Streats, 13 October 2001

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    23 1 STREATS Treats for m? v-’pk Streets, SATURDAY 13 October 2001 Another quality publication of aff* Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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    Lock icon Operation Perfect Storm
    372 1 ■j cIP-r llllliii mmmm mmmmm f mill Hbk IhSh |S|Mb 4* BmsJBBP-. :3 Government announces W3b rescue plan mm REMEMBER Operation Desert Storm? That was the US-led campaign that won the Gulf War. Yesterday, Singapore announced what could be called Operation Perfect Storm. (Such a storm occurs
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  • WAR
    • on recession
      • Article
        Lock icon 4.5% growth next year
        54 2 The off-budget measures are likely to boost Singapore's GDP growth next year to 4.5 per cent, Credit Suisse First Boston economist PK Basu said. GDP this year will likely be minus 2 per cent as against the government's forecast of minus 3 per cent issued earlier
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      • Rescue
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          Lock icon Wage support, retraining lifeline for older and retrenched workers
          378 2  -  by DIANA SER OLDER workers, the retrenched and the jobless will not be left flailing and gasping for air in the choppy seas of the current economic storm. The Govemmqpt has thrown a life line worth $786 million to help them
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        • Article
          Lock icon Why not... ideas & answers
          211 2 Why not... ideas answers Give more utilities and conservancy rebates to households in bigger HDB homes? MP Dr Wang Kai Yuen (Bukit Timah GRC), saying that the Government should allow for greater latitude and devise an escape route for even those who live in higher HDB types, like five-room or
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        • go figure
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            Lock icon $11.3b package
            46 2 Key features: $3.5b Speeding up infrastructure projects $2.7b New Singapore Shares $1.15b Personal tax rebates over two years sBBom Increased property tax rebates $975m Corporate tax rebates s29om Reduction in stamp duty rates $226m Utilities bills rebates s2oom Expansion of People for Jobs Programme
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            Lock icon Per capita
            23 2 How it stacks up with other countries which have announced stimulus packages recently $3,500 Singapore $1,150 US $5OO Hongkong $9O Malaysia
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          Lock icon Corporate tax rebates and more
          305 2 Corporate cub to keep companies $3.5 bto boost infrastructure spending s7B6m to help older, retrenched workers Rules relaxed to boost property sector TO safeguard jobs, businesses must stay in business, and the off-budget measures announced yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will reduce
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          Lock icon Civil servants take pay cut
          151 2 PRIVATE sector CEOs are doing it. And now, so are our political appointment holders and senior civil servants whose salaries are tied to the private sector salary benchmarks. They’ll take a pay cut of 10 per cent of their monthly salaries beginning Nov 1 for
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      • Relief
        • Article
          Lock icon Income tax burden reduced
          525 3  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH YOU will pay even less income tax for this year. On top of the 10 per cent rebate announced in the Budget earlier, you’ll get a 5 per cent personal income tax rebate. This will bring the total rebate to 15 per cent
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          Lock icon Help with hospital bills
          159 3 Among the measures; Up to $B,OOO tax rebates on commercial, industrial properties Extended Utilities Save scheme t ***** $lOO road tax rebates Reduced petrol duty, diesel tax Extension of S&C rebates DOWN and out and feeling sick? Retrenched workers and their families will get a dose
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          Lock icon Cash for needy families
          117 3 NEEDY Singaporeans can rejoice in a new $2O million initiative called the Economic Downturn Relief Scheme (EDRS) intended to help them tide over the recession. Families whose breadwinners have been retrenched, or who have fallen ill, can expect cash from the government to help with essential
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          Lock icon War chest bigger than ever
          74 3 tackle this crisis we have more resources: a larger economy and stronger capabilities in the public and private sectors f plus a deeper sense of nationhood. This downturn is a major test for us Singaporeans. We will tackle the immediate problems. We can remake Singapore
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        Lock icon Tax – rebate notices
        60 3 Tax rebate notices Taxpayers need not approach the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) to claim their tax rebates. Iras will send revised notices from November and most taxpayers can expect to receive their revised payment plans or tax refunds by end of the year. Taxpayers can also refer to
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        Lock icon Private – sector pay
        24 4 Private sector pay The private sector should take the cue from the government and adjust executive pay. Singapore National Employers Federation chairman Stephen Lee
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      • Revival
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          Lock icon S'pore Shares out on Nov 1
          414 4 3% dividend for S'pore Shares CPF rate cuts last resort SINGAPOREANS will receive their New Singapore Shares from Nov 1. Everyone receiving the CPF top-up will automatically get the New Singapore Shares, said Deputy Prime Minister Brig-Gen (NS) Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament yesterday.
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    • on terrorism
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        Lock icon Help for sleep
        81 5 -AP Sales of anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants and sleep aids have surged in New York and Washington since last month's terrorist attacks. Therapists report agitation, sleeplessness, survivor guilt and depression among a large number of people. New prescriptions for anti-anxiety drugs rose 25 per cent, 17 per cent
        -AP  -  81 words
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        Lock icon Fear FBI warns of more terror attacks
        462 5 WASHINGTON More terrorist acts could be directed at US interests at home and abroad over the “next several days”, the FBI warned on Thursday. This marks the most urgent call of alarm from the Bush administration since the Sept 11 attacks. The two-sentence
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        Lock icon Skip the West, Mahathir tells Muslims
        307 5 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday advised Muslim travellers to skip Western countries for now. “As a result of the (New York) attacks, Muslims are finding life in Western countries and travelling there very difficult. “We don’t have to expose ourselves
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      • war diary
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          Lock icon Afghan mullahs declare jihad
          109 5 US President George W Bush’s offer to halt military action against Afghanistan has fallen on deaf ears. During Friday prayers, Afghan Islamic clerics declared jihad against the US. Emotions were high following unconfirmed reports that more than 200 civilians were killed in US air strikes. “Now
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          Lock icon Victory or death: Mullah Omar
          60 5 TALEBAN leader Mullah Mohammed Omar says his death will not bring an end to the war with America because others will take his place, the Londonbased Saudi political weekly magazine, A 1 Majalla quoted him as saying. “The (Afghan) tribes along with the Taleban are
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          Lock icon Terrorist caves hit
          49 5 THE GBU-28 “bunker buster” bombs and 5,000-pound laser-guided bombs have devastated mountain cave complexes used by Osama bin Laden’s group, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday. Mr Rumsfeld offered no indication whether the caves may have been occupied at the time of the strikes.
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          Lock icon Fury Protests follow Friday prayers
          755 6 Anger over the US-led strikes on Afghanistan exploded into violence yesterday as Muslims worldwide marked their first holy day since Washington opened the military front of its war on terror. US symbols such as fast-food restaurants were singled out as Muslim militants in Pakistan, Indonesia
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      • Article
        Lock icon Pakistanis volunteer
        76 6 Reuters Up to 300 Pakistani volunteers crossed into Afghanistan on Thursday, saying they were volunteering to help the country's embattled Taleban rulers, residents on the Pakistani side of the border said. They said the volunteers, from all over Pakistan, had crossed into Afghanistan at the Chaman border crossing
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      • Article
        Lock icon US$l0m NY won't take
        60 7 New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday turned down a US$ 10 million 7 8 million) gift because he objected to the donor's remark. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi government, said that the US "should re-examine its policies in the Middle East
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        Lock icon Face Public voice of secret network
        330 7 KUWAIT His mettle and outspokenness in the face 1 of oppression won him the admiration of his countrymen in 1990. Eleven years later, his loyalties have prompted a decision by Kuwait to revoke his citizenship. When Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait more than a
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Nobel Peace Prize Honours for Annan, UN
      354 8 -AP Past winners > since 1991 2000 Kim Dae Jung, South Korea 1999 Doctors Without Borders 1998-David Trimble and John Hume, Northern Ireland 1997 -Jody Williams and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, US 1996-FilipeXimenes Belo and Jose RamosHorta, East Timor 1995-Joseph Rotblat
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      Lock icon Ukraine: We could have shot down jet
      185 8 -AP MOSCOW- A Ukrainian investigator has admitted his forces could have shot down a plane over the Black Sea last week. Meanwhile, Mr Vladimir Rushailo, head of the investigatory commission, said that the plane had indeed been hit by a missile, Interfax reported.
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      Lock icon HK woman thumbtacked maid
      100 8 -AP HONGKONG A woman has been convicted of attacking her maid with thumbtacks, scissors and a broom, court officials and local media said yesterday. Sek Siu-fun, 40, is now in jail and faces sentencing on Oct 26 for attacking Anafer Galanza Grospe in February at her
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      Lock icon Carlos the Jackal to marry his lawyer
      176 8 -Reuters PARIS Ageing guerilla leader Carlos the Jackal plans to marry his French lawyer. “It’s a meeting of hearts and of minds,” attorney Isabelle Coutant-Peyre said yesterday. She said the pair hoped to tie the knot in the grim Sante prison in Paris
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      Lock icon Teen learnt to make bomb from Net
      98 8 -AFP HONGKONG A teen was arrested in possession of explosives, which he learned to make from websites, police said yesterday. The case came to light on Thursday after the home-made bombs he took to school to show his classmates accidentally went off in
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    • weird world
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        Lock icon Two-timing drunk
        99 8 -Reuters A SWEDE who wanted to stay sober served part of a friend’s jail sentence to see whether he could fool the justice system, a newspaper reported. The 51-year-old man posed as his friend and started a one-month drink-driving sentence, but was discovered after two weeks in jail,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Uncool Anthrax
        108 8 Reuters ANTHRAX, the thrash metal band, admit their name is “not so cool” in light of the outbreak of the disease in Florida, but said they do not want to change it. The band said that when they chose the name 20 year ago it sounded “cool, aggressive
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        Lock icon Popcorn war
        96 8 -Reuters POPCORN now comes in camouflage- style pots in French cinemas. With conscription on its way out, the army is turning to moviegoers to try to recruit soldiers. “It is up to the army to make contact with young French people.” The cartons, in camouflage colours with film-style
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        Lock icon Pert posteriors
        77 8 Reuters WONDERBRA came first. Now comes the Wonderbum -a new product that “lifts, separates and shapes” the parts other tights don’t reach. The product promises “a perfectly peachy, pert bottom,” according to makers DuPont Lycra, which unveiled the uplifting new “technology” at a hosiery show. Said a company
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      Lock icon Know or not
      32 8 Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. %The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon False name entered on birth certificate 'Dad' was just a friend
      261 9  -  reports by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM AN accounts assistant was having marital problems, so she asked another man to register as her baby’s father on the birth certificate. On March 7 last year, Phan Poh Yee, 22, gave birth to a
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    • news scan
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        Lock icon Bomb hoax acquittal
        94 9 AN IBM sales director was yesterday acquitted of an airline bomb hoax charge because he was of “unsound mind” at the time of the offence. New Zealander Mr Marco Eldon Kerkmeester, 35, was charged last month with sending an e-mail message which led to a Singapore Airlines
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        Lock icon Theft suspects held
        69 9 TWO Indonesian tourists will be charged in court today with smashing a car window and stealing a laptop case from it while it was parked along Ghim Moh Road at 11.50 am on Tuesday. The two men, aged 21 and 25, are suspected of involvement in at
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        Lock icon Rider snatched bag
        106 9 A MOTORCYCLIST snatched the handbag of a 53-year-old woman after she had just withdrawn her salary of $1,200 from an ATM at Jalan Bukit Ho Swee. The woman, identified only as Madam Chan, was walking home at about 5.15 pm on Sept 10, when she was robbed.
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      Lock icon Banned, fined over death
      140 9 A BUS driver who knocked down and killed an elderly jaywalker was banned from driving any vehicle for five years and fined $6,000 yesterday. Leong Wong Kiong, 40, a driver for a private company, hit 64-year-old cleaner Madam Tang Kee Hiang at the junction of Toa
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      Lock icon Stiff fine for Viagra peddler
      124 9 VIAGRA was money in the bank for an accounts manager with a bank, but it also earned him a stiff fine. Lu Chien Min, 36, a Chinese national working at the Chiao Tung Bank in Singapore, illegally sold Viagra and other drugs. In April, he
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      Lock icon S'pore, Japan strike free trade accord
      223 9 Wire services SINGAPORE and Japan yesterday concluded negotiations for a free trade deal during meetings in Tokyo. A “few issues” remain outstanding, but should be tied up before Prime Minister Goh ChokTong and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi meet in China next week, said
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      Lock icon Tight security for WTO meeting
      149 10  -  Winston Chong THERE will be added security measures for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting to be held today and tomorrow at the Shangri-La Hotel. Police officers, aided by bomb-sniffing dogs and armed soldiers, will be deployed to ensure the safety of the hotel guests
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      Lock icon Retail Courtesy Gold Award for shops Shoppers will like this 'GST'
      225 10  -  by WINSTON CHONG FROM Monday, 1,444 shops in Singapore will try to increase their GST a move likely to be welcomed by shoppers. GST in this case stands for “Greet, Smile, Thank you” a little slogan which the Singapore
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      Lock icon A loan to get home
      132 10 onekindact Carol Tan I WOULD like to express my gratitude to Mr Yeo Tee Hwa, who was kind enough to lend my young son his fare to get home when he lost his wallet on Sept 23. My son lost his wallet during his break
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      71 10 Hooray! The weekend is here again and there are lots of reasons to smile. First, the tax rebates for just about everyone. Second, the thunderstorms around Singapore will be over by early morning. Temperatures will range between 24°C and 32°C, with the tide reaching 2.6 m
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      Lock icon Check this out...
      207 10 Just a minute Do you suspect that you may have diabetes or high blood pressure? Then take part in a this 15-minute health screening jointly offered by NKF and the Notional Library Board. Today at Jurong East t Community Library (tel 665-0303) from 10am to 4.30 pm.
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon New Oasis in forgotten Kallang
      457 11  -  The new, transformed Kallang waterfront will soon be the place to go for those who seek food and fun I 6y CARAVAN MIRIAH I SYDNEY has Coffs Harbour and Darling Harl hour; Hongkong has its Victoria Harbour. In Singapore, the Kalf lang area is currently
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      Lock icon Never to old to learn new tricks
      402 12  -  by DIANA SER Comedians Patricia Mok and Marcus Chin overcome their fears to go back to school Why? THIS is not a joke. Comedians Patricia Mok and Marcus Chin went back to school for some serious tuition in languages she in Mandarin and
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      Lock icon Learning Expo 2001
      83 12 THE Learning Expo 2001 will take place at Suntec Singapore from Nov 2-4. Working adults, school leavers, children and even senior citizens can discover a diversity of learning opportunities in a fun and interactive setting. Jointly organised by the Ministry of Manpower and Reed Exhibitions, the Expo
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    • channel scan
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        Lock icon Today's must-see TV...
        53 12 EYEWITNESS Sunday, 10pm, TV Works Tuition is now deemed a necessity for many students. Parents spend over $3OO million a year on tuition here. But having tuition in no way guarantees good grades. Eyewitness looks at the multi-million dollarprivate tuition industry and asks whether parents are getting
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        Lock icon PLAIN JANE TO THE RESCUE
        79 12 Saturday, 10.30 pm, Channel U John Woo directed this third film in a series about the bumbling, working-class, tomboy heroine Lam Ah-chun, or, in this instance, Plain Jane (Josephine Siao, aka Fong Fong Siao), a role Siao first played in a television series. Lam is
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        Lock icon THREE KINGS
        89 12 Saturday, 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) The Gulf War’s over. But for Troy, Conrad and Archie, it’s just beginning. They find a mysterious map sticking out from a prisoner’s behind, leading to a stash of gold bullion Saddam Hussein stole from Kuwait and locked away in a secret bunker
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        Lock icon IMAGINE
        63 12 Sunday, Ipm, V V Drama (SCV 55) Fukada Kyodo sheds her cry-baby image and returns as a convincing 19-year-old office lady,Yu, who does not approve of her divorced mother Mitsuko’s love life. As Yu and Mitsuko start picking on each other’s choice of boyfriends, the process helps to bring
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      Lock icon Star-studded comeback
      261 13  -  By STEPHANIE GOH DENNIS Foo was beaming throughout Wednesday’s Devils Bar grand opening. Small wonder, what with the overwhelming show of support by his “old friends”- club operators and showbusiness folks alike. With an estimated turnout of “more than 1,000 guests” at the much-publi-cised event at Orchard Parade
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      Lock icon Kym and Darren go back in time
      312 15  -  VVONNE KWOK [Hannel u stars Kym Ng pd Darren Lim will be doing pre time travelling when they e gin work on the station’s lat--5 gongfu flick, Shu Jian En po u Lu (Romance of Book pd Sword). p This adaptation of Louis
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      Lock icon Jay's sell-out record
      178 16 HE'S just 22, but Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou has achieved a remarkable feat tickets to his debut concert at the Hongkong Coliseum on Nov 5 sold out in just two hours on Thursday, reported Hongkong’s The Sun. The hip-hop eco-popster bested the previous record held by compatriot
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      Lock icon Bee Gees hit road for last hurrah
      243 16 Reuters THE Bee Gees are collecting up their greatest hits and heading off around the world hoping to give a golden sunset to their platinum careers. With more than 110 million records sold, the brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb rank with the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Buffy's dad found dead
      131 16 THE estranged father of Sarah Michelle Gellar was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday morning, New York police said on Thursday. A friend who hadn’t heard from him in several days alerted the police and Arthur Gellar, 60, was found in bed at home.
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon It should be Geylang, by a whisker
        328 17  -  T *N KIM HAN NTUC INCOME S-LEAGUE ~Home United v Geylang There’s so little separatjj tonight’s (7.30 pm) top two combats that my head throbs trying to pick Mnner. ’•t between painkillers and momenJ relief, I’ve decided to throw my ilSht behind Geylang.
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        Lock icon Warriors on track with victory One down, much more to do
        475 17  -  6 yi TAN KIM HAN NTUC INCOME S-LEAGUE ~Marine Castle 0 SAFFC2 k. “Ray of hope filtered through defending champion Singapore Armed Forces C’s camp yesterday. against a battling Marine nestle, but it’s not a case of one down,
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      • Comeback
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          Lock icon Jordan's 17 minutes on the losing side
          429 18 BASKETBALL -AFP AUBURN HILLS, Michigan Basketball superstar Michael |Jordan’s (left) made his long--awaited comeback to a rousing I reception here on Thursday, but he lasted just 17 minutes, and ended up on the losing side. Comeback king Jordan did l manage to score
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          Lock icon Tyson set to devour 'Danish pastry'
          503 18 BOXING COPENHAGEN, Denmark After chewing on Evander Holyfield’s ear and threatening to eat Lennox Lewis’ children, Mike Tyson (left) is looking to relaunch his career today by devouring an opponent written off as the “Danish Pastry”. Tyson, who has not fought since a two-round
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        Lock icon Hakkinen may not return
        113 19 MOTOR RACING -AFP SUZUKA, Japan Two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen said yesterday that he might not come back to the circuit after a planned one-year break. The 11-year FI veteran said about the season-closing race here tomorrow: “It is the last Grand Prix for me
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        Lock icon Woodlands matches for free
        78 19 iSOCCER STUDENTS under-14 will be given free entry to Woodlands Wellington’s remaining S'League home matches this season, starting .today against Tanjong Pagar. Owing to safety constraints, only the first 800 students will enjoy this privilege. Woodlands chairman NgYam Boon said the move is to promote an
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        Lock icon England striker's return sooner than expected Owen for Sweden game?
        436 19 Wire services LONDON Michael Owen (right), who said this week that his return is only a “matter of days’ away, could even make Sven Goran Eriksson’s squad for England’s World Cup warm-up match with Sweden on Nov 10. Eriksson, however,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Beckham may be rested
        259 19 MANCHESTER David Beckham will not always succeed in persuading manager Alex Ferguson not to rest him. Sooner or later perhaps even at Sunderland today Beckham will be ordered to put his feet up in the stands, just as he did for the visit of Ipswich three
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        Lock icon Money's on Leeds
        568 20  -  Starting today, Streats launches Soccer Smart, a weekly column which looks at the English Premiership's match of the week and the betting odds both regional and overseas. We kick off with the sizzier between Liverpool and Leeds. Look out for some really hot tips! by LIM HAN
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        Lock icon Betting odds
        307 20 I' vich Town v Everton Ipswich Draw Everton am Hilt 2.00 3.20 3.20 f/cf: Take Everton. Go for the draw odds. William Hill 3.50 3.20 1.90 Ladbrokes 3JtO 3.20 2.00 t Previous meetings: Sept 9,2000: Man United 3 Sunderland 0; Jan 31,2001: Sunderland 0 Man Verdict: Take Man
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      1249 14 East West Line WHAT North South Line EW2 TAMPINES SHAW Century 738-0555 Funeral March [Mandarin] I. 3.30,7.30,9.30,11.30 Captain Correlli's Mandolin 11. 15am, 1.45 pm, 4.15,6.45,9.15,11.45 Don't Say A Word 12.15pm,2.30,4.45,7,9.15,11.30 America's Sweethearts 11.15am,1.15pm,3.15,5.15, 7.15,9.15,11.30 The Fast And The Furious Noon, 4.45 pm, 9.30,11.45 Artificial Intelligence 2pm, 6.45 Bullets Of Love
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      490 16 M gS S If it's your birthday today, you share it with Nanako X. Matsushima Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20- FEB 18 By the light of the Virgo moon, Aquarius is quick to spot bad risks and weak vessels. If you’re involved with the wrong people, this is the moment
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