Streats, 22 August 2001

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  • 22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 22 Avgust 2001 Another quality publication of df* Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 735 1  -  Comment: by PATRICK DANIEL, Business Times Editor PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong’s National Day rally speech on Sunday will surely become a landmark. But there’s one proviso: The new economic strategy he outlined must be put into
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  • 120 1 mmmqrush A PROPOSED amendment to the Central Provident Fund Bill will allow more choice in health insurance. CPF members will be able to use Medisave savings to pay for any insurance scheme approved by the health minister. Eldershield is likely to be among the
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    • 205 1 o 301 ‘C H mil The Service Gap r i i y&mmm JUST one. Just one cabby who would match up to the cabby in Paris who impressed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong enough for special mention in his National Day Rally speech. The Parisian cabby had gotten out of
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 386 2  -  by WINSTON CHONG ON Monday, a housewife looking out of her window was unnerved by what she saw: A maid perched precariously on the parapet of a unit in the opposite block, cleaning the windows. Moments later, the maid
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    • 63 2 Most aspects of life in Singapore have improved in the past decade. But there are gaps. Graciousness and customer service, said PM Goh Chok Tong in his National Day Rally, have lagged behind social and economic progress. In other developed countries,service and productivity are often superior. PM
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    • 65 2 THE wife of JTC chief executive, Mr Chong Lit Cheong, was in Hongkong recently. She bought a bag but wanted to collect it later. When Ms Chong telephoned and asked the salesgirl to get the bag ready, she went the extra mile. She waited at the taxi
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    • 38 2 YEARS ago, PM Goh took a taxi from Paris airport to a hotel. At the hotel, the driver astounded the PM by carrying his heavy luggage out of the boot. The driver was a woman.
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    • 331 2  -  by SARAH NG "EH, I’m so sorry but we don’t provide this kind of service,” said the salesgirl over the phone. All I had asked of her was to pass me the handbag, which I had paid for, at the taxi stand. I was running
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    • 392 3  -  by 'KHUSHWANT SINGH I*o find out if the standard of service provided by woman taxi-drivers here matches up to that which PM Goh enjoyed in Paris, I packed two suitcases for a cab ride to Changi International Airport. And to my pleasant
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    • 67 3 Our weather girl says It will be a slightly cooler, more cloudy day, taking the temperature to a high of only 31 °C. There will be thunderstorms in the morning over many areas. The tide will hit 2.7 m at 1.48 pm and the PSI stands at a good 39.
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    • Just a minute
      • 54 3 If you are looking for elderly-friendly devices to help your aged parents or grandparents, visit the Touch Home Care exhibition, which showcases innovations by students from tertiary institutes including the Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic. From today till Aug 28, 9am-spm, weekdays only. At Singapore Institute of Architects, 79
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      • 54 3 Remember Being able to help at an accident scene can make the difference between life and death. To sign up for a first-aid and CPR course, call: SGH's Life Support Training Centre: 326 6883/4 St John Ambulance Brigade: 298 0300 Singapore Red Cross Society: 336 0269 SCDF: 794 5605 Singapore
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    • 203 4 -AFP OPPOSITION parties accused Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday of failing to address the needs of the economy in his National Day address on Sunday. “He has not given any solution to the current economic problems,” opposition MP Chiam See Tong
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    • 131 4 MENDAKI boss Sumardi Ali welcomed the New Singapore vision as outlined by Prime Minister Goh Chok Thong in his National Day rally address on Sunday. He said it was a “warm assurance” and that Mr Goh’s advice to look beyond community issues even as it
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    • 99 4 AN adult Hawksbill turtle swam to Tanjong Beach at the eastern end of Sentosa to lay eggs at around 11am on Monday. The turtle dug a hole 45cm deep and laid between 80 and 120 eggs in 15 minutes, after which it
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    • 247 7  - Motorcyclist, 70, dies in crash Killed after 30 years on the road by ADAM HASHIDY AFTER plying between Pontian and Singapore for the past 30 years, a 70-year-old motorcyclist died in an accident at Gul Circle on Monday morning. Mr Ebnu Hamad Ali collided with a mini-bus on his way
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    • 174 7  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER THE Court of Appeal yesterday rejected a $1 million case brought by a former SIA stewardess who was permanently disabled in an in-flight accident. Ms Tan Shwu Leng, a former chief stewardess, was awarded $352,356 by the High Court in a negligence
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    • 125 7  -  Zubaidah Nazeer A QUEUE for some sweet treats turned out to be a harrowing experience for Ms Norsidah Hassan. She queued up in the Bengawan Solo Cake Shop at The Arcade on Jan 19 when she felt something rubbing her buttocks. She turned around
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 235 8 MANILA We’ll smile and shake hands for the cameras but we won’t take questions from reporters. That was the joint plea from Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri and Ms Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday. The presidents of Indonesia and the Philippines met in
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    • 156 8 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia has ordered the recall of four energy drinks because of excessive caffeine levels, the health ministry said yesterday. Tests showed they contain 80mg of caffeine per bottle, far in excess of the 50mg stated on the labels, the ministry said. The drinks are:
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    • 73 8 Reuters BANGKOK One of the 10 most wanted US fugitives was arrested by Thai police yesterday. Eric Franklin Rosser, wanted on child pornography charges, was nabbed in Bangkok in a joint Thai and US Federal Bureau of Investigation operation. Rosser ran a music school for children in
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    • 109 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Police are cracking down on a gun-running racket after seizing weapons meant for bandits in Maluku, reports said yesterday. National police chief Norian Mai said he had ordered tighter scrutiny, but refused to say if Abu Sayyaf was channelling arms via Malaysia to
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    • weird world
      • 100 8 -AFP A FIVE-YEAR-OLD toddler has been found on the roster of China’s bureaucracy as a paid official by investigators seeking to weed out phantom staff. And the government is still paying a salary to a man who has been dead for 20 years, the Beijing Morning
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      • 68 8 A COUPLE returning from a nudist campsite holiday left their 12-year-old daughter behind a year after doing the same to their cat. The couple from Rennes, in western France, left the campsite near Bordeaux while their daughter was in the shower, French tabloid Nice Matin reported. It was
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      • 84 8 AN Indian man claims he can summon crows. Hundreds of the birds are reported to descend when he cups his palms and screeches. Rajgopal, 30, from Madras, told United News of India that he now understands “crow language” and emotions. “When I call out to a crow
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 276 9 Website shows how CAREFUL what you say in cyberspace. Hackers have found a way to read other people’s messages in Hotmail. The details are on a website run by a group called Root Core, BBC Online reported yesterday. But the process is cumbersome and involves some
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    • 120 9 -AP SACRAMENTO, California A Ukrainian immigrant living here killed his wife and four relatives including two young cousins before fleeing with his three-year-old son, police said yesterday. Police were on alert for Nikolay Soltys, 27, whom witnesses saw leaving both crime scenes in a
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    • 121 9 -AP PANAMA CITY, Florida Lawyers here took to drink to make a point. Twenty-five of them knocked back whisky and beer and tested breath devices that are used in making drink-driving arrests. The lawyers argue that the devices are old and inaccurate. Ms Kelly
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    • 283 10 Tory leadership race -AP LONDON Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took sides in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party yesterday, urging Tories to elect a hardline candidate whose politics mirror her own. In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Baroness Thatcher said Mr Iain
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      493 11  -  Beauty salons here are seeing more men asking to have their nails done by SAMANTHA CROY SO you thought it was just women who cared if their nails were buffed and shaped right. These days, an increasing number of men are going for more than just a cut
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    • 366 12  -  Pubs are drawing in the crowds by screening big matches on giant TV acreens. There's beer, mirth and wonderful atmosphere the witch's hour by Cara van Miriah IT'S the official malebonding season. Females are welcome, too. Last weekend, pubs Shamus O’Donnell’s at Tras Street, Muddy
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    • 155 12 JACKIE Chan, the undisputed king of Hongkong cinema has lost out to a comedian with a computer-generated soccer ball. The Sun in Hongkong reported that Stephen Chow’s latest comedy, Shaolin Soccer, has become the Chinese territory’s highest-grossing movie of all time in just 46 days.
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 146 17 TENNIS -Reuters NEW YORK Anna Kournikova has pulled out of the US Open Which starts next Monday because of a lingering stress fracture in her left foot, tournament organisers announced. Kournikova was seeded 19th. She suffered the injury during a practice session in late February,
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      • 77 17 ATHLETICS Reuters IRVINE, California World record holder and Olympic 100 uietres champion Maurice Greene will not compete in Friday’s Brussels Golden League because of the leg injury he sustained at the world meet. The three-time 100 metres World champion has not run since straining his
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      • 78 17 SOCCER BBC online CONDON Geoff Hurst has accepted a “substantial” offer from former club West Ham for bis England World Cup winner’s niedal. Hurst, who scored a memofable hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final, is reported to have sold the medal for £150,000 ($380,000). The
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      • 441 17  -  by 'TAN KIM HAN WHEN was the last time a Singaporean finished as top-scorer in a foreign competition? Probably a long time ago. Now, after a lengthy absence, one has emerged from the shadow to claim the spotlight in this month’s
        Pic: Choo Chwee Hua; Pic: Lim Han Ming  -  441 words
      • 270 18 PREMIER LEAGUE Man U v Blackburn MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is bracing himself for a full-blooded clash at newly-pro-moted Blackburn Rovers today (tomorrow morning Singapore time). He said: “We always seem to get the promoted sides early on. And it is something we’ve got
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      • 566 18 Spurs boss hopes referee will I overturn dismissals of Doherty and I LONDON-Tottenham I manager Glenn Hoddle (left) is 1 to appeal against the two red K cards his side received in a I controversial 1-1 draw against f Everton yesterday, i Hoddle hopes
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      • 557 19  -  Focus on the Volleyball Long, long wait is over by LIM HAN MING y' IT'S been nine long years r but it’s certainly worth the wait. Angelina Bridget Scanlon (above) will be making her South-east Asia Games debut in Kuala Lumpur next month after spending almost
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    • 294 12 Tell us... What is the one make-up item you always carry? E-mail your answer to streats@sph. com.sg by 10pm the same day Evelyn Tan, host of Live Unlimited, says: Can I have two or not? It would have to be my sunscreen and concealer. The concealer is for myeyebags. Right
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    • 719 13 V Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (Since 1970) A CAREER IN PUBLIC RELATIONS? Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS) The Institute of Public Relations of Singapore is recognised as one of Asia's best in Public Relations and Mass Communication training. With experienced public relations (PR) practitioners as lecturers,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 489 13 Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 You know that you’re asking a lot, but you somehow get it anyway. Don’t get into the habit of tempting fate. Your reputation, like a shadow in the lowering sun, grows longer with each telling of the tale. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20
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    • 297 16 The story is about Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargains for when he enrols at Zhong RenPre-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 to
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