Streats, 5 October 2001

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  • 19 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY SOototoeem&t Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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    440 1 Russian plane explodes in mid-air It could be act of terror: Putin Wire services A RUSSIAN airliner exploded and crashed into the Black Sea yesterday, rattling Western nerves as the world braced for more terrorist attacks. The chartered airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Siberia exploded in flight
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  • morning rush
    • 80 1 FOUR hundred more taxis will soon hit the streets. A hundred new licences have been issued to each of the four taxi companies, which will add to the 18,000 cabs already on the roads. Taxi firms said they welcomed the move as they had already reached the
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    • 72 1 DOVER, the MRT’s 50th station, opens on Oct 18. The new station is next to the Singapore Polytechnic, along the EastWest MRT line close to Clementi Road. It’s the first time that an MRT station has been built on top of an operating line. Dr
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    • 52 1 '1 n 5 1 tea or 9 PAGE 5 \A T/ A <^> inrt\inni*#frfi ':k; T*r i j s sSss Pic: Shin Min Daily News words Alarming the World: Terrorists here, there, everywhere as PAGE Alarming the Enemy: Talk, talk and more tough talk as Western leaders threaten the Taleban
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  • WAR
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      • 402 2 The US and its allies kept up the war talk yesterday. But they kept the Taleban guessing about the timing of any strikes. And the world grew edgy about the 'imminent' attacks on Afghanistan. Four unrelated incidents highlight how people are reacting: O In Singapore A BOMB
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      • 87 2 THE US is sending 1,000 infantrymen to the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan border. The deployment points to a larger ground war, different from the limited operations of special forces. A DETACHMENT of Australian Special Air Service troops is being readied to join the US-led campaign against terrorism. FIGHTING continued yesterday
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      • 73 2 Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is underfire for saying Muslims hadn't condemned the Sept 11 attacks enough. 'The people who brought down those towers were Muslims, and Muslims must stand up and say that that is not the way of Islam,"she told the Times. Mr Ghayasuddin
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      • 78 3 Reuters The Taleban plan to put British journalist Yvonne Ridley on trial for illegally entering Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said yesterday. "She will be tried because she broke the laws of our land and entered our country without permission,"AlP quoted Taleban Deputy Foreign Minister
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      • 418 3 Specialists in psychological operations will use persuasion methods to influence the motions of enemy andhostile civilians in Afghanistan PiaAP WASHINGTON Among the US special forces stationed along the Afghanistan border a group of soldiers whose mission is not to capture bodies as much as hearts and minds.
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      • 234 3 THERE is no doubt that Osama bin Laden was behind the Sept 11 attacks on the US, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday. Military action against the Taleban is now imminent, he added. “We are now approaching the difficult time when action is
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 471 5  -  by WINSTON CHONG Making bubble tea is hard a nd sweaty work, and if the s ales people wore big, bulky Uniforms it could get too hot, says proprietor Jeffrey Chung (left). Anyway that’s his story and he’s
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    • 114 5 Just a minute Tonight's movie offering at the 31st Japanese Cultural Festival is Akira Kurosawa's 1960 drama The Bad Sleep Well. The show is on at the Japanese Association, 120 Adam Road at Bpm. Admission is free, but you need to get queue numbers for a place
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    • 49 5 There will be showers in the late morning and early afternoon over most areas. Temperatures range between 25°Cand 33°C with the tide reaching 2.8 m at 12.26 pm. October's weather girl Streats reader Carol Ong Outfit Top Shop Make-up Angela Choo @*****422 Pic: Francis Lee
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    • 406 6  -  by I KHUSHWANT SINGH Set up job bank, raise elderly worker wage subsidy, suggest Employment Task Force FROM general manager of an import-export company to zilch is how Mr Shah, 45 described his predicament. He declined to
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    • 47 6 TO include their job vacancies in the National Job Bank, employers should call MOM’s Employment Promotion Officer at 232-1454. Retrenched workers can access the job bank at the Career Link office at 18 Havelock Road from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.
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    • 300 7  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM FORMER Geylang loanshark Chua Tiong Tiong yesterday began a 10-year jail sentence for corruption and obtaining secret information. Chua, 45, better known as Ah Long San, was sentenced to five years on each of five
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    • 105 7  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam A HIGH-FLYING photocopier saleswoman blotted her copybook after she swiped 39 machines intended as free gifts for customers. A court heard yesterday that from December 1997 to October 1998, Jacqueline Karen Teo, 29, concluded sales for Canon Marketing with Credit Suisse, Ciba
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    • 77 6 illl# for soot Ig anti iimhur warn och linr r ISO ml e Then Vesta Sol is an all-natural Hydrogel that has the astonishing ability to absorb the heat of a sunburn. Giving your skin instant relief when you need it most. Sole distributor: Shin Chin Distributors Pte Ltd, No,
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    • 32 6 k a u Her knock-out figure made her famous But Hongkong actress Christy Chung had to put on weight for her nude role in a controversial Thai movie it i e-mM: j
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 117 8 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s Attor-ney-General’s Office yesterday said it will demand that the Supreme Court review its acquittal of Tommy Suharto on a corruption charge. “We will fight back by filing a demand for a case review to the supreme court,” said spokesman Mulyoharjo. In
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    • 195 8 Wire services KOTA BAHRU -The High Court here yesterday threw out the application for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of the Kelantan Menteri Besar’s son, Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz, arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Justice Datuk Suriyadi Halim
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    • 87 8 -AFP JAKARTA A total of 112 Indonesian soldiers and 13 policemen will face trial over a street clash last month between police and troops in which three teens were killed. The soldiers were from a battalion of the army’s Kostrad strategic reserve based
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  • Strreatsmart global
    • 393 9 Air NZ troubled airline Air New Zealand received help from the New Zealand government yesterday. Wellington has announced a NZ$BB5 million ($646 million) rescue plan for the airline that will see the national carrier return to state ownership. The airline was privatised 12 years ago. The
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    • 211 9 -AFP SWISSAIR, humiliated by the grounding of its aircraft and stranding of passengers, lurched into the skies again yesterday. After enduring two days of humiliation of being bankrupt, the pride and joy of Switzerland took to the skies again with a state loan of 450 million
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    • 68 9 GLAD TO MEET YOU: A wife 'retrieving' her husband (top) and a brother hugging his older brother (above). These were some of the scenes yesterday at New Delhi airport after a plane, thought to have been hijacked, was stormed by commandos. Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain said
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    • 122 9 British Airways, Europe's biggest airline, is to cut 7,ooojobs. It said it would ground 20 aircraft r and reduce scheduled flights by 10 per cent. Italian national airline Alitalia is shedding 2,500j0b5, selling at least 12 aircraft including MD-80s, MD-1 Is and Boeing 747 s and leasing other
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 120 10 -AFP OSLO UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the one most likely to win the Nobel Peace |f?rize this year, observers say. fig The award the 100th one be made on Oct 12, and Ifeost feel it will go to Mr 'Annan, or the UN, or
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    • 95 10 HONGKONG A senior official here has given up his British passport to become a Chinese national. The director-general of Investment Promotion, Mr Mike Rowse (above), has become the first British senior official to do this, the Hongkong iMail reported yesterday. Mr Rowse said his decision to
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    • 88 10 -AP LONDON The wait was too long and the discomfort too great, so a British granny with osteoarthritis is being sent to Germany for treatment. She will be the first patient to have treatment abroad paid for by Britain’s ailing health care system after
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    • 211 10 Singapore Police Association For National Servicemen A Member of the Home Team REAL RUN 2001 11 November 2001 (Sunday) Jfly' -'f m r Ki A SPECTRA REALRUN the NAru*r. tkau Flag-off Time: 7:45am Venue: Sentosa REAL Run Distance: 9 km Recreational Run Distance: 2km Starting Point: Causeway Bridge Finishing Point:
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  • easy STREATS
    • Stephanie @ the movies
      • 368 11 America's screen sweethearts Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Cusack share their own experiences on the road to stardom UNLIKE their screen personas in America’s Sweethearts, John Cusack and Catherine Zeta-Jones have had relatively uneventful press junkets. In the movie, the feuding Hollywood star couple come perilously
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      • 81 12 Stephie's Ch oice Directed by Park Chun Wook Starring Lee Young he, Lee Byung Heon, Song Kang Ho The pretty faces in the movie are a bonus. Korean drama Fireworks star Lee Young Ae investigates a mystery involving a South Korean soldier, a tough North Korean sergeant
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      • 63 12 Golaugh Directed by Sam Weisman Starring Martin Lawrence, Danny De Vito, John Leguizamo A thief (Martin Lawrence) gets his comeuppance when his prized ring gets stolen by his pint-sized victim Max Fairbanks (Danny De Vito). And guess who wants his lucky ring back? Things
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      • 64 12 Gofhrill Directed by Andrew Lau Starring Leon Lai, Asaka Seta Ann, the love of his life, dies. But police inspector Sam (Leon Lai) doesn't have to mope for long before he meets an Ann-lookalike, You. Directed by Andrew Lau (of Young and Dangerous fame), you can expect
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      • 60 12 Gocry Directed by Michael Radford Starring Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh An intimate peek into the lives of five strippers. But don't go expecting Showgirls. You might get a fair dose of titillating images, but with the actors painstakingly crafting their characters, the dismal
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      • 61 12 Goromance Directed by Joe Roth Starring Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal Hollywood star Eddie Thomas (John Cusack) is licking his wounds after getting ditched by his movie queen wife Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones). While pining after her, he starts taking note of Gwen's newly svelte sis
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV
        • 42 12 7pm, TV Works London’s Environmental Health Officers are joined by a BBC crew as they answer the calls nobody else wants to deal with: angry neighbours threatening violence, dead dogs, lousy landlords renting out premises unfit for human habitation.
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        • 39 12 7pm, Channel U Yun tries to reconcile with Sheng, but he’s cold. Liang shows his true colours as the wedding approaches and when he scolds Yan for fainting during the ceremony, Hua decides to annul the marriage.
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        • 46 12 11pm, Channel 5 Four schoolgirls form a coven, the boys of the school pronounce them the Bitches of Eastwick, and it isn’t long before the girls start casting spells on their tormentors. It’s all in good fun until a couple of people are killed.
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        • 46 12 Midnight, Central French movie about Georges, an actor with Down’s syndrome, who one day packs his bag and sets off, his destination uncertain. Another man finds himself saddled with Georges and they share life together for a few days. I
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    • 378 13  -  two shoes by Wileen Chang YOU should be familiar with this self-service concept by now. Marche uses it; so does new Japanese restaurant Kuishin Bo. You’re given a charge card as you enter and with this, you move from stall to stall to order your chow.
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 431 16 ON my return from the 21st South-east Asia Games, I spent a few hours at the Netball Singapore office. No, I wasn’t there to sack the players or the coach. I was getting ready for the new season and to implement some
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      • 351 18  -  by' TAN KIM HAN [NTUC INCOME S-LEAGUE Gombak 1 v Balestier Central l] WINLESS in six matches, Balestier Central coach P N Sivaji told his side to go on the offensive from the start. And in the very first minute, he got what he wanted.
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      • 363 18  -  by TAN KIM HAN A STRIKER who cannot score is like a magician without tricks. For a year, national under-23 striker Mohd Noh Alam Shah (above) suffered a goal drought in the S-League. A memorable equaliser in a World Cup qualifier against
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      • 448 19 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS England v Greece LONDON Sven Goran Eriksoon read the riot act on Wednesday to Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (left) after he confessed to a late-night drinking session earlier this week. Eriksson warned the apologetic Gerrard that he was now
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      • 311 19 LONDON It took Andy Cole (right) 815 jhinutes of international football to secure his first goal for England. On Saturday he will be required to s core one of even more significance in the decisive World Cup qualifier against Greece. He is expected to replace
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      • SOCCER
        • 167 19 Reuters MANCHESTER England goalkeeper David Seaman has failed to recover from a shoulder injury and will miss his side’s final World Cup qualifier against Greece tomorrow. A Football Association (FA) spokesman said yesterday that the 38-year-old’s right shoulder was still sore when he trained yesterday.
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        • 112 19 DONT be surprised if you see Zinedine Zidane, Fabien Barthez and Patrick Vieira strolling around the transit lounge at Changi International Airport on Nov 12. A well-informed source, who declined to be named, told Streats that the French national team, or Les Bleus, as it
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

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    • 305 14 .I i f The story today. Two rows of armed men line the street outside the restaurant. The three elderly men have coihe prepared for Xiao Yuer's life. Xiao Yuer tries to find out who wants him dead, but to no avail. One of the fathers of Jiang Yulang's friends,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 474 15 r JfJtWjDUjr bir'(h*iwl(w.wi sukznafsur wim Wjfdz! Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20- FEB 18 You’ll endure tedious company if the food is 9ood. Why venture forth if your heart isn’t in it? Aquarius would do best to stay out of other people’s hair for another day
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 34 19 Inthelivingroom SOCCER: Asian World Cup qualifier: Iran v Thailand (8.30 pm), Iraq v Saudi Arabia (12mn) Star Sports Ch 24. DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: European PGA Tour: Unde German Masters, Day 2 (Super Sports Ch22,lopm).
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