Streats, 31 August 2001

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    20 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets wmmm m- j Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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    Lock icon Mahathir questions special rights for Malays Dr M's dilemma
    427 1 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR -TWenty years after coming to power, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has doubts on a key policy of his government which gives Malays special rights. In trying to bring Malays up to par with
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Iras does well
      57 1 THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) has been ranked highly in an international study of taxation authorities in 13 countries. The study by Andersen Consulting said Iras had the best practices in terms of communications with tax payers. Iras was also praised for having a flexible
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      Lock icon Help prevents strokes
      56 1 THIS year’s National Healthy Lifestyle campaign focuses on strokes and the message that strokes can be prevented. Some 3,000 hawkers will help spread the message by cutting down on the sauce, gravy, oil and fat they use in cooking. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will launch the
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      Lock icon Singtel in control
      59 1 -AFP SINGTEL said yesterday its offer for Australia’s Cable and Wireless (C&W) Optus had become unconditional with acceptances from shareholders totalling more than 93 per cent. Sing Tel said that this was sufficient to enable it to proceed with compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares. C&W accepted
      -AFP  -  59 words
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      116 1 m f This year, have a cool Mooncake Festival with Swensen's Traditional and Ice Cream mooncakes. As a Sing Tel Customer, you'll enjoy a 20% discount by showing us your original Sing Tel bill for July/August/September or your SingTel-UOB VISA Card when you place your order. So walk into any
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Train rammed switch, says SLRT 16-hour LRT delay
      270 2  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER SIXTEEN-and-a-half hours. That was how long the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) was delayed after one of the trains ran into a switch, causing a power trip at 5.38 pm on Wednesday. Services only resumed at about 10.15 am yesterday.
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      Lock icon She thought she was a goner
      257 2  -  by /KAREN CHEN IT was a woeful Wednesday for Ms Krishnaveni Periasamy. First, when the Sing Tel Mobile customer service officer arrived at Teck Whye LRT station at around 7pm for her daily commute to work, she found out that the LRT had broken
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      Lock icon Students jump to raise charity cash
      189 2 STUDENTS may be jumping for joy today, the last day of this school term. Well, students at 15 primary schools will be jumping for a good cause as well. The first Jump Rope for Heart (JRFH), organised by the Singapore National Heart Association (SNHA),
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    • Article
      Lock icon Points system to monitor nightspots
      202 2  -  by' WINSTON CHONG A NEW demerit points system will be introduced tomorrow for entertainment outlets. The move is aimed at encouraging self-disci-pline and at ensuring greater transparency in the maintenance of public entertainment licences. The graduated penalty system will affect 1,400 establishments. Of these, 1,000
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      Lock icon Female comeback
      47 2 mornmgsmile. Man: So, what do you do for a living? Woman: I'm a female impersonator. Man: Is this seat empty?' Woman: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down. Man: Your body is like a temple. Woman: Sorry, there are no services today.
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      Lock icon BBA landed him job He fell foul of law (degree)
      210 3  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH PAUL Heng Hu; Siang, 53, is well aware of the benefits of higher education. At the age of 42 he enrolled in the National University of Singapore and graduated with a degree in business administration. With his
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    • Article
      Lock icon Address scam lands gambler in jail
      122 3  -  Khushwant Singh LOAN sharks were harrassing the residents of a flat at Blk 461, Hougang Avenue 10. But no one living there had borrowed money. Police investigations revealed that on March 27, Sim Joo Tin, 42, changed her address from Blk 836, Hougang Central
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      Lock icon Saying it with freeze-dried flowers
      143 5  -  by SAMANTHA CROY YOU fork out good money for a bouquet of roses. But in four days, they’re in the trash. Now freeze-drying will help increase the shelf life of flowers. Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Engineering recently perfected this technique. “When you dry a flower
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      Lock icon Public forum, workshops to educate care-givers Curbing suicides among elderly
      261 5  -  by SARAH NG A PUBLIC forum and workshops will be organised to address Singapore’s high suicide rates among the elderly. This will help care-givers identify the elderly showing suicidal tendencies. Thus they can intervene and get assistance. A local study
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      Lock icon Managing the problem
      105 5 Choosing life: Elderly Suicide Prevention Programme An English-language public forum by counsellors, social workers and psychiatrists to help care-givers recognise the signs of a suicidal elderly, to offer guidelines on preventing elderly suicide and pointers on where to get help. Sept 15,1.30-4.30 pm, YWCA Fort Canning Lodge
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      92 5 Our weather girl says It might be downright depressing nowadays with the economic downturn, companies downsizing and all those downpours drenching Singapore in the late morning and early afternoons. So let me perk you up. Wake up early tomorrow morning and secure a copy of Streats and get a host
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      Lock icon Check this out...
      133 5 Just a minute The Air Force will have its first open house in three years at its Paya Lebar Air Base tomorrow and Sunday. Get close to aircraft including Fl 6 and FS fighter jets. There are also air-shows and a chance for a joyride on a
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  • Streatsmart interchange
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      Lock icon National service develops men
      179 6 NATIONAL service makes men of Singapore males. I disagree with M Y’s comments in his letter, “Being a man is a disadvantage” (Streats, Aug 28). Men are usually less mature than women of the same age, so they need something to correct this. They might still
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      Lock icon Guys really do have it tough
      71 6 M Y'S complaint in his letter “Being a man is a disadvantage” (Streats, Aug 28) is valid. An average guy can’t even get in to our own universities. You have to be the best, so the rest have to go overseas if they want
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      Lock icon Give us credit for talent, too
      125 6 I REFER to “Why are we asking foreigners how we should be?” (Streats, Aug 28), a letter from Mr Pang Kian Tiong. I agree that nowadays it is tough to tell the difference between a Singapore citizen and a permanent resident or “foreign talent”.
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      Lock icon Singapore's not boring, it's fun
      84 6 Singapore's not boring it's fun SINGAPORE is a fun place. I was disappointed to read that expats find it boring (“Not there yet, but there’s hope”, Streats, Aug 27). It’s insulting after we have tried hard to please everyone, including Singaporeans. We should not be compared with the West. Asians
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      Lock icon Honesty and generosity
      78 6 onekindact Quek HockTeng RECENTLY saw a man pick up a dropped one-dollar coin on a bus. instead of pocketing it, he asked around to see if it belonged to anyone else. And when no one claimed it, he unselfishly gave it to a primary school girl. If
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      Lock icon Let's try a new approach to service
      117 6 "LET'S be good, but different” was a good suggestion by Diana Ser (Streats, Aug 24). It would be an improvement on the current bad and indifferent attitude to service. I think bad habits are contagious. And in the case of service, they could
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  • Streatsmart column
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      Lock icon Raising kids isn't child's play
      586 7 IT IS a sign of our times when pop princess Mandy Moore declared that by keeping her clothes on, she was taking the “unconventional route”. The 17-year-old was speaking in terms of the way other pop pin-ups like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera who these
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Web jam as South Korea lists offenders on the Internet Sex fiends unmasked
      246 8 Reuters The list will s tay on the website for sixmonths and also be put up at government offices SEOUL South Korea yesterday posted the names of convicted sex offenders on a government website, causing a web
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      Lock icon East Timor vote step closer to nationhood
      172 8 -Wire services DILI, East Timor Independence hero Xanana Gusmao voted yesterday along with thousands of fellow East Timorese, saying: “They feel that it is the beginning of a new life.” The feeling was evident throughout the UNadministered territory. Even in Liquica. Two years
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    • Financial fates
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        Lock icon Philippines GDP up
        192 8 Wire services MANILA The Philippines looks set to escape recession this year, despite the global economic slowdown. The economy grew 3.3 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, figures released yesterday showed. “The Philippines is the only country in the region which posted higher growth in the
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        Lock icon Malaysia to sit still
        100 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has no plans for new fiscal measures to stimulate the flagging economy. Enough has been done to ensure positive growth for the rest of the year, a senior official said yesterday. “There will be no need for an additional package,’’said Mr Mustapa
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      Lock icon Aussie PM's dilemma over asylum seekers Under attack at home, abroad
      274 11 Wire services SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard is under attack both at home and abroad over the issue of stranded asylum seekers. Australian newspapers have hit out at him over his tough stance against the asylum seekers, with
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    • Nature's cures
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        Lock icon Apple fights fat
        89 11 -AFP TOKYO Japanese scientists say eating around two apples a day can reduce the hardening of arteries. “Eating roughly 400 g of apples lowers neutral fat in blood,” said Keiichi Tanaka, a researcher with Japan’s National Institute of Fruit Tree Science. His research team asked 14 volunteers,
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        Lock icon Tomato fights cancer
        99 11 -AFP CHICAGO A study by the University of Illinois shows a link between antioxidant lycopene and reduced rates of prostate cancer. In its latest study, researchers gave 32 newlydiagnosed prostate cancer patients three-quarters of a cup of tomato sauce daily for three weeks. This significantly contained DNA
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        Lock icon Herbal danger
        88 11 —Reuters LONDON Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive shouldn’t use herbal supplements that contain colchicine because it could cause birth defects. The New Scientist magazine reported that, colchicine, a natural substance used to treat gout, can interfere with cell division. High doses of it could be
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      Lock icon S'pore says no to refugees
      80 11 Reuters SINGAPORE will not allow the ship with asylum seekers to dock at its port. Singapore Immigration and Registration (SIR) said the nation was in no position “to accept anyone who claims to be a refugee, whether economic or political”. “To do so otherwise would
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      Lock icon Qantas'new budget carrier named
      155 11 -AFP SYDNEY The name is out finally: Qantas’ new budget airline to Asia will be called Australian Airlines. The new carrier will begin commercial operations next year to Asian destinations abandoned by Qantas because of pressure on its yields. Australian Airlines will be headed by Qantas’
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      Lock icon HK, Macau on dengue alert
      123 11 -AFP HONGKONG Hongkong and Macau have become the latest territories to be hit by dengue fever that is causing concern among health experts in the Asia-Pacific region. Twenty-one cases of the potentially fatal disease have been reported in the two autonomous Chinese territories. A Hongkong
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      Lock icon Chick click
      31 11 webcites In recent times women have taken to the wired lifestyle. Sites like Smileandactnice.com have sprung up like wild flowers. Their content revolves around food, life, home and sex.
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Recreation yes, procreation no
      228 13 Govt may give poor Indians subsidised TVs to help curb birth rate NEW DELHI Indian politicians are considering giving televisions to people in the hope that they’ll watch the box rather than have sex. Yesterday, Health Minister C P Thakur told lawmakers that people were having
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    • weird world
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        Lock icon Roaring success
        93 13 THANK prehistoric show-off men for being able to talk. At three months, a baby’s larynx descends, opening up a cavity behind the tongue, which allows speech. US and French scientists have found that two kinds of deer have descended larynxes too. They think that the feature evolved to
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        Lock icon Beggars belief
        83 13 BARMY Dutch holidaymakers have been snapping up four-day breaks in London’s Cardboard City, where homeless people live in cardboard boxes, at a cost of £3OO ($760) a head, the Eastern Evening News reported. Before hitting the streets they have to hand over all their belongings including cash and
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        Lock icon Snake in the bus
        107 13 A PAIR of schoolboys were jailed after they whipped out a snake on a bus. The 13-year-olds hid the snake in a pal’s bag after finding it near a bus stop in Fort Pierce, Florida. Later, on the bus, they asked their victim for some paper.
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      Lock icon London dining 'among best'
      113 13 -AFP LONDON London is now one of the world’s top cities for dining out, the founder of a survey that covers 70 cities worldwide told the British press yesterday. Mr Tim Zagat, of the Zagat Survey, said that the sixth edition of his company’s London report
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      Lock icon We're winners, too'
      137 13 -AP PORTLAND, Maine She won a quarter of a US$295 million ($516 million) lottery jackpot but she can’t get it yet. Four co-workers say they should get some of the cash. The four say a group of workers at Lincoln Financial Group in Portland put in US$lO
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      Lock icon Top Indian leader dies
      88 13 -AFP MADRAS Prominent Indian politician G K Moopanar died yesterday, relatives said. Mr Moopanar, 70, once a top Congress party figure, broke away in 1996 to form his own party, the Tamil Manila Congress, an ally of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu. Former Indian prime
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      Lock icon First Bond
      22 13 knowornot The first James Bond movie wasn't Dr No (1962). It was an American television production of Casino Royale (1954).
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      Lock icon Blair least-wanted
      74 14 LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is the United Kingdom’s least-wanted flatmate. In a survey of 10,000 men by the men’s magazine, Loaded, only 0.009 per cent of men were comfortable with seeing him ironing in his boxer shorts in the morning, reported news website, Ananova. The survey
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      Lock icon Cost-cutting measure affects 6,000 managers worldwide No bonus for Ford execs
      218 14 -AFP DETROIT Car giant Ford said on Wednesday it would eliminate bonuses for 6,000 top executives this year. “It reflects this year’s difficult financial results,” said spokeswoman Ann Gattari. The bonuses, which would have been paid to some 6,000
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      Lock icon GUNS FOR TOYS:
      59 14 Argentine nursery school children on Wednesday sitting in front of the pile of toy guns that they handed over in exchange for school supplies and educational toys in a Mar del Plata city square. The handover takes emphasis off violent games as the crime rate soared to
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      Lock icon US sends mid-ranking official to race conference
      135 14 Reuters WASHINGTON The US is sending a middle-ranking official to try to amend the language on Israel at the UN conference on racism, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Wednesday. If the official succeeds during preliminary negotiations on ref- erences to Israel’s
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Indon military reformer, 49, dies
      340 15 JAKARTA An outspoken army general who had called for an overhaul of Indonesia’s corruption-ridden and brutal military died yesterday. Lt-Gen Agus Wirahadikusuma, 49, died on his way to Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta. The cause of his death was unknown, said Asep, a spokesman for
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      Lock icon Anson says 'no' to Stanford job offer
      182 15 -AFP HONGKONG Former government administrative chief Anson Chan has turned down an offer from the Stanford University to become a visiting scholar, a report said yesterday. A spokesman from the prestigious 116-year-old California institution said that a letter had been sent to the
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      Lock icon Bishop leaves wife to bear her cross
      242 15 -Wire services ROME The Vatican reclaimed her husband, and in an odd quirk, Ms Maria Sung adopted a Vatican tactic when she addressed the press after seeing him at a supervised meeting. Ms Sung spoke from inside a hotel window to avoid the
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  • easy STREATS
    • Stephanie @ the movies
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        Lock icon Too many restrictions? I think not
        622 17 Participants at a film forum yesterday say it's hard to make movies here. STEPHANIE GOH begs to differ IT'S strange how Singaporeans like to impose restrictions upon themselves. First, we complain (yet another local penchant) of how confined a people we are. Then promptly
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      • Article
        Lock icon take 5
        263 17 Does A Knight's Tale entice or bore? Find out what reviewers and readers are saying about the movie Reviewers' takes What really sparkles is the spirit of the movie the willingness to not take itself seriously. Silly as the whole past-meets-present mish-mash might seem, director Brian Helgeland, together
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      Lock icon Shortcut to Hongkong
      278 18  -  two shoes by Wileen Chang Give us a call Everyone seems to know where the best food can be found. So, why not share your secrets with us? 4/h/ if your recommendation /s <7004 ive7/ give you a limited edition Streats watch. You can reach me at:
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      Lock icon Professional lover
      259 18  -  by DIANA SER HONGKONG actor Julian Cheung is such a professional, he will not let love get in the way. Of a good drama series, that is. The 30-year-old actor confirmed in a phone interview yesterday that he and girlfriend of nine years, Anita Yuen, will star in
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      Lock icon Troubled lovers
      221 20 LAST year, Hongkong singer-actress Gigi Leung must have been laughing when hearthrob Ekin Cheng dumped long-time girlfriend Maggie Siu for her. Now, she’s shedding tears. What’s more, she did it on air. On Tuesday night, as a guest on a popular Hongkong radio show, she listed the most
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    • channel scan
      • Must-see TV...
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          Lock icon CELEBRITY DEATHMATCHDEAN MARTIN VS JERRY LEWIS
          45 20 11 pm, Central MTV’s no-holds-barred claymation series features clay figure renderings of today’s biggest stars pitted against each other in a boxing ring. The main event in this first episode is the fight between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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          Lock icon GTO
          42 20 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Tomoko wishes to quit schooling to pursue her dream of becoming a pop idol. The only person who supports her is Onizuka and he is determined to ensure that Tomoko does not change course under any circumstances.
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          Lock icon PROBLEM CHILD
          40 20 7.30 pm, TV Works Brow-beaten yuppie Ben wants a son, but his wife is unable to conceive. They approach an unscrupulous adoption agent who presents them with a seven-year-old who turns out to be a kid from hell.
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          Lock icon INCURABLE TRAITS
          46 20 Bpm, VV DRAMA (SCV 55) ThisTVß drama starring Lin Wenlong and Felix Wong debuts today. Hua Tuo pursues his passion for medicine and becomes a successful physician. One day, Guan Yun Chang takes someone to him and he discovers a remedy for an epidemic.
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    • easyStreats sports
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        384 29 BURNHAM BEECHES, England Steven Gerrard (right) has warned Germany that it should be very afraid of his Liverpool teammates Michael Owen and Emile Heskey. The England midfielder believes that the pair can strike fear into the German defence, and win tomorrow’s World Cup collision
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        469 31 At a luncheon on Monday, Football Association of Singapore president Mah Bow Tan said: "Not all COEs are run to our satisfaction, these COEs will continue to be UNEVEN pitch .Too bumpy. Too small. These are some of the bugbears that Centres of Excellence (COEs) have to
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