Streats, 5 September 2001
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Title Section20 2001-09-05 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets, WEDNESDAY 5 September 2001 Another quality publication of Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph,com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200120 words
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Article, Illustration459 2001-09-05 1 Wire services your water supply is assured for many decades to come. Your trips up north will be easier and more comfortable. And other irritants in SingaporevMalaysia ties such as Kuala Lumpurowned railway land and CPF withdrawals by West Malaysians will be removed. The two countries have– Wire services; Pic.AP - 459 words
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Article, Illustration333 2001-09-05 2 SARAH NG - 欲 by'. SARAH NG THIS year’s Speak Mandarin Campaign can be summed up by the 10 Chinese words in the above headline: Yu qiong qian li mu, geng shang yi ceng lou. Literally, it means “If you wish to look further, go up another storey”. And that is the aimPic: Lianhe Zaobao - 333 words
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Article229 2001-09-05 2 f KHUSHWANT SINGH - by f KHUSHWANT SINGH PEP, Stent and Zip made Power presentation: yesterday. Confused? At the inaugural Public Officials Working oi Eliminating Red-tape (Power) awards yesterdaj Pro-Enterprise Panel (Pep), the Speed Team foi Enterprise (Stent), and Zero-In Process (Zip showed how they can cut red tape229 words
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Article53 2001-09-05 2 morningsmile Two men are approaching each other on a sidewalk. Both are dragging their right foot as they walk. As they meet, one man looks at the other knowingly, points to his foot and says, "Vietnam, 1969." The other points his thumb behind him and says, "Dog do,53 words
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354 2001-09-05 3 f DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM - by f DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM He can't count; can't take the bus and has an IQ of 51 AN unemployed, mildly retarded man was yesterday fined $BOO for stealing newspapers in an attempt to to support354 words
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297 2001-09-05 3 MOHAMED Imran Mohamed Ali, 17, had a promising future he had been selected to train for the under-18 national football squad. But yesterday, he was sentenced to 15 months probation for having sex with his girlfriend, who was only 15 at the time.297 words
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Article51 2001-09-05 3 onekindact. Shieh Houn MY son left his bag in a taxi on a trip from Teck Whye lane to Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4. The bag was delivered to my son's school, Concord Primary School, the next morning. Thanks very much to the driver for his kindness and51 words
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Article, Illustration311 2001-09-05 3 DENGUE fever has claimed its second fatality this year. A 52-year-old clerk died on Monday morning, after being sick for a week. Ms Ong Kai Fong developed a temperature last Wednesday and was taken to Singapore General Hospital where she was diagnosed to be critically311 words
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Article, Illustration80 2001-09-05 3 IF you find MRT train services fair, but the train air foul. Or love the new colour schemes but loathe the last-train times. Or you simply want to meet the SMRTboss you're in luck. Turn up today at 4pm at City Hall MRT Station80 words
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Article, Illustration361 2001-09-05 5 ZUBAIDAH NAZEER - New shop sells withdrawn library books by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER THINK you can’t get Danielle Steele’s popular romance books for $3? Or the handy PCs for Dummies guidebook, or a children’s classic like Alice in Wonderland for that price? Think again. Streats spotted thesePic: Wu Lifen - 361 words
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Article, Illustration102 2001-09-05 5 Our weather girl says Streats is one year old I already! I hope you enjoy our weather presentation as much as we, the Weather Girls, enjoy bringing it to you. We cannot stop the rain, but we hope to chase those dark clouds away and help you start your dayPic: Francis Lee - 102 words
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Article120 2001-09-05 5 Just a minute The Speak Mandarin Campaign 2001 is on. The Mandarin Festival (Saturday and Sunday, 11am- Bpm) will have calligraphy and painting, orchestra and opera, tea appreciation, marriage customs, comics drawing, pottery, karaoke, traditional herbs and medicine, and Chinese IT tools. All events will be at120 words
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80 2001-09-05 6 Reuters CANBERRA Packages containing bullets and detonators were sent to three politicians for criticising the government’s hardline stance against the Tampa asylum seekers, police said yesterday. The parcels were posted to the Australian national parliament but never reached the politicians’ offices as they were intercepted during– Reuters - 80 words
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206 2001-09-05 6 -AFP SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s stand in the refugee crisis has won him the backing of a majority of Australians, two new polls revealed yesterday. As more than 430 boatpeople began a long sea voyage to Papua New Guinea-AFP - 206 words
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Article153 2001-09-05 6 -AP CANBERRA Nauru, which has agreed to accommodate close to 300 refugees, wants to use them as labourers to build swimming pools and planting trees. A 21.7-sq-km island with a population of less than 12,000, Nauru’s major industry is mining the phosphate that once made-AP - 153 words
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Article124 2001-09-05 6 -AFP SEOUL Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday told North Korean leaders that China would support“rational”moves to improve ties between the two Koreas and see them peacefully reunited, reports said. Mr Jiang discussed Korean reconciliation with Kim Yong Nam, the North’s titular head of state, Chinese-AFP - 124 words
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Article121 2001-09-05 6 -AFP A PARKING space in Dublin has been sold for 1£45,000 ($90,000), a record price for Ireland, according to an estate agent. There has been surge in the price of car park spaces in Dublin as the authorities clamp down on on-street parking in an effort-AFP - 121 words
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Article73 2001-09-05 6 A PIGEON flew into a 25,000-volt power cable and caused a short circuit that forced the complete suspension of electric train services between England and the eastern half of Scotland, the Daily Record reported. Scottish passengers tired of excuses for delays like the wrong type of73 words
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Article87 2001-09-05 6 Reuters A GROUP headed by a rabbi and backed by US politicians and film stars yesterday began a campaign to cut gossip in everyday life. The group, Words Can Heal (www.words canheal.org), will begin running TV ads and display posters on buses and in metro stations.– Reuters - 87 words
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246 2001-09-05 7 -AP SHANGHAI A website here published a list of new students at a top Chinese university and the officials who interceded for them, sparking a huge uproar. The list appeared last week on the website of Shanghai Jiaotong University,-AP - 246 words
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144 2001-09-05 7 -AFP SEOUL The entire South Korean cabinet resigned yesterday, plunging the administration of President Kim Dae Jung into crisis a day after the national assembly voted to dismiss his key North Korea policymaker. The vote left the president’s ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) with-AFP - 144 words
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Article112 2001-09-05 7 -AFP TOKYO Japan is to ask architects and doctors to put forward proposals to help reduce the nation’s high number of suicides, which topped 30,000 last year for the third consecutive year. The Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry has set up an 18-member study group-AFP - 112 words
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Advertisement597 2001-09-05 8 Kir ar It's an evergreen evening with Air Supply, presented by Nokia Star Hub Preferred Partners, I'm All Out of Love, Now and Forever, Without You. You'll hear them all at Air Supply’s exclusive one-night performance commencing at Bpm on 28 Sep 2001, at the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre597 words
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292 2001-09-05 9 -AP WASHINGTON This could be the answer to the world’s blood shortage. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin medical school have for the first time turned human embryonic stem cells into blood cells. The discovery may one-AP - 292 words
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163 2001-09-05 9 -AP NORTH Fort Myers, Florida A teenager shot by his deranged mother survived when his Bible deflected the blast. Leslie Ann Wallace, 39, had already killed her six-year-old son, James, at the family home on Sunday before she drove to a church and fired-AP - 163 words
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Article211 2001-09-05 9 Wire services SAN FRANCISCO Computer giant HewlettPackard has agreed to buy Compaq Computer for US$25 billion ($44 billion) in stock. The two technology giants are seeking to compete amid cutthroat pricing and a downturn in computer sales. The merged company would have revenues of $87.4– Wire services - 211 words
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Article36 2001-09-05 9 Expected revenues US$B7.4 billion Cost savings of US$2.5 billion by mid-2004 Annual earnings to be US$3.9 billion Operations in more than 160 countries More than 145,000 employees Merger would also see 15,000 jobs cut36 words
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Article, Illustration449 2001-09-05 11 Most influential businessman of the 20th century STAMFORD, Connecticut General Electric chairman Jack Welch, who has been called the most influential business leader of the 20th century, is calling it quits. He has been credited with making GE one of the world’s most admiredPic: Reuters - 449 words
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Article, Illustration335 2001-09-05 13 JAY MING - by JAY MING THE JAPANESE are speaking a new language. It’s a language of music and, like Singapore’s very own Singlish, it’s called “Japlish”. It’s common now for Japanese songs to have a liberal smattering of English lyrics. Top artistes such as Utada Hikaru, Kuraki Mai,335 words
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Article, Illustration24 2001-09-05 14 I 9pm, Channel U I Lang’s grandmother I is in a car accident and Shan helps her with the hospital bills.24 words
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Article31 2001-09-05 14 10.30 pm, Channel U Bing Quan is shocked when he realises he has been possessed and seeks Jiu’s help. As Si Qing’s husband, Hao Hua is the prime suspect.31 words
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Article46 2001-09-05 14 10pm, Central This film, directed by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, is about a village which hires samurais to defend them against bandits. At first the villagers are terrified of the samurais but gradually accept them into the simple life of the village.46 words
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Article, Illustration529 2001-09-05 14 Cara van Miriah - K i f t f 'fl® Jrf C wWf %f f J? hour by Cara van Miriah FORT Canning Park was stomped underfoot in a four-day fare of music last week. It was no ordinary outdoor party. It was the annual World of529 words
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Article, Illustration301 2001-09-05 15 THINGS appear to have improved since Kenneth Tsang left Media Corp last year. According to the 66-year-old veteran actor now based in Hongkong, these days he has a hard time deciding which Hollywood offers to accept. Well-known for his unbridled tongue, Tsang told Lianhe Zaobao that301 words
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Article62 2001-09-05 15 GOiffliTTTl 8-9 pm Small-time crook Darien Fawkes gets thrown into jail, where he is roped in as a guinea pig for a secret government experiment. A gland that secretes a mysterious substance enables him to be invisible at will. Sounds fun? Here’s the catch: The same substance62 words
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Article55 2001-09-05 15 G *****3 9-9.30 pm Raymond is a successful sports writer with cute twins and a nine-year-old daughter. He is still married to his wife, Debra, which means his life is perfect almost. His over-protective parents live just across the street from him. Time for some domestic mayhem55 words
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Article45 2001-09-05 15 GQTI 9.30-1 Opm Get your Straits Times before everybody else does. Thirty minutes of news, views and analyses by reporters you are familar with from the print edition. Also, reporters from The New Paper chip in to complete your late night news supper.45 words
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Article56 2001-09-05 15 GOTM! j 11-11.30 pm Six adolescents from ulu Wisconsin growing up in the 70s may sound a bit far-fetched for local audiences but it is not. For one, this series has a healthy dose of raunchy humour, thanks to its late night slot. Watch out also for56 words
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Article38 2001-09-05 15 GOT*™ 11.30-12 am You know what they say about having to wait a week before the next episode? Well, now you don’t. Catch this defunct series starring stand-up comedy king Jerry Seinfeld on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.38 words
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Article26 2001-09-05 15 GOTTTTn 12-lam Time for R&R while you watch your favourite artistes rise to the top of the charts. Or plunge into billboard ignominy.26 words
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Article, Illustration630 2001-09-05 20 Lim Han Ming - by Lim Han Ming AN Ah Beng friend of mine likes to use the phrase “napshot curry pok”. “Napshot” basically means “sure win” and “curry pok” is added to rhyme with “napshot’.He uses it to describe situations where the ending is a mere formality or a foregone conclusion.630 words
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Article, Illustration641 2001-09-05 21 -AFP NEW YORK After astonishing himself at how well he played in beating Roger Federer, Andre Agassi is prepared for an epic showdown with arch-rival Pete Sampras in a US Open quarter-final tonight (tomorrow, Singapore time). Second seed Agassi overwhelmed Swiss 13th seed-AFP - 641 words
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Article, Illustration116 2001-09-05 21 WOW! Choo Khoon Hock (above) is one helluva sporty person. The grey-haired gentleman sent us more than 30 pictures of himself in various sporting activities, including parachuting, bowling, dancing, go-karting and elephant riding. Naturally, he is among the five winners in the Team Singapore Catch the116 words
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Article107 2001-09-05 21 •SOCCER Reuters LONDON Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke faces an uncertain future at the Premier League club after reports of a training ground argument with manager Alex Ferguson. Several English newspapers reported yesterday that the Trinidad and Tobago international arrived 45 minutes late for a training– Reuters - 107 words
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Article, Illustration478 2001-09-05 22 Brazil desperate for precious points Reuters WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Argentina v Brazil BUENOS AIRES Brazil, still struggling to qualify for the World Cup, faces arch-rival Argentina tonight (tomorrow 7am, Singapore time) in another key game openly admitting that it will resort to foul play in– Reuters; Pic: AFP - 478 words
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Article, Illustration316 2001-09-05 22 Reuters [buenos laires W hen 'South f America’s oldest rivals meet, Argen- coach Marcelo Bielsa bright) is likely to be standing quietly on the touchline, staring pensively at the field. His opposite number, Luiz Felipe Scolari of Brazil (above), will probably be– Reuters; Pic: AFP; Pic:AP - 316 words
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Article, Illustration486 2001-09-05 23 L WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS England v Albania J NEWCASTLE After the caviar the inevitable caveats. Generous and deserved though the praise for England has been, the truth is that, in terms of the 2002 World Cup, Sven-Goran Eriksson andPimteuters; Pic: AFP - 486 words
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261 2001-09-05 23 Reuters ALLENSFORD, England David Beckham wants to captain his country until he retires from the game. TWo days after the Munich win, he staked his claim to the captaincy he has held for less than a year. First appointed by caretaker coach Peter– Reuters - 261 words
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Miscellaneous485 2001-09-05 16 m I? iffy m g I jffr wimu wjw ciqudWzJcn Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20-FEB 18 You’ll go wherever the sound of applause takes you. Show off without explaining your tricks. Those who need to learn by example will just have to wait for another485 words
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Miscellaneous192 2001-09-05 18 Ktrpaft easy n s m Here, N J let me take {A a look at your > |B* c/' The story is about... Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he RenPre-U. A natural busybody, he suddenly finds himself involved in everything, from girl problems to gang fights, from baseball192 words
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Miscellaneous334 2001-09-05 19 LUlvtuL/n I y J UCpiCIIICUCI 4WUI easystreat The story today. Master Shen Xi decides to gamble with Xuan Yuan San Guang.The bet: His head. Master Shen also offers his head to Xuan should he lose the wager. Xuan agrees to the gamble but he is not interested in Master Shen's334 words
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Miscellaneous75 2001-09-05 21 Inthelivingroom Goodwill Games (Super Sports Ch22,9am and spm). SOCCER: World Cup qualifiers: Peru v Uruguay (10am), Belgium v Scotland (tomorrow, 2.10 am) Super Sports Plus Ch2o; Bulgaria v Denmark (tomorrow, 12.55 am), England v Albania (tomorrow, 2.55 am), Argentina v Brazil (tomorrow, 7am) Super Sports Ch 22. TENNIS: Men's 4th75 words
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