MARACAIBO, Venezuela South American minnow Venezuela handed Uruguay a shock 2-0 defeat on Tuesday, severely denting its opponents’chances of qualifying for the World Cup, and giving struggling Brazil a helping hand. Second-half goals by Ruberth Moran and Alexander Rondon gave Venezuela only its fourth win
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        Lock icon Why Ferguson sees red over Blues
        219 23 -AFP LONDON Alex Ferguson (right), looking to lead Manchester United to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premiership title and its eighth in 10 seasons, believes that his side faces a sterner test for the Premiership this time around. He said: “I think the danger this
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      • The four with firepower
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          Lock icon LIVERPOOL
          241 23 This season's fight for Premiership honours could be far closer than last year's with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Leeds all determined to topple Manchester United Ready for battle -AFP Finland defender Sami Hyypia believes *hat Liverpool’s third win over Manchester United in succession last Sunday suggests it is capable
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          218 23 Time to deliver -AFP CHELSEA'S new recruit Frank Lampard says it’s time for the club to shake off its tag as under-achiever, and bring the Premiership to Stamford Bridge for the first time in almost half a century. Lampard, who joined the Blues from London rival West Ham for
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          Lock icon ARSENAL
          177 23 'We can topple them' -AFP ARSENAL'S summer signing Giovanni v an Bronckhorst is confident that his new club can prevent Manchester United from Winning its fourth consecutive Premiership title. The 26-year-old Dutch midfielder, who Arrived from Glasgow Rangers is by what he has seen at Highbury, and firmly believes
          -AFP  -  177 words
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          187 23 Serious challenge -AFP LEEDS manager David O’Leary believes that his side can mount a serious Premiership challenge this season despite not adding to its squad over the summer. He said: “We are not in the same league as Manchester United. They have signed on two world class players. But
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      267 18 easy. I li 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,
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      243 19 ¥i PT 9 9 The story today... Wang Baiwan decides against taking up the burly man's challenge. The stakes are just too high. The man becomes furious and hurls a chicken at Wang. He's not going to let Wang off the hook. "Just your luck to run into me, the
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