Streats, 26 September 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 26 September 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 429 1  -  by DIANA SER Worry by DIANA SER Be prepared for prolonged downturn BE worried. Be very worried. The Singapore economy will be adversely affected by the Sept 11 attacks in the US. How bad will it be? Unemployment is expected to go beyond
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  • morning rush
    • 85 1 ■AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan warned yesterday against any foreign power siding with anti-Taleban forces in Afghanistan, saying it would be a recipe for disaster. Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said Pakistan was concerned at requests by the Northern Alliance a disparate grouping of antiTaleban forces for “foreign military assistance” in
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    • 101 1 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The US reassured Malaysia yesterday that it is not seen as a terrorist haven. Its embassy in KL issued a statement denying that Malaysia was on a list of nine countries which had been told to hand over suspects “or face the consequences”. “We
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  • Streatsmart parliment
    • 350 2  -  by SONNYPHUA QUESTIONS on the recent inprinciple agreement reached between Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur kept Foreign Minister Professor S Jayakumar busy yesterday. The key elements of the broad agreement include supply of water to
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    • 120 2 Weascariswers Do away with Cisco guards at public rallies in public stadiums where there is no imminent danger of a breach of the peace? -MrChiamSeeTong, Opposition MP for Potong Pasir A: Cisco guards are there to prevent law and order problems and deter troublemakers from going to the
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    • parliament scan
      • 84 2 PREMIUMS for Elder Shield, a severe disability insurance scheme, can be paid through MediSave as Parliament yesterday passed the amendment to the Central Provident Fund Bill. Elder Shield, announced by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during the National Day rally, provides coverage for long term care, including
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      • 79 2 THE Land Transport Authority has slapped SLRT, operator of the Bukit Panjang LRT, with a penalty over disruptions in service, said Dr John Chen, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. The most recent disruptions occurred only days apart, on Aug 29 and Sept 6. The
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      • 72 2 BUILDINGS can be named after banks and banks can display their corporate signages on buildings, said Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Brig-Gen Lee Hsien Loong. Previously, MAS did not allow this because it wanted to “minimise the risk of
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  • WAR
    • ...The Move
      • 44 3 -AP A demand is growing for hand-held satellite phones as soldiers and intelligence agents spread across the globe, reporters follow, and businesses build communications networks. Iridium Satellite said it had been "flooded" with orders. Globalstar, its main competitor, says sales have quadrupled.
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      • 433 3 ISLAMABAD Afghanistan’s ruling Taleban was struck a major blow yesterday when Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam, broke off all ties. Under siege from the rest of the world, and under attack from within, the Taleban responded defiantly by insisting that anyone helping the US attack
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      • 148 3 WASHINGTON is trying to get the Taleban to revolt against its leaders. “We will find fissures within the Taleban and we will try to persuade everybody that it is in their interests to do what president (George W Bush) calls for,” said Secretary of State Colin
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      • 119 3 Wire services MOSCOW Russia will allow US forces to use former Soviet airbases in the Central Asian republics bordering Afghanistan. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s also said yesterday that Russia would also funnel fresh arms to the Afghan opposition, open its airspace for aid shipments, and widen the cooperation
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    • The Fallout
      • 55 4 -AFP Twelve days after the attack, hundreds of camera-strung American and foreign tourists are converging on the ruins in New York. They stroll, guidebooks and bottles of water in hand, towards Ground Zero, the mountain of rubble. National guardsmen, sent into the city after the attack, have
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      • 191 4 Wire services WASHINGTON Alleged suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta is believed to have attempted to buy a crop-dusting plane to use for a chemical weapons attack. Crop-duster mechanic James Lester said he believes that Atta had twice come out to the firm’s airstrip in Belle Glade.
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      • Article, Illustration
        369 4 WASHINGTON A majority of Americans are braced for terrorists to attempt a new attack on their country, but are ready for a long war and casualties. Seventy-eight per cent expect another terrorist attack on the US within the next few months, an opinion poll showed, and only
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 216 5 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has announced a RM4.3 billion ($1.9 billion) stimulus package. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that part of the package would be listed in the budget, to be announced on Oct 19. He expects growth
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    • 259 5 -Reuters JAKARTA A Muslim group said yesterday that more than 200 of its members had signed up to take part in a holy war in Afghanistan. The Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) said it had links with theTaleban. “We opened the registration on Sunday
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    • 193 5 -AP CANBERRA The opposition and unions yesterday stepped up pressure on the Australian government to put together a rescue package to help Ansett fly again. The calls came as the nation’s corporate watchdog reportedly ordered Ansett executives to hand over documents to help it
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    • 97 5 -AP KOTA BAHRU Parti Islam SeMalaysia chief Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s son was detained for two years under the Internal Security Act, an official said yesterday. Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz, a former Islamic scholar, was accused of scheming to overthrow the
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 218 7 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Computer security experts warned yesterday of a new virus that deletes files while pretending to be a program for people to vote on ♦whether the US should go to war. The “Vote Virus”, which so
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    • weird world
      • 102 7 Reuters ELDERLYTasmanian women have bared all in a nude calendar to raise money for curtains for their local community centre. The Bare to be Different calendar, featuring women aged 65 to 82, has already proved a hit, with the first 1,000 copies selling fast and a reprint
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      • 64 7 -AFP QUEEN Elizabeth II has been given her first cellphone. The queen, 75, received the cellphone as a gift from her second son Prince Andrew, who also taught her how to use it, according to the Sun. The queen is understood to use the phone to call horse-racing
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    • 194 7 ■AP SAN JOSE Napster has settled a lawsuit filed by music publishers and struck a deal. Under the proposed settlement with the National Music Publishers’ Association, Napster will pay US$26 million ($46 million) for past unauthorised use of music and US$lO million down payment on future royalties.
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 150 8  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Hougang Spiderman finally became ensnared in his own web of crime. Johari Ahmad, 25, committed a series of burglaries in high-rise homes between June 20 and Aug 13 to feed his drug habit. After noticing that occupants of many such homes left their kitchen
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    • news scan
      • 80 8 THERE is no need to panic-buy food, the NTUC Fair Price supermarket chain assured yesterday. Sales of items such as rice and canned food rose 20 to 30 per cent during the week to Sunday, Fair Price said. But the company did not consider this a
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      • 97 8 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines will suspend all flights to Pakistan starting from Friday and cut back on other services amid the current uncertainty in the industry. From the end of October, the Singapore-Amsterdam-Newark service will be reduced from four to three times a week, flights to Surabaya from
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      • 77 8 FONG Wei Kok, 25, a Malaysian, was sentenced to six weeks’ jail and disqualified from driving for six years for causing death and grevious hurt by negligence. Fong’s van veered to the opposite lane of Nicoll Drive and was involved in a head-on collision with a taxi
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      • 83 8 NOMINATIONS are now open for the Rotary Club’s Young Executive of the Year Award. Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 32 and younger are eligible for the award. Sponsored by Siemens, the award is given in recognition of an executive’s outstanding work achievement and contribution to
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    • Armed attacks
      • 196 9  -  by Karen chen A MAID'S piercing screams shattered the early morning calm around Holland Road yesterday. As she opened the back door of her e mployer’s three-storey property to take out the rubbish at around 7am, five suddenly rushed at her. Four were ar med
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      • 224 9 nine Singaporeans were on their way to Renting Highlands to gamble and have s ome fun. But on the way their tour bus Wa s hijacked by armed gunmen. The five men and four women, aged %om 16 to 60, lost about $14,000, Shin Min
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    • Caught red-handed
      • 98 9 HE'D had a beer that evening but he was still thirsty. Karthigesan Rasamanikam, 21, was on his way home from Rukit Merah on June 22. At about 9pm, he stopped at a minimart at Rlk 419,Yishun Avenue 11. He tried to steal a bottle of Rockland Ceylon
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      • 92 9 SYED Alwi Syed Taha, 30, unemployed, noticed that the uiain door of ER Ambulance a nd Services was not locked at a bout midnight on July 26. He entered and packed a disposable camera, two clocks, a pen-holder, two photo frames, a shirt and a vest worth
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    • 74 9 onekindact. Christina Phillips I WOULD like to express my appreciation for the good service provided by MrKL Chung, who drives Trans Island Bus Services service No 172, registration number TIBS 690 K. He always greets passengers, and is friendly, cautious and helpful. If you wish to highlight
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    • 126 10 IT'S small but it’s mean. This tiny kite from Japan actually flies, say the organisers of The Colourful Kite Exhibition, now on at the Singapore Handicraft Centre. The kite, the size of a matchbox, is on show there. It was a gift to the
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    • 278 10  -  by WINSTON CHONG A COFFEESHOP owner who moonlighted as an illegal moneylender for the past 10 years was caught after plain clothes police officers found the receipt of a transaction in his pocket. Corporal Tan Mia Kwang, 22, and his partner
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    • 83 10 Our weather girl says Going for a lunch meeting today? You should pick eateries in the central or southern areas. Not because they serve better food, but because chances are you and your clients will stay dry while people in other places run for cover from the showers. Temperatures will
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    • Just a minute
      • 76 10 Patients can say goodbye to long waits at polyclinics as they can now make appointments. Patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure can make appointments at nine polyclinics run by the National Healthcare Group. They are in Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Choa
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      • 79 10 Caregivers for the elderly can attend a forum on Psychological Problems of the Elderly, chaired by Dr Ng Li Ling from Changi General Hospital. It is part of the new training programme called Hope Holistic and Professional Eldercare started by the hospital and Marine Parade Community Development
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  • easy STREATS
    • 506 11  -  m§ (it's hour by Cara van Miriah MANY here would have no qualms paying $1 for a bottle of mineral water. But would they pay for air? The question drew a mixed response, even giggles, when polled some party-goers. Mr Leong U-Gin, 24, a regular Party-goer,
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    • 162 12 mm star-studded telethon last in aid of the victims of the US terrorist attacks drew about US$l5O million ($261 million) in pledges, reported BBC Online. Up to 89 million people in the US watched the live twohour telecast of America: A Tribute to Heroes, which
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    • 80 12 Coming soon: An cartoon version of the globally-popular Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The game show’s British creator will team up with a Los Angeles animation firm to produce. The Adventures of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Animated Series. The cartoon will be targeted at
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    • 154 14 ONCE again, a celebrity’s budding romance has been nipped by his entertainment company. This time it involves Hongkong heartthrob Edison Chen and starlet Bobo. Rumours about the two being a couple have been circulating for some time. And Edison has never denied them. .The pair have
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    • 114 14 VETERAN singer Jenny Tseng has no qualms discussing her breasts in public. At a recent press conference for a radio programme, she admitted that she found her twin assets too big. “I’d rather be tall, thin and flatchested like models,” said Jenny. “My boobs alone weigh 50
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 420 17  -  by TAN KIM HAN Singapore Cup semi-finals Geylang 4 SAFFC 2 (Geylang wins 5-2 on aggregate) IT was the last chance for Singapore Armed Forces FC to salvage something from the soccer season. With the league title looking more and more
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      • 233 17  -  by TAN KIM HAN HS usual, Woodlands Wellington team a Uager R Vengadasalam will be on the e Uch this Saturday when the club °sts Marine Castle. Yesterday, Francis Gomez, a member executive committee, insisted that f r ere were no plans to remove Venga
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      • 151 18 -AFP LONDON Juan Sebastian Veron (left) has upstaged Manchester United legend Eric Cantona and is a better player than the controversial Frenchman, according to OldTrafford favourite Paul Scholes. Scholes believes that Veron will lead United to more glory than Cantona, who retired in 1997
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      • SOCCER
        • 112 18 -AFP LONDON Aston Villa boss John Gregory slammed Southampton’s Tahar El Khalej for his role in the sending off of Villa’s Dion Dublin in their Premiership clash on Monday. Gregory accused Moroccan international Khalej of helping to get Dublin red-carded by over-reacting as Southampton plunged
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        • 148 18 LONDON England’s preparations for the crucial World Cup qualifying game against Greece have suffered another setback with the news that Wes Brown may be ruled out owing to injury. The versatile Manchester United defender has aggravated a hamstring injury, and is almost certain to miss
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      • 106 18 ATHLETICS -AFP SYDNEY-Cathy Freeman, who a year ago stole Australian hearts when she won the 400 metres Olympic gold medal, said yesterday that she was considering contesting the 800 metres at next year’s Commonwealth Games. Freeman, who plans to resume full training oh Nov 1, said
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      • 435 19 Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool v Dynamo Kiev LIVERPOOL Liverpool goes in search of its first Group B victory today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) when Ukrainian champion Dynamo Kiev visits Anfield. After seeing his side draw its opening two games, manager Gerard
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      • 56 19 Group A: Real Madrid (Spa) vAnderlecht (Bel); AS Roma (Ita) v Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus); Group B: Boavista (Por) v Borussia Dortmund (Ger); Liverpool (Eng) v Dynamo Kiev (Ukr); Group C: Panathinaikos (Gre) v Arsenal (Eng); Schalke 04 (Ger) v Real Mallorca (Spa); Group D: PSV Eindhoven (Ned) v Lazio
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      • 266 19 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Panathinaikos v Arsenal ATHENS Arsenal will rely on stand-in skipper Patrick Vieira in its clash against Panathinaikos. Vieira again takes over the captaincy from injured Tony Adams for the game in Athens. Manager Arsene Wenger’s- despair at the Gunners’disappointing 1-1 draw against Bolton
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 482 13 Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20 FEB 18 K k' N ~Fhe best way to help friends is by giving them a little space. There are Tany others who’d love to hear your offer Wisdom should be its own reward. Be proud of what you have.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 272 16 The story today... Elderly Shi whips out a bamboo pole and gives it a light tap. The vibrations send the bandits flying in all directions. The old man grows confident. "How dare you young punks attack my boat. 11l show you what I'm worth!" he declares. Xiao Yuer has guessed
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 42 18 Inthe room SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: Liverpool v Dynamo Kiev (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 2.30 am and City TV, tomorrow, 2.35 am). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: European Soccer Show (Super Sports Ch22,9pm). Uefa Champions League: Panathinaikos v Arsenal (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, sam).
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